Greetings,

With a storm in the rear window, we turn our attention to late summer activities before the Labor Day weekend in early September.

Be safe, pay attention to city leaders for best advice on how to manage the health crisis while enjoying simple pleasures in our little city.

Robert and Robin Burr

please enjoy this image that remind us of the beauty and serenity of our majestic city

Colonnade Rotunda

Coral Gables scenic photo illustrations ©  Robin and Robert Burr.

Thursday, August 6 at 7:30pm
Scott Flavin, Violinist
Settle in for an hour of mesmerizing beauty as the Community Arts Summer Concert Series Program presents One Voice. Violinist Scott Flavin (Resident Conductor of The Henry Mancini Institute, and Professor of Violin) fills the senses with music from Europe and the African Diaspora, to today’s America. The program includes Bach's Sonata in a minor for solo violin; Nan Fulie (West African Song; as well as other composers, plus some original compositions by Scott Flavin. Donations are gratefully accepted to help engage the Miami Artists and Technicians performing on the Community Arts Program (CAP) 2020 Virtual Summer Concert Series. https://communityartsprogram.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CONCERT-PROGRAM-Scott-Flavin-August-6-2020.pdf

Friday, August 7 at 7pm
GabeStage Engage - My Black Body Is
Engage@GableStage will premiere its first completed Artist Grant project on August 7th at 7pm with My Black Body Is by Kunya Rowley. My Black Body Is is an interdisciplinary performance that will use song, spoken word, text, digital design, movement, and photography to amplify the narrative of what it means to walk through life in a body that is black. How does it feel to inhabit a body that is revered, detested, over-sexualized, ridiculed, fetishized, profaned, killed? Black art song and negro spirituals will provide the foundation to create this performance of celebration and reclamation of blackness that is part concert, part spoken word, and wholly theatrical. http://www.gablestage.org/engagegablestage/

Gables Cinema presents Comprehensive Plan for Re-opening
Gables Cinema holds itself to a standard of excellence in protecting your safety and theirs. Please review their comprehensive ten page reopening plan on the website, which has been approved by Miami-Dade County, the City of Coral Gables, and the Coral Gables Fire Department. This plan strictly adheres to federal, state, and county guidelines. We all miss seeing the eclectic selection of movies at Gables Cinema, and can't wait go back soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSJ6jyFuRl0

Audubon Adoption Center - Choose A Bird
Gifts through the Audubon Adoption Center are a powerful way to show you care about the environment and the health of our wild birds. With your gift, you’ll provide funding for Audubon’s critical science, education, advocacy, and on-the-ground conservation work. Featured birds include Flamingo, American Goldfinch, American Robin, Atlantic Puffin, Bald Eagle, Baltimore Oriole, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Common Loon, Eastern Bluebird, Great Horned Owl, Mallard, Mountain Bluebird, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Pileated Woodpecker, Purple Martin, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-winged Blackbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Snowy Owl and Wild Turkey. You’ll be protecting birds and the places they need -- and you’ll receive a lifelike plush bird as a symbol of your generous gift. https://gifts.audubon.org/adoption-center

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Imagine walking into a solar company’s office with 50 or 100 of your neighbors and saying, “We all want to get solar. What kind of deal can you give us?”

https://coops.solarunitedneighbors.org/coops/miami-dade-solar-co-op/

Many of our favorite eateries in the Gables are offering curbside takeout, as well as delivery services. Here's a handy list of choices for Gables residents and friends.

http://www.greatgables.com/CoralGables/ToGo.html

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