This Week and Weekend's Musts

MUSIC

Music of  Billy Joel and Elton John

Starring Michael Cavanaugh

Handpicked by Billy Joel himself to star in the hit Broadway musical “Movin' Out,” Michael Cavanaugh has built an extraordinary career celebrating the music of one of America's greatest songwriters. After catching Cavanaugh's performance during a legendary night in Las Vegas, Joel selected the gifted pianist and vocalist to lead the production, launching a Broadway run of more than 1,200 performances over three years.

Saturday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m.

Tickets and more information www.mosscenter.org

Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series

Etienne Charles 

Sunday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m.

Etienne Charles (born 1983) is a Trinidadian-American jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator. Fusing straight-ahead jazz with French, Spanish, English, and Dutch Caribbean folk rhythms, he is celebrated for his bold improvisations, cinematic textures, and socially conscious multimedia storytelling. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, coming from a four-generation musical lineage, he holds a Master of Music from The Juilliard School (2008), where he won the William Schuman Prize.  He currently serves as a professor of studio music and jazz at the University of Miami at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.
 

These events (every Sunday!) are free and open to the public-- and will take place in Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place. Rainy-day location is inside The Betsy Hotel!

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DANCE

Siempre Flamenco

Light and Shadow

5 p.m. Saturday,  Aug. 29 

Siempre Flamenco’s latest production, Light And Shadow, will explore the interplay of light and dark forces that shape our daily lives. Through music and dance, this performance will express a full spectrum of human experience, including joy and sorrow, hope and struggle.  

Each piece will display a delicate balance between despair and celebration, stillness and intensity, vulnerability and strength. These contrasts are not opposites, but essential partners in each dancer’s expression.  The rich tradition of flamenco reminds us to celebrate in the light that gives us hope, even when we experience hardship and challenges. In this way, the presence of shadow is not only inevitable, but essential to reveal that a ray of light can endure.

Dennis C. Moss Center, 10950 SW 211 St., Miami

THEATER  

Carrie: The Musical

True Mirage 

Based on Stephen King’s legendary novel, Carrie: The Musical combines an electrifying rock score with a deeply human story of isolation, bullying, religious extremism, and the devastating consequences of cruelty. More than a cult classic, the musical has become a powerful contemporary work that explores the universal desire to belong while examining the lasting impact of fear, shame, and compassion.

This landmark production ushers in an exciting new chapter for True Mirage Theater as the company opens the doors to its permanent home. Following years of producing acclaimed theatre throughout South Florida, Carrie celebrates both a new beginning for the organization and the start of an unforgettable fall season.

True Mirage Theater, 8780 SW 133rd St., Miami

(See the review of the show here)

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ART

Frost Museum of Art

Modern Cuban Painers from Havana to New York Revisited

(See our story by Irene Sperber)

Through Sunday, Oct. 18.

10975 SW 17th St., Miami, 305.348.2890 and frost.fiu.edu

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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