Artisan Market
2023-01-14 10:00 - 22:00, 2023-01-13 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Ocean Drive between 5th and 10th Street, 601 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Browse a variety of items for sale at the Art Deco Weekend artisan market. Featuring vendors from the local community as well as out-of-state, find something unique to take home from the festival!

Miami-Dade County Animal Services Pet Adoption
2023-01-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Ocean Drive between 5th and 6th, 550 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Special appearance by
Miami-Dade County Animal Services Pet Adoption
Miami-Dade County Animal Services’ Hope Express Mobile Adoption Unit
Connect, adopt and fall in love with a furry, living work of art.
Miami-Dade County Animal Services’ Hope Express mobile adoption unit has beautiful dogs and cats excited to meet you— all hoping for a fur-ever home. The pet adoption counselors will be there and ready to make adoption a breeze.
Adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, deworming, microchip, and age-appropriate vaccinations.
Free and Open To The Public
Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.

Classic Car Show by the Antique Automobile Club of America South Florida Region
2023-01-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Ocean Drive between 5th and 10th Street, 601 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Art Deco Weekend welcomes back the Classic Car Show presented by the Antique Automobile Club of America South Florida Region – made up of enthusiasts of antique automobiles of all makes and models of cars, trucks, and motorcycles from the early 1900s up to 1991. On Saturday (1/14) and Sunday (1/15), antique automobiles from all over Florida will be on display along Ocean Drive starting at 5th street going north to 10th street. [No tickets required]

Beat the Gym
2023-01-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Muscle Beach Area, 873 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Nothing challenges the body like the natural elements! Your own body weight combined with cardio intervals and core exercises delivers amazing results in no time. Compared to training on a floor, training on the sand is much harder, but also more effective.
This class will challenge you to elevate your fitness abilities and, as with all our classes, to have a lot of fun with some great people. Sun, the sound of waves, and a marvelous sandy beach: how can you resist? Participants should: Sign up, bring a towel, bring a water bottle, and get ready to take your workout to the next level.

Radio Waves: Miami Beach and the Golden Age of Radio
2023-01-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-01-13 09:00 - 17:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Today Miami Beach is one of the most “broadcasted” locations in the world, but 100 years ago the age of broadcasting was just becoming a reality.
This exhibition explores the first consumer mass media device and how it helped promote and shape Miami Beach’s early development. As radio proliferated through the first half of the twentieth century, Miami Beach also transformed from an untamed barrier island into a famous tourism and cultural destination.
Radio quickly became the “rage” in the mid-1920s as more and more Americans realized that owning a radio meant news, entertainment, weather, and politics could be transmitted wirelessly to them from the comfort of their homes. The radio brought families together to listen to broadcasts in their living rooms, connecting people to faraway places and signaling the start of the machine age.
Miami Beach’s own pioneers recognized that promotion was vital to its success. They broke the mold by adding radio stations to their hotels, broadcasting a message from this city carved from a jungle.
Radio styles were dynamic, often reflecting American culture and industrial design. Movies, architecture, automobiles, and the 1939 World’s Fair were a few such examples. The materials from which radio chassis were made such as wood, resins, plastics, metals, and mirrored glass, provided an endless array of aesthetically pleasing choices – many which are highlighted in this exhibit.
Radio Waves explores the Golden Age of Radio beginning in the 1920s to the late 1950s, as manifested by the distinctive architecture of Miami Beach. Art Deco, Streamline, and Mid-Century Modern hotels and apartments houses designed by some of America’s foremost architects continue to welcome guests to the sun, sand, and sea of the City of Miami Beach.
Miami-Dade Residents: Free Admission; General Ticket: $5.

Cinder Fit HIIT Workout
2023-01-14 09:00 - 10:00 | Muscle Beach Area, 873 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Utilizing our patented “Designed in the 305” CinderFit block, we will lead a 1 hour HIIT workout. The high-intensity workout will combine cardio and strength training. This workout is guaranteed to get you sweating, get your blood pumping and leave you feeling great.
Please bring water, a towel, and your CinderFit. Sample equipment will be available for use.

