The Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently held its 50th officers installation ceremony at Italy Today restaurant on Main Street in Miami Lakes. Angie Rodriguez, the governor for the South District Optimist Club International, was the guest speaker and presented her plan for the 2018- 2019 year. With 1,500 kids participating in flag football, baseball, softball and soccer, the Miami Lakes Optimist Club is seeking to increase membership...

  Miami Lakes Branch Library announced the following programs that are available for the public during November: For Children and Families: Movies and Stories for Kids – Watch favorite movies with family and friends. Movies being shown this month are “Wreck it Ralph,” “Ratatouille,” “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” and “Rise of the Guardians.” Events made possible by the Town of...

  Pamela Restrepo, also known as Lela, is a Barbara Goleman Senior High School sophomore that has been singing since she was seven years old. Her talent even got her a spot in the blind auditions round for NBC’s hit singing competition show, The Voice. While singing “Havana” by Camila Cabello, Restrepo stunned the audience and judges as she switched from singing in English to Spanish.  “Something I noticed...

  Main Street Players (MSP) presents its next Spanish language production “Te Juro Juana, Que Tengo Ganas” by Emilio Carballido, at the Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street.  In a small Mexican town at the beginning of the 20th century, the characters are living in a repressive society that attempts to control their natural impulses towards love, and dictate their moral conduct.  Juana is a woman who is fiercely...

  The Miami Book Fair, a flagship cultural program of Miami Dade College (MDC) and the nation’s largest literary gathering, celebrates its 35th anniversary November 11-18 at the Wolfson Campus in downtown Miami. Miami Book Fair will feature more than 500 celebrated authors from the U.S. and around the world reading from new works and participating in discussions on myriad topics. Recognized as one of the most inclusive events in...