Koubek Center

As Miamense as Possible
2023-02-25 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
La iniciativa As Miamense as Possible fue ganadora del Knight Arts Challenge 2021 con el propósito de apoyar a dramaturgos LatinX menores de 40 años.
El programa se llevara a cabo durante el 17, 18, 24 y 25 de febrero e incluye un programa de tres estrenos teatrales y un simposio teórico co-presentado en parte con el Observatorio Teatral Hispano
CUÁNDO: Viernes 24 y sábado 25 de febrero a las 8:00 PM
QUÉ: “Al Amanecer”, de Vianca Collazo (en español e inglés con sobretítulos en ambos idiomas) Con la dirección de Vianca Collazo y la actuación de Chaveli Ponce y Phillip Santiago
Sinopsis: El vínculo que crece entre dos seres a través de la lenta pérdida de una matriarca. La historia dolorosa de ciertas heridas y su necesario perdón.
“Lo Siento mi Español es Tremendo Mal”, de Brandon Urrutia (en español e inglés con sobretítulos en ambos idiomas) Dirigido por Israel García y con la actuación de Brandon Urrutia

Sinopsis: Fe, familia y flan, tres elementos distintivos de la cultura hispana; pero, ¿puedes participar de ella si ni siquiera hablas la lengua? Descubre cómo Brandon, autor y actor de la pieza, desafía y resuelve la gran pregunta desde su español roto y su amor por los orígenes de su familia tras la muerte de la abuela.
Estas obras son breves — “Al Amanecer” dura 45 minutes; “Lo siento mi español es tremendo mal”, es de 20 minutos – y serán presentadas continuadamente con un breve entreacto de 10 minutos.

Koubek Center presenta FLAMENCO EN DOS ORILLAS
2023-03-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
The Koubek Center will bring an intimate and experimental Flamenco performance featuring the new generation of artists who are paving the way for a new way of understanding and seeing Flamenco. We present artists from Spain who can experiment in an intimate space and offer our audiences the same experience of an authentic tablao. Flamenco En Dos Orillas is an artistic residency featuring the unique collaboration between artists from Spain and local artists from Miami who will work together for a week to create a new work to be presented to the community as a public event. Internationally recognized award-winning Antonio Rey, one of the most representative figures of the current flamenco guitar scene will be joined by multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Munir Hossn and his rich mix between Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; one of the most sought out Cuban percussionist Vizcaino Jr; and Afro-Cuban lead vocalist of Celia Cruz All Stars Lenia Diaz to develop a new work that fuses the musical traditions of these three talented artists.
WHAT: FLAMENCO EN DOS ORILLAS
WHEN: Friday March 10th @ 8PM – Antonio Rey, Munir Hossn, Lenia Diaz and Vizcaino Jr
WHERE: Koubek Center’s Theatre 2705 SW 3rd St. Miami, Fl, 33135
TICKETS: $20 presale / $25 at the door
LINK TICKETS: https://www.squadup.com/events/flamenco-en-dos-orillas-koubek-center-antonio-rey-munir-hossn-lenia-diaz?legacy=0
FREE PARKING

Tributo a Fania
2023-03-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Gardens, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Get ready to dance and sing along with the hits at the Tribute to Fania, presented by Koubek Center in its Little Havana Social Club program with Mimy Succar and the Mixtura Orchestra under the direction of two-time Latin GRAMMY Award-winning percussionist, producer, composer, and arranger Tony Succar, with the participation of musician, producer and DJ Mr. Pauer.

Frenesies
2023-03-20 20:00 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
L’Alliance Française and Koubek Center present Frénésies, a theatrical production of La Compagnie Tilawcis
Turned towards an organic incarnation whose common thread is the departure-return report from the native island, the territory of origin, Frénésies starts slowly with a misguided character “I had the ocean as far as the eye could see but I was without horizon”, sometimes candid: Thomas (twin in Aramaic). He meets his inverted double, free and without attachment, real or not, to the public to decide, Bilal (the name of the Patron saint of the muezzins, the one who sublimates reality by sacralizing it. It also represents water in Arab culture, the elusive, the intangible, the one who overflows, who flies, who engulfs), who will do it juggling disturbing and ecstatic situations during the course an unforgettable trip on American roads. Everything contributes to tighten the room towards a philosophical, mystical climax, an intimate ritual to reconnect with oneself, with one’s roots, thus becoming a new genre: an initiatory road-theatre.
In French with Spanish subtitles
March 20th @ 8PM
FREE TICKETS with RSVP
FREE PARKING

