All Things Mangos and the Mango Festival

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This week celebrate all things mangos with Fairchild Tropical Garden's 24th Annual Mango Festival. This year the festival will feature mangoes from Cuba. As always the festival will include cooking demonstrations, tasting opportunities, and both mangos and mango trees for purchase. 

If you also happen to be one of the lucky few who has a mango tree on your property Mangoes to Share is an organization that collects mangos throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The group then donates them to nearby homeless shelters, such as Camillus House and the Miami Rescue Mission. In it's second year, the organization is expanding, picking up other discarded tropical fruits such as star fruit, lychee and avocados. If you are interested in donating your fruit, contact the organization here.

Fairchild Tropical Garden
10901 Old Cutler Road | Coral Gables

Havana Nights Film Series at The Wolfsonian

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photo courtesy The Wolfsonian

Havana Nights Film Series continues this month with a screening of the classic Soy Cuba. The Soviet propaganda film was masterfully directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, using black-and-white cinematography. The film tells a story of the Batista regime, and a justification of the Cuban revolution in 1959.  

Prior to the screening guests can join an optional tour of Promising Paradise (included in film admission price), then cross the street to the Miami Beach Cinematheque. 

The Wolfsonian & Miami Beach Cinematheque
Sunday, July 10 | Tour at 5:00 pm, Film at 6:00 pm
1130 Washington Avenue | Miami Beach

ICA Summer Exhibitions Open This Week

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This week the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami opens three new summer exhibitions, focused on artists at different stages of their careers, who have discussed gender, identity, politics in their works. 

Three exhibitions open together bringing together three artists whose diverse practices overlap in shared affinities and motives. The influential Ida Applebroog will showcase a series of historical drawings from the 1970s, never-before-seen, alongside a selection of recent work. For his US solo debut, Renaud Jerez creates a site-specific installation; and New Zealand artist Susan Te Kahurangi King will debut her first solo museum presentation with a survey of works. 

On Friday, July 8, at 7:00 pm, the ICA celebrates the opening of its summer exhibitions with a cocktail reception. Admission to the museum is free with RSVP.

ICA Miami
4040 NE 2nd Ave
Miami Design District | Miami