The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Wednesday, February 7

Flamenco Festival Miami celebrates this sultry, brooding dance style with three days of performances. Through February 9. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd.; (305) 949-6722; www.carnivalcenter.org/perform

Thursday, February 8

Eddie Murphy’s brother Charlie Murphy, shows that some serious comic veins run in the family. Through February 10. Miami Improv, 3390 Mary St, Suite 182; (305) 441-8200; http://flavorpill.com/miami/events/2008/2/8/charlie-murphy

Miami Art Museum opens an exhibit of 20th century Cuban artist Wilfredo Lamb, whose work fuses Afro-Caribbean myth with European Modernism. Through May 18. 101 W Flagler St.; 305-375-3000; www.miamiartmuseum.org

Friday, February 9

At this workshop, parents and children play house together, creating a 3-D model of an interior, replete with furniture, flooring, and wallpaper. 1-3 p.m.; Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.; (305) 531-1001; www.wolfsonian.org

Poet Campbell McGrath, winner of a MacArthur Fellowship, reads from his latest collection, Seven Notebooks. 7 p.m.; Books & Books - Coral Gables, 265 Aragon Ave.; (305) 442-4408; www.booksandbooks.com

Saturday, February 10

Last Chance: America’s International Art & Antiques Fair is packs up its period pieces today. The Palm Beach Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd.; (561) 209-1302; www.palmbeachfair.com

Last Chance: Between the two world wars, John Heartfield pioneered the practice of photomontage. An exhibition of his work closes at the Wolfsonian today. Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.; (305) 531-1001; www.wolfsonian.org

Mavis Staples is all soul. Formerly of the1960s gospel act, the Staples Singers, Mavis and four-time Grammy winners The Blind Boys of Alabama will raise the roof at tonight’s concert. 4 p.m.; Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd.; (305) 949-6722; www.carnivalcenter.org

Tuesday, February 12

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Monterey Jazz Festival put together an all-star traveling band, with trumpeter Terence Blanchard, singer-saxophonist James Moody, and Grammy-nominate songstress Nnenna Freelon, among others. 8 p.m.; Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd.; (561) 832-7469; www.kravis.org

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