Design District

Miami-Dade County District 5 Race, South Florida & TPS, Dancer Recovers From Stroke And Now Paints

By Alejandra Martinez • May 21, 2018

Miami Herald reporter Doug Hanks has been following closely the race to represent District 5 at the Miami-Dade County Commission. This is the first time in 20 years the seat has opened. Hanks talked to Sundial about the candidates, their platforms and the significance of this race.

List of voting place for District 5 on May 22 can be found here.

High Schoolers Put On Collaborative Exhibit In Miami Design District

By • Jul 20, 2015
Alexander Gonzalez / WLRN

The artwork at Locust Projects Gallery in the Design District plays with Miami stereotypes.

A palm tree smelling of coconut oil rests on a hammock. In the corner, the static of a television set resembles the sound of waves crashing on the shore. Opposite that lie deconstructed items taken from a strip club.

Twenty high school students made these and other works as part of the sixth-annual summer program, Locust Art Builders or LAB. LAB allows young artists from Miami-Dade County to create their own exhibition, which opened July 11.

Art Deco Weekend, Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, Miami-Dade Arts Calendar

By Ed Bell & Paul Leary • Jan 9, 2015
www.artdecoweekend.com

01/09/15 - Next time on South Florida Arts Beat, Amanda Bush brings us the exciting details about the 38th Annual Art Deco Weekend on Miami Beach. Charles Greenfield talks with Artistic Director, Lourdes Lopez, about the Miami City Ballet’s 2015 enchanting season events.

A Transit Station In The Design District? The Pop-Up Purple Line Miami Makes It So

By Arielle Castillo • Mar 8, 2013
Via @LeahSwanky on Twitter

If you're friends with any civic-minded folks on Facebook -- or people who just like to get around without a car -- you've probably come across this lovely little meme this week. We've known for quite a while that Miami public transit is lacking. But this handy web graphic, by Leah Weston via her Twitter account, @LeahSwanky, sure throws it into stark relief, doesn't it?