From exhibits to concerts, we've got this month's culture covered.
A Barbra Streisand photo from Hello Gorgeous at the Jewish Museum-FIU BARBRA STREISAND PHOTO COURTESY OF JEWISH MUSEUM-FIU
Haunted Circus Miami, through 10/31
Last year’s Halloween was a bust, but this bewitching family-friendly festival features ghost clowns, a mad ringmaster and a mystery to solve. The production’s cast of characters includes a knife thrower, fire eaters, aerial acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and more. Pumpkin carvings, tarot card readings and a petting zoo are part of the experience. Times vary, Tropical Park, Miami, hauntedcircusmiami.com
Tarot card reading at Haunted Circus Miami HAUNTED CIRCUS MIAMI PHOTO COURTESY OFEVENT
Robert Andy Coombs: Notions of Care, through 11/7
Selected works from Robert Andy Coombs’ Cripfag series inform this exhibition, in which the photographer creates personal narratives about the intimate details of his life that highlight his experiences as an openly gay disabled man. Times vary, Frost Art Museum, Miami, frost.fiu.edu
Leonardo Drew: Cycles, through 11/17
This exhibition features a collection of Leonardo Drew’s prints, which, at once large yet fragile, test the versatility of the medium, transforming cotton paper pulp and pigment into suggestions of densely populated cities, a forest or an urban wasteland. Times vary, Frost Art Museum, Miami, frost.fiu.edu
Gabriell Salgado plays the creature in Zoetic Stage’s production of Frankenstein. FRANKENSTEIN PHOTO COURTESY OF ARSHT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Meleko Mokgosi: Your Trip to Africa New York-based artist, through 1/9/2022
Meleko Mokgosi uses the traditions of Western European painting to deliver sharp critiques relating to colonialism. This exhibition includes a large-scale, newly commissioned work by Mokgosi created for the museum’s 30-foot double-height project gallery. The project centers on the 1966 film Unsere Afrikareise (Our Trip to Africa) by Peter Kubelka. Times vary, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, pamm.org
All Without Words: Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, 10/2
With Scott Flavin conducting and John Daversa on the trumpet, this concert highlights the music of composer Justin Morell, who was inspired by his nonverbal autistic son. 7:30PM, UM Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, frostmusiclive.com
Percussion Collective, 10/3
A concert of works by Garth Neustadter, Ezequiel Viñao and Astor Piazzolla. 7:30PM, UM Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, frostmusiclive.com
Frankenstein, 10/4-31
Presented by Zoetic Stage, Nick Dear’s stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel presents the nature of good and evil with thrilling and heartbreaking results. Gabriell Salgado plays the creature with hunky appeal. 3PM and 7PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
Vocalist Jonas Kaufmann PHOTO COURTESY OF ARSHT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Siudy Flamenco Bailaora, 10/8
Dancer Siudy Garrido brings her flamenco showcase to Miami aft er delighting audiences at the New York Flamenco Festival. 8PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
A Special Evening of Jazz, 10/12
Grammy winners Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocalist) and Sullivan Fortner (pianist) join the Frost Jazz Vocal Ensemble for an evening of music by the composer of hits such as “The Girl From Ipanema” and “Desafinado.” 7:30PM, UM Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, frostmusiclive.com
Jonas Kaufmann, 10/14
Part of the Knight Masterworks Classical Music Season, this showcase by German vocalist Jonas Kaufmann (an international star since his breakout performance at the Met) will feature a recital style of performance he once described as “the royal class of singing for the technical and emotional demands it places on a vocalist.” 8PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
Dancers in Siudy Flamenco Bailaora. PHOTO COURTESY OF ARSHT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Hello Gorgeous, 10/14-2/20/2022
Dismissed early on in her career for being too Jewish, too plain and too obstinate, living legend Barbra Streisand shut them all up with her talent for performing and once-in-a-lifetime voice. Through a variety of photos and memorabilia, this exhibition chronicles Streisand’s early life in Brooklyn, her first steps to stardom, her extraordinary career (Oscar, Tony, Grammy, etc.) and her activism on behalf of social justice. Times vary, Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, Miami Beach, jmof.fiu.edu
Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs with the New World Symphony. AN-YVES THIBAUDET PHOTO BY ANDREW ECCLES/COURTESY OF ARSHT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Jedd Novatt: Monotypes & More, 10/14-6/26/2022
Although he’s known for exploring the language of art-making via monumental sculptures, this exhibition is comprised of small-scale sculptures that inform Novatt’s two-dimensional works on paper and his relationship to drawing. Times vary, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, pamm.org
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, 10/16
One of the world’s foremost pianists takes the stage with the New World Symphony for an evening of “musical fireworks and fanfare.” Program not announced as of press time. 8PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
Installation view of “Resurrection” by Betye Saar from Serious Moonlight at ICA Miami “RESURRECTION” PHOTO COURTESY OF ICA MIAMI
Ritmo del Tiempo, 10/16
Omayra Amaya performs a flamenco program rooted in gypsy tradition featuring music by Roberto Castellon. 8PM, South Miami Cultural Arts Center, South Miami, smdcac.org
Maurette Brown Clark, 10/17
The Stellar Award winner performs powerful gospel. 5PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
The Afro-Latinx Experience—Parte Dos, 10/20
An exploration into the evolution of Afro-Latinx music from the 1980s to today. 5:30PM, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, arshtcenter.org
ICA Speaks: Stefanie Heinze, 10/23
Part of the ICA Miami’s lecture series, this platform features the German artist’s insight into her work, which has been featured at major galleries in New York and Europe. Palm Court, Design District, Miami, icamiami.org
Serious Moonlight, 10/29-4/17/2022
Rarely seen installations by Betye Saar created between 1980 and 1998 are the focus of this exhibition, the artist’s first in 30 years. Among the artworks showcased will be “Oasis” (1984), a piece that will be totally reconfigured. This survey offers new insights into Saar’s explorations of ritual, spirituality and cosmologies, as well as themes of the African diaspora. Times vary, ICA Miami, Miami, icamiami.org
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