Tag: Things to do in Coral Gables
From Mozart to Grieg, recital explores the violin at its most expressive
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Mainly Mozart Festival opens its 2026 season with a program that moves purposefully through three centuries of music for violin and piano — from…
Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’ flopped in 1926. A century later, it ranks among cinema’s greatest films.
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In 1926, the critics were merciless. The New York Times called it neither funny nor thrilling. Variety declared it a flop. One reviewer suggested that…
A widow’s memoir of Paul Auster comes to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Paul Auster told his wife he wanted to return as a ghost. He died on April 30, 2024, at 77, from complications of lung cancer…
From Jekyll to Journey: Actors’ Playhouse unveils a season built on contrast
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre has announced its 2026–27 Mainstage Season — five productions opening in October that span a gothic musical thriller, a…
The first American pope’s biographer — who secured his first interview — speaks at Coral Gables Congregational Church
By Coral Gables Gazette staff When white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on May 8, 2025, even seasoned Vatican observers were caught off guard. The man who stepped onto…
A pianist who won in Miami, then conquered Warsaw, comes to Coral Gables
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Last spring, a 24-year-old pianist named William Yang stood on a stage in Miami and swept the National Chopin Piano Competition — taking not just…
After one hundred years, the Chinese Village in Coral Gables opens its doors for one afternoon
By Coral Gables Gazette staff If you have driven along Riviera Drive slowly enough to notice, you have seen them: curved ceramic roof tiles, latticed balconies, moon-shaped doorways, and the…
History arrives early: Robert Watson brings the Declaration to Books & Books
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In July 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — the document that announced to the world that…
Mariachi, Gallery Night and a major Cuban art opening
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Downtown Coral Gables offers an unusually rich confluence of music, visual art, and street culture this Friday, with three simultaneous events turning Giralda Plaza and…
Tracing American life from the 1980s to Covid, Jay McInerney brings Calloway saga to a close
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In the last days of March 2020, as New York shut down and the shape of what was coming became clear, Jay McInerney walked past…
