This exhibition celebrates the centennial of the Art Deco era -- 100 years of design and architecture that began in Paris and spread worldwide. It highlights the parallels between Miami Beach and Mumbai, two coastal cities where Art Deco left a profound imprint, from defining their skylines to shaping their culture and style. It includes […]
The exhibit "Mosaico: Italian Code of Timeless Art" opens on Oct. 25 at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Miami. This exhibition highlights 2,000 years of Italian mosaic tradition through digital installations and rare artifacts. To […]
This centennial exhibit opens on Nov. 7 at the Coral Gables Museum as a tribute to Celia Cruz (1925–2003), seen through the enduring friendship and photographic collaboration of photographers Alexis Rodríguez-Duarte and Tico Torres. The exhibition includes portraits, backstage moments, never-before-seen images, videos, personal mementos and studio objects and spans fifteen years, from the first […]
The Miami New Drama season opens with "Here There Are Blueberries", an award-winning show about a mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs that arrives at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist. As curators unravel the shocking truth behind the images, the album soon makes headlines and ignites a debate that reverberates far beyond […]
This live music series on Miami Beach runs everyday, nine times a week from 6 p.m. to midnight. The hotel does not charge a cover or minimum amount to spend -- come at your leisure for drinks in the lobby!
When Fidel Castro opened the Mariel harbor to let Cubans sail for America, Edel Rodriguez and his family took their chance. From the town of El Gabriel to the Mariel port to a rickety shrimping boat bound for Florida, they joined the 1980 boatlift, becoming “worms,” as Castro called the departing Cubans. Years later, Rodriguez […]
Get your disco groove on at Normandy Fountain with a free concert of all your disco favorites from Young Musicians Unite!
Learn to use watercolors in this immersive art class designed for absolute beginners or intermediate artists. This 4-week class is for anyone interested in this magical medium, covering the basics. Through demonstrations, sketching, and painting the instructor will focus on all the fundamentals of watercolor, materials, brush handling, layering, texture, timing and composition. Students will […]
The Wolfsonian-FIU turns 30! Join the museum to mark the occasion with a City of Miami Beach Culture Crawl special event, featuring a giant birthday cake, guided tours, a musical performance and the opening of two new exhibitions, "Modern Design Across Borders" and "La Superba: Genoa and The Wolfsoniana". "Modern Design Across Borders", organized in […]
MDPL’s Annual Membership Meeting will take place at the Art Deco Museum. This meeting is for MDPL members and MDPL-invited guests only. Join us to welcome the 2025-2026 Board of Directors and to hear about the last year in historic preservation and plans for the year ahead. Light bites and refreshments will be served. Become […]