Picnic de Libros - April 8, 2023
2023-04-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Gardens, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Picnic de Libros is a bilingual, family day program featuring storytelling, theatre, music, arts and crafts, dance, and picnic baskets full of books, for families to enjoy together. The event is free, and its main goal is to expose kids to the richness and variety of the cultural traditions in our diverse community. These gatherings will tickle children’s curiosity while using the power of stories to bring people together, promoting literacy, and nurturing the next generation of engaged world citizens. We want to encourage kids to read and develop a passion for books and literature. Culminating each day, we will serve a special picnic with blankets on the lawn and baskets full of books, in both Spanish and English. Picnic de Libros is produced by the Koubek Center and Fundacion Cuatrogatos.
Next Picnic will have the following activities:

A very special presentation of Haitian music performed by Inez Barlatier.
Creative Stage Productions returns with their amusing characters.
Bilingual stories with storytellers Marilyn Romero and Geraldine Townson.
An entertaining Spanish-language mini children’s theatre play performed by Teatro Doble.
Píntame, an interactive game with colors and brushes, by Venezuelan performers Lismar Marcano and Hanny Rivera from Books and Play.

Saturday April 8th from 2 to 5 PM
Koubek Center Garden (2705 SW 3rd St. Miami, Fl, 33135)
Phone: 305-237-7750
Free Entrance and Parking

The Inheritants Project - Afro Roots 2023
2023-04-16 14:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Spend Sunday afternoon breakdancing, building percussion instruments and learning how to play Afro Influenced music on Sekere, Ukulele, and Agogo. Then participate in a Community Jam Session, with your newfound skills and friends. The Inheritants Project is an ongoing Miami-based youth Afro-Indigenous music and dance program with community interactive stage events. Together, students and their teachers, proteges and their mentors, and children and their parents, perform together on a professional platform.
SCHEDULE:

2pm – 4 pm: Learn to build a Sekere by Pan African Arts
3pm – 4 pm: Learn to play the Ukulele by Afro-Mexican Fandango with Ameyal.
3pm – 4 pm: Learn to break dance with Luis “junior” Vitale.
4pm: Jam Session

ALL SUPPLIES AND INSTRUMENTS ARE PROVIDED
FAMILIES, FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR DRUMS AND PERCUSSIVE INSTRUMENTS FROM HOME FOR THIS JAM SESSION COMMUNITY INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP
*EACH CHILD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT * NO DROP-OFF SERVICE

Baila Little Havana con Marisol Blanco - May 3
2023-05-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Dancer and Master Instructor Marisol Blanco offers a weekly Afro-Cuban dance class that spans the history, songs, steps, beats, passion, mysticism, and intensity of Cuban folklore and culture. The course includes traditional ballroom dances such as the danzón, mambo, cha cha chá, pilón, mozambique, son and the casino. Marisol will also teach dances of the Afro-Cuban heritage such as rumba (in its various expressions: yambú, guaguancó and columbia); and of various ethnicities and African traditions including Yoruba (from the Orichas), Aará (Fodunes), Bantú (Mpungos) and also Haitian (Loaces).
La bailarina y profesora de baile Marisol Blanco ofrece sus clases semanales de danza afrocubana que abarcan la historia, las canciones, los pasos, y la intensidad y la mística de la cultura y el folklore cubano. En su curso ella incluye danzas tradicionales de salón tales como el danzón, el mambo, el chá chá chá, el pilón, el mozambique, el son y el casino; pero también el baile típico del carnaval de la Habana: la conga. Marisol también enseña bailes de la herencia afrocubana tales como la rumba (en sus varias expresiones: yambú, guaguancó y columbia), y de varias etnias y tradiciones africanas incluyendo Yoruba (de los Orichas), Arará (Fodunes), Bantú (Mpungos) y también haitiana (Loaces).

Jazz @ Koubek
2023-05-11 20:00 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
The Koubek Center at Miami Dade College presents Jazz @ Koubek, a three-day event featuring resident jazz creators and performers exploring some of the many accents of jazz in Miami. Brilliant musicianship and stories told in post-bop and Afro-Caribbean grooves, roots music, and funk. There is a world of jazz to discover at the Koubek Center, May 11-13.
Thursday 11th May 8pm Tal Cohen Trio
Brandon Goldberg Trio

