Don’t let the title idiot you — Brightline’s third annual #305Weekend is a candy deal for the 954 and 561, too.
Celebrating three years of intercity service in South Florida, the rail line is providing $3 and $5 one-way fares between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach on Friday by means of Sunday, which should encourage us to get out in a brand new approach in new locations.
Here are some low-hassle concepts for a weekend date evening or afternoon out at locations inside a simple stroll of Brightline’s three South Florida stations. If you want to enterprise farther, Brightline’s free shared-shuttle service (inside 5 miles of the station) is accessible with these discounted fares, should you e book a minimum of two hours upfront.
#305Weekend tickets — they price $3 for one cease, $5 between West Palm Beach and Miami — can be found at GoBrightline.com.
Perez Art Museum Miami is a brief stroll from Brightline’s Miami Central station and is exhibiting the exhibit “Marisol and Warhol Take New York.” Drop by the museum store to search out all kinds of things associated to the present, together with an unnerving Andy Warhol puppet. The museum’s Verde restaurant features a lovely view of Biscayne Bay. Visit PAMM.org.
Also close by, the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is within the ultimate weekend of Zoetic Stage’s “Our Dear Dead Drug Lord,” a well-reviewed darkish “comedy” about 4 teenage women by South Florida author Alexis Scheer. Visit ArshtCenter.org.
And Brightline affords free shuttles to and from Marlins Park, the place the Miami Marlins battle the rival Atlanta Braves this weekend. Visit Marlins.com.
In Fort Lauderdale, guests additionally will discover free shuttles between the downtown Brightline station and DRV PNK Stadium, the place David Beckham’s Inter Miami CF will tackle New York Red Bulls at 6 p.m. Sunday. Visit InterMiamiCF.com.
The Florida Panthers and Funky Buddha Brewery on Sunday will host a big-screen watch get together for the hockey heroes’ playoff sport, from 11 a.m. to five p.m. at Esplanade Park, a brief stroll from the station (a portion alongside the New River). The free, household pleasant occasion consists of reside music, merchandise, road hockey and extra. The sport is at 1:30 p.m. Visit Facebook.com/FunkyBuddhaBrew.
Also in downtown Fort Lauderdale this weekend, Miami City Ballet will finish its season with “Prodigal Son” on the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Performances might be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and a couple of p.m. Sunday, with tickets beginning at $30. Recommended date-night eating close by consists of Rivertail (on the New River) and The Chimney House (cozy, hospitable). Visit BrowardCenter.org.
In West Palm Beach, the Brightline station feels much more in the midst of every little thing. Two blocks north of the station, legendary Clematis Street music venue Respectable Street would be the website of Hip Hop Helps: Ukraine Benefit Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, hosted by Dan Lee, with performances by GVIN, Amani Omar, John Brown, Chevy LaPole and DJ Undrwd. Tickets: $5 to $10. Visit Facebook.com/respectablestreet.
About three blocks south of the station, at Palm Beach Improv in The Square, actor, comic and keyboardist Craig Robinson (“The Office,” “You can’t out-pizza the Hut”) has 5 exhibits deliberate from Friday to Sunday. Visit PalmBeachImprov.com.
On the opposite aspect of The Square, “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” makes its pandemic-delayed debut on the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, with a run by means of May 26. There are loads of date-night eating choices close by. I’ve at all times been a fan of The Blind Monk for intimate wine and tapas. Visit Kravis.org.
Elsewhere in South Florida this weekend, we’re dressing up for the brand new “Downton Abbey” film, celebrating Miami Heat nice Chris Bosh’s new beer, and consuming with basset hounds. Here’s a glance …
FRIDAY
Weekend film: The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival will host a red-carpet costume get together and cocktail hour for a screening of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” on Friday evening on the Classic Gateway Theater. The gin cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., with music and macarons from Croissan’Time French Bakery. The movie screens at 7 p.m. Tickets price $12 for common admission and $10 for seniors. Cocktails price $10. Visit FLIFF.com.
Across city the FLIFF Beatle Film Fest concludes with a 7 p.m. Friday screening of the Fab Four’s romp “Help!” at Savor Cinema. Tickets price $5 at FLIFF.com. The competition is pegged to the May 25 present by Paul McCartney at Hard Rock Live on his Get Back Tour. Let’s name it a sellout, until you need to spring for a platinum general-admission flooring ticket at $783. Get again, certainly.
Brightsiders: Pop music’s indefatigable retailers of pleasure, The Lumineers carry out at 7:30 p.m. Friday at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. Prices begin at $26.50 with buy of a four-pack at LiveNation.com.
Everglades tales: South Florida native Sarah McCulloch will share music from her evocative new album, “Sawmiller’s Daughter,” at 8 p.m. Friday on the intimate North Miami listening room Luna Star Cafe. Informed by a childhood spent within the Big Cypress Swamp, McCulloch’s album is assortment of vivid storytelling within the mode of conventional nation music, all elevated by her timeless vocals. Local swamp-country provocateur Raiford Starke can be on the invoice. Visit LunaStarCafe.com. For extra on McCulloch’s music, go to SarahMacMusic.com.
Ticket window: Lady Gaga this week added a Sept. 17 efficiency at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens to her world stadium tour, The Chromatica Ball. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. Visit Ticketmaster.com.
Carrie Underwood’s Denim & Rhinestones Tour, with particular visitor Jimmie Allen, might be at FTX Arena in Miami on Feb. 2. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday by means of Ticketmaster.com. (The presale password is GARDEN.)
