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Update On Offshore Oil Drilling, Arts In Schools Program At Miami Beach, Book Club Panel & Zip Odes

STEAM pilot program
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools

The Trump Administration has plans to auction off Florida's coastal waters to search for oil and natural gas.  Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced legislation on Monday that would offshore drilling along Florida’s coasts. Sun Sentinel reporter Anthony Man joined Sundial to take a closer look at the issue.

The Miami Beach “STEAM pilot program” centers on integrating local arts and cultural institutions into the math and science curriculum at public schools. The Bass Museum of Art, Miami City Ballet, New World Symphony and others have representatives are participating in the classrooms. The program is running now until June. Koren Illa, Education Outreach and Special Programs Coordinator at the Bass Museum of Art, joined Sundial to tall about the initiative.

The April Sundial Book Club title is "Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls," by T Kira Madden. Her debut memoir explores her experience growing up in Boca Raton as a queer multiracial woman. Book club member Susan Edgar-Lee and WLRN Education Reporter Jessica Bakeman joined Sundial for a conversation about the memoir and to tells us why it resonated with them.

Listen to our interview with author T Kira Madden: 'It's Like a Russian Doll' New Memoir Explores Growing Up in Boca Raton As a Queer Multiracial Woman

For National Poetry Month WLRN has been asking listeners to participate in "Zip Odes," a project created by WLRN and O,Miamithat encourages South Florida residents to create a poem using their zip code. The concept is simple: You use the five digits of your zip code to write a poem that corresponds with the each number of your zip code. Selected poems will be read at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens on Wednesday, April 24.

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