Thinking Cap Theatre tackles a shattering play about lesbian lovers in Kenya.

The third time on American Idol was really, truly the charm for Candice Glover. The South Carolina singer took home the big win last week and already has an album (Music Speaks) and is headed out on tour. Though the 23-year-old can’t be called an overnight success, she is more than ready for her ride.

Palm Beach Dramaworks paints a gentle portrait of five Irish sisters in a lovely season closer.

I am not a Latina. I am a middle-aged white guy whose salsa dancing embarrasses my Venezuelan-born wife. But because she is a Latina, and because my teenage daughter is half Latina, I take more than passing interest in how popular culture portrays Latinas. And these days I’m annoyed, because the most popular Latina image out there is, well, almost as embarrassing as my salsa dancing.

It’s been seven years since Fox canceled the Emmy-winning comedy series Arrested Development.

The Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami operates out of an old white mansion in Little Havana. Just like any company, the dancers are starting their day with ballet class. But what makes this company different is that it’s a holding station for dancers who defect from Cuba, a place where they can stay in shape and get help finding permanent jobs.

‘Voces: Rebel.’ 10-11 p.m. Friday. WPBT-PBS 2.

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The popular television show has helped solve Miami homicides, but critics say the cameras can be a distraction to investigators and the show seems to focus more on African-American communities.

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez debuts the second play in his ‘Island Trilogy’

An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

Legendary choreographer George Balanchine once said, “ballet is woman,” and that seems to be the case, considering the scarcity of boys aspiring to become ballet dancers compared to the legions of girls. But of the girls who grow up to become top dancers, few have actually graduated into the upper levels of leadership.

The week ahead at the movies and on TV

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Cannonball Miami is bringing L.A. artists here to create work and waves

The reviews are in and Star Trek Into Darkness, the second big screen adventure helmed by J.J. Abrams, has joined his 2009 reboot with critics’ phasers set on stunning.

Actor Ian McKellen is 74. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 70. Actress Karen Valentine is 66. Actress Patti D’Arbanville (“New York Undercover”) is 62. Actress Connie Sellecca is 58. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 50. Actress Anne Heche is 44. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (“Little House on the Prairie”) are 43. Actor Jamie Kennedy (“Scream”) is 43. Actress Octavia Spencer is 43. Actor Justin Henry (“Kramer Vs. Kramer”) is 42. Singer Lauryn Hill is 38. Actor Ethan Suplee (“My Name Is Earl”) is 37.

Stevie Wonder celebrated his 63rd birthday a week after the big day (May 13) with a private concert for almost 700 high rollers, VIP guests and media types Tuesday night at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The legendary Wonder performed for well over two hours, singing covers by The Beatles, Michael Jackson and Bob Marley as well as his own greatest hits. Wonder also invited some of the audience, this writer included, to audition for him on his hit, Part Time Lover. While he told us we were better than the previous, uh, contestant, we’ll be keeping the full time day job.

In Epic, opening Friday, Miami’s own Pitbull plays a character that always makes money, no matter the situation.

The term “hot mess” doesn’t come close to describing Amanda Bynes. The troubled actress appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless endangerment. She was also charged with attempted tampering with evidence and unlawful possession of marijuana, all misdemeanors.

When Alison Thompson has a headache or other bodily pain, it’s not from a stressful day at the office.

Actor-comedian Tommy Chong is 75. Musician Bob Dylan is 72. Actor Gary Burghoff (“M-A-S-H”) is 70. Singer Patti LaBelle is 69. Actress Priscilla Presley is 68. Country singer-songwriter Mike Reid is 66. Actor Jim Broadbent is 64. Actor Alfred Molina is 60. Singer Rosanne Cash is 58. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 53. Actor John C. Reilly is 48. Actor Eric Close (“Without a Trace”) is 46. Actor Billy L. Sullivan (“Something So Right”) is 33. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 32.

Joe Francis isn’t denying he had an “appalling” interview with The Hollywood Reporter, but at least he’s sorry that he went off at the mouth.

Actress Barbara Barrie is 82. Actress Joan Collins is 80. Actor Charles Kimbrough (“Murphy Brown”) is 77. Actress Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 68. Comedian Drew Carey is 55. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 53. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 52. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 43. Singer Lorenzo is 41. Country singer Brian McComas is 41. Singer Maxwell is 40. Singer Jewel is 39.

Derek Hough may have won the 16th edition of Dancing With the Stars Tuesday, but the victory almost didn’t happen: Hough almost didn’t return to the ABC show this season.

