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The City of Miami is offering emergency assistance to eligible residents and businesses – and the application process is taking place this week. You must be a City of Miami resident or your business must be within City of Miami boundaries. If you’re not sure, click here to check. There are three programs available and …

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Immerse yourself in Japanese culture at Miami Beach Botanical Garden this March.   Event date: Mar 28, 2021 6:00pm The Japanese Spring Festival invites guests to experience Japanese culture firsthand through interactive and immersive encounters including thundering performances of Taiko drumming by Fushu Daiko, Ikebana floral design workshops, traditional Japanese tea ceremonies, hands-on origami lessons and …

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Family Fun Fest is a free public program at Biscayne National Park. Each month, a different aspect of the park’s diverse resources is highlighted at five hands-on activity stations around the Dante Fascell Visitor Center at the Park. The event is from 1-4 p.m. Participants receive a passport that is stamped at each station and …

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Spring Break for Miami-Dade County’s public school students runs March 23-27, 2020. It’s the perfect time to enjoy a family staycation and do for free what tourists pay hundreds of dollars to come here to do. Here are free and cheap ideas for Spring Break kids’ activities in Miami-Dade: Go behind the scenes at the …

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Move over, South Beach. Little Havana drag queens are coming through and closing down the street. Get ready for a free street festival with a gay Latino flair. Gay8 Festival (GayOcho!) runs from 11 a.m. to 10 pm on Sunday, Feb. 16, on Calle Ocho and features some of Miami’s most celebrated bands and artists including Albita, DJ Alex, …

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When your friends see that you hung out with an elephant, dangled off the edge of a skyscraper, stole a dragon’s treasure and then walked the red carpet with Morgan Freeman and Robert Downey Jr. in the same afternoon, they won’t believe their eyes. And at the Museum of Illusions, that’s the whole point. For …

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