Mambo Meets Keyboard

This beautiful Sunday afternoon, rather than ending the weekend with a routine trudge through the madding crowd at the mall, or slowly pushing a cart around the grocery store, treat yourself to a concert you won’t soon forget. Tarde Cubana is the second of two incredible performances this weekend at…

For the Love of Lazlo

Do something good for man’s best friend and drink like there’s no tomorrow at the Faktura Pet Project’s Yappy Hour Fundraiser. Faktura Pet Rescue, a branch of local artist Jacquelyn Johnston’s nonprofit organization Faktura Projects, is a group of dedicated, compassionate individuals committed to rescuing dogs from extreme situations and…

Twirl Your Tutus

Whether you want to gaze at some amazing ballerinas or you simply enjoy seeing people jump around in leotards, be sure to sashay over to the International Young Ballet Medal Winners showcase at the Manuel Artime Theater. This event is just one of the many scheduled for this year’s International…

Have a Ball

If you thought partaking in some serious Jedi mind tricks was the only way to defy gravity on the weekdays, guess again. There’s an alternative every Thursday night. The Coconut Grove Juggling Exchange (an affiliate of the International Juggling Association) has been meeting at the UM Student Union breezeway for…

Saddle Up and Ride

Miami’s tragically hip (along with the not-so-hip) can take pleasure in the latest addition to Wednesday-night parties: N3ON Pony. A free alternative to the pricey reggaeton-meets-techno-meets-hip-hop clubs, N3ON looks to bring the artsy kids out of their usual downtown/Design District haunts and onto the Art Deco streets of South Beach…

Start Me Up

Mondays are hard days to get through, what with the return to indentured servitude; the sweltering, swampy weather; and the insane traffic that has turned us into the nation’s worst drivers. Why not end your day on a high (and healthy) note and take an invigorating class at True Balance?…

Wine and Won Tons

If you’re sick of the usual Thursday happy-hour hoopla (that is, bad service at a bar packed with belligerent jocks and inebriated suburban princesses who wouldn’t know a Klimt from a Kandinsky), opt for a little culture with your cocktail at the monthly LoweDown Happy Hour at UM’s Lowe Art…