Miami DJs Seek to Revitalize the Grove Through the Party Series Coconut Groove
Dan Travieso is leading the efforts to make Coconut Grove an essential spot for Miami’s nightlife scene.
Dan Travieso is leading the efforts to make Coconut Grove an essential spot for Miami’s nightlife scene.
“The number one thing people have said to me is, ‘I can’t believe South Florida is finally going to have a real dayclub,'” says Matt Minichino, Hard Rock’s corporate vice president of nightlife/daylife.
For Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater artistic director Robert Battle, this week marks a special return, not just to the Arsht Center, where his company performs annually, but also to the city where he grew up. “It’s more personal [performing in Miami]; it reminds me where I come from,” says Battle, a Liberty City native. “My mom [Dessie Williams] still lives in the same house. I used to dance on the marble floor of our front porch. The Arsht Center wasn’t far away.”