Your Virtual MB Arts & Culture Fix!

Welcome to your weekly Miami Beach Arts & Culture guide. View below digital event highlights for the week and be sure to check out our website for all things Arts & Culture!

CLOSE QUARTERS COMMISSIONS LAUNCHES TONIGHT! Oolite Arts Oolite Arts is launching its first ever online film festival Close Quarters Commissions, showcasing the creativity of South Florida filmmakers during this trying time of tight spaces and limited resources. Twelve filmmakers were each commissioned to make a film up to 3-minutes long during 2 weeks of quarantine. Participating filmmakers include:   Ronald Baez, “Buscando” (Searching) Rachel Benjamin, “Day in Life” Valerie Brooks, “Never Eat Soggy Waffles” Alexa Caravia, “Nagasaki” Juan Castaneda, “Echo Chamber” Avram Dodson, “Mommy, Will You Play with Me?” Anton Forbes, “Mad Chef Disease” Pamela Longsword, “Kairi During COVID” Christopher Lopez, “LOL_onlymiami” Frantzy Moreau, “New Normal” Carmen Pelaez, “Caridad y Gallo” (Caridad and the Rooster) Gabriela Serra, “Lil Haiti 115 NE 76 Calle” RSVP to join Oolite Arts on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m., to see their only in Miami stories at their new online micro-film festival. Learn more > Looking for COVID-19 related news? The City of Miami Beach has created a comprehensive resource detailing business assistance resources, travel & transportation details, useful tools and more. Learn more.

North Beach Social: Forró Cravo & Canela Live Stream July 16 8 PM - 9 PM The Rhythm Foundation More Info

Zen and the Art of...with Gidi Grinstein July 20 7 PM  FIU-MBUS & The Betsy More Info

MBUS Live Art Talk 2020: Gretchen Scharnagl July 20 5:30 PM FIU-Miami Beach Urban Studios More Info

Thursday at Three: Jacqueline Goldstein with Jordana Pomeroy July 16 3 PM FIU-The Jewish Museum of Florida More Info

Coloring Pages from the Bass' Collection On Demand The Bass More Info

Symphony in Place: The Virtual Symphony, Part I On Demand New World Symphony More Info

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Kareem Tabsch of O Cinema directs Netflix Hit Kareem Tabsch is the co-founder and co-director of Miami's largest art house cinema, O Cinema, an Award-winning documentary filmmaker and an Arts Advocate who strongly believes in the power of the arts, particularly film, to enrich lives and revitalize communities. Kareem's most recent directorial work, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, is currently tending on Netflix. Every day for decades, Walter Mercado — the iconic, gender non-conforming astrologer — mesmerized 120 million Latino viewers with his extravagance and positivity. Watch the full documentary on Netflix >

PERFORMANCE REWIND Miami Beach's Nu Deco Nu Deco Ensemble performs a symphonic suite of Aretha Franklin's music at The Adrienne Arsht Center's Knight Concert Hall in Miami, FL.   Watch here >

RECOVERY RESOURCES

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs staff is available to assist artists and arts organizations in identifying nationwide and local recovery resources for artists and arts organizations. If you or your organization has been impacted by Covid-19, you may be eligible for assistance. Learn more at our Recovery Resources portal. The site is frequently updated, so be sure to check back often. Still have questions? Some of them may be answered in the Arts & Culture Small Business Webinar, hosted by Mayor Dan Gelber. Originally hosted on Monday, April 6, the archive is available on Facebook here.