The Dwell Guide to Events in Your City

Wednesday, March 19

Bring a special friend to this moonlit tour of the Vizcaya Museum’s gardens – and get in the mood for some greenery. 6-8 p.m.; Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 S. Miami Ave.; (305) 250-9133; www.vizcayamuseum.org

Think beyond your peas and carrots at the Vegetarian Global Tour Cooking Class, which takes you on a meat-free tour of India today. 6:30-8:30 p.m.; The Wellness Center, University of Miami, 1241 Dickinson Dr.; (305) 284-8500; www6.miami.edu

Like a tall glass of milk, the occasional concert flick does a body good. So drink down Festival in the Desert, a film about the concert that brought Robert Plant, Ali Farka Toure, Lo’Jo, and a whole host of Malian bands into the Sahara Desert in 2003. 7 p.m.; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 1018 N Miami Ave.; (305) 455-3380; www.cifo.org

The Lowe Art Museum holds its annual silent auction, featuring work by international, national, and local artists – with a few U-Miami fledglings, to boot.  7 p.m.; University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Dr.; (305) 284-3535; www.lowemuseum.org

Thursday, March 20

Surrealism and coquetry collide at this evening of French salon games with art historian Paula Harper. 7 p.m.; Wolfsonian - FIU, 1001 Washington Ave.; (305) 531-1001; www.wolfsonian.org

Friday, March 21

In Pablo is Gone, director Paola Perez takes us to Medellin, Columbia, a city still reeling from the ruthlessness of drug lord Pablo Escobar. 8 p.m.; F.I.U. North Campus, 3000 NE 155th St.; (786) 308-0243; www.pabloisgone.com/invitation.html

Saturday, March 22

Last Chance: MOCA at Goldman Warehouse closes its exhibit of Enoc Perez’s architectural paintings. MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, 404 NW 26th St.; Performing Arts,1300 Biscayne Blvd.; (305) 949-6722; www.mocanomi.org/warehouse.htm

Thanks to Inner Voice, Fudakochi, Togen Joche, and Ana Kanpa, and others playing the Fifth Annual Everglades Awareness Benefit Concert, protecting the ‘glades never sounded so good. 4 p.m.-3 a.m.; Tobacco Road, 626 S Miami Ave.; (305) 374-1198; www.myspace.com/evergladesawareness

Tuesday, March 25

The exhibit Pivot Points I, showcases important gifts made to MOCA, North Miami since 1995, including Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno’s multi-media work No Ghost Just a Shell and Thomas Hirschhorn’s installation Diorama. Through May 11. NE 125th St.; (305) 893-6211; www.mocanomi.org

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