Friday 12th May 8pm LaVie Trio
Ed Calle Quartet

Saturday 13th 8pm Lemon City Trio
Aaron Lebos Quartet

El dia que cambió la vida del Sr Odio
2023-05-20 17:00 - 18:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
El Sr. Odio es un personaje solitario, huraño y de muy mal carácter que, muy temprano en la mañana, se entera de que al apartamento que está justo al lado del suyo se mudará una nueva vecina. Esto lo altera tanto que decide oponerse a esa mudanza. Lo que no sabe es que la nueva vecina es la Sra Amor, un personaje completamente opuesto a él, lo cual lo empeora todo. Así, el Sr. Odio emprende un plan para atacar a su nueva vecina e impedir que se instale en ese apartamento. Lo que nuestro odioso personaje no sabe, es que todo lo que intentará hacer en contra de su vecina, retornará a él para cambiar su vida.
Una obra de teatro infantil en español.
Una producción de Hand2HandTeam & Open Door Productions

Brooklyn-Cumaná
2023-06-17 20:00 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
American composer and accordionist Sam Reider and Venezuelan cuatro player Jorge Glem were born to different creative traditions, but each has found fertile common ground in the hothouse of cross-cultural collaboration. Glem, a founding member of the Latin Grammy Award-winning C4 Trio, first bonded with Reider over shared musical virtuosity and curiosity, leading the way to a unique repertoire of songs that fuses enduring South-American forms like merengue and joropo with U.S. folk roots and traditional jazz. The title of the duo’s LP, Brooklyn Cumaná, pays tribute to both of the players’ respective hometowns. The complex and beautiful fusion music of Glem and Reider’s ever-expanding vision takes center stage for this live performance premiere at the Atrium.
WHAT: Brooklyn-Cumaná in concert
WHEN: Saturday June 17 – 8 PM
WHERE: Koubek Center Theatre (2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, Fl 33135)
TICKETS: $20 online – $25 at the Door
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OH, UH, AH, EI! Tierra – Aire – Fuego – Agua - (OH, UH, AH, EI! Earth – Air – Fire – Water)
2023-07-08 11:00 - 12:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
El aclamado Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano (FITH) de Miami, presentado por Teatro Avante, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami-Dade County Auditorium y Koubek Center, celebrará su trigésima séptima edición con la participación de distinguidas compañías de teatro de América Latina, España y Estados Unidos.
LʼAUTENTICA, Barcelona, ESPAÑA
OH, UH, AH, EI! Tierra – Aire – Fuego – Agua – (OH, UH, AH, EI! Earth – Air – Fire – Water)
Escrita y dirigida por / Written & Directed by Verónica Pallini
Sat. & Sun. July 8 & 9 – 11:00 AM
Instalación audiovisual recomendada para niños de 1 a 5 años. Es un viaje lúdico por los elementos de la naturaleza, de la mano de dos personajes curiosos, que exploran, hacen preguntas, se sorprenden e invitan a interactuar, adivinar y jugar hasta llevarnos a un espacio lleno de música, luces y sombras.
Audiovisual installation recommended for children 1 to 5 years of age. This is a ludic journey through the elements of nature, as children are guided by two curious characters who explore, ask questions, are surprised, and invite their audience to interact, guess and play until we get to a space filled with music, lights, and shadows.

UNA - (One)
2023-07-14 20:30 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
El aclamado Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano (FITH) de Miami, presentado por Teatro Avante, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami-Dade County Auditorium y Koubek Center, celebrará su trigésima séptima edición con la participación de distinguidas compañías de teatro de América Latina, España y Estados Unidos.
PERBACCO, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
UNA – (One)
de / by Miriam Odorico & Giampaolo Samà
Dirigida por / Directed by Giampaolo Samà
Fri. July 14 – 8:30 PM / Sat. July 15 – 6:00 PM
Versión libre de “Uno, ninguno y cien mil”, novela sobre la descomposición de la personalidad. La constatación de un detalle físico insignificante se transforma en un evento único y perturbador para analizar las dudas de la existencia. ¿Quién soy? ¿Cómo nos ven los demás? ¿Cuántos personajes somos? Abandonar las cien mil máscaras para ponerse UNA.
The free version of “One, None and One Hundred Thousand” is a novel about personality breakdown. The corroboration of an insignificant physical detail transforms into a unique and disturbing event to analyze our doubts about existence. Who am I? How do others see us? How many characters are we? Abandoning one hundred thousand masks to wear just ONE.

