South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center continues its Cabaret Series with a weekend of comedy and jazz. On Friday, Nov. 6, enjoy the improv goup Just The Funny and on Saturday, Nov. 7, jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez presented by the legendary Quincy Jones.
Just The Funny performs at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are $20. Alfredo Rodriguez has two shows, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., and tickets are $30 in advance and $35 day of show. Tickets can be obtained online at SMDCAC.org. For more information call 786-573-5300. Tickets are also available in person at the Box Office located at 10950 SW 211 St. in Cutler Bay.
Just The Funny, Miami’s favorite improv and sketch comedy company, and five-time winner of the New Times Best of Miami, presents: The Big Show, the show where Whose Line is it Anyway meets Saturday Night Live, featuring sketches, music and improvisational comedy based on suggestions from the audience.
Discovered at the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival by Quincy Jones, Cubanborn Alfredo Rodríguez has risen rapidly to stardom under the tutelage of the famed producer. Since arriving to the U.S. in 2009, Rodríguez has appeared on prestigious stages such as the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl; the Gilmore Keyboard Festival; Detroit, Umbria and Vienna jazz festivals. Rodríguez’s music explores his memories of Cuba, the people and culture he left behind, and how he found his new place. Rodríguez was nominated for a 2015 Grammy in the category of “best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella,” for the track Guantanamera.
More information about the center and its programs can be found at www.smdcac.org
