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Picnic de Libros is a bilingual, family day program featuring storytelling, theatre, music, arts and crafts, dance, and picnic baskets full of books, for families to enjoy together. The event is free, and its main goal is to expose kids to the richness and variety of the cultural traditions in our diverse community. These gatherings will tickle children’s curiosity while using the power of stories to bring people together, promoting literacy, and nurturing the next generation of engaged world citizens. We want to encourage kids to read and develop a passion for books and literature. Culminating each day, we will serve a special picnic with blankets on the lawn and baskets full of books, in both Spanish and English.

Celebrating our past and cultivating our future. Legacy Culture and Wellness Day is the inaugural partnership event of the Virginia Key Park Trust and the Black Yogis of South Florida. This FREE event will bring together wellness practitioners, community based organizations, and members of the South Florida community in the spirit of unity, love, and upliftment. This event will be offered to the community at no cost with donations being welcomed. Legacy will feature family-friendly activities that include African Dance, History Tours, Family Yoga, Crafting Station, Food Trucks and a Black Owned Bazaar where business owners can showcase their products.

ROBERTO MOLDAVSKY, el boom teatral de Argentina, llega a Miami con su nuevo espectáculo "MOLDAVSKY SUELTO EN MIAMI". ¡UN SHOW DE HUMOR ACOMPAÑADO CON LA MEJOR MÚSICA! Moldavsky tiene una habilidad innata para encontrar el humor en todo lo que nos rodea. Desde las vacaciones en familia, la sala de espera del doctor, la vida en pareja o lo difícil que es adaptarse al mundo millenial, todo con su toque humorístico y estilo inigualable. ¡EL TOP TOP TOP DEL HUMOR aterriza en el Miami Dade County Auditorium apostando a un espectáculo a pura risa! UN NUEVO SHOW, PARA REÍRSE SIN PARAR! "MOLDAVSKY SUELTO EN MIAMI"

En el día del amor, Alexis Valdes, sus personajes, y sus artistas invitados, Hacen un homenaje al amor, a través de la comedia, de la música, de la poesía, de la parodia, y las emociones. Es un repaso humorístico musical, por todas las facetas del amor, Y todo lo que nos hace sentir, vivir, llorar y reír. Un homenaje único. Hecho desde el buen gusto, la inteligencia y la reverencia ante el amor, como el sentimiento más trascendente imprescindible y creador de los seres humanos.

Picnic de Libros is a bilingual, family day program featuring storytelling, theatre, music, arts and crafts, dance, and picnic baskets full of books, for families to enjoy together. The event is free, and its main goal is to expose kids to the richness and variety of the cultural traditions in our diverse community. These gatherings will tickle children’s curiosity while using the power of stories to bring people together, promoting literacy, and nurturing the next generation of engaged world citizens. We want to encourage kids to read and develop a passion for books and literature. Culminating each day, we will serve a special picnic with blankets on the lawn and baskets full of books, in both Spanish and English The upcoming Picnic will feature: • Puppet-making workshop is back! with Colombian artist Danly Arango • Creative Stage Productions returns with their amusing array of characters. • Storytelling with Argentinian actors Leticia Gonzalez and Osqui Guzmán from Noticiero Puro Cuento • Hip-hop class for kids with Suriname dancer Christian Olmtak

This winter holiday season, the magic of the holidays comes alive at Historic Virginia Key Beach Park as the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust proudly presents the Cookies & Cocoa Event. The park will transform into a festive wonderland for a day of joy, laughter, and community spirit on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, 4020 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami FL 33149 from 2pm to 7pm. Spread the Holiday Cheer: Santa Claus is Coming to Town: Gather the little ones for the highlight of the day – photos with Santa himself from 4PM-6PM! Bring your wish lists and capture the magic of the season in a delightful keepsake. Winter Wonderland of Fun: Immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with free games, amusement rides, and a plethora of children's activities. There's something for everyone. Sweet Treats and Warm Drinks: Indulge in the season's delights with complimentary Cookies & Cocoa. Savor the warmth and sweetness as you stroll through the park's winter wonderland. Enjoy the enchanting decorations, twinkling lights, and the magical ambiance that Historic Virginia Key Beach Park will be adorned with for this special occasion. This event is a gift to the community, bringing neighbors and families together during the most wonderful time of the year. Join us in celebrating the spirit of togetherness and joy.

Meet and Greet with Miami's Only Black Santa Claus! Santa is bringing the North Pole to the Sandrell Rivers Theater! Fantasy Theatre Factory invites you to a delightful meet and greet and holiday photo-op with Santa at Santa's Workshop; you can also enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate with other holiday treats! Santa's Workshop doors are open to all!

