Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during September:For Children and Families:Saturday Matinee at the Library – Miami Lakes Branch presents family friendly films. Movie is “Home” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 5. Reading Ready Toddler Storytime – Stories, songs, and activities for toddlers and theur caregivers. For ages 18 months to 3 years old...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club is continuing registration for its Fall youth flag football program from 10 a.m. to noon on consecutive Saturdays, September 5 and September 12, at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. The registration cost is $120 for new players and $100 for returning players. Participants, ages 5 to 13, can also register on online at www.MIAflag.com from August 29 to September 12. The cutoff birthdate...

  Three longtime students of Maria Cama’s Piano Studio in Miami Lakes have recently made the transition to colleges and universities.  Miami Lakes residents, Joseph Clayton Brock, 21, Mariah Crowny, 20, and Jesus Lopez, 18, have spent their formative years playing piano, participating in recitals and excelling at school. Brock is entering his first year of internal medicine at Liberty University College of Osteopathic...

    Shula’s Golf Course is hosting a “Thursday Night Shootout” beginning Thursday, September 3, and will run every Thursday at 5 p.m. until November 5. The shootout will take place at Shula’s Senator Course at the golf club, located at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive, and is open to anyone with an established handicap or GHIN number.The event is $15 per person and covers carts, green fees. Those interested in the...

  Palm Springs United Methodist Church will be hosting a free family festival sponsored by the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida. The festival, “Swap Extravaganza Under the Stars” will take place on Saturday, September 12, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the church, 5700 W. 12 Avenue in Hialeah. This free event will feature children’s workshops provided by the Hialeah Gardens Home Depot and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr....