Three carved jack-o’-lanterns glowing over water at dusk, evoking the Pumpkin Float event at the Coral Gables Golf & Country Club.
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Coral Gables Halloween 2026: what’s free, what costs and what to book

Pumpkins will take over Ponce Circle Park, jack-o’-lanterns will float in a swimming pool, and the War Memorial Youth Center’s basketball gym will become a haunted house as Coral Gables…

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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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Two side-by-side photos of ballroom dancers performing partnered dance poses, including a dip, in formal dance attire.
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Gables Gallery Night returns Oct. 2 with salsa and photography

Coral Gables’ monthly Gallery Night returns Friday, Oct. 2, from 6 to 10 p.m., with galleries and arts venues opening their doors across the city and the Coral Gables Museum…

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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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Composite of black-and-white historic street photographs showing storefronts, utility poles, pedestrians and cars along a Miami commercial corridor.
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Coral Gables Museum panel to explore preservation amid displacement

Coral Gables Museum will turn its attention Wednesday to a question confronting historic immigrant neighborhoods across South Florida: how to preserve the people, places and culture that define a community…

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An adult and six children pose in white, red and blue Dominican-style outfits, some holding or wearing Dominican Republic flag colors, in front of a sponsor backdrop.
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Coral Gables Museum’s Family Day celebrates Little Santo Domingo

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables Museum holds a free Family Day on the third Saturday of every month, but this weekend’s edition has a distinctly Dominican focus. The…

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Black-and-white graphic reading “2026 Capture Coral Gables” inside and beside a rectangular frame.
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America at 250 frames Coral Gables Museum’s annual photo contest

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Museum is asking photographers to interpret the city through the people, freedoms and civic ideals being examined as the United States marks…

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Composite image showing a painted portrait of an older bald man with glasses beside a color headshot of a smiling dark-haired man in a suit.
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A century of Coral Gables mayors, told one portrait at a time

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables is turning the office of mayor into an exhibition. Beginning Wednesday, the Coral Gables Museum will open “Local Leadership, National Legacy: Coral Gables…

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Promotional graphic for Summer with the Symphony, featuring stylized tropical palm fronds, string lights, and a teal summer sky.
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Overlooked women composers take the spotlight at Coral Gables Museum

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Two composers long pushed to the margins of the classical repertoire will share the spotlight on Thursday, June 25 at the Coral Gables Museum, when…

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