We are starting a weekly run through of some events on this blog right here.  This is the first ever. Expect this to get better (maybe). Click here for full story.

As you may or may not know, WVUM likes to highlight events happening around Miami that we think are fun / cool / interesting / on air / pretty / crazy / tasty / free or cheap / worth talking about / maybe not mentioned enough. So, to make this make more sense we are starting a weekly run through of some events on this blog right here.  This is the first ever. Expect this to get better (maybe).

Our Events Calendar is awesome, check it on our main page.

p.s. - Yeasayer on October 5th at the Fillmore—we already have tickets (because we on that)! Stay tuned for giveaways.

In chronological order:

Monday

PARTY: LOCALS ONLY with Guest DJ Soul
at BAR

Wednesday

PARTY: TROPICASA
at Hoy Como Ayer

This weekly party is a well kept secret. Oscar G, house legend, plays with a live band on variations of afro-cuban rhythms, while resident Lazaro Casanova always brings in fresh opening and closing sets. 

2212 SW 8th Street, in Little Havana

Friday
CONCERT: Miami’s Endless Summer
at Churchill’s, 9pm

Concert put together by local band Deaf Poets, and featuring a great lineup of local Miami bands and singer/songwriters:  Jesse Jackson, The Fantastic Magical Corey Perez, The Ticks, Jameses, Teepee, Lil Daggers, and more.

5501 NE 2nd Ave, in Little Haiti

DJ SET: Miike Snow
at Mokai

DJ SET: Matt Tolfrey
at the Electric Pickle

SAFE get it right when it comes to house and techno.

Art Walk it Out Saturdays
\  All Events from 7 - 10PM, more or less.

ART: 20(12): Twenty Twelve - Group Exhibition
at Miami Art Space

Twelve artists from Miami will inaugurate an exhibition at Miami Art Space June 12 to offer predictions, guesses and feelings about the year 2012. The exhibition 2012 was organized by Miami painter Kiki Valdes. The inauguration is scheduled to run from 6 to 11 p.m. at 244, Northwest 35th Street, Miami. Included in the group exhibition are artists: Reinier Gamboa; Kiki Valdes; David Tamargo; George Sanchez-Calderon; David Marsh; Brian Gefen; John Sevigny; Raul Perdomo; Alvaro Ilizabe; Eric Torriente; and Oliver Sanchez. “Everything ties back to the number 12,” organizer Kiki Valdes said. “June 12th, 2012, 12 artists.”

244 NW 35th Street, in Wynwood

ART: Kris Knight: “A Deadly Nightshade”
at SPINELLO GALLERY

This is Kris Knight’s second solo show at the SPINELLO GALLERY, and features oil paintings that depart from his usual portraiture. “A safe haven for rural misfits, Knight’s latest paintings revolve around a narrative of a romantic secret society. Drawing upon personal stories, his luminous characters depict an alchemy of the imagination, attempting to transcend the tedium of small town life for the enigmatic depths of a nocturnal forest.” Knight often explores issues of androgyny and youth in a modern yet quaint way.

155 NE 38th St, in the Design District, conveniently next door to:

ART: So Raw Store Opening
at NDS Shop

The cool girls behind local booking / fun / drinking organization So Raw and cool girl Nektar de Stagni -fashion + jewelry designer /director of NDS Shop / DJ Faux Real - team up to deliver the So Raw concept store inside of NDS Shop. The So Raw Store features “everything you’ll ever need.” Hence, hair spray that will encourage clients to pay you, cigarettes, Bustelo Coffee brewed on location, vinyl from Florida’s Dying, Captured Tracks, and more. Also available is merchandise by FREEGUMS, Nektar de Stagni, University of Wynwood (consider study abroad programs there), Borsht Film Festival, Gabriel from the Jacuzzi Boys, and maybe even your favorite radio station. And FREE STUFF.

Speaking of FREE STUFF, since the store opening is conveniently during Art Walk where any open container laws are ignored, you should let them extort you for FREE BEER + VODKA. This also means that there will be an art installation by Autumn Casey involved,  but I don’t like to talk about art.

155 NE 38th St, in the Design District
Regular store hours: M-S / 12PM-6PM

CONCERT: Poplife’s Anniversary feat. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Hooray for Earth and Surfer Blood
at Grand Central

Sunday

CONCERT: Passion Pit
at the Fillmore, 8:30pm

xx Promotions Director