Coconut Grove

A $2 million shoreline project aims to protect Coconut Grove’s eponymous bayfront from rising seas—but with no construction funds, a $465,000 design tab, and plans to remove mature palms, critics are asking: Is it worth it?

A trio of proposals headed to the City Commission Thursday could dramatically reshape development across Miami — doubling building heights and density near transit hubs and arteries, despite calls for more public input and long-term planning.

Seventeen years after the City of Miami installed three information booths in Coconut Grove, one of the remaining kiosks may become a vintage photo booth.

Low vacancy rates and rising rents are driving developers to embrace office space projects in Coconut Grove.

As the Trump Administration works to undercut diversity, equity and inclusion programs nationwide, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Coconut Grove doubles down on a new summer school program focused on Black history and culture.

George Washington Carver Elementary, located on the edge of Coconut Grove and Coral Gables, has been an institution for generations of Black Grove residents. The school's 125-year history and notable alumni, like astronaut Wilson Scott, have been memorialized as the community celebrates its legacy.

City of Miami officials said Friday that the exterior walls of the playhouse could collapse because of a construction mistake that caused a partial collapse inside the building earlier this week.

West Grove residents are organizing their response to the contentious demolition and redevelopment plan of the Coconut Grove Playhouse happening in their backyard. They're hoping to push back against the commercialization of the space.

“We’re showing people that ocean plastic doesn’t have to end up in landfills or stay in the sea," said Naveen Sydney, CEO of SeaSweepers, in a statement. "It can be cleaned, reused, and turned into something useful again, right here, right now.”

The Goombay Festival is returning to Coconut Grove to celebrate South Florida's deep Bahamian roots and heritage. The festival will feature traditional Bahamian parades, musical performances, and Junkanoos, which are traditional Bahamian parades marked by drumming and elaborate costumes.

Nearly 20 years after the playhouse closed, Miami-Dade County appears poised to start work on its controversial restoration plan.

The Miami-based film Ethan Bloom will premiere on April 6 at the Olympia Theater, alongside 35 other films making their debut at the 42nd Miami Film Festival. The film follows Ethan as he embarks on a spiritual quest, bouncing between Catholicism and Judaism, all while handling a teenage boy's typical challenges: girls, bullies and parents.