Friday, November 18
Skaters, it is time to seize that board and wheel over to the third-annual Skate Free Miami Open. Riders are invited to compete to win $10,000 in prize cash. The avenue contest will host completely different classes whereby skaters can showcase their strengths, together with finest tips and freestyle driving. Plus, contestants will have the ability to meet different riders with the identical ardour, together with final 12 months’s prime 5 semifinalists: Jiro Platt, Michael Premet, Mike Piwowar, Landon Swan, and Andreas Alvarez. Don’t miss out on the prospect to develop into this 12 months’s final skater. 10 a.m. to six p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday, at Lot 11 Skatepark, 348 NW 2nd St., Miami; 754-300-9912; skatefree.org. Register through theboardr.com. Sophia Medina
On Friday, Latin music icon Marc Anthony takes the stage at FTX Arena for the primary of two back-to-back exhibits. The live performance is a part of his Viviendo Tour, which kicked off final month in Las Vegas. In March, Anthony launched his thirteenth studio album, Pa’llá Voy, which peaked at quantity three on Billboard‘s Tropical Albums chart. With a profession spanning again to the late Nineteen Eighties, the singer has scored many Spanish- and English-language hits, together with “Y Hubo Alguien,” “Contra la Corriente,” “I Need to Know,” and “Vivir Mi Vida.” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, at FTX Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 786-777-1000; ftxarena.com. Tickets value $71 to $207 through ticketmaster.com. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez stops by Oasis Wynwood on Friday as a part of her Yessie Tour. Reyez rose to stardom on the heels of the only “Figures,” which went platinum in each her dwelling nation and the U.S. After the discharge of her debut EP, Kiddo, she earned a number of nominations on the 2018 Juno Awards, finally profitable for “Breakthrough Artist.” Her different releases embrace 2018’s Being Human in Public EP; the 2020 debut album, Before Love Came to Kill Us; and her newest launch, Yessie. She is acknowledged for tracks reminiscent of “Promises,” her collaboration with English singer Sam Smith; “Only One”; and “Forever,” that includes 6lack. 8 p.m. Friday, at Oasis Wynwood, 2335 N. Miami Ave., Miami; oasiswynwood.com. Tickets value $40 to $99 through tixr.com. Sophia Medina
Haven’t you at all times needed to step into the glamour of Nineteen Fifties Miami Beach? You can just do that on Friday and Saturday when the Eden Roc Miami Beach hosts Pompeii Cabaret. The celebration guarantees a night of enjoyable and dancing that harkens again to the Rat Pack period. With a retro-glam gown code, discover your inspiration in Hollywood A-listers like Elizabeth Taylor, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., Humphrey Bogart, and, after all, Frank Sinatra. Setting the temper with dwell performances are Les Greene and the Swayzees, together with martini dancers and a black-and-white photograph sales space. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, at Eden Roc Miami Beach, 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-704-7605; edenrochotelmiami.com. Tickets value $45 to $175 through eventbrite.com. Jose D. Duran
Saturday, November 19
Poet, speaker, and comic Alok Vaid-Menon takes the stage on the Miami Improv on Saturday. The mixed-media artist typically explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human situation by means of their work. They are additionally the creator of Femme in Public, Beyond the Gender Binary, and Your Wound/My Garden. They’ve made a giant imprint on social media and style with the creation of #DeGenderVogue and proceed to be a voice for the queer group. 3 p.m. Saturday, at Miami Improv, 3450 NW 83rd Ave., Doral; 305-441-8200; miamiimprov.com. Tickets value $25 to $35. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Nothing is healthier than partying without spending a dime, as ReShape invitations all digital music followers for an evening of experimental digital music. In partnership with European collection Les Siestes Electroniques and SeaNaps, Saturday marks the occasion’s U.S. launch. Partygoers will probably be handled to dwell performances by German experimental artists Anna Schimkat and Molto, French electro producers Simo Cell and Crystallmess, in addition to Miami-based musicians Richie Hell and Charlie Soul Clap. ReShape not solely goals to provide attendees an evening they are going to always remember however to deliver music professionals collectively to showcase their work and share their experience. 5 p.m. Saturday, at Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 786-453-2897; miamibeachbandshell.com. Admission is free with RSVP through cube.fm. Sophia Medina
On Saturday, queer movie collection Flaming Classics screens the 1975 grownup movie Saturday Night on the Baths at Hôtel Gaythering. Directed by David Buckley and starring Robert Aberdeen, Ellen Sheppard, Don Scotti, and Steve Ostrow, the movie was not too long ago restored in 4K and celebrates homosexual bathhouse tradition. Shot on location on the well-known Continental Baths in New York City (future stars like Bette Midler and Barry Manilow supplied the leisure on the venue), the film continues to be lauded as probably the greatest LGBTQ movies ever due to its documentation of an necessary interval in homosexual historical past. Gaythering has its personal in-house sauna that is open to resort company and the general public alike, so possibly you possibly can have fun the movie in your personal method after the screening. 7 p.m. Saturday, at Hôtel Gathering, 1409 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; flamingclassics.com. Tickets value $10 through eventbrite.com. Jose D. Duran
Even because the 2022 World Cup will get underway on the opposite facet of the globe in Qatar, Miamians can expertise a fútbol match in particular person at DRV PNK Stadium on Saturday as Colombia and Paraguay face off in a global pleasant. While the sport does not depend in any standings, there’s nonetheless a number of motion to witness. And for the Colombianos and Paraguayos dwelling in South Florida, it is a uncommon likelihood to root for the house golf equipment. 8 p.m. Saturday, at DRV PNK Stadium, 1350 NW fifty fifth St., Fort Lauderdale; cmnevents.com. Tickets value $29 to $199 through ticketmaster.com. Ashley-Anna Aboreden
Sunday, November 20
Appalachian people group Rising Appalachia brings its banjo- and fiddle-laced music to the Miami Beach Bandshell on Sunday. Sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith lead the venture, which has been making music for almost 20 years, lacing roots music with international influences. The siblings launched their seventh studio album, The Lost Mystique of Being within the Know, in 2021 as a shock to followers. The 9 tracks had been recorded throughout a one-day session following the isolation owing to the pandemic. 6 p.m. Sunday, Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 786-453-2897; miamibeachbandshell.com. Tickets value $25 through eventbrite.com. Jose D. Duran
Comedian Chelsea Handler desires everybody to know she’s vaccinated and attractive for her newest standup tour, Vaccinated and Horny. Handler has established herself as one of the vital celebrated voices in leisure and popular culture. In 2020, she launched her first comedy particular in additional than six years, Chelsea Handler: Evolution, on HBO Max, which led to a Grammy nomination for “Best Comedy Album.” Apart from comedy, Handler has written six books, 5 of which have reached the highest of the New York Times Best Seller List. 7 p.m. Sunday, at Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood; 954-797-5531; myhrl.com. Tickets value $75 to $125 through ticketmaster.com. Sophia Medina