One of the nation's largest and most prestigious outdoor art galleries is hidden among the cityscape, and nestled in the heart of Florida International University's Modesto Maidique Campus in Miami, Florida. Take a peek at a small sampling of all there is to offer on this university's landscape.
This young & talented ensemble, Kevin & Kristen Seto as violionists and Stephen Seto playing the piano will delight all with a Mother's Day special concertat Cinema Paradiso
about THE SETO TRIO:
Kevin Seto, a junior at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, is majoring in violin performance. He has also studied violin at the Boston Conservatory. Kevin began his violin studies at the age of 3 and joined the Florida Youth Orchestra in third grade. During his time at F.Y.O. Kevin enjoyed many performance opportunities including performing in America’s 400th Anniversary celebration with the Virginia Symphony and playing in Carnegie Hall in New York City. In May of 2009 the Florida Youth Orchestra presented him with the prestigious Joseph Leavitt Award. During his high school years, Kevin participated in the All County and All State Orchestras, was concertmaster of the Flanagan High School Orchestra, and in his senior year was nominated for the Miami Herald’s Silver Knights Award in Music. At FGCU, he was chosen to participate in the Florida Enhanced Learning Through Music programs in Collier County teaching the pre-k violin literacy program, recognized by Florida’s Department of Education, at the Guadalupe Early Childhood Center in Immokalee, Florida. Recent accomplishments include winning third place in the Big Arts Concerto Competition, first place in the Young Artists Awards and first place in the Jillian Prescott Music Awards in Fort Myers.
Kristen Seto:
As a violin performance major at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, Kristen Seto is currently studying with Mrs. Carol Cole and previously studied with Huifang Chen and Thomas D. Moore. Kristen was selected among the nations greatest to play in the National High School Honors Orchestra in Atlanta, Georgia. As a member of the Florida Youth Orchestra for 11 years, Kristen had the opportunity to serve as assistant concertmaster of the Principal Orchestra and first violinist of the Aurora Strings Quartet, where she was awarded the prestigious Joseph Leavitt Music Award. In 2012, Kristen was awarded honorable mention in the New World Symphony concerto competition and was selected as concertmaster for their Side-By-Side Concert. In high school she participated in All-County, All-State, and Florida Federation of Music Clubs Finals where she won first place in violin solo and honorable mention in violin concerto. In 2007, Kristen performed in America’s 400th Anniversary in Jamestown, Virginia where she was one of the 400 musicians chosen from around the country to play her violin with the Virginia Symphony for the President of the United States. Recent accomplishments include winning first place in the Ars Flores Young Artists Concerto Competition, honorable mention in the Miami Herald’s Silver Knights Award in Music and second place in the Big Arts Concerto Competition.
Stephen Seto:
currently pursuing a Professional Performance Certificate in Piano Performance at Lynn Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Roberta Rust. He recently completed his Master’s Degree from Lynn Conservatory of Music at Lynn University and received his Bachelor of Music with honors from the University of Miami where he studied piano with Tian Ying and harpsichord with Frank Cooper. Stephen has participated in piano master classes with pianists Ory Shihor, Jon Kimura Parker, Santiago Rodriguez, Luis Ascot, Louis Lortie, and Margarita Shevchenko. He was first place winner of the Fourteenth Annual Scholarship Competition presented by the Palm Beach County Music Teachers Association and has participated in the Florida Federation of Music Clubs State Convention where he was awarded 2nd place in Piano Solo and 2nd place in Piano Concerto. In 2006 Stephen was among 11 outstanding pianists performing for the Chopin Festival Concert in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His music has been played on local and national public radio stations. Stephen accompanies students of all instruments but enjoys making music with his brother Kevin and sister Kristen, who are violinists. He has also accompanied student’s participating in the Florida Orchestra Association music ensembles of Broward County Schools. Recently, he was the pianist for the award winning musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Nine to Five” at West Boca High School. Stephen balances out his time with the ukulele, guitar, composing, recording, astronomy, nature, spear fishing, and surfing.
