meet your neighbors!

Downtown Miami Partnership and Miami Downtown Development Authority would like to welcome you to our seventeenth Meet Your Neighbors! 

Hosted by Mary Brickell Village, on Thursday, March 31, 3011, from 5:30-8:00pm.  This is your opportunity to make new friends and get to know your DWNTWN.  Participating restaurants at Mary Brickell Village will be serving up tasty appetizers and cocktails will be courtesy of GREY GOOSE Vodka. Enjoy live music throughout the night.  

Please RSVP at (305) 379-7070 or by email to: Info @downtownmiami.net.

coconut grove happy hour chart

moved to coconut grove, lots of exploring...mainly for food/drinks! rather then googling every time we want to go out, we made a happy hour chart of deals in the grove..extreme ocd-ness. but great addition to the refrigerator and our pockets! enjoy!

Taste of Brickell

Saturday 3/26 Noon-10pm: Taste of Brickell at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive
(1 block east of Brickell Ave.)

$5 for Brickell Residents/Professionals, $10 Non-Residents, $25 VIP 

Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival is a significant annual community outreach event, with the goal of providing a fun-filled day of music, outstanding food, and fun for the community of Miami and South Florida. This event will be produced annually.  With the support of restaurants and sponsors of the Brickell area we are able to produce this exciting culinary-food event in Brickell on the Bay!

More Than Fifty Restaurants and Sponsors and non-profit organizations help bring thousands of people together to experience a diverse exchange of food and music in the heart of Brickell Miami

hello soccer and tennis men!!

Tomorrow night at 7pm, in Coconut Grove, some of the world's greatest tennis players will join the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in a celebrity soccer match to raise money for the people of Japan. Admission is free, donations will be given to the Red Cross. I will be there cheering on my favorite tennis players :-) 

big night in little haiti: third fridays. produced by THE RHYTHM FOUNDATION and the LITTLE HAITI CULTURAL CENTER.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011

Little Haiti Cultural Center Plaza:212 NE 59 Terrace, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM - free
Pokito + Jean P Jam in concert
Rara Kuyu and Universal Soul Arts in concert
Arts + Crafts
In the gallery:
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Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance225 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
6PM - 10PM - free
Global Caribbean II including highlights from the upcoming Contemporary Haitian Textiles exhibit
Open studio for painter / sculptor Eduard Duval Carrié
Open studio for photographer Carl Juste
website

Sweat Records5505 NE 2 Avenue, Miami 33137
7 - 9PM - free
Best of Sweat Variety Show including Casa de Haha and Pure Imagination live
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7 Circuit Studios228 NE 59 Street, Miami 33137
Gallery, store and bar open 8PM - 11PM, free
Nag Champayons in concert
Moksha All Stars with special guests
Concert admissions (after 11PM) $10
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New World Symphony: Free Concert 3/12: 7:30pm

Side-by-Side Concert

Teddy Abrams: Conductor

Miami-Dade’s finest student musicians play alongside NWS Fellows in a heart-warming, collaborative performance: the jewel of the NWS’s community engagement and education programs

Wynwood Art Walk: Saturday 3/12...new hours!!!! 2-9pm

15 MADA (Miami Art Dealers Association) members band together in an
effort to expand the popular gallery walk series.




MADA, a new association comprised of a consortium of art
professionals and dealers, announces extended hours for the Wynwood
Second Saturday Gallery Walk. Starting in March, with the March 12th
Gallery Walk, the new times will include daytime hours and run from 
2– 9 p.m.

 “With the great success of the Second Saturdays, the galleries want
to provide art lovers with these expanded hours to visit after lunch
or before dining, to provide art collectors with more time to browse,
and to better accommodate families,” said Isaac Perelman, Presidentof
MADA and owner of Dot Fiftyone Gallery.

The participating galleries offer a diverse look at contemporary,
emerging and established artists working in a variety of mediums; they
include:

-  Alejandra von Hartz Gallery

-  Ascaso Gallery

-  Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

-  Black Square Gallery

-  Calix Gustav Gallery

-  Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts

-  Dina Mitrani Gallery


-  Dorsch Gallery

-  Dot Fiftyone Gallery

-  Hardcore Gallery

-  ID Gallery

-  Kelley Roy Gallery

-  Nina Torres Fine Art

-  Now Cotemporary

-  Pan American Art Project

-  Zadok Art Gallery

purple sunday festival: 3/13 at the redland koi gardens

The Creative Exchange Clothing Art Goods.
Designer lifestyle goods in a unique shopping environment.

March 13, 2011 

Redland Koi Gardens
25600 SW 147 Ave
Homestead, FL 33032

For more information:
info@purplesundayfestival.com

Carnaval on the Mile: Friday March 4th- Sunday March 6th

Ahh. another year of getting a table at Tarpon Bend, people watching, art gazing, followed by drinks, music, old high school friends and late night eats at The Bar. Carnaval on the Mile is back......

We'll be heading out there on Sunday (and calling in sick on Monday) as the band lineup for Sunday completely wins me over. (No offense to Friday or Saturday bands..)

Sunday excitement includes almost every local band that I stalk: Jahfe, Spam All Stars, Xperimento, Mayday, Suenalo, Locos Por Juana, Palo!, Conjunto Progresso.

The event is held along Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, and is FREE! 

Taste of Pinecrest

Taste of Pinecrest

Each year, the Pinecrest Business Association along with local restaurants and businesses sponsor the Taste of Pinecrest at Pinecrest Gardens. All proceeds from the festival benefit the five Pinecrest public schools. The festival features Pinecrest-area restaurants, entertainment for the children, a judged art show, performances by local school groups and a business showcase.

• Sunday, March 6, 2011 at Pinecrest Gardens. 11 AM - 5 PM
• Free entry and parking for guests
• • 20 food and restaurant vendors selling samples
  • 20 business vendors promoting and selling services, materials, merchandise
  • A juried student art show with participation by all the Pinecrest schools
  • A full entertainment schedule with talented students performing in chorus, band, dance, theater, etc.
  • Large rides for children
  • Hands-on activities for children in a separate area
  • A raffle program with several valuable prizes

MiMo Madness Festival

Saturday March 5th, MiMo District: Biscayne Blvd. and 66-72 Street. ALL DAY, FREE EVENT!


2011 brings more fun, more entertainment and more things to do at this year’s MiMo Madness – A Neo-Vaudeville Street Extravaganza.
A fusion of street theatre, outdoor market and neighborhood street party!

This year is bound to be an even greater event with more amazing activities including street performers, antique cars, restaurant tastings, live music, street vendors, artists, face painting and fun stuff for kids to do.

Biscayne Blvd between 66 Street and 72 Street becomes an open stage for audiences to connect with extraordinary street performers including Circus and Sideshow acts, New Burlesque dancers, Neo-Vaudeville entertainers, Jugglers, Female Impersonators, and Acrobats.

Stroll the Boulevard like yesteryear and enjoy shopping al fresco! Antiques, Collectables, Arts, Crafts, Jewelry, and delicious food.

Discover the Mainstage Theatre in Legion Park, Artist Village at 71st and Street Performers Square at 72st.