Free Gospel music and soul food

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.com In observance of Black History Month, Miami Dade College will present its fourth annual free Gospel Explosion and Soul Food Fest from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the North Campus. 11380 NW [...]

Free ‘Your Life Your Money’ workshop

WPBT-Channel 2, Miami Dade College and The South Florida Center for Financial Training is presenting a free financial seminar   for students from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Chapman Conference Center, Rm. 3210, 300 NE Second Ave.
Financial expert Duana Palmer from the program Your Life Your Money and [...]

Free Latin jazz, kids’ carnival

Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus is having a free Latin Jazz Fest and an almost free kids’ carnival as part of its Fall Fest this week.
The jazz fest, at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the campus’ Fred Shaw Plaza, will feature Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Albita, Ed Calle, Roberto Perera, Richard Bravo, Negroni’s Trio, [...]

Free premiere of Cuban film

FUNDarte will being its season of free entertainment, “Open City/Ciudad Abierta 09-10,” Tuesday with the free presentation of a Cuban film.
The U.S. premiere of La anunciación (Wait for You in Eternity), by director Enrique Pineda Barnet will be at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 at the Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., [...]

Free Italian films this week

La Societa Dante Alighieri, Miami Dade College and the Italian Film Festival show classic Italian films for free the third week of every month at the Tower Theatre, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami.
Films are in Italian with English subtitles. Admission is free, but a $3 donation is suggested.
This week’s films are:
* L’Ultimo Bacio (The Last [...]

Free advice on book publishing

As part of the Florida Center for the Literary Arts Writers’ Institute, Andrea Askowitz and Anjanette Delgado will give a free presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, entitled “You’ve Written a Book, Now What?” at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Room 3313-14, on the third floor of Building 3.
Askowitz is the author of the memoir [...]

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 [...]

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 and cheap Italian film

Miami Dade College’s Tower Theater and Miami’s Società Dante Alighieri present CinemaItalia, their monthly event of free Italian films, at the Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami.
Playing this week are:
* La Ragazza con la Valigia (The Girl with a Suitcase, 1961), 7 p.m. Thursday, April 9.
* Mafioso (1962), 7 p.m. Friday, April 10.
* Padre [...]

Free weekend of Italian film

La Societa Dante Alighieri, Miami Dade College and the Italian Film Festival show classic Italian films for free the third weekend of every month at the Tower Theatre, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami.
This week’s films are:
* Ieri, oggi e domani (1964), 118 min. Italian version with English subtitles. Directed by Vittorio de Sica and featuring Sophia [...]