This Week and Weekend's Musts

MUSIC  

Global Cuba Fest: Yusa & Friends

Miami Light Project and FUNDarte 

8 p.m., Saturday, March 21

Global Cuba Fest brings an evening of contemporary Cuban music to the Miami Beach Bandshell, led by singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Yusa. This concert highlights Yusa’s expansive musical language, shaped by Cuban roots and informed by global influences. Her work blends jazz, canción, poetry and everyday storytelling into songs that feel intimate and grounded, reflecting themes of transformation and self-discovery. Known for her expressive voice and fluid command of guitar and bass, Yusa creates performances that prioritize presence, nuance and emotional connection.

Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach

Cost: $37.44

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Bill Charlap & Brandon Goldberg

Miami International Piano Concert

5 p.m., Sunday, March 22

Grammy award winning pianist Bill Charlap has performed with many of the leading artists of our time including Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Freddy Cole and Houston Person. 

Brandon Goldberg has been playing piano and making music since he was three years old. He has performed at leading jazz festivals across the country including the Newport Jazz Festival, San Francisco (SFJazz), PDX Jazz, Litchfield, Twin Cities, and Caramoor. He has played in New York’s most notable jazz clubs including Dizzy’s Club, Smoke, Mezzrow, and Birdland Theater.

Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St, Aventura

Cost: $60- $90

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Ives, Monk, Cage & Eastman

New World Symphony 

2 p.m., Sunday, March 22

Experience the charm of Arthur Foote’s far-too-rarely performed Piano Quintet. The piece unfolds across four movements through virtuosic themes and serenade-like lyricism, ultimately culminating in a fiery finale. John Cage’s She Is Asleep leaves listeners in a trance through the intermingling of sound and silence.

The resilient spirit of America’s immigrants is evoked in Ellis Island—a piano duet by Meredith Monk, hallmarked by flowing textures. Pastorale, Amy Beach’s only composition for woodwind quintet, transports listeners to the countryside’s vivid woodlands.

New World Center, 500 17th Street, Miami Beach

Cost: $15-$20

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Candlelight

Seraphic Fire

7:30 p.m., Friday, March 19 

Seraphic Fire’s annual candlelight concerts - Florida’s most celebrated musical experience - blend ancient music with contemporary masterpieces, creating an ethereal, immersive experience. Featuring music throughout history with thematic connections to water and nature, the finest singing ensemble set in candlelight will take your breath away. Guest conductor Arianne Abela makes her Seraphic Fire debut in this ethereal sonic feast.

Cost: General Admission $45-$60; Reserved Seating $60- $75

St. Philip's Episcopal, 1121 Andalusia Ave, Coral Gables

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Olympia Arts Miami

Street Stages

Friday, March 20: William “Kooly” Scott at 6 p.m., The Def Cats at 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 21: Nikki Kidd at 6 p.m., REMYZ at 7 p.m.

Street Stages is a community-friendly series of events showcasing the talent of local artists and performers and activating completed sections of the new “festival streetscape” project currently under construction on Flagler Street. Events feature Singer/Songwriters, Jazz/Pop Ensembles, Jugglers, Electronica, and Performance Artists.

Free and open to the public

148 E. Flagler St., Miami

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Tal Cohen Quartet 

Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series

5 p.m., Sunday, March 22

Tal Cohen is a Grammy award winning jazz pianist. He has received much acclaim including winning the Barry Harris National Piano Competition and was the recipient of the prestigious Freedman Fellowship held at the Sydeny Opera  to a sold out crowd. Cohen has become one of the most in demand pianists as he continues to tour the globe with his unique blend of Middle eastern melodies, traditional jazz Harmony and an impeccable rhythmic pallet forging a path to be remembered.

Free and open to the public

Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place, Miami Beach

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THEATER

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical" 

Adrienne Arhts Center  

Tuesday, March 17 through Sunday, March 22

Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! It's a world where bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical! Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. Directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is a theatrical celebration of truth, beauty, freedom and, above all, love.

