Adrienne Arsht Center presents
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $45, $55, $75, $125*
Knight Concert Hall
Part of the 2022-2023 Live at Knight series
Photo courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center
Arturo Sandoval, legendary Cuban trumpeter, composer, and 10-time Grammy winner and Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, performs music from his autobiographical HBO film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story live with the Frost School of Music‘s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and special guests while the entire digitally remastered movie plays on a large screen. The special, one-night-only performance will be under the direction of acclaimed music director and concert producer Angel Velez.
The film, courtesy of HBO, stars Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia, Mia Maestro, three-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan and Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Charles S. Dutton and is based on the incredible true story of one man’s ultimate dream, freedom.
Digitally remastered for the big screen, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story is a classic love narrative set amidst the struggles of one man’s search for freedom during the height of the Castro regime but standing as a symbolic universal beacon of hope and solidarity for the inalienable rights of liberty for all. Twenty-two years following the film’s release, its story speaks to a new generation, Cuban and not, bringing hope and unity in the fight against injustice and surrounded by the joy of musicmaking by one of the world’s greatest musicians.
Books & Books, Miami Book Fair, Frost Science and Adrienne Arsht Center present
An Evening with Neil Degrasse Tyson
October 3, 2022 at 7 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
Tickets: $47 (includes book)
Photo courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and the author of the No. 1 best seller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, among other books. He is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has served since 1996. Dr. Tyson is also the host and co-founder of the Emmy-nominated podcast StarTalk and its spinoff StarTalk Sports Edition, which combine science, humor and pop culture. He is a recipient of 21 honorary doctorates, the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences and the Distinguished Public Service Medal from NASA. Asteroid 13123 Tyson is named in his honor. His new book, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, will be published in September.
Adrienne Arsht Center presents
The Heritage Project: Caribbean Music, Culture and Influence
Wednesday, October 5 at 7 p.m.
FREE
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Part of the 2022-2023 Heritage Project salon series
In anticipation of Miami’s extremely popular Carnival weekend, the 2022-2023 Heritage Project season series kicks off the celebration with an in depth, in person look at Caribbean music, culture and influence on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. This conversation will be moderated by Dr. Mary, founder of Dr. Mary Media Services, a social media company that amplifies Caribbean events in the South Florida community.
Adrienne Arsht Center presents
Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20*
Ziff Ballet Opera House – Thomson Plaza for the Arts
Photo courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center
Based in Miami, the seven colorful and culturally diverse musicians of Los Wizzards came together through a series of open mic nights in 2016. Los Wizzards’ magic lies in the way they invite audiences into the conversation with elements of funk, rock, pop, jazz, reggae, hip-hop and salsa. Through festive, honest lyrics and a sophisticated approach to popular genres, their anthems cast a spell that compels listeners to dance. Their power is rooted in their devotion to artistic discipline, constant experimentation and a firm refusal to restrict their sound to one genre. In 2020, that identity led them to win the honor of representing Miami on the city’s biggest stage as the Miami Heat’s official house band.
Adrienne Arsht Center presents
Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 5 p.m.
FREE
To kick off the new season of Free Gospel Sundays, the Arsht Center invites the community to Singing in the Streets celebrations on Saturday, October 8 at 5 p.m. at the following locations:
Historic Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
301 NW 9th Street, Miami, FL 33136
Featuring Florida Memorial University Ambassador Chorale
As ambassadors for Florida Memorial University, the FMU Ambassador Chorale (@fmuambassadorchoral) has upward of 50 members that perform a wide range of music and experiment with a variety of musical genres. Most recently, they performed with New World Symphony and renowned soprano Michelle Bradley.
Miami Gardens City Hall
18605 NW 27 Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33056
Featuring the Florida Fellowship Super Choir
The Florida Fellowship Super Choir (@f2superchoir) is made up of singers, songwriters, directors and musicians of all faiths and denominations from across the state of Florida.
Adrienne Arsht Center presents
Floyd Nation: Experience Pink Floyd
Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $39, $49, $59, $69*
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Part of the 2022-2023 Live at Knight series
Photo by Mark Matson Photography
Floyd Nation is a US-based Pink Floyd tribute band that performs all the iconic hits from the vast collection of Pink Floyd albums such as The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Division Bell. Audiences will be immersed in sound, lights and lasers as Floyd Nation takes them on an epic journey, bringing back the best memories of some of the most iconic music ever produced. The band’s precise tone and extreme accuracy shows their deep respect to the music of one of the most incredible bands to ever take the world stage.
Adrienne Arsht Center presents
Free Gospel Sundays: Jekalyn Carr
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 5 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
FREE
Part of the 2022-2023 Free Gospel Sundays series
Photo courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center
JEKALYN CARR (@jekalyncarr) is a Grammy Award nominee and Stellar and GMA Dove Award-winning recording artist. She is a profound speaker, radio and conference host, entrepreneur, actress and author. She has spent nearly a decade at the top of the gospel music charts. As a top-selling independent recording artist, Carr earned several Billboard No. 1s before the age of 21, including her hit singles “You’re Bigger” and “You Will Win.” She burst onto the scene at 15 with incomparable vocals and a wisdom well beyond her years in her breakout single “Greater Is Coming.”
Carr made her television acting debut with a featured role on the OWN Television Network series Greenleaf and expanded her acting experience in the feature film Never Heard.
Admission to Free Gospel Sundays: Jekalyn Carr is free, however, first-access passes* are required. First-access passes will be available starting September 9 at noon.
Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center present
Mlima’s Tale – Florida Premiere!
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Stuart Meltzer
October 13 – 30, 2022
Carnival Studio Theater
Tickets: $55, $60*
Part of the 2022-2023 Theater Up Close series
Photo courtesy of the Adrienne Arsht Center
“A beautiful, endlessly echoing portrait of a murder and its afterlife. Ms. Nottage shaped this story with such theatrical inventiveness and discipline that it never feels sensational.” – The New York Times
Mlima is a magnificent African elephant trapped by the underground international ivory market. As he follows a trail littered by a history of greed, Mlima takes us on a journey through memory, fear, tradition and the penumbra between want and need. From Lynn Nottage, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Sweat and Ruined, Mlima’s Tale is a captivating and haunting fable come to life.