SUPERPASITO - (Careless Whispers)
2023-07-21 20:30 - 21:30 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
El aclamado Festival Internacional de Teatro Hispano (FITH) de Miami, presentado por Teatro Avante, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami-Dade County Auditorium y Koubek Center, celebrará su trigésima séptima edición con la participación de distinguidas compañías de teatro de América Latina, España y Estados Unidos.
ESPACIO ESCÉNICA, Bogotá DC, COLOMBIA
SUPERPASITO – (Careless Whispers)
Escrita y dirigida por / Written & Directed by Julio Escallón
Fri. & Sat. July 21 & 22 – 8:30 PM / Sun. July 23 – 5:00 PM
Una pareja habita en un lugar donde el susurro es la norma. Existe un peligro inminente y fatal al subir la voz. ¿Podrán coexistir bajo ese pasito régimen? ¿Se atreverán a romper con las reglas de su entorno? ¿Qué puede revelar cada riesgo y cada transgresión? Se enfrentarán a esas preguntas entre la vida y la muerte, entre el amor y el hastío, entre el silencio y la voz.
A couple lives in a place where whispering is the norm. There is an imminent and lethal danger of raising one’s voice. Will the couple coexist under the rule of the whisper regime? Will they dare to break the laws of their environment? What will each risk and each transgression reveal? The couple will face those questions between life and death, between love and boredom, between their silence and voice.

Baila Little Havana Con Marisol Blanco - Intermediate -
2023-09-01 19:00 - 2023-12-31 20:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Dancer and Master Instructor Marisol Blanco offers a weekly Afro-Cuban dance class that spans the history, songs, steps, beats, passion, mysticism, and intensity of Cuban folklore and culture. The course includes traditional ballroom dances such as the danzón, mambo, cha cha chá, pilón, mozambique, son and the casino. Marisol will also teach dances of the Afro-Cuban heritage such as rumba (in its various expressions: yambú, guaguancó and columbia); and of various ethnicities and African traditions including Yoruba (from the Orichas), Aará (Fodunes), Bantú (Mpungos) and also Haitian (Loaces).

Kanay - Apuntes Americanos
2023-10-27 20:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
In her new work Apuntes Americanos-Kanay, Roxana Barba investigates the ancestral Peruvian cosmovision, the cyclical character of time, and the European campaigns of cultural extraction in Peru. To reinterpret an archaeological excavation, the performers travel through time cleaning the material remains of an ancient civilization. This multi-sensory performance suggests a ritual of decolonization and transformation, comparing journeys to virtual landscapes, narrated in Quechua, with digitized travel books by 19th-century French explorers.
“Dr. Carol Damian, Curator of MDC’s Kislak Center, introduces the performance with a brief talk about the pre-Hispanic context, illustrated by some of the compelling objects in the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Early Americas, Exploration and Navigation.”
Apuntes Americanos-Kanay es el nuevo trabajo de Roxana Barba, donde investiga la cosmovisión ancestral Peruana y el tiempo cíclico, así como las campañas europeas de extracción cultural en el Perú. A modo de reinterpretar una excavación arqueológica, los performers viajan a través del tiempo para limpiar de arena los restos materiales de una civilización ancestral.
Este performance multi-sensorial emerge como un ritual de decolonización y transformación, contrastando viajes a través de paisajes virtuales narrados en Quechua, con libros de viajes digitalizados de exploradores franceses del siglo XIX.
“La Dra. Carol Damian, Curadora del Centro Kislak de MDC, introduce la actuación con una breve charla sobre el contexto prehispánico, ilustrado por algunos de los objetos fascinantes en la Colección Jay I. Kislak de las Américas Antiguas, Exploración y Navegación.”

Kanay - Apuntes Americanos
2023-10-28 20:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
In her new work Apuntes Americanos-Kanay, Roxana Barba investigates the ancestral Peruvian cosmovision, the cyclical character of time, and the European campaigns of cultural extraction in Peru. To reinterpret an archaeological excavation, the performers travel through time cleaning the material remains of an ancient civilization. This multi-sensory performance suggests a ritual of decolonization and transformation, comparing journeys to virtual landscapes, narrated in Quechua, with digitized travel books by 19th-century French explorers.
Apuntes Americanos-Kanay es el nuevo trabajo de Roxana Barba, donde investiga la cosmovisión ancestral Peruana y el tiempo cíclico, así como las campañas europeas de extracción cultural en el Perú. A modo de reinterpretar una excavación arqueológica, los performers viajan a través del tiempo para limpiar de arena los restos materiales de una civilización ancestral.
Este performance multi-sensorial emerge como un ritual de decolonización y transformación, contrastando viajes a través de paisajes virtuales narrados en Quechua, con libros de viajes digitalizados de exploradores franceses del siglo XIX.

Miami Film Festival
2023-11-02 19:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Opening Night: Radical + Party
Based on a True Story

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential… and maybe even their genius. Based on a true story.
After the screening, celebrate the Day of the Dead the GEMS way with an array of delicacies and libations to the lively sounds of mariachi.
Tickets include complimentary beer, wine and bites at the Koubek Mansion and Garden.
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Christopher Zalla is an American film writer and director. Mr. Zalla previously directed the television movie BEAUTIFUL & TWISTED, a Sony/Lifetime production starring Rob Lowe, Paz Vega, and Candice Bergen. Mr. Zalla’s television directing credits include LAW AND ORDER, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, and LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.
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Miami Film Festival
2023-11-03 19:30 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Centerpiece: Society of the Snow
Based on a True Story

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments.
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J. A. Bayona is a Spanish film director best know for The Orphanage (2007), The Impossible (2012), A Monster Calls (2016), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
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Yankee Bajan
2023-11-03 20:00 | LEHMAN THEATRE-MDC North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave Room 1315, Miami, 33167, United States
Yankee Bajan by Linda Parris-Bailey
Koubek Center -Co-production with DVCAI & Parris-Bailey Arts Theatre
Linda Parris-Bailey’s Yankee Bajan is a play with music that explores the experience of African-American expatriates in Barbados, the land of their family origins. “Bajan” is a term for Barbadian. Can one return home to a place that has never been home? Will the young ones in the family flourish coming of age as Bajans, or will their “Yankee” culture hurt friends and family? What cultural and colonial baggage does one bring to such an experience? In the process, Yankee Bajan examines the circumstances in the United States that would drive a family to consider becoming expatriates. Through live performance and musical references from Brooklyn to Barbados, Yankee Bajan takes the audience back to the wisdom of the Barbadian Heroes, a select group including freedom fighters, trade union pioneers, and defenders of human rights. It takes us through the expatriate experience, and ultimately, the return to an independent Caribbean island.
Yankee Bajan, de Linda Parris-Bailey, es una obra con música que explora la experiencia de unos expatriados afroamericanos en Barbados, la tierra de sus orígenes familiares. “Bajan” es un término usado para referirse a los nativos o habitantes de Barbados. ¿Puede uno volver a casa a un lugar que nunca ha sido su hogar? ¿Florecerán los jóvenes de la familia al alcanzar la mayoría de edad como “bajanes”, o su cultura “yanqui” será un problema con amigos y familiares? ¿Qué bagaje cultural y colonial se lleva a una experiencia así? En el proceso, Yankee Bajan examina las circunstancias en Estados Unidos que llevarían a una familia a considerar la posibilidad de convertirse en expatriados. A través de actuaciones en directo y referencias musicales de Brooklyn a Barbados, Yankee Bajan transporta al público a la sabiduría de los Héroes de Barbados, un selecto grupo que incluye a luchadores por la libertad, pioneros sindicales y defensores de los derechos humanos, la experiencia de expatriados y, finalmente, al retorno a una isla caribeña independiente.

Miami Film Festival
2023-11-04 14:30 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Culinary Pairing: The Taste of Things
Film Screening: Saturday, November 4 at 2:30PM at the Theater at Koubek Center
Dinner Seating: Saturday, November 4 at 6:00PM
Undisclosed Miami
2207 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145
For a dining experience that transcends a mere meal to resonate with the very essence of the film it’s inspired by, the Miami Film Festival has partnered with Undisclosed Miami (a Meat N’ Bone company) and Chef Chucho Rojas. Each act is designed to evoke the magic and emotion of the cinematic experience, paired with high-end and unique French wines. Chef Rojas trained and later worked under the tutelage of Chef Pierre Gagnair, who is featured in the film and served as Culinary Director for it.
Act 1: ‘La Cuillère’
A nod to the film’s exploration of the transformative power of a spoon, we begin unconventionally with dessert. Savor caramelized onions, slow-cooked to perfection in beef fat.
Act 2: ‘Le Jardin’
A garden-fresh appetizer featuring vegetables sautéed in herb-infused butter.
Act 3: ‘Le Poulette’
A petite chicken skewer, cooked in a unique and special manner, serves as a tantalizing teaser.

