Greetings {name},

Friday, March 3 is Employee Appreciation Day, where bosses and managers show their teams just how much they are appreciated.

Tuesday, March 7 is Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that celebrates the triumph of good over evil, good harvest, and fertility.

It's also Purim, or the Festival of Lots, a joyous holiday that celebrates the Biblical story of the rescue of the Jews in ancient Persia.

Sunday, March 12 is the start of Daylight Saving Time, setting clocks forward one hour.

Friday, March 17 is Saint Patrick's Day, with celebrations of Irish Culture, marked by Irish themed festivities, drinks and food, and family gatherings.

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 -- including restaurant row in the 100 block of Giralda. 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

a magnificent orchid in full bloom

click on the image to see enlargement.

Coral Gables scenic photo illustrations © Robin and Robert Burr.

Thursday, March 2 at 5:30

Music at McBride - Sunny Side Up!

Enjoy the sounds of Sunny Side Up! -- young musicians studying at UM’s Frost School of Music -- with their Indie Pop/Jazz repertoire at McBride Plaza on Miracle Mile from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Get details online.

Thursday, March 2 from 6 to 9pm

Live Art Auction Fundraiser

Coral Gables Art Cinema is honored to host a live auction of original art inspired by iconic films. Proceeds from the auction will go to support the Cinema's expansion campaign. Featuring original works by over twenty artists curated by internationally-renowned gallerist Bernice Steinbaum. A reception will immediately follow the live auction. Bernice Steinbaum, and many of the artists will be in attendance. Discover and collect new art while supporting a world-class cultural institution. Get details online. 

Thursday, March 2 at 7:30 pm

Dranoff International 2 Piano Performance

The Dranoff Foundation presents "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" with Saar Ahuvia and Stephanie Ho at the Congregational Church. The Dranoff International 2 Piano Foundation discovers and develops careers for young artists, expands the contemporary 2 piano repertoire, presents innovative collaborations in the performance arts, and positively contributes to the community via our outreach and education programs, ensuring young people have access to culture through music. Get details and tickets online.

Starts Friday, March 3

Miami Film Festival 

Celebrate the special 40th edition of Miami Dade College's Miami Film Festival at Coral Gables Art Cinema. A world-class platform for International, American, and Ibero-American films, the festival showcases the work of the world’s best emerging and established filmmakers to the diverse cosmopolitan community of Miami. Tickets are available through the Miami Film Festival website. Get details online. 

First Friday

Coral Gables Gallery Night

Make plans to meet up with family and friends to enjoy the first Friday Gallery Night in Coral Gables. Among the best presentations, you'll find ArtSpace Virginia Miller Galleries at 169 Madeira Avenue; Cernuda Arte at 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd; the Consulado de Colombia at 280 Aragon Avenue; Coral Gables Museum at 285 Aragon Avenue; Gally Art Collective at 2522 Ponce de Leon Blvd; H. Benitez Fine Art Gallery at 233 Aragon Avenue; Imago Art in Action at 150 Madeira Avenue; Jorge Cavelier at 130 Miracle Mile, Suite 230; and The Americas Collection at 4213 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Get details online.

Friday, March 3 from 6 to 10pm

Unbridled - Exhibition Opening On Gallery Night

Showcasing the work of Colombian artist Felix Angel, the America's Collection Art gallery invites the public to attend the opening reception of Unbridled at 4213 Ponce. The exhibit features a new portfolio of 10 limited-edition prints -- an ode to his strength of character, vivacious personality and perseverance. Get details online.

Playing Through March 19

A Doll's House, Part 2

As a door slams in 1879 Norway, a young wife and mother leaves behind her family, freeing herself from the shackles of traditional societal constraints. Now, 15 years later, that same door opens to reveal Nora, a changed woman with an incredibly awkward favor to ask the people whom she abandoned. Lucas Hnath’s bitingly funny sequel to Ibsen’s revolutionary masterpiece unfolds in a series of bristling stand-offs that reveal in Nora’s world, much like our own, behind every opinion there is a person, and a slamming door isn’t just an end, but also the chance for a new beginning. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Friday and Saturday Evenings

Live Music at the Bierhaus Plaza

Meet up with friends at the Fritz and Franz Bierhaus plaza for live music on the weekend evenings, along with a fine selection of drinks, an authentic Bavarian menu and a beautiful outdoor setting. https://bierhaus.cc/live-music/

Saturday at 8am

Farmers' Market at City Hall

Every Saturday through March 25, from 8am to 2pm, bring the family out to Merrick Park across from City Hall for the Coral Gables Farmers Market. Local vendors bring fresh Florida produce, prepared foods, baked goods, flowers and plants, plus activities for children. https://www.coralgables.com/events/farmers-market-merrick-park

Saturday, March 4 at 9am

Native Plants In Public Spaces

Enjoy a seminar on native plants and pollinator plants in our city's public spaces as Coral Gables greenspace managment director Deena Bell Lewellyn will talk about how the city is planting and maintaining native and pollinator plants in the city right of way areas. Learn how residents can replace ecologically barren lawns and swale areas at their home with natives and pollinators. She shares success stories, lessons learned, and information about swale planting permits. Contact specialevents@coralgables.com

Weekend of March 4–5 on Miracle Mile

Carnaval On The Mile

The big event returns to Miracle Mile with music, food and drinks, art, activities for kids and much more. Get details online.

