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All four Miami Beach fire stations will open their doors to trick-or-treaters on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 7 to 9 p.m., offering candy, photos with fire trucks and a chance to meet firefighters.
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View MoreArt Basel Miami Beach returns Dec. 4-6 with resident discount
Art Basel Miami Beach and more than a dozen satellite fairs return to Miami Beach Dec. 1-6, with the fair's long-term deal with the city still under negotiation. The 2025 edition drew about 80,000 visitors and generated an estimated $570 million in economic impact across Miami-Dade County.
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View MoreBotanical Garden offers free rain barrel class with $50 rebate
The Miami Beach Botanical Garden rolls out a week of free and low-cost programs in mid-September, headlined by a rain barrel seminar with $50 rebates and a free family jazz concert.
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View MoreFree Lincoln Road 5K offers pizza, HOKA raffle
Prince St. Pizza and HOKA host a free bi-weekly 5K run club on Lincoln Road starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, with free pizza, a shoe raffle and loyalty rewards for repeat runners.
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View MoreOolite Arts streams free women filmmakers panel Sept. 2
Oolite Arts hosts a free livestreamed panel on Sept. 2 featuring filmmakers Isabel Sandoval, Marialy Rivas and Raven Jackson, moderated by Miami's Monica Sorelle, as the inaugural edition of the nonprofit's new Global Media Exchanges initiative.
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View MoreFree Ocean Drive jazz pairs Grammy winner, UM students
Grammy-winning pianist Tal Cohen and UM Frost School faculty launch a free four-Tuesday jazz mentorship series at The Betsy Hotel's Piano Bar on Ocean Drive starting Sept. 8, pairing professional sets with student performers from the University of Miami.
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View MoreMiami Beach water taxi attracts 82,000 riders; expansion considered
Miami Beach's free commuter water taxi between Maurice Gibb Memorial Park and Downtown Miami's Venetian Marina has carried more than 82,000 riders in four months, with city officials now exploring expanded routes and last-mile transit connections.
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View MoreFree 68th Street Beach sea turtle cleanup Aug. 30
The Flip the Switch Sea Turtle Beach Cleanup Series hosts a free guided event at 68th Street Beach on Sunday, Aug. 30, combining education on sea turtle nesting with a volunteer beach cleanup during peak nesting season.
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View MoreFree Peruvian dance opens North Beach Hispanic Heritage Month
Miami Beach OnStage! will present ¡Baila! Miami Beach, a free Peruvian dance performance by Sumaj Tusuy at Normandy Fountain Plaza on Sept. 17, kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month in North Beach.
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View MoreNorth Bay Road mansion's $72 million sale tops 2026 list
A newly built mansion at 2740 North Bay Road in Miami Beach sold for $72 million in an off-market deal, the priciest sale on the street in 2026, with Russian businessman Ilya Karpov netting a major gain over his $20.8 million land purchase in 2022.
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View MoreSouth Pointe Park Pier nominated in Miami Herald favorites contest
South Pointe Park Pier has been nominated for Best Attraction in the Miami Herald's 2026 Miami-Dade Favorites Contest, with daily online voting open through Sept. 4.
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View MoreFirst 60-ton aid flight leaves Miami for Colombia
The first planeload of 60 tons of earthquake relief supplies departed Miami for Cali, Colombia, on Monday, Aug. 17, while all four Miami Beach fire stations continue accepting donations daily through Aug. 31.
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View MoreAl Capone's former Palm Island lot sells for $21 million
The vacant 30,000-square-foot lot at 93 Palm Ave. on Palm Island, where gangster Al Capone lived and died, sold for $21 million on Aug. 14 to an unnamed developer, netting the sellers a $5.5 million gain after they demolished the century-old mansion in 2023 despite nearly 26,000 petition signatures opposing the teardown.