Daryl Hall and Daryl’s House Band, with opener Todd Rundgren, will carry out on July 31 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, with tickets ($60+) on sale at 10 a.m. Friday by means of MyHRL.com. The tour helps Hall’s new two-disc retrospective, “BeforeAfter,” a reminder that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer as soon as had an album produced by Robert Fripp (1980′s “Sacred Songs”).
Indie-rock favorites Peach Pit are bringing their Right Down the Street Tour to Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 5. Tickets begin at $29.50 once they go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at Be part ofTheRevoluton.internet.
Citing extraordinary demand, Live Nation has consolidated Spanish pop quartet Hombres G’s two sold-out performances on the Fillmore Miami Beach on June 25-26 right into a single present on June 25 at FTX Arena in Miami. The transfer creates extra tickets, which go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday by means of Ticketmaster.com.
SATURDAY
Ukraine tribute: Featuring a lineup of classic-rock tribute bands, SongFest for Vets III is an Armed Forces Day celebration and fundraiser for Ukraine, set for two to 11 p.m. Saturday at Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton. Along with quite a lot of Ukrainian meals, beer, artwork and kid-friendly crafts and video games, the occasion will embrace space tribute acts KISS Alive, Erasmith (Aerosmith) and Shoot to Thrill (AC/DC), together with basic rockers Shovelhed. Admission is free, with donations accepted. The competition has been organized by retired Army Col. Bill Millard, a Boca Raton resident who served with the U.S. Army in Ukraine. Visit Facebook.com/SongFestforVets.
Weekend laughs: Writer, actor and comic Bill Burr brings his Slight Return Tour to iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach at 8 p.m. Saturday. There are nonetheless tickets, beginning at $74, by means of LiveNation.com.
Dog days: The Wharf Fort Lauderdale might be overrun with basset hounds from midday to 4 p.m. Saturday throughout a Yappy Hour meetup of the group Soflo Basset Hounds. The Wharf’s $35 bottles of Côtes de Provence Rosé can solely add to the hilarity. Visit WharfFTL.com. … S3 Restaurant on Fort Lauderdale seaside will host Bark Brunch from 10:30 a.m. to three p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with house-made treats for canines. Purchase a canine toy or $5 Tito’s drink ticket to profit the nonprofit rescue Chasing Freedom. Dogs are welcome on the patio. Visit Facebook.com/S3SunSurfSand.
Brews & blues: The fifth annual Ocean Brews & Blues competition returns to Deerfield Beach on Saturday, with greater than 100 craft beers, from South Florida and in any other case, plus meals, reside music and gadgets made by native creatives. It takes place 3 to eight p.m. within the Main Beach Parking Lot (149 SE twenty first Ave.) and admission is free. Tasting tickets price $40 upfront ($45 at gate) for 4 p.m. admission and $60 for 3 p.m. VIP entry ($65 on the gate) with unique VIP swag and meals samples. Visit Facebook.com/oceanbrewsandbluesfest.
Free live performance: The free Afro Roots Fest involves Broward County for the primary time at 4 p.m. Saturday in downtown Hollywood’s ArtsPark. Along with standard locals The Resolvers and DJ Le Spam, and Brian Potts’ (Nu Deco Ensemble) samba percussion group Miamibloco, the lineup options Jesus Hidalgo (Venezuela), Philip Montalbán (Nicaragua) and Gilmar Gomes (Brazil). Visit AfroRootsFest.com.
Outside-inside: The pandemic-inspired outside comedy picnics referred to as Comedy On the Green are shifting inside at Mizner Park Cultural Center in Boca Raton. The Comedy Off the Green collection begins with a 7 p.m. Saturday efficiency by New York City-based comic Jon Fisch (as seen on “Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”). Tickets price $30 to $45. Visit ComedyOnTheGreen.org. For a preview, watch Fisch and comic-writer Dave Siegel (a COTG co-creator) chop it up at Instagram.com/comedyonthegreen.
Hometown blues: J.P. Soars & the Red Hots play at 7 p.m. Saturday on the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, their first native present since performing on the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, the place they have been up for the Band of the Year award. Soars, a Boca Raton resident, was nominated for the highest award, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, in addition to one of the best guitar instrumentalist award. Tickets price $15 to $25. Visit FunkyBiscuit.com.
SUNDAY
Chris Bosh beer: Dogfish Head Miami will have a good time its first anniversary in Wynwood in a giant approach at midday Sunday when Miami Heat icon Chris Bosh and Dogfish founder and brewer Sam Calagione host the can launch for his or her limited-edition collaboration, Bosh Blonde. The citrus-y ale, brewed with Florida oranges and sugar cane juice, is available in cans that includes a sketch of Bosh in a contemplative pose on the label. The daylong anniversary festivities additionally embrace reside music and a particular menu of Bosh Bites, primarily based on his favourite meals. Bosh Blonde might be accessible on draft and in four-packs of 16-ounce cans ($16). A portion of beer gross sales will go to nonprofit Refresh Miami. A restricted variety of meet-and-greet alternatives might be accessible to Dogfish Off-Centered Society members. To enroll, go to DogFish.com.
You need your ‘80s? Sting’s present at Hard Rock Live on Sunday evening is offered out, after all. But one other singer from the period (and a performer approach forward of her time), Pat Benatar might be at Pompano Beach Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, sharing hits together with “Love is a Battlefield,” “Heartbreaker,” “Hell is for Children” and “We Belong,” with guitarist and songwriter Neil Giraldo; John Waite opens. Tickets begin at $35 by means of PompanoBeachArts.org.
Staff author Ben Crandell could be reached at [email protected].
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