Seasoned sales and marketing professional Liliana Páez is a prime example of a working mother who has successfully balanced her career and motherhood. The local mom entrepreneur is on a mission to teach other women how to find balance in their lives and establish their own business, and thereby “have it all.” Páez recently launched [...]
Memorial Day weekend will be marked with a “Festival and Car Show” at the “Wings” Museum at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport on Saturday, May 25. The event will feature the Tuskegee Airmen. Starting at 11 a.m., bluegrass music will background displays of classic cars and vintage aircraft along with a photographic art exhibit accompanied by seminars [...]
More than 300 residents joined Miami- Dade Commissioner Juan C. Zapata on Friday, Apr. 19, to watch the screening of Brave at Westwind Lakes Park in West Kendall. The event was part of the commissioner’s free “Movie Night at the Park” events, which he has hosted several times this year. Families were able enjoy a [...]
Whispering Manes therapeutic riding center accepted a $1,000 donation from the Dadeland Branch of Business Network International, a global business network. The check donation was presented at the Whispering Manes riding facility in Kendall on Apr. 11. The donations will support more than 18 hours of riding time for local South Florida veterans from the [...]
From South Beach to Brickell, to the Gables and Kendall, thousands of Miami runners kept pace with Run Club’s evening neighborhood jogs to show solidarity with Boston after the Apr. 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. Here is a group of runners from the Kendall area pictured prior to an evening run.
A dozen Miami-Dade Parks Department and environmental leaders accompanied by four Kendall science students strode into the Indian Hammocks Park woodland preserve on a sunny April morning. Leading the procession was Tim Joyner, a county Environmental Resources project supervisor, a plastic container tucked under his arm holding the first live weapon that thrives on [...]
Two youngsters, shown here getting acquainted with a friendly cow, were part of more than 60,000 visitors to the three-day Miami International Agricultural and Cattle Show, Apr. 12-14, at Tropical Park. Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto has led the annual effort to boost public awareness of the county’s livestock industry while providing a down-on-the-farm delight for [...]
A 37-page “White Paper” outlining key objectives to overhaul the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) is scheduled for early May release by the Kendall based “Roll Back Tolls” organization, backed by the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations (KFHA). The document will recommend a public effort to change both the policies and makeup of the 13-member MDX [...]
With a 90-minute Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations (KFHA) Town Meeting drawing to a close on Apr. 22, School Board member Carlos Curbelo won the evening’s strongest applause as he said he would seek a $10,000 increase for new Miami-Dade County teachers in future budgeting. “I will personally put that as my own priority this [...]
The Miami Children’s Chorus, a Coral Gables non-profit choral music education and performance organization, is taking a stand and making a difference in the lives of hundreds of South Florida children. On Thursday, Mar. 20, MCC artistic administrator Analy Mendez and MCC advanced chorister Gabriela Hernandez- Fumero delivered close to 1,000 cans of non-perishable food, [...]
If you are a Golden Passport holder under age 65, Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) wants to remind you that you have until Tuesday, Apr. 30, to renew. MDT encourages users to renew their Golden Passport EASY Cards as soon as possible to avoid long lines and wait times and ensure the continued use of their Golden [...]
“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 [...]
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables conducted its annual Volunteer Appreciation Brunch at the Garden on Mar. 20 to recognize the Volunteers of the Year and honors hundreds of volunteers and the hours they devote unselfishly to the Garden every year. Fairchild Garden currently has 1,200 active volunteers who donated 67,000 hours in 2012. [...]
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, with funding and support from The Children’s Trust, present the seventh annual free“All Kids Included Family Arts Festival — Magical Me!” for children and families of all abilities on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at SMDCAC, 10950 [...]