Act 4: ‘Le Bouillon’
A soul-warming broth that mirrors the film’s comforting essence.
Act 5: ‘Le Bœuf’
Indulge in beef sourced from Meat N’ Bone, slow-cooked and prepared in the grand tradition of French cuisine.
Act 6: ‘Le Cocotte’
A sumptuous cocotte featuring a morsel of foie gras, accompanied by a hint of broth.
Act 7: ‘L’Ensemble’
A harmonious blend of all the preceding acts, united in a single Pot au Feu.
Act 8: ‘Crêpe Croustillon’
For the finale, a delectable crêpe—akin to the one in the film—filled with pear and crowned with a crisp crust.”
Chef Chucho Rojas was born in the scenic delta of the Orinoco River in Tucupita, Venezuela. He is a culinary virtuoso with over three decades of experience. His culinary journey began at Alejandro Dumas’ culinary school and was further honed at the esteemed Grégoire Ferrandi School in Paris. Chef Rojas has graced the kitchens of Michelin-starred establishments like Au Cocodrille, La Vieille Enseigne, and Serge & Co. before diving into the world of molecular gastronomy under the mentorship of Hervé This at the French Academy of Sciences.
Meat N’ Bone stands as one of America’s premier butcheries, committed to sourcing the world’s most exceptional proteins for exclusive dining experiences like this one. Their extensive range spans over 350 top-tier cuts, from Angus and Wagyu beef to a diverse array of poultry, pork, game, and seafood. They also boast an exquisite selection of cheeses and charcuterie to complete any gourmet meal. In 2020, Meat N’ Bone elegantly transitioned into the realm of bespoke catering, establishing esteemed partnerships with culinary luminaries such as Chucho Rojas to orchestrate unparalleled gastronomic experiences such as this dinner.

Culinary Pairing: The Taste of Things

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Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet. Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world’s most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie’s reluctance to commit to him, he decides to start cooking for her.
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Trần Anh Hùng is a Vietnamese-born French film director and screenwriter who has received international acclaim for films like The Scent of Green Papaya (1993, Camera d’Or winner at Cannes, Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foriegn Language Film), Cyclo (1995, Golden Lion winner at Venice), and was selected as Best Director at Cannes for The Taste of Things (The Pot-au-Feu).
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Miami Film Festival
2023-11-04 19:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Memory

Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.
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Michel Franco is a Mexican director, producer, and writer best known for After Lucia (2012), Chronic (2015), and New Order (2020).
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Miami Film Festival
2023-11-05 13:30 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Tótem
TÓTEM is a choral film about life. Seven-year-old Sol spends the day at her grandfather’s home, helping her aunts Nuri and Alejandra with the preparations for a surprise party they are throwing for Sol’s father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, a strange and chaotic atmosphere takes over, shattering the bonds that hold a family together. Sol will come to understand that her world is about to change dramatically, embracing the essence of letting go and cherishing the breath of life.

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Lila Avilés is a Mexican independent film director, screenwriter and producer of award-winning films “The Chambermaid” (2018) and “Tótem” (2023).
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Miami Film Festival
2023-11-05 15:45 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
The Delinquents

Moran works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Roman, Moran tells him that he stole $650k, double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Roman to split the money if he agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration.
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Rodrigo Moreno is an Argentine film director and screenwriter, born and based in Buenos Aires. Rodrigo Moreno was awarded the Alfred Bauer’s Prize for the most innovative film at Berlinale 2006 for El Custodio.
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Picnic de Libros - December 2, 2023
2023-12-02 14:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Gardens, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Picnic de Libros is a bilingual, family day program featuring storytelling, theatre, music, arts and crafts, dance, and picnic baskets full of books, for families to enjoy together. The event is free, and its main goal is to expose kids to the richness and variety of the cultural traditions in our diverse community. These gatherings will tickle children’s curiosity while using the power of stories to bring people together, promoting literacy, and nurturing the next generation of engaged world citizens. We want to encourage kids to read and develop a passion for books and literature. Culminating each day, we will serve a special picnic with blankets on the lawn and baskets full of books, in both Spanish and English
The upcoming Picnic will feature:

Puppet-making workshop is back! with Colombian artist Danly Arango
Creative Stage Productions returns with their amusing array of characters.
Storytelling with Argentinian actors Leticia Gonzalez and Osqui Guzmán from Noticiero Puro Cuento
Hip-hop class for kids with Suriname dancer Christian Olmtak

FREE PARKING AND ADMISSION WITH RSVP

Visual Arts Exhibition with New World School of Arts Students
2023-12-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
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Koubek Center is proud to continue its annual partnership with New World School of the Arts (NWSA) in a collaboration that will transform the Center and its gardens into an outdoor sculpture exhibit developed and curated by New World School of the Arts Visual Arts Students.