SOUTH BEACH VOLLEY TOURNEY
2023-01-14 08:00 - 18:00 | Muscle Beach Area, 873 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
An exciting opportunity to see local athletes showcase their skills in various beach net sports. There will be teams competing and doing demonstrations.
Sports represented will be: Beach Volleyball, Foot Volley, and Teqball.
Come cheer them on and get caught up in the fun.
Located at the main nets south of Muscle Beach.

Anna in the Tropics - 20th Anniversary Production
2023-01-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
The promo code is ANNA15 – 15% off, active 1/13 – 1/15 when purchasing your tickets online.
A stunning and evocative Pulitzer-Prize winning drama by Nilo Cruz.

It’s 1929 and we are in Florida at a Cuban–American cigar factory; cigars are still rolled by hand and “lectors” are hired to educate and entertain the workers. When a new lector enters the scene and begins to read aloud Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners and suddenly the lives of the workers begin to parallel the novel. Old traditions and new ways collide while longing, love, and betrayal spark a volatile flame that signals the end of an era.

Why Anna in the Tropics?
Anna in the Tropics is a story that belongs to this city. It was written by a Miami playwright, it first premiered at the New Theater in Coral Gables, it was awarded a Pulitzer, and now, for the first time ever, Nilo Cruz himself will direct the play. Nilo and his achievements bring a huge sense of pride to our community, and we are honored to continue collaborating with him and call him a dear friend. Anna in the Tropics is a beautiful balance of a strong story with poetic storytelling that is moving, sexy, heartbreaking and spectacular. – Michel Hausmann, Artistic Director.

Purchase your ticket directly at Miami New Drama’s website. The promo code is ANNA15 – 15% off, active 1/13 – 1/15 when purchasing your tickets online. https://miaminewdrama.org/show/anna-in-the-tropics/

Opening Night Soirée with The Cab Calloway Orchestra
2023-01-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street
SOLD OUT – The show is sold out but may be enjoyed from Ocean Drive or Lummus Park adjacent to 12th street without a required ticket.
Dress dapper at VIP Night for MDPL Members— featuring The Cab Calloway Orchestra, swing dance performances, mini dance lessons, and more!
Get ready for a high-energy, joyous, and soulful performance ignited with audience participation! The Cab Calloway Orchestra, directed by Cab’s first-born grandson, “The Prince of Hi De Ho,” C. Calloway Brooks, comes from the Big Band Swing Jazz Orchestra style that came bursting out of the Cotton Club and Savoy Ballroom in the Harlem Renaissance during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and 1940s.
Growing directly out of the Louis Armstrong New Orleans Dixieland tradition, Cab Calloway and his Orchestras virtually wrote the book on the “Hot Swing” sound and the “Jump” genre, including a featured progressive approach to performance.
Every day Brooks carries on the tradition of American big band music. The Cab Calloway Orchestra’s goal under C. Calloway Brooks is to expand the recognition and appreciation of its unique sound and sensibility while maintaining the integrity of Cab’s amazing musical repertoire. They want to make sure that you “keep that Hi-De-Ho in your soul!”

La Antena (The Aerial)
2023-01-13 19:00 - 21:00 | O Cinema South Beach, 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
DIRECTED BY: ESTEBAN SAPIR | 2007 | 1H 32M | UNRATED | IN SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES
In a futuristic city, the residents have lost their voices to both the omnipotent Mr. TV and the nameless corporation that runs the metropolis.
A fairy tale about the power of the human voice. In a wintry metropolis in the year xxx, the mercilessly bad Mr. TV rules. The whole city is without a voice, and he has monopolized word and image. People watch TV and eat the TV meals produced by Mr. TV, and in turn, Mr. TV is working on a sinister plan with a dangerous hypnotic machine that operates through the TV to ensure that all life will be subjected to him forever. To achieve this, he kidnaps the only one who still has a voice: a stunningly beautiful singer. An inventor witnesses the kidnapping and flees with his family to an old broadcasting mast in an attempt to thwart approaching doom.
Purchase your ticket at the link below. Adults: $11, Seniors/Students/Children/Military, $9.50, O Cinema Members, $7.50
(All tickets are available online and at the box office. Prices for special events and select screenings may vary. Please note ticket prices before you complete your purchase. All prices are subject to change without notice.)
Purchase Tickets here: https://www.o-cinema.org/event/la-antena/

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour
2023-01-13 14:00 - 15:30, 2023-01-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors.
All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather as there are no refunds for inclement conditions.

