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Lyric Theater
Hallowed names such as Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald walked across the Lyric stage when it was a major stop on the ‘Chitlin’ Circuit’ – the black live-entertainment trail of pre-integration USA. But as years passed both the theater and the neighborhood it served, Overtown, fell into dysfunctional disuse. Then the Black Archives History & Research Center of South Florida kicked in $1.5 million for renovations and overhauled everything. The phoenix reopened its doors in 1999 to appreciative neighbors, civic leaders and entertainers alike. A 2003 expansion feels a little too modern when juxtaposed with the Lyric’s elegant early-20th-century exterior, but it’s shiny, we…
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Miracle Theater
This gorgeous, 80-year-old theater is one of the best bits of deco anywhere off the Beach. Today, the Actors’ Playhouse company puts on productions in the three performance spaces – the 600-seat main-stage auditorium, a smaller children’s theater and a black box for cutting-edge works – although the theater is nice to visit whether you’ve got tickets or not.
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Northern Miami Terminal
One of Greyhound's major terminals. There are several buses daily to New York City ($115 one-way, 27 to 30 hours) and Washington, DC ($109 one-way, 23 to 25 hours); five daily to New Orleans ($95 one-way, 20 to 22 hours); and 10 daily to Atlanta ($95 one-way, 16 to 18 hours).
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Tower Theater
In a gem of a deco building, managed by Miami Dade College.
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Automatic Slims
Slim’s sells itself as a seedy rock bar, but it’s really a marketing consultant’s idea of what a dive should be. The Harley outside, Coyote Ugly ambience and manufactured ‘edge’ make it the Blink 182 of Miami’s nightlife universe: watered-down punk and pretty nonthreatening.
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Raleigh Hotel Bar
You’d best be orderin’ a Manhattan if you’re gonna sidle up to this cologne-and-leather bar. Like everything else in the Raleigh, this lounge evokes South Beach’s good old days, when guys like Al Capone and Meyer Lanksy cut deals in the corner and jazz set the soundtrack.
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Bill Cosford Cinema
On the University of Miami campus, this renovated art house was launched in memory of the Miami Herald film critic.
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Colony Theatre
A stunning deco showpiece, this small 1934 performing-arts center has 465-seats and great acoustics. It’s a treasure that hosts everything from movies and an occasional musical to theatrical dramas, ballet and off-Broadway productions.
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Fedex Orange Bowl Football Game
In early January flocks of football fanatics descend on Pro Player Stadium in Opa-Locka for the Orange Bowl, the Super Bowl of college football.
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Lincoln Theatre
Morris Lapidus, one of the founders of the loopy, neo-Baroque Miami-Beach style, designed the Lincoln Theatre.
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Playwright
An affable Irish pub with a vast selection of imported beers, where you can actually hold a conversation.
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Bank Atlantic Center
Florida Panthers plays NHL hockey at the Bank Atlantic Center.
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South Florida Cricket Alliance
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O Cinema
Indie screenings in Wynwood.
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Coral Gables Art Cinema
Indie and foreign films in a 144-seat cinema.
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Northern Miami Terminal
One of Greyhound's major terminals. There are several buses daily to New York City ($115 one-way, 27 to 30 hours) and Washington, DC ($109 one-way, 23 to 25 hours); five daily to New Orleans ($95 one-way, 20 to 22 hours); and 10 daily to Atlanta ($95 one-way, 16 to 18 hours).
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