Free Miami Beach Culture Crawl returns!

Take a free trolley and explore Miami Beach!

Every third Thursday of the month, the city hosts its “Culture Crawl.”

The event, from 6-10 p.m., aims to get residents and visitors alike exploring and becoming re-acquainted with Miami Beach and its plethora of cultural offerings. Several of the nation’s most prestigious institutions, cultural centers and arts organizations offer complimentary admission as part of the event — opening their doors for a lively night of special programming, open studios and galleries, outdoor films, live music, exclusive tours, night gardens and more.

Events take place on South Beach, as well as Mid and North Beach locations.

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Free trolley service, with opera singers and professional tour guides aboard, transport and entertain attendees to and from each of the destinations throughout the evening.

The Jan. 21 lineup of participating locations includes:

SOUTH/MID BEACH

• Art Outside | Multiple locations throughout Miami Beach | artoutsidemb.org
  Trolley Stops: 11 St. and Collins Ave. | 17 St. and Meridian | 17 St. and Washington Ave.| 22 St. and Collins Ave.
  Self – Guided Tours
  Art Outside is a public art exhibition presented by The Bass, in collaboration with City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places, that offers residents and visitors the opportunity to see and experience a network of public artworks throughout Miami Beach.
• New World Symphony at SoundScape Park | 500 17 St. |  nws.edu
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. and 17 St.
  Bring your chair and watch a mini WALLCAST® concert in Soundscape Park. First showing at 6:30 p.m. Repeating at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
• Oolite Arts | 924 Lincoln Road | oolitearts.org
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. and 17 St.
  Visit Oolite’s newest exhibition, Dreams of Unknown Islands, by resident artist Sasha Wortzel. Curated by Kristan Kennedy, this ethereal exhibition invites the community to move through the grief caused by the pandemic and current crises towards acknowledgement, accountability and imagining new futures.
• The Wolfsonian – FIU | 1001 Washington Ave. | wolfsonian.org
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. and 10 St.
  Visit new first floor installations and Design Store, all carefully rethought for the world we live in. Exhibitions include Art for Justice, Color and Form: American Depression Glass, The New Deal: Art Relief, and You, Me, We, Us: Solidarity in AIDS Graphic Design.
• Betsy Hotel | 1440 Ocean Drive | thebetsyhotel.com
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. and 15 St.
  Live Jazz in the lobby. Stop by to experience the open-air Atrium, home to a collection of stone carved sculptures from Zimbabwe inspired by traditional Shona mythology. Exhibitions throughout the hotel galleries by Carlos Betancourt, Barbara Hulaniki, Andy Sweet, Hassan Hajjaj, Alessandro Sarno, Bob Bonis, Paul Saltzman,  Karl Stoecker, Ricardo Cavolo, Robert Zuckerman, and Robin Hill.
• Miami Beach Botanical Garden | 2000 Convention Center Dr. | mbgarden.org
  Trolley Stop: Convention Center Dr. and 19 St.
  Winter, a sound picnic by Frozen Music, creates and performs artificial sound environments from field recordings and electronics signals that feature bird calls, insects and amphibian noises found in South Florida gardens as well as in remote areas of the Everglades. One night only between 6 p.m. to  9 p.m.
• Holocaust Memorial | 1933 Meridian Ave. | holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org
  Trolley Stop: Convention Center Dr. and 19 St.
  Guests are invited to explore the artistry of the Holocaust Memorial for moment so of reflection and contemplation.
• The Bass | 2100 Collins Ave. | thebass.org
  Trolley Stop: Collins Ave. and 21 St.
  Exhibitions include The Willfulness of Objects, a selection of newly acquired works from The Bass’ collection, Open Storage: Selections from the Collection and Works on Loanand Art Outside.
• Miami Beach Urban Studios – FIU | 431 Washington Ave. | carta.fiu.edu/mbus
  Miami Beach Urban Studios – FIU in collaboration with curator Yi Chin Hsieh present a video titled Galaxy Viewby artist Juan Requena. The video was shot in the first-person perspective, collecting sunset scenes for years at a beach in Mumbai, India. This project is a part of Miami Beach Open House.

NORTH BEACH

• Miami Light Project at North Beach Bandshell | 7275 Collins Ave. | northbeachbandshell.com
  The Bandshell is open with limited capacity. All attendees must pre-register and must adhere to Covid-19 protocols for public safety which include wearing a mask. Doors open 6:30 p.m., screening starts 7 p.m.
  Miami Light Project, in collaboration with The Rhythm Foundation, presents ScreenDance Miami Festival 2021, highlighting choreographers and directors who are working with emerging and new concepts in movement and dance on film and dance on camera. Join us in the open air Bandshell for ScreenDance Miami’s Open Call Selections and the feature film, Uprooted!

LINCOLN ROAD

• Lincoln Road Business Improvement District | Lincoln Road between Alton Road and Washington Ave. | lincolnrd.com
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. & 17 St.
  Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden has reimagined the landscape of Lincoln Road as a botanic garden, providing public, smartphone-accessible interpretation of the plants. Over 120 QR-coded signs are installed on trees, palms, and orchids, connecting visitors to plant-specific information and media.
• SHOWFIELDS | 530 Lincoln Road | showfields.com
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. and 17 St.
  Come experience Miami’s first sustainable curation at the intersection of art and retail. Showcasing over 20 immersive art installations, this Ode to the Magic City lets you observe the local environment from the perspective of our artists.
• David Rosen Galleries | 933 Lincoln Road | davidrosengalleries.com
  Trolley Stop: Washington Ave. & 17 St.
  Meet renowned contemporary artists at David Rosen Galleries.

Virtual Programming

• The Bass Art After Hours | Lino Printing | 5:30-7 p.m. | thebass.org
  Exhibiting artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres used the printmaking practice within his body of work as an easy and inexpensive way to spread a message to the masses. In this class, participants will exercise expressive mark-making that will transform into a series of prints using the reductive method. Recommended for ages 18+.
• Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU | jmof.fiu.edu
  Take a virtual tourof Will Eisner: Comic Illustrator and Innovator. Eisner, one of the earliest comic book artists, was the creator of the comic book The Spirit and the father of the graphic novel. This new exhibition features original illustrations, first edition comic books from The Spirit series, works from his army days, graphic novels and self-portraits.
• O Cinema | o-cinema.org
  Various virtual screenings, including Some Kind of Heaven, Rock Camp, The Reason I Jump, The Library that Dolly Built, Finding Yingying, 76 Days, Zappaand Queer Japan.

For additional information on events and discounts, visit mbartsandculture.org.

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