By Josie Gulliksen and Teresa Mears | Miami.com
Miami on the Cheap dishes on the budget-friendly fun in Miami this weekend.
It’s a musical weekend just about anywhere you look, and the performances cover a wide range of styles. You can listen to the smooth sounds of jazz in Coral Gables Sunday afternoon or put your toes in the sand and settle in for the classics played by Orchestra Miami on Sunday night.
History and film buffs get a combo of their two favorite things on Friday night at the Wolfsonian-FIU’s World War I film series finale double feature. And the concerts continue with a Folk Night show featuring five artists at NOMI Musical Nights. Because it’s the last Friday of the month, Cultural Fridays takes over Little Havana with Latin sounds.
Smooth R&B on a Sunday afternoon
It’s part of the Jazz in the Gables series but on Sunday at 4 p.m. it turns to rhythm & blues with Nicole Yarling leading the University of Miami Rhythm & Blues ensemble in an afternoon concert at the Coral Gables Museum Plaza. The group features six singers, a five-person rhythm section and four horns playing classic rhythm and blues selections. The concert is free. http://miamionthecheap.com/free-jazz-gables-lunchtime-concerts/
Toes in the sand listening to Beethoven’s classics
The musicians from Orchestra Miami, led by Elaine Rinaldi, are hitting the beach Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Heritage Park in Sunny Isles Beach for the free Beethoven on the Beach concert. Joined by guest soprano soloist Jouvanca Jean-Baptiste, they’ll perform selections from Bartok, Holst, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.http://miamionthecheap.com/free-concert-on-beach-by-orchestra-miami/
Double feature for history and film buffs
Get your fix of World War I nostalgia and history in the form of a double feature presented at the Wolfsonian-FIU in Miami Beach Friday at 7 p.m. The finale of the “WWI Film Series: The Heart of Humanity” includes Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) and She Goes to War (1929). The first one’s a comedy, where a captain, behind enemy lines, disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command. In the second film, a young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like. Admission into the museum and screenings is free. http://miamionthecheap.com/free-wwi-film-series-wolfsonian-fiu/
An ode to folk music at NOMI Musical Nights
The recurring Saturday night series NOMI Musical Nights focuses on various musical genres and this weekend it’s folk at the MOCA Plaza in North Miami. Between 6 and 9 p.m., Michael Stock of WLRN introduces Box of Light, Nick Annis, Spider John Koerner, Ellen Bukstel and Rod MacDonald on stage for their sets. Admission is free.http://miamionthecheap.com/free-concerts-nomi-musical-nights/
Peruse art, grab a drink and some grub at Las Olas Art Fair
At the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale is Las Olas Boulevard, home to quaint shops, restaurants and bars. This weekend, those businesses share the spotlight with art. The Las Olas Art Fair on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. takes over the 600 block of the famous street where artists will display and sell paintings, sculptures, jewelry, pottery, photography and ceramics. Make it easy to get there on the free shuttle bus departing from the city garage at Southeast Second Street and Southeast First Avenue. Admission to the fair is free. http://fortlauderdaleonthecheap.com/las-olas-art-fair-is-free-event-in-fort-lauderdale/
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