miami mwr enews 10dec2014
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Weekly MWR eNews, US Army Garrison-MiamiTRANSCRIPT
TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA 12/12
BOOK OF MORMON 12/14
LION KING 1/18
ARIANA GRANDE 3/28
WICKED 3/29
PREMIER GOLF CARDS
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD and UNIVERSAL MILITARY SPECIALS
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2014 BUGLE BOY
HOLIDAY SOCIAL, 12 December! http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/holiday-social
HOLIDAY TOY GIVEAWAY FOR ACTIVE DUTY, 19 December - http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/toy-giveaway
During the recent Spouse Symposium, attendees asked about the INTERSTATE COMPACT AGREEMENT. This link provides insight on the
Agreement established on behalf of our military children as they transition to multiple schools during the school year. If you have additional
questions, please contact the School Liaison Office at 305.437.0148.
If you are interested in having your child attend a Charter or Magnet School in Miami-Dade County, the next school year, 2015-2016,
application submission goes through 15 January 2015 for the lottery. Active Duty Military Service Members' children are placed on a military
priority list for Magnet Schools and most Charter Schools. Remember, the sooner you register, the better your chance of being selected.
Further information about the process can be found on School Choice http://yourchoicemiami.org/#. POC: School Liaison Officer, 305.437.0148.
Dec. 10, 2014 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank-Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason-Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga
MASSAGE THERAPY - The Fitness Center offers massage therapy services. To schedule your appointment with Francine, please
contact the fitness center front desk, 305.437.0123. Massages offered: Prenatal, Reflexology, Back, Neck and Shoulders, Swedish,
Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Shiatsu, Chair. Click here for details and watch the portal or Facebook for massage specials! MASSAGE
Holiday Gift Cards on sale now till Christmas! $25 for 40 minutes and $50 for 75 minute massage session. With the purchase of
a gift card you can choose a holiday gift box. Gift boxes come red, blue, silver or gold for the holiday. Available at the Fitness
Center Front Desk, 305.437.0123/0124
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM.
2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage.
3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer.
4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities.
5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description.
6. If you have questions or concerns about this process, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
VOLUNTEER AT CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Volunteers are the backbone of the work done at Chapman. Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Whether you've decided to volunteer just as an individual, with a group, or for a community service requirement, you will be gratified by the affect your help is having. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
VOLUNTEER AT KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday- Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
VOLUNTEER AT THE MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
VOLUNTEER IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
VOLUNTEER IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Volunteer
Army Community Service
http://miami.armymwr.com
Holiday Survival, December 11, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Transition Assistance Workshop, December 15-19, 8am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume’, January 12, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival, (First Term Finance,) January 15, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, January 27, 8am-12pm, January 28 9am-3:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, January 29, 9am-12pm, POC; [email protected]
Miami Tour, Jan 30, 9am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
Marketing Yourself for a Second Career, February 4, 8am-11:30am, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume’, February 11, 1-4pm, POC: [email protected]
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to [email protected] for discount
information. This discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
Discounts
The cadets and cadre of the following Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) high schools are seeking volunteer judges for their annual color guard and drill
team meet competitions. The reporting time is 0645 at the respective school's JROTC office. Drill meets normally end by 1430. 17 Jan 15, Monarch
HS Drill Meet; 24 Jan 15, Coral Park SHS Drill Meet; 31 Jan 15, South Plantation HS Drill and Marksmanship Meet; 14 Feb 15, Broward State Qualifier at
Dillard HS; 21 Feb 15, Northwestern SHS Drill Meet; 14 Mar 15, Miami-Dade State Qualifier at North Miami Beach SHS. More than 500 cadets from
around 20 Miami-Dade and Broward Counties' JROTC schools compete in these drill meets. Uniform is the ACU/BDU equivalent IAW each service
regulation. Parking is available within school grounds. Volunteers are provided lunch at no cost. You may bring your family. Please volunteer via
email to Mercedes Miranda at [email protected] with your full rank and name (as you would like it printed on your certificate of
appreciation), cell phone number, and meet(s) for which you're volunteering. Volunteers will receive more instructions during the week before
each drill meet and judge orientation at the school the morning of the event.
