History Miami April Events

Woodlawn Cemetery Walk
April 1, 10am-12pm
Take a stroll with HistoryMiami guide Pepe Menendez through this beautiful historic cemetery. Hear spellbinding stories while visiting the final resting places of Manuel Artime, Jorge Mas Canosa, Max Carey, Pancho Herrera, and Howdie Groskloss, Cuban Presidents Carlos Prio Socarras and Gerardo Machado y Morales, and others. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Croquet & Cocktails
April 1, 4-6pm; Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 500 Brickell Key Drive
The Young Professionals at HistoryMiami, the Flagler Street Society, present their annual signature fundraiser, Croquet and Cocktails. Enjoy a croquet match, “Miami” cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, mingling and raffle prizes. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $30; Non-members: $45. For event details call 305-375-5356,
email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

11JCHS Annual Spring Reception
April 3, 6pm; HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street
Join the 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society for their annual membership meeting and reception. The evening will include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and the presentation of the Chairman’s Award to Cristina Blanco, Senior VP of Gibraltar Private Bank. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: FREE; Non-members: $25. For advance reservations, call 305-375-1614, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Wine Down Wednesday
April 4, 5-8pm; HistoryMiami- 101 West Flagler Street
Join HistoryMiami at downtown Miami’s cultural hotspot! Don’t sit in rush hour traffic when you can be mingling with other professionals and enjoying a glass of wine! Enjoy free access to our exhibition galleries, relax with live local music, and experience cultural performances and monthly lectures! Cost: HistoryMiami members: FREE; Non-members: $10. To RSVP call 305-375-1614, email: [email protected] or visit www.historymiami.org.

Miami Circle® River Walk and Brazilian Lunch
April 7, 9:30-11:30am; HistoryMiami- 101 West Flagler Street
Enjoy a beautiful walk with HistoryMiami guide Michael Pearlman along the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay while learning about the history of Miami, from the Tequesta people to early pioneers and modern times. View art along the walkway. This tour concludes at the Miami Circle® archaeological site. The tour is followed by an optional lunch at Camila’s Brazilian Restaurant. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Miami River Boat Tour
April 7, 10am-12:30pm
Enjoy an entertaining boat ride on the Miami River with HistoryMiami guide Griselda Chavarria as she points out drawbridges, hidden neighborhoods, tugboats and the Miami Circle® archaeological site. See the river’s little-known parks, and – hopefully – manatees! Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $44; Non-members: $54; Children under 12: $25. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Hungry for History: Elegant Art Deco Office Lobbies
April 9, 11am-1pm
Join HistoryMiami guide Michael Pearlman on a walking tour of Miami’s beautiful historic office lobbies, including the 1927 Chicago-style Ingraham Building, and the 1939 Moderne Alfred duPont Building with its brass flamingo elevator doors and other Art Deco embellishments. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $10; Non-members: $15. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Dinner Key and Coconut Grove Twilight Walk
April 13, 4-7pm
Check out the old Pan Am seaplane terminal, then amble through the shaded byways of this leafy waterfront neighborhood of Miami and learn all its secrets from HistoryMiami historian Dr. Paul George. Discover a burial at the library; Ralph Monroe’s pioneer home with natural air conditioning; and infamous doings at the Mutiny. Advance reservations and payment required.

