Creative Education Center names director
WEST PALM BEACH — As the Center for Creative Education (CCE) enters its 20th anniversary year of providing arts integration services to Palm Beach County …
Overtown to get new apartment complex
Miami-Dade Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson, left, recently joined City of Miami Commissioner Keon Hardemon and other dignitaries to break ground on a new 158-unit affordable …
Week of 01/08/2015
Exhibit explores art from Haiti BROWARD COUNTY — During the month of January, an art exhibit showcasing the work of more than 20 artists from Quebec …
Photo fest starts January 20
WEST PALM BEACH — A South Florida showcase for shutterbugs is adding new features. Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm …
Blues musician Melvin Jackson dies
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues musician Melvin Jackson, who performed for years with legends B.B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland, has died, a family member …
Lion King roars back on Broadway stage
Award-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life the animal kingdom in Disney’s The Lion King, which again topped the charts for box office draw on …
Quirky add-ons a common feature of celebrity homes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Mark Wahlberg’s Los Angeles mansion has a putting green. Tech billionaire Bill Gates’ Medina, Washington, abode includes rooms where guests …
Palm Beach charity receives top ranking second year in a row
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Place of Hope, Palm Beach County’s largest children’s organization, earned the highest ranking of excellence in 2015 for its work with …
Performing arts program raising funds to serve youth
Necessity is truly the mother of invention, and it played a significant role in the creation of the Encore Performing Arts Center Inc., a nonprofit …
NAACP statement on Grand Jury decision in fatal shooting of Tamir
BALTIMORE, MD – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President and CEO Cornell William Brooks today released the following statement regarding the …