Astaire, Rogers, and the Art Deco Dream
2023-01-13 12:00 - 13:00 | FL
This is a VIRTUAL, pre-recorded event. RSVP to receive a link to the on-demand recording when it becomes available.
Glistening dance floors, star-lit skies, sequined gowns, white tie and tails—and the sleek, witty, romantic songs of the age. We have the hard edges of tapping yet the dances and singing are also open and airy. This is the Art Deco sensibility at play in American popular music.

About Michael Lasser
Michael Lasser is a writer, speaker, teacher, and critic. He is the author of three books: America’s Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley (co-written with Philip Furia), America’s Songs II: From the 1890s to the Post-War Years, and City Songs and American Life, 1900-1950. From 1980-2021, he was the host of the nationally syndicated public radio show, Fascinatin’ Rhythm, winner of a 1994 Peabody Award. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he is the former theater critic for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle and CITY, and for 35 years has appeared at museums, universities, and performing arts centers around the country. He currently appears in performance with singers Jessica Ann Best and Alan Jones. In 2010, he was named a Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Rollins College. He is currently at work on two books on American music, tentatively titled I Hear America’s Song: Popular Music and American Identity and There Goes That Song Again: The Persistence of the Great American Songbook. He taught for forty years, including thirty-two of them at The Harley School in Rochester, NY.

Anibal Berraute’s Milonga Under the Stars
2022-01-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street
Anibal Berraute presents a Milonga Under the Stars. Enjoy a night of Tango Fusion with special dance performances. The program is led by Berraute, an Argentinean piano player, composer, arranger, and producer, that fuses the tango with elements of other musical forms.
The fusion includes the “Uruguayan candombe” with its African roots and Argentinean rhythms, traditional country folklore sounds, and American jazz among others, creating a new vibrant harmonic approach to a genre. In a little over a century, this genre transcended its humble beginnings to reach the whole world, and its concert halls to be finally declared “cultural patrimony of humanity” by the United Nations.
Don’t miss the live tango performances!

Ocean Drive Architectural Tour
2022-01-16 15:30 - 17:00, 2022-01-16 12:30 - 14:00, 2022-01-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
This 1 1/2 to 2-hour walking tour provides an introduction to the Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival, and Miami Modern (MiMo) styles found within the Miami Beach Architectural Historic District. Explore hotels, restaurants, and other commercial structures with a visit to a number of interiors.
Tour takers will be provided with a sanitized wireless receiver and headphones which will transmit audio from the tour guide, in order to allow for social distancing of at least 6 feet between tour takers.
All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather as there are no refunds for inclement conditions.

A Wonderful World
2022-01-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Colony Theater, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
A world-premiere musical about jazz legend and singular American icon Louis Armstrong, featuring songs recorded and made popular by Armstrong, and original book by Aurin Squire, the multi-talented Opalocka-raised playwright and TV writer (This is Us, The Good Fight), and co-author of Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy.
A Wonderful World, traces Armstrong’s odyssey, the musical genre he helped define, and the complex history of race in America, from the birth of jazz in Armstrong’s native New Orleans to international stardom and the Civil Rights era. Squire focuses his musical drama through the prism of the women in Armstrong’s life. Directed by Drama Desk winner and Tony nominee Christopher Renshaw. Music arranged by Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell.
This event is produced by Miami New Drama. Art Deco Weekend visitors can receive 15% discount on tickets during the festival. Use code ARTDECO at the link below to purchase your tickets between Jan 14-16!
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Deborah Desilets: Spotlight on Art in Public Places
2022-01-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
In the 1930s art and national symbolism converged within the Federal Arts Projects, or the WPA Projects, that supported the values of the American Public. The great Depression and these Arts Projects changed the relationship between art and the public and are the harbinger of the relationships of art in the public realm today. Federal Arts Projects aimed to express American civic pride; today there are challenges to those very arts works as values in the public have changed greatly.
This lecture addresses Morris Lapidus’s life-long battle for ornamentation in architecture. The intention is to look at the ornaments, their symbolism, and the lasting quality of the messages in his art pieces for public consumption in his early hotels on Miami Beach, and his lasting contribution to the art experience on Lincoln Road.
Deborah Desilets is a registered architect, curator of the Morris Lapidus Exhibition, and steward of the Morris Lapidus archives.

