The Ten Best Things to Do This Weekend in Miami

In the immortal words of Loverboy, "Everybody's working for the weekend. Everybody wants a new romance." And, yes, everybody does -- indeed -- need a second chance. This weekend, Miami fulfills Loverboy's always-relevant weekend needs: a chocolate festival for romance, the poetry of T.I., and laughs from nationally recognized comedians...

By Miami New Times staff

January 23, 2015

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In the immortal words of Loverboy, "Everybody's working for the weekend. Everybody wants a new romance." And, yes, everybody does -- indeed -- need a second chance. This weekend, Miami fulfills Loverboy's always-relevant weekend needs: a chocolate festival for romance, the poetry of T.I., and laughs from nationally recognized comedians. Even sci-fi geeks can get in on the action.

Happy weekend, Miami. You've earned it.

Friday:

Miami International Science Fiction Festival at the Hyatt Regency Miami: Calling all nerds. This is your chance to dress like Mr. Spock and talk smack about The Lord of the Rings fans.

The 2015 Miami Improv Comedy Festival at Just the Funny: The five-day fest welcomes 37 acts, including the Groundlings.

Seth Meyers at The Fillmore Miami Beach: The former Saturday Night Live funnyman and host of Late Night swings into Miami for one night only.

International Chocolate Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden: Chocolate, wine, and a garden stroll? Yes, please.

Saturday:

Badass, Lip Service: True Stories at Books & Books: Miami's hometown bookstore celebrates the publication of Lip Service's first book.

T.I. at BB&T Center: You'll have to head to Broward to catch the Grammy-winning rapper, but his brain's so good, could'a swore he went to college.

National Water Dance at North Beach Bandshell: We've been talking about this for weeks -- that's because it's gonna be amazing.

Sunday:

MiSO@thebass at Collins Park: This Sunday marks another MiSO@thebass, the concert series that delivers the Miami Symphony Orchestra to the proles for free.

The Lincoln Assassination and the End of the Civil War at HistoryMiami: For the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death, HistoryMiami and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation will present an all-star symposium, "The Lincoln Assassination and the End of the Civil War," featuring historical insights from nationally recognized scholars.

2015 Broadway Concert Series: Megan Hilty at Aventura Arts and Cultural Center: The blonde from the wonderfully bad, short-lived show Smash sings her Great White Way heart out.

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