Performing Arts
Maria Todaro: A Lifetime in Opera
MARIA TODARO assumed the role of General Director of the Florida Grand Opera (“FGO”) in Fall 2023 with thirty years of international experience as an arts administrator and entrepreneur, stage director, conductor, librettist, and operatic mezzo-soprano under her belt.
read moreInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day
For INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE DAY, 2026, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent Jewish writers, artists, museum and film festival directors.
read moreNicholas Griffin’s New Play — “English Only”
NICHOLAS GRIFFIN’S new play, “English Only,” is based on events in Miami in 1980, and will open at the Colony Theatre on January 29th, running through February, 13th.
read moreA Decade of the South Beach Jazz Festival with Miami Beach As Its Stage
The four-day festival, opening Thursday, Jan. 8 and running through Sunday, Jan. 11, unfolds across the city’s plazas, museums, parks, and open-air stages. Free and ticketed events feature performers ranging from local acts with staying power to up-and-coming student musicians and big-name headliners.
read moreGonzalo Garcia: New Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet
On August 11, 2025 GONZALO GARCIA became the new Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet. He is a celebrated international artist, mentor, and arts leader whose 25-year career spans two of the most prestigious ballet companies in the United States: San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet.
read moreTania Gold: Artistic Voices
TANIA GOLD is an opera singer from Ukraine who was stranded in the U.S.A. when Russia invaded in 2022. She is the founding CEO of Artistic Voices.
read more“Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida”
TOM HUDSON is WLRN’s Senior Economics Editor and Special Correspondent. MELODY SANTIAGO CUMMINGS is the Executive Director of O, Miami. We discuss O, Miami’s new book, “Literally Everyone’s Invited: An Ode to South Florida,” and the huge success of ZipOdes.
read moreBayfront Jazz Heads to Miami Beach with an All-Female Powerhouse Lineup
Lakecia Benjamin will be in Miami on Saturday, Nov. 22 as part of the Bayfront Jazz Days, and while the Bayfront Jazz Festival was previously held at Bayfront Park, this edition is at the Miami Beach Bandshell. It’s an all-female lineup that includes bassist Nik West, Steinway artist Connie Han, and Taishogoto musician Eva Blanche.
read moreArturo Chacón Cruz Performs at the Richard Tucker Gala
Hailing from Sonora, Mexico, winner of the 2024 International Opera Awards coveted “Readers’ Award”, Mexican-American tenor ARTURO CHACÓN-CRUZ (b. 1977) is recognized as one of the leading operatic tenors of his generation.
read moreRebecca Friedman: From History to Public Humanities
DR. REBECCA FRIEDMAN is the Founding Director of the Public Humanities Lab (PHL) and a Professor of History at Florida International University.
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