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to ceiebrate LGBT art, music and culture in the heart of Calle Ocho be­ · tween 14th and 17th ave­ · nues . . "My sch091 was on Eighth Street and Seventh Avenue, the original Belen · Jesuit," Pardo said. "That's the neighborhood I grew up in. And as an LGBT person, as a gay man, it was very important to meto see the rriovement start really in'" tegrating, start really em­ .bracing the diversity' of this city by moving into it By sharing it. By being willing to walk into it and have great music, some fun and invite others." Pardo and friend Joe · Cardona, a straight film­ maker who spends most days working outof a Little Havana cigar shop, conceived the festival about a year ago, after Cardona produced and directed The Day It Snowed in Miami, an Em­

my-winning TV docu­ Cuban-born Marytrini mentary co-presented by has lived in Miami for 16 the Miami Herald and years. "Little Havana, WPBT~Channel2 about every day it's opening . the LGBT-rights move­ more and more to the ment in South Flonda. !-GBT community. There's , "Miami is one of the more acceptance, more . most diverse [cities] eth­ tolerance. I hope that after nically and cultUrally, and . this festival, if helps open. yet to me one of the most more minds.· I'm blessed . in this commUnity." segregated in that rarely do we cross these kinds of Many media companies, imaginary lines in town. civic, political and social One of the advantages the groups are supporting LGBT community has is GayS, including the Miarrii thatit's forced to cross Herald, EI Nuevo Herald, those boundaries, unlike Palette magazine, Uni­ any other community, " vision, The Miarrii Founda­ Cardona said. tion, Miarrii Dade College • In its first year, GayS will and Florida International UniversitY, Miarrii-Dade . cost $75,000 to $100,000 to produce, have about 40 Gay & Lesbian Chamber of booths and is expected to Commerce, SAVE and attract up to 10,000 peo­ Equality Florida. ple, Cardona said. Even more gratifying, "It's about time for the say Cardona and Pardo, is community to come togeth­ support from businesses er," said GayS volunteer iIlong Calle Ocho. Alexis Fernandez, AKA .. "From the beginning, drag queen Marytrini. "We the area and the mer­ all share sexuality, we all chants have been key," share race, it goes way Pardo said. "We could not beyond sexual orientation . do this without a Bill Full­ or political parties or be­ er of Ball & Chain. We , liefs. We're ail part of the could not do this without human race and because of Alex [Hernandez] of EI that we should all be to­ Exquisito Restaurant, or gether. " the Little Havana Cigar

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Where: Southwest Eighth Street (Calle Ocho) from 14th to 17th avenues. When: 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Eighth Street will be closed to traffic beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday. More information: www.gay8festival.comor [email protected].

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Gay8 Festival organizers, from left, Damian Pardo, Alexis Fernandez (AKA drag queen Marytrini), Amy Bloom and Joe Cardona gather at the Ball & Chain nightclub in Little Havana. The festival will be the first major LGBT event in Little Havana, which begins Friday at the Ball & Chain and culminates with a street festival on Calle Ocho on Sunday.

Factory or Azucar Ice Cream. Many of those businesses have been giving us support all along. We want to make it great for the merchants .." Calle Ocho merchants Club Havana, Cuba Ocho gallery and Molina Fine Art Gallery also are work­ ing with Gay8organizers. "It's important to us because it draws and cele­ brates a demographic that's often not celebrated in the Little Havana com­ , munity,» said Fuller, who co-owns Ball & Chain restaurant and Barlington Group, a Little HaVana real estate development company. "Hopefully, this is the beginning of an annual thing. As a commu­ nity aC1:iyist and business

person I totally support . what Damian and Joe are · doing. I don't think we , have enough gay-owned businesses. » Friday night at Ball & , Chain, the Gay8 festival committee will honor four . Miamians who've had longtime, lasting influen­ ces on the LGBT commu­ riity with Pa'Lante Awards. , (Pa'Lante is Spanish slang I for para adelantoe, to push or move forward.) . • Publicist and events : promoter Louis Canales, · "arguably one of the cre­ I ators of South Beach,» Pardo said. . . • Feminist and LGBT : activist Julia Dawson, who I worked (unsuccessfully) for passage of the Equal . Rights Amendment and . (successfully). for Miami­ Dade County's gay-in­ clusive human rights ordi­ · nancein 1998. • Attorney Richard Gon­ zalez, a co-founder of , LGBT~rights group SAVE. .• Attorney H.T. Smith, a straight African-American activist who also lobbied for Miami-Dade's human rights ordinance.

