Events

Thursday, May 1

(Film) Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Fort Lauderdale hosts the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, which opens today with Ask Not, an examination of the army's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

May 01, 11AM Through May 04 . Various Locations,

http://www.mglff.com/flglff

(Music) Philharmonia of London

Tired of the U.K.'s gray, drizzly spring, the Philharmonia of London arrives in Miami to catch some rays. In turn, you can catch a concert with Philharmonia conductor and Florida State University alum, Christoph von Dohnànyi.

May 01, 8PM. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., (786) 468-2000

http://www.carnivalcenter.org

Friday, May 2

(Art) Robert Wilson Video Portraits

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Johnny Depp and Isabella Rossellini are among the twenty-five video portraits by avant-garde artist Robert Wilson, now on display at The Bass Museum. For a more traditional take, the museum also dusts off its extensive collection of Flemish, Italian, and Dutch portraiture from the 16th to early 19th centuries.

May 02, 10AM. The Bass Museum, 2121 Park Ave., (305) 673-7530

http://www.bassmuseum.org

Saturday, May 3

(Music) New World Symphony Season Closer

Michael Tilson Thomas of the New World Symphony conducts selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, two classics fit for the group's 20th anniversary season closer.

May 03, 8PM. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., (786) 468-2000

http://www.carnivalcenter.org

Wednesday, May 7

(Books) Literary Lunchtime Series

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?”

May 07, 12:30PM. Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Ave in Miami,

http://www.flcenterlitarts.com

Friday, May 9

(Film) Screening: Jellyfish

In Jellyfish, Israeli directors Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen spin the fantastical tale of three women's loosely intertwined lives.

May 09, 7:30PM. Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way,

http://mbcinema.tix.com

(Art) Propaganda Arts at the Wolf

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.

May 09, 7PM. Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., (305) 531-1001

http://www.wolfsonian.org

Saturday, May 10

(Music) Jamnesty Music Festival

For its Jamnesty music festival, Amnesty International has Miami musicians taking the stage for a cause.

May 10, 1PM. Bayfront Park, 301 N Biscayne Blvd.,

http://www.streetinsider.com

Sunday, May 11

(Art) Pivot Points I Closing

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.

May 11, 6PM. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, NE 125th St., (305) 893-6211

http://www.mocanomi.org

May 2008