The Miami City Commission chose late last month not to sell the landmark Olympia Theater in downtown Miami to a public charter school – at least not immediately – after the proposed deal was roundly criticized at the commission’s meeting on June 26. Instead, the proposed sale to SLAM Academy[Read More…]

Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado will host a virtual community meeting on Tuesday July 8 at 6:00 p.m. to provide information and answer questions about the Main Highway repaving project which will disrupt traffic in the heart of Coconut Grove as early as this week. The roadwork between McFarlane Road and[Read More…]

Park patrons can now stay connected at more Miami parks, including two parks in Coconut Grove, after the successful completion of the first phase of the Wi-Fi for Parks Project – a City of Miami initiative providing free public internet service to residents and visitors in underserved neighborhoods. Among the[Read More…]

Vehicle access to a stretch of Main Highway in Center Grove will be limited due to roadway resurfacing work from approximately July 9 to July 16, Miami-Dade transportation officials say. Drivers between McFarlane Road, in the heart of the commercial district, south to Royal Road are advised to seek alternate[Read More…]

Opponents of the county’s plan to restore and reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse filed an emergency motion this week to halt the demolition work now underway at the landmark theater on Main Highway. The emergency motion, filed on Sunday by attorney David Winker, asks Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mavel Ruiz[Read More…]

Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo has opened a satellite office on Grand Avenue in the West Grove. Commission staff began moving into the new office at 3646 Grand Avenue last week. Although there’s no exterior signage and no official ribbon-cutting as of yet, Javier Gonzalez, the District 2 staff[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]