The Books That Explain Miami to Itself Across Generations
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.
Culture
Galleries, murals, live music and the traditions that shape Miami, covered year-round.
Cuban Coffee Culture: Why Miami's Cuban Cafecito Window Is a Cultural Institution
Walk-up ventanita windows serving sweetened Cuban espresso anchor daily life in Little Havana, where the colada and the cortadito keep a neighborhood ritual alive.
Junkanoo, Crop Over and the Caribbean Carnival Roots That Feed Miami Year-Round
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.
Wynwood Murals — Wynwood Walls and the Street Art Around Them: A Walking Guide
Where the murals rotate, what the ticketed block costs, and how to see dozens of Wynwood walls for nothing.
Downtown Miami’s Freedom Tower Reopens as a Museum of Cuban History
Miami Dade College finished a $25 million restoration of the 1925 landmark on Biscayne Boulevard, reopening it in 2025 as a museum built around the building’s role processing Cuban refugees.