Visual Arts Exhibition with New World School of Arts Students
2023-12-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Koubek Center is proud to continue its annual partnership with New World School of the Arts (NWSA) in a collaboration that will transform the Center and its gardens into an outdoor sculptural or performative exhibit developed and curated by New World School of the Arts Visual Arts Students. As the students produce their work, they will become visual/artist alchemist and create something new by reinterpreting, reimaging, or remixing the artwork at the exhibition at the New World, linking the two exhibitions. By contrasting the two, one in a white cube and one centered in the site-specific/experimental approach the students will look at the past and the future of artmaking, the collection and its legacy. The students will be led by NWSA faculty and alumni.
FREE PARKING

DISC-COVER@Koubek
2023-12-08 19:56 | Koubek Center Theater, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Koubek Center is excited to announce DISC-COVER @ Koubek, a new program that spotlights new musical releases by homegrown artists. The Koubek will partner with local artists throughout the year by hosting concerts highlighting the exciting new music being released in our Magic City!
Postcards is a rocking, symphonic sophomore album from Miami-based Lemon City Trio. Nick Tannura (guitar), Brian Robertson (synth/keys), and Aaron Glueckauf (drums) bring a lot to the table.
Tannura plays lead lines with the presence of a vocalist. Robertson arranges with the touch of a film composer — he is one — broadening the instrumentation while always keeping the song laser focused on melody. Glueckauf, meanwhile, is a human beat machine, the tasty backbone of everything else happening in the music.
Progressive rock, jazz fusion, contemporary Saharan music, the aforementioned hip hop and funk — the name Postcards is a reference to visiting all these musical destinations, stopping for a spell in each and sending something back home. What makes LCT cool is their ability to go to all these disparate places and always sound like themselves in the process.
The album release concert will feature Brian Potts (founder Miamibloco).
FREE PARKING

Un Homenaje a Dulce Maria Loynaz
2023-12-10 15:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
YO DEJO MI PALABRA
10 de diciembre, 1902 – 27 de abril, 1997
“Yo dejo mi palabra en el aire, sin llaves y sin velos.
Porque ella no es un arca de codicia, ni una mujer coqueta que
trata de parecer más hermosa de lo que es.
Yo dejo mi palabra en el aire, para que todos la vean,
la palpen, la estrujen o la expriman.
Nada hay en ella que no sea yo misma; pero en ceñirla como
cilicio y no como manto pudiera estar toda mi ciencia”.
Poema II, Poemas sin nombre (1953)
DULCE MARIA LOYNAZ

Este evento se realizará en español.

