Miami’s shelf of self-explanations runs from Joan Didion’s 1987 analysis to Carlos Eire’s award-winning exile memoir, with the downtown history museum keeping the city’s record since 1940.
PortMiami, on Dodge Island near downtown Miami, is the world’s busiest cruise port, Florida’s largest container port and a county-counted source of more than 340,000 jobs.
Springs, reefs and lazy rivers, ranked by what the round trip actually costs a Miami day-tripper.
Miami Art Week 2026 centers on Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 4-6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, with two dozen satellite fairs open to anyone holding a ticket.
Buddy System MIA put its 10th community fridge on SW 12 Avenue in Little Havana in June 2023, joining an open-shelf network that runs on one rule: leave what one can, take what one needs.
Committees, sessions and the long road a bill travels before it becomes law in Tallahassee.
The Calle Ocho festival fills 15 blocks of SW 8th Street in Little Havana each March; the organizer lists the 2027 edition for March 14 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Homestead exemptions, assessment caps and millage rates, and how the rules land differently in Miami-Dade.
Trinidad's mas, the Bahamas' Junkanoo and Barbados' Crop Over each shaped Miami's Carnival culture. Here is how the traditions work, and where they surface long after the big parade ends.
Community colleges offer certificates, associate degrees, and a transfer path to a bachelor's. Here is how the model works in Miami and what to compare first.