A historic Torah scroll has found its way from Majorca, Spain to Chabad in Coral Gables, where it is being restored. This unique Torah was written on deerskin, approximately 200 years ago. The entire community is invited to join in celebrating the continuity of the Jewish people by welcoming this Torah scroll to its new [...]
Lue Scott, age 83, has lived in her West Perrine house for 40 years and she is confined to a wheelchair. Rebuilding Together Miami and Duffy Construction partnered to make her home wheelchair accessible by widening doorways and modifying the bathroom to be ADA compliant. Scott is more independent in her home with the [...]
Apr. 21 marked the 11th Anniversary Acoustic Music Show featuring performances by top musicians and bands at JohnMartin’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 253 Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. Eleven years ago, the late John Brown, a folk singer who moved to Miami from Chicago, was invited by John Clarke and Martin Lynch to bring his [...]
The latest addition to the collection of internationally collected artist David Schor’s paintings being created expressly for Pasta Del Giorno restaurant, located across from the Falls Shopping Center, occupies a prominent location on the wall of the restaurant. Called Everybody Eats at Pasta Del Giorno #2 — Frank and Sammy, the large, 30- by 40-inch [...]
“Mr. Showmanship!” is an all-live, terrifically entertaining tribute to the 20th Century’s greatest showman, Liberace. Renowned pianist Walter Whipple, backed by a full compliment of skilled musicians, dancers and technicians, performs all of Liberace’s signature pieces, including Malagueña, Beer Barrel Polka, Chopsticks and his sentimental closing number I’ll Be Seeing You. If you fondly remember [...]
Miami Palmetto High School will host “Admission 101” on Monday, May 6, at 6:45 p.m. The panel will consist of the following admission directors: Barry Taylor from Florida International University; Janice Finney, Florida State University; Pat Herring, University of Florida, and Ed Gillis, University of Miami. This event is open to families from Miami Palmetto, [...]
Celebrate Earth Day in West Kendall — “Be Local & Live Green” — on Sunday, Apr. 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, 12450 SW 152 St., adjacent to Zoo Miami. Earth Day serves to educate and inspire the local community to grow more conscious of daily habits for a [...]
Dance Gallery, 4840 SW 72 Ave., hosted 100 children from Leadership Learning Center at St. John Bosco in December for their 16th annual Xmas Xtravaganza. The event is sponsored by the Dance Gallery Performing Ensemble group and also includes all students ages 3 to adults. Dance Gallery Ensemble gives back to the community and looks [...]
Dr. E.L Whigham Elementary School in Cutler Bay recently presented a tribute to African-American Heritage as a part of its ongoing curriculum of integrating the importance of the contributions of those of African-American descent to our modern culture. In the classrooms many students chose a famous Black American and completed an individual project highlighting the [...]
In an artistic coup, Seraphic Fire will present a magnificent pair of soloists to headline the ensemble’s March program, “Vivaldi and the Soprano: Vocal Fireworks.” Collaborating with the Firebird Chamber Orchestra on Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen (BWV 51), the Baroque work for soprano and trumpet will be American Baroque sensation, soprano [...]
A Miami Arts Charter (MAC) music student, Terrence Smith, has won a coveted spot playing in the violin section of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra (NYO-USA).The NYO-USA recently concluded its first annual nationwide search for teen musicians who will travel to Washington, DC, and Eastern Europe. The inaugural program, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and Purchase [...]
Keith Lockhart is leading the Boston Pops in a 10-concert, nine-city tour of the Southeast United States that includes a Mar. 5, 7:30 p.m., stop at the Arsht Center in Miami. The tour features a tribute to The Barbra Streisand Songbook with celebrated vocalist and award-winning songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway, whose songs are featured on [...]
The color for 2013 officially is emerald and BG Vintage, glass and pottery, which opened recently at 1 NE 40 St. No. 107 in the Design District, has a lot of that. Former publicist Brigitte Grosjean is living a second act; she is sharing her passion of collecting beautiful vintage glass and pottery and putting [...]
Homestead Job Corps Center (HJCC) students, in addition to the Miami Heat Dancers, Hip Hop Kidz and others, entertained a group of more than 2,000 needy children at Dodge City on Sunday, Dec. 16. This was the 25th annual Joys and Toys Holiday Party. Samiel Remy, as Ebenezer Scrooge, and a cast of six other [...]