EACH JULY A QUIRKY CONCERT IS BROADCAST UNDERWATER FOR DIVERS, SNORKELERS AND THE OCCASIONAL MERMAID, IN ORDER TO EMPHASIZE REEF PRESERVATION. THE NATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED SUBMERGED SONGFEST IS HELD AT LOOE KEY REEF IN THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY.
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KidVision VPK takes children on field trips to places all around our community. They are fun for children and adults! You can join us on these field trips and learn about South Florida’s people, places, and things. Put on your virtual walking shoes and come with us! Where do you want to go?
SunSentinel news columnist Michael Mayo joins us on the program to share his thoughts on the latest surrounding the Dolphins stadium renovation plans and how a series of missteps have brought national attention to Florida Atlantic University.
[Air Date: 4/05/2013]
The need for Physician Assistants in the labor pool continues to be on the rise in the last few years years and continues to be quickly moving forward to grow. Unless the instances are too complicated, PAs can diagnose and perform treatments to individuals. However, they mainly function under the supervision of a doctor.Physician Assistant programs could be considered at Master's, Bachelor's or Associate's Degree levels or may possibly be completed as a Certificate program.
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Born in Zurich, Switzerland, the son of Polish refugees, Dr. Leon Botstein was raised in the Bronx
where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He received his B.A. from the University
of Chicago and his M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. Since 1975, he has been President of Bard College in New York, where he holds the Leon Levy Chair of Arts and Humanities. A
highly acclaimed conductor and impresario, Maestro Botstein has been the music director and conductor of both the American Symphony Orchestra (1992--) and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
(2003--), and the co-artistic director of the Bard Music Festival since 1990. Dr. Botstein’s wideranging expertise in higher learning earned him the appointment of Board Chair of Central European
University (Budapest), as well as memberships on such prestigious boards as the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the National Council for Chamber Music America, and the New York Council for the Humanities, to mention but a few. The long-time editor of The Musical Quarterly, Dr. Botstein is a
widely published author in both English and German. His interests are expansive—art, education,
music, history, exile, literature—and his book publications include
Jefferson’s Children: Education and Promise of American Culture;
Judentum und Modernität: Essays zur Rolle der Juden in der Deutschen und Österreichischen
Kultur, 1848–1938; The History of Listening: How Music Creates Meaning; and Music and Modernism. His writings reflect an intimate understanding of the perils of exile and emigration, which,
in turn, informs his continuous support for Bard College’s long-standing tradition to provide refuge
to exiled intellectuals from countries in crisis.
Some scenes from Churchill's Pub in Miami where Frank "Rat Bastrad" Falestra holds his annual International Noise Conference
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, the son of Polish refugees, Dr. Leon Botstein was raised in the Bronx
where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He received his B.A. from the University
of Chicago and his M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. Since 1975, he has been President of Bard College in New York, where he holds the Leon Levy Chair of Arts and Humanities. A
highly acclaimed conductor and impresario, Maestro Botstein has been the music director and conductor of both the American Symphony Orchestra (1992--) and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
(2003--), and the co-artistic director of the Bard Music Festival since 1990. Dr. Botstein’s wideranging expertise in higher learning earned him the appointment of Board Chair of Central European
University (Budapest), as well as memberships on such prestigious boards as the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the National Council for Chamber Music America, and the New York Council for the Humanities, to mention but a few. The long-time editor of The Musical Quarterly, Dr. Botstein is a
widely published author in both English and German. His interests are expansive—art, education,
music, history, exile, literature—and his book publications include
Jefferson’s Children: Education and Promise of American Culture;
Judentum und Modernität: Essays zur Rolle der Juden in der Deutschen und Österreichischen
Kultur, 1848–1938; The History of Listening: How Music Creates Meaning; and Music and Modernism. His writings reflect an intimate understanding of the perils of exile and emigration, which,
in turn, informs his continuous support for Bard College’s long-standing tradition to provide refuge
to exiled intellectuals from countries in crisis.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, the son of Polish refugees, Dr. Leon Botstein was raised in the Bronx where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. Since 1975, he has been President of Bard College in New York, where he holds the Leon Levy Chair of Arts and Humanities. A highly acclaimed conductor and impresario, Maestro Botstein has been the music director and conductor of both the American Symphony Orchestra (1992--) and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (2003--), and the co-artistic director of the Bard Music Festival since 1990. Dr. Botstein’s wideranging expertise in higher learning earned him the appointment of Board Chair of Central European University (Budapest), as well as memberships on such prestigious boards as the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the National Council for Chamber Music America, and the New York Council for the Humanities, to mention but a few. The long-time editor of The Musical Quarterly, Dr. Botstein is a widely published author in both English and German. His interests are expansive—art, education, music, history, exile, literature—and his book publications include Jefferson’s Children: Education and Promise of American Culture; Judentum und Modernität: Essays zur Rolle der Juden in der Deutschen und Österreichischen Kultur, 1848–1938; The History of Listening: How Music Creates Meaning; and Music and Modernism. His writings reflect an intimate understanding of the perils of exile and emigration, which, in turn, informs his continuous support for Bard College’s long-standing tradition to provide refuge to exiled intellectuals from countries in crisis.
