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Good morning. What we’re covering in today’s Spotlight:

A Grove Couple Crushed by a Teenage Biker
A New Art Café Opens on Grand Avenue
This Weekend’s Key Biscayne Film Festival
Where We’ll Be: A Grove Guide to Local Events

Safety Concerns Grow After Grove Couple Struck by Dirt Bike

A Coconut Grove couple was hospitalized with severe injuries earlier this month after being struck by a teenager on an electric dirt bike near Kennedy Park. The couple says it may take them months to recover.

By Don Finefrock

A Coconut Grove couple was walking home along South Bayshore Drive on a Sunday morning this month when they were struck from behind and severely injured by a teenager riding an electric dirt bike near the south entrance to Kennedy Park.

The 15-year-old boy lost control of the bike and slid into Hank Klein and his wife Lisa Sloat, according to a Miami Police report, knocking them to the ground.

Klein, 81, hit his head and was knocked out. He suffered a head wound and a brain bleed. Sloat, 76, crumpled under the force of the crash, fracturing her ankle.

Vacancy to Vision: Garin Art Caffé Reopens a Grand Avenue Storefront

After sitting empty for nearly a year, a Grand Avenue storefront has reopened as Garin Art Caffé, blending food and art while advancing its owners’ hopes for a Bahamian-inspired revival of the corridor.

By Jenny Jacoby

After sitting vacant for nearly a year, a long-empty storefront on Grand Avenue has a new tenant. Garin Art Caffé has opened in the space, ending the vacancy on a stretch of the street where few businesses remain.

The new cafe offers a little bit of everything — coffee and matcha, tapas and burgers, wine and mojitos — set amid art-lined walls and a shaded outdoor patio beneath mature oak trees.

Key Biscayne Film Fest Returns for a Third Year

This weekend’s Key Biscayne Film Festival is expanding with a new cinema on the island. The festival opens Thursday night and runs through Sunday.

By Michelle F. Solomon

The Key Biscayne Film Festival was an idea that emerged during the planning of what probably would have been a big hit with audiences – a reality show about life on Key Biscayne.

Isabel Custer and Maite Garrido, the film festival’s founders who both work as producers, wanted to make a documentary reality series starring the characters that live on the island.

Where We’ll Be – A Grovite’s Calendar

Too Much of a Good Thing? Lucky You.

Hate to break the news, but no, you can’t do it all. You’ll have to make difficult choices — a seat in a darkened theater or a walk through a sunlit garden, a concert hall buzzing at night or a quiet hour listening closely in the afternoon. You might chase sound and spectacle, or you might lean toward stories that ask you to sit still and think. You could move your body with a crowd at sunrise, linger with art and history, or show up for a last goodbye to something that’s been part of the neighborhood longer than most of us.

But here’s the good news: you can’t lose. Every option on the calendar leads somewhere worth going — shared rooms, open spaces, unexpected conversations, and Grovey moments. Pick what fits your mood, your energy, or the people beside you. Stay late, leave early, double back if you feel like it. Don’t just check the boxes. Choose one good experience at a time and let it carry you forward.