A photo album from this year’s festival.
Spotlight Staff
Moving with the Music
Goombay Returns. The Goombay Festival transforms Grand Avenue with Bahamian drumming, parades, and pageantry. Don’t miss Junkanoo — or the food, music, and family fun all weekend long. Friday 6/6, 6:00 p.m. at Armbrister Park, and Saturday 6/7 through Sunday 6/8, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., on Grand Avenue from[Read More…]
Playhouse Briefing Promised This Week
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado and Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo will host a virtual community meeting on Wednesday June 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to discuss the Coconut Grove Playhouse and answer questions from the public. Demolition work at the playhouse was halted on May 21 after[Read More…]
Clicking Through
Vote Like It Matters. It’s the season for the most important vote of the year — and no, it’s not political. Every year, Miami New Times holds a citywide poll to crown the very best of the best: food, art, music, culture, community spots. Hopefully, the Spotlight has helped you[Read More…]
Perfect Picnics for Memorial Day Weekend
Celebrate Caribbean heritage with history, heart, and a legendary guest speaker – Dr. Marvin Dunn – who makes history come alive. Join the discussion and dive into stories that make Little Bahamas unforgettable! Honoring Legacy: People and Places of Little Bahamas. MDC Gibson Education Center, 3629 Grand Avenue. Friday 5/23[Read More…]
Marvin Dunn to Speak at Gibson Education Center
In recognition of Caribbean month this week, Miami-Dade College’s Gibson Education Center at 3629 Grand Avenue presents “Honoring Legacy: People and Places of Little Bahamas” on Friday May 23 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Featured speakers include Dr. Marvin Dunn, the noted historian of Black history in Florida and professor[Read More…]
Arts for Learning Summer Programs in Coconut Grove
Looking for summer plans? Arts for Learning is launching its new Lewis Arts Studio Performing Arts Summer Program at the Sanctuary of the Arts at St. Mary’s at 136 Frow Avenue in the West Grove. Students will develop skills in performance, storytelling and choreography through structured activities and imaginative play,[Read More…]
It’s Raining Bargains. Collect Yours.
Shakespeare never won a Pulitzer (can you believe it?) but murder, revenge, ghosts, and cycles of trauma and violence have always made for reliable dramatic material. GableStage opens the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Fat Ham” this weekend. In it, a young gay black man named Juicy is confronted by his father’s[Read More…]
It’s All About Mom
Maybe it’s too late to pick up your room for Mother’s Day, but you can still impress her by picking up trash in a unique marine debris recycling event. SeaCycle’s innovative program will take the materials you help collect and reform them into usable products like park benches. Totally cool[Read More…]
The Music of the Night
Broadway’s longest-running Phantom of the Opera, Franc D’Ambrosio, brings his iconic voice to the St. Hugh-Steinway Concert Series performing musical theater’s greatest hits and timeless classics. St. Hugh Catholic Church, 3460 Royal Road. Friday 5/2 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets. Go for baroque in an intimate recital with countertenor Victor Bento[Read More…]

















