Arts & Culture

The exhibition “Donald Judd: Paintings” presents 14 paintings created by the artist between 1959 and 1961.

The first day of the month marked April Fool’s Day, Easter Sunday, Passover’s third day, and National Atheist Day. It was also the beginning of National Poetry Month and, for Miamians, the O, Miami Poetry Festival. The fest’s monthlong programming of events and participatory interventions aim to expose every resident in Miami-Dade County to a poem in April. It’s a pretty lofty goal, but the O, Miami team has been hard at work to create plenty of fun and accessible poetry happenings that will make it easier for you to get in touch with your inner poet this April.

Monday morning means it’s time to take a look at the best events happening in town this week, and the coming days look rainbow bright.

Imagine being so nervous about walking along a ledge at the top of a snowy mountain that you have to tell yourself not to look down at the arctic valley below. You remind yourself that in real life you’re tiptoeing in a carpeted second-floor room in North Miami. Such was my experience with the mind fuck known as the Virtual Arena in VR Park.

There is no Ultra-level festival in town this weekend, but there’s still plenty of music happening over the next three days in Miami. Demi Lovato, DJ Khaled, Big Freedia, Sheila E., and Gente de Zona will all hit venues around the city, from the American Airlines Arena to Churchill’s Pub and the Miami-Dade County Fair.

Japanese video artist Meiro Koizumi is obsessed with memories of wartime strife. Whether documenting Japanese WWII kamikaze pilots or American veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Koizumi trains his lens on vivid and harsh battlefield recollections. Those memories are the subject of a newly commissioned piece on view…

Last year, when José Atencio, owner of Milly’s Empanada Factory; Bryan Herrero, director of operations at Secret Celluloid Society; and Andre Alvarez started organizing the inaugural West Kendall Zine Fest  (affectionately known as WKZF), the trio had just met for the first time after a casual encounter at Milly’s. Instantly hitting…

Thursday Oh, Marlins. We have so many questions for you. First and foremost, can we kick off the season with a W? The Miami Marlins will open their 2018 campaign at home Thursday against the Chicago Cubs. Regardless of the pessimists out there (Vegas has the Marlins at 500:1 to…

As the collective fog of air horns, strobe lights, and hazy tourists made the trek out of the Magic City after Winter Music Conference and Ultra, locals were left to clean up the mess and reflect on the week’s events. Out of the dozens of concerts, parties, and after-parties, one…

There’s a comment book at the entrance of “Show and Tell,” the career retrospective of Mexican-American artist Laura Aguilar on view at the Frost Art Museum FIU. According to Jordana Pomeroy, the Frost Art Museum’s Director, the book works as a sort of community response barometer when it’s not host…

You probably know Kristen Hewitt from her sideline reporting and television work for the Miami Heat and Fox Sports Sun, but for the purpose of this article, think of her as just a mom. A concerned mom. Like the rest of us, Kristen couldn’t believe what she was…

Legendary percussionist and Prince collaborator Sheila E. plays a free show at the Design District’s ongoing Emilio Estefan-produced Palm Court Performance Series on Friday, Afrobeta plays a Miami Girls Rock fundraiser at Wynwood Yard, and in the wake of Saturday’s March for Our Lives, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School alum and Parkland Schools substitute teacher Joseph Weisler will read his reflections on the days leading up to and following the Parkland shooting at FilmGate Miami’s “Tuesdays at 9” series. Here’s a look at the best free events happening in Miami this week.