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The Complete List: Week of March 25th-31st

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Susan Bannon
March 16, 2024

Collaborations and a can-do spirit from our arts organizations bring us some great events this week. New World Symphony is performing a groundbreaking contemporary work with the composer herself, Miami Chamber Music Society welcomes artists from The Cleveland Orchestra, and the dancers of Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami have decided to put on their own show.

Also this week, a spiritual guru visits Books & Books, MISO gives a free concert in Peacock Park, and local art superstar Hernan Bas speaks at The Bass Museum.

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Ongoing Theater:

The Lehman Trilogy

GableStage presents The Lehman Trilogy, an epic piece of storytelling that tracks three members of the Lehman family through 163 years of history, right up to the devastating collapse of their family firm, Lehman Brothers. Beginning in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1844, a Bavarian immigrant dreams of a better life. In 2008, his descendants unleash an unprecedented financial disaster. The story in between is both an intimate family saga and a colossal exposé of unquenchable capitalism.

Performances through April 21st, GableStage, $45

Neighborhood: Coral Gables

Zoetic Stage: Cabaret

The Kit Kat Club, that notorious jazz age den of iniquity, is open for business again, as Zoetic Stage brings Cabaret to the Carnival Studio Theater at the Arsht Center. Zoetic has turned this space into a soccer pitch and the inside of a young man's mind for past performances, so the club setting is sure to be an immersive good time, especially if you opt for the VIP table seating.

Performances through April 7th, Adrienne Arsht Center, $65-$85

Neighborhood: Downtown Arts & Entertainment District

Monday, March 25th

South Florida Symphony Orchestra at New World

Key West-based South Florida Symphony Orchestra is lead by Maestra Sabrina Maria Alfonso, who has conducted world-class ensembles like the Los Angeles Philharmonic and since 1997 has built the SFSO into the region’s largest professional orchestra. Known for championing the work of female composers, Maestra Alfonso will be conducting Ellen Zwilich’s Elegy for September 11th, along with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Ravel’s Bolero.

7:30pm, New World Center, $25-$95

Neighborhood: Lincoln Road

Nearby Eats: Joliet, Casa Tua, Zaytinya | Drinks: MILA, Water Lion at the Sagamore

Tuesday, March 26th

In-Person: An Evening with Sah D’Simone

Spiritual guru and author of international bestseller Spiritually Sassy, Sah D’Simone visits Books & Books to discuss his new book, Spiritually, We: The Art of Relating and Connecting from the Heart, billed as an essential field guide to “deepening friendships, building community, and ultimately healing not only yourself but the whole damn world”. When he’s not writing books or recording his Spiritually Sassy podcast, D’Simone works in the Spiritual Care Department at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, guest lectures at Columbia University, and has made such significant contributions to the homeless youth of Venice, CA, that he earned the CARE award from the city and county of Los Angeles.

7:00pm, Books & Books Coral Gables, Free (Rsvp required)

Neighborhood: Coral Gables

Wednesday, March 27th

Chamber Music with Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra

The Sanctuary of the Arts and Miami Chamber Music Society welcome musicians from the Cleveland Orchestra for an evening of chamber music. Miami Chamber Music Society artistic director, pianist Marina Radiushina, will perform with the group. Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms are on the program, and given that the Cleveland Orchestra is arguably the best orchestra in the country, it’s bound to be good.

8pm, Sanctuary of the Arts, $10-$30

Neighborhood: Coral Gables

Friday, March 29th

Roger Toledo: Unpainting

Pan American Art Projects celebrates the opening of Unpainting, an exhibit of colorblock paintings by Cuban artist Roger Toledo. Toledo, who lives and works in both Cuba and Mexico, created this series of work seated in front of iconic Cuban paintings at Havana’s National Museum of Fine Arts, remixing colors from each painting to represent the evolution of color in Cuban art.

6-9pm, Pan American Design District space (21 NE 39th St.), Free

Neighborhood: Design District

Saturday, March 30th

Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami: Dancer’s Hour

The dancers of Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami are technically on break, but they decided to pull together a special evening of dance in their Palmetto Bay studios to raise money for their New Works Fund. Dancer’s Hour will present new works by DDTM Resident Choreographers Yanis Eric Pikieris and Yanis Pikieris (yes, they are two different people), followed by a cocktail mixer with the dancers and choreographers. This evening is organized and produced entirely by the dancers of DDTM. Doors open at 6pm with a free glass of champagne and the opportunity to watch the dancers finish their warm-up.

6pm doors open, 7:30pm performance, $30 includes “free drinks and snacks”

Neighborhood: Palmetto Bay

Nearby Eats: Platea, Anacapri, Golden Rule Seafood | Drinks: head north to Fox’s Lounge or Mamey on 3rd

Denève: Higdon’s Blue Cathedral

New World Symphony artistic director Stéphane Denève welcomes composer and flutist Jennifer Higdon for this performance of her blue cathedral and other works. Considered one of the most important new compositions of the 21st century, blue cathedral is a deeply touching exploration of memories and grief - the piece is dedicated to her late brother and written as a conversation between flute (her instrument) and clarinet (his). The NWS fellows will also be performing a musical kaleidoscope that combines video commentary and pieces from Maurice Ravel and Aaron Copland to John Williams, Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton.

8pm, New World Center, $40-$65

Neighborhood: Lincoln Road

Nearby Eats: Joliet, Casa Tua, Zaytinya | Drinks: MILA, Water Lion at the Sagamore

Bass Curator Culture: Hernan Bas with Isabelle Graw

The Bass Museum of Art welcomes Miami-born global art superstar Hernan Bas to discuss his influences and his current solo exhibition at the Bass, Hernan Bas: The Conceptualists. He will be in conversation with internationally renowned critic and art historian Isabelle Graw. Organized by Dr. James Voorhies, Chief Curator of The Bass, the Curator Culture series brings together practitioners shaping the current landscape of art and culture. Rsvp required.

1pm, Bass Museum of Art, Free with General Admission ($15)

Neighborhood: Miami Beach

MISO: Voices of Spring in Peacock Park

Miami Symphony Orchestra invites you to enjoy this free concert in Peacock Park, along with the last of our good weather. Joining conductor Eduardo Marturet will be Venezuelan singer Michel Eustache and saxophonist Ed Calle to play Ravel and Borodin and some other “popular favorites”.

6pm, Peacock Park, Free (byoblanket)

Neighborhood: Coconut Grove

Nearby Eats: Bellini, Krüs Kitchen, QP Tapas | Drinks: Level 6, Bodega (speakeasy, door at the back behind the counter)

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