12 March 23-29, 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 3/23 ▼ CORAL GABLES LAST CHANCE Carnival season may be ending, but over at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, you can enjoy the festive season one last time during Sip & Stroll: Brazilian Carnival. There, you’ll be whisked away to Rio de Janeiro with drinks, music, and lush surroundings. Live perform- ers will deliver authentic sounds of samba while you sip on strawberry caipirinhas and play lawn games throughout the evening. 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Fairchild Tropical Bo- tanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Ga- bles; 305-667-1651; fairchildgarden.org. Tickets cost $9.95 to $65. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ DOWNTOWN GREEN THUMB Books & Books and Miami Book Fair will host bestselling author John Green at the Chapman Conference Center at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus. Green is best known for his young-adult novels The Fault in Our Stars, Pa- per Towns, and Turtles All the Way Down. Thursday’s discussion with Green will focus on his latest collection of essays, The Anthropo- cene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet. Paid admission includes a pre-signed copy of the book. 7 p.m. Thursday, Chapman Conference Center at Miami Dade College Wolf- son Campus, 254 NE 54th St., Building 3, Second Floor, Miami; booksandbooks.com. Tickets cost $18 via eventbrite.com. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ NORTH BEACH MAKING GOOD Pop-punk icons New Found Glory stop at the Miami Beach Bandshell Thursday as part of the band’s Make the Most of It Acoustic Tour. The South Florida-bred band first gained mainstream attention in the early aughts thanks to singles like “My Friends Over You” and “Hit or Miss.” New Found Glory’s 12th album, Make the Most of It, was released earlier this year, inspired by guitarist Chad Gilbert’s battle with cancer. Opening Thursday’s show is Nashville- based singer-songwriter Leanna Firestone. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 786-453-2897; miamibeachbandshell.com. Tickets cost $52.45 to $102.72 via dice.fm. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ WYNWOOD MAIN MAU5 Canadian producer Deadmau5 is bringing together his record labels, mau5trap and hau5trap, for We Are Friends, a Miami Music Week bash at Toejam Backlot. The lineup includes Kream, Lupa, OddKidOut, Speaker Honey, DJ Susan, Truth x Lies, Volaris, and Wenzday. Joel Zimmerman himself isn’t officially on the lineup, but there’s the promise of a “5pecial gue5t,” which it’s safe to assume might be a mouse-shaped-helmet-wearing DJ. 8 p.m. Thursday, at Toejam Backlot, 150 NW 21st St., Miami; 305-759-9954; toejambacklot.com. Tickets cost $54.56 to $121.23 via dice.fm. SOPHIA MEDINA FRI 3/24 ▼ DOWNTOWN BLOCK ROCKIN’ BEATS If you feel the ground shaking on Friday, no, it’s not an earthquake. Ultra Music Festival re- turns at Bayfront Park with a three-day bash featuring every style of dance music imagin- able. David Guetta, Hardwell, Tiësto, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Armin Van Buuren, and Swedish House Mafia are just some of the big names on the bill this year. For underground techno and house fans, the Resistance stages will see acts like Carl Cox, Nicole Moudaber, Claude VonStroke, CamelPhat, Dubfire, and Eric Prydz spin for the crowds. 4 p.m. to mid- night Friday, noon to midnight Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday at Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami; ultramusicfestival.com. Tickets cost $399.95 to $449.95. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ NORTH MIAMI LADIES FIRST Earlier this month, AfriKin Art debuted the “Women Walk on Water” art exhibition at the Scott Galvin Community Center in col- laboration with the North Miami CRA. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out — it closes on March 31 — on Friday, AfriKin Art will host “A Tribute to Women in Jazz” along- side the show. The evening will feature a performance by Melissa “Moonchild” Stokes, who will be paying tribute to the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, and Esperanza Spalding. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, at Scott Galvin Community Center, 1600 NE 126th St., North Miami; afrikin.art. Tickets cost $20 via eventbrite.com. ASHLEY- ANNA ABOREDEN SAT 3/25 ▼ SOUTH BEACH BOOTY BASICS On Saturday morning, join BabyMommaFit and Nikki Ogaard as they lead a glute-build- ing workout inside the eclectic Showfields. Girls Gone Glutes promises to get your booty pulsing, twerking, shaking, and vibing out for 50 minutes. The women-only event is about inspiring you to be your best self and con- necting with other women in a supportive environment. Plus, you’ll get a free pair of Lululemon shorts. 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, at Showfields Miami, 530 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; showfields.com. Tickets cost $45 via eventbrite.com. ASHLEY-ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ HIALEAH NO DIRECTION NECESSARY Crosstown Rebel’s 24-hour Miami Music Week shindig Get Lost returns to Factory Town on Saturday with a lineup that rivals whatever is happening at Bayfront Park. The event will once again deliver a circus- themed wonderland filled with stages, DJs, acrobats, and more. The lineup features mu- sic producers such as A-Trak, Carlita, Danny Daze, DJ Harvey, Damian Lazarus, Pete Tong, Doc Martin, Lee Reynolds, LP Giobbi, and Skream. Noon Saturday, at Factory Town, 4800 NW 37th Ave., Miami; factory- town.com. Tickets cost $120.13 to $227.91 via dice.fm. SOPHIA MEDINA ▼ OVERTOWN SPEAK LOUDER In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater and On the B Side invite you to the 14th an- nual To Her With Love on Saturday. The spo- ken-soul experience features poet and performer Sunni Patterson and R&B and soul singer Teedra Moses. Expect a mixture of music, poetry, and spoken word that cele- brates the Black woman experience. 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater, 819 NW Second Ave., Miami; 786- 708-4610; bahlt.org. Tickets cost $25 to $45 via eventbrite.com. JOSE D. DURAN ▼ CORAL GABLES ANOTHER BRICK Many musical artists have done the film treatment of their music — think Daft Punk, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift. But one of the first acts to pioneer the format and take it to new heights was British prog-rock act Pink Floyd. On Saturday, Coral Gables Art Cin- ema will screen the 1982 classic Pink Floyd – The Wall as part of its After Hours series in N I G H T DAY W E E K O F M A R C H 2 3 - 2 9 , 2 0 2 3 M I A M I N E W T I M E S . C O M / C A L E N D A R | B R O W A R D P A L M B E A C H . C O M / C A L E N D A R BRICK BY BRICK Pink Floyd – The Wall at Coral Gables Art Cinema Saturday MGM/UA Entertainment photo ®
