The 2012 Miami Book Fair International is pleased to have Norman Van Aiken and son Justin Van Aiken's collaborative book "My Key West Kitchen" as a part of this years festivites. Norman and Justin speak about their earliest memories of Key West and how thier lives there inspired thier very famous and distinctive cooking style.
The 2012 Miami Book Fair International kicks off on Sunday, Nov. 12 and is running through Sunday, Nov. 19.
Celebrating 50 years in the the Palm Beaches, the Palm Beach Opera held a Golden Jubilee on January 20, 2012 at the Kravis Center in West Palm.
Renowned Baritone Sherill Milnes and Palm Beach Opera General Directir Daniel Biaggi co-hosted the vening which featured performances from La Traviata, La Boheme, Aida and more with appearnces by Sarah Joy Miller, Ruth Ann Swenson, Angela Brown, Denyce Graves-Montgomery, Lauren McNeese, Brandon Jovanovich, Atalla Ayan and Daniel Sutin.
Gregory Von Hausch, President and CEO for the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF), unveils the Poster and highlights the major events for the 2011 Festival, which will take place at several venues throughout the county during the monthlong event. Highlights include an opening night gala with Penelope Ann Miller and festival appearances by Dennis Farina and Piper Laurie.
FIU's Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment held a screening of Parallel Lives.
The event was co-sponsored by WPBT2, the FIU Alumni Association and the FIU Black Student Union and featured a talkback with Dr. Dorothy
Jenkins Fields and Ms. Arva Moore Parks.
In this video you can see that talkback with Dr. Fields and Ms. Parks.
Parallel Lives Description: In 1974, Dorothy Fields was an African-American librarian at an all white school in Opa Locka with a special assignment to prepare a black history celebration for the nation’s bicentennial. She met Arva Moore Parks, who was researching the black history of Coconut Grove, at the Historical
Association of Southern Florida. They shared a common interest in Miami’s history.
In turbulent 1950s and ‘60s Fields couldn’t sit at the Woolworth’s lunch counter, but Parks could. Blacks were arrested for mixing with whites. And the Orange Bowl restricted black patrons to the end zone. Parallel Lives tells the story of two women who grew up in Miami, experiencing the city, its history and its culture through vastly different lenses. Their lives touched on numerous occasions, but it was history that finally brought them together.
Marianne Winfield, President of the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Sister Cities International (www.gflsci.org), explains the program and introduces us to some of the Sister Cities during teh 100th Anniversary celebration for Fort Lauderadle on March 27, 2011.
The International Pavillion took place at the Las Olas Riverwalk.
Before a screening of the new film, Another Harvest Moon, at Cinema Paradiso on Saturday April 2, 2011, two of the stars, Ernest Borgnine and Doris Roberts were on hand to receive lifetime achievement awards from the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Ms. Roberts, who presented the award to Mr. Borgnine was taken by surprise when she was awarded one too.
On March 27, 2011, The City of Fort Lauderdale celebrated it's 100th Birthday with a day long bash at the Riverwalk from Huizenga Plaza to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Mayor Jack Seiler was the host for the afternoon's formal presentation which featured local officials and former office holders, a resident who was born before the city was incorporated, the woman who ctreated the official city logo in 1965 and Charles Fazzino, the artist who created the officail Centennial poster, a giant birthday cake, the unveiling of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers new logo and much more.
If you missed the welcome and parade of luminaries, here it is to enjoy, but no cake, sorry.
On March 27, 2011, The City of Fort Lauderdale celebrated it's 100th Birthday with a day long bash at the Riverwalk from Huizenga Plaza to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Mayor Jack Seiler was the host for the afternoon's formal presentation which featured local officials and former office holders, a resident who was born before the city was incorporated, the woman who ctreated the official city logo in 1965 and Charles Fazzino, the artist who created the officail Centennial poster, a giant birthday cake, the unveiling of the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers new logo and much more.
If you missed the welcome and parade of luminaries, here it is to enjoy, but no cake, sorry.
The centerpiece of the the ongoing 20th anniversary celebration for the Broward Center for the Performing Arts was the world premiere of the Neil Goldberg's Cirque Dreams Broadway, designed specifically for this celebration, it featured Broadway stars, performers from the Cirque Dreams series and local high school talent as a perfect combination of world class talent and community engagement.
Marc Kudisch, a former Ft. Lauderdale resident, and Linda Eder combined teamed with students from Broward County to deliver a perfromance that will be remembered long after the 20th anniversary season ends.
As part of the Broward Center For The Performing Arts ongoing 20th Anniversary celebration, Neil Goldberg, the creative force behind the Cirque Dreams series developed a special program featuring Broadway stars, Cirque Dreams artists and local high school students in an incredible evening of music, spectacle and revolutionary theatrics.