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
STEVE MARTORANO - IT AIN'T SAUCE, IT'S GRAVY – Dec 10 2014 6:30 pm, From the self-proclaimed heavyweight champ of Italian American cooking and owner of
four incredibly popular restaurants in Florida and Las Vegas--a cookbook that includes all the staples of delicious Philly-style comfort food
served up in the author's deliciously flamboyant style. Has cooking ever saved a life? It definitely rescued Steve Martorano: from the streets
of south Philadelphia and an almost certain end in jail or worse. And, 18 years after opening the original Café Martorano in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, he has two restaurants in Las Vegas, another in Hollywood, Florida, and a devoted and ever growing clientele (including a bevy of
celebrities) who are more than willing to wait hours for a table. Now, in this personal, funny, delectable cookbook, Martorano offers us a
wide range of the dishes that have made his restaurants so popular: along with his classic tried-and-true favorites like meatballs and gravy,
fresh mozzarella stuffed hot peppers, and fried calamari, here is newer fare like grilled octopus with Meyer lemons, Sicilian rice balls with
prosciutto di parma, buffalo mozzarella and braised pig's feet. And don't worry: he doesn't skip the cocktails or dessert! About the Author:
STEVE MARTORANO is the owner of Cafe Martorano in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida, and two Martorano's locations in Las Vegas,
Nevada. He has also launched a Martorano wine label, pasta sauces, and a line of clothing. He currently resides in Fort Lauderdale.
MERYL COMER - SLOW DANCING WITH A STRANGER – Dec 10 2014 8:00 pm. Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer’s advocate Meryl
Comer’s Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease that
serves as a much-needed wake-up call to better understand and address a progressive and deadly affliction. When Meryl Comer’s husband
Harvey Gralnick was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 1996, she watched as the man who headed hematology and
oncology research at the National Institutes of Health started to misplace important documents and forget clinical details that had once
been cataloged encyclopedically in his mind. With harrowing honesty, she brings readers face to face with this devastating condition and its
effects on its victims and those who care for them. Detailing the daily realities and overwhelming responsibilities of caregiving, Comer
sheds intensive light on this national health crisis, using her personal experiences—the mistakes and the breakthroughs—to put a face to a
misunderstood disease, while revealing the facts everyone needs to know. Pragmatic and relentless, Meryl has dedicated herself to fighting
Alzheimer’s and raising public awareness. “Nothing I do is really about me; it’s all about making sure no one ends up like me,” she writes.
Deeply personal and illuminating, Slow Dancing With a Stranger offers insight and guidance for navigating Alzheimer’s challenges. It is also
an urgent call to action for intensive research and a warning that we must prepare for the future, instead of being controlled by a disease
and a healthcare system unable to fight it. About the Author: Meryl Comer is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, producer, and business talk
show host with over 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism. She is President and CEO of the Geoffrey Beene Foundation
Alzheimer’s Initiative, which promotes early diagnosis, global innovation challenges and national public awareness campaigns like the 21st
Century BrainTrust™, Geoffrey Beene’s Rock Stars of Science™, and the 2009 HBO Alzheimer’s Project. She was a recipient of the 2005
Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award and the 2007 Proxmire Award, and has been the subject of primetime news stories by ABC’s Nightline,
PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and featured in MORE and Washingtonian magazine.
In the Community
ANA SOFIA PELAEZ & ELLEN SILVERMAN - THE CUBAN TABLE, Dec 11 2014 8:00 pm. The Cuban Table is a comprehensive, contemporary overview of Cuban food,
recipes and culture as recounted by serious home cooks and professional chefs, restaurateurs and food writers. Cuban-American food writer Ana
Sofia Pelaez and award-winning photographer Ellen Silverman traveled through Cuba, Miami and New York to document and learn about
traditional Cuban cooking from a wide range of authentic sources. Cuban home cooks are fiercely protective of their secrets. Content with a
private kind of renown, they demonstrate an elusive turn of hand that transforms simple recipes into bright and memorable meals that draw
family and friends to their tables time and again. More than just a list of ingredients or series of steps, Cuban cooks' tricks and touches hide in
plain sight, staying within families or being passed down in well-worn copies of old cookbooks largely unread outside of the Cuban community.
