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The Roots Danced Like Astronauts at the Arsht Center on Saturday, March 31

The Roots Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday, March 31, 2012 Better Than: Just about anything else that was going on in Miami on Saturday night. It was certainly the finest tuba anywhere in Miami Saturday night. Aside from for Questlove's drums, Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson's cheeks expanded to f ... More >>

Flamenco On Top

The Roots Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday, March 31, 2012 Better Than: Just about anything else that was going on in Miami on Saturday night. It was certainly the finest tuba anywhere in Miami Saturday night. Aside from for Questlove's drums, Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson's cheeks expanded to f ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for Third World and Inner Circle's Reggae Jam in Miami?

​Read Crossfade's full feature on this Friday's Reggae Jam with Third World and Inner Circle. Indeed, those righteous riddims are the cure. As legendary Jamaican reggae crew Third World has been preaching for decades: "It's time for the world to/Try Jah love/The only love that can bring peace i ... More >>

Female and Fierce

​Read Crossfade's full feature on this Friday's Reggae Jam with Third World and Inner Circle. Indeed, those righteous riddims are the cure. As legendary Jamaican reggae crew Third World has been preaching for decades: "It's time for the world to/Try Jah love/The only love that can bring peace i ... More >>

The Ping and Pong of It

​Read Crossfade's full feature on this Friday's Reggae Jam with Third World and Inner Circle. Indeed, those righteous riddims are the cure. As legendary Jamaican reggae crew Third World has been preaching for decades: "It's time for the world to/Try Jah love/The only love that can bring peace i ... More >>

Ballet Flamenco La Rosa: Not Your Abuela's Flamenco

​Who says flamenco needs to be stuck in its 18th-century Andalusian roots? Like any other art form, this dance could die on the vine without contemporary refertilization. That's why Directo al Corazon (Straight to the Heart), an original piece from Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, is such a fresh take on ... More >>

B.B. King Announces One-Night Stand at Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami

via bbking.com​If you're a genuine blues junkie jonesing for that groove, shout, "Riding with the King!" Guitar master, American Roots legend, and celebrity spokesman for the OneTouch blood glucose monitoring device B.B. King has just announced a one-night stand in Miami as part of the the 2011 ... More >>

Weathering the Family Storm

via bbking.com​If you're a genuine blues junkie jonesing for that groove, shout, "Riding with the King!" Guitar master, American Roots legend, and celebrity spokesman for the OneTouch blood glucose monitoring device B.B. King has just announced a one-night stand in Miami as part of the the 2011 ... More >>

Street Food Fridays Celebrates In the Heights at Arsht Center

​Street Food Fridays, the monthly lunchtime festival of food trucks and music, will return to Parking Lot C of the Adrienne Arsht Center, located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd., this Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This month's festival celebrates In the Heights, the Broadway musical hit about lif ... More >>

Strings Attached

​Street Food Fridays, the monthly lunchtime festival of food trucks and music, will return to Parking Lot C of the Adrienne Arsht Center, located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd., this Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This month's festival celebrates In the Heights, the Broadway musical hit about lif ... More >>

Wail With the Ghost of Miles Davis at the Arsht Center February 25

​The dude's been dead for two decades. But even so, jazz demigod, congenital rebel, and cocaine enthusiast Miles Davis looks like he's gonna have an incredibly packed 2011. Earlier this month, the trumpet-wielding master reissued the expanded Bitches Brew Live, a soul-scorching set of electrifi ... More >>

Arsht Center Food Truck Roundup - Flamenco Friday!

All photos by Laine Doss Truck and friend enjoying a snack.​Yesterday's Arsht Center food truck meetup's theme was Flamenco Friday in honor of The Arsht's Center's upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals ... More >>

Crown and Glory

All photos by Laine Doss Truck and friend enjoying a snack.​Yesterday's Arsht Center food truck meetup's theme was Flamenco Friday in honor of The Arsht's Center's upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals ... More >>

Jazzin' Up the Joint

All photos by Laine Doss Truck and friend enjoying a snack.​Yesterday's Arsht Center food truck meetup's theme was Flamenco Friday in honor of The Arsht's Center's upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals ... More >>

Broadway Lampoon

All photos by Laine Doss Truck and friend enjoying a snack.​Yesterday's Arsht Center food truck meetup's theme was Flamenco Friday in honor of The Arsht's Center's upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals ... More >>

Blood, Sweat, and Art Fairs

All photos by Laine Doss Truck and friend enjoying a snack.​Yesterday's Arsht Center food truck meetup's theme was Flamenco Friday in honor of The Arsht's Center's upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals ... More >>

La Camaronera, Sakaya Kitchen Trucks Debut at Arts Festival

via La Camaronera​Back in July, Short Order reported that Sef Gonzalez, aka the Burger Beast, was selecting the best of the best in South Florida street food for the Arsht Center's Fall for the Arts Festival. Well, it's finally here. This Sunday, 20 food vendors will congregate in the same locatio ... More >>

Bombay Sapphire Lounge Opens October 19 in Former Sears Tower at the Arsht Center

Courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center / Photos by Manny HernandezThe Bombay Sapphire Lounge located in the Art Deco Tower at the Adrienne Arsht Center.​If you are looking to grab a pre-theater drink or a sip during intermission, the Adrienne Arsht Center is making sure you don't have to leave the ... More >>

Lauryn Hill Won't Actually Play Arsht Center; Miami Date Still Possible?