The premiere of Cirque Dreams Broadway was a one night only engagement at the Broward Center on March 24, 2011.
In this Clip, The Miramar High School Marching Band performs "76 Trombones" from The Music Man
As part of the Broward Center For The Performing Arts ongoing 20th Anniversary celebration, Neil Goldberg, the creative force behind the Cirque Dreams series developed a special program featuring Broadway stars, Cirque Dreams artists and local high school students in an incredible evening of music, spectacle and revolutionary theatrics.
The premiere of Cirque Dreams Broadway was a one night only engagement at the Broward Center on March 24, 2011.
In this clip, Broadway star Linda Eder performs "Don't Rain on My Parade" from Funny Girl.
As part of the Broward Center For The Performing Arts ongoing 20th Anniversary celebration, Neil Goldberg, the creative force behind the Cirque Dreams series developed a special program featuring Broadway stars, Cirque Dreams artists and local high school students in an incredible evening of music, spectacle and revolutionary theatrics.
The premiere of Cirque Dreams Broadway was a one night only engagement at the Broward Center on March 24, 2011.
In this clip, three time Broadway star and former Ft. Lauderdale resident, Marc Kudisch performs "One Last Kiss" from Bye Bye Birdie.
At the historic New River Inn on March 23, 2011, Wil Trower, executive Director for the Fort Lauderdale History Center, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack P. Seiler, author Susan Gillis who is the historical research consultant for the Centennial celebration and the Centennial Commission chair, former Mayor and U.S. Congressman E. Clay Shaw, welcome the attendees before cutting the ribbon for the mobile Centennial exhibition which will travel throughout the city during the centennial year.
At the historic New River Inn on March 23, 2011, Wil Trower, executive Director for the Fort Lauderdale History Center, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack P. Seiler, author Susan Gillis who is the historical research consultant for the Centennial celebration and the Centennial Commission chair, former Mayor and U.S. Congressman E. Clay Shaw, welcome the attendees before cutting the ribbon for the mobile Centennial exhibition which will travel throughout the city during the centennial year.
The City of Hollywood held its annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 13, 2011. Here are some sights and sounds from the day, including some music from Celtic Bridge
The sights and sounds of the Joe DiMaggio Legends Game from January 29, 2011 at Fort Lauderdale Stadium.
Through the Memorial Classic, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation has been able to fund programs for children and their families that could not otherwise be offered. Some of the capital improvements made possible include supporting the pediatric trauma program and constructing and expanding the Conine Clubhouse, a 23-room home away from home for families of children being treated at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The Classic will support the development of the new pediatric oncology unit at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital. This unit will provide 20 private rooms in a separate wing that will offer family space and state-of-the-art clinical services. In addition, an oncology treatment room, pharmacy and consultation rooms will be available.
Patrons and staff from the Miami-Dade Public Library System reflect on the changes of the last 40 years and the role the MDPLS continues to play in the community.
MDPLS History:
Public libraries in Miami have a long, rich history – a history that traces back to the late 19th century. The earliest libraries in Miami were founded through the efforts of local women’s club. In 1942, these libraries were brought together to form the City of Miami Public Library System. In 1971, city and county libraries joined forces and formed the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Almost immediately, the new library system experienced an unprecedented boost in its growth. This expansion was a result of the 1972 Decade of Progress Bond Program – a $553 million initiative which made possible many important local projects including the construction of 13 new libraries. Through the Decade of Progress Bond Program, regional libraries were constructed in South Dade, West Dade and North Dade, as well as branches in Northeast, Model City, Kendall, Miami Lakes, South Miami, Homestead, Coral Reef and Key Biscayne. Finally in 1985, at the newly constructed Cultural Plaza in downtown Miami, a new Main Library opened.
This period of growth was followed in 1990 with the opening of two additional libraries in the areas of North Central and West Kendall. In 1992, the world’s first library on an elevated transit system opened at the Metrorail’s Civic Center station. Over the next eight years, no further expansion of the system was funded and no new libraries opened. It wasn’t until the fall of 2001, when the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners voted to increase the library system’s budget which provided funding for capital improvement initiatives – making way for the opening of 18 new libraries by the year 2011.
The 62nd annual Junior Orange Bowl parade took place on January 2nd, 2011.The Grand Marshal, WPBT2ís Curious George, opened the parade in style in Coral Gables. As an Emmy award-winning animated series based on the popular book by Margret and H.A. Rey., Curious George was one of the parade's favorite.
The first Orange Bowl parade was held in 1948. Sixty two years later, the parade features over 15 word class youth sports, scholastic and community events that attracts 10,000 youths from almost 80 countries.
