Fall is the perfect season to jump into the arts. From virtual performances to newly reopened museums and venues its time to start going to the arts. Arts Connection is your insider resource to get all the up to date info so you can plan your month. It's time for new memorable arts experiences.
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 | Re-Opened Frost Art Museum Florida International University
Presenting House to House: Women, Politics, and Place. The multimedia exhibition explore the changing roles of women, metaphorically represented by the house as domestic space and the most public of houses, the U.S House of Representatives, where there are 100 women serving as Representatives.
A conversation with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen scheduled for October is part of this exhibition.
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| | | Re-Opening Mid-October! History Miami Museum
After months of being closed to the public, the History Miami museums is set to reopen on October 15th, welcoming the public back into their space to share Miami stories, foster learning, and nourish souls. Join their mailing list to receive updates about new hours of operation, safety protocols and latest exhibitions.
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| Family Portraits The Bass Museum
OCT 25: Taking inspiration from the current exhibition Open Storage, explore your family heritage and create a one-of-a- kind mixed media artwork.
The museum is reopen, admission is FREE throughout the day to all visitors on the last Sunday of every month. |
| | | Dancers are Back! Dimensions Dance Theater
Dancers are safely returning to the studio in and out of rehearsals in "waves," to allow dancers enough space to stay physically distant. The company will begin rehearsing "Nutcracker on the Indian River" in coordination with Ballet Vero Beach, which this year, will actually be on the Indian River! In a couple of weeks, members will be heading to Vero Beach to film a very special Nutcracker event outside on the Indian River. #staytuned for more behind the scenes. |
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| Lyle Ashton Harris: Ektachrome Archive ICA Miami
Comprising thirty-eight documentary photographs and ten journals dating from the early 1990s, the installation chronicles the emergence of a new generation of Black cultural producers and scholars in the wake of the Black Arts Movement and the conservative turn of the 1980s, and amid a continuing AIDS epidemic. Among the figures prominent in these documents are late filmmaker Marlon Riggs, curator Thelma Golden, activist scholars bell hooks and Michele Wallace, and artists Glenn Ligon, Gary Simmons, and Carrie Mae Weems. |
| | | DeZerland Park WALLCAST Concert New World Symphony
OCT 17: Subscribers to the New World Symphony are invited to experience the Symphony in a new way! The groundbreaking NWS WALLCAST concert experience will be on the big screen at Dezerland Park Drive-In theater! This will be the first in-person event- subscribe today for exclusive access. |
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| Night Hike and campfire Deering Estates
OCT 14: Explore the woods and it’s wildlife as it comes to life at night! After the guided hike, gather around the campfire and relax under the stars in the historic land and homes at night.
Please note that you must register and pay in advance. Spaces are very limited! Register online or call (305) 235-1668, press 9, ext. 233. |
| | | Kayak Tour Coral Gables Museum
OCT 25: Enjoy a day out on the Coral Gables Waterway! This leisure canoeing experience led by Miami EcoAdventures and Coral Gables Museum staff encompasses both nature and history in a delightful blend of unique natural vistas and historic landmarks. We’ll explore Gables’ man made system of canals, which added an impressive 40 miles of waterfront to the City. A surprising amount of wildlife can be seen in the water and on the shore. |
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| Art for the Arts South Florida Symphony Orchestra
OCT 8: The Rotary Club of Hallandale Beach – Aventura’s annual family-friendly fundraiser to benefit SFSO’s transformative music education program, Symphony in the Schools. Choose a ceramic piece from Color Me Mine and jump on Zoom to get creative and paint together for a great cause! |
| | | Picture a Scientist SMDCAC
OCT 13 &18: PICTURE A SCIENTIST an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences.
Recommended for ages 12 and up. |
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| The Ellies: Award Celebration Oolite Arts
OCT 21: Named after Oolite Arts’ Founder Ellie Schneiderman, The Ellies are Miami’s visual arts awards, created to celebrate and elevate the careers of the city’s artists.
Join online to meet the 2020 honorees and to learn more about their winning projects. |
| | | The Heritage Project The Adrienne Arsht Center
The Arsht Center is committed to uplift Black voices has led to the creation of The Heritage Project, an online artistic salon series. This free, six-part series will capture the spirit of a Harlem Renaissance salon, where Black leaders, intellectuals, activists, artists, educators and business owners come together to discuss matters impacting the Black community. |
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| All Kids Included SMDCAC & the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Introduce your kids to the virtual world of enchanting arts, crafts, and jaw-dropping performances with the first ever digital All Kids Included (AKI) Family Arts Festival for children and families with and without disabilities. The AKI Digital Family Arts Festival is designed to be inclusive for children and families of all abilities and will be online for several weeks. From magic shows to children’s theatre, AKI has made art accessible to every child with closed captioning, ASL Interpretation, and audio description included for each video. |
| | | Pocket Studio Thomas Armour Youth Ballet
Welcome to Pocket Studio! An entire library of workouts and dance classes in your pocket brought to you by one of Miami’s first dance schools. Take us with you anywhere anytime. Just reach in your pocket.
Pocket Studio is a subscription program for a library of dance and fitness classes. Classes will always be new and exciting with weekly uploads! You’ll never run out of new classes. We are Miami’s oldest dance school and we hire only professionally trained dance teachers to teach these classes to you and we want to offer you, high-quality classes, you can take anywhere. |
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| Fall Season Happy Hour Concerts! Orchestra Miami
The ever popular free, family-friendly series is back! Tune in every Friday for spectacular performance by some of Orchestra Miami's finest.
You can tune-in to the Happy Hour Concerts via Zoom or Facebook Live ! Remember, Zoom will allow you to interact with the musicians and each other, as well as compete for prizes in trivia quizzes!
Don't miss incredible line-up for you this fall! |
| | | Mini-Camps Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
No School? No Problem! Frost Science dynamic Mini-Camps (in-person or virtual) are the perfect action-packed solution to a Teacher Planning Day. Kids (Grades Pre-K to 5) will spend the day exploring the museum’s interactive exhibitions, conducting science experiments and making new friends. |
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Visit the Futurama Arts Marketplace filled with artists studios and curated merchants. Located at 1637 SW 8th Street in the heart of the arts and entertainment district in Little Havana, Futurama features fine arts, artisan jewelry, crafts and more. Support local artists and have an amazing time interacting with creatives. After visiting the marketplace have fun exploring Calle Ocho. Restaurants and galleries are open and welcoming arts enthusiasts with social distancing and safety measures in place. Use this for the image. |
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JUMP ON BOARD! The Arts & Business Council launched Arts Board Match as an innovative program to ignite arts boards with new members and new vitality. An arts board is only one click away. Get matched today for meaningful involvement! |
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