This free community event is designed for families to enjoy a day of art, live musical performances, food trucks, and interactive art pop-ups!

Interlocking Dimensions: Eco-Art at the Deering Contemporary is an exhibition that is not just about environmentalism and sustainability but about reconnecting with the living world in a meaningful and emotionally satisfying way. The participating artists will help us understand the relationships that constitute how we perceive, relate, and respond to other living entities in our social and natural worlds. These artists seek to reconnect with their genuine emotions and feelings by studying the relationship between our humanity as social beings and our natural surroundings. In this way, their stance on eco-art and the message they hope to spread is that eco-art can be seen as a powerful tool for self-discovery, coexistence, and placement in the world. Artists: Andres Cabrera-Garcia, Annie Blazejack and Geddes Levenson with Laura Marsh, Barron Sherer, Briana Ortiz, Giannina Dwin with Susana Behar and Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera, Gretchen Scharnagl, Jeanne Jaffe, Lili(ana), Meg Wallace, Pangea Kali Virga, Tony Fernandez, Tori Scott. The continuous effort of artists to keep these relations at the forefront of public consciousness is evident in Interlocking Dimensions: Eco-Art at the Deering Contemporary, featuring a range of immersive, engaging, and didactic works of art created for the exhibition by several local artists and activated through workshops and other programs during the extent of the exhibition, beginning on opening day. 12:30 pm: BARRON SHERER Guided nature/art walk through Estate Etudes 2 sound installation. Smartphone and headsets needed. Meet at Main Gate 1 pm: PANGEA KALI VIRGA All Material Comes From The Earth performance. Meet in Mango Grove. 2 pm: GIANNINA DWIN, SUSANA BEHAR, JORGE GONZALEZ-GRAUPERA Cosecha performance Meet in Mango Grove 3 pm: LILI(ANA) Open Art Studio Practice: assisting in the creation of fore(st)sight Meet at the Pavilion in Mango Grove

Deering Estate is proud to present the International Media Art Festival CYFEST15: Vulnerability at Deering Estate, organized by CYLAND Media Art Lab and CYLAND Foundation Inc. The exhibition will run from December 1, 2023 – January 3, 2024, at the Deering Estate outdoor grounds and third floor of the Stone House. The opening event is on Sunday, December 10, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free with RSVP online. The exhibition comprises three layers—media installation, sound, and performance—that invoke technologies developed to rediscover and affect space. The Deering Estate, a historical landmark with over 450 acres of natural landscape, including eight native ecosystems, will host a series of works expanding on the festival’s theme of Vulnerability. These pieces created with CYLAND Media Art Lab engineers will be in dialogue with the historical context of the place, irrevocably connected both to the past and future, the urban and natural. This exhibition is an invitation, while following the route from one artwork to another, to take a closer look at the issue of how we are included in the world. At the Deering Estate, we featured the works of artists who closely collaborated with the CYLAND Media Art Lab. At the core of CYLAND is the creation of media art in close dialogue between artists and engineers. CYFEST 15 at the Deering Estate is designed to be placed in spaces with characteristic sensibility and meaning, such as historic buildings or natural environments. It is envisaged as a cross-disciplinary and multi-sensory exhibition that stimulates the perception of the artwork’s idea via different senses and experiences. A public presentation and performance program will take place on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in the Deering Estate’s Palm Grove and the in the Visitor Center’s theater. Children are invited to participate in the media installation "Artists Union" by Anna Frants by interacting with the drawing machines at the Visitor Center foyer from 2 to 8 pm during opening day events. This project is made possible in collaboration with the Kolodzei Art Foundation. The project's general sponsor is One Market Data. Artists: George Bagdasarov, Todd Barton, Rumore Bianco, Anthony Bisset, Bred Blondie (Gleb Glonti), Vasilii Bakanov & Andrew Strokov, Alexander Bochkov, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Sam Conran, CYLAND Audio Archive, Alexandra Dementieva, Lena Filatova, Anna Frants, Glia/Bugaev, Jonáš Gruska, Elena Gubanova & Ivan Govorkov, Alexey Grachev, A. Nigh Herndon, Sergey Komarov & Alexey Grachev, Sergey Komarov & Lydia Griaznova, Max Kuiper and Thorsten Soltau, Luke Lund, Yoshio Machida, Gustavo Matamoros, Nao Nishihara, Akira Rabelais, Thorsten Soltau, Esther & Nikolaj Søndergaard, Vasily Stepanov, Hans Tammen, Sashash Ulz, Peter Vogel, Ruslan Yusipov, Zov, and Miami's Subtropics 2023 Marathon participants (TBA). Curators: Melissa Diaz, Liliam Dominguez, Anna Frants, Gustavo Matamoros, Sergey Komarov, Lydia Griaznova