Arts & Culture

The Anderson’s rock ‘n’ roll night returns this week with DJ sets by members of Bleeth and Shroud Eater, New York pop singer Janna Pelle and AnastasiaMax play a Critical Mass After Party, and Beach Day plays a homecoming show at Las Rosas with the Saucy Jacks, the Woolly Bushmen, and Fat Sun. If you’re looking for something a little quieter, check out HistoryMiami’s Komorebi 2018 Bonsai Exhibition, along with special event programming at the Bass Museum and the Wolfsonian.Here are the best free events happening in Miami this week.

The ultimate goal for PageSlayers is to foster the next generation of writers of color in Miami. Youngsters encountering writers like MacArthur fellow and Haitian-American memoirist Edwidge Danticat and Whiting Award-winning poet Roger Reeves might feel professions in the arts and humanities are more legitimate on the one hand, and on the other, they’re encouraged and empowered to express themselves.

MegaRumba 2018, Premios Juventud, La Santa Cecilia, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend.

Last spring, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center celebrated a major win for one of its most esteemed alumni. Moonlight co-writer, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney stood proudly on the AHCAC stage holding a “Moonlight Way” sign alongside director Barry Jenkins. A street in Liberty City was being named after their film, which had just…

We’ve heard enough about a certain entertaining Hamilton. It’s time for a new one. London-based DJ Archie Hamilton has made quite a name for himself worldwide, jammin’ everywhere from Amnesia in Ibiza to the massive Sonus Festival in Croatia. He’s a true force in the house and techno spaces…

Before Solo cups became the stuff of beer pong and mystery punch in the realm of teenage iconography, they were the conduits of makeshift fence signage. Messages like “CONGRATS CLASS OF ’18” and “GO FALCONS” are spelled out by plastic circles in front of schools all over America…

Miami-born-and-bred artist Haiiileen, real name Aileen Quintana, has displayed her larger-than-life, neo-acid experimental works — from massive installations at III Points to performance art and sculptures at local museums — in the Magic City throughout her career. But when the building that housed Quintana’s studio was sold, she was left with no space to continue creating her art.

Florida Supercon 2018 began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony early Thursday afternoon. Holding the scissors was a Brooklyn kid who was bullied and teased for being different; he was 90 percent deaf. Like so many con attendees, he simply wanted to be stronger than the bullies made him feel and have a place in the world.

Growing up in Miami is difficult to explain unless you’ve lived it. Like most millennials native to South Florida, Audrey Gair found this out after moving away to Baltimore to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art. “I was totally struck by how all of my classmates were white,” Gair reflects…

When was the last time you went to Mango’s? It’s probably been a while, but you’ve likely never seen an art show there. A costume design and art display at the Ocean Drive tourist staple is part of this week’s best free events, along with an album release by Florida favorite Astari Nite, plus Wynwood’s Latin American pride festival, MegaRumba.