ARTWALK SEASON TAKES A BOW
Finishing up its nineth year, the 2016-17 SOMIartwalk© in our town center wrapped up its six-month program on Friday, March 10. Artwalk is held on the second Friday of the month from October through March, and from 6-9p the area business district opens its doors to artists, and visitors enjoy engaging with visual and performing artists on ... Read more
LUIS VALLE, PAINTER
It is often said that the United States is a place where people from all the over the world contribute their social, religious, artistic, and culinary pathways to the great American melting pot. Luis Valle (aka El Chan Guri) is one such contributor. His paintings and murals are a mixture of his interest in other cultures ... Read more
SPRING IS IN THE WEAR
New Year, new season, new you! That means a slight wardrobe update that hits all of 2017’s major spring trends. We don’t dismiss the basics we covered last year, but this season it’s a bit more of an evolved look rather than a complete fashion overhaul. The core elements are still there — the khaki ... Read more
BEACH CLUB SALON
The Beach Club Salon is celebrating 30 years of doing business in the South Miami Town Center. Business partners Rosendo Jesus Duran and Douglas Gonzalez followed their mutual artistic nature and opened the salon on May 5, 1987. Today, Rosendo and Douglas continue to share the spotlight as owners of a salon dedicated to making ... Read more
PLA CIGARS GRAND OPENING
On hand for the Grand Opening and pictured with Oswaldo and Hugo Pla is Antonio Gomez (center) of La Flora Dominicana, which produced the Cigar Aficionado magazine’s #1 Cigar of the Year, Andalusian Bull. On Thursday, March 2, some one hundred came together to celebrate the opening of PLA CIGARS AND WINE BAR located on ... Read more
WELLNESS WALK
ChamberSOUTH’s Wellness Committee held a first time “Walk In to Wellness” event on Sunday, February 5 and hosted at The Shops of Sunset Place. An absolutely gorgeous day made for a great event and helped prep people for the Super Bowl game that evening. Registrants received a ‘Passport’ card that they took to each of ... Read more
CYCLE THE CITY
Books, Bikes & BBQ was the theme of this month’s Cycle the City program organized by the City of South Miami’s Park & Recreation Department and held at Fuch’s Park. Participants had their bikes checked out by a Mack Cycle & Fitness bike mechanic, and visited booths set up by the Miami-Dade Public Library System ... Read more
YOUTH DIALOGUE DAY
The South Miami Drug-Free Coalition and South Miami Senior High Cobrawesomeness Club held the seventh annual Youth Dialogue Day on March 16th at South Miami Senior High. This event brings youth and community leaders together to hear teens’ concerns and find solutions. Attendees included law enforcement, school administrators, elected officials, non-profit and faith leaders, youth ... Read more
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
The ChamberSOUTH MAC and Chamber N-XT Bowling Tournament was held on Sunday, February 26th at the Bird Bowl Bowling Center, A lively event presented in support of our military veterans, over 60 bowlers came out to compete in the tournament and show their support. A raffle was held at the end with donations from ChamberSOUTH, ... Read more