A Miami Dade college professor is collecting musical instruments for children living in an impoverished Nicaraguan town. By Rodolfo Roman Special to the Herald While visiting Nicaragua on a voluntary mission in 2009, Carlos Gonzalez Morales, a Miami Dade College Kendall campus English professor, was touched when he heard a school teacher play a folk…
Citing green initiatives and eventual savings, Bal Harbour commissioners agree to buy themselves a set of iPad 2 tablets. The Apple devices would be property of the village. By Rodolfo Roman Special to the Herald Bal Harbour council members are getting Apple iPad 2s, saying the devices will help the town be more ecofriendly .…
Coconut Grove resident Nicholas John Deysher, who performs under the name Nick of Time, has been awarded the 2010 Parent’s Choice Gold Award for his album, People, Places & Things and is set to release a new album in Sept. By Rodolfo Roman Special to The Miami Herald Soon after graduating with a jazz composition…
South Florida resident Abdiel G. Vivancos makes his professional acting debut in his hometown of Coral Gables. By Rodolfo Roman Special to The Miami Herald Coral Gables resident Abdiel G. Vivancos is not a stranger to the spotlight. Growing up, he was surrounded by lights and cameras. Both his parents, Abdiel Vivancos Sr., a former…
Campers at the FIU Frost Art Museum’s Youth Cultural Arts and Community Service Summer camp, along with fraternity brothers, art students and other volunteers, create a colorful mural for a Miami Children’s Hospital facility in West Kendall. By Rodolfo Roman Special to the Miami Herald Victoria Torres, 10, said she was lucky her school once…