Week of February 23, 2012
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OUTDOORS Saturday 2/25 ECO WALKThe Miami Beach Boardwalk Eco Walk tours the boardwalk with HistoryMiami's eco-historian Frank Schena and features the struggles pioneers faced on the land. Learn how modern technology destroyed the mangroves that once covered the area and see the results of recent restoration of the fragile coastal strand ecosystem. 10 a.m.-noon. HistoryMiami, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. $20 museum members. $30 others. Details: (305) 375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org or www.historymiami.org. Sunday 2/26 CULTURE WALKWalk with HistoryMiami guide Sylvia Gurinsky and learn about Henri Levi's development of Normandy Isle and its Francophone-inspired street names. Hear about the area's later influx of Argentine immigrants. View elegant fountains and buildings from the Art Deco and Miami Modern, or MiMo, eras. 9-11 a.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. $20 museum members. $30 others. Details: (305) 375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org or www.historymiami.org. Monday 2/27 HUNGRY FOR HISTORY"Hungry for History: Inside Olympia Theater" with HistoryMiami guide Pepe Menendez explores the interior of the Gusman Olympia Theater. View its star-studded sky, Romeo and Juliet balcony and art deco interior. Hear history of this theatre, where everyone from Elvis to Pavarotti has performed. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. HistoryMiami, 101 W Flagler St., Miami. $10 museum members. $15 others. Details: (305) 375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org or www.historymiami.org.
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