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Thursday, May 18 is International Museum Day, a good opportunity to visit, appreciate, and support your local museum.

Friday, May 19, the third Friday in May, is National Endangered Species Day, a time to raise awareness about the many animals that are on the endangered species list.

Saturday, May 20 is Armed Forces Day, an opportunity to pay tribute to all men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces. 

Monday, May 22 is National Maritime Day, reflecting the gratitude that Americans have for the maritime industry and the benefits it brings to the country.

Thursday, May 25 is National Missing Children's Day, an annual observation in the United States designed to highlight the problem of child abduction.

Friday, May 26 is Sally Ride Day, honoring the first American woman astronaut to go into space.

Sunday, May 28 is Amnesty International Day, recognizing the need to protect human rights around the world.

Monday, May 29 caps off Memorial Day Weekend. Formerly known as Decoration Day this Monday holiday commemorates all men and women who have died in military service for the United States. It also represents the traditional end of school year and beginning of the summer vacation season with picnics, sports events and family gatherings throughout the weekend.

The majestic white marble pomegranate at Granada Park triangle (Pisano Avenue and Carillo Street) is a tribute to the Sister City program, donated by the mayor of Granada, Spain.

Coral Gables Woman's Club Centennial Year: celebrating one hundred years of volunteer service to the community — and highlighting the significant contributions of women in the first century of Coral Gables. Find out how you can buy a memorial brick to commemorate a loved one. gfwccoralgableswomansclub.org/

Friday, Saturday, Sunday at noon

Best of Enemies - National Theatre Live

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever. David Harewood (Homeland) plays William F. Buckley, Jr. and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) plays Gore Vidal, two feuding political rivals in writer James Graham’s (Sherwood) award-winning political thriller directed by Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons). Filmed live in London’s West End. https://www.gablescinema.com/events/best-of-enemies-ntl/

Starts Friday

L'Immensità

Clara (Penélope Cruz) and her emotionally distant husband Felice (Vincenzo Amato) relocate to Rome to raise a family. Even though the paint is fresh, and the appliances are new, the crushing expectations around marriage, desire, and gender in the early 1970s remain as traditional as ever. https://www.gablescinema.com/events/limmensita/

Friday, May 19

Actors' Playhouse presents Proof at Miracle Theatre

David Auburn’s Proof is an elegant and engaging story of passion, genius, and family bonds. The story combines elements of mystery and surprise with old-fashioned storytelling to provide a compelling and entertaining theatrical experience. This winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama will receive its first professional production in Miami in over 20 years. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Weekend of May 19-21

Redland International Orchid Festival

Located at the idyllic Redland Fruit and Spice Park in South Dade, the Redland International Orchid Festival is world renowned as a bucket list event for orchid lovers. Join the best orchid growers in the world along with fellow avid orchid fans for three and a half days of pure orchid mania at the Fruit & Spice Park. Get details and purchase discount tickets online. https://redlandorchidfestival.com

Saturday, May 20 from 11am to 3pm

History Collaborative Event at the Main Library

Join the Miami-Dade County Office of Historic Preservation, Miami-Dade Public Libraries, and HistoryMiami at the first History Collaborative this Saturday in the Arva Parks Auditorium in the Main Library downtown. Historic Preservation will discuss their heritage survey. The Library is launching their Community Memory Project and HistoryMiami will be there with their Miami Stories recording booth. All ages are welcome to attend this free event. Get details online.

Saturday, May 20 from 2 to 4pm

Mainly Mozart Festival - Sounds Of Tomorrow

The Miami Chamber Music Society's Music Fellows Showcase takes place at Sanctuary of the Arts, featuring a delightful program of Beethoven, Schumann, Prokofiev, Chopin and more, by advanced music students between the ages of 14 and 22. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Saturday, May 20 at 5pm

Minari - Global Frontiers Breakthrough Films

Cosford Cinema presents the seventh installment in a new breakthrough monthly film series focusing on current world issues. The film Minari depicts the story of a Korean-American family who move to an Arkansas farm in pursuit of their American Dream. The film received six nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress (Youn). Youn won the award for her performance, making her the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award. Admission is free. Get details and RSVP in advance.

Saturday, May 20 at 8pm

Anne Berest - The Postcard

Author Anne Berest visits Books & Books to discuss The Postcard (Europa Editions, $28), among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years, depicting a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. Brenda Diaz De La Vega will be in conversation. Get details and RSVP online.

Saturday, May 20 at 9pm

Evil Dead 2 - 4K Restoration

Director Sam Raimi’s high-energy 1987 horror flick Evil Dead 2 looks stunning in this 4K restoration. Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) only wanted romantic vibes when he took his girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) to a secluded cabin in the woods. But the vibes turn downright evil after Ash accidentally reads from the Book of the Dead and summons spirits that possess Linda and relentlessly pursue him. Equal parts remake and sequel, Evil Dead 2 is a prime example of how to mix genuine laughs with shocking gore.

https://www.gablescinema.com/events/evil-dead-2/

Sunday, May 21 at 10am

Bike Tour of Montgomery Botanical Center

The monthly bike tour organized by the Coral Gables Museum visits the Montgomery Botanical Center, a research center and lush garden of international palms and cycads. This tour starts and ends at the Montgomery Botanical Center, 11901 Old Cutler Road. Presented in partnership with the Dade Heritage Trust. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Monday, May 22

