The best May events in Miami

Experience what life could be like 100 years in the future if nature had its way, overpowering an overdeveloped metropolis with vibrant natural motifs. This make-believe city in bloom celebrates nature's resilience while celebrating themes of renewal and rebirth. "Renewal 2121" offers a kaleidoscopic look at a utopian future we can only wish for the planet and for ourselves.

Calling all LEGO fans! Artist Sean Kenney's award-winning, record-breaking exhibition makes its way to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the season. Spread out across the garden's 83 acres, guests will encounter 30 giant sculptures built with more than 700,000 LEGO bricks. The NY-based artist employs the beloved toy to depict animal habitats and express the ways in which everything in nature is connected. 

This interactive experience exposes people of all ages to the forensic science and history of one of the world’s most recognized crime-solving detectives. Short of taking folks across the pond, guests will be transported to Holmes’ London, where they’ll get to participate in a little sleuthing of their own. The exhibition comprises separate areas: Dr. Conan Doyle's Study, presenting the scientific and literary ideas that inspired the author to pen the exciting Holmes chronicles; a place for investigators to conduct their own detective work using a book full of clues; Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street, which puts guests right in the middle of the action at 221B Baker Street, London, where Dr. Watson and Holmes get to cracking; and an area for pop-culture enthusiasts to embrace all kinds of Sherlockian collectibles.

Dozens of airplanes and watercraft flood Miami Beach’s shoreline for the entertaining military showcase. Organized to honor first responders, the two-day event features civilian aerobatic acts, powerboat racing and extreme water sports. If you don’t mind the crowds, you’re in for a genuine spectacle right on the sand. 

Miami City Ballet's final program of the 21/22 Season featuring four energetic and beautiful ballets with something for everyone – the highly anticipated return of "Prodigal Son", the company premiere of the delightfully risqué "Herman Schmerman Duet" and the tender "After the Rain Pas de Deux", and the world premiere of "The Source"—a poignant and poetic new work that explores themes of grief and acceptance.

The latest from Juggerknot Theatre Company, leaders in immersive theater, is an intimate, one-man-shot written and performed by local blues musician Eric Garcia. Best known as Uncle Scotchy, the charismatic performer charms his small audience (of just 10 people nightly) with songs, games and true stories about love, loss and redemption. Attendees will be informed of the show’s secret location upon purchasing tickets.

Miami playwright Alex Scheer penned this Florida premiere with a paranormal crackle, marking the season-closing production for Zoetic Stage. In it, four teenage girls in a Miami treehouse attempt to conjure the spirit of Pablo Escobar, with results that flip on a dime between uproarious comedy and nail-biting horror.

A Florida premiere, Jessica Provenz’s Boca is a collection of short comedies all set in South Palm Beach County’s titular pocket of retiree paradise. It follows Boca Raton’s loudest denizens: the gossiping, Botoxed seniors reliving their teenage freedoms.

Playwright Ken Ludwig, a maestro of farce and other comedic forms, lends a deft and sprightly touch to this adaptation of the signature Agatha Christie whodunit. Mustachioed sleuth Hercule Poirot happens to be onboard the title locomotive when a high-profile passenger is found dead—and all the other riders seem to harbor both motives and alibis.

Debuting at the PAMM this spring, "Marisol and Warhol Take New York" features iconic works and ephemera by seminal pop artists Marisol Escobar and Andy Warhol. The exhibition offers visitors a glimpse into the two artists' friendship as well as chronicles their respective career evolutions during the 1960s. The exhibit, curated by Jessica Beck, first premiered at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh last fall.