6 January 5-11, 2023 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | news | letters | contents | Month XX–Month XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | THU 1/5 ▼ SOUTH BEACH SWEET SYMPHONY As part of the Miami International Piano Fes- tival’s 26th season, Croatian-born American concert pianist Kemal Gekić is set to perform at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden on Thurs- day. The program will see Gekić perform in- terpretations of work by Franz Liszt, Andrés Alén, and Frédéric Chopin. Gekić’s playing style has been lauded by critics and audiences alike for his daring approach to tone and form. Since 1999, he has been an artist in residence and professor of piano at Florida Interna- tional University. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach; 305-673-7256; mb- garden.org. Admission is free. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ WYNWOOD SCRUB THE GROUND How are your twerk skills? If you’re more Mi- ley Cyrus than Megan Thee Stallion, you need all the help you can get. Luckily, dancer Tyeshaa Hudson hosts Twerk’sum every Thursday at the Joint of Miami. The dance workshop focuses on fun and empowerment through dance. Guests are invited to shake what their mamas gave them to the best hip- hop remixes, funk, reggaeton, and more. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Joint of Miami, 2010 NW Miami Ct., Miami; 786-860-5634; thejoin- tofmiami.com. Tickets cost $25. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ SOUTH BEACH HARD BEAT The South Beach Jazz Festival kicks off on Thursday, delivering four days of blue notes and improvised syncopation at venues across the city. With a mission to support those liv- ing with disabilities and promote inclusivity, the festival invites world-renowned artists to showcase their talents, proving that jazz is still very much alive. This year’s lineup in- cludes Monty Alexander, the South Florida Jazz Orchestra, Tito Puente Jr., Mike Ledon- ne’s Groover Quartet, Wendy Pedersen, and Sammy Figueroa. Thursday through Sunday, at various locations; sobejazzfestival.com. Ticket prices vary. SOPHIA MEDINA FRI 1/6 ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE YADA YADA YADA What’s the deal with 2023? Comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld stops by the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Friday to let audiences know. The Brooklyn-born comedian is best known for his semi-fictionalized character and TV show Seinfeld, which he co-wrote with Larry David. He later created the talk- show series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which finds him spending the day with come- dians driving around in search of coffee. De- cades later, he’s still doing standup and making audiences laugh with his observa- tional humor. 7 and 9:30 p.m Friday, at the Bro- ward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462-0222; bro- wardcenter.org. Tickets cost $67.50 to $187.50 via ticketmaster.com. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ HOLLYWOOD CRIMINALLY BEAUTIFUL On Friday, everybody is a suspect at the Law & Order Florida Kiki Awards Ball, which is sure to have someone dead on the runway by the night’s end. Hosted by Legendary Fa- ther Shadow Mattel and TBoy, the ball in- vites contestants to embody the night’s criminal theme — think Orange Is the New Black but fierce. There is $2,000 worth of cash prizes, with the judges awarding win- ners in categories like face, runway, and tag- team realness. 8 p.m. Friday, at American Legion Post 92, 211 N. 21st Ave., Hollywood. Tickets cost $20. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ LITTLE HAVANA HAPPY TO SEE YOU Loxen Productions kicks off its 2023 season with a production of the provocative, award- winning musical Cabaret. The musical fol- lows a struggling American writer, Clifford Bradshaw, who is enthralled by Sally Bowles, a performer at the Kit Kat Club in 1931 Germany. With music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Edd, Cabaret is con- sidered by many to be the greatest musical ever to grace the Broadway stage. 8 p.m. Fri- day, at Manuel Artime Theater, 900 SW First St., Miami; loxenproductions.com. Tickets cost $35 to $100. JOSE D. DURAN SAT 1/7 ▼ WYNWOOD ANGRIER THAN EVER Bring earplugs for New Orleans extreme metal outfit Goatwhore’s performance at Gramps on Saturday. Goatwhore has been getting loud since 1997, mixing different metal music styles, like thrash, sludge, and black. Last year, the band celebrated its 25th anniversary with the release of Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven, its eighth album and first since 2017. A quarter-century after its debut, Goatwhore still sounds full of rage. Also on the bill are Cave- man Cult and Heraklieon. 7 p.m. Saturday, at Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; gramps.com. Tickets cost $20 via eventbrite.com. JOSE D. DURAN ▼ CORAL GABLES SPEAK UP GableStage’s 2022-23 season continues with its production of David Meyer’s We Will Not Be Silent. Directed by Bari Newport, the emo- tional play centers on German university stu- dent Sophie Scholl (played by Meredith Casey) as she leads a massive civil disobedi- ence campaign against Adolf Hitler and his re- gime. Also starring are Bobby Eddy as Hans Scholl and Jason Peck as Hans Grunwald. The play is based on true events, and themes of mo- rality, resilience, and courage shine through- out. 8 p.m. Saturday through January 29, at GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables; 305-445-1119; gablestage.org. Tickets cost $35 to $65. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ CORAL GABLES HELP YOURSELF Coral Gables Art Cinema’s upcoming install- ment of its After Hours series features a screen- ing of Whit Stillman’s 2011 comedy-drama Damsels in Distress. Starring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, and Lio Tipton, the film follows a group of girls seeking to overcome the male- dominated environment of their college cam- pus by running a suicide-prevention center to rescue their classmates from depression and low standards. As they dispense offbeat advice to fellow students, the women in the group find themselves in romantic relationships, threaten- ing their friendship and leading them to come together to start an international dance craze. 9 p.m. Saturday, at Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables; 786-472-2249; gables- cinema.com. Tickets cost $11.75. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE TURNING JAPANESE Celebrate all things anime when Yokai Nite takes over Stache Drinking Den. Otakus are N I G H T DAY W E E K O F J A N U A R Y 5 , 2 0 2 3 - J A N U A R Y 1 1 , 2 0 2 3 M I A M I N E W T I M E S .CO M /C A L E N DA R | B R OWA R D PA L M B E AC H .CO M /C A L E N DA R WHAT’S THE DEAL? Jerry Seinfeld at Broward Center for the Performing Arts Friday Photo courtesy of Broward Center for the Performing Arts ®
