The Gulliver Preparatory Interact Club held its Fourth Annual Fashion Show on March 3 at its Shah Family Media Center to benefit the Community Partnership for Homeless, Special Olympics, and American Cancer Society. The Club encouraged male and female students of all grades to model clothes from local boutiques and businesses that included Aily V Footwear, Angel Ray Accessories, The Dressing Room, Exquisite Jewelry Designs, Heritage House, Lady Lux, Miss Pepper, Cocoa Couture, and Trapos as those featured.
Dillon Patel, Interact Vice President and the event chair, reported the 2011 event raising more than $7,300, a record exceeding 2010 by more than $2000. “We not only donate money, but try to physically interact with each of these organizations and see first-hand how we have helped to make a difference,” Patel noted. Others instrumental in coordinating the affair: Club President Alex Rubin, Club Teacher Sponsor Michelle Cooper and Interact members Allan Horn. Michael Pelle, Armaan Mayani, Sonia Dhairyawan, Maria Alonso, and Nikita Mayani.
Dan Fitzgerald of South Miami-Dade, member of the South Miami/ Coral Gables Elks Club and the Emerald Society, has been named co-recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Third Annual Howard Keel Award for significant contributions to the Guild. Fitzgerald joined SAG in 1957, after serving in Korea. In addition to SAG, he is also a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists with a successful career in commercials, television, and film. In addition to serving and chairing numerous committees, Fitzgerald served three terms on SAG’s national board of directors and three terms (1994-2000) as Florida Branch President. In 2001, he was awarded the Bruce McLaughlin Award for bringing BookPALS, a SAG Foundation program supporting literacy, to Florida. For Fitzgerald, promoting literacy through this SAG program is a personal mission. This most recent Howard Keel Award is the highest honor given by SAG Regional Branch Division. Fitzgerald and co-recipient of the award, Will Lyman of Boston, will be presented the award at SAG’s Annual Conference this May in Orlando.
Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre and GableStage are both performing plays written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Letts. At Actors’ Playhouse theatre goers will see the South Florida Regional Premiere of August: Osage County, winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play and a Pulitzer for Drama. Praised in the NY Times and Time magazine as one of the best in years, opening night guests gave it a standing ovation. Be prepared for a hilarious, albeit, long (three-act) play with outstanding performances that focuses on an American family in crisis. The show runs through April 10 with performances Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m. For tickets, call 305-444-9293 or visit online at http://actorsplayhouse.org.
At GableStage, Tracy Letts’ other new comedy-drama , Superior Donuts, will run through April 12. Letts, who also authored two GableStage favorites, Killer Joe (2000) and Bug (2004), brings laugher yet again with a play dealing with an off-beat friendship that grows between a cantankerous white shop owner and an ambitious black teenager with something to hide. A Donut Shop in Chicago is the setting for old secrets, new beginnings and the redemptive power of friendship. Performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday are at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 and 7pm. Tel. 305-445-1119 or visit http://www.gablestage.orgfor details.
Until next time, keep making each day count.
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