BLACK HISTORY AT THE ARSHT CENTER
ARSHT ON THE ROAD: MIAMI CHILDREN’S CHOIR AND THE CIVIC CHORALE
Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 4 p.m.
FREE
OFFSITE – Naranja Branch Library
14850 SW 280th St.
Homestead, FL 33032
Miami Children’s Choir and The Civic Chorale share their voices with the community in preparation for the Arsht Center’s The Big Sing on March 12. Learn to sing their unique combination of “Lean on Me” and “We Shall Overcome” for the spring show.
CÉCIL McLORIN SALVANT: GHOST SONG
Friday, February 3, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
Tickets: $45-$125
Part of the 2022-2023 JAZZ ROOTS series
Miami native and Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant will be bringing her Grammy-nominated jazz album Ghost Song to the Arsht Center on February 3, 2023. The New York Times recently named Ghost Song the Best Jazz Album of 2022, calling it “stylistically adventurous,” and it is currently nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album. McLorin Salvant is one of jazz music’s most decorated vocalists; in addition to being a three-time Grammy Award winner, she won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010 and is a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant.
HERITAGE FEST 2023: BLACK RESISTANCE
Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 3 p.m.
Ziff Ballet Opera House – Thomson Plaza for the Arts
FREE- RSVP HERE
The Arsht Center’s 2023 HERITAGE FEST features an afro-theory dance workshop led by Show Stopper Dance Studio’s Kerine Jean-Pierre (@lerougepierre), a Free Gospel Sundays pop-up performance by Rev. Melvin Dawson & the Genesis Fellowship Delegation (@theofficialgfd) and South Florida pop/R&B singer and X-Factor alum Victoria Blue (@victoria_blue). DJ Nickymix (@nickymix) will be this year’s MC and resident DJ for the day. HERITAGE FEST will take place outdoors with some indoor activities.
ARSHT ON THE ROAD: DENZEL WILLIAMS & BABA EDDIE DORMAN
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 4 p.m.
FREE
Denzel Williams & Baba Eddie Dorman
OFFSITE – Virrick Park Branch Library
3255 Plaza St.
Miami, FL 33133
Deepen your appreciation of African culture during Black History Month as dancer Denzel Williams and drummer Baba Eddie Dorman share their powerful work. Both performers are part of the esteemed teaching team at AileyCamp Miami.
Saturday, February 25, 2023 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
Tickets: $30, $45, $55, $65*
Part of the 2022-2023 Dance@Arsht series
Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers. Founded by Alvin Ailey, the company embodies his pioneering mission to establish an extended cultural community that provides dance performances, training and community programs for all people. Since its 1974 inception, Ailey II has become one of the most popular modern dance companies, combining a rigorous touring schedule with extensive community-outreach programs. With artistic director Francesca Harper at the helm, Ailey II continues to thrive as she brings a fresh dimension to this beloved company.
ARSHT ON THE ROAD: GOSPEL SINGER JOHNNY SANDERS
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 3 p.m.
FREE
OFFSITE – Government Center Metro Mover Station
101 NW 1 St.
Miami, FL 33128
Experience a free pop-up concert featuring one of this country’s premier gospel artists, Johnny Sanders, on the mezzanine level of Metrorail’s Government Center Station. Sanders’ powerful, melodic voice has electrified audiences all over the world. After the concert, take the Omni Loop Metromover to the Arsht Center’s Free Gospel Sundays concert featuring Pastor Marc Cooper & Miami Mass Choir, taking place at 5 p.m. at the Knight Concert Hall.
FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS: PASTOR MARC COOPER & MIAMI MASS CHOIR
Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 5 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall
FREE – First Access Passes available beginning January 27, 2023
Free Gospel Sundays’ resident choir returns to the stage to close out Black History Month! Miami Mass Choir’s debut album, 1997’s It’s Praying Time, reached No. 25 on Billboard’s gospel albums chart and earned the choir the Stellar Award for Choir of the Year. Since then, the group has recorded several more albums, including Miami Mass Choir LIVE at the Adrienne Arsht Center; been nominated for a Grammy Award; performed on MTV with Kanye West; and served as resident choir of the Arsht Center’s Free Gospel Sundays series.
WPLG Local 10 Anchor Calvin Hughes returns as the host for Free Gospel Sunday performances.
