31 OctOber 3-9, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | Contents | Letters | news | night+Day | CuLture | Cafe | MusiC | Month XX–Month XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | CONTENTS | LETTERS | RIPTIDE | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE | ART | FILM | CAFE | MUSIC | Arsht Center. The company’s season continues with the regional premiere of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (January 9-26), Fiddler on the Roof (March 13-April 6), and the Florida premiere of The Comeuppance (May 8-25). Thursday, October 24, through Sunday, November 10, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949- 6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets cost $56 to $61. Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film’s Por Dentro Bistoury Physical Theatre and Film’s latest production, Por Dentro, serves as a metaphor for a new worldview in which reality is per- ceived as unstable, ambiguous, and in a per- petual state of flux. The piece, which focuses on contemporary dance, film, and physical theater, is directed by Alexey Taran and fea- tures artists Carla Forte, Heather Maloney, and Daniela Padrón. 8:30 p.m. Friday, October 25, and Saturday, October 26, at Inkub8, 355 NW 54th St., Miami; inkub8.org. Tickets cost $10 to $20. Zest Collective’s Afro Blue and The Fountain Zest Collective takes the stage at the Miami Theater Center for two back-to-back perfor- mances led by artistic director Gentry Isaiah George. The first is Afro Blue, the latest install- ment of George’s “Roots & Rhythms” series, commemorating Black musicians of the 20th Century. The jazz standard “Afro Blue,” re- corded by vocalist Abbey Lincoln and percus- sionist Mongo Santamaria, is the centerpiece of the new work. The second work, The Foun- tain, is a dance work set to negro spirituals featuring the music of Barbara Hendricks, Le- ontyne Price, and more. 8 p.m. Friday, October 25, and Saturday, October 26, at Miami Theater Center, 9806 NE Second Ave., Miami Shores; miamilightproject.com. Tickets cost $30 to $45. Miami Film Festival Gems If you’re the kind of person who gets into the movie award season, the Miami Film Festival has a bite-sized program for you. From October 30-November 3, Gems presents some of the top award- season contenders, including Emilia Pérez, Blitz, A Real Pain, Nightbitch, and this year’s centerpiece film, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, the Spanish director’s first English-language film starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Actor Sebastian Stan will receive the Precious Gem Award and discuss his career with attendees, which includes starring the in the controversial Trump biopic, The Apprentice. Wednesday, October 30, through Friday, November 3, at various locations; miamifilmfestival.com. NOVEMBER 2024 GableStage’s King James Described as “a touching examination of fandom and friend- ship,” King James kicks off GableStage’s sea- son. Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph penned the comedic play, which follows two unlikely friends who bond over their love of LeBron James. Miami native Ruben Carrazana di- rects the production with Melvin Huffnagle and Gregg Weiner starring. The season con- tinues with Both Sides Now: the Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen (De- cember 13-January 5), Appropriate (January 31-February 23), Summer, 1976 (March 28-April 20), and Fat Ham (May 16-June 15). Friday, November 1, through Sunday, Novem- ber 24, at GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables; 305-445-1119; gablestage.org. Tickets cost $40 to $75. Miami Symphony Orchestra Grand Opening Led by Venezuelan composer Eduardo Marturet, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, alongside pianist Andreas Boyde, kicks off its season at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The evening’s program includes performances of Antonín Dvorák’s “Symphony No. 7 in D minor” as well as Maurice Ravel’s “Piano concerto in G major” and Boléro. The orchestra’s season includes more performances at the Arsht Center (February 9, March 8, and May 11) as well as performances at Downtown Doral Park and the Miami Design District. 6 p.m. Sunday, November 3, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets cost $40 to $140. “Andrea Chung: Between Too Late and Too Early” The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami presents the work of San Diego- based artist Andrea Chung in “Between Too Late and Too Early.” The exhibition puts Chung’s recent work, which focuses on Black liberation and Afrofuturism, in conversation with older pieces. The artist’s work uses mul- tiple mediums, from collages to large-scale installations. Opening at the same On Deck from p28 Miami Film Festival Gems The Apprentice still / Briarcliff Entertainment >> p34