WD 555 might sound like the name of a Star Wars robot, but it’s actually a welcoming wine shop and bistro off the beaten track on South Beach.

Temaris or ball sushi — warm mounds of rice with thin-sliced toppings drizzled in spicy sauces — was almost impossible to find in South Florida until Temaris opened on Brickell.

You may have been advised to dine out less often if you want to weigh less. That’s like telling people to leave their cars in the garage if they want to avoid getting into an automobile accident.

A gunshot to the head is the state’s recommended method for disposing of invasive Burmese pythons, whose swelling population threatens the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offers no guidance, however, on how to cook the slithery creatures.

What you put on a hot dog reflects where you come from, and for Colombians, it is lots of sauces and potato chips.

When Frances Alfonso was a little girl in Miami’s Little Havana she loved going with her parents to eat a Cuban’s version of the American hamburger, known as a frita.

The cuisine of Uzbekistan reflects the cultures that passed through Central Asia in caravans on the transcontinental Silk Road, and you can sample it at Chayhana Oasis in Sunny Isles Beach.

Sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa operates 31 restaurants on five continents — in Beijing, Budapest, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Moscow and more. He has published five cookbooks and acted in movies such as 1995’s Casino, 2002’s Austin Powers in Goldmember and 2005’s Memoirs of a Geisha.

When you pry a piece of corn silk out of your teeth, you’re yanking out a fallopian tube. Good sake should never, ever be served hot. And though you might shudder to hear it, some brewers in Brussels are quite happy when bugs fall into open vats of yeast, because they churn it up, thus becoming “unwitting accomplices in the dance between sugar and yeast.”

The logo at Cecci Italian Peruvian Kitchen is a fish eating a slice of pizza, symbolizing the union of sea and land here. There are pies, pastas and tiraditos, ceviches and saltados (stir-fries) plus creations like pizza a lo macho topped with seafood cream, octopus, shrimp and calamari, and fettuccine in ají amarillo-spiked huancaina cheese sauce served with steak.

A competition by Krups has five Miami coffee spots in contention for top prize

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During a brief encounter with Pope Francis, Gloria Estefan asked him to keep the plight of Cubans in mind

South Florida lends itself to people stripping down. Celebs, residents and tourists do it all the time. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is no exception.

Celebrating its 15th year, music festival brings together Haitian fans and top entertainers to celebrate Haiti’s culture, and Flag Day.

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A documentary details how Miami composer Desmond Child and partner Curtis Shaw became parents of twin boys.

Gustavo Alberto Noguera Delgado believed he was prenatally programmed to love Ludwig van Beethoven.

Natalie Cole looked and sang like a diva at the inaugural Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame gala at the New World Symphony on Tuesday night, delivering a lovely rendition of Acercate Mas (Get Closer) in a “Unforgettable” style duet with video of her father Nat King Cole. “It’s not easy being first, and Dad was a first in so many ways,” Cole told the audience at the New World Center on Miami Beach, as she accepted the Premio Pionero Desi Arnaz on behalf of her father, who was friends with the famous Cuban actor and singer. Nat King Cole was revered in Cuba for recording three albums of Latin American songs. “I can only imagine Desi and my Dad are looking down on us.”

Viewers of Thursday night’s Billboard Latin Music Awards, broadcast live from Coral Gables on Telemundo, might get a strong feeling of déjà vu. On stage will be longtime salsa-pop favorite Marc Anthony (that was him, too, in 2012, 2011 and 2010), pop diva Paulina Rubio (a repeat from 2012 and 2010) and reggaeton star Don Omar and veteran Mexican pop-rockers Mana (both appearing for the third year in a row).

Jazz had Dukes and Counts. Latin music had one King. And hype aside, by the time of his death in 2000 at age 77, Tito Puente was an icon.

The debate over immigration is highly political, but for the Los Angeles-based group La Santa Cecelia, the issue is painfully personal. Lead singer Marisol Hernandez’s parents came to L.A. from Mexico without papers, and accordionist Jose “Pepe” Carlos is undocumented.

Palm Beach Dramaworks paints a gentle portrait of five Irish sisters in a lovely season closer.

Thinking Cap Theatre tackles a shattering play about lesbian lovers in Kenya.

Kemal Gekic made his South Florida debut at the Miami International Piano Festival in 1999, and in the intervening years has become a familiar presence on the local concert scene. His Sunday afternoon recital on the concluding day of this year’s festival, however, was one of his most impressive solo performances to date.

