Tag: University of Miami
From the Amazon to the Everglades: Indigenous film festival debuts at UM
A Shuar teenager confronting mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Navajo runners retracing a 330-mile forced march, First Nations activists crossing Canada by train and a Miccosukee leader seeking recognition for…
Bergonzi Piano Trio brings Beethoven, Schumann and Arensky to free Sunday concert
The Bergonzi Piano Trio performs Sunday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. at Newman Recital Hall in the University of Miami’s Knight Center for Music Innovation, 5513 San Amaro Drive. Admission…
UM’s 30-year campus deal clears final vote, securing park and future hospital
The Coral Gables City Commission gave final unanimous approval Tuesday to a sweeping 30-year agreement with the University of Miami that expands the university’s long-term development capacity, permits a future…
Telegraph Quartet brings prize-winning chamber music to UM
The Telegraph Quartet brings its mix of classical standards and less familiar 20th- and 21st-century repertoire to Coral Gables Thursday, Oct. 1, for a 7:30 p.m. concert at Newman Recital…
UM deal, $40 million City Hall contract and final budget await commissioners Tuesday
Coral Gables commissioners face one of their busiest days of the year Tuesday, with two meetings and decisions spanning development, taxes and some of the city’s largest capital projects. At…
From reform to growth: How Lago’s State of the City changed in a year
A year ago, Mayor Vince Lago used his State of the City address to talk about how City Hall was governed. He spoke about commissioner salaries, city elections, reserves, the…
State of the City: Lago points to business growth, parks and major projects
Mayor Vince Lago used his sixth State of the City address (see transcript below) Sept. 17 to present Coral Gables as a city entering its second century with a growing…
Morel Doucet asks what we carry from home at the Lowe
What do people carry with them when they leave one home for another? That question sits at the center of “Morel Doucet: The Things We Carry,” opening Sept. 24 at…
UM screening revisits how New Yorkers shaped Ground Zero’s future
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a new documentary revisits one of the most consequential public meetings in the rebuilding of Ground Zero: a gathering where thousands of New…
Booker Prize winner Marlon James brings ‘The Disappearers’ to Coral Gables Congregational Church
Booker Prize winner Marlon James comes to Coral Gables on Saturday with a novel already drawing some of the strongest notices of his career — and one rooted in the…
