Saturday, July 26

Breakfast And Brunch At Novecento
Enjoy the outdoor patio or have breakfast indoors at Novecento, 121 Alhambra from 8am to 11:30. Brunch is served until 4pm Saturday and Sunday, with an extensive kid's menu. Call 305-557-0900. http://www.novecento.com

Butterfly Days at Fairchild This Weekend
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association are sponsoring Butterfly Days, a weekend of events celebrating butterfly appreciation, conservation and education, taking place this weekend at the garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, from 9:30am to 4:30pm on Saturday and Sunday. The packed agenda includes a guided tour of the Keys Coastal Habitat and Pinelands, children's activities throughout the day, butterfly plant sales and lectures on South Florida butterfly identification, butterfly watching, butterfly gardening, and the 2008 butterfly count news. Call 305-667-1651 x3392.

Hear the Two Saucy Chicks of Morning Radio
Listen to Join Us at the Table, where Nancy Ancrum and Robbie Bell educate and entertain listeners on the impact of culture on what we eat. Learn how ethnic, national, regional and personal traditions around the world influence our food. Robbie and Nancy conduct chatty, lively, informative interviews with chefs, caterers, market owners and food growers -- plus authors, culinary historians and TV's star chefs. The bottom line: Find out how to eat better, cook better, live better -- and have fun while you do it from 9 to 10am every Saturday on WMCU-1080 AM. http://www.joinusatthetable.com

Bill Fletcher Jr.: Solidarity Divided
The U.S. trade union movement finds itself today on a global battlefield filled with landmines and littered with the bodies of various social movements and struggles. Candid, incisive, and accessible, Solidarity Divided (University of California Press, $24.95) is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for a bold new way forward into the twenty-first century. Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin, two longtime union insiders whose experiences as activists of color grant them a unique vantage on the problems now facing U.S. labor, offer a remarkable mix of vivid history and probing analysis. They chart changes in U.S. manufacturing, examine the onslaught of globalization, consider the influence of the environment on labor, and provide the first broad analysis of the fallout from the 2000 and 2004 elections on the U.S. labor movement. Ultimately calling for a wide-ranging reexamination of the ideological and structural underpinnings of today's labor movement, this is essential reading for understanding how the battle for social justice can be fought and won. Meet the author at Books And Books, 265 Aragon at 5pm. Call 305-442-4408. http://www.booksandbooks.com

Alice's House at Cosford Cinema
In one small Sao Paulo apartment, a world of drama is unfolding. Alice, a forty-something manicurist, lives with her three teenage sons, her husband and her elderly mother. Everyone in Alice's world has a secret: her husband has developed a passion for underage girls; one of her sons is a hustler, the other a petty thief; and her mother is slowly going blind. Meanwhile at work, her clients live secret lives full of sexual intrigue. When an old love makes a sudden reappearance, Alice, too, has something to hide. Winner for Best Actress (Carla Ribas) at the 2007 Miami International Film Festival. The film begins at 6pm at Cosford Cinema on the second floor of the Memorial Classroom building on UM campus. Cash only. Call 305-284-4861. http://www.com.miami.edu/cosford

Saturday Special At The Bierhaus
Never a cover charge at the Bierhaus. The dinner special is fresh roasted pork loin with sauerkraut and red cabbage at Fritz and Franz Bierhaus, 60 Merrick Way. Call 305-774-1883. http://www.bierhaus.cc

Live Music at JohnMartin's
Drop into your favorite Irish Pub to hear the best live music at JohnMartin's, 253 Miracle Mile every Saturday evening. Enjoy the Blacksmith, a refreshing combination of Smithwick's Ale and Guinness. Call 305-445-3777. http://www.johnmartins.com

Michael McCullough: Beyond Revenge
Why is revenge such a pervasive and destructive problem? How can we create a future in which revenge is less common and forgiveness is more common? Psychologist Michael McCullough argues that the key to a more forgiving, less vengeful world is to understand the evolutionary forces that gave rise to these intimately human instincts and the social forces that activate them in human minds today. Drawing on exciting breakthroughs from the social and biological sciences, Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct (Wiley, $24.95) dispenses surprising and practical advice for making the world a more forgiving place. Meet the author at Books And Books, 265 Aragon at 7pm. Call 305-442-4408. http://www.booksandbooks.com

Midlife At Miracle Theatre
Actor's Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, presents the musical Midlife. Reminiscent of such hits as Menopause the Musical and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, the cast of this amusing musical guides the audience through a series of witty, funny and sometimes moving vignettes about our '40s and '50s. The musical's honest and sometimes silly view of aging the makes it not only okay to laugh at ourselves, but impossible not to. Midlife continues at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, through August 10. Call 305-444-9293. http://www.actorsplayhouse.org

The Big Lebowski At Cosford Cinema
Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is the ultimate LA slacker, until one day his house is broken into and his rug is ruined by two angry gangsters who have mistaken him for Jeffrey Lebowski, the LA millionaire, whose wife owes some bad people some big money. The Dude becomes entangled in the plot when he goes to visit the real Lebowski in order to get some retribution for his soiled rug, and is recruited to be the liaison between Lebowski and the captors of his now "kidnapped" wife. No Coen film has greater value after multiple viewings than this shaggy-dog comedy, which continues to yield endless rewards with its gloriously profane dialogue, its lovingly daffy tribute to the "City Of Angels," and a dense, wayward plot that miraculously coheres somewhere around the 10th viewing. And then there's Jeff Bridges as "The Dude," the laziest man in Los Angeles County, who wants desperately to return to his layabout diet of weed and White Russians, but the rug-pissers, the Nihilists, and his belligerent 'Nam-addled buddy Walter, among many others, won't leave him alone. Also starring John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Tara Reid. The film begins at 8pm at Cosford Cinema on the second floor of the Memorial Classroom building on UM campus. Cash only. Call 305-284-4861. http://www.com.miami.edu/cosford

Tarpon Bend Features Live Music
Catch a groove and enjoy the Catch Of The Day as live music emanates from Tarpon Bend from 8 to midnight at 65 Miracle Mile. Call 305-444-3210. http://www.tarponbend.com

Live Music At Vinisimo Wine Bar
Enjoy great live music starting at 9pm on Saturday night with excellent wines and delicious tapas at Vinisimo Wine Bar, 2960 Coral Way. Call 305-648-2964. http://www.vinismo.us

Titanic Presents Live Music
Enjoy great live music and excellent pub food and drink at Titanic Brew Pub, 5813 Ponce. Call 305-667-ALES. http://www.TitanicBrewery.com

Live Rock & Roll At The Bar
Coral Gables' legacy pub presents live Rock & Roll each Saturday evening, with drink specials including 48 bottled beers, 10 great brews on tap and the best comfort food at The Bar, 172 Giralda. Call 305-442-2730. http://www.gablesthebar.com