Longtime Main Street Playhouse (MSP) president and executive director Clara Lyzniak and artistic director Robert Coppel retired from their positions on the MSP board of directors, effective as of the June 20 board meeting.  Both Lyzniak and Coppel have been serving in their positions since 2006, but each of them have been involved with the theatre company since before then. Lizniak joined the group in 1997, when it was still The...

  Luis Martinez, senior executive vice president of The Graham Companies, is the guest speaker for the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce membership meeting. The event is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 11 at Don Shula’s Hotel. Martinez will discuss his current major project, the Miami Lakes Seniors Village, a development that includes an age-restricted rental apartment community with 220 units and a clubhouse, an 184-bed...

  Five Women Wearing the Same Dress opens July 20 at Main Street Playhouse (MSP) located at 6766 Main Street. The young and talented cast of five women and one man have been rehearsing six days a week to bring this hilarious and touching comedy to life.  Auditions were held in late March, the show was cast and scripts were distributed to the cast while the director Tatyana-Marie Carlo, who is attending Brown University on a...

  During its annual meeting on June 27, the United Way of Miami-Dade appointed Perla Tabares Hantman, chair of the Miami-Dade Public School Board, as a member of its Board of Trustees. “It is my honor to be appointed as a Trustee and to serve the community in this capacity,” Hantman said. “I look forward to joining the mission of building a better, and stronger, community for all with the United Way of...

  Namaste at Sunset! Lighthouse Yoga and Wellness, in collaboration with the Town of Miami Lakes, is offering a free yoga class at P21 Park on the lake at 6890 White Oak Drive, from 7 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Bring a mat and enjoy a wonderful class in this local park. For more information, contact Community Wellness coordinator Jessica Roark at roarkj@miamilakes-fl.gov or 305-364-6100.