There aren’t many neighborhoods in Florida as iconic and underrated as Little Havana. Along Calle Ocho, the smell of cafecitos and guava pastries fills the air. As you stroll by perennially jammed Versailles and hole-in-the-wall stores with quinceañera dresses primly unfurled in display windows, you get the clear impression you’re somewhere distinct.
With its cobblestone streets and quaint shops framed by moss-laden oaks, Savannah, Georgia, is among America’s most charming cities. Though picturesque, it’s a place with a complicated history: Before the Civil War, white families owned slaves there. In the few decades after the war, however, despite the continued racism, Savannah became a city with a robust black population.
Frost Science will host an Independence Day celebration, complete with a live DJ, that will allow guests to see the fireworks from the museum’s panoramic Vista Level.
After a protest and formal application filed, Forrest Street might soon be renamed as Hollywood city leaders seem poised to vote on the matter.
In the spring of 2013, during a time Miami Beach city leaders proposed to bulldoze the Fillmore to make way for chic condos, Lauren “Lolo” Reskin, the owner of Sweat Records, blogged about what the suggested demolition meant to her.
This Saturday, Frost Science will unveil “Space: An Out-of-Gravity Experience,” an exhibition that takes a deeper look into the out-of-this-world field of space exploration and the science that makes it possible.
In response to the lack of progress from city leaders in renaming Forrest Street, a protest is planned for Wednesday, June 21, outside Hollywood City Hall.
The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater might be demolished if city leaders get their way.
In an effort to formally remember the first anniversary of the Pulse nightclub attack, Latinos Salud is teaming up with Equality Florida, the state’s largest LGBT advocacy group, to bring the Equality Rally for Unity and Pride to Fort Lauderdale this Sunday. It will pay tribute to the lives of those killed in Orlando…
A year since the Marine Mammal Commission challenged whether Lolita’s tank meets federal requirements, a recent investigation by the USDA’s inspector general found the tank to be lacking.
The Miami Film Festival has announced a new award, dubbed the Knight Made In MIA Award, that will reward filmmakers with a $10,000 cash prize for telling masterful South Florida stories.
National celebrities urge tourists and locals to boycott Miami Seaquarium because of its continued abuse of Lolita and other marine mammals.
The mermaid statue at Vizcaya is most likely inspired by Audrey Munson, a woman who ventured into unchartered social waters for the sake of artistic expression.
For a century, the mermaids at Vizcaya have gazed at their refined reflections on the surface of the water, but over the years, the statues have changed.
You can get into the Frost without paying a dime. You just have to know how to work the system.
Years have come and gone, and Hollywood city leaders still have not renamed Forrest Street, the public road named in honor of the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Meanwhile, local minorities suffer in profound ways by living under the “Devil’s shadow.”
Attention, parents of Miami: If you’ve been looking for a new space where you can relax while unleashing your tiny people upon the unsuspecting public, check out the new Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.
As the state’s premier destination for all things related to science, the Frost Science Museum will will inspire many locals of all ages to reach for the stars.
The Frost Science Museum’s first special exhibition investigates biological and technological sight through interactive artworks.
For years, Miamians have passed the ever-transforming Museum Park and watched its namesake giants take shape beside the bay. In 2013, Pérez Art Museum Miami welcomed its first guests, and now, nearly three years later, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science will finally open its doors to the public May 8.
Dozens of local cosplayers will gather at Tropical Park this Saturday for this year’s Fantastical Tea Party.
Supercon Retro launched this weekend, attracting thousands of local geeks to the Miami Airport Convention Center.