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Miami financial advisor Damian Pardo said it's time to shatter the "mythology" that LGBT people are unwelcome - and unsafe -on Calle Ocho. "There are gay business owners. There are gay people living in Shenandoah and in Silver Bluff. They are already there," Pardo said. "There is a whole community of transgender women that live and work there, and they feel safe, comfortable, happy there. They don't want to live anywhere else. But that story hasn't been told about Little Havana." Pardo, a longtime gay activist who "grew up on the streets of Little Havana," is co­ producing Gay8, a free street festival Sunday to celebrate LGBT art, music and culture in the heart of Calle Ocho between 14th and 17th avenues. "My school was on Eighth Street and Seventh Avenue, the original Belen Jesuit," Pardo said. "That's the neighborhood I grew up in. And as an LGBT person, as a gay man, it was very important to me to see the movement start really integrating, start really embracing the diversity of this city by moving into it. By sharing it. By being willing to walk into it and have great music, some fun and invite others."

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Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (left) and Frances Trombly at Miami Dade College Courtesy of Dimensions

Artist-run gallery Dimensions Variable has gotten quite used to being in a state of flux. From opening in a donated space in the Design District in 2009 to then functioning as a pop-up gallery before settling in its former downtown Miami location , the gallery has finally found a more permanent home. Dimensions Variable and Miami Dade College have formed a one-of-a-kind partnership. Pairing a

nonprofit, artist-run space with the largest educational institution in the country, the new

agreement offers the gallery an eight-year, rent-free lease, plus the promise of programming

independence for the gallery's owners, artists Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova and Frances Trombly.

Such autonomy is critical, Rodriguez-Casanova says, to an artist-run space, which focuses on

presenting innovative, risk-taking exhibitions without having to depend on sales-driven income of

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Dimensions Variable Revels in the Sound of Silence in Valeur Dimensions Variable Celebrates Five Years of Unexpected Outsider Art "I think we're stalting to have a conversation about new models for the survival of young cultural spaces in developing cities, and Miami is a unique place because of its fast development," says Rodriguez-Casanova. "It's the place for new ideas like what we are doing with MDC and what we have been doing throughout our existence." MDC's art galleries across its various campuses have long served as a home for exhibitions of art and design , establishing themselves as incubators of knowledge and exchange. According to President Dr. Eduardo Padr6n, MDC is poised to continue serving its student population and local community through partnerships such as this one. "The pioneers at Miami Dade College and the creative community have built Miami to become a major cultural destination that is centered on the visual arts," says Padr6n . "Now more than ever, the College can serve as a leader in this community by taking steps to maintain the vibrancy of this great cultural city." Set to open in September 20 16, the new Dimensions Variable space will offer visual-mis-based installations, exhibitions, and performances of newly created works by emerging and more established contemporary artists. Additionally, the college and gallery will engage in collaborative educational initiatives to support both students and the community at large. For now, Dimensions Variable can count on long-term security as the gallery ­ along with Miami - moves into its next cultural phase. Follow Nicole on Twit/er.

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Miami Dade College Offering Free Small Business Workshops MIAMI - Miami Dade College (MDC) acclaimed School of Business will offer free workshops to small and moderate size businesses in Miami-Dade County, as part of its Small Business Education Program sponsored by Citi Foundation. Miami Dade College has been awarded mUltiple grants by Citi Foundation that have enabled the College to offer free technical seminars and counseling sessions to over 500 business owners and entrepreneurs. "The collaboration between Miami Dade College and Citi Foundation has made it possible once again, to offer programs that can impact the small business community in Miami-Dade County ," said Dr. Ana M. Cruz, Chairperson, School of Business, Wolfson Campus. The program has been expanded to include three sessions: • Technical seminars for existing businesses (English) beginning on January 20, 2016, followed by counseling sessions at the MDC Wolfson campus • Technical seminars for existing businesses (English) on March 23 and March 30, 2016 at the MDC Homestead campus • Workshop for potential business owners or start-ups (Spanish) on March 15,2016 at the MDC Wolfson campus

To register and view a full schedule, please visit the program's website: www.mdc.edu/smallbusiness For more information, please contact Steve Colyer, Program Manager at 305-237-7102, or Josie Lorenzo, Program Manager at 305-237-3822, or email [email protected]

Small business workshops aim to help start ups and new businesses grow.

