COME CELEBRATE DOWNTOWN'S FIRST YOGA STUDIO, RINA YOGA, with MIAMI'S LARGEST INDOOR FREE YOGA CLASS at the JW MARRIOTT MARQUIS!

COME CELEBRATE DOWNTOWN'S FIRST YOGA STUDIO, RINA YOGA, with MIAMI'S LARGEST INDOOR FREE YOGA CLASS at the JW MARRIOTT MARQUIS!

Yoga Up in Downtown with Rina Yoga!!! Experience Miami's largest indoor yoga class on a NBA-sized basketball court. Thursday, January 27, JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 19th Floor PROGRAM: 6:30pm - Free Yoga Class with Rina Jakubowicz 7:30pm- Function show by lululemon athletica with great technical products for yoga class 8:00pm - Social hour with refreshments & snacks and an opportunity to win fabulous prizes Experience virtual bowling, a 3D media room, and billiards on the entertainment floor of the hotel *Music by DJ Umberto   More info & RSVP: info@rinayoga.com 305-856-YOGA (9642) www.rinayoga.com

34th annual lebanese festival

let's celebrate 1/2 of my heritage!!! mmm..i'm so excited for all the lebanese food to sample..this is pretty much the only time of year i'm excited to go to church! 
Jan 28(5pm-1am), Jan 29(5pm-2am) and Jan 30(noon-11pm).

the festival features live lebanese and arabic music and belly dancing. amazing lebanese food: hummus, tabouli, kibbie, falafel, that amazing lamb, baklava...and arts & crafts. 


church is located in between brickell and coral gables: 2055 Coral Way

Toast to the New Year: United Way of Miami-Dade Young Leaders

Kick off the New Year in style and in great company with United Way of Miami-Dade Young Leaders as we celebrate another year of working together to create a better place for all. Join us at the Design District's newest hot spot, Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, the urban brasserie offering innovative cuisine and featuring the latest masterpieces from local artists at the outdoor art park, Wynwood Walls. Cocktails and appetizers will be served. Friday, January 21, 2011 7 - 9 pm Wynwood Kitchen & Bar 2550 Northwest Second Avenue Miami, FL 33127 This event is complimentary for United Way Young Leaders. Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend for a $10 donation. Please rsvp by Tuesday, January 18, 2011. To learn more about this event or United Way of Miami-Dade Young Leaders, contact Ralph Perez at perezr@unitedwaymiami.org. "Like" the Young Leaders Facebook page for regular news and updates.

Overtown Music Project, Saturday 1/22

Overtown was once the "Harlem of the South," the epicenter of music in Miami.  It was a vacation spot for Thurgood Marshall and poet Langston Hughes, a place where you were likely to hear Count Basie andAretha Franklin playing music and singing into the wee hours. 

The Overtown Music Project will try to capture that former glory in an event on January 22nd in a bespoke graffiti garden at Wynwood Kitchen & Bar: 2550 NW 2nd Ave., Miami, FL 

$25 donation benefits the Overtown Music Project's scholarship program

Please rsvp to amy@overtownmusicproject.org

Please help us celebrate the music!

a chocolate affair

When: Friday, January 21, 2011 - Sunday, January 23, 2011 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Where: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Join us for Fairchild's 5th Annual International Chocolate Festival with Coffee and Tea!

There will be three days of chocolate treats, delicious cups of coffee and soothing cups of tea.

Don't miss tastings, cacao tree sales, the ChocoKids area, cooking demonstrations, our ChocoWalk, lectures and much more.

View video and photos of past International Chocolate Festivals to see what makes this event so special.

What To Do at the 5th International Chocolate Festival

• Learn how chocolate is made
• Go on the Chocowalk and see cacao trees growing in Fairchild’s Rainforest.
• Enjoy samples from local chocolatiers, then purchase some to take home!
• Learn from some of Miami’s top chefs how to make many dishes using chocolate, from savory to sweet. 
• Learn how chocolate grows and about its native habitat, the rainforest.
• Attend lectures on growing cacao and coffee in South Florida.
• Enjoy great food-- from chocolate crepes to churros dipped in chocolate to grilled chicken with mole.

Yoga

All yoga classes provided free of charge by Rina Yoga

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.    Yoga for Adults
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.    Chocokids Yoga
12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.    Chocolate Meditation
12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.       Yoga for Adults
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.         Chocokids Yoga

DWNTWN Concert Series: Friday 1/14

2011 kicks off to a Latin Beat.  Friday, January 14, 2011 at 5:30 pm the DWNTWN Miami Concert Series presents a night full of Latin flavor with Miami's Best Latin Alternative band and 2x Grammy Nominee Locos Por Juana in a free concert at Bayfront Park’s Tina Hills Pavilion. The band mixes tropical and urban styles, combining reggae, cumbia and salsa with hip-hop, rock andLatin alternative.

Xperimento with their Funky-Latin-Reggae-Ska-Soul-Soneo-DanceParty is opening up the show!

drink wine? around the world in 80 sips...

