New World Symphony presents the season finale with Stéphane and Jean Yves-Thibaudet on Saturday May, 2 and Sunday, May 3. (Photo Courtesy of World Red Eye)
This Week and Weekend's Musts
MUSIC
Season Finale with Stéphane and Jean Yves-Thibaudet
New World Symphony
8 p.m., on Saturday, May 2, and 2 p.m., on Sunday, May 3
New World Symphony concludes its 2025-26 season with a moving tribute to its Co-Founders Michael Tilson Thomas and Lin Arison. The performance features landmark works by Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, two defining voices of 20th-century American music.
NWS Artistic Director Stéphane Denève takes the podium for an evening of Gershwin and Bernstein with one of the world’s finest pianists, Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Concert highlights include I Got Rhythm and An American in Paris, given a dramatic edge thanks to the immersive technology of New World Symphony’s Frank Gehry-designed architecture.
The May 2 performance will also be presented as a WALLCAST® concert and live streamed on NWS Inside
Ticket Cost: $25- $175
500 17th Street, Miami Beach, Michael Tilson Thomas Performance Hall
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South Beach Chamber Ensemble
Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series
5 p.m., Sunday, May 3
The mission of the South Beach Chamber Ensemble is to promote and perform chamber music in all its diverse forms, from its origins in the distant past, to the varied cultural creations being produced today, bringing together performers, composers, and audiences to experience the beauty and intimacy of the human spirit.
Free
Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place
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Flagler Street
Street Stages
Friday, May 1: 6 p.m., Bri Janet; 7 p.m., Swamp Lily
Street Stages brings live, open-air music to Flagler Street. Come hang out and enjoy live music from Miami’s best musicians, featuring jazz quartets, Latin grooves, soulful R&B, high-energy funk performances, and more. Olympia Arts Miami is “taking art to the streets”
Free
142 E. Flagler Street
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Jim Beam Roadhouse Block Party
6 to 11 p.m.
Friday, May 2: 6 p.m., Mariachi Sol de Oro; 7:50 p.m., The Lotus Collective
Enjoy the Jim Beam Roadhouse Block Party, an evening of live music, dancing, and community on Flagler Street. A lively outdoor celebration blending music, culture, and good vibes in the heart of Downtown Miami.
157 E. Flagler Street
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DANCE
¡Vamos! To the Beach
Miami City Ballet
Friday May 1, through Sunday May 3
Sun, sand and serious style: Miami City Ballet’s 40th Anniversary Season ends with a splash! Catch the company premiere of Twyla Tharp’s Deuce Coupe, set to iconic Beach Boys hits in a playful collision of classical ballet, rock ’n’ roll and irreverent cool. Plus, swing with Paul Taylor’s Company B and sparkle with the world premiere of Durante Verzola’s Grand Glittering Gershwin—art deco elegance meets Miami flair.
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Ziff Ballet Opera House
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THEATER
"Moses" By Michele Lowe
Thursday, March 30 through Sunday May 17
One night in the Bronx, Moses loses everyone and everything he loves. Filled with remorse, he begs God, “You forget about me, and I'll forget about you?” But God has other plans for Moses. This is a one-person play about love, faith and going it alone.
Read the preview by Marlee Card here.
Ticket Cost: $66.69 - $72.54
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Carnival Studio Theater
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Carlos Celdrán’s "Variacones para un tema insignificante”
Arca Images
Friday, April 24 through Sunday, May 3
A celebrated writer has died in Miami. The woman who edited his manuscripts opens a stack of pages that time never erased. So begins the new play from acclaimed Cuban writer Carlos Celdrán. In the play, in 1980 in a plaza at dawn, the woman speaks with the writer, her nephew, sharing her tales of love, memory, betrayal and regret. Her husband had asked her to flee with him, and she refused, staying behind with their child. This two-character piece stars Laura Ramos and Daniel Romero, and is a confession shaped by exile, fear, social and political violence, motherhood, and the weight of the unspoken. Bach’s "Cello Suites" is almost a third character, providing an incessant score threaded throughout the piece.
Ticket Price: $30 open seating, $25 seniors and students with valid ID
7930 S.W. 40th St. Miami, Westchester Cultural Arts Center
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"The Zionist: A Family Storm"
Miami New Drama
Thursday, April 9 through Sunday, May 10
A prominent Jewish family, fractured by the politics and aftermath of October 7, gathers for a fragile reunion at a luxury Caribbean resort. But as a sudden hurricane bears down outside their bungalow, an even fiercer storm erupts within—forcing them to confront old wounds, clashing values, and the ties that may no longer bind them. In this urgent and deeply human world premiere from acclaimed playwright S. Asher Gelman (Afterglow), The Zionists: A Family Storm lays bare how identity, politics, and history can tear families apart—and the struggle to hold them together in an increasingly divided world.
Cost: $40, $70, $85 Thursday and Friday; $45, $75, $90, Saturday and Sunday, include fees
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Colony Theatre
See Aaron Krause's review here.
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ART
Perez Art Museum
"Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture"
Open Thursday, March 19 through Sunday, August 23
Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture explores the dynamic interplay between athletic performance and artistic expression. Coinciding with major international sporting events taking place in Miami—the Miami Open, the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the FIFA World Cup, the exhibition positions Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) as a site where global audiences converge to reflect on the cultural impact of sport. In a city shaped by exchange and diversity, the exhibition underscores how games and competitions create common ground across traditions, identities, and rivalries.
1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
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The Wolfsonian-FIU
Print Fest
Sunday, May 3 from 1 to 4 p.m.
PrintFest returns with another high-energy celebration of printmaking and book arts. This year, we're marking a decade of Zines for Progress with a special free zine giveaway and a hands-on zine-making station. Explore historical materials from our library and connect with more than 20 local artists at the Small Press Fair (SPF) vendors market. The fun continues outside with cyanotype printing led by Liene Bosquê, inspired by her installation What Still Stands, on view on the 2nd floor and in our Bridge Tender House. And don't miss the BYOT (bring your own T-shirt) live screen-printing session at 1:30 p.m.
1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach.
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Mindy Solomon Gallery
April 25-May 31
- Jeremy Olson: Plague Antenna: Prologue
Jeremy Olson’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, Plague Antenna: Prologue. Continuing his exploration of the intersection between artificial intelligence and perceived reality, Olson approaches this exhibition as an extended world-building project centered on a core narrative.
- Rodrigo Valenzuela: Esquema
The exhibition title, Esquema, from California- based Chilean artist Rodrigo Valenzuela, focuses on altered landscapes through the medium of photography, utilizing acrylic and toner on canvas, these one-of-a-kind images invoke a sense of place and displacement simultaneously.
- Mathew McConnell: Group Show
Mindy Solomon Gallery, 848 NW 22 St., Miami
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