Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee offers free field trips for senior residents 55 years and above. The next field trip is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, to Zoo Miami.Zoo Miami, formerly known as Miami MetroZoo, is a zoological garden that is the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida. It is also the only tropical zoo in the continental United States.Zoo Miami houses over 3,000 animals, and features over 100 exhibits. For...

The Main Street Players have scheduled auditions for Marjorie Prime, a thought provoking science-fiction play by Jordan Harrison, that was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. The play is a tale of aging, loss of memory, and the technology that eases both pains. Marjorie, 85, is feisty and physically fit but battling memory loss. She lives with her quick-witted daughter who faces her own crisis and her daughter’s easy-going...

Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho took part in the annual Three Kings Parade in Little Havana along S.W. 8 Street on January 8. The event commemorates the arrival of the three wise men after the birth of Christ, and the day that children traditionally receive gifts in a number of Latin American countries. “I was honored, once again, to have been part of this annual tradition,” Carvalho said, as he was...

Main Street Playhouse, located at 6766 Main Street, is one of the longest running community theater groups in South Florida. The Playhouse opens their 2017 season with their first professional production, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina Lopez. This comedic and charming play deals with the immigration experience in East Los Angeles in 1987. It takes place in a tiny sewing factory in the sweltering summer, and centers on five Mexican...

Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce will welcome Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid as its guest speaker during the February 8 general membership luncheon meeting at Shula’s Hotel, 6842 Main Street.Cid will be speaking on the topic of “The Role of Municipalities in Our Local Economy.” This will be followed by a question and answer session with the Mayor and Councilmembers.“I look forward to speaking to our business community and...