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Third Thursdays

Third Thursdays

THIRD THURSDAYS
LATE NIGHTS LIVE 
6 – 9 PM

Music, dance, and theater are LIVE at The Bass each Third Thursdays this 2024-25 Season. In partnership with artists and local performing arts groups, The Bass presents art across various disciplines, inspired by upcoming exhibitions that explore the performative and theatrical aspects of self, across various social networks and structures. 

Site-specific performances will draw new audiences to assemble around interpretative compositions that make transparent socially coded identities and deviance through various communication forms.  

Featured partner organizations and artists include Princess, Pablo Cano, Dance Now! Miami, Sons of Mystro & Celloist Jaleel Jones, Hued Songs, duo Anna Luisa Petrisko and Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero, Immersive Opera Composer Nathan Felix, and a live art series organized with assume vivid astro focus that explores the many facets of queerness through immersive performances and experiences. 

Programming expands through the Summer with educational workshops, hosted by filmmaking collective White Elephant Group, to share industry intricacies of character development, costuming, and stagecraft. Each evening kicks off with a live prelude in Social Assembly, a multi-pronged exhibition, by local performing artists such as Celloist Guy Michel, Bassist Renée Cruz, and duo Strings Attached. 

Upcoming Events

Thursday, May 15
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING IMMERSIVE OPERA WITH COMPOSER NATHAN FELIX

6 PM Doors open
7 PM Performance (1 hour)

Composer, artist, and Director Nathan Felix’s new immersive opera breaks down the wall between performer and audience. Featuring original music and story, as told through a local ensemble, with world-class singing, theatrical narrative, movement, and exploration of sound.

ABOUT NATHAN FELIX
Nathan Felix (born 1981) is a Mexican-American composer known for his immersive operas and experimental films. Felix has premiered 16 operas, 4 symphonies and various chamber works in Spain, Japan, Australia, Bulgaria, Portugal, China, Sweden, Denmark, Mongolia and the United States and has been featured on the BBC, MTV, NPR, TPR & PBS. Felix, a non-award winning composer, often focuses on telling Latinx themed and minority stories that highlight border issues, underserved communities and his Hispanic heritage. He is the current recipient of Opera America’s prestigious IDEA Grant for his work, Faces in the Flames with librettist Anita Gonzalez. Felix also serves as the founding director for the Opera Austin Festival.

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Thursday, June 19
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING A CURATED LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS

6 – 9 PM

Performance times to be announced.

Throughout its run at The Bass, assume vivid astro focus: XI will host a series of performances and events with Miami-based queer artists, performers, and creators. Curated by the international art collective assume vivid astro focus (avaf), these programs celebrate the local LGBTQIA+ community, transforming the installation into a stage for DJ sets, screenings, and other activations. With bold performances from diverse voices, the series reflects the boundary-pushing spirit of both the exhibition and avaf.

Recommended for ages 18 and up.

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Thursday, July 17
THIRD THURSDAYS with WEG
Thursday, July 17
THIRD THURSDAYS | Featuring RENÉE CRUZ  - July 17

6:00 PM Doors open
7:30 PM First set
8:00 PM Performance ends / 15 minutes break
8:15 PM Second set
9:00 PM Event ends

Limited seating. RSVP not required.

Join us for LATE NIGHT LIVE in Social Assembly, featuring New York city-based bassist Renée Cruz

ABOUT RENÉE CRUZ:
Bassist Renée Cruz has performed and recorded with Jazz music’s legendary artists, including Dr. Billy Taylor, Harry Whitaker, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Joe Wilder, Gerald Wilson, Ernestine Anderson, and Benny Golson.

She’s studied with bass legends Sir Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Homer Mensch, and Reggie Workman.

An alumni of Miami’s New World School of the Arts High School, under the direction of Jim Gasior, she performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington.

Ms. Cruz earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from New School University for Jazz & Contemporary Music and her Masters of Music from The Juilliard School.

She was awarded the Sisters in Jazz Collegiate Competition of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the Beacons in Jazz Award for Outstanding Musicianship, and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead performing composers residency award.

Renée has performed at international festivals around the world in concert halls and jazz clubs, including The Kennedy Center, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, The Apollo Theater, The Jazz Standard, Nublu, Birdland with Joe Lovano, International Jazz Festival of Costa Rica, Vitoría Spain Jazz Fest, Aiken Jazz Festival, International Jazz Festival of Nicaragua, White Plains Jazz Festival and Cancún Music Festival. Learn more at reneecruz.com.

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Thursday, August 21
THIRD THURSDAYS with WEG  - August 21

6:00 PM Doors open
6:30 PM Talk starts (1 hour)

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH WEG
Join WEG and guest panel as they expand upon the anchors of The Bass’ Performing Perspectives: A Collection in Dialogue exhibition through the lens and art of filmmaking.

TOPIC: BACKDROP FOR PERFORMANCE
Artificiality and Stagecraft: An in-depth conversation and exploration with the artisans responsible for molding the cinematic world that transports. Production designers, set dressers, cinematographers, and VFX artists discuss creating cinematic environments from scratch.

ABOUT WEG
A South Florida-based collective of emerging artists creating films and community, White Elephant Group (WEG) is a team of 20+ award-winning film and digital media artists working across various artistic avenues including cinema, XR, mixed-multimedia and more to artistically address and elaborate upon the voices and experiences we’ve had coming from minority and underserved communities in South Florida. Learn More: https://www.wegfilms.com/

For more information on Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/

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Thursday, September 18
THIRD THURSDAYS with WEG  - September 18

6:00 PM Doors open
6:30 PM Talk starts (1 hour)

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH WEG
Join WEG and guest panel as they expand upon the anchors of The Bass’ Performing Perspectives: A Collection in Dialogue exhibition through the lens and art of filmmaking.

TOPIC: THE INDEXICALITY OF PERFORMANCE
Writers, directors, actors, casting directors, and editors explore the nuances of performance. The artists will dissect the evolution of a performance from the words on the page to the final portrayal. This program will examine how ideas, themes, and emotions are exchanged between artists and their audience.

ABOUT WEG
A South Florida-based collective of emerging artists creating films and community, White Elephant Group (WEG) is a team of 20+ award-winning film and digital media artists working across various artistic avenues including cinema, XR, mixed-multimedia and more to artistically address and elaborate upon the voices and experiences we’ve had coming from minority and underserved communities in South Florida. Learn More: https://www.wegfilms.com/

For more information on Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/

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Thursday, September 18
THIRD THURSDAYS | Featuring GUY MICHEL - September 18

6:00 PM Doors open
7:30 PM First set
8:00 PM Performance ends / 15 minutes break
8:15 PM Second set
9:00 PM Event ends

Limited seating. RSVP not required.

Join us for LATE NIGHTS LIVE in Social Assembly feature celloist GUY MICHEL

ABOUT GUY MICHEL
At the age of five in Haiti, Guy began a musical journey that shaped his life. He views the cello as a vessel of limitless potential, dedicated to exploring new possibilities in entertainment and education, transcending boundaries and celebrating cultural richness.

As a member of the Recording Academy, he continues to explore and contribute to music’s evolution. From local stages to international arenas, he shares his musical vision, holding workshops to inspire the next generation. His journey celebrates the universal language of music, painting the world in harmonious colors, inviting all to join his remarkable odyssey of music, culture, and boundless possibilities.

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The Bass hosts Third Thursdays with generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation Access for All Program. Additional contributions by Dry Farm Wines. 

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