Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee will host an Elder Law Community Forum from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 25 at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.A panel of attorneys and experts in the areas of estate planning, foreclosure, credit fraud, and personal injury will discuss these and other legal topics affecting seniors. The program will consist of two panel conversations, followed by a question and answer...

Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee continues its 11th annual Senior Games Series with a Canasta Tournament at noon on Friday, February 17, at Mary Collins Community Center, 15151 N.W. 82 Avenue.Future games include:Track and Field events on April 1 (registration required); Bridge Tournament on June 5, and a Basketball Game on August 26.Senior Games participants receive a snazzy t-shirt and medals are awarded to winners in each age division...

The internationally significant Jay I. Kislak Foundation collection will now have two permanent homes in South Florida – in the Special Collections Division of the University of Miami’s Otto G. Richter Library in Coral Gables, and at Miami Dade College’s Freedom Tower in downtown Miami.Assembled over the course of many decades, the Kislak collection includes some of the most important original source materials related to the...

Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Esteban Bovo Jr., and Miami-Dade Parks present the Mega Pet Adoption event, which is scheduled at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 4, at Amelia Earhart Park’s Bill Graham Farm Village, 401 E. 65 Street in Hialeah.Lovable pets from Miami-Dade Animal Services will be available for adoption.The event also includes music, a talent show, food trucks, pony rides and a farm animal petting zoo.Vaccines,...

Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee will be celebrating Black History Month with the Florida Memorial Ambassador Chorale on 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, at Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, 14800 Ludlam Road (N.W. 67 Avenue).Florida Memorial’s history and traditions reach back to 1879; their accomplishments have made them the only historically black university in southern Florida.The Ambassador Chorale is led by director...