Military can visit museums free

Thanks for being part of the Miami FL on the Cheap community. Share your cheap tips with us at miami27@miamiflonthecheap.comMore than 600 museums in 50 states are waiving admission fees for active-duty military personnel and their families from May 31-Sept. 6 as part oaf the Blue Star Museum program. If you are an active-duty military [...]

Kids’ workshop with Todd Oldham

Designer Todd Oldham will do a free workshop for kids 6 to 12 at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. The workshop is inspired by Oldham’s new book, Kid Made Modern. RSVP required at 305-535-2684 or claudia@the wolf.fiu.edu. Space is limited.

Free documentary about swimmers

The Wolfsonian-FIU will present a free film at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Dynamo Cafe at the museum, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Synchronized Swimming: The Pursuit of Excellence is a 2007 documentary that follows follows two teams of ambitious girls — and one determined teenage boy — through their training [...]

Free ’74 film about Miami Beach elderly

The Lynn and Louis II Wolfson Florida Moving Image Archive will have a free screening of archival footage of Momma Lives on Miami Beach at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at the Miami-Dade Public Library, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. Momma Lives on Miami Beach, is a WPLG Channel 10-Miami special program from 1974, focusing [...]

Free concert at Wolfsonian

Members of the Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artist Studio will give a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. The concert, entitled “American Opera and Song,” will explore the flourishing classical vocal music scene from the 1920s to the ’40s, which included elements of jazz, folk [...]

Free documentary at Wolfsonian

The Wolfsonian-FIU will present a free screening of the film Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2008, USA, Karen Thomas, 116 min) at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5. The film traces the experiences of German Jews who fled to Hollywood after Hitler banned Jews from working in the country’s film industry. The screening is part of [...]