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Weekend Notebook:
The Golden Hour Prologue
November 12–14, 2026 · As Miami transitions into its autumn cadence ahead of Art Basel, the weekend brings bayfront electric raceboats, Coconut Grove wine pop-ups, courtyard author talks, and signature rum cocktails.
Signature Drink of the Weekend
The Golden Hour Prologue
Aged Miami Rum · smoked demerara · guava-peel essence · grapefruit twist
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Common With Nu Deco Ensemble
Hip-hop meets symphony at the Arsht — Thu Nov 12
Beach Polo World Cup
Miami Beach · Fri–Sun
Jazz at Hormel: Nicole Henry
Intimate jazz at Vizcaya · Thu Nov 12
NightGarden at Fairchild
Tropical Botanic Garden after dark · all weekend
Vizcaya Village Night Market
After-hours guided tours · Thu & Fri
Fall Sound Bath Fest
Ancient Spanish Monastery · Thu Nov 12
The Neighbourhood: The Wourld Tour
Kaseya Center · Thu Nov 12
Salsa & Sip Season 2
Hoy Como Ayer · Thu Nov 12
Also this weekend: Beverage Forum at Eden Roc, UNIQLO Lincoln Road Grand Opening, Doral International Art Fair, La Rondine at Frost Opera, and Christmas Wonderland at Tropical Park.
The Golden Hour Prologue
Aged Miami Rum · Biscayne Bay golden hour
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A quick look at the newest openings, cultural moments, and weekend notes from across our pillars.
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Thanksgiving 2026 · South Florida
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Deep-dives, restaurant logs, and cultural picks — curated across all three pillars.
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The Play Miami Nightlife Guide
The venues that matter, the nights that define the city, and the cocktail scene that's finally caught up to Miami's ambition.
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Miami Art Week 2026: The PGM Survival Guide
Every fair, every free event, the museum circuit, and a day-by-day routing plan. Everything you need for the full week.
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November 26 · South Florida
Thanksgiving 2026
Holiday dispatches, dining logs, and the best tables in South Florida.
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December 4–6, 2026
Miami Art Week 2026
Art Basel, Design Miami, NADA, Untitled & more.
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The Holiday Portfolio
December in South Florida
Christmas, New Year's Eve, and the full December grid — every event, every tradition.
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November 8–14On the Radar · November 8–14
Vice City Is Real. NINE1NINE Opens. Miami Book Fair in One Week. The Week Ahead.
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A quick look at the newest openings, cultural moments, and weekend notes from across our pillars.
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Harvest Festival at The Berry Farm
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BCC Fitness Sundays at Brickell City Centre
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BCC Fitness Sundays — Brickell City Centre Wellness Series
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Fri, Oct 9Ongoing · Oct 9–Nov 13
Art in the Park — Ponce Circle Park
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On the SetlistNov 12, 2026
UNIQLO Miami Lincoln Road Grand Opening
📅 EventsNov 12, 2026
Bass Babies — November 12
📅 EventsNov 12, 2026
2026 Venture Capital Summit — Miami Finance Forum & Florida Venture Forum
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Christmas Wonderland at Tropical Park
📅 EventsNov 12, 2026
B.O.S.S. – Business Owner Strategy Summit
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Tommy Bahama x Ray's — Island Time Launch Party
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Salsa & Sip Season 2 — November 12
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PAMM Creative Aging Fall Series Showcase: Papermaking & Artist Books
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The Traffic Dodge
Metrorail Orange & Green Lines
Airport → Brickell → Downtown → Wynwood corridor
The ultimate hack for Kaseya Center concerts and downtown dinners. Skip Brickell gridlock entirely — Airport to City Center in under 20 minutes for $2.25.
Kaseya · Brickell · Coconut Grove
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The Arena Connector
Miami Metromover Loop
Free elevated rail above downtown traffic
Your midnight lifesaver. Glides above downtown gridlock while the rest of the crowd waits for surge-priced rides. Connects Brickell to Omni and everything between.
Downtown · Omni · Brickell
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The Neighborhood Weave
Miami Free Trolley Network
Brickell · Wynwood · Coconut Grove · Coral Gables
Eight free routes covering the neighborhoods PGM covers most. Runs until midnight on weekends. The move for gallery nights, restaurant hops, and late-night bar crawls.
Wynwood · Grove · Coral Gables
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Brightline Intercity RailMiami ↔ Fort Lauderdale ↔ West Palm ↔ Orlando
The only reason to leave Miami without renting a car. Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, Palm Beach events, Orlando theme parks — all reachable without touching I-95.
Gallery & Social Scene
Visual snapshots, red carpets, and frames from the crowd.
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Cultural highlights, community spotlights, and breaking dispatches from across South Florida.
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Burger King's Advent Calendar Is Back — This Year You Build a Miniature BK Restaurant
The limited-edition 2026 BK Advent Calendar goes on sale November 16 at BKAdventCalendar.com for $19.54. It sold out in under five minutes the last two years. This one has 12 days of tiny BK surprises that assemble into a complete miniature restaurant.
Miami News & Community Spotlight
- 475 Million Reasons Miami Was Always the Right City: The Numbers Behind Rockstar's GTA Empire
- What Art Basel Actually Means to Miami — Not the Fair, the City
- Art Basel Conversations 2026: The Free Talks You Should Actually Plan Around This Art Week
- Kevin Love Collects Ed Ruscha and Rashid Johnson. Art Basel Wants to Talk About It.
- Craig Robins Built the Design District. Now He's Talking About John Baldessari at Art Basel.
- Art Basel Conversations: Clara Wu Tsai and Paul Pfeiffer Ask Whether Stadiums Are the New Art Institutions
- CHŌ Funky Asian Bistro Launches Daily Happy Hour — and It's the Most Inventive $12 Cocktail List on Miami Beach
- Rockstar Drops a Real Festival Into Miami: GTA VI: The Festival at Mana Wynwood Is the Biggest Music Event of November
- Jeff Koons Is Coming to Art Basel Miami Beach — and the Conversation Is Free
- Eight Artists, Eight Bodies of Water: Oolite Arts Opens What Water Remembers This Week
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More stories, profiles, and hidden layers from around South Florida.
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Christmas Wonderland Returns to Tropical Park With a 230-Foot Observation Wheel, a European Christmas Market, and a Mile of Lights Choreographed to Music
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Vice City
Is Real
GTA VI drops November 19. Rockstar built their world from our streets — the $3.9M county deal, the Mana Wynwood festival, the Heat Vice City night, the Wynwood Walls murals. We tracked every activation.
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