Friday, May 24, 2013

Memorial Day Weekend Events


PIETA
O Cinema

Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2012 Venice Film Festival,
Pieta is the acclaimed film from the celebrated and controversial Korean director Kim Ki-Duk. In this intense and haunting story, a loan shark living an isolated and lonely existence uses brutality to threaten and collect paybacks from desperate borrowers for his moneylender boss. He proficiently and mercilessly collects the debts without regard to the pain he causes his countless victims. One day, a mysterious woman appears in front of him claiming to be his long-lost mother. After coldly rejecting her at first, he gradually accepts her in his life and decides to quit his cruel job and seek a decent, redemptive life. However, he soon discovers a dark secret stemming from his past and realizes it may be too late to escape the horrific consequences already set in motion from his previous life.

Showtimes:
Friday, May 24, at 9 pm
Saturday, May 25, at 5 pm & 9 pm
Sunday, May 26, at 5pm & 9pm

Price: $10.50

O Cinema
90 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL  33127



DESIGN ART AT FAIRCHILD: SITTING NATURALLY
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Fairchild Garden's current exhibitions “Design at Fairchild: Sitting Naturall” showcases a diverse collection of new works by seven internationally renowned artists commissioned by the Cristina Grajales Gallery in New York City. Inspired by Fairchild's tropical landscape, Gael Appler, Sam Baron, Pedro Barrail, Christophe Côme, Michele Oka Doner, Sebastian Errazuriz and John Paul Philippe created each two sculptures to be exhibited amongst the park’s natural beauties. The pieces are made of silver, green, and copper-colored industrial aluminum.

When: Monday – Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Price: $25 for adults, $18 for seniors, $12 for children 6-17 and free to children 5 and under and to Fairchild members.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables
305-667-1651



GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

Singer and actress Connie James will perform this weekend songs from George Gershwin and Cole Porter to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Chaka Khan.

When: Friday, May 24 at 8:30pm; Saturday, May 25 at 8:30pm and 10:30pm; and Sunday, May 26 at 3:30pm.

Price: $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the show.

South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center
10950 S.W. 211th Street, Cutler Bay
786-573-5300



GUIDED TOUR OF ROSARIO BOND'S SHOW TOO GOOD TO FAIL
Curator's Voice Art Projects

Dr. Milagros Bello will lead a Guided tour of Rosario Bond's show analyzing the concepts and styles of her works. Bond explores elements of both figuration and abstraction in multidisciplinary aesthetic approach to painting. Her canvases are compounds of blended and torn lines along with imaginary shapes that mingle between bright and contrasting colors.

When: Saturday May 11, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST

Curator's Voice Art Projects
Wynwood Art District
299 NW25th Street/
On the corner of NW 25th St & NW 3rd Ave
Miami, FL 33127



THE PETER LONDON GLOBAL DANCE COMPANY
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Miami's newest multicultural dance troupe, The Peter London Global Dance Company, will perform a two-night stint at the Arsht Center's Carnival Studio Theater. The program will feature a choreographic sampler of six new works, “Spring Nights at the Arsht”. Peter London's choreography has received critical acclaim at Alvin Ailey's Summer Sizzler at the City Corp Theater in New York, at New World School of the Arts performances and at the International Dance Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

When: Friday & Saturday, May 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m.

Price: $35 for general admission and $20 for students and seniors.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Downtown Miami
305-949-6722 (Box Office)

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