Jeanette and Patricia Delgado are miami born sisters who both happen to be principal dancers with the Miami City Ballet. To kick off a celebration of mutual 25th anniversaries, the Heat and the MCB created a co-promotion featuring the sisters and LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
The Miami HEAT has teamed up with the Miami City Ballet to celebrate 25 years of basketball and ballet. On Sunday, February 10th, the team will welcome Miami City Ballet Principal Dancers, sisters and Miami natives Jeanette and Patricia Delgado, who will be present for the Los Angeles Lakers vs. HEAT game, and who will participate in various in-game activities.
Earlier this season, the two dancers were paired with HEAT superstars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in a series of unique photos that showcase the world class athleticism of icons from both sports and dance. The artistic photos, which feature the dancers in various ballet poses interacting with the players, underscore the parallels between basketball and dance: grace, fitness, strength and passion. Jeanette, who is paired with James, was heralded by The New York Times as “one of the world’s most marvelous ballerinas.” And Patricia, who is paired with Wade, “can catch the audience’s heart from her first entry and hold it” according to The New York Times.
The photos will serve as a centerpiece of a local and national campaign to promote the arts scene on Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard, and to highlight the world-renowned Miami City Ballet.
“The Miami HEAT plays at AmericanAirlines Arena, which is mere blocks away from one of Miami City Ballet’s home theaters, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts,” said Eric Woolworth, President of The HEAT Group’s Business Operations. “They’re our neighbors and our friends and we’re delighted to celebrate 25 years of being part of Miami’s cultural landscape, and more specifically, the arts and entertainment district located along Biscayne Boulevard.”
During their shared 25-year history, the HEAT has earned two NBA Championships (2006 and 2012) while the Miami City Ballet, among the best ballet companies in the world, has evolved into an internationally acclaimed artistic powerhouse with a repertoire of more than 90 ballets and 45 dancers that hail from all over the world.
"Ballet and basketball are both about grace under pressure and the pursuit of perfection," said Miami City Ballet Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez. "No Miami City Ballet dancer stands alone just as HEAT players can’t win alone. It requires team work—and that's Miami! We are talking about tremendous pride in the place we call home and being the best together."
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Date: January 25, 2013
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has been tapped by President Barack Obama to again chair the Democratic National Committee, will talk about the party’s four-year agenda when she addresses the Forum Club Jan. 25.
Jonathon Karl: ABC News Senior Political Correspondent
Jonathan Karl, whose reputation for aggressive investigation of government waste propelled him into being named ABC News' Senior Political Correspondent in 2010, will address the Forum Club Jan. 7. With all eyes on whether Congress averts the fiscal cliff by the end of the year, Karl is set to discuss Congressional compromises and any fallout related to the looming financial deadline.
As Senior Political Correspondent, Karl is responsible for covering national political news, including presidential politics and Congress for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms including "World News," "Good Morning America," "Nightline," "This Week with George Stephanopolous" and ABCNews.com.
