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Grove crime update: Positive change, but there is still room for improvement

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:23:38 +0000

Residents, police officers and community volunteers all strive for Coconut Grove to be a safe and thriving neighborhood; however, crime in the Grove is as various and divided as the neighborhood itself. “The biggest concern in all City of Miami NET areas is minimizing person crimes, such as battery and assault,” said Coconut Grove NET Area [...]

‘Cirque du Grove’ offers free fun for the Fourth

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:55:33 +0000

Will Soto takes a deep breath and perfects his footing trying not to look down at the dozens of people who watch him as he balances a slack rope and the 7 feet of air below his feet. The energetic wire walker from Key West has been mesmerizing crowds from the Caribbean to Europe with his [...]

Lack of Funding Causes Dance…Just Beautiful Dance Theater to Close

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:17:15 +0000

Dance…Just Beautiful (DJB) Dance Theater, which featured a child and adult dance company and offered adult dance classes, wellness classes and free dance classes to children, has closed due to a lack of community funding. In an email to parents, friends and community members, Artistic Director Dennis James Breedlove wrote that DJB Dance Theater, located at [...]

Sailing Camp scholarships available

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:26:48 +0000

The Coconut Grove Sailing Club is providing 15 sailing scholarships during the week of July 26 through August 6th. The scholarship acceptance is based on the first 15 applications received which meet all criteria. A swimming test will be required on the first day of camp. The Summer Youth Sailing Instruction Camp is for both sailing [...]

Goombay Festival 2010

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:34:29 +0000

Bahamian Artists Offer Honor, Beauty and Revitalization

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:17:26 +0000

Bahamian and local artists will transform Windisch-Hunt Fine Arts gallery into a tropical paradise in celebration of The Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival. Through collaboration between Miami Bahamian Consul General Gladys Johnson-Sands, Executive Director of the Miami Host Committee Cornelia Dozier and artist AnnaMaria Windisch Hunt, Bahamian ceramic sculptor Joann Behagg is displaying her work at Windisch-Hunt Fine [...]

Junkanoo is being displayed at the Windisch Hunt Gallery in preparation for the Goombay Festival

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:10:04 +0000

Photo taken by Anna Windisch-Hunt Submitted by Renita Samuels-Dixon

Preparations on their way for the 34th annual Goombay Festival

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:12:03 +0000

The streets of Coconut Grove will be flooded with traditional Bahamian food, arts and crafts, entertainment, and plenty of Junkanoos at the 34th annual Goombay Festival the weekend of June 3 – 6. The festival, named after the traditional Bahamian drum music, was brought to the Grove in 1976 to commemorate the Bahamian people who had [...]

Club gets kids on the right track (and field)

slevinson — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:34:39 +0000

The Miami Coconut Grove Track Club has provided a start for many kids in the Coconut Grove area. Roscoe Parrish went on to become a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills football team and Rafeeq Curry competed for the U.S. Olympic team in the triple jump. Parrish and Curry are only two of the many Track [...]

Dance…Just Beautiful Dance Theater may ring down final curtain

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:43:48 +0000

Dance…Just Beautiful (DJB) Dance Theater, which offers free dance classes to children in Coconut Grove, could close their doors on May 31 as a result of countywide budget cuts. Founded in 2005 by Dennis James Breedlove, who serves as artistic director, DJB offers adult classes, such as Pilates, West African dance and boot camp, and free [...]