Magic City Casino, Miami’s first casino to offer Las Vegas style slot machines, donated a total of more than $15,000 to three local charities in the opening weeks of 2013. The funds donated were generated from loose change left inside slot machines by patrons and collected throughout 2012 by the casino. The three charitable recipients [...]
Ultimate Miami LLC, creator of Miami’s talent competitions showcasing local rising stars in the fields of mixology, entertainment and culinary arts, will present Grammy-nominated pop trio Wilson Phillips on Saturday, Mar. 2, 9 p.m., at Magic City Casino in Stage 305. The concert will be presented as part of the Ultimate Miami Voice finals competition [...]
United Way of Miami-Dade is recruiting 300 volunteers to become readers at more than 30 early learning centers throughout Miami-Dade County as part of its ReadingPals program. A $116,000 private grant for each of the next three years from Carol Jenkins Barnett, chair and president of Publix Super Markets Charities, and Barney Barnett, Publix vice [...]
More than 500 community and business leaders joined United Way of Miami-Dade on Dec. 1-3, for a charity cruise aboard Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship, Celebrity Reflection. The two-night cruise raised more than $550,000 to support United Way’s work in education, financial stability and health. Charitable contributors had a unique, funfilled experience onboard the newest and [...]
Magic City Casino, Miami’s first casino to offer Las Vegas style slot machines, will host the 2013 season premiere of the popular professional boxing series, ESPN’s “Friday Night Fights,” live from Stage 305 on Jan. 4, 2013 at 8 p.m. The evening will be headlined by a 12- round super featherweight bout featuring Cuban dynamo [...]
Magic City Casino, Miami's first casino to offer Las Vegas style slot machines, welcomes The Bangles to Stage 305, its newest entertainment venue, on Saturday, Oct., 27 at 8:30 p.m. The female pop-rock powerhouse will perform a variety of their chart-topping hits as well as music from their newest album, Sweetheart of the Sun. "The [...]
The United Way of Miami-Dade Center for Excellence in Early Education Early Reading First/Project LEER conducted its premiere professional development event, South Florida Early Literacy Conference, on Saturday, Aug. 4. More than 300 early childhood education directors, administrators, coaches, curriculum specialists and teachers from across the United States and Latin America attended. “This event represents [...]
By Sandra Rodriguez.... The United Way Miami Wine and Food Festival and the Business Improvement District of Coral Gables (BID) are partnering to launch Wine Walk and Shop on the Mile on Thursday, Sept. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. Throughout the evening, select shops on Miracle Mile, between Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Douglas [...]
By Sandra Rodriguez.... United Way of Miami-Dade Young Leaders kicked off the new year on Friday, Jan. 21, in great company at the Design District’s newest hot spot, Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, an urban brasserie offering innovative cuisine and featuring the latest masterpieces from local artists at the outdoor art park, Wynwood Walls. The Young [...]
By Sandra Rodriguez.... The United Way celebrated its 10th Annual Women’s Leadership Breakfast at the University of Miami’s BankUnited Center on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The event was attended by 1,000 of the most prominent women in Miami-Dade who gathered to celebrate a decade of giving in support of education, income and health programs and services [...]
