Tag: Things to do in Coral Gables
Fifty years after ‘Jaws,’ Actors’ Playhouse revisits it from backstage
By Coral Gables Gazette staff More than 50 years after audiences packed the Miracle Theatre to see Jaws on the big screen, Actors’ Playhouse is bringing them behind the scenes…
From lawn mowers to light bulbs, a very American book
By Coral Gables Gazette staff America’s semiquincentennial has produced plenty of solemn tributes. This one counts lawn mowers, cowboy boots and Hanna-Barbera cartoons among the nation’s finest achievements, and it…
Banned after nine days, Soviet classic ‘Earth’ screens at Coral Gables Library
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Nearly a century after Soviet authorities pulled Earth from release after just nine days, the 1930 Ukrainian silent classic will screen next week at the…
A different yellow brick road winds through the Miracle Theater
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Families heading to Actors’ Playhouse this month for The Wizard of Oz should leave their expectations of ruby slippers and a certain Harold Arlen ballad…
Local author brings co-ed soccer story to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A Miami author with deep South Florida roots returns to Coral Gables this weekend with a new middle-grade graphic novel about a soccer team forced…
From box-office flop to family classic, ‘The Iron Giant’ lands on Family Day
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A film Warner Bros. struggled to market in 1999 has spent the years since becoming one of animation’s most beloved coming-of-age stories. This weekend, The…
Vibraphonist Warren Wolf brings Americana jazz to Coral Gables Congregational Church
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Warren Wolf began studying the vibraphone when he was 3 years old. Four decades later, after a career that has placed him among some of…
William Osorio’s ‘Common Ground’ finds art in overlooked moments
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A new exhibition at the University of Miami invites visitors to slow down and look twice at scenes most people pass without noticing. “Common Ground,”…
Gallery Night brings America250 exhibits, Cuban masters and World Cup watch parties to Coral Gables
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables’ First Friday Gallery Night returns July 3 with a summer mix of fine art, live music, America250 programming, World Cup watch parties and…
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…
