Anyone born in the late ’70s could probably roller-skate before they could walk, and hum the Village People’s “YMCA” before they could spell the alphabet. So obsessed was America with roller skating and disco that when the two combined, the pop-culture phenomenon of roller disco exploded like Aquanet in the ’80s.

“What’s going on in the world? A lack of compassion. I wish we had a little bit more of that and less Trump.” That’s how Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, set the tone for his March 16 talk during the H20 government track at the World Happiness Summit — the first global gathering of government leaders, economists, academics, and researchers who met at Miami Dade College to explore the science and economic impact of happiness on civic well-being.

A single palm tree adorns the City of Miami’s official seal, but these days, it might as well be replaced by a high-rise condo. Construction cranes now dot the skyline of “Bayhattan” along the Miami river where city founder Julia Tuttle first settled and incorporated the territory in 1896. The Magic City is often maligned by Old-World visitors as a “city without history,” and maybe that’s because so much visible evidence of history has seen the wrecking ball. Here are a few classic Miami landmarks that no longer stand.

Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in the Fifth Century and probably never imagined his holy legacy would be celebrated worldwide by Christians and worshippers of the pint at the Church of Pub. The feast day became official in the 17th Century and gave Catholics a chance to break their penitence (AKA hit the bar) during Lent. That’s what many Miamians plan to do March 17, when they’ll wear green shamrocks because good old Pádraig used the three-leaf clover to explain the Holy Trinity to pagans.

All roads lead to water in Miami. We live by it, we swim in it, and we covet it. In “Off the Wall: Three Currents, One Flow,” three artists explore water as a metaphor of fluid identity in the city and in the imagination. The exhibit, opening Thursday, March 9, at Wynwood’s Artium Art Gallery, features mixed-media works on paper and paintings on canvas by Patricio Gonzalez Bezanilla, Antonio Guerrero, and Juan Miranda.

We’re fast approaching the end of Carnival, the traditional Christian season of festivities before Lent. “Mardi gras” means “fat Tuesday” in French, marking a centuries-old ritual of feasting before fasting. Like your fellow revelers around the world and in New Orleans — the capital of Mardi Gras — you too can fatten up before giving up earthly pleasures and atoning for your sins. South Florida pays homage to the Big Easy’s party spirit at the following events, some of which spill over into March, in case you want to sneak in a bit more hedonism. What’s a few more days of celebration?