Anticipation is mounting following the International Aroid Society’s announcement of the Tropical Plant Expo, their 47th annual show scheduled for September 21st and 22nd, 2024, at Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Center. This highly anticipated event is set to attract plant lovers, researchers, breeders, and enthusiasts from across the globe.
Unveiling the Spectacle
Hosted at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Center, the two-day event boasts a remarkable lineup of activities that showcase the allure of all tropical plants with a focus on aroids. An aroid is a plant from the Araceae family, known for its distinctive flowers clustered on a spadix surrounded by a spathe. They include popular houseplants likephilodendrons and monsteras...Read More

Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate of the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, is pleased to announce $2.4 million in funding to seven nonprofit organizations across the state to help increase access to mental well-being services and support.
The grants will assist nonprofits with programs aimed at:

• Addressing youth mental health challenges; and/or
• Increasing the pipeline of mental health professionals

The big pictu...Read More 

For years, I have relied on The Miami New Times for guidance about where to go, what to see, and what’s going on in. Much to my chagrin, those days are over. To be clear, the New Times is still reliably thorough in listing its goings on. However, it is the critical journalism that has slipped.
I suspect they would defend themselves vociferously, going so far as suggesting that they simply harvest events and report what Miami is offering. If this were true, it would be sufficient, but that isn’t what they have come to do. I’m desperately trying not to be mean here, but it’s most evident in its edible sections. 
Like most foo...Read More

The Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS)  has received a Community Anchor Award from the NASA Office of STEM Engagement. This funding will both bolster the Museum’s impact on underserved youth in Broward County and transform it into a regional NASA STEM informal education community resource. MODS’ award is part of NASA’s $3.7 million grant funding to 17 museums, science centers, and other informal education institutions as part of their TEAM II initiative to ignite STEM excitement. It is one of 13 institutions across the country to share $510,000 in NASA Community Anchor Award funds.
“We are over the moon to have been awarded this prestigious NASA grant,” said Joseph P....Read More

On Monday, August 26th, 2024, Doral Mayor and Council, proudly inaugurated the eastern portion of Doral Central Park! This great milestone was celebrated with the community, alongside project contractor, Kaufman Lynn Construction, and architect, Bermello Ajamil & Partners, and several local community leaders. The new and exciting amenities include playgrounds, amphitheater, multipurpose fields, skate park and pump track, a boardwalk, fishing pier and kayak launch, pavilions, and outdoor fitness equipment.
Event attendees enjoyed music, food, inflatables, interactive games, giveaways, as well as an energetic concert at the brand-new...Read More