19 OctOber 3-9, 2024 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | Contents | Letters | news | night+Day | CuLture | Cafe | MusiC | GABLES GALLERY NIGHT Every First Friday https://www.coralgables.com/events/gables-gallery-night Coral Gables galleries and participating art venues open their doors on the first Friday of the month from 6 to 10 p.m. as part of Coral Gables Gallery Night. At this monthly event, attendees can enjoy live music and fine art while enjoying a night out in the City Beautiful. Visitors are encouraged to use the city’s trolleys or Freebee on-demand vehicles to travel between galleries. Galleries and venues participating include: Artevivo |111 Palermo Ave inside The Plaza, The Americas Collection | 4213 Ponce de Leon Blvd. ArtLabbé Gallery | 2522 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Cernuda Arte | 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd. H. Benitez Fine Art Gallery | 233 Aragon Ave. Visit coralgables.com for the list of participating galleries each month. ACTORS’ PLAYHOUSE AT THE MIRACLE THEATRE 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables https://www.actorsplayhouse.org/ Celebrate Actors’ Playhouse’s 37th “Iconic Season” at the Miracle Theatre. The Mainstage will feature everything from Tick, Tick ... Boom! 11/13-12/8/24 and Jersey Boys 1/22/25-2/23/25 to Waitress 3/26/25-4/20/25 and The Girl on the Train 5/14/25-6/8/25. Entertain friends. clients, employees, and more. Every seat is an orchestra seat at the Miracle Theater. Safe Neighborhood. Great Restaurants. Easy Parking. CORAL GABLES MUSEUM 285 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables https://coralgablesmuseum.org/ Immerse yourself in the civic arts of architecture, urban design, and environ- mental design while cultivating an appreciation for the rich history, visionary spirit, and cultural landscape of Coral Gables. Dreaming Coral Gables, A Biographical Story runs through April 2026 in collaboration with the Historical Resources and Cultural Arts Department, Raul E. Valdés-Fauli Coral Gables Archives, and the Coral Gables Merrick House, City of Coral Gables. You’ll also enjoy A Legacy of Caring, which runs through January 12, 2025. This exhibition presents and celebrates the rich history of Baptist Health Doctors Hospital, from its earliest days in the post-World War II era to its current status as a beacon of healing. LOWE ART MUSEUM 1301 Stanford Dr, Miami https://www.lowe.miami.edu/ Explore the Lowe. An integral part of the University of Miami, the Lowe Art Museum offers its diverse audiences opportunities and resources for engaging with contemporary culture through 5,000 years of human creativity. See Virgil Ortiz: Upstream October 18, 2024 – January 11, 2025. Virgil Ortiz (b. 1969) embodies all that is energizing and engaging in the broad panorama of contemporary art. A visionary artist and designer as well as an enrolled member of the Cochiti Pueblo, Ortiz first trained with his mother, Serafina Ortiz (1931- 2007), and grandmother, Laurencita R. Herrera (1912-1984). Celebrated artists in their own rights, these matriarchs imparted their ancestors’ techniques to the younger Ortiz, who, to this day, continues to gather clay, pumice, and wild spinach leaves from his Pueblo homelands to make his painted pottery, just as generations of creators and makers before him have done. FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1314 Miller Dr, Coral Gables https://frost-music-live.miami.edu/calendar/index.html Explore Frost School of Music’s exciting concert calendar featuring award- winning Frost faculty artists and exceptional students performing an amazing array of music, from established masterpieces to cutting-edge premieres. From classical to jazz to contemporary performances to thought-provoking lectures, masterclasses, and podcasts, there is something for everyone. GABLESTAGE 1200 Anastasia Ave., #230, Coral Gables https://www.gablestage.org/ GableStage is one of the longest-running and most highly acclaimed theater companies in South Florida, striving to present the most vital and cutting-edge works of contemporary playwrights worldwide (currently over 100 successful productions). Join Gables Stage for their 26th Season featuring critically acclaimed performances, including King James, Both Sides Now, Appropriate, Summer, 1976, and Fat Ham. CORAL GABLES ART CINEMA 260 Aragon Ave. Coral Gables https://gablescinema.com/ The Coral Gables Art Cinema is a state-of-the-art theater that opened in October of 2010 and is one of the best, most comfort- able, and highest-grossing art houses in South Florida, presenting first-run and regional premieres of quality American independent and international features, both fiction and documentary, in addition to classic films, special programs and film festival events, which speak to the multilingual and multicultural diversity of the region. In 2011, 2018, 2020, and 2022 the Miami New Times named the theater “Miami’s Best Art-House Cinema.” Don’t Miss Out on Gables Cinema’s great films this season. SANCTUARY OF THE ARTS 410 Andalusia Ave, Coral Gables https://www.sanctuaryofthearts.org/ Sanctuary of the Arts has been recognized as the most exciting new arts organi- zation. They operate within an expansive arts campus at First Church of Christ Scientist, Coral Gables, including three historic designated properties that house two professional-size studios, a 314-seat Concert Hall, classrooms, and offices in the heart of Coral Gables. Since its official Grand Opening in April 2022, Sanctuary of the Arts has presented over 60 performances in music, dance, and literature. View their upcoming events here at https://www.sanctuaryofthearts.org/upcoming-events/ Explore Coral Gables A Beautiful Cuiltural Haven ADVERTORIAL Coral Gables is one of the most culturally rich areas in South Florida, offering visitors and locals access to new art exhibits, performances, live music, literary events, and more. Once again, the city will come alive with the best in all things arts and culture in 2024/25. So mark your calendars and don’t miss these must-see happenings in the year ahead because “Art is Life”
