BOOKS

A case for turkey-free feasting

AUTHOR! AUTHOR!

Portraying realistic (non-desperate) women

NONFICTION

Review | 'Eating Animals': Calling all carnivores: Do the right thing for Earth

The author doesn't preach vegetarianism but urges us to take responsibility.

FICTION

Review | 'Invisible': A wallflower awakens in these tales within tales

In this novel told from three perspectives, a student perpetually tries to come of age over the years.

What are you reading now? | Dylan Landis

Author appearances

TUESDAY Susie Essman and ``What Would Susie Say?'' 6:30 p.m. The Bookstore in the Grove, 3399 Virginia St.,...

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL

Big names, sun make the day perfect at the book fair

Readers revel in good writing -- and weather -- at the book fair in downtown Miami.

FLORIDA GRAND OPERA

Power roles for soprano

CONCERTS

Cultures collide, form musical trio

Banjoist Béla Fleck and bassist Edgar Meyer both have countless colleagues who would sell body parts and fi...

Coral Ridge Presbyterian cancels 2009-2010 concert series

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church has canceled its 2009-2010 concert series, following the departure of its o...

Cellist writes music just for monkeys

David Teie, a cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra who also composes, is getting widespread attenti...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Quartet aims to bring Baroque to 21st century

Maybe those enormous wigs that sit atop the unsmiling faces and fussy court dress in portrait after portrai...

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Revealing Ormandy reissues, now on CD

Few prominent conductors have such fleeting claims to greatness as has Eugene Ormandy -- but as the Japanes...

SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS SCENE

Summerfest concerts hit Latin, classical beats

Contemporary Latin music and classical compositions by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms are on the bill for Symphon...

MODERN DANCE

Dance was African's 'escape'

MIAMI CITY BALLET

Miami City Ballet opens season with a return to its roots

Miami City Ballet opened its season Friday night with Allegro Brillante, the same piece that opened the com...

Miami City Ballet, in season's first program, goes back to its roots

Miami City Ballet opened its season Friday night with Allegro Brillante, the same piece that opened the com...

DANCE

Trimmed-down ballet set for a lean season

Like much of the rest of the world, Miami City Ballet has been on a financial and professional roller coast...

DANCE

No limitations for the disabled

Choreographer Karen Peterson has been making pieces for disabled dancers, people whose ability to move has ...

Dance fever: International Ballet Festival offers a mix of youth and experience

The 14th International Ballet Festival of Miami, presented by the Miami Hispanic Ballet, opens this weekend...

MERCE CUNNINGHAM, 90

His artistic vision changed modern dance

Merce Cunningham, the endlessly inquisitive choreographer who revolutionized modern dance and helped change...

STAGE PICK

'Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them' at Mosaic Theatre

Christopher Durang is at the height of his satirical powers in his newest play, Why Torture is Wrong, and t...

STAGE PICK

'26 Miles' at New Theatre

THEATER REVIEW

Review | New spin on 'The Voysey Inheritance' a success

THE MUSIC SCENE

Michael Feinstein, Cheyenne Jackson: Satisfying pairing of a him and a him

In his glowing review of Broadway's Finian's Rainbow, a New York Times critic last month wrote of the music...

THEATER REVIEW

Review | 'Macon City: A Comic Book Play' is brought to life with creative glee

STAGE PICK

'Macon City: A Comic Book Play' at Barry University

THEATER

Review | 'Legally Blonde': It's like, you know, too cute

How much you enjoy Legally Blonde the Musical -- and loads of people do -- will probably depend on your tol...

VISUAL ARTS

Art is dead: Decomposition is the focus of photographers' compositions

''People sometimes run out of our exhibitions,'' photographer Mirta Gómez says. ''They don't want to...

ARCHITECTURE

Getting what we deserve: New, world-worthy buildings boost South Florida's profile

For any number of anonymous winters, the Swiss architect Jacques Herzog vacationed in Miami Beach -- walkin...

VISUAL ARTS

Wolfsonian exhibit drives plan for weekend of serious car gazing

The inspiration for the upcoming A Very Wolfsonian Weekend Gala -- which includes visits to classic-car mus...

Art loves New York: From the Norton's collection, a world emerging amid pilings and steel

MIAMI ART MUSEUM

Miami Art Museum chief steps down, leaves unfinished business

With designs for a new Miami Art Museum in place, its director has decided to step down and return to archi...

MOCA acquisitions highlight pivotal works in artists' careers

VISUAL ARTS

Artist puts 'Everything' into Miami exhibition