The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Wednesday, May 7

The Florida Center for the Literary Arts lunchtime reading series brings local writers together from today through May 10. Our top pick is Nick Flynn (Blind Huber, Some Ether), Connie May Fowler (The Problem with Murmur Lee: A Novel), and Rick Moody (Garden State, The Ice Storm) discussion titled “What Is Memoir?” on May 9. 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Ave in Miami; www.flcenterlitarts.com

Thursday, May 8

Peter LaFarge, who wrote Johnny Cash’s hit, “The Ballad of Ira Hayes,” spent the early 1960s with fellow folkies Bob Dylan, Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, and, of course, Cash himself. Tonight, the Miami Beach Cinematheque screens Sandra Schulman’s documentary, The Ballad of Peter LaFarge. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way; http://mbcinema.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=137534

Friday, May 9

Leonard A. Lauder, art collector, philanthropist, and Estée Lauder board chairman, talks about his hobby: collecting and preserving propaganda artwork. Before the talk, stop by the fifth floor galleries, where Lauder's World War II-era posters and artifacts are on display. 7 p.m.; Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.; (305) 531-1001; www.wolfsonian.org

The Boca Raton Art Museum opens two exhibits today: The first, American Impressionism, a collection of period paintings, and the second, In the Eye of the Beholder, a “tasting” of historical, modern, and contemporary works culled from the city’s top galleries. 8:30 p.m.; 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; (561) 392-2500; (305) 673-4567; www.bocamuseum.org

In Jellyfish, Israeli directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen spin the fantastical tale of three women's loosely intertwined lives. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way in Miami; http://mbcinema.tix.com

Saturday, May 10

The Dorsch Gallery opens the group exhibition It’s Okay to Cross Now, where artists explore the crosswalk in multi-media work. Through June 7. The Dorsch Gallery 151 NW 24th St.; (305) 576-1278; www.dorschgallery.com

For its Jamnesty music festival, Amnesty International has Miami musicians taking the stage for a cause. 1-8 p.m.; Bayfront Park, 301 N Biscayne Blvd.; www.streetinsider.com

Sunday, May 11

Last Chance: The exhibit Pivot Points I, showcases important gifts made to MOCA, North Miami since 1995, including Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno’s multi-media work No Ghost Just a Shell and Thomas Hirschhorn’s installation Diorama. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, NE 125th St.; (305) 893-6211; www.mocanomi.org

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