The Big Broadcast of 1938
2022-01-16 14:00 - 16:30 | O Cinema South Beach, 1130 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
The S.S. Gigantic competes with the S.S. Colossal in a luxury liner race from New York to France. S.B. Bellows (W.C. Fields), the bumbling brother of the owner of the Gigantic, accidentally wrecks the sophisticated engine of his sibling’s ship, built by brilliant engineer Bob Hayes (Leif Erickson). Meanwhile, radio entertainer Buzz Fielding (Bob Hope), aboard the Gigantic with his girlfriend, Dorothy (Dorothy Lamour), is hoping to win so he can pay alimony to his three ex-wives.
This event is produced by O Cinema and tickets may be purchased online at the following link.
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South Beach Scandals Tour
2022-01-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
This 90-minute walking tour focuses on illegal activities and shady characters in Miami Beach history. Topics include political corruption, illegal gambling, alcohol during prohibition, and organized crime figures. Tour departs from the Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139. All tours are rain or shine. Please dress for the weather as there are no refunds for inclement conditions.

FIU Art Deco Combo under the direction of Dr. Lisanne Lyons (2022)
2022-01-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Jazz Age Stage at Lummus Park & 12th Street
Enjoy live jazz by FIU students!
The FIU Art Deco Combo is directed by Dr. Lisanne Lyons and consists of vocalists and a rhythm section who perform a varied and challenging repertoire of jazz and jazz-influenced music, as well as contemporary, latin, and a cappella styles. The group emphasizes close harmonies, improvisation, cutting-edge repertoire, and new works by students and FIU faculty. They also perform music from the library of Manhattan Transfer, New York Voices, Swingle Singers, Groove for Thought, and original arrangements written by some of the finest jazz arrangers in the country. The group is open for audition for all FIU music students and all vocal jazz principles and majors.
In July 2021 the group was honored with a Student Music Award from Downbeat Magazine, widely recognized as the most prestigious publication in jazz education.

About The Director
Lisanne Lyon’s career began immediately following high school as the featured vocalist for the Air Force Bands. During her years in the service she performed and traveled worldwide with the “Norad Command Band, ”Travis AF “Band of the Golden Gate,” and the U.S. Air Force Academy “Falconaires.” She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music and Doctorate in Music from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. As a student, she received two Down Beat “Dee Bee” awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and one for Best Jazz Arrangement. She was also invited to be a featured performer with Joel Grey on the NBC televised Orange Bowl half-time show, “You’ll Get a Kick Out of Cole.” Shortly after school, Cy Coleman selected her to replace Monica Mancini in the national touring company of his Tony award winning “City of Angels.”
Dr. Lyons has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau, Arturo Sandoval, Larry Elgart, University of Miami Concert Jazz Band, Roanoke Symphony, Palm Beach Pops, Las Olas Studio Orchestra, South Florida Jazz Orchestra, Sunrise Pops Orchestra, Sugar Pops Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Hallandale Pops Orchestra, Ars Flores Orchestra, Gene Krupa Orchestra with Michael Berkowitz, XL Big Band in Sweden, Harry James Orchestra, Artie Shaw Orchestra, and various bands across the country. She has also performed with many of the worlds top jazz artists such as Maria Schneider, Bobby McFerrin, Mark Murphy, Four Freshmen, Mose Allison, Jon Hendricks, Don Braden, Paul Bollenbach, Ted Rosenthal, Ira Sullivan, Duffy Jackson, Jim Pugh, Harold Jones, Dave Berkman, Eliane Elias, Claudia Acuna, Bucky Pizzerelli, Gary Burton, Dennis DiBlasio, John Fedchock, Walter White, Kevin Mahagony, and many others. Lisanne has recorded two solo CD’s, “Right as the Rain,” and “Smile,” with the John Toomey trio. “Smile” was met with critical praise including the Washington Post and Cadence magazine. She is in demand as a performer, adjudicator, arranger, and conductor.
In 2014, she joined the FIU School of Music as head of Jazz Vocal Studies and Director of the newly formed Jazz Vocal Ensemble. She made her successful debut at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center on November 19, 2014.

