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Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival Miami River Promenade at One Miami	Sat., November 21, 10:00am	Miami / Central Dade	Festivals
It’s baffling to us that, in a city drowning in natural water features, we rarely end up at events that take place on the water. This weekend will be different, though, thanks to the second annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival. Held at the confluence of Biscayne Bay and the Miami... More >>

Cranksgiving Government Center	Sat., November 21, 2:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Benefits Contests Cycling
I remember the first time I saw a fixed gear bicycle. It was 2003 in Berlin, and the kid had had it for a week and had already been in like six accidents. No brakes? I thought he was nuts. But now the movement's pretty much universal, and here in Miami this Saturday, the movement is giving... More >>

The 97th Anniversary Party, Day 2 Tobacco Road	Sat., November 21, 6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
Getting old sucks. I mean seriously. Remember what it was like being able to stay up all night drinking, then rolling into work the next day with nothing more than a cup of Starbucks and mixed visions of the previous one's debauchery and those of the one to come dancing behind your glazed eyes,... More >>

The 6th Annual Organic Hip Hop Artist Showcase African Heritage Cultural Arts Center	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
Every year, the Organic Hip Hop Conference rallies conscious troops from all over the continent and beyond for a weekend of fighting for better communities through activism, vegetarianism, and music. Sponsored by nonprofit organization Difference Makers and Urban America newspaper, the 2009... More >>

Caliente! Festival American Airlines Arena	Sat., November 21, 7:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music
Listen up, fellow Latinos. The Calle Ocho festival isn’t until March, and we don’t want you sitting around until then. So this Saturday, make your way to the American Airlines Arena for the 15th annual Caliente! Festival, featuring Latin American and Caribbean beats that are sure to... More >>

Arboles Libres Sweat Records	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
This past February, as a trifle, two buddies got together to jam through free-form guitar exercises while smoking a bowl for the good of mankind. It should have been a one-time thing, but it took root, grew wildly, and flowered excessively. Now, almost a year later, that early impermanent duo... More >>

Ruben Blades James L. Knight Center	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music
There are few artists in Latin music — or in any genre, for that matter — as prolific and ubiquitously talented as Rubén Blades. He's a singer and a songwriter. He's an actor. He's even a lawyer and a politician. And if all of that sounds like exaggeration, check his IMDb page... More >>

Septeto Nacional Hoy Como Ayer	Sat., November 21, 10:30pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
If time between shows is any indication, you may have to wait another 76 years to catch Cuba's legendary Septeto Nacional on yanqui shores again. The band made its last U.S. appearance at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, where it won a Gold Medal by spreading the Afro-Cuban music made popular... More >>

Miami Heat vs New Orleans Hornets American Airlines Arena	Sun., November 22, 6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Sports - Spectator
The Miami Heat is off to its hottest start in franchise history. Much of the ball-bashing goodness is due, of course, to Dwyane Wade’s usual bad-ass-ness. And watching Michael Beasley grow up before our eyes as the once-and-future starting power forward has been a delight. But an unsung... More >>

Julian Marley and the Uprising Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts	Sun., November 22, 8:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music
There are some last names in pop culture that resonate beyond just celebrity status. They evoke emotions, nostalgia, and even the feelings of an entire era. In music, think Lennon or Dylan, and of course Marley. So imagine bearing that name and trying to live up to its powerful artistic legacy.... More >>

CSI: Crime Scene Insects Miami Science Museum	Daily from Tue., August 11 until Sun., January 31, 10:00am	Miami / Central Dade	Family Events
Cadavers, maggots, flesh-eating beetles... are you still reading? Then you might have a stomach strong enough to enjoy the nauseating yet fascinating "CSI: Crime Scene Insects" exhibit at the Miami Science Museum. At a crime scene, the presence of certain creepy-crawlies can help investigators... More >>

Pagliacci and Suor Angelica Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts	Sat., November 14, 8:00pm more dates/times	Miami / Central Dade	Music Opera Theater
Composer Pierre Boulez once said that the solution to the declining audience for opera was to blow up the opera houses, the kind of overly dramatic line that, quite frankly, belongs in an opera. If drama’s your thing, you can’t do better than the original pairing of one-act operas... More >>

80s Prom The Vagabond	Wed., November 25, 9:30pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Parties & Receptions
The ’80s brought Reaganomics, Rubik’s Cube, New Coke, Madonna, the end of the Cold War, high-tops, Swatches, and teased hair. They're all awesome, so it’s no wonder that local indie record store Sweat Records holds an annual ode to the decade with its ’80s Prom. Already in... More >>

