On the Bowery chronicles three days on New York’s skid row, the Bowery. In the early part of the 19th century, it was an elegant place of large mansions and respectable theater. When the elevated trains came in, it covered the street in darkness and the Bowery soon became known as the place for low rents and cheap drinks. Ray Salyer, still good-looking and well spoken, his face not yet ravaged by alcohol, is a railroad worker who drifts onto the Bowery after a long bout of laying tracks. He is taken in hand by old-timer Gorman Hendricks, a puckishly charming bull slinger. Lionel Rogosin’s brilliant film depicts Ray’s descent as the dark side of the American dream. As part of this program, the 2009 documentary, The Perfect Team, about the making of the film On the Bowery, also will be screened. The screenings will be this Friday, April 29, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, at 1:15 and 5:45 p.m.; and Sunday, May 1, at 3:45 p.m. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. General admission is $9. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online, or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aaron Ralson’s remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm, trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah. The film will screen this Saturday, April 30, at 10 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, at 8 p.m. All tickets for this screening are $5. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her performance in this playful and provocative romantic drama from legendary auteur Abbas Kiarostami (Taste of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us), his first feature made outside of Iran. Binoche plays a gallery owner living in a Tuscan village who attends a lecture by a British author (opera star William Shimell) on authenticity and fakery in art. Afterward, she invites him on a tour of the countryside, during which he is mistaken for her husband. They keep up the pretense and continue on their afternoon out, discussing love, life and art, and increasingly behaving like a long-married couple. But are they play-acting on a whim or is there more to their seemingly new relationship than meets the eye? The film is in French, English, and Italian with English subtitles. It will screen this Friday, April 29, at 9:15 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, at 3:30 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 1, at 1:30 and 6 p.m. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students, and staff. General admission is $9. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

The Cuban Theater Digital Archive, in collaboration with Fundarte and the Centro Cultural Espanol, will present “Por el monte Carulé, a Musical,” a play by Cuba’s most important puppet theater group, Teatro de las Estaciones, direct from Matanzas, Cuba. A journey through the songs that made Bola de Nieve famous, this play reinvents the life of Cuba’s extraordinary piano man, his memories, and his passions in a musical tapestry. Puppets and actors come together in homage to Bola, to the Havana of his day, to the cabaret scene, and the stages upon which he stood as an unrivaled protagonist. This award-winning play invites guests to sing and dance alongside this legendary artist, experiencing Cuba as he knew it—as a song unto itself. The event takes place on Sunday, May 1 at 5 p.m. at the Byron Carlyle Theater, 500 71st Street, Miami Beach.

General admission is $20; seniors (65 and older), UM community, and CCE Miami members, $15; children 18 and under, $10. Purchase tickets through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-745-3000 (service charges apply), or in person (no service charges) at the Byron Carlyle Theater on the day of the show and in advance at any Ticketmaster venue.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History will present a Master of Fine Arts exhibition by Sean Smith beginning Saturday, April 9. Focusing on stimulating all five senses, Creativity Driven by Southern Hospitality is Smith’s attempt to create Gesamtkunstwerk (Total Art). Smith agrees with a Richard Wagner essay titled “The Artwork of the Future,” in which he mentions the combination of the arts through theater. He describes that this is the clearest and most profound way to present folklore or cultural identity. By exploring the creative process through performance, functional sculptures, contemporary abstract paintings, and postmodern ideas about art and its possibilities, Smith will entice and invite the viewer not only to enjoy his work as a spectator but also to participate in multiple creations displayed during his hospitable artistic happening. Creativity Driven by Southern Hospitality will be on view from April 9 to May 1 at UM’s Wynwood Project Space, 2200A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami. An opening reception for the artist will be held Saturday, April 9 at 6 p.m. A group painting will begin at 7 p.m.

For more information aboutthe artist, visit www.seansmithart.com. A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. For more information about the exhibition or Wynwood Project Space, call 305-284-2543 or email [email protected].