We love every change of season at Pinecrest Gardens…and this month we welcome our extraordinary line-up of the fall season activities with a special emphasis on a great Halloween Line-Up featuring something for every member of the family, even your four-legged furry companions.
Hänsel and Gretel
presented by Magic City Opera
Sunday, October 22, at 2:00 and 4:30 p.m.
For the first time ever, Pinecrest Gardens welcomes the Magic City Opera Company to the Banyan Bowl Stage with a very special “children’s opera” presentation of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. A new Miami tradition is born! Based on the beloved children’s story, The Opera has been delighting family audiences around the world since its premiere in 1893! Join Magic City Opera on this magical journey into this timeless fairy tale. Plus, be sure to dress up in your Halloween costumes so you and your family can meet and collect candy from the performers on the actual set after the show!” Your child will recognize so many of the melodies including the famous “Evening Prayer,” “When at Night I Go to Sleep”
$20-Adult Seat $2.00/ticket surcharge
$15-Senior Seat $1.50/ticket surcharge
$10-Child Seat $1.25/ticket surcharge
* A promo code is available at https://mcopera.org/ for families of four or more members.
For adults, Halloween Festivities kick off with everyone’s favorite Cult Movie Classic, “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Friday, October 27
Gates Open: 6:30 p.m.
Feature Movie & Costume Contest: 8:00 p.m.
FREE Admission
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
Remember, there is the obligatory costume contest and an invitation to bring your own props. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Halloween Spectacular!
Also for adults, join us at “Music for the Dead”
presented by MDC Wind Symphony and Orchestra
Saturday, October 28, at 8:00 p.m.
The living need light and the dead need music. This special music event is presented by Miami Dade College Kendall Campus music ensembles, under the direction of Brian Neal, Alberto Bade and Kenneth Boos. What better way to spend a free night in a dark and spooky garden with music we deem apropos for the occasion.
Free of Charge
Howl-O-Ween
Sunday, October 29, Noon to 5:00 p.m.
$5 General Admission (Children under 2 years, free)
Pinecrest Gardens will be haunted by four-legged ghouls and their scary human companions when Paws-4-You Rescue celebrates their annual Howl-O-Ween event. The fabulous afternoon features tricks and treats, a costume contest, a Doggie Fun Zone Agility course, food, drinks, live entertainment, a spooky Kids’ Zone and pumpkin patch. There is a special “alumni” doggy parade that culminates in the Banyan Bowl where a costume contest with prices will take place. To enter your puppy into this costume competition there will be an addition $10 fee with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Paws-4-You Rescue.
There’s off-premise parking at Christ the King Church, Palmetto Senior High and Pinecrest Elementary, with free shuttle service to and from Pinecrest Gardens. Looking forward to seeing everyone there this coming year.
‘Curtains Up’ for Opening Night of the
South Motors Jazz Series
Ten-Time Grammy Award Winner
Janis Siegel & The South Florida Jazz Orchestra
Ella + Gershwin = LOVE
A Centennial Celebration of the Great Ella Fitzgerald
Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
“One of the Best Jazz Vocalists of our time.” – Washington Post
Over the past four decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a ten-time Grammy winner and a seventeen-time Grammy nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s diverse musical catalog. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned nearly a dozen finely-crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects, amassed a large international fan base and garnered consistently high critical praise. Joining Janis on stage is the South Florida Jazz Orchestra in a program of Ella’s iconic songs and also featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Grammy Award winning arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.
Jazz Dinner at Pinecrest Gardens “Experiment in Colors” inspired by Vocalist Janis Siegel.
Join us for a delicious dinner before the concert prepared by Chef Miguel Bravo-Raidi. Dinner is served before the show at 6:30 p.m. and advance, pre-paid reservations are mandatory. The menu is as follows:
Dinner Choice # 1
Grilled Chicken Breast over Smoked Sweet Red Pepper Sauce with Pine Nuts; Rosemary Rustic Smash Potatoes with Himalayan Pink Salt Crystals; Sauté Vegetable Platter with Herbs and Coriander Seeds (Cherry Tomatoes, Zucchini, Baby Portobello Mushrooms, Red Onions, Carrots and Squash); Hard Crust Bread with Lemon-Herb Butter.
Dinner Choice # 2
Marinated Grilled Seafood Salad (Shrimps, Salmon, Scallops, Squids; Romaine Lettuce, Arugula, Spinach and Radicchio) with Nuts; Hard Crust Bread with Lemon-Herb Butter.
The cost of either of the entrees is $18.00. Reserve and purchase your place at our table at 305-988-5089.
Other performing arts happenings:
“9 to 5” The Musical” A special presentation of Palmer Trinity School, Thursday, October 19 & Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Adults $15, Students and Seniors $12
Box office: 305-259-1121
Peter and the Starcatcher presented by Gulliver Preparatory
Friday, October 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 7th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets $12
Educational Happenings
Xavier Cortada: October 16, 10:30 a.m. “Florida is Nature” Artist Talk and Interactive Experience.
Xavier Cortada will be presenting monthly Florida is Nature Artist Talks and Interactive experiences at The FIN. The artist talks and interactive experiences are free with paid admission to the garden on the select dates below. After the talk, visitors are invited to walk the garden and engage in the Florida is Nature participatory art project.
Conservation Workshop:
An Introduction to IPM (integrated pest management)
Thursday, October 19, 10-11:00 a.m.
Join us as we learn about this environmentally friendly approach to pest management. IPM is a practice used by landscaping professionals that implements a safe and natural take on pests in the garden. In this beginner’s course, we will start to uncover how and why IPM is a conservation topic, and how to use it in your own garden. Fee is $10 per person and reservations can be made at 305-669-6990. Workshops are limited to 12 people.
hARTvest Project
Mindfulness for daily Life (Adults)
Guided by Mindfulness Trained Facilitators: Eli Bravo and María Gabriela Contreras
A five-week course to increase the power of attention, reduce stress, promote well-being and bring loving kindness to yourself and your relationships. A practical and effective way to discover the science based benefits of mindfulness and how to incorporate it to everyday work, challenges and opportunities.
Thursday, October 19 to November 16 (5 classes)
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. (1 1/2 hrs. each class)
$ 290 for 5 classes
