The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

From screenings of Moonlight, The Fate of Carbon, and Operation Pedro Pan to Miami Gras, TransCon, and Road to Afro Roots Festival performances, here’s a look at the best free events happening in Miami this week.

The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend

It’s only February, but Miami is quickly heating up. Your best bet this weekend is to stay on the beach for the seventh-annual Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance. This year’s performers include New York’s Big Mean Sound Machine as well as longtime local favorites such as Locos por Juana, Elastic Bond, and Afrobeta.

Al Pacino’s Five Best Miami Moments

On March 3, movie fans will have the opportunity to spend the night with Scarface himself. At An Evening With Pacino, the Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino will take the Fillmore stage, where he will reminisce about his past, share his acting techniques, and answer questions taken from the audience.

Five Can’t-Miss Events at Winter Party Festival 2018

The LGBTQ community and its allies are set to converge on Miami Beach yet again. It’s time for another Winter Party Festival, and this one is an especially big to-do. This year marks the 25th edition of the high-energy, multifaceted fiesta that, in years past, has attracted more than 10,000 attendees.

YoungArts Miami Students Show Socially Conscious Work

Every year, high-school students from across the nation travel to Miami’s National YoungArts campus to present their work. For a week, these aspiring artists take part in workshops, master classes, and shows as they vie for the chance to become a YoungArts scholar — a distinction that comes with funding apart from recognition.

Small Mouth Sounds Brings a Silent Retreat to the Arsht Stage

It’s been a tough week in South Florida. We could all use some deep belly breaths and some quiet time to reflect and regain our balance. Bess Wohl’s play Small Mouth Sounds, which opened at the Arsht Center last weekend and runs through March 4, offers just that by giving audiences 100 uninterrupted minutes to immerse themselves in a play set in a silent retreat in the woods.

“Dangerous Women” at the Frost: A Reminder That #MeToo Is Nothing New

Tapping deep into the female empowerment Zeitgeist, “Dangerous Women,” a spectacular and provocative exhibition that contemporizes historic portrayals of the female form, opened to packed crowds at the Frost Art Museum February 17. The show, on view through May 20, invites local patrons — whose art options are often limited…

Game Night Screenwriter Mark Perez on Growing Up in Kendall

When he was taking his girlfriend to the movies in Kendall, screenwriter Mark Perez never thought he would one day be writing scripts for big-time Hollywood studios. The Sunset High grad says his best memories of going to high school in Kendall were movie nights at either the now-defunct AMC in what was then called Kendall Town & Country Mall (now the Palms at Town & Country) or the Falls’ United Artists, which is now owned by Regal Cinemas.

The Best Free Events in Miami This Week

Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, you might be holding tight to your cash this week after getting your significant other that special something. But there’s no need to become a hermit: Plenty of exciting free events are happening in the Magic City this week.