Saturday, March 4 at 3pm

Genealogy - Eastern European Research & Immigration

P.J Elias, Gen Z genealogist, will discuss how he has used online Eastern European records to research his family, and which resources allowed him to trace them through early 1900s immigration records to the U.S. The group meets at the Pinecrest Library, as well as on Zoom. Get details and RSVP online.

Saturday, March 4 at 7:30pm

The Marriage of Figaro - Frost Opera Theater

Regarded as one of the greatest operatic comedies ever written -- experience The Marriage of Figaro by Frost Opera Theater and Frost Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy this timeless satirical masterpiece pitting master against servant and wife against husband, bringing the full humanity of Mozart and da Ponte's characters to the Gusman Hall stage. Performed in Italian with English supertitles. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Sunday, March 5 from noon to 5pm

Gifford Lane Art Stroll

The free event, now in its 25th year, takes place along the 3200 block of Gifford Lane in Coconut Grove near the Kirk Monroe tennis courts. Enjoy food, drinks, family activities, and music, along with a fine display of local artists. https://www.facebook.com/GiffordLaneArtStroll/

Sunday, March 5 at 7:30pm

Niagara Falls - Frost Symphonic Winds

The first concert of the Spring semester for FSW begins with the lively Mozartesque March by Hiroki Takahashi and A la Machaut by Andrew Boss, followed by Omar Thomas’s powerful and impactful Of Our New Day Begun. Thomas wrote that work to honor the nine lives lost at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church 2015 shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. The program continues with Julie Giroux’s Skyrim-based Riften Wed, which is about love and companionship in dark and troubling times. Michael Daugherty’s formidable Niagara Falls concludes this concert at Gusman Hall. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Wednesday Evenings at 7:30pm

Cebada Rooftop Music and Caja China

Meetup at Cebada Rooftop to enjoy the sounds of Spanish guitar on Wednesday evenings by Alejandro Mendez and experience the Caja China cuisine: lechon with harina, braised greens and consommé, pan con lechon and more at 124 Giralda Avenue. Call 786-409-2287. https://www.cebadarooftop.com

Thursday, March 9 after 5pm

Moon Over The Gables Art Installation

Downtown Coral Gables will be transformed into a celestial art experience with Moon Over The Gables, an event that brings the internationally renowned Museum of the Moon by British artist Luke Jerram to Ponce Circle Park for three evenings. The rapturous presence of our closest celestial neighbor will loom over artistic, scientific and cultural events. Moonrise on the horizon on Thursday is at 8:33pm, on Friday at 9:28pm and Saturday at 10:26pm. Get details online.

Friday, March 10 at 7pm

Movies Under The Gables Moonlight - ET

Bring the family out to Fred B. Hartnett Ponce Circle Park for a free showing of Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial movie. After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Contact: specialevents@coralgables.com

Saturday, March 11 from 10am to 5pm

Orchids In Bloom at Fairchild Garden

The annual Orchids in Bloom event, presented by the Orchid Society of Coral Gables, returns to Fairchild Garden on the weekend of March 11–12. Purchase exotic and tropical orchids; attend lectures by orchid experts and scientists; visit the Million Orchid Project Lab, transplant orchid seeds in the STEMLab. Kids will enjoy the Orchids Encounter. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Saturday, March 11 at 1pm

Commodore Trail - 2023 Secret Garden Tour

View and exclusive self-guided tour of six private gardens in Coconut Grove from 1 to 5pm -- a fundraiser for Friends of The Commodore Trail. Check in first at The Vanguard School parking lot to get your wrist band and map. Free parking is available at The Vanguard School. Get details online.

Save The Date

Tuesday, March 14  at 8pm

Italian Holiday Concert - Greater Miami Symphonic Band

This outstanding live Greater Miami Symphonic Band performance features Italian theme compositions lead by Music Director, Robert Longfield, with Guest Conductor, Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel, USAF Retired, and Guest Soloist, Dale Underwood, Assistant Professor of Music at UM (saxophone). Colonel Gabriel will conduct "La Forza del Destino (his signature piece inspired by his biography, "The Force of Destiny." Dale Underwood then performs "Un Viaggio Italiano", a World Premiere and a delightful aural journey, at UM's Gusman Concert Hall. Get details and purchase tickets online. https://www.gmsb.org/march-14-2023

Save The Date

Saturday, March 25 at 7pm

GableStage Hurricane Party

Your friends at GableStage will be hosting a "Hurricane Party" in conjunction with their production of El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith, set to debut on April 15. The party will take place at the Alhambra Ballroom inside the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. El Huracán is a powerful and emotional play that explores the impact of a hurricane on a Cuban-American family. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to support local arts and culture. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Dependable Friendly Service

Two Computer Guys

Since 1998, the team at Two Computer Guys has been available for safe, reliable, efficient and friendly service -- for small businesses, families, students and anyone that needs computer help. They solve problems and get computers up and running at top speed quickly. Serving more than a thousand clients in South Florida over the past three decades. Just call when you need a little help. 305-444-1984. https://www.twocomputerguys.com

Special Events Venue

Charming Historic Club Available For Special Events

Built in 1937, the historic Coral Gables Woman's Club --- featuring two large enchanted coral rock halls -- is available for special event rentals, weddings, quince, parties and holiday celebrations. Bring in your own caterer, florist, DJ and events team, or ask the rental staff to make arrangements. Call 305-448-7080 or email. Complete details are available on the venue rental web site.