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...

Dr. Craig Steiner is a fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon that has recently joined the staff at Orthopaedic Center of South Florida, located at 7975 N.W. 154 Street in Miami Lakes. He specializes in the treatment of spinal disorders from the neck to the lower back including degenerative cervical and lumbar conditions such as herniated disk, radiculopathy, myelopathy, degenerative disc disease and spondylolisthesis. Steiner is a member of...

The Miami Lakes public library branch is offering general mediation classes every Friday from 11 a.m. to noon. On January 27, the library will present a special guest speaker, meditation specialist, Patrician Calhoun, to lead a presentation called “Stress RX,” a guide to reducing stress. Calhoun has had a lifelong interest in health and spent 20 years as a nurse practitioner in South Florida. “My presentation is about...