Lincoln Road, Grove art walks

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.comTwo free neighborhood art walks will be Saturday, March 6.
The Coconut Grove Art Stroll is at the Promenade at Mayfair, 2911 Grand Ave., 7 to 11 p.m. The event includes art, food, drink, live music and dance performances, [...]

Free Black History tour Saturday

Miami-Dade Transit will offer its last February free Black History tour starting at 9 am. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 NW First St., Miami.
The 3.5-hour tour will include historic sites in Overtown, Coconut Grove, Liberty City, Brownsville, Virginia Key and elsewhere, including the Greater Bethel AME Church (photo).

Spam Allstars free at Cocowalk

You’ve got two chances to see the Spam Allstars free this week.
The first chance is Thursday, Feb. 25, at Bal Harbour Shops.
The Afro-Cuban funk band will also play for free 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Cocowalk.

Free Shakespeare in the park

Shakespeare Miami is doing four free performances this weekend of the Shakespear comedy The Taming of the Shrew, about an ill-mannered sister, Kat, and her comical resistance to love and marriage. (This play was the basis for the popular movie 10 Things I Hate About You.)
The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. [...]

Great Taste of the Grove this weekend

The 20th Great Taste of the Grove music and food festival will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at Peacock Park in Coconut Grove.
The event, presented by the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce, allows visitors to sample tidbits from area restaurants for $1 to [...]

Mad Men Mondays at Mayfair

The AMC series “Man Men” is back, and the Mayfair Hotel Lobby Bar, 3000 Florida Ave., in Coconut Grove is going back to the early ’60s to celebate with drink and dinner deals.
Starting Monday, Aug. 17, Mad Men-era drinks such as the martini, Manhattan, Rob Roy, old-fashioned, Tom Collins, Harvey Wallbanger, Bloody Mary (just like [...]

Coconut Grove bed race

The Great Grove Bed Race will be the excuse for a day of free festivities on Sunday, Sept. 6,at Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove. Helio Castroneves, Indy 500 winner and Dancing with the Stars champion, will be grand marshal.
The day will begin with brunch and breakfast specials at area restaurants.
A family pajama party will begin [...]

Free Saturday photo walks

On Saturday, July 18, photographers around the world will be joining Scott Kelby’s 2nd Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, sponsored by NAPP and Adobe.
The local versions of this free “social photography event” will talk place at 9:30 a.m. on South Beach, 11 a.m. in the Design District and 6:30 p.m. in Coconut Grove (this one is [...]

Free Fourth of July events

Tons of free fun is planned in Miami-Dade on Saturday, July 4. Here are a few of the larger celebrations:
* Coconut Grove plans to party all day. A scavenger hunt for painted coconut begins at 3:15 p.m. A free concert at Peacock Park is at 4 p.m., with music by Ryan Stone Music, First October, JT4 [...]

Lobster on the cheap? A few deals

We’ve found a few Lobster Nights where you can get a discount on lobster dinners:
* Monday night is Lobster Feast Night at Calamari Restaurant, 3450 Main Highway, Coconut Grove. On Mondays starting June 22, the lobster feast is $19.95 after 5:30 p.m. for a 1-1/4 lb Maine Lobster on a bed of linguine in a [...]