Pianist Mackenzie Melemed smiles while standing in a dark suit and tie in a tree-lined urban plaza with modern buildings behind him.
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Aiming for all 50 states, a pianist brings American music to UM

Pianist Mackenzie Melemed is on a musical journey across America, with an ambitious destination: all 50 states. His instrument is the piano, his repertoire spans nearly two centuries, and his…

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Circular 2026 Miccosukee Indigenous Film Festival logo featuring a film reel, filmstrip and Miccosukee-inspired geometric designs.
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From the Amazon to the Everglades: Indigenous film festival debuts at UM

A Shuar teenager confronting mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Navajo runners retracing a 330-mile forced march, First Nations activists crossing Canada by train and a Miccosukee leader seeking recognition for…

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Sculpture of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry seated beside the Little Prince against a pale blue sky.
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From New York to ‘The Little Prince’: lecture at Coral Gables Museum explores author’s American years

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote “The Little Prince” not in France, but in New York, where the book was first published in both English and French in 1943. That American chapter…

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Collage of 21 cast member headshots from Actors’ Playhouse’s production of Jekyll & Hyde.
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Actors’ Playhouse opens season with gothic musical ‘Jekyll & Hyde’

Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre will open its 2026-2027 Mainstage season with Jekyll & Hyde, bringing the gothic musical thriller to Miracle Mile from Wednesday, Oct. 7 through Nov….

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Smiling Cuban vocalist in a red, white and blue suit inspired by the Cuban flag poses against a bright blue background.
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Grammy winner Aymée Nuviola brings ‘90 Millas’ to Sanctuary of the Arts

Aymée Nuviola comes to Coral Gables on Saturday, Sept. 26 with a concert built around a number that carries particular weight in South Florida: 90. That is the roughly 90…

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Promotional artwork for “Soirée des Arts” showing a dancer in flowing costume beside a large orange circular graphic on a textured blue-gray background.
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Mediterranean music meets aerial acrobatics at Sanctuary of the Arts

Aerialists, dancers and musicians will fill a converted Coral Gables church on Tuesday, Sept. 22 as Les Ailes du Désir Foundation returns with a Mediterranean-themed edition of its long-running Soirée…

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Artwork showing a bald eagle above blue star-filled wings, with an America 250 emblem and the words “America Touched Seen” below.
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Blind and low-vision artists explore America’s story at Coral Gables Museum

Blind and visually impaired artists ranging from elementary-school students to older adults are bringing their work to the Coral Gables Museum this month in an exhibition built around touch, collaboration…

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Brian Sippin paints a stylized anatomical heart beside one of his colorful abstract artworks featuring a smartphone-like frame and swirling shapes.
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Coral Gables Gallery Night spans a debut show, Cuban masters and live music Sept. 4

A Books & Books employee will mount his first gallery exhibition, a Coral Gables gallery will mark the centennial of Cuban painter Gina Pellón, and photography from 17 countries will…

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Promotional graphic for The Disappearers showing the book cover beside a portrait of Marlon James, with a smaller inset portrait of Kei Miller.
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Booker Prize winner Marlon James brings ‘The Disappearers’ to Coral Gables Congregational Church

Booker Prize winner Marlon James comes to Coral Gables on Saturday with a novel already drawing some of the strongest notices of his career — and one rooted in the…

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A man and woman in period clothing and straw hats pose together against a painted Paris street backdrop in a scene from An American in Paris.
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Coral Gables to screen ‘An American in Paris’ free for residents Sept. 5

Coral Gables residents can spend Saturday morning in postwar Paris — at no charge. The city’s Adult Activity Center will present the 1951 musical An American in Paris at the…

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