arts and culture

A small — masked and distanced — in-person audience, as well as people on Zoom watched the event, which was the launch of the Broward Center's initiative Arts For Action: Black Voices.

The art installation features audio of Lucian Ferster reading his father's letters.

The beloved author and illustrator drew more than 70 books for kids — often about friendly bugs like that famous caterpillar. He said he got his inspiration from nature walks with his father.

The fourth annual MOSAIC — Month of Shows Art, Ideas and Culture — campaign includes deals and discounts at arts and cultural venues and hotels throughout Palm Beach County and runs through the end of the month.

COVID-19 shut down South Florida’s arts economy. Performances, concerts and productions came to a stop for artists and behind-the-scene workers. But, slowly, the curtain is rising again.

The 23rd edition of the Afro Roots Fest Miami Beach, set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave. Presented by the Miami-based nonprofit Community Arts and Culture (CAC), the annual event was virtual last year due to pandemic-related safety concerns and restrictions.

In her latest play, "Ich Bin Ein Berliner," Vanessa Garcia evokes her childhood memory of the fall of the Iron Curtain.

Starting April 1, the new leader at the helm of GableStage will be Bari Newport, who has served for the past nine years as producing artistic director of the Penobscot Theatre Co. in Bangor, Maine.

The Miami-based professional vocal ensemble has been rehearsing and performing remotely for months.

Shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Arsht welcomes back in-person audiences with programs by Zoetic Stage and City Theatre.

"This really is where the eyes of the entire opera industry are looking."

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