It’s Cinco de MiMo on Biscayne

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.comOther places may celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but on Miami’s Upper East Side, the holiday is Cinco de MiMo, for the Miami Modern architecture of the Biscayne Boulevard Historic District.
This year is the district’s second Cinco [...]

$10 off tickets to Daniel B. Roumain

The Adrienne Arsht Center is offering discount tickets to the 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, concert by Daniel Bernard Roumain with The Queen of Haitian Pop, Emeline Michel.
Tickets normally priced at $25 are $15 (plus fees) with this offer. Enter promo code VIOLIN. You can also get the discount at the box office with that [...]

Free and cheap ice cream treats

Two chances for free or very cheap ice cream this week:
* 31-cent Scoop Night at Baskin Robbins is Wednesday, April 29. From 5 p.m to 10 p.m., you can get a scoop of your favorite flavor for just 31 cents. Click here to find a participating location near you.
* Carvel Ice Cream turns 75 this year, and to [...]

Authors to read, sign books

Author Sandra Cisneros will join readers to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her landmark novel, The House on Mango Street (Doubleday, $10.95), at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Blvd., Coral Gables.
The event is presented by Books & Books in collaboration with the Florida Center for the Literary [...]

Free pampering for women

South Miami Hospital’s Center for Women & Infants is presenting a free afternoon of pampering for women from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at
the hospital, 6200 SW 73 St., Miami.
“You Look SPAvelous” is a day to relax, recharge and renew.
The event begins at 1 p.m. with a talk by actress/comedienne Victoria Labalme.
There will [...]

Free KFC grilled chicken

I think it’s safe to say that I’m the only South Florida blogger whose family actually used to eat at Colonel Sanders’ original restaurant in Corbin, Ky. My mother used to stop there on her way to college in the 1940s, and my aunt actually spent her wedding night in the Colonel’s motel behind the [...]

1-cent appetizers, $1 entrees

Penny appetizers? Dollar entrées? I know. You think I’ve got to be joking. Not so. All you have to do is sign up with T.G.I. Friday’s “Give me more stripes” program BEFORE April 30, 2009. Their website promises that within 24-hours of signing up, T.G.I. Friday’s will email you a coupon for 1¢ appetizers with the purchase of any beverage at the bar and $1 [...]

Films about Cuba, most $6, one free

Miami Dade College, in collaboration with the Spanish Cultural Center of Miami and Latinofusión, is presenting a rare collection of films and documentaries by Cuban directors, as well as filmmakers from Spain, Russia, Germany, Brazil, and Poland, among other countries, regarding Cuba.
Some of the films are being shown in the United States for the first [...]

Free ‘green’ events

Here are a few weekend “green” events:
* Miami Goin’ Green at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami through 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.
* Bike Miami Days in Coconut Grove on Sunday, April 26. Free bicycle rentals, live music, workshops, parade, children’s activities — just one big street party taking over the Grove.

Free music this weekend

Here are some free emusic events this weekend and beyond:
* The Miami Children’s Chorus will give a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 3716 Garden Ave., Miami Beach.
* Eclipse Band will perform in a free concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the Miami Shores Recreation Complex Fields.
* New [...]