Cost: HistoryMiami members: $30; Non-members: $40. To book a City Tour, please call
305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Stiltsville, Key Biscayne and Cape Florida Lighthouse Boat Tour
April 14, 10am-1pm
Voted best tour by the Miami New Times. Enjoy this beautiful boat trip with HistoryMiami historian Dr. Paul George to one of Miami’s hidden gems—Stiltsville, a remnant community of seven houses perched on stilts in the middle of the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay. See the Cape Florida Lighthouse, learn about the history of Key Biscayne and hear stories of fabulous parties and nefarious mobsters. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $44; Non-members: $54; Children under 12: $25. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Family Fun Day: Light up the Key
April 14, 12-5pm; HistoryMiami- 101 West Flagler Street
Come see HistoryMiami’s new exhibition Key Biscayne: Island of Shifting Sands. Learn how the island has been home to surveyors, land owners, freedom seekers, lighthouse keepers, scientists, artists, soldiers, promoters and dreamers, and create your own glowing lighthouse. Cost: FREE. For more information call 305-375-1629, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Indian Comptie Caves and Grove Park Walk
April 15, 9-11am
Experience one of Miami’s great hidden residential neighborhoods on the Miami River with HistoryMiami historian Dr. Paul George. Start at beautiful Sewell Park, named after E.G. Sewell, Mayor of Miami, and see the secret Indian comptie caves. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Miami River to Miami Circle® from Bayfront Fountain
April 20, 10am-12pm
Walk with HistoryMiami guide Sylvia Gurinsky along the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay while learning about the history of Miami, from the Tequesta people to early pioneers and modern times. View art along the walkway. This tour concludes at the Miami Circle® archaeological site. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Master Class: Irish Fiddling
April 21
Juniors (ages 8-18): 11am-12pm; Adults (ages 18+): 1-3pm; HistoryMiami- 101 West Flagler Street
Calling all fiddlers and violinists! Come learn Irish fiddling from HistoryMiami artist-in-residence James Kelly. James Kelly is presented by the South Florida Folklife Center, a division of HistoryMiami, as part of Heritage Spotlight, an artist-in-residence series that showcases local traditional artists and cultural expressions. Don’t forget to bring your instrument! Space is limited. Advance reservations and payment are required and non-refundable. Cost: Juniors: HistoryMiami members: $10; Non-members: $20. Adults: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To register for the master class or for more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit www.historymiami.org.

Little Havana Cuban Cuisine and Culture Walk
April 21, 9-11am
Join HistoryMiami guide Pepe Menendez on this delightful personalized tour and sample pastelitos, cafe cubano, and fruit. Learn the secrets of the ceiba tree, visit a botanica, see cigars hand-rolled, and explore Domino Park, and neighborhood social clubs. Optional lunch afterward at Cuban restaurant. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

Safe Skies: Aviation Security Past and Present
April 21, 2:30-4:30pm
Join HistoryMiami as aviation security experts discuss how commercial aviation security has changed over the decades and the circumstances that have propelled these changes, in this exhibition program. Afterward, view artifacts from famous aviators such as Glenn Curtiss, Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker and Amelia Earhart in HistoryMiami’s exhibition, Aviation in Miami: The First 100 Years. Cost: HistoryMiami members: FREE; Non-members: FREE with general museum admission ($8). For more information, call 305-375-1492 or visit www.historymiami.org.

Secrets of Simpson Park
April 28, 9-11am
Join HistoryMiami eco-historian Frank Schena and explore Simpson Park, named after Dr. Charles Torrey Simpson and once partly owned by William Brickell. The park is a remnant of the original tropical hardwood forest that extended along Biscayne Bay from the Miami River to Coconut Grove. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.

House of Refuge to MiMo Hotels Walk
April 29, 9-11am
Join HistoryMiami guide Sylvia Gurinsky and traverse more than a century of history. Stroll along Collins Avenue and Ocean Terrace, from the site of the Biscayne House of Refuge, once maintained to save the lives of shipwrecked sailors along this isolated coast, to Art Deco and MiMo (Miami Modern) hotels. Advance reservations and payment required. Cost: HistoryMiami members: $20; Non-members: $30. To book a City Tour, please call 305-375-1621, email: [email protected], or visit www.historymiami.org.
21st Annual Florida Keys Island Fest
April, 2012

Island Fest is back and it’s better than ever! Head out to Founders Park on Sunday, April 1st, for the 21st Annual Florida Keys Island Fest and enjoy the Islamorada Chamber’s best event yet! From 10 am to 5 pm daily, artists, musicians, classic cars and much, much more will transform the park into a fun-filled, family destination you won’t want to miss! Click here for more information www.islamoradachamber.com/event2.cfm