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Blank Canvas CommunicationsA new play set in the 1920s blends history with personal family stories. Playwright June Morris discusses her debut play, 'Greetings from Paradise.' -
William A. Fishbaugh/State Archives of FloridaThe Congregational United Church of Christ supported the Coral Gables community through a double-punch of economic depression and a devastating hurricane hit in the late 1920s. Now, it serves as a hub for spiritual nourishment and progressive advocacy for people across South Florida — and looks to invest in aiding folks for another 100 years.
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For the first time, descendants of slave owners and slaves in former British colonies in the Caribbean sat at the same table with diplomats and experts from those nations to discuss the issue of reparations. -
Over a century, the University of Miami has become a revered private institution with more than 19,000 students and serving the local community with research and healthcare initiatives. -
A nearly four-year effort to enliven the city's armed forces memorial finally came to fruition as Vietnam veterans remembered their comrades. -
Against all odds, Goodyear has kept blimps alive for 100 years. South Florida is home to the only Goodyear Blimp on the East Coast, parked at the Pompano Beach Airpark. -
The Macfarlane and Golden Gate subdivisions have deep historic ties to the foundation of Coral Gables, and Miami more broadly. Now, a permanent marker on the corner of U.S. 1 and Grand Avenue memorializes that history. -
Generations apart, archivists Dr. Dorothy Fields and Nadege Green each uncover the untold stories of Miami’s Black community. -
More than 11 cities and landmarks in South Florida are celebrating centennials over the next two years. WLRN News is recognizing this historic milestone in the new series, History We Call Home: 100 Years of South Florida. -
After the excavation of Tequesta artifacts at the Miami River, two city residents passionate about local history started a project to educate others about the city’s Indigenous history. -
Twenty-five high school students and their mentors gathered on a recent morning to immerse themselves in the rich history of Miami’s Overtown at the Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater — a place that has long-lived as a symbol of Black economic influence in the area. -
A historic Steinway & Sons piano has returned to Vizcaya Museum & Gardens after a century. The 1916 piano was documented in archival photographs and in an inventory of the estate made after the death of Vizcaya’s patron James Deering. But the instrument was removed from the villa sometime in the 1920s.
