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…]
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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…]
Beautiful Days for a Bike Ride with Friends
During times too often coarse or rough, the graceful and delicate art of calligraphy can bring peace of mind and body. Monica Hine, a local calligrapher and Grove resident, leads an expressive journey through this art form with a live demonstration at a fundraiser for Plymouth Preschool. The slower pace[Read More…]
Earth Day’s Creative Opportunities
The creative minds at Hermès have gone far beyond the frontiers of personal fashion to create imaginary and utopian universes and bring them to Coconut Grove. The choreographed spectacles, performed by the Astragales dance company, are described as ‘playful and lighthearted.’ Nine days of free performances are scheduled for The[Read More…]
City Commission Meets Thursday to Fill District 4 Vacancy
The City of Miami could have a new District 4 commissioner as early as this week. The City Commission will meet on Thursday at 10 a.m. to consider how best to fill the District 4 commission seat left vacant by the death last week of Commissioner Manolo Reyes. The commission[Read More…]
Lifetime Term Limits on Hold until April 24
The fate of the “lifetime” term limits proposed by Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo may depend on who fills the commission seat left vacant by the death of Commissioner Manolo Reyes. Pardo asked his fellow commissioners on Thursday to push the proposal to the April 24 meeting after Commission[Read More…]
















