Greetings {name},

Sunday, September 26 is Gold Star Mother's Day, a time to display the nation's flag and hold appropriate meetings to publicly express their love, sorrow, and reverence towards Gold Star Mothers and their families.

As always, make plans to enjoy the great outdoors in our little city. Walk down Miracle Mile, experience the live theatre and the best movies, browse the book stores, look into the art galleries and meet up with friends at the restaurants. Visit the parks and public spaces to appreciate the bounties of nature. 

Enjoy the best of Coral Gables in the coming days.

Robert and Robin Burr

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

Beautiful historic home on the Granda Greenway

Coral Gables scenic photo illustrations © Robin and Robert Burr.

Save The Date

Wednesday, October 20 at Noon

Villagers Preservation Webinar - Restoration Before Demolition

Tune into the free webinar hosted by The Villagers -- Restoration Before Demolition with Richard Heisenbottle, noted architect and designer specializing in historic preservation and president, R.J. Heisenbottle Architects. This is just one of the preservation topics to be showcased during their new series of free monthly, midday preservation webinars entitled "Preserving Our Community." Organized by The Villagers’ Saving Places/Education Committee, the one-hour Zoom webinars will be held on Wednesdays at noon and feature experts on a variety of preservation topics significant to Miami-Dade County. Participants register in advance for each session and will have the opportunity to ask questions through Zoom’s chat feature. Register online: https://thevillagersinc.org/villagers-lunch-and-learn/

Now Accepting Bids

Reach For The Stars Gala Auction

Actors' Playhouse -- your hometown professional theatre company -- presents their 30th annual Reach For The Stars Gala Auction with online bidding. Bidding is now open on 200+ exclusive auction items. This fundraiser supports the annual operations and for generations to come with exceptional auction items. The gala event will be held on Saturday, September 25 at 6pm on Facebook and YouTube Live. https://www.actorsplayhouse.org/actors-playhouse-gala-auction/

Thursday, September 23 at 5:30pm

Town Hall with Mayor Vince Lago

Mayor Vince Lago will host a Town Hall at 2 Andalusia Avenue. Complimentary valet parking is available across the street at The Palace and self-parking is available in the the building’s garage. For more information call 305-460-5200. You can attend in-person or join via Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/3054466800

Thursday, September 23 at 7pm

Author Kei Miller - Things I Have Withheld

Author Kei Miller discusses his book Things I Have Withheld, with Patricia J. Saunders, University of Miami Associate Professor, Hemispheric Caribbean Studies Faculty Lead at the Coral Gables Museum. In this moving and lyrical collection of essays, the award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the silence in which so many important things are kept. He examines the experience of discrimination through this silence and what it means to breach it: to risk words, to risk truths. And he considers the histories our bodies inherit -- the crimes that haunt them, and how meaning can shift as we move throughout the world, variously assuming privilege or victimhood. Through letters to James Baldwin, encounters with Liam Neeson, Soca, Carnival, family secrets, love affairs, white women’s tears, questions of aesthetics and more, Miller powerfully and imaginatively recounts everyday acts of racism and prejudice. Please RSVP online.

Friday, September 24 from 11 to 11:30am

Online Event: Animal Storytime

Enjoy this online event for an outdoor adventure filled with animal themed stories, presented by Miami Children's Museum and the Coral Gables Library. Space is limited for this online event. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the event start time. Ages 3 to 7 years. https://mdpls.org/event/5611440

Friday, September 24

Family Weekend Art Tour

Join staff for a one-hour interactive tour of Lowe Art museum. Experience a selection of the museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions including the Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavillion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Art, the Samuel H. Kress Collection of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, and the photography exhibition, Duane Michals: The Portraitist. The Family Weekend Art Tour is free. Lowe Art Museum is located at 1301 Stanford Drive on UM campus. Call 305-284-3535. https://www.lowe.miami.edu/calendar/

Friday, September 24 at 6pm

Anderson Cooper - Vanderbilt

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair join bookstores across the country to present an Exclusive Virtual Evening and Book Launch with Anderson Cooper in conversation with Katherine Howe discussing Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty. Join the live Zoom event.

Starts Friday

Azor At Gables Cinema

Argentina, the late 1970s. Private banker Yvan (Fabrizio Rongione, Two Days, One Night) arrives from Geneva with his wife Ines (Stéphanie Cléau) to replace a colleague who has mysteriously disappeared in military-ruled Buenos Aires. Moving through the smoke-filled lounges and lush gardens of a society under intense surveillance, he finds himself untangling a sinister web of colonialism, high finance, and a nation's "Dirty War." In his remarkably assured debut, Swiss director Andreas Fontana invites us into this seductive, moneyed world where political violence simmers just under the surface. Co-written by Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Llinás (La Flor), Azor (a highlight from this year’s Berlinale and New Directors/New Films) is a riveting look at international intrigue worthy of John le Carré or Graham Greene. https://www.gablescinema.com/events/azor/

Friday, September 24 at 6:30pm

The Musical Legacy of Melton Mustafa

Experience the DownBeat Awarding-winning Frost Studio Jazz Band celebrating Grammy-nominated Melton Mustafa Jr., a pillar of South Florida's musical community at Gusman Concert Hall. His uncle, South Florida Jazz Hall of Famer Jesse Jones Jr., joins them. Melton Mustafa Sr. played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Woody Herman orchestras, wrote an expansive oeuvre of music reflecting his experiences, and later established the jazz program at Florida Memorial University. Tickets are $30 online.

