South Floridians can help their letter carrier "stamp out hunger" on Saturday, May 11. Leave a bag of non-perishable food items at your mailbox for carrier pick up and delivery to a local food bank.
(Note: Please publicize throughout Miami-Dade and Broward County communities. Thanks.)
TheEAST EVERGLADES ORCHID SOCIETY Annual Orchid Auction is Tuesday, May 28, 2013 -7:00PM at University of Florida Miami-Dade Extension Bldg. 18710 SW 288 Street, Homestead, Fl.
Miami Palmetto Senior High School is proud to host “Admission 101” on Monday, May 6th at 6:45 p.m. Our esteemed panel will consist of the following Admission Directors: Barry Taylor from Florida International University; Janice Finney from Florida State University; Pat Herring from the University of Florida; and Ed Gillis from the University of Miami. This event is open to families from Miami Palmetto, Coral Reef, Killian, and South Dade High Schools.
The G.Holmes Braddock Senior,John A. Ferguson Senior,Felix Varela Senior,Southwest Miami Senior and the Miami Sunset Senior High School Feeder Patterns Schools
The community is invited to the Homestead Branch Library for a free day of storytelling, face painting, arts & crafts and much more!
Enjoy a fun-filled family day with a BBQ lunch, bounce house, rock climbing, face painting, snow cones, cotton candy, and much more on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Roscoe Warren Park, pavilion #4, in Homestead from 12pm-4pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Proceeds benefit Homestead Community Church of God's Church Building for Community Building Program.
We are proud to announce our 5th Annual Hearts & Soles 5K Walk & Run. This event will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2013; registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead. Proceeds will benefit the families that are served by Start Off Smart, Inc. Most importantly, Hearts & Soles will bring awareness to the plight of the victims in our community and raise the much needed funds to assist them.
The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP offers three free health tests, valued at over $100, that measure 10 key indicators including total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, body composition, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism, visceral fat, real body age & body weight. The tests are administered to adults age 18 years & older and can be completed in approximately 20 minutes. Free, one-year AARP memberships will be given to all adults who receive health tests.
Join Christina in this fun and creative class. You will learn how to apply colored pencils to copper textured pieces, no kiln, or torch required. Learn the process of applying the pencil colors so they will not rub off, then seal in the colors. Attach your colored pieces to a silverbacking using a cold connection method. The cost of the class includes all material needed to make a pair of earrings or a pendant along with deatiled instructions. This class is open to all levels of experience. Contact Christina for more information on the class, student tool list, and to register for the class, she can be reached at thaney@bellsouth.net. Please register for class on or before 1/24/13.
At this one of a kind Learning Experience, you can learn how to successfully run a commercial scale farm, a farm-to-table cafe, a commercial processing kitchen, or a food distribution business. Earth Learning is hosting this event in Homestead at the Miami Dade College Campus. We have just added LOCAL options to attend for the whole week or for just two days. Beginning Monday, January 21 through Friday, January 25, 2013.
Join Christina for a fun creative day making dichoric fused class pendants or earrings. Learn how to cut through dichroic and plain sheet glass using glass cutters, nippers, running pliers and grozier pliers to create your designes. Stack the glass into layers, add some wire or fiber paper between the layers. The pieces with be fired in a small table top digital kiln at a high temperature until the glass fuses together, the firing and cooling down process takes about 3 to 4 hours. Your completed projects will be ready for pick up at the end of the day or they can be mailed to you. The class cost includes all material necessary to complete several pieces and the class is open to all levels of experience. Contact Christina for more information & sign up thaney@bellsouth.net or register and pay for class at the Key Largo Art Gallery 305 451-0052. Samples of projects are on display at the Key Largo Art Gallery. Please sign up for class on or before 1:00pm Sunday 1/13/13.
This is a fun, free flowing painting that we will complete in approximately 60 minutes. Suggested ages for this event are 7 to 15. Be ready to let Casey lead them step by step as they complete their master piece.
• 1 hour Class
• Modest Class size providing individual instruction by Fine Artist, Casey Smith
• A Canvas Board, High Quality Acrylic Paints & Brushes, and a smock supplied at each class
• As always, Paint n Take after every class.
$15.00 per class, per painter
*If Students are not finished their painting at the end of class, they will be allowed extra time to complete their painting. Classes will not go over 1 1/2 hrs.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED! Please registor at http://www.kreativekorners.com/Calendar.html
Christina Haney Dykes is teaching a torch fired enamel pendant at the Key Largo Art Gallery. Create this fun pendant or your own design using fine silver that you will texture with a tube ringer. Use a torch to fuse enamel onto the fine silver, make a few enameled head pins, rivet your enamel piece onto your copper backing, make a wire bail and you have a fabulous pendant. The class is open to all levels of experience and the class cost includes all necessary materials to complete one pendant. Contact Christina at thaney@bellsouth.net, for more information & sign up or register and pay for class at the Key Largo Art Gallery, 305 451-0052. Please register for class on or before 1/5/13.
Orchestra Miami invites you to get into the holiday spirit, as we present three performances of the timeless holiday classic Amahl and the Night Visitors (Amahl y los reyes magos) by Gian Carlo Menotti. This beautiful opera combines gorgeous vocal lines and lush symphonic accompaniment with a simple, touching story which reminds us about the true meaning of Christmas.
