Community Calendar through Dec. 20

Community By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Dec. 1 Teen Open Hang at The Spot. Play Nintendo Switch; foosball; table tennis, air hockey and more. 6075 Miami Lakes Drive. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Free. Dec. 2 Holiday Bike Ride. Join the Neighborhood Improvement Committee for its annual bike ride. Wear festive attire and adorn your ride with dazzling lights, tinsel and ornaments. Leave from Miami Lakes Town Hall, 6601 Main St. Free. 5:30 p.m.  Dec. 6 Senior Bingo Lunch. Seniors...

Miami Lakes Library Programs

Education By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering classes.  Most events require preregistration. Teen Library Advisory Board  Wed., Nov. 29    4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Earn community hours and make your library a better place for teens. Meet new friends, help choose books, plan and lead programs and learn new skills.  Ages 16 – 19. Florida Licensing on  Wheels (FLOW) Fri., Dec. 1...

Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, begins Dec. 7

Religious By Rabbi Mendel Weiss and Tzippy Weiss, Chabad of Northwest Dade, Miami Lakes and St. Thomas University Wednesday, November 29, 2023

     Chanukah, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Seleucid Empire and the subsequent rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.       The Chabad Lubavitch movement places significant emphasis on the holiday and its message, both historically and in a contemporary context.  The Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, highlighted...

BGEC Chorus to attend Tampa conference

Education By Alexandra Herrera, Reporter Wednesday, November 29, 2023

     Students from Bob Graham Education Center will perform at the Elementary All-State Chorus.       Six singers from the 75-member school chorus made up of third, fourth and fifth graders will represent BGEC during the Florida Elementary Music Educators Association conference in Tampa in January.       To qualify for the state chorus, students underwent a rigorous audition...

Welcome to Fred Senra Way

Community By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, November 29, 2023

    When Fred Senra was a 14-year-old growing up in Cuba, he and his friends considered themselves to be counterrevolutionaries and had some guns.      “We had a fantasy to take out Castro,” said Celita Cabrera, who has known Senra since high school. “Our parents knew better and took us to the U.S.”       Senra, 77, was the first friend Cabrera saw when she arrived in...
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