He has broad experience covering U.S. politics, foreign policy and military. His reporting on Congressional junkets led to to changes in the rules for the travel costs of members of Congress and their staff and his reporting on vacant federal buildings let to a new effort to sell off unused government real estate. Karl has won numerous awards, including the 2011 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based reporting and an Emmy award for his coverage of the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama. In 2001, Karl won the National Press Foundation's Everett McKinley Dirksen Award, the highest honor for Congressional reporting.
It was a little over a year ago that Paul T. Lehr decided he wanted to find a home for the National YoungArts Foundation. The determined executive director did not waste much time after acquiring the Bacardi Tower in 2012 and is already working with world-renowned architect Frank Gehry to transform the site into an arts hub.
After reporter Laura Stace interviewed the energetic leader in his office in the historically listed blue-and-white tower at 2100 Biscayne Blvd., Mr. Lehr proudly gave the media group a tour and outlined preliminary plans.
The first and second floors of the blue-and-white tower will be used as gallery and exhibition space. The third floor is pegged to comprise two to three units for an artist-in-residence program, while the fourth, fifth and sixth floors are slated to remain as office space for the organization. Mr. Lehr said the seventh floor will be used as a performance space, and he wishes to partner an education provider with a culinary institute to create a restaurant.
The jewel box building west of the blue-and-white tower, now full of former Bacardi cubicles, is to be transformed into work space for artists of various disciplines, and a 20,000-square-foot white building on the property, not historically listed and also full of cubicles, is set to be demolished.
This space and the remainder of undesignated space on the 3.5-acre property will be used for a 500- to 900-seat performance center and lush landscaped gardens.
It is an exciting time for the organization with a new home and its YoungArts Week set to commence in just a few days.
Arts Garage is a multi-disciplinary cultural hub for visual artists, musicians, performers, film presenters and arts educators.
Creative City Collaborative is dedicated to infusing arts and culture into the Delray Beach Community by presenting live and musical performances, and foreign and documentary films, and providing creative classes and workshops. Founded in 2006 to build the cultural infrastructure that celebrates the City of Delray Beach as a creative, authentic, and intimate City, Creative City Collaborative is supporting the Delray’s cultural growth; strengthening the City’s distinctive national brand and to creating a learning community through the implementation of the Creative City Collaborative plan adopted by the City Commission of Delray Beach.
In November of 2010, The Delray Beach CRA decided to utilize the storefront space located at the lower level of Old School Square Parking Garage to host cultural and arts activities in the space. Alyona Ushe, the Executive Director of Creative City Collaborative, as a CRA employee was tasked to work with the Creative City Collaborative to organize activities in the space that has been named “Arts Garage.” These activities include performances, film, concerts, workshops, and multi-disciplinary classes. In addition, programming at the Arts Garage is being used as a testing ground for activities envisioned in the CRA’s Warehouse project, while building awareness in the community of the City’s Cultural efforts.
Executive Director Alyona Ushe explains why the Arts Garage is the jewel in the crown of the revitalized Delray Beach Arts District
The elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last week stirred many strong emotions, including calls to tighten gun regulations and an increased funding for mental health. We gathered a panel to discuss the complexities of this national tragedy.
[Air Date: 12/21/2012]
The elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last week stirred many strong emotions, including calls to tighten gun regulations and an increased funding for mental health. We gathered a panel to discuss the complexities of this national tragedy.
[Air Date: 12/21/2012]
Former U.S. Senator George LeMieux joins us on the program to discuss a variety of issues, such as the fiscal cliff and rising national debt, the future of the Republican Party, and why Republicans blocked the nomination of Susan Rice for Secretary of State.
[Air Date: 12/14/2012]
It hasn’t been long since Ora Strickland took the helm as dean of Florida International University’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences, but she’s already finding out what South Florida life is all about as she settles in.
Widely renowned for studying the symptoms of expectant fathers, Dr. Strickland may have made the move alone but brings with her a wealth of knowledge in the research arena.
She comes to FIU after spending 22 years as a professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta. During her career, Dr. Strickland said she has seen more students gravitate toward the six disciplines offered at FIU’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences: nursing, athletic training education, communication sciences and disorders, health services administration, occupational therapy and physical therapy.
