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Miami and More of its Latin Beat for your next rental in Florida
Artistic escapes for your next rental in Florida- one of the
darlings of the art deco period, the exterior of the Bass Museum of Art is as fascinating as its interior.
Built as the Miami Beach Library and Art Center, it features a Mayan-influenced limestone façade with three
beautiful bas-reliefs over the entrances. The museum's permanent collection highlights important European
paintings and sculptures as well as Flemish tapestries. View additional exhibits on the outdoor sculpture
terrace and stop by the museum shop and museum cafe and courtyard on your next rental in Florida. It's
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (open until 9 p.m. second Thursday), and from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for children. 2121 Park Ave., off 23rd St., Miami
Beach; 305-673-7530; www.bassmuseum.org.
The Miami Art Museum (MAM), located in downtown's Miami-Dade Cultural Center, collects international art
with a focus on contemporary artists of the Western Hemisphere. Its current exhibit "Light and Atmosphere"
is inspired by 32 works by artists such as Sean Scully and Ivan Kliun, who've seen the light and captured
it through lenses, on canvases and on tapes (through Jan. 30, 2005). Join the staff and art lovers for
music, hors d'oeuvres and art, including a guided tour of a current exhibition on your next rental in
Florida, at JAM at MAM ($5) on third Thursdays, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Visitors are admitted free on
Sundays and second Saturdays. Admission $5. 101 W. Flagler St.; 305-375-3000; www.miamiartmuseum.org.
The Wolfsonian-FIU feels more like the home of a great collector than an art museum. It has vast
collections of everyday items such as furniture, design objects, books, ceramics, ephemera, textiles,
periodicals, posters and medals of North American and European origin, dating from 1885 to 1945. Visit
it on your next rental in Florida. Admission $5. Just off 10th at 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach;
305-531-1001; www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu.
Border crossing - Thousands of Cubans fled their country when Fidel Castro took power. Many settled in
the area 20 minutes west of downtown that became known as Little Havana and recently has become home to
many other South American immigrants. You need to visit this area in your next rental in Florida. Spanish
is the predominant language here. The main thoroughfare, S.W. 8th Street (Calle Ocho), is lined with cafés
selling Cuban coffee and shredded pork sandwiches, stores selling religious articles for santeria and shops
like La Gloria Cubana Cigar (#1106), where Cuban immigrants (tabaqueros) still hand-roll cigars. Window
shop as you stroll down to S.W. 13th Avenue to see the monument to the heroes of the Bay of Pigs - the
failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by U.S.-directed Cuban exiles opposed to Castro - then mosey up to S.W. 15th
Avenue at Maximo Gomez Park - named for a hero of Cuban independence in the 1890s - to watch elderly Cuban
men play dominoes. A rental in Florida will not be complete if you fail to see these points of interest.
Be sure to stop off at El Crucero (#7050) for traditional Cuban hospitality and cuisine. It's not as
polished as San Francisco's Chinatown, but Little Havana is a good insight into another culture.
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