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Gibson Garage Miami Opens in Wynwood, Bringing 8,000 Square Feet of Guitar Culture to the Arts District

Gibson Garage Miami Opens in Wynwood, Bringing 8,000 Square Feet of Guitar Culture to the Arts District

Gibson Garage Miami officially opened to the public on September 10, 2026, at 2660 NW 3rd Avenue on the ground floor of the Wynwood Garage in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. The more than 8,000-square-foot space is Gibson’s third global retail and experience destination, following the company’s flagship Gibson Garage Nashville and the Gibson Garage London. The opening, which included a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Gibson Interim CEO Anne Rohosy, Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins, and musicians Luis Fonsi, Sergio Vallín of Maná, and Nico Bereciartua of The Black Crowes, positions the 130-year-old instrument brand inside one of the most creatively active neighborhoods in the United States. Key Takeaways Gibson Garage Miami opened September 10, 2026, at 2660 NW 3rd Avenue in

Free Art at Art Basel Miami Beach 2026 A New James Turrell Work, Collins Park Ping-Pong Tables and More

Free Art at Art Basel Miami Beach 2026: A New James Turrell Work, Collins Park Ping-Pong Tables and More

Art Basel Miami Beach returns December 4–6, 2026, and two of its headline projects will be free and open to the public outside the Miami Beach Convention Center. A new outdoor body of work by James Turrell and Public Art Fund’s “Between Tides,” a set of playable, artist-designed ping-pong tables in Collins Park, give residents a way into Art Week without a fair ticket. Key Takeaways Art Basel Miami Beach runs December 4–6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with VIP Preview Days on December 2 and 3. Two major outdoor projects will be free to the public: a new body of work by James Turrell and Public Art Fund’s “Between Tides.” “Between Tides” brings six artist-designed sculptural ping-pong tables

Evacuation Zones

How Miami’s Hurricane Evacuation Zones Work and What Each Zone Means for Residents

Miami-Dade County divides its territory into five storm surge planning zones, labeled A through E, each representing a different level of vulnerability to ocean water pushed ashore by a hurricane. These zones, not the hurricane category alone, determine when and where the county issues evacuation orders. Storm surge is the primary reason Miami-Dade residents are told to leave ahead of a hurricane, and it is the leading cause of death in tropical cyclones nationally. Despite this, surveys and post-storm analyses consistently show that a significant share of residents in surge-vulnerable areas do not know which zone they live in, do not understand how evacuation orders are issued, and are unclear on what “mandatory” actually means under Florida law. Key Takeaways