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the local CULTURE<br />
Compiled by Andrea Carneiro<br />
THE EXHIBITION<br />
Sinatra: An American Icon<br />
THE SERIES<br />
10@10 at the Adrienne Arsht Center<br />
for the Performing Arts<br />
In honor of its 10th anniversary season, the Arsht Center<br />
welcomes ten commissions from longtime collaborators in<br />
both the visual and performing arts, along with education<br />
and community components. Up first: the Alvin Ailey<br />
American Dance Theater (pictured above), who recently<br />
named Miami native Robert Battle its artistic director. From<br />
Feb. 18 through 21, he’ll debut his first new piece since<br />
taking the role — “The Attention of Souls.” On March 4,<br />
as part of the Center’s Flamenco Festival, Cuban pianist<br />
Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Spanish singer Esperanza Fernández<br />
pay tribute to legendary Cuban big bandleader Beny Moré<br />
in “Oh Vida!” And closing out the month, from March 18 to<br />
19, the Cleveland Orchestra will take the stage with a new<br />
work by Avner Dorman (pictured below) celebrating the<br />
diverse influences that comprise Miami’s musical landscape.<br />
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne<br />
Boulevard, Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org.<br />
Ol' Blue Eyes may be celebrating his centennial, but that<br />
doesn’t make the iconic performer any less culturally<br />
relevant in 2016. Case in point: HistoryMiami’s multimedia<br />
exploration of Sinatra’s life, running March 3 through June<br />
5 at the downtown museum. Curated by the Grammy<br />
Museum in Los Angeles, the exhibition covers Sinatra’s<br />
career and impact on American culture and chronicles<br />
his meteoric rise as a superstar musician as well as<br />
Hollywood success and personal and humanitarian life.<br />
Expect never-before-seen photos, family mementos, rare<br />
correspondence, artwork and a special HistoryMiamicurated<br />
display dedicated to Sinatra’s ties to the Magic City.<br />
Like this photo of him arriving in Miami Beach with<br />
his handlers in 1968. 101 W Flagler Street, Miami;<br />
305-375-1492; historymiami.org.<br />
THE EVENT<br />
TEDx Youth@Miami<br />
South Florida’s best and brightest take the stage at this fifth<br />
annual event featuring public and private school students<br />
ages 6 to 25. Independently supported and organized by<br />
Miami’s Cushman School, but under the TED umbrella, the<br />
event — on February 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Adrienne<br />
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts — will offer a range of<br />
short talks covering fields as diverse as music, science, food<br />
and robotics. Last year’s conference whittled down more<br />
than 40 applications to just 15, and featured talks such as<br />
“Disrupting Education” and “The Power of Language.”<br />
Go to tedxyouthmiami.com for tickets and details.<br />
(SINATRA) ICONIC IMAGES/TERRY O’NEILL.
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