Dr. Strickland is taking the move in stride with confidence, and has even taken her love of singing to Marlins Park – singing the national anthem. But singing before all those people didn’t worry her, she said, as she has been speaking in front of audiences all over the world during her career.
Miami Today reporter Laura Stace interviewed Dr. Strickland in her office at FIU.
Held at the New World Symphony's new home, the winners of the Knight Arts Challenge are announced.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced $23 million in new funding for the arts in South Florida. The support brings Knight Foundation’s total investment in South Florida’s diverse and dynamic cultural community to $86 million in six years.
Knight’s initiative supports both established institutions and grassroots organizations as a way to engage South Floridians and weave culture into people’s everyday lives. It includes funding for key arts institutions, and for the continuation of the Knight Arts Challenge, a contest open to the entire South Florida community that for five years has allowed artists to experiment and innovate even through a weak economy.
“The arts not only inspire and challenge, they help create the shared experiences that connect people to one another and the places they live,” said Alberto Ibargüen, president of Knight Foundation. “The success of our earlier initiative in Miami has encouraged us to expand to Philadelphia and Detroit and, now, to take it to the next level in Miami.”
The Miami announcement follows a recent, $19.25 million Knight Foundation investment in the Detroit arts scene, backing the cultural initiatives that are helping shape the future of that city.
In South Florida, the investment includes:
Support for leading cultural institutions ($14 million). Funding will engage and inspire audiences in new ways:
Miami City Ballet ($5 million): In its 28 years, the ballet has earned a national reputation. New funding will help the ballet increase its outreach and add new works to its repertoire, including new commissions.
The Wolfsonian-FIU ($5 million): The museum holds one of the most important collections of art and design objects from the modern era. With this new funding, The Wolfsonian will develop dynamic programming to engage South Florida residents and build greater access to its online collection.
Cleveland Orchestra ($2 million): The organization that has become Miami’s winter symphony expands its subscription season to four weekends of concerts and significantly increases its educational outreach programs to students.
Arts education ($1 million): Miami artists often begin their careers at one of two schools, the Design and Architecture High School and the New World School of the Arts. To expand the horizons of the next generation, new funding will send students on cultural field trips to New York City and Europe.
Borscht Film Festival ($500,000): The homegrown festival has put Miami into the national conversation on independent filmmaking, with works shown at 40 international film festivals. New support will help the festival expand its efforts and create more “only in Miami” stories.
Miami International Film Festival ($500,000): The festival helps make the city a destination for first-class cinematic creations. Knight Foundation will further the expansion of Ibero-American film through awards at this annual event.
Continuing the Knight Arts Challenge contest ($9 million) – Each year, the challenge asks everyone in South Florida for ideas to enhance the South Florida arts. The contest has just three rules: Projects must be about the arts; take place in or benefit South Florida and match Knight’s funding.
The best ideas receive Knight Foundation funds. Anyone can apply: the challenge purposefully seeks out nontraditional grantees. In fact, 6,601 ideas have been received over the past five years. More than half of these ideas came from individuals, businesses, and small organizations that don't have 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
With Knight Foundation’s new commitment, the contest will offer funding to organizations of all sizes – from businesses to individual artists – through 2015.
Knight Foundation is extending the contest because of its success: A new, independent evaluation of Knight Foundation’s impact found that the challenge has helped fuel Miami’s cultural scene. In particular, the challenge has helped small projects with an entrepreneurial spirit take shape. For example:
Additionally, prior funding has brought cutting-edge exhibitions to North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art, supported a new media program that includes the signature “Wallcasts” at the acclaimed New World Symphony campus, and will bring every Miami-Dade third grader annually to the soon-to-open Perez Art Museum Miami on the downtown waterfront.
“Miami’s creativity is limitless, Knight Foundation’s arts initiative and its Knight Arts Challenge have acted as its conduit – pulling the best ideas out of the city’s most creative thinkers, and helping them flourish. In a truly creative town like Miami, everybody should be able to participate, to dream and to ultimately see their passions through to reality,” said Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation’s vice president for arts.
For more information about Knight Foundation’s arts program, visit KnightArts.org.
About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit knightfoundation.org.