Saturday, Sept. 25 at 10am

Parks Pollinator Palooza

Participate in a family-friendly event while giving back to nature, helping to plant pollinator-friendly species at the War Memorial Youth Center Butterfly Garden. The event also features a talk by Dr. Jaeson Clayborn on Butterfly Gardening and Imagination. Participants will be able to enjoy children’s crafts, readings, and an introduction to the iNaturalist app to track and record local pollinator species in the community and in backyards. Contact special events by email: specialevents@coralgables.com or visit the web page: https://www.coralgables.com/events/61873/

Saturday, September 25 from 11am to noon

Butterfly Walk at Deering Estate

The Deering Estate is home to several rarely seen species of butterflies. Guests will explore various habitats in search of the Ruddy Daggerwing, Dina Yellow, and Atala as well as the nearly 40 species of butterflies that are onsite. Enjoy a guided tour though favorite spots on the Estate. Member price: free; non-member price: $7-15. https://deeringestate.org/event/butterfly-walk/2021-09-25/

Sunday, September 25 at 10:30am

How To Attract Birds To Your Garden

Learn how to attract birds to your garden with master gardener Glenn Huberman. Discuss user friendly gardening techniques, which plant varieties to grow, and methods of keeping the birds happy so they stick around. From feeders and baths to tree care, learn how to get started on turning your garden into a place birds will love. Members $25; non-members $35. https://fairchildgarden.org/eventon/how-to-attract-birds-to-your-garden/

Saturday, September 25 at 4pm

Mainly Mozart Festival Finale

Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient violinist Geneva Lewis, the winner of the Sphinx and Concert Artist Guild Competitions, joins with cellist Gabriel Martins, plus Horowitz and Rubinstein Competitions winner pianist Marina Radiushina in a program of audience favorites and lesser-known masterpieces from the duo and trio repertoire at the Sanctuary For The Arts, 410 Andalusia Avenue, at 4pm. Tickets are $25. Order tickets online.

Sunday, September 26 at 2pm

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour

The Coral Gables Art Cinema presents the 2021 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, a 92-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. This program is widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for close to 40 years. The Short Film Tour features a wide variety of storytelling, including fiction, documentary and animation from around the globe and includes two special jury award winners from the 2021 Festival. https://www.gablescinema.com/events/2021-sundance-film-festival-shorts-tour/

Thursday, September 30 at 7pm
Mina Stone - Lemon, Love & Olive Oil

Books & Books, Miami Book Fair and Bakehouse Art Complex present an evening with Mina Stone in conversation with Dara Friedman discussing Lemon, Love & Olive Oil. Author of the cult-favorite Cooking for Artists, Mina Stone, returns with a collection of 80 new recipes inspired by her traditional Greek heritage and her years cooking for some of New York’s most innovative artists. Free Crowdcast event. Register online. 

Weekend of Oct 1 - 2 - 3

Tamiami International Orchid Festival

A preview afternoon kicks off the festivities on Thursday September 30 from 2:30 to 5:30pm, before the big opening at 10am in Friday at the Fruit & Spice Park. Local orchid societies and vendors provide beautiful exhibits full of exotic and rare orchids in artistic arrangements. Ninety national and international orchid growers and allied product vendors come together under one roof to offer an amazing assortment of exotic orchids and orchid-related products. Attend lectures on growing orchids, controlling pests and diseases, history and culture of orchids, and more -- all free with your paid admission to the Orchid Festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Order tickets in advance online. The Fruit & Spice Park is located at 24801 SW 187th Ave. 24801 SW 187th Ave. https://www.tamiamiorchidfestival.com/

Sunday, October 3 - Two Sessions

Paws In The Pool

Venetian Pool’s Annual Dog Swim takes place with two sessions to accommodate both small and large dogs. The first session for dogs up to 30 pounds begins at 10am. Session two for larger dogs starts at 1:30pm. The cost is $7 per dog and $5 per human. Call 305-460-5600. https://www.coralgables.com/special-events

Wednesdays from 10am to 1pm

Watercolors: Put Your Passion On Paper

Relax and enjoy painting with watercolors with instructor Diane Lary. Discover the beauty and power of using color, value, and light to describe your subject. You will learn many tools and techniques during this course, such as the importance of leaving whites and creating shadows to strengthen your composition, considering the selection of the color palette for each painting to create harmony and unity and how to work with and manipulate your reference materials to design and enhance your composition. Participants must bring their chosen subject reference materials to class, such as photographs taken in the Garden, plants, flowers or other objects of interest. Basic knowledge of watercolor painting is required. This six-session class spans seven weeks. Members $240; non-Member $270. Register Online.

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