Miami Lakes Youth Center will be hosting several fun and exciting programs for middle and high school students from 6 to 8 p.m. during April at “The Spot,” 6075 Miami Lakes Drive East.Open Hang Nights are scheduled for Wednesday, April 17, and Saturday, April 26. The Youth Center is equipped with a billiard table, table tennis, indoor basketball shootout game, Microsoft Xbox One Console, Nintendo Wii, and more. Bring friends for a night of...

Places everyone! It’s time once again to raise the curtain at the Main Street Playhouse (MSP) located at 6766 Main Street on its youngest performers. MSP believes that the development of theatrical skills is a life-long journey. The MSP Children’s Theatre Workshop is perfect for the scene-stealing stars and the budding thespians waiting quietly in the wings. Students will sing, dance and act their way into the magical world of theatre, where...

Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, has presented Miami Dade College with a check for $50,000 to provide scholarships for students at the acclaimed Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex (MAGIC), the Miami region’s premier animation and gaming educational facility.The partnership supports a fellowship and internship program for students currently attending the MAGIC program at MDC...

Miami-Dade County School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman was awarded the 2019 Trailblazer Award by the Miami-Dade City/County Management Association and the Miami-Dade County League of Cities. The award is given annually in recognition of efforts by outstanding women in the community.This year’s award ceremony was held at Pinecrest Gardens in the Village of Pinecrest. The first ever recipient of the award was former Congresswoman Ileana...

EMMY Award-winning Miami Lakes kid Armando Bernal IV is back on TV with a new season of author James Patterson’s “Kid Stew” this May. A screening event with the cast is scheduled on April 27 at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square in Delray Beach, 51 N. Swinton Avenue. The “Kid Stew” cast returns for six new half-hour episodes. Pictured is the cast (back row, from left) Milena Rivero, Satine Sorensen, Luke Nappe and Blake McCall; (middle...