Events: October 16, 2025
The Spitfire Grill
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 from 8:00 PM to 10:15 PM - English
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, The Spitfire Grill makes its Miami premiere at Actors' Playhouse, launching the 2025-2026 Season of Truth & Illusion. Based on the beloved 1996 film, this poignant musical follows Percy Talbot, a young parolee who finds a fresh start in the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin. When Hannah, the owner of the struggling Spitfire Grill, launches a "write a letter, win the grill" contest, the town's secrets and dreams are stirred, transforming both Percy and the community. With its folk-inspired score and themes of redemption, second chances, and human connection, The Spitfire Grill is a moving story of hope and renewal.
Location
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
280 Miracle Mile,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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New Atlantis a Group Show of Miami Artists
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM - English
Opening reception: October 16, 2025 6-10pm.
Green Space Miami is excited to showcase the recipients of the 2025 open call, an invitation to artists to unleash their creativity and celebrate the vibrant communities that have shaped this city. Imagine neighborhoods thriving, bursting into song and dance, while the relentless march of development tries to overshadow their stories. Miami, a city grappling with rising seas and the weight of its growing, towering skyline, is a melting pot of cultures evolving into something novel a New Atlantis.
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This exhibition features thirteen artists who brilliantly capture and preserve the vibrant essence of Miami today. Their work tells the rich stories of neighborhoods, celebrates the diverse histories of residents, and honors local cultures, spanning everything from Miami’s folklore and ecosystem to contemporary rituals and lifestyles.
Featuring works by:
- Priscilla Aleman
- Jason Aponte
- Elisa Benedetti
- Diana Eusebio
- Heaven Jones+Shayla Marshall+Phillip Norville
- Julia Zurilla
- Cristina Maingrette
- Alan David Mejia
- Luna Palazzolo-Daboul
- Kandi Stirman+Katie Stirman
Once a playground for tourists, Miami has rapidly transformed into a vibrant metropolis fueled by waves of immigration. Miami is a city that’s often misunderstood, sometimes mocked, yet always revered and feared. It’s a place that refuses to be ignored, even as its identity remains a mystery. Amidst shifting sands and rising tides, the descendants of those who built Miami are keeping their culture alive in the hidden gems untouched by the glitz of Miami Vice and Vice City. They are the heartbeat of this city, shaping its identity and ensuring that the spirit of Miami continues to thrive.
Why Atlantis?
Plato’s Atlantis is an enduring myth about a thriving utopia that swiftly disappeared beneath the waves, destroyed by nature’s unstoppable force. It serves as an allegory for a powerful society racing ahead only to collapse under its own arrogance. The political parable of Atlantis emphasizes the importance for vigilance in upholding the values of democracy and ensuring balanced governance.
A special thank you to punk legend and Miami resident for over two decades, Iggy Pop, who kindly gave Green Space Miami his blessing to include his ode to Miami, a song titled New Atlantis, as a prompt for the artists: NEW ATLANTIS Song and lyrics by Iggy Pop
Join us for the opening reception!
October 16, 2025, 6-10 pm at Green Space Miami, 7200 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33138
Green Space Miami is the Green Family Foundation Trust’s art space and platform for the discovery, promotion and documentation of artists, creatives, and cultures of the communities in Miami-Dade County.
Every year Green Space Miami produces a group show of Miami artists. Selected artists are awarded a grant of $5,000, and their works are brought together in a show accompanied by a program of talks, performances and activations.Proposals are reviewed by a committee of Miami’s curators, museum directors, artists, educators and cultural producers (list below). The selection process is conducted anonymously and individually resulting in ten works exhibited in a group show from October 2025 – March 2026.
Advisory Committee 2025
- Chana Budgazad Sheldon, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) North Miami
- Donnamarie Baptiste, Curator and Cultural Strategist
- Amy Galpin, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Museum of Art and Design Miami Dade College
- Jodi Mailander Farrell, VP of Development, The Everglades Foundation
- T. Eliott Mansa, Artist
- Jairo Ontiveros, VP and Dorothea Green Chair of Education and Community Engagement, Adrienne Arsht Center
- Franklin Sirmans, Director, PAMM – Pérez Art Museum Miami
- Mikhaile Solomon, Director, PRIZM Art Fair
- DePaul Vera, Artist
- Marie Vickles, Director of Education, PAMM, Curator-in-Residence, Little Haiti Cultural Center
- Pedro Jermaine, Artist
- Kimberly Green, President, Green Family Foundation; Co-Founder, Green Space Miami
- Michelangelo Bendandi, Co-Founder, Green Space Miami
Location
Green Space Miami
7200 Biscayne Blvd.,
Miami,
FL
33138
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DEAR JUNIOR: A Solo Exhibition by Ivan Roque
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM - English
"DEAR JUNIOR" is a solo exhibition of experimental paintings by award-winning artist Ivan Roque.
This body of work places the audience in the imagined perspective of the artist's future child serving both as a love letter to life and as a collection of wise lessons and stern warnings.Departing from his traditional hard-lined and highly structured compositions, Roque embraces a more instinctive, free flowing approach. Each painting evolves organically, without rigid planning, relying instead on intuition and the fundamentals of form, color, and composition. The works capture the uncertainty, spontaneity, and wonder that mirror the experience of parenthood where one navigates without a definitive guide, guided only by love, instinct, and perseverance."DEAR JUNIOR" invites viewers to lose themselves within Roque's emotionally charged creations and glimpse the intimate dialogue between artist and child, past and future, structure and chaos.
Sponsored drinks will be served by LALO Tequila.
Learn more about the artist at www.IVANROQUE.com.
Location
WYN 317 Gallery
4320 NW 2 Ave,
Miami,
FL
33127
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Alma de Guerrero or Soul of a Warrior
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM - English
"Alma de Guerrero" or "Soul of a Warrior" is a solo exhibition presenting sculptures, drawings and paintings by established artist Mario Almaguer at Pedrido Arte Gallery in Coral Gables. This event will be displayed at our gallery until Friday November 7th, 2025. We invite you to enjoy the unique handcrafted steel sculptures as well as the masterful draftsmanship of Mario Almaguer in the center of our city beautiful, Coral Gables.
Mario Almaguer (Cuba, 1955) moved to Miami, Florida in 1994 where he made his new home and established his already started artistic career, known for his grand and powerful black steel sculptures. Along with his talent for folding and forming steel to his whim, Mario tirelessly sketches in ink his divine imagination and obsession with shapes and figure, bringing to existence masterful sketches as well as paintings of his organic and internal architecture. Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy a master of the arts of our day and age, while recognizing a talent that may have been overlooked.
Location
Pedrido Arte Gallery
290 Miracle Mile,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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ArtServe Member's Show: Florida Opulence
Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM - English
The ArtServe Member's Show: Florida Opulence will explore the aesthetics of Florida through the lens of the Gilded Age of America from October 10 through January 2, 2026.
This unique member's exhibition delves into the beauty, wealth and historical significance of Florida's past, bringing together a collection of stunning works that capture the essence of the state's opulent history.
ArtServe will feature two solo exhibitions awarded through the Broward County Cultural Division: "Please Touch" by artist Cary Daly and "Marking the Moments" by artist LuRu.The public is invited to a free opening reception on October 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that will feature live music by the jazz band Totem Cave.
Location
ArtServe, Inc.
1350 East Sunrise Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
33304
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