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  Kishi Bashi's Improvisations on EO9066 Explores the Tragedy of Japanese Internment

  April 20 at 1:12 p.m.

  Miami's genre-bending Nu Deco Ensemble is on the cusp of closing its third season, but before the musicians move on to forthcoming projects, they're taking a step back in time with indie-pop singer-songwriter and violinist Kishi Bashi for the world premiere of Improvisations on EO9066 at the New World Center.

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  Dimensions Dance Tackles Gender, Power, and Ballet

  April 20 at 9:30 a.m.

  Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami has been on a meteoric trajectory. In its first 18 months, the troupe was a 2017 Knight Challenge Grant recipient, and in June, it will debut at New York’s Joyce Theater, followed by its first appearance at the storied Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. During that same...

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  Andrea Oliva Closes Out Heart While Looking to the Future

  April 20 at 9:21 a.m.

  After what’s seemed like several false starts — or, in this case, stops — downtown staple Heart will open its doors for the final time tonight, marking the end of an era in Miami nightlife. Swiss DJ/producer Andrea Oliva will steer Heart on its final voyage...

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  III Joints Paves the Way for Bomb-Ass Weed-Themed Events in Miami

  April 19 at 9:57 a.m.

  Asked how long he’s been throwing parties to observe 4/20, the internationally recognized day to celebrate all things weed-related, David Sinopoli replies, "Unofficially with my friends? I can’t even remember."

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  Call Super Brings a Keen Understanding of Dance Music to Floyd

  April 19 at 8:39 a.m.

  It wouldn’t be quite accurate to describe DJ/producer Joe Seaton — better known to clubgoers as Call Super — as a techno artist. Although the London-born, Berlin-based musician is often given the label, it's hard to find straightforward bass drum-led, hi-hat riddled numbers in his discography. Rather, his sound is possibility,...

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  RZA Is (Still) Bridging the Worlds of Music, Film, and Kung Fu

  April 17 at 9:40 a.m.

  In a pivotal scene of the 1978 kung fu classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the protagonist poses an existential question: “Do men have a right to say what they believe in? Or must they always do what the government says?” It’s a simple line that has come to define the film’s overarching theme — the oppressed versus the oppressor — and one that resonates with the multitalented artist RZA 40 years later.