Composite image showing actors Hugo Diego García and Ester Expósito in a scene from “Drawn Together,” author Mercedes Ron, and the cover of the English-language edition of her novel “Drawn Together.”
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Before it streams, ‘Drawn Together’ screening/book signing brings Mercedes Ron and stars to Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Before “Drawn Together” reaches Prime Video viewers around the world, Coral Gables audiences will get an early look at the romantic thriller alongside the author…

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Abstract animated image of Mount Fuji outlined above red hills and geometric shapes from Robert Breer’s 1974 short film “Fuji.”
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National Film Registry selection anchors ‘Journeys in Motion’ at Coral Gables library

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A train ride past Mount Fuji, an animated rendering of Homer’s “Odyssey” and a meditation on discovery will share the screen Wednesday at the Coral…

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Four dogs sit on artificial turf beneath a large tree at Chewy Bark Park, with buildings visible in the background.
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Chewy Bark Park launches monthly ‘Pack Walk’ along The Underline

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Chewy Bark Park, the Coral Gables dog park that opened along The Underline earlier this year, is launching a monthly social walk designed to bring…

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Black-and-white image of a drummer at a drum kit with an inset color portrait of a smiling woman and the words “Celebrated Vocalist Tanya Maria.”
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Latin Grammy-nominated drummer Nomar Negroni leads a night of jazz standards

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Nomar Negroni has spent more than two decades behind the drum kit alongside his father in one of Puerto Rico’s better-known Latin jazz ensembles. On…

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Man wearing an embroidered vest holds a violin in front of a stylized sunset scene with an ornate caravan in the background.
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Youth orchestra with El Sistema roots brings Klezmer and flamenco to Woman’s Club

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A Miami youth orchestra led by a musician whose own training reaches back to the beginnings of Venezuela’s famed El Sistema will bring Klezmer and…

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Black-and-white portrait of a bald man beside the red cover of Peter Santenello’s book Your Fellow Americans.
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Journalist with 4 million YouTube subscribers stops in Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Peter Santenello has traveled to 85 countries and lived in five. For his first book, he turned his lens homeward. “Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from…

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The End of Summer Ice Cream Social will close out Senior Citizens Week in Coral Gables. (Photo: Shutterstock).
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Senior Citizens Week is under way in Coral Gables, from Medicare fraud to Bitcoin

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Senior Citizens Week got under way in Coral Gables on Monday, and by the time it wraps up Friday with golf, ice cream and a…

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Graphic for “News Without a Newsroom” showing the title in bold black and gray lettering above rows of empty newsroom desks, with the letter “A” highlighted in red.
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A UM filmmaker’s documentary on local news decline returns to Coral Gables

By Coral Gables Gazette staff After premiering last year at the University of Miami’s Bill Cosford Cinema, “News Without a Newsroom” returns to Coral Gables Sunday for a 1 p.m….

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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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Portrait of Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello beside the red cover of Relative Strangers, featuring an illustrated DNA double helix, with a Miami Book Fair logo at lower left.
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Books & Books event explores the family secrets DNA tests uncover

By Coral Gables Gazette staff What happens when a DNA test reveals a sibling, a parent or an entire branch of the family no one knew existed? Books & Books…

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