The History Miami Museum (HMM) offers an event every Saturday to educate and entertain the little ones. A museum instructor offers a reading of a story. History Miami Museum Courtesy
RIGO AND LAZARUS
These are Rigo Palma and Lázaro Horta, two Cuban singer-songwriters of great success and very complete. Together they present the show Fall in love that in its first presentation had a resounding success, so they take it up as a new proposal by adding dynamism with themes from the international songbook, Cuban and compositions by both authors.
Details: Friday 6, at 10 p.m., at Alfaro’s nightclub, 1604 SW 8 Street, Miami, 33135. Reservations at (305) 643-2151.
PICASSO
There are not many possibilities to see in a museum in Miami a painting by the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). But this summer yes. The Pérez Museum of Art in Miami (PAMM) has the piece on display Femme à la montre (Woman with a Clock), painted in 1932 by Picasso. It is a portrait of Marie-Therese Walter, muse and lover of the painter from Malaga. In addition, the museum has its permanent and itinerant rooms.
Details: Perez Art Museum Miami, 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, 33132. Exhibiting until October.
IN WYNWOOD
More than a particular event, the Wynwood area invites you to enjoy, relax, visit galleries and spaces to eat and dance. It is a festive, cultural and vital atmosphere that revolves around the Wynwood district. Practically what you want to do, see and feel, is in its surroundings.
Details: Mainly on weekends, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The starting point can be anywhere in the area. But a good start begins at Wynwood Yard, 56 NW 29th Street, Miami, 33127.
GALLERY FRIDAY
The dynamic Coral Gables celebrates its Gallery Friday every first Friday of every month. As always happens, the tour of the artistic and cultural sector, includes new art exhibitions, meeting with plastic artists and in general the cozy atmosphere generated every Friday Gallery. You can do everything walking, or using the Trolley that brings you to the different places for free.
Details: Friday 6, from 7 p.m., along Ponce de Leon and some adjacent streets.
ERASURE
British duo Erasure arrives in Miami as part of tour World Be Gone Tour, which has been sweeping wherever it is presented. Some places arrive with the concert sold out in advance. Formed by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the musicians have developed a career based on techno-pop, a sound that is achieved from the technologies of greater resonance and the effects provided by synthesizers.
Details: Friday 6, at 8:30 p.m., at the Fillmore of the Jackie Gleason Theatre, 1700 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, 33139. Tickets start at $48.
BOLERO COFFEE
The Cuban musician Rey Casas, prestigious pianist, composer, arranger and singer, is the main host of Café Bolero, which has been presented for more than a year in the intimate atmosphere of a restaurant, which is conditioned every weekend for a night of boleros, romantic music and a framework to dance and enjoy.
Details: Friday 6, at 8 p.m., at 890 SW 57th Avenue, Miami, 33144. Reservations and more information at (786) 970-5167.
SATURDAY
MUSIC AND JOURNALISM
Three relevant names, Federico Britos, José Negroni and Ricardo Brown. Together, on a stage. What will they do? The promoters point out that: “rarely do three figures from the literary arts, music and journalism come together on the same stage. That’s right, a trajectory that unites five decades, worlds with different chapters, but with similar experiences of authors, composers, musicians and actors. The three will come to tell us anecdotes, songs and literary works, under a curtain of lights, in a single musical night.”
Details: Saturday 7, at 8 p.m., at Miami Dade County Auditorium, 2901 West Flagler Street, Miami, 33135. Admission $37.
MOULIN BLUE
A nightclub is the ideal space for a variety of presentations, as it has the appeal of intimacy. One of them is Moulin Blue in the heart of Cubaocho, which provides a show inspired by Broadway shows with dazzling performances, music and costumes. This time there will be singers, magicians, circus, burlesque, drag queen and comedy.
Details: Saturday 7, from 9 p.m., at Cubaocho Museum & Performing Arts Center, 1465 SW 8 Calle, Miami, 33135. Tickets $27.
It’s actually for the whole family. The History Miami Museum (HMM) offers an event every Saturday to educate and entertain the little ones. A museum instructor offers a reading of a story. On this occasion and in tune with the festivities for the proclamation of the Independence of the United States, the preamble of the constitution of the country will be read. At the end of the reading there will be an artistic activity.
Details: Saturday 7, 2 p.m., at the History Miami Museum, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami , 33130. Free admission.