Joel Levine: The Fontainebleau Hotel: Imagining Paradise
2022-01-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
The Fontainebleau Hotel is a Miami Beach icon appearing in more than a dozen Hollywood films, representing both the city’s splendid glory and sordid historical past. Utilizing movie clips and other archival material, Joel will explore the meaning of architecture in American cinema and then reconstruct the history of the Fontainebleau while exploring the themes of architectural beauty, status, racism, and antisemitism.

About the Guide

Joel Levine is a Tour Guide and Board Member of the Miami Design Preservation League. Prior to retiring from a career in medical and educational administration, he collected and restored radios and televisions from the Art Deco and Mid Century Modern periods (1925-1970). Joel uses unconventional sources, including movie clips and picture postcards to tell a story about a place and it’s people. He has presented in Miami Beach, Tel Aviv, Mauritius and Napier, New Zealand.

Arf Deco Dog Walk
2022-01-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
This walk is all for the dogs!
Join us with your pooch for a walk around Ocean Drive during Art Deco Weekend. Dress up with your furry friend in your best Art Deco Attire. Special prizes will be given out. Hosted by George Neary.

Jewish Miami Beach Tour
2022-01-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Explores the rise and fall of the Jewish population of Miami Beach over the past 100 years, including a look at the impact of selected key Jewish individuals and institutions, plus an overview of architectural styles in the southernmost part of the city. Tour departs from the Art Deco Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139.

Sketchwalk #3: Tudor Hotel and Miami Beach Patrol Headquarters
2022-01-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center, 1001 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL, 33139, United States
Sketch with us at the Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District to capture the essence of the 1920s Era and the Now into your sketchbook!
Meeting point is in front of the Art Deco Museum and Welcome Center. Join us as our sketchwalk guide Ana takes us to The Tudor Hotel (1001-1099, Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139) and the Miami Beach Patrol Headquarters (1001 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139).
The Tudor building features a tall spire with red squares; the exterior and interior contain a variety of Key Stone Coral tones. It almost looks like an antique radio. The Miami Beach Patrol building is considered as “Nautical Deco”, in which buildings were designed to look like ocean liner lounge ships with porthole-style windows, etc.
People of all ages, and all drawing levels and skills are welcome. A Sketchwalk is an interactive walking tour run by Urban Sketcher leaders, where its participants stop to pull out their sketchbooks and capture the scene in a drawing. These on location from observation sketches tell the story of place, time, and community.
As this event is OUTDOORS be prepared with drinking water, portable chair/stool, and appropriate clothes for the weather. This event is FREE.

Bike Valet
2022-01-16 10:00 - 18:00 | FL
Park for free at the Bike Valet at Art Deco Weekend!
Sponsored by Better Streets Miami Beach and the Miami Design Preservation League.
Please note: bikes must be picked up before close of festival.

Aerial Vision at the Wolfsonian-FIU
2022-01-16 10:00 - 18:00 | Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, 33139, United States
November 19, 2021–April 24, 2022
The Wolfsonian–FIU @ 1001 Washington Avenue
Aerial Vision explores how early 20th-century inventions—airplanes and skyscrapers, each considered the embodiment of human achievement and a harbinger of a better tomorrow—sparked an era of remarkable creativity and new systems of seeing the world. Met with awe and excitement, both technologies introduced novel approaches for living, working, and traveling and opened up previously inaccessible vertical perspectives to modern spectators, from artists and designers to urban planners and everyday office workers. This exhibition of paintings, posters, furniture, and more draws from the Wolfsonian collection to examine these heightened positions of power and privilege, revealing connections between newly available viewpoints and their impact on the artistic imagination.
Aerial Vision is made possible by Bradesco BAC Florida Bank and the Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation.
The Wolfsonian-FIU admission is free for Florida residents. Ticket and visiting information may be viewed on their website: click here.
Free Fridays, 6–9pm every week
Regular Hours
Wednesday–Sunday: 10am–6pm (Friday 9pm)
