MAKING WISHES HAPPEN
WINGS FOR WISHES took place on Saturday, March 9, 2019 behind Sports Grill South Miami. The 5th Annual Wings For Wishes raised $250,000 to help sponsor wishes through Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida. Wings For Wishes, presented by AirSouth Mechanical, and co-hosted by Make-A-Wish Champions Gal Bensaadon and Brian Exelbert and Sports Grill South Miami, is a family-friendly ... Read more
ARTS IN SOMI
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AT THE U Transport yourself into the roaring 1920’s with this exciting and exhilarating musical based on the Joseph Moncure poem of the same name. With a tuneful and pulsating score by Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family), The Wild Party follows Vaudeville performers Queenie and Burrs as they navigate their tumultuous relationship ... Read more
L’ATLELIER SCHOOL OPENS THE CENTER FOR THE CULTURE OF CREATIVITY
Simonetta Cittadini, founder of the L’Atelier School in the City of South Miami opened the Center for the Culture of Creativity (CCC) on the 21st of August. The first such center in the city, the CCC sponsors “Ateliers” (artist studios or workshops) “that empower the intelligences through participation, connections, relationships, aesthetics and innovation.” The center ... Read more
PUBLISHERS – READERS COMMENTS
Spring into SOMI! Changes in nature are always dramatic although oftentimes subtle; in South Florida we begin to see lush colors emerging as we enjoy our seasonal changes. At my home, butterflies are taking flight and the wildflowers are just doing what they do – being abundantly wild! Spring is the season of dramatic ... Read more
JROTC – PASS IN REVIEW
Friday, February 9, 2018 witnessed the annual Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) “Pass in Review” held at Tropical Park in Miami. Reviewing the troops was Miami-Dade County School Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho. Joining the Superintendent were other School Board Members, parents and community members. The M-DCPS JROTC program currently includes over 4,000 students districtwide from ... Read more
CHRONICLING SOUTH MIAMI’S HISTORY – Final Chapter: INTO THE NEXT DECADE: DEVELOPMENTS ON THE HORIZON
On June 25, 1927, W. A. Forster was sworn I as South Miami’s first Mayor, and the City began its nine decade journey. Over the last five issues, SOMI Magazine has chronicled the nine decade history of the City of South Miami. In this final segment, we examine and contemplate what economic impacts will be ... Read more
THE CHANGING FACE OF US1
DORN BROTHERS BUILDINGS Built by the Dorn Brothers in 1925, one of the first families of the Town of Larkins, the buildings are rare surviving examples of an architecture that belonged to the Florida Real Estate Boom of the 1920s. Harold and Robert Dorn, build the Dorn-Martin Drug Store, the first Post Office and a ... Read more
WHAT’S NEW IN TOWN – April/May 2018
The Brazilian originated eyebrows beauty industry world leader opened here in SOMI at 5740 Sunset Drive on Valentine’s Day. EYEBROW DESIGN is known to be the best and most renowned technique, without aggressive or invasive processes, which recovers the natural beauty of the hairs, providing impressive results. Stronger hairs are symmetrically aligned in an ideal design ... Read more
THE UNDERLINE – MORE TREES PLEASE!
The benefits of trees are widely known for reducing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, providing habitat and food for birds, butterflies and other wildlife; and lowering temperatures making urban areas cooler. In 2015, when the master plan of The Underline 10-mile corridor was created by James Corner Field Operations, the plan’s foundation was community ... Read more
MAKING WISHES HAPPEN
On Saturday, March 10th, the 4th Annual Wings For Wishes block party raised $200,000 to sponsor wishes through Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida. Wings For Wishes, presented by AirSouth Mechanical, and co-hosted by Make-A-Wish Champions and Sports Grill South Miami, was a family-friendly event centered on Sports Grill’s famous Special Grilled chicken wings and raising money to sponsor wishes. ... Read more