Coral Gables Library Reopens

We're happy to see the renovations on the Coral Gables Library at 3443 Segovia Street are complete and the building will once again be open Monday through Thursday from 9:30am to 8pm; plus Friday and Saturday until 6pm. Visit the library to see all the renovations, new amenities, furnishings and modern features. https://mdpls.org/branch-coral-gables

Monday, May 22 at 8pm

Jazz Mondays - Brandon Goldberg Trio

Every Monday, the Miami Jazz Coop presents great musicians representing a wide range of jazz with cabaret style seating to ensure an intimate jazz experience at the UU Congregation of Miami, 7701 SW 76 Avenue (Ira Sullivan Way). Brandon Goldberg, now 17, has performed at the Newport, Litchfield and Monterey Jazz Festivals and has played at prestigious jazz venues including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dizzy's Club, Birdland, the Blue Note, Mezzrow, and the Apollo. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Tuesday, May 23 at 8:30am

City Commission Meeting

The City of Coral Gables will be holding its Regular Meeting at City Hall Commission Chambers at 9am, with pre-meeting presentations starting at 8:30am. Members of the public may participate in person but are also able to participate online via Zoom. Get agenda details online.

Tuesday, May 23 at 6pm

Peru Gourmet 2023

Enjoy a gastronomic celebration of Peruvian culture at the country club, benefiting the Ayacucho Emergency Association, serving the needs of orphaned and abandoned children in Ayacucho, Peru. Get details online.

Tuesday, May 23 at 6:30pm

Colleen and Jason Wachob - The Joy of Well-Being

Attend this free event at Books & Books to meet the authors of The Joy of Well-Being: A Practical Guide to a Happy, Healthy, and Long Life. Over the past decade, Colleen and Jason Wachob, co-founders of mindbodygreen, have cultivated a leading wellness lifestyle media brand for everyone seeking to cut through this noise, and live a happier, healthier, and greener lifestyle. The Joy of Well-Being is a distillation of almost fifteen years of this experience on the forefront of the well-being conversation: they’ve done the legwork so you don’t have to. Get details and RSVP online.

Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30pm

Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3

In Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn't long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket's turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket's life -- a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them. Get details online.

Saturday, June 3 from 9am to 4pm

Audubon Go-Native Plant Sale

Just in time for rainy season, the Tropical Audubon Society's annual Go-Native Plant Sale, presented by Galloway Farm Nursery, makes it easy to nurture and shelter birds, bees and butterflies in your own native habitat. Select from hundreds of native plants, including Slash pine, Coontie, Peperomia, bird and butterfly attractors, and more. Get cultivation tips from experts. Find inspiration on their 2.2-acre near-native Steinberg Nature Center campus. Get details online.

Sunday, June 4 from 6 to 9pm

86th Annual Royal Poinciana Fiesta

Make plans to enjoy the events surrounding the 86th Annual Royal Poinciana Fiesta taking place from June 4–11. The spectacular red and gold flamboyant tree is Miami-Dade County’s official tree and blooms for several months all over the County, usually peaking in June. The opening Reception will be at Fairchild's Garden House, at 10901 Old Cutler Road, by the South Entrance. It includes the introduction of the Royal Poinciana Court Scholarship winners, the Schokman Book Award, and the award to the late Sallye Jude as Poinciana Ambassador. There will also be an exhibit of Highwaymen paintings and vintage postcards featuring the Royal Poinciana. The Reception is free and open to the public. Guests are asked to bring a dish to share or to make a $10 donation. Get details for all the Royal Poinciana upcoming events online. 

Tuesday, June 6 at 8pm

GMSB Season Finale - Out of this World

The Greater Miami Symphonic Band will be performing its final concert of the 2022-2023 season at the University of Miami’s Gusman Concert Hall. Music Director Robert Longfield and Guest Conductor Barry Bernhardt, Director of Bands at FIU, will lead the band in an evening of Out of this World music, featuring celestial themes, including Soaring with John Williams, featuring music from his film scores Superman and Star Wars. Also on the program are the Transit of Venus march by John Philip Sousa, the ever popular Blue Moon by Richard Rodgers, The Purple Twilight, composed by Music Director Robert Longfield as a memorial to the crew of the Challenger space shuttle, and other popular selections. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students and children (over 5 years old). Call 305-273-7687. Get details and purchase tickets online.

Discount Subscriptions

GableStage 2023-24 Season

Become a season ticket subscriber for the upcoming 2023-24 productions at GableStage at the Biltmore -- starting September 29 with August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned. Get details online.

Free County Service

Irrigation System Assessment

Miami-Dade residents can qualify for rebates following a free irrigation system assessment. Eligible applicants can receive up to $500 for single-family homes and $2,850 for condominium associations in rebates per year. Learn more about the program and read tips on how to water wisely. Get details online.

Prompt Friendly Service

Pro Irrigation Solutions

When you need assistance with your home and garden irrigation needs, including ensuring compliance with the Miami-Dade County rebate program, contact Anthony Harris at Pro Irrigation Solutions for installation, service and repair. Estimates are free. Call 954-701-5206 or email proirrigationsolutions@gmail.com

Now Energized

Miami-Dade 2023 Solar Co-op

Residents and small businesses of Miami-Dade County are eligible to join this co-op to understand the fine details and get the best prices for clean green solar energy installations. Solar United Neighbors (SUN) is a national nonprofit helping people go solar, join together, and fight for their energy rights. SUN provides unbiased, installer-neutral support through each stage of the process of going solar. There is no obligation to install, and no cost to join. For details, send email to: flteam@solarunitedneighbors.org or visit the web page online.