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Island City ArtWalk Returns to Wilton Manors The third season of the Island City Art Walk, presented by Island City Inc., is continuing in the Wilton Manors Art and Entertainment District. The event takes place from 7-10 p.m. on the third Friday of each month, through April, along a one-mile stretch of Wilton Drive known as “The Drive.” Participants include galleries, eclectic stores, cafes, boutiques and upscale restaurants, which host over 40 local artists. The Island City Art Walk provides a free trolley, while the participating business sponsors serve refreshments. The next Art Walk is scheduled for Jan. 16. Wilton Manors, the “Island City," was founded in the 1920s. It was incorporated in 1947 as the Village of Wilton Manors and officially became a city in 1953. The community is situated between Sunrise Boulevard and Oakland Park Boulevard east of I-95 and west of Federal Highway. For more information go to www.islandcityartwalk.com
Oakland Park Dedicates The City of Oakland Park has dedicated a new park in honor of jazz legend Jaco Pastorius, who grew up near Oakland Park City Hall. On December 1, Jaco's birthday, the city celebrated the grand opening of Jaco Pastorius Park with a jazz concert featuring Ira Sullivan, songstress Toni Bishop, Bobby Thomas and Randy Bernsen - all of whom had a personal connection to and performed with Pastorius. Jaco Pastorius Park is located on North Dixie Highway, just north of NE 38th Street, in Oakland Park. Pastorius showcased what would soon become extraordinary musical talents while he was a student at Northeast High School. More than 20 years after his untimely death, he is still considered by many in the music industry to be the world's best bass guitarist. He performed around the world with other jazz legends including Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny and the group Weather Report. Oakland Park City Manager John Stunson says the idea of a downtown park came out of a citizen-driven charette in 1999. It was further endorsed in the Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) Plan adopted in 2005. The plan described the need for the park to help beautify the former industrial area and provide a recreational and aesthetic value to the downtown district. Stunson says the new park was made possible by the Broward County Commission, which approved funding through the Broward County Safe Parks and Land Preservation Bond Program. In addition, the city was awarded a Broward County Challenge Grant to renovate the building that will become the Jaco Pastorius Community Center. Now that the park is open, the city hopes to install a piece of public art. For information on the park, call the Parks and Leisure Services office at 954-650-4500.
Lauderhill Continues Artistic Renaissance Evidence of Lauderhill's much publicized "Renaissance" can be found in the Arts Office Lauderhill, a 2,500-square-foot, storefront arts incubator in Renaissance Plaza, 5450 NW 19th St. The space gives both emerging and well-established artists a home where they can work, exhibit and teach workshops and classes. The Arts Office Lauderhill’s initial resident artists include Tonietta Walters, sculptor and digital artist; Vaughn Tucker, painter; Simone de Bernard Mas, jeweler and metalsmith; Terresa Ford, painter; Maura Casanovas, digital artist; and Jaime Ferreyra, photographer. The TAO Gallery, Write Side Poets and the Jubilee Dance Theater are also based in the facility. Additional space is available for individual artists in any discipline at a minimal rent of $75 per month for a 100-square-foot workspace, including all utilities, subject to approval by the resident artists. Participating artists are promoted by the CRA through the on-site TAO Gallery, an online gallery on the CRA web page at www.lauderhillcra.com and with incubator booths at various art fairs, including two upcoming Jazz and Art Fests in Lauderhill and the Dania Beach Art and Antique Festival. Incubator artists recently participated in the Universal Human Rights Collection art show at the Lyric Theater in Miami - a satellite event to Art Basel Miami Beach in December. All the artists had the opportunity to show their work and the Write Side Poets performed during the event. "As Lauderhill's Cultural Arts District on 441 and Sunrise develops with the opening of the Central Broward Regional Park and Carishoca [an entertainment and shopping complex], the Arts Office Lauderhill is opening at an ideal time,” observes Don Giancoli, director of Lauderhill's CRA. “Lauderhill's Cultural Arts Center is currently being designed and should be expected to open in two years. The development of artists in our community is an economic stimulus within our CRA and Lauderhill. As the artists gain international exposure, so does Lauderhill."
Broward Trust for Historic Preservation Presents 2008 Awards
The historic Annie Beck House at Middle River Terrace Park was the site of the Fourth Annual Broward Trust Awards honoring those who have contributed substantially to the preservation of significant Broward County architecture. The 2008 honorees included:
The Broward Trust’s first Founder’s Award was given to Mona Habib and Michael and Jaclyn Weiss for establishing the Weston Historical Society in 2003.
ESSENCE Magazine Editor to Speak in Lauderhill Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief of ESSENCE Magazine, will make two appearances in Lauderhill on January 17 as part of the city’s Ninth Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. At 1 p.m., Taylor will present an age-appropriate program about civil rights at the Boys and Girls Club of Lauderhill, 5455 NW 19th St. All youth in the community are welcome to attend the program, which will include a question-and-answer period. Admission to the Boys and Girls Club is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. In the evening, Taylor will be the keynote speaker during a dinner beginning at 7 p.m. at Diamante’s Banquet Center, 6501 W. Commercial Blvd. The program includes entertainment and a thought-provoking presentation by Taylor. Tickets are $50 per person and are on sale at City Hall, 3800 Inverrary Blvd., Suite #107, in Lauderhill. Evening attire is requested for the event. The dinner will raise funds for breast cancer research and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Taskforce Scholarship. Taylor travels across the globe to address conferences for African American women and to speak on the state of black America. Before becoming ESSENCE’s fashion and beauty editor in 1971, she founded her own company, Nequai Cosmetics. Taylor frequently stresses the need for positive and empowering thought, spirit and faith among black women throughout America in the ongoing personal and collective struggle against racism.
Miramar Cultural Center/ArtsPark Opens The history of the Miramar ArtsPark goes back to the year 2000, when the County’s Safe Parks and Land Preservation Bond included a $5 million budget to construct a cultural center in a park. To leverage additional dollars for this proposed cultural center, the County issued a Request for Letter of Interest (RLI) to municipalities to match that amount. In a competitive process, the City of Hollywood was awarded the ArtsPark funding to transform Young Circle Park. However, the Board of County Commissioners was so impressed with the other applicants that additional funding from the Bond enabled the cities of Pembroke Pines, Miramar and Lauderhill to also have ArtsParks. An ArtsPark is defined as a cultural center for the performing, visual and literary arts including classroom and workshop space, exhibit and performance space and cultural programming by professional artists with free or low cost services to the community.
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