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03/04/10
The weekend has too many people to thank.
DOWNTOWN
Free Cocktails and a Block Party
If you're a downtown dweller, tonight's your chance to finally meet and mingle with some of those comely
neighbors you've made eye contact with at Starbucks. It all goes down at Tre, where gratis vodka cocktails
and free Italian food ought to break the proverbial condo-canyon ice.
- 411:
- Mar 4, 5:30-8pm, Tre Italian Bistro, 270 East Flagler St, 305-373-3303
MAMBO
Miami Does NYC Doing Havana
Your weekend begins in earnest tomorrow night with a monthly party at Grass, which will be transforming into
the iconic 1960s NYC club Havana San Juan. The caliente action includes a tribute to the "Father of Latin
Boogaloo," Joe Cuba, and free mambo lessons. Note: this event is not affiliated with Breakin' 2:
Electric Boogaloo.
BEYOND THE BUNNY
Hugh Hefner, Freedom Fighter
You can see many noteworthy movies at this year's Miami Film Festival, but we'd like to draw your attention
to the new doc Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel. Directed by an Oscar winner, this intimate
portrait illuminates the silk pajama'd icon's legacy as a social activist and humanitarian. It also explores
the lost art of dating twins.
- 411:
- Mar 6, 10pm, $12, Regal South Beach, 1120 Lincoln Rd, 305-674-6766, tickets here
MEATBALLS
A New Italian in Midtown
The old Moriano's space is now reborn as Basani's, a funky Italian joint modeled on neighborhood haunts on
New York's Lower East Side. Go here for reasonably priced red-sauce standbys like Eggplant
Parmigiana, pastas and pizzas like the belly-filling Chicken Bacon Alfredo. Everything's
better with chicken bacon Alfredo. Except a marathon.
- 411:
- Now open, Basani's, 3221 NE Second Ave, 786-925-0911
POURING IT ON
Endless Wine to Start Your Week
Come Monday, it'll be all right. And if it isn't, you'll have a self-serve wine tasting at Smith &
Wollensky to lean on. While the exact wine list for the evening is a well-guarded secret, we hear you can
expect more than 100 Portuguese offerings, from ports to moscatels. And yes, you really can drink as much as
you want. Just don't embarrass us.
- 411:
- Mar 8, 5-7pm, $25, Smith & Wollensky, 1 Washington Ave, 305-673-2800
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