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  • The Grove has its Own Drumbeat

    By Jessica Quintero The beat of the djembe drums resonates through the streets of Coconut Grove every first Saturday of the month, drawing a crowd to the Promenade at Mayfair. On a recent summer evening, people watched as dancer and drummer Carmen Cecilia Richards created a unique light show. With every beat of a goblet-shaped…

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  • GrandAveNews holds a community photo contest

    GrandAveNews new community uploads shutter invites all Groveites to pick up a camera and capture life in Coconut Grove. Starting April 4 members of the community can submit their photos of the West Grove to the GrandAveNews website to be published in the shutter.

    The photos submitted will be entered into the contest, which includes three categories: Community, Scenic, and Pets. Each category will have one “Best Overall” winner and the photographer will be awarded a $40 gift card to Flanigan’s, a renowned seafood and grill restaurant that boasts 50 years of satisfied customers.

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  • Art and good times aplenty at this year’s Gifford Lane Art Stroll

    Sunlight was peeking through the trees last Sunday, March 6, serving as a spot-light for a variety of paintings, jewelry and sculptures on display on Gifford Lane. The neighbors in this shady block of West Coconut Grove — many of whom are also artists — were hosting the 13th annual Gifford Lane Art Stroll. The…

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  • Hip hop has taken Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi around the world

    Hip hop has taken Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi around the world

    Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi has followed music from Havana to Ghana, to create a series of documentaries about the forms it takes around the world. The first, Inventos: Hip hop Cubano, which reported on the music in Cuba was released in 2005. The second, HomeGrown: HipLife in Ghana, was shown at the University of Miami last Thursday…

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  • by Nancy Martini

    Coconut Grove peacocks will get new homes

    Coconut Grove’s dashing peacocks will find new homes on March 16 at the Peacock Auction at Paragon Theater in Cocowalk. “The Peacock Project has become a piece of Grove history,” said Heather Bettner, Director of the Coconut Grove Peacock Tour and Auction. Through the Peacock Project, Bettner sought to introduce public art to the Coconut…

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  • Coconut Grove Arts Festival kicks off Presidents Day weekend

    The Coconut Grove Arts Festival will return for its 48th year to celebrate a bounty of art, rockin’ cuisine, and live tunes. The celebration of arts and culture begins Saturday and runs through Feb. 21. The works of 360 artists are going to line the streets of Coconut Grove — McFarlane Road, South Bayshore Drive…

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  • "Peer" (left) has participated in King Mango Strut since its inception 29 years ago, and "Zip" (right) has participated for the past two years. "We dress like this everyday," Peer joked as he motioned to hid bedbug costume, "it allows me to be my alter ego for a day." Photo by Jessica Hodder

    The 2010 King Mango Strut

    The 2010 King Mango Strut in Coconut Grove, FL. Photos by Jessica Hodder.

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  • Young Groveites Reading List: December Highlights

    Young Groveites Reading List: December Highlights

    My Penguin Osbert By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, illustrated by H.B. Lewis Sometimes Santa takes your Christmas wishes very seriously. So it is important to be careful what you wish for this Christmas, because it just might come true! This is a lesson Joe learns as he writes a personal letter to Santa asking for a…

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  • Toya Johnson (center) who runs Barberdoll’s Community Barbershop, is one of the Grand Avenue business leaders selling the $1 chocolate bars for the renovation of the Mariah Brown House. Toya Johnson is with Ms. JoAnne Sams and Nathan Lightburn.

    West Grove shops selling chocolate to help renovate Mariah Brown House

    A dollar’s worth of chocolate will help preserve West Grove’s history: A candy drive was started to help renovate the Mariah Brown House on Charles Avenue. The Friends and Family of Mariah Brown’s House and Museum want to preserve the house to showcase the rich Bahamian and African American history of Coconut Grove. Friends’ member…

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  • Art for a cause: Grove event to raise money Sunday for gay film festival

    The Rodezart.com gallery in Coconut Grove wants to encourage the Art Basel crowd to attend an art fundraiser for the Gay and Lesbian Miami Film Festival on Sunday, Dec. 5. The fundraising event will be the last night of Art Basel. It will begin with the film screening of A Dark and Handsome Stranger, about…

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