Read the feature story by Marlee Card

Cost: $52.65 - $210.60

1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Ziff Ballet Opera House

For more information, click here. 

 

"Merrily We Roll Along"

Zoetic Stage

Friday, March 13, through Sunday, April 5

A musical journey through fame, friendship and the cost of success. Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of Frank Shepard, a famous songwriter and film producer, and his two closest friends. Moving backward across 20 years, the show details Frank’s rise from penniless, dreamy-eyed composer to wealthy, film-producing sellout and what he lost to get there.

Read the preview story by Charlotte Libov here.

Read the review by Aaron Krause here.

Cost: $78.39

Carnival Studio Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, 1300 Biscayne Blvd.

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 "Prayer for the French Republic"

GableStage

Opens Friday, March 20 through Sunday, April 19

Celebrated playwright Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Admissions) pens a, darkly funny exploration of history, identity and survival. Since the 1970s the Solomon Benhamou family has worked hard to make Paris into a wonderful home. But when their son comes home beaten because he was wearing a yarmulke, they are forced to question their safety and sense of belonging in the country they love. Twice extended on Broadway, this powerful play blends sharp humor, profound drama and delicious croissants for a story as timely as it is timeless. 

 Cost: $70, $60 includes fees

GableStage Theatre at the Wolfson Family Theatre

1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables

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ART

Swirl and Stroll: Candle Art Workshop

Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts

Our expert instructor, Nini Montanez, award-winning founder of Candle Nerds, will guide you through the entire process, from choosing scents and colors to pouring and setting a one-of-a-kind swirl candle. Unleash your artistic creativity as you select vibrant, colored dyes for your marble candle made from Coconut Apricot wax. While your candle cools in its clear glass apothecary jar, you are invited to stroll through the museum and enjoy the Fired Arts on display. 

Cost: $65, $60 for WMODA members

3250 North 29th Avenue, Hollywood

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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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Locust Projects

"This Too Shall Pass"

Through Monday, April 6.  

"This Too Shall Pass" delves further into the intricate connections between the body, spirit, and the unseen forces of nature by introducing a new approach to Ema Ri's multidisciplinary practice.  

297 NE 67th St., Miami 

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VISU Contemporary

"Roots to Fly"

Through Sunday, March 15.

In Roots to Fly, Rubem Robierb draws from his upbringing in Maranhão, Brazil, using memory and symbolism to explore ideas of origin, identity, and transformation. The exhibition brings together nearly 30 works across sculpture, painting, and mixed media. Based in Miami, Robierb balances deeply personal narrative with universal themes, reflecting on how our roots shape us while still allowing room for reinvention and growth. 

VISU Contemporary Gallery, 2160 Park Ave., Miami Beach

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Mindy Solomon Gallery

March 7-April 18

• Jack Kabangu: I Have No Body, I Am Somebody

Featuring a series of portraits rendered in his iconic, self-taught style, Kabangu introduces a dynamic and psychologically charged visual language. His figures — elongated, introspective, and subtly fragmented — exist in spaces that feel both intimate and unsettled, mirroring the layered nature of identity and displacement.'

• Sydnie Jimenez: Stars in Your Eyes

The exhibition title, Stars in Your Eyes, serves as a linguistic pivot. It evokes the shimmering energy of passion and ambition while simultaneously nodding to the disorienting sensation of "seeing stars” — the dazed confusion that often follows a blow to the senses. For Jimenez, the eyes are not merely anatomical; they are the "windows to the soul" and the primary vessels for our perception of the universe.

• Natalia Arbelaez and Daniela Gomez Paz: Cuerpos cósmicos, between the earth and the skies / entre los cielos y la tierra

In this exhibition, themes of death, spirituality, and the cosmos intertwine with reflections on the physical body and its intimate relationship to the earth. Through distinct yet complementary practices, Arbelaez and Gomez Paz explore how histories — both personal and collective — are embedded in material, gesture, and form.

Mindy Solomon Gallery, 848 NW 22 St., Miami

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