Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs are available for the public during February: For Children and Families: Reading Ready Toddler Storytime - Stories, songs and activities for toddlers and their care givers at 11 a.m. on Thursdays, February 5, 12, 19 and 26. Read Along, Sing a Song with the Florida Grand Opera – A special storytime featuring the rich history of African Americans in a fun, digestible...

  Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force continues the free Movies in the Park series featuring blockbuster films every other Friday evening through March. Showtime is 8 p.m. at Miami Lakes Park West, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue. Attendees are encouraged to bring their appetites as there will be a variety of food trucks on site. The remaining Movies in the Park schedule: • Friday, February 13 – “Alexander and The Terrible, No...

A corner shop with a view of the grand oak tree in Main Street is now home to L.A. Sweets, a shop with a story as sweet as its cupcakes. Letty Alvarez was living in Virginia with her husband Eddie Dominguez and their five children when news came of her father’s cancer in the form of an inoperable brain tumor. Alvarez and her family made the move back to their roots in South Florida to look after her father until his passing. Alvarez,...

  Northwest Miami-Dade residents are welcome to find their furry valentine at the Pet Adoption and Fundraiser event on Saturday, February 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Amelia Earhart Park within the Bill Graham Farm Village at 401 E. 65 Street in Hialeah. The event is sponsored by Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. (Dist. 13), Miami-Dade Animal Services, and Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces. Pets from Miami-Dade Animal Services...

  Main Street Players, located at 6766 Main Street in Miami Lakes, presents the first play of its 41st season, A Bicycle Country, by Pulitzer-Prize award winning playwright, Nilo Cruz.  A Bicycle Country will run from February 6 through March 1 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. The play is set against the backdrop of early 90’s when the Russian government’s long-standing financial support for Cuba...