Here you'll find documented recipes for everything from iconic Cuban sandwiches to rich stews with Spanish accents and African ingredients,
accompanied by details about historical context and insight into cultural nuances. More than a cookbook, The Cuban Table is a celebration of
Cuban cooking, culture and cuisine. With stunning photographs throughout and over 110 deliciously authentic recipes this cookbook invites you
into one of the Caribbean’s most interesting and vibrant cuisines. About the Author: ANA SOFIA PELAEZ grew up in a famous Cuban family as the
great-niece of the revered avant-garde painter Amelia Peláez del Casal. Raised in Miami and transplanted to New York, Ana Sofia launched her
food blog, Hungry Sofia, in 2008 in an effort to discover the rich smells, heady flavors, and baroque rituals of Latin food. Since then, she has been
featured by The New York Times, InStyle magazine,The Huffington Post, Food 52, Apartment Therapy’s the Kitchen, iVillage, and NBC Latino.
She’s appeared on the Cooking Channel’s “Stay Hungry” campaign and Aarón Loves NY with Chef Aarón Sanchez. Most recently, Hungry Sofia
was nominated by Saveur magazine as one of the Best Regional Cuisine blogs of 2012. About the Photographer: ELLEN SILVERMAN has
photographed many bestselling cookbooks including Gwyneth Paltrow’s My Father’s Daughter, Daphne Oz’s Relish, Karen DeMasco’s The Craft of
Baking, Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner’s Neue Cuisine, Tracy Zabar’s One Sweet Cookie, The Epicurious Cookbook, and the upcoming Jamaican
cookbook by the Rousseau sisters, Bellyfull. An exhibition of her photographs of Cuban kitchens was shown at New York gallery Umbrella Arts,
and was featured on NPR’s The Picture Show, on Gourmet Live, The Splendid Table, and in Saveur magazine.
MARIA LAURINO - THE ITALIAN AMERICANS: A HISTORY, Dec 12 2014 6:30 pm. This gorgeous companion book to the PBS series illuminates an important, overlooked
part of American history. In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and
nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and
stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Laurino reveals surprising, fascinating lives: Italian-Americans working on sugar-cane
plantations in Louisiana to those who were lynched in New Orleans; the banker who helped rebuild San Francisco after the great earthquake;
families interned as “enemy aliens” in World War II. From anarchist radicals to “Rosie the Riveter” to Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, and Bill de
Blasio; from traditional artisans to rebel songsters like Frank Sinatra, Dion, Madonna, and Lady Gaga, this book is both exploration and celebration
of the rich legacy of Italian-American life. Readers can discover the history chronologically, chapter by chapter, or serendipitously by exploring the
trove of supplemental materials. These include interviews, newspaper clippings, period documents, and photographs that bring the history to life.
About the Author: Maria Laurino is the author of Were You Always an Italian?, a national bestseller, and Old World Daughter, New World Mother.
Laurino began her career as a staff writer for the Village Voice and has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, the
Nation, and Salon. Formerly the chief speechwriter for New York mayor David Dinkins, Laurino currently works with New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo and teaches creative nonfiction at New York University. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.
ELISA ALBO - EACH DAY MORE, Dec 14 2014 4:00 pm. Each Day More, Elisa Albo’s new chapbook of poems, expresses sorrow for the loss of cousins, colleagues,
children, and victims of war and abuse while also celebrating their lives and saying, “We remember.” South Florida poet and Broward College
professor Elisa Albo has crafted a collection of elegies that reflects on the loss of family, friends, and strangers, on “the utter fragility between
here and gone.” “Time is a fragile thing in these intimate, graceful poems that remind us of the temporary nature of the everyday. Transcendent
and bittersweet, Each Day More explores the trajectory of loss and grief, and in the process, reclaims the joys of human connection, the tender
threads that bind us to one another and to the world.” --Silvia Curbelo. “I have long been an admirer of Elisa Albo’s poetry, but in these poems
her voice shines like never before. I am completely taken by the sadness and wisdom.... Like great philosophy, Albo lets us understand mortality
as well as the triumph of the immortal human spirit....” --Richard Blanco, Presidential Inaugural Poet and author of Looking for The Gulf Motel and
The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood. “Elisa Albo’s Each Day More should be read and then read again. These exhilarating and
heartbreaking poems require attention and invite reflection. They are smart and tender, intellectually provocative and emotionally stunning.” --
John Dufresne, No Regrets, Coyote. About the Poet: Elisa Albo’s new chapbook of poems Each Day More is a collection of elegies that reflects on
the loss of family, friends, and strangers. Her chapbook Passage to America, available as an ebook, recounts her family immigrant story and will
soon be reprinted by Main Street Rag. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Alimentum, Bomb Magazine,
Crab Orchard Review, Gulf Stream Magazine, International Literary Quarterly, Irrepressible Appetites, MiPoesias, The Potomac Journal, and
Tigertail: A South Florida Annual. She recently completed a collection of food poems, To Sweeten the Flesh. Born in Havana and raised in Central
Florida, Elisa received an MFA from Florida International University and teaches English and ESL at Broward College. She lives with her husband
and daughters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
In the Community
MANDY BACA - DISCOVERING VINTAGE MIAMI: A GUIDE TO THE CITY’S TIMELESS SHOPS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & MORE. Dec 16 2014 8:00 pm. Discovering
Vintage Miami takes you back in time to all of the timeless classic spots this city has to offer. The book spotlights the charming stories that tell
you what each place is like now and how it got that way from classic restaurants to shops to other establishments like hotels that still thrive
today and evoke the unique character of the city. They’re all still around—but they won’t be around forever. Start reading, and start your
discovering now! About the Author: As a food- and history-obsessed Miami native, Mandy Baca found her true passion for food and writing while
enrolled in the Hospitality School at Johnson & Wales University. She also holds a master's degree in Italian Gastronomy and Tourism from the
University of Gastronomic Sciences in Colorno, Italy. She has contributed to various publications both locally and nationally and is the author of
The Sizzling History of Miami Cuisine: Cortaditos, Stone Crabs and Empanadas; which details Miami's rich food culture. Mandy Baca currently
resides in Miami and continues her quest to inspire and advance the interest in local food culture.
SOUTH FLORIDA ART WALKS - http://www.soulofmiami.org/art-walk/
FREE YOGA AT PEACOCK PARK - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/free-yoga-at-peacock-park/21770
NITE HIKE & CAMPFIRE - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/nite-hike-and-campfire/21598 Dec. 10
SOUNDSCAPE CINEMA SERIES: 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/soundscape-cinema-series-2-fast-2-furious/21646, Dec. 10, 11
FREE FRIDAYS AT THE WOLFSONIAN - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/free-fridays-at-the-wolfsonian/19697
DEERING ESTATE HOLIDAY EVENTS - http://www.deeringestate.org/pages/Holiday-Events.aspx
HISTORYMIAMI FAMILY FUN DAYS - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/historymiami-family-fun-days/22359 Dec 13
FREE CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY CELEBRATION AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE NORTH CAMPUS -
http://www.mdc.edu/main/news/articles/2014/12/childrens_holiday_celebration_at_mdcnort.aspx
PAMM FREE SECOND SATURDAYS - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/pamm-free-second-saturdays-presented-by-target/19492 Dec 13
FREE GOSPEL SUNDAYS: DAMIEN SNEED - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/free-gospel-sundays-damien-sneed/22065 Dec 14
BARNACLE UNDER MOONLIGHT CONCERT - THE CURRYS - http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/barnacle-under-moonlight-concert--the-currys/21489 Dec 14
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