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| SPECIAL EVENTS Thursday 2/15 STRICTLY SAIL MIAMI"Red Carpet Day." Kicking off the 60th Miami International Boat Show and 16th annual Strictly Sail Miami with more than 2,500 exhibitors expected to participate. Through Feb. 20. $20. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive. Details: (305) 531-8410 or sailamerica.com. YACHT & BROKERAGE SHOW Display of superyachts featuring more than 500 new and previously owned vessels. Through Feb. 19. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Indian Creek Waterway off Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Details: (305) 672-0399, during show hours. BLACK HISTORY SEMINAR Speaker: Paul George, historian. A look at Miami's civil rights movement. Organized by the Louis Wolfson II Media History Center. 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Program Room, Miami-Dade Public Library, 101 W Flagler St. Details: (305) 375-15050. JAM AT MAM Featuring music by the New World School of the Arts Big Band. Includes docent-led gallery tours of "Annie Leibovitz: Women." MAM Chocolate Kiss martinis, gourmet snacks. $5; free to members. 5-8:30 p.m. Miami Art Museum, 101 W Flagler St. Details: (305) 375-3000. FUNDRAISER Benefit for American Red Cross relief efforts in India. Hindu and Kamasutra art, raffle and hors d'oeuvres by Chef Willis Loughhead. $25 at the door. Tantra, 681 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 573-0658. Friday 2/16 STRICTLY SAIL MIAMIFirst day of the 60th Miami International Boat Show and 16th annual Strictly Sail Miami. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through Feb. 19 and noon-7 p.m. Feb. 20. Hours at Sealine Marine & Yachting Center and Miamimarina at Bayside are to 6 p.m. daily. $12; $18 for two-day passes and $10 for a multi-evening pass. Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive. Details: (305) 531-8410 or sailamerica.com. BERRIES TO WINE "Tour of Italy, part 2." Friday night wine-tasting is held weekly. No reservations required. $10. 7-9:30 p.m. Mayfair House Hotel, 3000 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove. Details: (305) 441-0000. IRISH FEST 15th anniversary celebration features include the Dublin Pub Tent, music by the Prodigals, bagpipes, stepdancers, theater, marketplace and food fair. Through Feb. 18. $12; $15 for three-day pass. Fort Lauderdale Stadium, Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. Details: (954) 946-1093. Saturday 2/17 HEART BALL OF MIAMI"A Return to Elegance." 34th annual event, with silent and live auction, cocktails, dinner and dancing. 7-11 p.m. Eden Roc Resort & Spa, 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Details: (305) 856-1449. FARMERS MARKET 10th annual. Includes free gardening workshop at 9, cooking demo at 10, just for kids area. Saturdays through March 31. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. City Hall, 405 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 460-5311. Sunday 2/18 HARRISON MARITIME COLLECTION TOURFirst annual event. Tour of Historical Museum of Southern Florida's off-site antique outboard motor and boat storage facility with President J. Andrew Brian and donor John Harrison Jr. $10; $7 for members. 651 NW 116th Terrace. Details: (305) 375-1628. Monday 2/19 HANDS ON MIAMIOrientation for new volunteers. 7-8 p.m. Borders Books & Music, 9205 S Dixie Hwy. Details: (305) 774-9443. Wednesday 2/21 HANDS ON MIAMIOrientation for new volunteers. 7-8 p.m. The Roads, 3250 SW Third Ave. Details: (305) 774-9443. Friday 2/23 BERRIES TO WINE"Wines of the Mediterranean." Friday night wine-tasting is held weekly. No reservations required. $10. 7-9:30 p.m. Mayfair House Hotel, 3000 Florida Ave., Coconut Grove. Details: (305) 441-0000. CONSULAR CORPS GALA The 200l Consular Corps of Miami International Gala to benefit the American Red Cross of Greater Miami & the Keyes. 7 p.m. Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables. Details: (305) 644-1200, ext. 108. STRAWBERRY FOLK FESTIVAL Folk tales, music, folk dance and arts. Strawberries "in every form imaginable." Through Sunday. $6; $3 for children. 7:30 p.m. Fruit & Spice Park, 24801 SW 187th Ave., Homestead. Details: (305) 247-0579. Saturday 2/24 HUMANITARIAN AWARDS DINNERThe 49th annual dinner presented by the National Conference for Community & Justice is billed as a night of celebration and fine dining to benefit prejudice-reduction programs. Keynote address by Al Roker of NBC Today show. $300. 7:30 p.m. Wyndham Miami Biscayne Bay Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Blvd. Details: (305) 670-6438.
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