8 February 5-11, 2026 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | CONTENTS | LETTERS | RIPTIDE | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE | ART | FILM | CAFE | MUSIC | homeowners in this practical conservation workshop led by the Green Roof Initiative, a student-run group focused on climate solutions. The talk breaks down the environmental and financial benefits of green roofs, explains the basics of installation, and offers a clear look at how they can reduce carbon impacts and improve urban spaces. This is essential information for those interested in sustainable design and home improvements. 1 p.m. at Deering Estate, 16701 SW 72nd Ave., Miami; 305-235-1668. Tickets cost $5 via deeringestate.org. ASHLEY- ANNA ABOREDEN ▼ MIAMI BEACH BENITO BOWL If you’ve got some serious FOMO about not being able to see Bad Bunny live at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, The Surfcomber has you covered. The hotel’s annual Big Game Watch Party transforms its High Tide Beach Bar & Grill and beachfront lawn into the ulti- mate Super Bowl LX outdoor viewing setup anchored by oversized LED screens and re- served seating options. Known primarily for poolside lounging and daytime hospitality, The Surfcomber will be shifting gears for the night with a game-focused menu featuring wings, ribs, burgers, and shareable platters, along with bottle service and private cabanas equipped with individual TVs. 5 p.m. at the Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-532-7715; surfcomber.com. Tickets cost $30 to $201 via eventbrite.com. CAROLINE VAL MON 2/9 ▼ MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT PUBLIC ART If you don’t get a chance to attend Thursday’s Scholl Lecture Series, make sure to head to the Design District to see British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové’s J’ouvert in Jungle Plaza on its final day. The public art installation comprises two major works by the artist: the 30-foot The Mothership Connection (2022) and the 40 graphite figures of The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness (2016). At Jungle Plaza, 2801 NE First Ave., Miami; miamidesigndistrict.com. Admission is free. SOPHIA MEDINA TUE 2/10 ▼ HOLLYWOOD ESCUCHA ME French-Catalan band Gipsy Kings is bringing its world-renowned catalog to Hard Rock Live Tuesday night. The Grammy Award- winning band has been going strong for nearly five decades under the leadership of cofounder Nicolas Reyes. Even if you’re not tapped into the flamenco world or Catalan music, you’ve likely heard their songs before — they’re practically standards. “Bamboléo,” anyone? See? Now it’s stuck in your head. 7:30 p.m. at Hard Rock Live, 1 Seminole Wy., Holly- wood; 866-502-7529; casino.hardrock.com. Tickets cost $83 to $153 via ticketmaster.com. SOPHIA MEDINA WED 2/11 ▼ FORT LAUDERDALE AS IT WAS Six-time Grammy-winning musician, pro- ducer, and composer Don Was brings his Pan- Detroit Ensemble to the stage for a special performance celebrating their debut album, Groove in the Face of Adversity, and honoring the 50th anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah. Featuring an all-star lineup of Detroit-based musicians, including saxo- phonist Dave McMurray and keyboardist Luis Resto, the performance is also a great opportunity to pay respects to the recently departed Bob Weir. 7:30 p.m. at The Parker, 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462- 0222; parkerplayhouse.com. Tickets cost $34 to $70 via ticketmaster.com. SOPHIA MEDINA [email protected] Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel photo Big Game Watch Party, Sunday Fly Like an Eagle HistoryMiami will display rare U.S. founding documents as part of the National Archives’ Freedom Plane Tour. BY SHAWN MACOMBER I deas may be timeless, but how they get around sure has changed. Back when Samuel Adams was talking about “setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men” and the Constitutional Congress was in session — i.e., more than a century before the Wright brothers first took flight, two centu- ries before popularized consumer email, and two-and-a-half centuries before Lin-Manuel Mi- randa dropped a reanimated Alexander Hamil- ton’s first mixtape — it took four or five hard, body-wracking days for a messenger carrying news and drafts of our founding documents on horseback to cover the roughly 300 miles be- tween Boston and Philadelphia. This summer, a carefully curated selection of those same documents will arrive in Miami on the comparatively plush journey aboard the Freedom Plane, a flight chartered by the Na- tional Archives ostensibly to commemorate America’s 250th birthday — but considering (*waves a sad hand vaguely from sea to shining sea*) it feels as much like an intervention as a celebration. As yet another signifier of the outsized role Miami now occupies in the national psyche — both culturally and politically — HistoryMiami Museum will be one of only eight museums in the nation to host the documents this coming June 20 through July 5, 2026. (Freedom isn’t free, but this exhibit will be!) The Freedom Plane Tour will offer an exceed- ingly rare opportunity to view, among other pieces, an 1823 original engraving of the Declara- tion of Independence, the 1774 Articles of Asso- ciation, the 1783 Treaty of Paris, a secret draft print of the Constitution and a tally sheet ap- proving it (both 1787), and the 1778 Oaths of Al- legiance from George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr (no beatboxing unless you’re actually Lin-Manuel Miranda, please). The documents, acting archivist James Byron told the New York Times, are “all original, no facsimi- les, no copies — all irreplaceable and all instructive.” The documents last hit the road for the bicentennial cel- ebrations in 1976 aboard the 15-month American Freedom Train rail- way exhibition. If you’re still on the fence or wor- ried about the lack of corporate involvement, set those fears at ease: This airborne iteration will be underwritten by the Comcast Corporation, Mi- crosoft, P&G, and Boeing, which “will provide the aircraft and associated operational support to transport the records between the venues” — just as the founders surely intended. Other stops on the tour will include Kansas City, Dearborn, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle, and Denver. Freedom Plane National Tour. Saturday, June 20, at HistoryMiami Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami; 305-375-1492; historymiami.org. Admis- sion is free. [email protected] HistoryMiami photo HistoryMiami is part of an elite group of museums chosen for the National Archives’ Freedom Plane National Tour. ▼ Culture Culture HISTORYMIAMI MUSEUM WILL BE ONE OF ONLY EIGHT MUSEUMS IN THE NATION TO HOST THE DOCUMENTS.
