Tag: Things to do in Coral Gables
A dance built on extinction’s loneliest song arrives at the Sanctuary of the Arts
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1987, on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, a researcher named David Boynton made a sound recording in the Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve. What he captured…
The Villagers mark 60 years of saving Miami-Dade’s landmarks — and the buildings that almost disappeared
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Every building the Villagers have helped save tells a story the wrecking ball would have ended. The Biltmore Hotel. Vizcaya. The Miracle Theatre. The Black…
Merrick House garden party honors Althea Merrick’s imprint on Coral Gables
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before there was a City Beautiful, there was Althea Fink Merrick — and before there was a Merrick House, there was her imagination. In 1906,…
Mozart to Schumann: A chamber program that traces how music changed
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Sixty years separate the two works on the South Beach Chamber Ensemble’s program this Sunday at the Coral Gables Museum — sixty years in which…
Balourdet Quartet and pianist Asiya Korepanova bring two masterworks to Coral Gables Congregational Church
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Two of the most enduring piano quintets in the chamber music repertoire will be performed in Coral Gables on Tuesday, April 14, when Friends of…
A 35-year tradition: Actors’ Playhouse gala returns to the Miracle Theatre
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Actors’ Playhouse will mark 35 years of its signature fundraising gala on April 18, an event that has helped sustain one of Coral Gables’ central…
‘Young Frankenstein’ comes to life at UM with Mel Brooks’ signature comedy
By Coral Gables Gazette staff It’s alive — and it arrives in Coral Gables this month. The University of Miami Department of Theatre Arts brings Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein to…
Miami Film Festival returns to Coral Gables — with a hometown producer behind one of its biggest premieres
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The 43rd Miami Film Festival opens Thursday, April 9, and runs through April 19 — ten days of more than 160 films from 45 countries,…
A Cuban ballet tradition in exile takes the stage at Sanctuary of the Arts
By Coral Gables Gazette staff When Ernesto Lecuona died in the Canary Islands in 1963, his will contained an instruction that said more about the man than almost anything else…
Film tells story of the Miccosukee leader who went to Castro
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1959, a group of Miccosukee Indians from the Florida Everglades traveled to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro. The United States government had repeatedly…