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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced recently that more than 50 nonprofits in Miami have been awarded approximately $1.7 million in grants in 2015. Newly announced in the fourth quarter are grants to the Patricia and

Phillip Frost Museum of Science, which received $500,000, and this

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collaboration and support from both the private and public sector to help them build thriving communities that positively impact us all," said Gene Schaefer, Bank of America Miami market president. 'Tm moved by the passion and dedication of those who lead Miami's nonprofits and see the results of their efforts on a daily basis, including the dedication of the number of committed volunteers who contribute not only funding, but their time and skills to nonprofits." The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, a longstanding community partner with Bank of America, was awarded a $500,000 grant to benefit the "Campaign for Frost Science," helping to fund

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that couples leadership training with a $200,000 unrestricted grant. This year's recipients will each utilize their funding for education programs that help underserved youth prepare for college : Branches Inc., which serves, educates and inspires people through student, family, and financial stability services, will use the funds to develop the Climb thru College Program, which prepares high school students to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to succeed in college. Educate Tomorrow serves current and former foster and homeless youth in Miami-Dade County who are eligible for college tuition waivers from the State of Florida . Educate Tomorrow will use the funds to expand its on-campus college coaching programs for students attending MDCPS, Miami Dade College and Florida International University. In addition, throughout 2015, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded more than $760,000 to more than 50 nonprofits through its three annual grant periods . The grants benefit organizations that support issues related to workforce development and education, community development and revitalization such as affordable housing and the arts, and basic human services. The bank's philanthropic mission also extends to its employees, who have donated more than 4,500 volunteer hours to date to nonprofit organizations in Miami as part of the company's annual goal to donate 2 million volunteer hours nationally. Additionally, the bank supports employee giving to qualifying charitable organizations through the Foundation's Matching Gifts program. Learn more at www.bankofamerica .com . G'

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Para empezar, es una autentica delicia pasear por sus pasillos, sintiendose invadido por todos los sentidos con multitud de frutos, quesos , pates, vinos, aceites . . y todas las maravillosas viandas

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apenas unos dias un acuerdo con el Instituto Culinario de la Miami Dade College para ensenar la

gastronomia espanola en la instituci6n academica de Florida. EI convenio persigue el objetivo de

promocionar tanto la comida espanola en Estados Unidos, Latinoamerica y el Caribe, como dar a

conocer las actividades de la Miami Dade College, el centro de enserianza superior mas grande

de Estados Unidos con mas de 165.000 estudiantes matriculados en sus diferentes campus.

Gracias a este proyecto, el mercado instal6 en septiembre una carpa en el centro de Miami, con

distintos puestos en los que se ha podido degustar algunas de las comidas mas representativas

de Espana, como paella. gazpacho, tortilla de patata 0 jamon iberico, logrando desde entonces un

importante exito de publico.

Pensemos CU2mtos lugares magicos hay en toda America Latina que se pueden recuperar para

crear nuevas areas comerciales que combinen las ventas habituales con la gastronomia y

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La Junta Patriotic a Cubana invita a la Cena Martia­ na que tendd. como orador ~ Dr. Frank de Varona. , Jueves 28 de enero, 7:00 a 8:00 pm hora social con Barra Abierta cortesia de Ba~ardi U.S.A. y cena a las 8 pm. Renaissance Ballrooms, 59.10 SW 8 St. Miami, FL. 33144. Cubierto $55.00; Para mas informacion lIamar al (305)448-9898. . La serie Dos Orillas del Miami Dade College, coor­ .dinada por la Dra. Mercedes Cros Sandoval, en cola­ boracion con la Academia de la Historia de Cuba, presenta, Historia de la CMQ. Waldo Fernandez, que realizo el montaje de este docwnental, discutira el tema y contestani pregtmtas. Miercoles 13 de enero, 7 p.m. Koubek Theater, Tercera Calle y 27 Avenida del Southwest. Donacion: $3.00 ' . Ellnstituto Pedro Arrupe invita al inicio de su nuevo cicIo de conferencias con la presentacion de EI Plan de Dios irnpartida por Alberto Muller. Miercoles 13 de enero de 2016, 8 p.m. 12190 SW 56 ST. Miami, F1. 33173. Mas informacion: 305-596-0001 , Viernes deTertulia, evento artistico y literario, c'o nducid6 por LUis de la Paz, anuncia sil jornada del riles 4e enerocon el periodista LUis G,; Diaz-Oriega. Viel1les 15, a las 8:30 p.m., en Miami Hispanic Cul­ tural Art Center, 111 SW 5 Avenida. Ellristituto Cultural Nicaragiiense Americano Pablo · Antonio Cuadra invitaa la celebracion del 18 aniver­ s,ano delaaprobaci6n de la ley NACARA que diera .' estat,us pemlilnente a miles de nicaragiienses, salva­ dorenos, 'guatemaltecos.y de otras nacionalidades, con la presericia de organizaciones comunitaria's y . los congresistas Ileana Ros-Lehtinen y Lincoln Diaz­ Balart, baluartes de este logro. Sabado 23 de enero,3 " a 5:30 p;m. Auditorio de I