CC by 2.0, photo via DaigoOliva on FlickrSorry, but Lauryn Hill won't be at the Arsht Center this fall. Fingers crossed for another venue.​Yesterday, we speculated on the possibility of a November performance by Lauryn Hill at the Arsht Center, based on a promotional postcard we got in the mail th ... More >>

Lauryn Hill to Play Miami at Arsht Center?

CC by 2.0, photo via PeterTea on Flickr​Not too long ago, I bought some tickets for an Arsht Center event to give as a gift. Since then, I've remained on the venue's snail-mail list, and this past Sunday, a little postcard caught my eye. In trying to get me to sign up for a membership, it was tout ... More >>

This week in theater: Tap Dogs and the International Hispanic Theatre Festival

CC by 2.0, photo via PeterTea on Flickr​Not too long ago, I bought some tickets for an Arsht Center event to give as a gift. Since then, I've remained on the venue's snail-mail list, and this past Sunday, a little postcard caught my eye. In trying to get me to sign up for a membership, it was tout ... More >>

Q&A with Lucrecia, Performing at the Adrienne Arsht Center Saturday

​Few can surpass the majesty and grandeur that is Celia Cruz, but international sensation Lucrecia comes quite close. The Cuban born salsa singer, backed by a classic Cuban-style big band, gives passionate, high energy performances of traditional Latin melodies, and interprets boleros and jazz sta ... More >>

No Longer Censored

​Few can surpass the majesty and grandeur that is Celia Cruz, but international sensation Lucrecia comes quite close. The Cuban born salsa singer, backed by a classic Cuban-style big band, gives passionate, high energy performances of traditional Latin melodies, and interprets boleros and jazz sta ... More >>

305 Photo of the Day: Loco Lobby

​Today's photo, of a lobby at the Adrienne Arsht Center, comes from Rober1000x's Flickr. If you'd like to see your photo here, join our Flickr group.

Headbanging Drama

​Today's photo, of a lobby at the Adrienne Arsht Center, comes from Rober1000x's Flickr. If you'd like to see your photo here, join our Flickr group.

305 Photo of the Day: 1,000 Points of Light

​Today's photo of the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center comes from Juggie305's Flickr. If you'd like to see your photo here,  join our Flickr group, please.

Concert Review: Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and Nas at the Arsht Center, February 5

Photo by Manny HernandezSpecial guest Stephen Marley joins Nas onstage at the Arsht Center.​Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and NasThe Arsht Center, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010 Better Than: BET's SOS Haiti benefit concert that took place earlier the same night, right up the street at the American Airlines ... More >>

Relive the Revolution

Photo by Manny HernandezSpecial guest Stephen Marley joins Nas onstage at the Arsht Center.​Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and NasThe Arsht Center, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010 Better Than: BET's SOS Haiti benefit concert that took place earlier the same night, right up the street at the American Airlines ... More >>

Laugh Me a River

Photo by Manny HernandezSpecial guest Stephen Marley joins Nas onstage at the Arsht Center.​Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and NasThe Arsht Center, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010 Better Than: BET's SOS Haiti benefit concert that took place earlier the same night, right up the street at the American Airlines ... More >>

Stage Capsules

Photo by Manny HernandezSpecial guest Stephen Marley joins Nas onstage at the Arsht Center.​Mayday!, Goodie Mob, and NasThe Arsht Center, MiamiFriday, February 5, 2010 Better Than: BET's SOS Haiti benefit concert that took place earlier the same night, right up the street at the American Airlines ... More >>

Only Three More Days of Fuerza Bruta

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

Stage Capsules

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

Stage Capsules

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

Stage Capsules

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

The Name Means “Brute Force”

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

Make Like Mozart

Francisco Alvarado​If you haven't yet seen Fuerza Bruta, you have only three more days to catch this visually dazzling, interactive spectacle. For the $64 general admission ticket, you will see some pretty nifty acrobatics; get socked with confetti, spritzed with water, and dragged ... More >>

“New Trend,” Classic Sound

The Arsht pays homage to Brazil’s coolest genre.

Rollin’ with the Kiddies

Bring your own flask for this one.

Somewhere over the Causeway

Ruby-red slippers will click at the Arsht.

It’s No Coincidencia

Luz Marina’s talent shines at the Arsht.

Dirty Words Allowed

Especially a certain seven, at UnderShorts.

Hot Summer Shorts in the City

City Theatre’s smart smut is back in town.

Riffing Off the Great White Way

Forbidden Broadway puts a fresh spin on your faves.

Dance Fever, Spanish Style

Forbidden Broadway puts a fresh spin on your faves.

Pain in the Arsht

Forbidden Broadway puts a fresh spin on your faves.

Dance, Exciting and New

Forbidden Broadway puts a fresh spin on your faves.

Big Girls Don’t Cry

They perform cabaret and get even

Stage Capsules

Current shows

Waterfront Access Is for Commies

"Miami residents should take development where we can get it. It’s basically our last chance."