The Smithsonian is sponsoring Museum Day Live on Saturday, September 29. You can get two free tickets to participating local museums.
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Okay, Miami’s art scene has grown up a lot since I moved here from San Francisco over 21 years ago. Now there are concerts, monthly art walks, symphonies and a variety of art programs year round. However, with the cool weather teasers that usually start in October, so does Miami’s main season of the arts. Here is a list of things to do in October to get you started.
The New World Symphony kicks off their WALLCAST Concert series on October 6 with The Russian Musical Soul. This popular series runs from October through April and is FREE!
UM’s Frost School of Music kicks of Festival Miami on October 2. This annual music festival runs through November 4 and consists of a wide range of music concerts.
Pinecrest Gardens kicks off their annual Jazz Series with South Florida Jazz Orchestra’s Great American Songbook on October 27. Prior to that, FIU’s Latin Jazz Ensemble starts their first of four concerts at gardens on October 10.
Pinecrest Gardens also kicks off their movie series with Chick Flick Wednesdays and Family Night Fridays.
The Miami City Ballet opens their 2012-2013 season on October 19.
Okay, Miami’s art scene has grown up a lot since I moved here from San Francisco over 21 years ago. Now there are concerts, monthly art walks, symphonies and a variety of art programs year round. However, with the cool weather teasers that usually start in October, so does Miami’s main season of the arts. Here is a list of things to do in October to get you started.
The New World Symphony kicks off their WALLCAST Concert series on October 6 with The Russian Musical Soul. This popular series runs from October through April and is FREE!
UM’s Frost School of Music kicks of Festival Miami on October 2. This annual music festival runs through November 4 and consists of a wide range of music concerts.
Pinecrest Gardens kicks off their annual Jazz Series with South Florida Jazz Orchestra’s Great American Songbook on October 27. Prior to that, FIU’s Latin Jazz Ensemble starts their first of four concerts at gardens on October 10.
Pinecrest Gardens also kicks off their movie series with Chick Flick Wednesdays and Family Night Fridays.
The Miami City Ballet opens their 2012-2013 season on October 19.
Last week I wrote a blog about Miami Metrorail’s link to MIA and how much farther we have to go to have a great rail system in Miami. Well, it looks like we may be another step closer towards making that a reality. Florida East Coast Railway is proposing building a station, modeled after London’s Paddington railway station, on a site it owns along NW First Avenue. The station would be the starting/ending hub for a passenger rail line connecting Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando with a goal of 3 hours from Miami to Orlando.
Would you ride it?
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Like most Floridians, I headed north for a portion of the summer. I ended up spending some time with my brother in Pembroke, Massachusetts and traveling into Boston. I love the public transportation system via the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, but found their method of paying for parking a bit old fashioned and not very practical. The picture below is a large metal box with numbered slots in it. You push your money into the slot and use a key to make sure the money is all the way in. There are no machines to make change or take credit cards, so if you do not have the exact amount, you are out of luck.
Other than that, the whole public transit system was extremely convenient and easy to use. I look forward to the day when Metrorail has enough routes to make it a convenient mode of transportation throughout Miami-Dade County. The new link to Miami International Airport is a great start, but we have got a way to go. At least the way we pay for parking is better!
Like most Floridians, I headed north for a portion of the summer. I ended up spending some time with my brother in Pembroke, Massachusetts and traveling into Boston. I love the public transportation system via the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, but found their method of paying for parking a bit old fashioned and not very practical. The picture below is a large metal box with numbered slots in it. You push your money into the slot and use a key to make sure the money is all the way in. There are no machines to make change or take credit cards, so if you do not have the exact amount, you are out of luck.
Other than that, the whole public transit system was extremely convenient and easy to use. I look forward to the day when Metrorail has enough routes to make it a convenient mode of transportation throughout Miami-Dade County. The new link to Miami International Airport is a great start, but we have got a way to go. At least the way we pay for parking is better!
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I Love Miami! Do You?
It is obvious by the name and content of my blog that I thoroughly enjoy living in South Florida. A new initiative by The Miami Foundation wants to make Miami more loveable and thereby attractive to skilled, talented people. A Knight Foundation survey identified 10 factors that make residents feel emotionally connected to where they live.
- Leadership
- Social Capital
- Basic Services
- Economy
- Safety
- Education
- Community Involvement
- Openness
- Social Life
- Aesthetics
Miami only scored well on the bottom three, which results in it being perceived as a place that is not caring about other people (low community involvement) and is not a good place for talented college graduates to work. In an attempt to create discussion and change those perceptions, the foundation has launched OurMiami.org.
This is an important discussion to have if we want Miami to be have a diverse economy and be more than a tourist destination. Do you agree with the survey findings? Why or why not?
Pinecrest Gardens, the site of the old Parrot Jungle on Red Road in the Village of Pinecrest, is more than a beautiful tropical garden. It could also be considered the Village’s downtown. Since the Village’s borders are US 1, Red Road, 136 Street and 88 Street, there weren’t many areas to create a Village Center when the Village first incorporated in 1996. Today, Pinecrest Gardens hosts a weekly farmer’s market, a jazz series, classical concerts, art exhibits, plays, a horticultural series, movie nights, food tastings, and so much more. Couple it with the Village Community Center and the Library and it is definitely the place to hang out in Pinecrest.
Pinecrest Gardens, the site of the old Parrot Jungle on Red Road in the Village of Pinecrest, is more than a beautiful tropical garden. It could also be considered the Village’s downtown. Since the Village’s borders are US 1, Red Road, 136 Street and 88 Street, there weren’t many areas to create a Village Center when the Village first incorporated in 1996. Today, Pinecrest Gardens hosts a weekly farmer’s market, a jazz series, classical concerts, art exhibits, plays, a horticultural series, movie nights, food tastings, and so much more. Couple it with the Village Community Center and the Library and it is definitely the place to hang out in Pinecrest.
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Where’s J Wo?