Come taste 80+ wines as Bottlenotes takes you Around the World in 80 Sips!Miami wine enthusiasts can enjoy wines from countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, France, New Zealand, Spain and the U.S., plus Artisanal Premium Cheese, charcuterie, and more.

Friday, January 14th, 2011
7:00-8:00p.m. VIP/Press Tasting
8:00-10:00p.m. General Admission

1111 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139 

http://www.bottlenotes.com/around-the-world-in-80-sips-miami

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Advanced Tickets $75 • Door $95 • VIP $125

can't get enough of art??? hello art deco and miami international art fair weekend

Please join us in Miami Beach Jan 13-17, 2011 for MIA, America’s most exciting mid-winter contemporary art fair. MIA will be inaugurating an intriguing and unique new model this year, combining a highly selective art fair with a strong, central curatorial vision, in addition to independently curated projects.

The fair will host prestigious international dealers featuring contemporary, emerging, conceptual, and modern art including photography, installations, performance, and video. ty is 

opening up the show!

http://www.mia-artfair.com/fair_info.html
Fair Hours
January 14 – 17, 2011
12-7pm
til 9pm on the 14th

Preview 
January 13th

6:30-7:30pm 
First View (invitation only)
Sponsored by 
Black River Caviar 

7:30-10pm 
Collectors' Invitational
Open to privilege card holders,global VIPs and by special invitation.

Location
Miami Beach Convention Center
Hall D
1901 Convention Center Dr.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Click here for map

Admission
One day pass: 
$10 in advance, $15 at the door
Multi-day pass: 
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
Children under 12 
accompanied by adult, free
$5 after 5:00pm on the 14th

Art Deco Weekend (Miami Beach)

The Art Deco Weekend® Festival was started in 1976 by the Miami Design Preservation League to attract visitors to Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District and to raise awareness and appreciation of the arts and culture of the Art Deco era (approx. 1925-1945). Art Deco Weekend draws tens of thousands of people for the three-day event (in the middle of January each year), and features more than 85 events, including: Guided tours Film series Lectures Antiques, art and collectibles vendors Variety of food vendors Musical attractions Theatrical performances Dance performances Classic automobiles Saturday morning parade Dog promenade and other events

ayiti cherie. sweet, sweet haiti.

a moment of silence. a moment of prayer. one year ago today, my family's homeland felt the earth shake for a mere few minutes. an unstable country who has suffered through things we will never face nor possibly understand. one year, and things have not changed for the better. rubble is everywhere. tents are everywhere. malnutrition, lack of basic food and water, lack of proper toilets, people in the street, people in tents, children taken advantage of, women taken advantage of, nowhere to go, no transportation, no assistance from anyone other then yourself or your family, no education, the smell of diesel, the smell of fires and human waste. one year ago, haiti took a turn for the worst. so much outpouring and support from the world..yet 365 days later, the suffering continues. ayiti cherie, always in my heart. always in my thoughts. i think of you at this moment, and every moment. one year. still by your side. hoping for recovery. hoping for peace and unity. ayiti cherie.


memories of what my summers in haiti were



haiti, two months ago.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/11/haiti_ten_months_later.html

coral gables block party..1/15

$40 advanced purchase: https://www.thebuonicontifund.com/SSLPage.aspx?pid=893Join the Miami Chapter on Saturday, January 15, 2011 from 5:00-9:00pm for its 3rd Annual Coral Gables Block Party presented by Hillstone Restaurant Group and Stephen and Lu Coxhead. Great microbrews & wine, delicious food, live music, exciting drawings...all for a good cause! Located on Ponce de Leon between Miracle Mile and Aragon Avenue. Casual chic attire. Live music by "People You Know". For more information, call Kristin Wherry at 305-243-3863.

los vivancos..tickets giveaway!

hi!! we've been offered to share to five lucky winners.....a pair of tickets to see los vivancos! 

they will be performing at hard rock live on wednesday, january 19th at 8pm

please make a comment on the page, and we will randomnly select 5 winners on Friday 1/14.

like us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Heart-Miami/115222388499250

http://www.losvivancos.com/index.html

miami renaissance festival

the perfect time to wear that renaissance fairy, wench, princess, prince charming halloween outfit again!
the miami renaissance festival will be held on virginia key (key biscayne) for two weekends: 1/15 and 1/22

i'll be honest, i'm not quite sure what takes place here, but i'm sure there will be large beer mugs and turkey legs, and just another interestingly beautiful day in miami!! $20 admission

http://www.ren-fest.com/miami-home.asp

it's a design district kind of day!

who says there is nothing to do today!!! check out the launch miami market in the design district (local designer shops including art, clothes, accessories, jewelry, etc.), then stop at one of the many fabulous restaurants for lunch (love the outside of mai tardi!!!) and if you're not tired..check out art gallery night in the design district and wynwood :-) happy saturday miami

the live mixtape with black thought from the roots, tonight at florida room

The Roots' Black Thought and J. Period present The Live Mixtape: Miami Edition. The Florida Room, 1685 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. The show starts at 11 p.m. RSVP by calling 305-674-6152 or emailing rsvp@morganshotelgroup.com.