MAYLÚ AND HER BAND
Singer Maylú frequently performs at Alfaro’s cabaret. It is like her home, where she enters and there she meets with the whole family that waits for her to listen to her sing and see her offer her show full of glamour, melodies and elegance. There she will be accompanied by Coco Freeman (finalist of the Viña del Mar contest, 2010) and Eduardo Nápoles (Chaka).
Details: Saturday 7, at 8 p.m., at Alfaro’s, 1604 SW 8 Street, Miami, 33135. Reservations at (305) 967-9191.
SECRET CONCERT
Juan Ángel Esquivel will be the conductor of a Bossa Nova Night, where he will be accompanied by Mariana Serrano and will have as guests the violinist Pedro Alfonso and the percussionist Lenard García. All this, in Secret Concert. During the show there will be an extensive repertoire of bossa nova, with the music of some of the most important composers of the genre.
Details: Saturday 7, at 9 p.m., at Xtrings Studios, 12625 SW 134 Court, Miami, 33186. Suite 201. Tickets from $30. More information at (786) 250-1213.
SUNDAY
SCIENCE MUSEUM
If you visit the Frost Science Museum this Sunday you will have the opportunity to learn about poisonous plants. With the help of experts and in a didactic way, you can learn to identify the different varieties of plants and even the degree of toxicity of them. Some of these even live in the courtyard of our houses. But a visit to the Science Museum is a whole day full of adventures and discoveries about marine species, technology and even extraterrestrial space.
Details: Sunday 8, from 11 a.m., at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, 1101 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, 33132. Phone (305) 434-9600. Tickets from $29.
MUSIC IN MIAMI
Three Sundays in July, is the name that this series carries, obviously, of three presentations, but of different themes. It opens this Sunday with a program formed in collaboration with the Compositum Musicae Novae that includes a variety of classical themes, where compositions on piano, flute, harpsichord, viola, and other instruments will be performed. The voice of soprano Natalie Ramirez will also be heard.
Details: Sunday 8, 4 p.m., at Trinity Cathedral, 464 NE 16th Street, Miami, 33132. Phone (305) 374-3372.
AT THE ZOO
To celebrate the anniversary of America’s independence, Zoo Miami is offering tickets for just $10. A great opportunity to visit the zoo, get in touch with rare species of animals and enjoy a day of leisure, fun and learning, especially the little ones.
Details: Sunday 8, last day of the offer, at Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 Street, Miami, 33177.
MIDWEEK
STORIES ON SCREEN
It is an interactive workshop on audiovisual communication. The idea is to awaken the interest in children between 7 and 14 years old, for the stories of their grandparents, family, their roots and their homeland and also give them the tools so that they can tell those stories on camera. The idea is to generate a connection between children and their stories and at the same time teach them new forms of expression. The project begins with a creative workshop where participants will learn the resources of audiovisual communication and ends with the public projection of their stories in video format.
Details: Begins Monday 9, at Artefactus, 12302 SW 133 Court, Miami, 33186. For registration and other details, call (786) 714-7780.
SUMMER CAMP
This summer camp that is promoted “Broadway style” has been held for several years. Led by a team of professionals led by Puerto Rican actor Miguel Sahid, it gives young people between 12 and 18 years old, the opportunity to learn how to develop skills for singing, dancing and acting.
Detalles: From Monday 9, at the Sociedad Actoral Hispanoamericana, 2216 NW 87 Avenida, Doral, 33172. Classes are intensive and bilingual. Learn more at (786) 339-4577.
TRAJECTORY AND LEGACY
Ediciones Universal has published the book Normita Suárez and Jesús Alvariño: trajectory and legacy. It is a journey through the lives of these talented artists, precursors of Cuban radio and television, and as a whole a journey into these media since the 40s. The volume was compiled by Lourdes Alvariño Suárez de Castiñeira, daughter of the Alvariño-Suárez couple. Presenters, Martha Flores, Gustavo León, Carlos Alberto Montaner and José (Pepe) Yedra.
Details: Thursday 12, at 6:30 p.m., in the Felix Varela Room of the Hermitage of Charity, 3609 South Miami Avenue, Miami, 33133. More information at (305) 854-2404.
COMICS
Although for some it may be a bit far, it is well worth attending the annual convention Florida Supercom, where the world of comics, superheroes, science fiction and the different variants of animation, is present and shows its novelties. Attendees will be able to interact with their favorite characters. It will be a whole weekend where there will also be discussion panels, film screenings and many other attractions.
Details: Thursday the 12th to Sunday the 15th, at the Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhover Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 33316. Schedules vary according to the day.