Four members of the Amernet String Quartet standing outdoors with their instruments, alongside a portrait of mezzo-soprano Rachel Calloway.
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Beethoven, Respighi and Mendelssohn open FIU Music Festival in Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Sanctuary of the Arts will host the opening night of the 2025 FIU Music Festival on Thursday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m., bringing one of…

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Composite image featuring Robin Hill, the cover of his book "That’s the Way I See It," and Amanda Keeley, who will join him for the Books & Books author event.
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Books & Books hosts conversation on county’s public art legacy

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Photographer Robin Hill will appear at Books & Books in Coral Gables on Thursday, October 23 at 7 p.m. to discuss his new book, That’s…

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The performance Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”, part of the global Candlelight Concerts series, begins at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 23 in the Hotel Colonnade.
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By candlelight: A haunted evening of Halloween classics

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The glow of hundreds of candles will turn the Hotel Colonnade into a gothic concert hall on Friday, October 24, when the Listeso String Quartet…

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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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City Boo-tiful conjures up a full slate of Halloween fun for all ages

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables is serving a full slate of Halloween fun this month, with nine city-sponsored events spanning pumpkin picking, sensory-friendly trick-or-treating, classic scares, and an…

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Poster-style image of three people from the documentary Feeding Tomorrow: a woman preparing produce, a farmer holding asparagus, and a man looking ahead against a sunrise background.
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Film screening at Coral Gables Arts Cinema looks at how food can change the world

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A visionary new documentary arrives at the Coral Gables Art Cinema next week with a message that stretches far beyond what’s on our plates. Feeding…

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Two dancers from the New World Dance Ensemble perform onstage—one standing in a sweeping pose with an arm extended as another lies stretched across the floor beneath them.
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New World Dance Ensemble brings award-winning choreography to Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Sanctuary of the Arts in downtown Coral Gables will host an evening of nationally recognized choreography and rising talent on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30…

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Three World War I officers—French, German, and Scottish—walk side by side through snowy trenches during the 1914 Christmas truce, as depicted in the film Joyeux Noël. Soldiers from both sides appear in the background, unarmed and mingling peacefully.
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A Christmas truce on screen, opera on the horizon

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Art Cinema will present Joyeux Noël, a critically acclaimed World War I drama screened in partnership with Florida Grand Opera and the…

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Trumpeter Sean Jones
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Sean Jones, joining UM’s Frost Jazz Orchestra, brings sacred fire to Gusman Hall

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall will host one of the most anticipated jazz events of the season: an electrifying evening with trumpet virtuoso…

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Composite image featuring author Seth Neblett on the left, the colorful book cover of Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic in the center, and event moderator Chrispy on the right. The book cover shows five women in space-themed funk attire, surrounded by stars and vibrant rainbow rays.
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Funk’s forgotten women finally get their spotlight

By Coral Gables Gazette staff South Florida readers and music lovers alike will have a chance to step aboard the mothership—not just in spirit, but in story. On Thursday, October…

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Stylized logo for The Doggie Walk Club shows a cartoon dog in a fedora and monocle, dressed like a 1930s gentleman, with a vintage car and Coral Gables City Hall in the background—representing the city’s embrace of canine culture through events like the Pack Walk.
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Coral Gables has gone to the dogs — in the best possible way

By Coral Gables Gazette Staff Coral Gables is already considered among the most dog-friendly cities in South Florida, with its array of pet-welcoming restaurants, boutique hotels, and shaded green spaces….

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