A night on the town takes some unexpected turns

Andres Bedoya

While skating up and down the empty streets of Wynwood, you would never guess anything happens here when the sun goes down.

Inside a warehouse and up an elevator to the 4th floor there were a bunch of artists, crammed in the hallway coming in and out of the Charles Weinberg Museum. This decent space was host to “Eclipse,” an exhibition of work by Berlin-based artist Hannes Bend.

The gallery overflows with wreckage dredged from the Osborne Reef, a failed man made reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. The fishy smell was only tolerable by the free PBR’s, but even that couldn’t stop the hunger. Leaving the museum, we headed to Small Taco Place on the corner of northwest 29th street and northwest 12th Avenue. The tent was run by a family selling tacos and corn on a cob from a parking lot next to a convenience store. It seemed sketchy at first but the tacos made me feel closer to Mexico. It was unlike any other experience with how delicious and authentic the tacos were.

It was time for music and all fingers were pointing to Vagabond to see the band Little Beard. On our way in, bickers flooded the side entrance trying to park their bicycles. Inside there was a crazy line for the snack shack and their famous veggie bean burgers. Little beard came on at 11:45pm and played to a crowd of about 150. Starting the set with the song “Summer Days,” the band delivered an upbeat, surf-e rhythm that didn’t slow down for the rest of the set. The crowd in the front was dancing, climbing on each other’s shoulders and taking off their shirts (or at least one guy did) while everyone else just nodded their heads to the beat and watched Sarah Attias, the lead singer, shake her body while working the keys.

“It’s surprising how people are here on time. Usually in Miami people are late especially since we are playing at 11:30 p.m,  but people came out tonight and that was really awesome,” said Mario Fadrigas, the drummer of Little Beard.

Photos by Andres Bedoya

The music was solid, no question that even with their new temporary bass player, the band had the right attitude to make the night one to remember. The only downside was that the vocals could have been louder and clearer, but besides that this band brings us hope that music will never die in Miami.