On May 25, 2023 Photographer Tamary Kudita will appear at 6:15 to discuss her new collection “Birds of Paradise”, which is currently exhibited at The Betsy Hotel. Kudita, who just completed a fellowship at Harvard University (2023), was the Sony Open Photographer of The Year (2021). At 7 PM, Cuban born pianist and conductor, Orlando Alonso […]
The Betsy’s public opening, on December 7, 2023 (between 5 and 8 PM) will feature the Peter London Global Dance Company (PLGDC) in two pop-up dance performances celebrating the works of Moroccan artists Hicham Benohoud, Idries Karnachi, Mahi Binebine, Sonia Hamza, and Hassan Hajjaj. With costuming by Mina Binebine and inspired by evocative Moroccan music, former Martha Graham principal dancer […]
Daily | 10 AM - 10 PM The Betsy Hotel’s initiatives for Art Week Miami Beach include a large-scale exhibition celebrating Moroccan Culture Art and Fashion with Hicham Benohoud, Idriss Karnachi, Mahi Binebine - and additional Moroccan Fashion and Jewelry designers. Works by Paul Loughney, Gaia Adducchio, Sonia Hamza, and Akshita Gandhi's are curated by […]
The Betsy’s Annual ‘Overture to Overtown’ (OTO) Jazz Festival celebrates the historic connections between South Florida jazz and the National historic jazz circuit which brought musicians who played in NYC’s Harlem to The Harlem of the South (AKA Overtown) as they made their way from club to club – across the USA. In Overtown’s heyday — […]
Celebrate International Jazz Day at The Betsy Hotel with The Diaspora Vibe AfroBeat AllStars. The Diaspora Vibe Afrobeat Allstars have planted their afrobeat based groove in the South Florida music scene. Join us for a night of world music infused with funk, soul, and jazz! Presented in partnership with Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator with […]
The Betsy invites you and your Dad (AKA special parental figure) to celebrate Father’s Day 2024 with food by celebrity award-winning chef, Laurent Tourondel, served with a week-long ‘side of Jazz’. The Betsy’s 2024 Father’s Day week-long jazz lineup includes world talent, such as vocalists Tai Allen from NYC and Lenard Rutledge from Overtown in […]
The longest-running live music series on Miami Beach - 7 days a week, 9 times a week. No Cover. No Minimum. 6 PM TO 11 PM Juneteenth Jazz at The Betsy features The Harden Project with John Harden, Piano, and Ja’Nia Harden, Vocals, from 6-11 PM on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in The Piano Bar. […]
The Betsy’s legendary arts program – live jazz, poetry readings, art exhibits, and more – is a mainstay of a more refined side of South Beach. See who’s playing on our website, or explore our archive of recorded conversations with, and performances by, artists, writers, architects, and musicians. The longest-running live music series on Miami […]
Attendees are invited to experience a one-minute Taoist form that inspires rejuvenation to balance body weight and metabolism. H3 was created to address the immediate and enduring fears of being newly diagnosed with cancer, and provides multi-faceted support to deal with post-treatment side effects, short and long term. H3’s commitment to wellness is well aligned […]
On Saturday, August 24, 2024, in the B-Bar At The Betsy Hotel, at 11 am, The Betsy’s Writer-in-Residence, Dr. Grace Aneiza Ali (Art Curator, Scholar, and Assistant Professor at Florida State University) will present a reading and conversation: about her new work-in-progress (The Geography of Separation) as well as the current release, Liminal Spaces: Migration […]
The Betsy’s Escribe Aqui/Write Here was seeded in 2015 with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to honor artists who ‘do their work’ at the intersection of culture. The project gives a special nod to Miami creatives where 70% of homes are bi-lingual and to writers who come from a background […]
On Thursday, August 29, 2024, via Zoom, at 7 PM, Miami Dade Poet Laureate and the Betsy's Poetry Curator at Large, Caridad Moro-Gronlier will host an online literary event featuring nine writers participating in the The Betsy's 2024 Escribe Aqui/Write Here Festival including: Mary Block, Kai Coggin, Catherine Esposito Prescott, J. Paul Heiner, Liz Kleinrock, Michael O'Mara, Miranda Ramirez, and Raena Shirall. Now […]
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