New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez debuts the second play in his ‘Island Trilogy’

An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

Japanese sisters Ayaka and Yuka Yamamoto, who have been performing together for four years as Duo Yamamoto, won the gold medal and $25,000 top prize Thursday night at the 12th Dranoff International 2 Piano Competition in Coral Gables. The pair triumphed with their interpretation of Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor.

Twenty-year old Russian pianist Nikolay Khozyainov demonstrated substance over style in the opening concert of the Miami International Piano Festival’s Discovery series, delivering a compelling evening of masterworks that revealed a young artist more concerned with music than notes.

Russian baritone Alexey Lavrov offered a generous sampling of Russian and Italian opera arias and songs by German, French, Russian and Italian composers in a terrific recital that closed the Friends of Chamber Music season Wednesday night.

At dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights,’ Copperbox chef Gabriela Machado is wowing diners with her artful food

At the opening concert of the Mainly Mozart Festival, the most interesting work was not by Mozart. It was by the Hungarian composer Ernõ Dohnányi, whose long life took him from the rich musical world of late 19th century Budapest to a grave in Tallahassee, where he died in 1960 after several years at Florida State University. Although Dohnányi’s reputation has faded somewhat, his works are still played, and on Sunday the Amernet String Quartet gave an intense, committed performance of his String Quartet No. 2.

Keys ‘art stewards’ keep pipeline of artworks flowing to new Miami museum — if their parrot doesn’t get to them first

The exhibit includes images of a young Frida Kahlo and her husband, the artist Diego Rivera.

When the Spanish came to the Americas, artistic expressions of the two cultures became entertwined — much like the peoples themselves

At the opening for Miami artist Jillian Mayer’s exhibition “Precipice/PostModem” at Locust Projects in the Design District, visitors were asked to do something that is never asked of them in traditional museums and galleries: Touch and interact with the art. For example, in the piece Swing Space, guests are invited to take a ride on one of four swings hanging from the roof of the gallery while they watch a projection of digitally manipulated cloud imagery in front of them. This came as a pleasant surprise to many of the art patrons who passed through the gallery’s doors, including freelance photographer Tesoro Carolina.

An anonymous donor has given $12 million in cash and more than $3 million worth of art to the future Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Cannonball Miami is bringing L.A. artists here to create work and waves

An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.

Only 38, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has amassed a portfolio and recognition at a pace that set him apart.

Celebrated Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, who is competing to remake Miami Beach’s dated convention center, has been hailed and scrutinized for his mastery of large-scale design and his provocative writings.

“Thomas A. Spain: A Retrospective” features drawings and paintings by a longtime University of Miami architecture professor.

‘Voces: Rebel.’ 10-11 p.m. Friday. WPBT-PBS 2.

‘Save Me.’ 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.

‘The Ghost Army.’ 8 p.m. Tuesday. WPBT-PBS 2.

Bill Hader is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after an eight-year run.

As a child in Puerto Rico, Ismael Cruz was delighted by the colorful characters on Sesame Street, who not only entertained and educated him, but helped him learn “ingls.” He could not have imagined that two decades later, he would be joining them in front of the cameras.

When Doctor Who calls, Neil Gaiman listens. At least, when producer Steven Moffat calls with irresistible bait.

‘10 Buildings That Changed America.’ 10 p.m. Sunday. WPBT-PBS 2.

A tiny piece of a divided Sri Lanka is the setting for this artful and character-filled novel.

Khaled Hosseini writes a meandering, yet complex and compelling novel about generations connected by a Kabul villa

A historian explores the country, looking for important spots that our nation has mostly forgotten.

Debut novel from Laura Lee Smith explores a fractured family living in a fictional small town on the cusp of change.

John le Carré entertains with his lyrical style in his intriguing suspense novel.

A gutsy Paul Theroux endures a solo trip to the place he explored decades ago.

“I just read a first novel by Holly Goddard Jones, The Next Time You See Me and Jamie Quattro’s first short story collection I Want To Show You More. They’re both young writers, and I think both are so fresh. They just have striking voices.”

South Florida lends itself to people stripping down. Celebs, residents and tourists do it all the time. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams is no exception.

A journalist finds quirky people and entertaining tales on the back roads of the Sunshine State

Stephen King’s sons offer moving and satisfying novels, one about a cruel world, the other about a thwarted filmmaker.

Jennifer Gilmore turns her own experiences with the dehumanizing adoption process into a novel.

Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic"

The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip.

Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.

Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch's latest movie "Only Lovers Left Alive," an unusual comedy that puts a spin on the age-old vampire genre.

A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:

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