Promotional poster for "Prayer for the French Republic" by Joshua Harmon. The title appears in bold white capital letters against a deep blue watercolor wash at the top. Below, a classical columned building — suggesting a government institution or synagogue — is rendered in gray watercolor, its columns overlaid with thick vertical brushstrokes in black and dark red that evoke graffiti, bars, or tally marks. The overall palette of blue, white, and red mirrors the colors of the French flag.
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Florida premiere of ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ at GableStage

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A teenage boy comes home to his Paris apartment with blood on his face. It is not the first time. His mother wants him to…

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romotional illustration depicting a retro South Florida cabaret scene. A male singer in a white tuxedo jacket performs at a standing microphone, flanked by four showgirls in gold sequined costumes with large feathered headdresses in pink and orange. A jazz band plays in the background beneath a painted tropical mural showing palm trees, a crescent moon, and ocean. Candlelit tables with an audience in evening wear fill the foreground. A neon sign reading "South Florida Cabaret" glows above the stage.
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Grammy winner brings 1960s Miami Beach back to life at UM

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Picture Miami Beach in 1962. The hotels along Collins Avenue are full. The air smells like salt and gardenia. A singer steps to the microphone…

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Aerial view of Château de Beynac, a large medieval stone fortress with multiple towers, crenellated battlements, and a red-tiled roof, perched on a steep limestone cliff above the Dordogne River. The surrounding landscape is dense green forest under a partly cloudy blue sky, with the river curving through the valley below and the rooftops of a small village visible at the base of the cliff.
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Coral Gables Museum opens a window onto medieval France — one castle at a time

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Imagine standing at the edge of a limestone cliff above the Dordogne River. Below, the valley spreads out in long green folds. Above, the walls…

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Audience members seated in a darkened cinema theater face a large illuminated screen showing awards broadcast footage, with several guests dressed in formal and sequined attire visible from behind.
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Coral Gables Art Cinema rolls out a red carpet for the most nominated Oscar race in history

By Coral Gables Gazette staff On the same evening that Hollywood’s biggest ceremony unfolds at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the Coral Gables Art Cinema will roll out a…

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clusters of pink, magenta, and white phalaenopsis orchids in bloom against a blurred tropical garden background of green foliage and tree trunks.
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150,000 orchids, one big idea: How Fairchild is bringing lost blooms back

By Coral Gables Gazette staff More than 150,000 orchids will bloom across the grounds of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden this weekend as the garden’s annual Orchids in Bloom festival returns…

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A large group of cyclists and walkers posed beneath a coral stone archway at Matheson Hammock Park, with bicycles visible at the edges of the crowd and trees overhead. A Bike & BBQ banner is visible in the background.
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Bike & BBQ: 11-mile tour through City Beautiful, picnic at Matheson Hammock

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Cyclists will roll out from the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center on Sunday, March 15, for one of the city’s most popular outdoor traditions:…

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Members of the Amernet String Quartet pose with their instruments outdoors while clarinetist Guy Yehuda appears in a separate portrait holding his clarinet; the musicians will perform together in Coral Gables as part of the Amernet and Friends chamber music series.
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Amernet String Quartet closes chamber series with clarinetist Guy Yehuda at Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Amernet String Quartet will bring its season-long Amernet and Friends chamber music series to a close Thursday evening with a special guest collaboration featuring…

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Promotional graphic for a Books & Books Coral Gables event featuring the book cover of What Country, Friends, Is This? Shakespeare and the Staging of Exile alongside portraits of scholars Vanessa Corredera, Madeline Cisneros and Stephanie Chamberlain, who will join author James M. Sutton for a discussion.
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Shakespeare and exile take center stage at Books & Books

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Questions of exile, belonging and identity — themes that echo through centuries of literature and contemporary global life — will take center stage Thursday evening…

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Black-and-white studio portrait of actors Carole Lombard and William Powell posed closely together, Lombard facing the camera while Powell looks slightly to the side, wearing formal attire.
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Silver screen mornings at Coral Gables Library returns with 1936 screwball classic ‘My Man Godfrey’

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A Depression-era comedy that skewers wealth, class and social pretension while delivering some of the sharpest romantic banter in American cinema will headline the next…

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A dense crowd of multigenerational festival-goers walks along a closed street lined with vendor tents and promotional banners during the 2024 Carnaval on the Mile street festival in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Carnaval on the Mile returns to Coral Gables this weekend with Latin Grammy winners, soul-jazz and art

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Carnaval on the Mile, the free annual street festival that transforms Miracle Mile into a showcase of live music, regional art, and culinary culture, returns…

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