Part 2 in the series of Things to Do and Miami events March 2023. Check out Moon Over the Gables events, a major fitness festival, model volleyball on the beach, Brazilian dance from Rio, a film experience, and the Palm Beach Contemporary Art Show and International Boat Show. If you missed park 1, click here.
Moon Over the Gables
The same team that brought us the wonderful Umbrella Sky event on Giralda Plaza, The Coral Gables Community Foundation and City of Coral Gables, will present “MOON Over The Gables” from March 9 to 25 at Ponce Circle Park with events each week. The Foundation is developing partnerships that will bring dance, music, cultural and science events in the park to augment the installation featuring UK artist Luke Jerram’s “Museum of the Moon.” Examples include dancing in the moonlight, goodnight moon pajama party, dogs event and yoga under the moon. For the full list and descriptions, click here.
The U.K. artist Luke Jerram’s spectacular traveling art installation, “Museum of The Moon” is the centerpiece of attention — a world class exhibit that has been featured all over the globe.
Measuring 23 feet (7 meters) in diameter, U.K. artist Luke Jerram’s moon features 120 dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each inch of the sculpture represents 8 miles of the moon’s surface. Eight miles is the distance from Ponce Circle Park in Coral Gables, to the Florida Turnpike Extension or SW 137th Avenue.
Over its lifetime, the Museum of the Moon travels from place to place, and it gathers new musical compositions and an ongoing collection of personal responses, stories and mythologies. It also highlights the latest lunar science. The installation is a fusion of lunar imagery, moonlight and surround sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning composer Dan Jones.
O Cinema
O Cinema has launched Awake & Aware, a monthly brunch, film and experience series centered around wellness and spirituality.
Sunday, March 26 at 11 am, O Cinema features the film, “Walk with Me,” a tribute to Thích Nhất Hạnh, a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk and global spiritual leader who was considered the father of mindfulness. Participants can indulge in a vegan brunch and special herbal tea, watch the film, meet the filmmaker and listen to a post-screening Q&A, plus participate in a walking meditation.
O Cinema is located at 1130 Washington Aveue, Miami Beach, Florida 33139. Tel: (786) 471-3269.
Tickets for Awake & Aware range from $20-$27 with brunch and $10-$12 without brunch. Purchase tickets at https://www.o-cinema.org/awake-and-aware/.
Miami Beach Fitness Festival Powered by HYROX
Bathing suit season is coming, so be sure to take advantage of the largest fitness festival on Miami Beach, coming March 23-26 under a covered structure on the beachfront between 6th and 10th streets.
Miami Beach Fitness Festival Powered by HYROX is said to be the world’s most accessible race designed for everyone and a destination fitness festival on the sands of Miami Beach. Powered by global fitness race HYROX and presented by Miami Beach Live!, each day will feature a world-class musical component as part of the Miami Beach Fitness Festival Concert Series.
Enter to participate in the HYROX fitness race as an individual, doubles or relay. For more information please visit: https://mbfitnessfest.com.
Locust Projects
Locust Projects, Miami’s longest-running nonprofit alternative art space celebrating 25 years, has opened its new 8,000-square-foot home in Little River with an interactive exhibit by Cuban-American artist Rafael Domenech. Domenech’s exhibition, titled “Assembling Beneath a Desire for Sabotage,” is an immersive, multi-layered architectural environment that invites attendees to interact. Examples include a collaborative lamp-building Social Factory and a Sculpture Garden. Different interactive events will be ongoing.
Located in Little River at 297 NE 67th Street, Miami, Florida 33138.
Free and open to the public from now to June 24. For more information, click here.
More Miami Events March 2023
MODEL VOLLEYBALL
Miami’s top model agencies will participate in this two-day co-ed tournament to benefit The Angel Watching Over Me Foundation. Model Volleyball presented by Celsius is free and open to the public. It’s on Miami Beach March 18 and 19 and features special guest DJ Brody Jenner on Saturday, March 18 for a sunset closing.
With over 15,000 spectators, 12 agencies and 250 participating models, this year’s event is a good way to start the spring season.
Stop by Saturday at noon to watch models from Team mavn compete against the Miami Beach’s Police Department.
Other participating agencies include Wilhelmina, Next, Elite, Select, Source, BMG, JLM, Caroline Gleason and Ford & Front.
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Companhia Urbana de Dança
Rounding out the Miami Events March 23, Direct from Rio de Janeiro, Companhia Urbana de Dança stars with a high-energy mix of hip-hop, samba, capoeira, and contemporary dance in creative choreography by Brazilian Sonia Destri Lie called 5 Passos pra não cair no abismo .The company’s program in Miami will be completed with a community outreach workshop in collaboration with Miami Bloco. March 11 and 12 at Miami Dade County Auditorium. For tickets, click here.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary PLUS International Boat Show
(PBM+C), presented by Art Miami, returns for its sixth edition Thursday, March 23 through Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. PBM+C brings world-class, internationally respected galleries showcasing investment-quality works from the 20th and 21st centuries from Austria, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Columbia, Venezuela and the United States.
The fair will open with an exclusive, invitation-only VIP Preview benefiting the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens on Thursday, March 23, 2023 .Throughout the weekend, guests will enjoy onsite amenities including a café, VIP Lounge, convenient parking and more. A complimentary shuttle between the fair and Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens will be available to guests during fair hours.
PBM+C 2023 will coincide with the world-renowned Palm Beach International Boat Show, located along the waterfront and Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach. PBM+C VIP cardholders receive complimentary one-day admission to the Boat Show.
Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Thursday, March 23: 5 to 9 p.m.
General Admission
Friday, March 24: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 25: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 26: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
TICKETS
Tickets are available for purchase at http://www.artpbfair.com/tickets. For more information visit https://www.artpbfair.com/visitor-info
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