Holiday Season hits the gas. Miami isn’t sliding into December so much as flooring it. Christmas Wonderland is already testing the limits of human equilibrium, Fairchild is turning itself into a storybook fever dream, and Art Week is buzzing loudly enough that crossing the causeway feels optional. Even the mayoral[Read More…]
Spotlight Staff
Skip the Travel Drama, Stay for the Fun
If you’re staying put in the Grove for the long Thanksgiving weekend, you’ve already outsmarted half the country. While everyone else is shuffling through security lines and pretending airport coffee is “fine,” the neighborhood is slipping effortlessly into a weekend that’s actually worth showing up for. Shop Small Saturday sets[Read More…]
Holiday Magic: Parades, Performances, and More
Before you head out into the holiday travel vortex, get a good book to bring with you at the Miami Book Fair Finale—a weekend packed with celebrity authors including our own Dave Barry, plus 100 events that run through Sunday. Prepare for any Thanksgiving dinner debates by watching the documentary[Read More…]
High Notes, Deep Dives
Head Above Water. From ship decks to drained pools, Miami’s arts scene is making a splash. Titanic: The Musical sails into Coral Gables, the Miami Symphony dives into the empty Venetian Pool, and Seraphic Fire takes Bach to heavenly heights. Even the Book Fair’s afloat — part circus, part seminar,[Read More…]
Mayoral Runoff Forums Set for This Week and Next
Two public forums are planned for Miami’s mayoral runoff between Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former City Manager Emilio Gonzalez. The first will take place Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Koubek Center’s Theater of Miami Dade College, 2705 Southwest 3rd Street (near 27th Avenue and Eighth Street). Sponsored by the League[Read More…]
Heat, Harmony, and a Little Holy Nostalgia
The Grove has its dancing shoes on and its heart wide open this week — dancing, singing, reminiscing, and generally refusing to act its age. From the bold new moves of Four by Four to Aymée Nuviola’s Cuban pulse in Sones and Songs, it’s all rhythm and risk, sweat and[Read More…]
After the Masks, the Music.
Halloween’s barely out the door, but we’re not done dressing up—just trading cobwebs for culture. The week ahead is all rhythm and shimmer: live music under the palms, art that hums long after you’ve left the gallery, and films that haunt in the best possible way. Style and substance, that’s[Read More…]
The Grove Never Sleeps—It Just Changes Costume
Call it Cultural Whiplash. It’s officially that time of year when your social calendar looks like a ransom note. The Grove’s rolling out concerts, costumes, crafts, and carnivals faster than you can say “unsinkable ship.” You can start by haunting Coral Gables High, end up waltzing with a peacock at[Read More…]
Boo-tifully Grovey Haunts
Where We’ll Be is looking downright boo-tiful this week — from pep rallies to pup parades, trivia throwdowns to haunted house showdowns. Shenandoah’s got parking debates, Silver Bluff’s got bragging rights, and everyone else is just trying to pick between costumes and charcuterie. It’s a packed lineup of tricks, treats,[Read More…]
Another Week, Another Candidate Forum
The candidates competing to be Miami’s next mayor will face off again this week during a mayoral debate hosted by the Miami Herald and NBC 6. The forum will take place on Thursday starting at 7 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center in downtown Miami, and livestreamed on www.miamiherald.com and[Read More…]
