DJ T Electric Pickle	Wed., November 25, 10:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
Proof that music journalists are sometimes good for something, Thomas Koch, AKA DJ T, made his true mark in the industry by founding Groove magazine some 20 years ago. With Koch at the helm as editor and publisher, it quickly became the bible in his native Germany for everything related to... More >>

Happy Hour and Jazz Night Club 50	Every week Wednesday, 6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Food & Drink Nightlife
Caddyshack golf legend Ty Webb never kept score, so when Judge Smails asked him how he measured himself against other golfers, the six-foot-four Webb replied, "My height." Club 50 should have a similar answer if it's ever asked how it measures itself against other Miami bars and lounges.... More >>

There’s Still Life Harold Golen Gallery	Thu., November 26, 11:00am-6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Art
Rock star, star artist — what’s the difference now? If you’re former Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler, probably not much. The man who gave John Hughes the title song to his seminal film Pretty in Pink is still touring and writing new material with an updated version of... More >>

(((SHAKE))) The Vagabond	Every week Thursday	Miami / Central Dade	Art Music Nightlife Parties & Receptions
Local music impresario José El Rey declares, “I’ll be there, and I’m more than enough for all the ladies to come. There will be woofers installed in special devices.” What’s he talkin’ ’bout? It’s Shake, a new party that’ll have you fiending... More >>

Battleprov Roxy Performing Arts Center	Fri., November 27, 8:45pm	Miami / Central Dade	Comedy Theater
This Black Friday, skip the Wal-Mart stampede and stay home eating leftovers and drinking the beer you woke up with on the couch. Watch a few Chris Farley movies, smoke a fat bowl, make some prank phone calls, shoot a YouTube video of you making ugly faces, and walk into the Roxy Theater and... More >>

Borscht Film Festival Gusman Center for the Performing Arts	Sat., November 28, 7:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Film Film - Festivals
If the Borscht Film Festival were a character in a Hollywood film, it would be John Matrix from Commando. The film scene in Miami has been kidnapped by the twin dictatorship of New York and L.A., and Borscht (insert closeups of café con leche residue in mustache) has only a few hours to... More >>

R. Kelly James L. Knight Center	Sat., November 28, 8:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music
Though legend says he stole his style from another shiny-headed, combat-boot-wearing R&B crooner, R. Kelly delivers timeless tunes about going halvsies on a baby or making women’s bodies go “toot, toot” and “beep, beep” that have proven he’s the only chrome dome... More >>

Little Louie Vega The Vagabond	Sat., November 28, 10:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music Nightlife
If you’re one of the two people who still haven’t checked out the Vagabond, this weekend is the time to hit up the downtown venue. Why? Because Saturday-night host Back Door Bamby will bring in the heavy hitter of house, Little Louie Vega, for a night called Dance Ritual. Vega is... More >>

Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics American Airlines Arena	Sun., November 29, 6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Fourth of July Sports - Spectator
A funny thing happened shortly after the turn of the millennium: Boston sports teams suddenly stopped sucking. First it was the New England Patriots, who won the first of their three Super Bowls in 2002. Then those perennial heartbreakers, the Red Sox, finally won a World Series in the modern... More >>

FriendsWithYou Opening FriendsWithYou Boutique	Tue., December 1, 6:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Art
When it comes to bringing out everyone’s childlike innocence, nobody does it better than art collective FriendsWithYou. Comprising artists Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, FWY creates pieces that challenge the viewer to let go of adulthood — whether it be through their adorable... More >>

Herd Thinner Charest-Weinberg Gallery	Tue., December 1, 7:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Art
This Tuesday at 7 p.m., Wynwood’s Charest-Weinberg Gallery will pop the cork on “Herd Thinner,” a bleeding-edge exhibit curated by the Big Apple’s David Hunt and featuring the work of more than a dozen artists who will be on hand for the launch of Art Basel week. It offers a... More >>

Miley Cyrus American Airlines Arena	Wed., December 2, 7:00pm	Miami / Central Dade	Music
If everyone in the world was socked with the wrong side of a memory stick and forgot their age, a Miley Cyrus song would be the perfect barometer to set everyone straight. If her country-fried screech doesn’t turn you into stone, you’re in the tween zone and unqualified to vote,... More >>