El Koubek Center del Miami Dade College se complace en presentar “Un homenaje a Dulce María Loynaz”, nueva y fascinante producción en honor a una colosal figura de la literatura cubana, que combinará brillantemente su poesía con la música de dos de los principales compositores cubanos: Ernesto Lecuona y José White Laffitte. La presentación se llevará a cabo el domingo 10 de diciembre a las 3:00 p.m., en colaboración con la Feria del Libro de Miami.
Loynaz, considerada como una de las principales luminarias de la literatura cubana, fue galardonada con más de quince distinciones literarias, incluyendo el Premio Miguel de Cervantes en 1992, otorgado anualmente para honrar la trayectoria de un destacado escritor de la lengua española, y considerado como uno de los más prestigiosos de la literatura española. El tributo hará corresponder la música de Lecuona, conocido como “El Gershwin cubano”; y la de White Lafitte, el famoso violinista afrocubano, con el lirismo de la poesía de Loynaz (interpretada como palabra hablada), creando una unión perfecta y una interpretación fascinante.
El público disfrutará de la composición de Lecuona Dame tus rosas, inspirada en el poema Rosas de Loynaz; así como de La Bella Cubana de White Lafitte y del Poema CXXIV a la Isla de Cuba de la escritora, por solo nombrar algunas de las piezas simbióticas de poesía y música que se interpretarán en la velada.
Mónica Santibáñez, la productora ejecutiva de la presentación, ha admirado desde hace tiempo a Loynaz, desde que su madre, a quien está dedicada la producción, le diera a conocer la obra de la escritora. La locutora y narradora Viviám María López guiará al público a través del programa. La célebre actriz Grettel Trujillo tendrá a su cargo la lectura de poesía, y las interpretaciones musicales estarán a cargo de Voices of Miami Choir, bajo la dirección de Greisel Domínguez, con la soprano Laura de Mare y el tenor Carlos Silva. Estarán acompañados al piano por Evita Garrucho. La actuación es supervisada por el renombrado director artístico Marcos Casanova.
Ilustración: Grizelle Paz
YO DEJO MI PALABRA
Dec. 10, 1902 – April 27, 1997
“Yo dejo mi palabra en el aire, sin llaves y sin velos.
Porque ella no es un arca de codicia, ni una mujer coqueta que
trata de parecer mas hermosa de lo que es.
Yo dejo mi palabra en el aire, para que todos la vean,
la palpen, la estrujen o la expriman.
Nada hay en ella que no sea yo misma; pero en ceñirla como
cilicio y no como manto pudiera estar toda mi ciencia.”
DULCE MARIA LOYNAZ
This event is in Spanish
Miami Dade College’s Koubek Center is pleased to present An Homage to Dulce María Loynaz, an exciting new production honoring a titan of Cuban literature, which brilliantly pairs her poetry with the music of two of Cuba’s greatest composers, Ernesto Lecuona and José White Lafitte. The performance will take place on Sunday, December 10 at 3 p.m. and is presented in partnership with Miami Book Fair.
Loynaz, considered one of the principal figures of Cuban literature, was the recipient of more than 15 literary awards, including the 1992 Miguel de Cervantes Prize. The Prize is bestowed annually to honor the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer of the Spanish language and is considered the most prestigious prize one can receive for Spanish literature. The tribute will pair her poetry with the music of Lecuona, known as “The Cuban Gershwin,” and White Lafitte, the famed Afro-Cuban violinist. Together, the lyricism of Loynaz’s poetry (performed as spoken word) and music of Lecuona and White Lafitte create a perfect union and mesmerizing performance.
The audience will enjoy Lecuona’s composition Dame tus rosas (Give Me Your Roses), which was inspired by her poem, Rosas, as they will White Lafitte’s composition, La Bella Cubana (The Beautiful Cuban Woman), and her poem CXXIV a la Isla de Cuba (CXXIV to the Cuban Island), to name a few of the symbiotic poetry and music pieces that will be performed.
Executive Producer Mónica Santibanez is a longtime admirer of Loynaz and was introduced to her work by her mother, to whom she dedicates this production. Narrator Viviam Maria López will guide the audience through the program. Celebrated actress Grettel Trujillo will perform the poetry reading, and musical interpretations are by Voices of Miami Choir, under the direction of Greisel Domínguez, featuring soprano Laura de Mare and tenor Carlos Silva. They are accompanied on piano by Evita Garrucho. The performance is overseen by renowned artistic director Marcos Casanova.
Illustration: Grizelle Paz

Miami Film Festival 2024
2024-01-26 19:00 | Koubek Center, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Miami Dade College’s Cuban Cinema Series resume, presented by Miami Film Festival at the Koubek Center
Series launches with a tribute to León Ichaso and Orlando Jiménez Leal with screenings of:

El Super screening on January 26th at 7:30 PM

Picnic de Libros - February 10, 2024
2024-02-10 14:00 - 17:00 | Koubek Center Gardens, 2705 SW 3rd Street, Miami, FL, 33135, United States
Picnic de Libros is a bilingual, family day program featuring storytelling, theatre, music, arts and crafts, dance, and picnic baskets full of books, for families to enjoy together. The event is free, and its main goal is to expose kids to the richness and variety of the cultural traditions in our diverse community. These gatherings will tickle children’s curiosity while using the power of stories to bring people together, promoting literacy, and nurturing the next generation of engaged world citizens. We want to encourage kids to read and develop a passion for books and literature. Culminating each day, we will serve a special picnic with blankets on the lawn and baskets full of books, in both Spanish and English.
The next picnic will feature:

Puppet workshop by Colombian actress Danly Arango.
Creative Stage Productions returns with its entertaining characters.
The Spanish children’s play “ En El País de la Cocina” by the theatrical group Artefactus.
Percussion workshop led by Mexican-American artist Nabedi Osorio.

Presented by Fundación Cuatrogatos and Koubek Center.
El picnic de libros es un evento multidisciplinario, bilingüe y gratuito, que busca acercar a los niños a la literatura y las artes, a través de cuentos, poemas, manualidades, trabalenguas, adivinanzas, música y además, habrá cestas de picnic llenas de libros, para leer y disfrutar.
El próximo Picnic contará con:

Taller de títeres por la actriz colombiana Danly Arango.
Creative Stage Productions regresa con sus divertidos personajes.
La obra infantil de Teatro “En El País de la Cocina” del grupo teatral Artefactus
Taller de Percusión conducido por la artista Mexicana-Americana Nabedi Osorio.

Presentado por Fundación Cuatrogatos y Koubek Center.
