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The Miami-Dade Public Library System opened submissions on September 14 for a Poetry Contest for Teens that asks young writers between 13 and 18 years old to compose a sonnet about freedom inspired by Miami, the United States, or both. Sponsored by Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s office and the library system, the contest runs through October 17 as part of TeenTober, the library’s annual month of programming for young people. All three of Miami-Dade County’s Poet Laureates are involved in the initiative, with 2026 Poet Laureate Nicole Tallman leading workshops and joining her two predecessors as judges for the submitted work. Key Takeaways The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Poetry Contest for Teens is open to Miami-Dade County residents ages 13 to 18 with a valid library card, with submissions accepted from September 14 through October 17. Contestants are asked to write a sonnet about freedom inspired by Miami, the

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical “Buena Vista Social Club” will make its South Florida premiere September 29 through October 4 at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House, opening the 2026–27 Broadway in Miami season with a production written and choreographed by two Miami-raised artists during Hispanic Heritage Month. Key Takeaways “Buena Vista Social Club” runs September 29 through October 4, 2026, at the Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House in Downtown Miami, opening the 2026–27 Broadway in Miami season. The musical features a book by Hialeah-raised Tony nominee Marco Ramirez and Tony-winning choreography by Miami-born Patricia Delgado, alongside co-choreographer Justin Peck. The production received 10 Tony Award nominations in 2025, winning five competitive and special awards, and its cast album won the Grammy Award for Musical Theater Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. The South Florida premiere falls during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) and

The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines opened “Hyphenated Encounters” on September 17, a two-part exhibition that organizers describe as the most comprehensive survey of Cuban American painter Lilian Garcia-Roig’s work ever presented. The show spans more than three decades of Garcia-Roig’s career, pairing historical landscape paintings with newer site-responsive pieces and a short film, and runs through January 17, 2027. A second exhibition, “Discord and Serenity,” opened the same evening in the gallery’s adjacent space. Both shows are free to attend, consistent with The Frank’s policy of offering all exhibitions at no cost to the public. Key Takeaways “Hyphenated Encounters” is a collaborative presentation between The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery and Miami-Dade County’s Deering Estate, running September 17, 2026, through January 17, 2027 The exhibition spans more than 30 years of Garcia-Roig’s career and is described as the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s work to

The Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series is presenting free outdoor performances in Lummus Park throughout September, with Cuban ensemble Cortadito scheduled for September 13 and Son Gitano following on September 20, placing live Latin music on the South Beach beachfront as Miami enters Hispanic Heritage Month. Key Takeaways Cortadito, a Miami-based Cuban ensemble rooted in traditional son music, performs September 13 at Lummus Park between 14th Street and 14th Place on Ocean Drive. Son Gitano follows on September 20 with a program combining flamenco, salsa, and bolero traditions. Both concerts are free and open to the public, presented by the Ocean Drive Association with support from the City of Miami Beach and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. The performances coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins September 15 and runs through October 15. Separately, the 11th annual Urban Film Festival screened nearly 200 independent films across Historic Overtown

Rosalía performs at Kaseya Center on September 14 and September 16, 2026, closing out the North American leg of the LUX Tour with two rescheduled arena shows in Miami. The concerts bring the Catalan singer’s fourth album, a 13-language orchestral project recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, to the city where a significant portion of the record was written. The two-night engagement arrives the same week that Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15. Key Takeaways Rosalía performs at Kaseya Center on Monday, September 14 and Wednesday, September 16, at 8:30 p.m. The dates were rescheduled from the original June 4 and June 6 performances. All tickets from the original dates are honored. The LUX Tour is Rosalía’s largest headlining run to date, spanning 57 arena shows across 17 countries. The tour launched March 16, 2026, in Lyon, France, and the Miami dates close the full itinerary. LUX, released November

MyFi Studio, a Miami-based artist duo known for building custom electronic instruments and computer systems for live art and music performance, has partnered with Churchill’s Pub to offer a series of free public workshops called How to Play Computer. The sessions, held on Wednesday evenings at the storied Little Haiti venue, teach attendees how to use computers as creative tools for music production, visual art, and real-time media making, with no cost and no prior technical experience required. Key Takeaways MyFi Studio and Churchill’s Pub are hosting How to Play Computer, a free workshop series on Wednesday evenings at Churchill’s Pub at 5501 NE 2nd Avenue in Miami’s Little Haiti corridor near Wynwood. The sessions cover music production, creative coding, visual art, and hands-on experimentation with computer-based creative tools, targeting anyone from working artists to residents with no technical background. MyFi Studio co-founders Aimee Rubensteen and Dr. Josh Eisenberg framed

Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 through October 15, and in a city where Latin American culture is not a heritage overlay but the foundation of daily life, Miami’s programming for the month spans live music, gallery walks, salsa workshops, literary events, a Tony Award-winning Broadway premiere rooted in Cuban history, and community celebrations reaching across neighborhoods from Little Havana to Wynwood to Miami Beach. The 30-day observance arrives as the tail end of Miami Spice fills restaurant dining rooms, the autumn event season begins to build toward Miami Carnival in October, and the Adrienne Arsht Center opens its 2026-27 Broadway season with a production that carries direct ties to South Florida’s Cuban diaspora. Key Takeaways Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 through October 15 with cultural programming spanning all five counties in the Greater Miami region. Viernes Culturales, Little Havana’s monthly gallery walk and street party along Calle Ocho,

The Balloon Museum’s “Pop Air: Art is Inflatable” has taken over the Mana Wynwood Convention Center with 18 large-scale rooms of interactive inflatable artwork, bringing a globally touring exhibition that has drawn more than seven million visitors across previous stops in Rome, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles to Miami’s primary arts district for a run through September 27. The exhibition, which opened May 16, uses the convention center’s 100,000-square-foot footprint to stage installations by international artists from Europe, Australia, and the Americas, each designed to be touched, entered, and physically experienced rather than observed from behind a barrier. Key Takeaways “Pop Air: Art is Inflatable,” produced by the Balloon Museum, occupies 18 rooms inside Mana Wynwood Convention Center and runs daily through September 27, 2026. The exhibition has previously toured Rome, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles, accumulating more than seven million visitors across those runs. Featured artists include

Miami Beach’s temporary deregulatory ordinance eliminating conditional use permits for qualifying restaurants and indoor live entertainment venues across five commercial corridors has passed its midpoint, with the program set to expire on December 31, 2026. Adopted unanimously by the City Commission on February 5, the ordinance raised the occupancy cap for restaurants with indoor entertainment from 200 to 750 and removed a permitting barrier that operators and city officials described as the single largest obstacle to opening music-forward dining concepts on the Beach. Key Takeaways Miami Beach’s temporary deregulatory ordinance (2026-4793) eliminated the conditional use permit requirement for qualifying restaurants and indoor live entertainment venues in five designated commercial corridors, effective February 5 through December 31, 2026. The occupancy threshold for restaurants offering indoor entertainment was raised from 200 to 750 persons, a change designed to allow mid-sized music venues to open without a year-long approval process. Eligible corridors include