From the group trying to save the Coconut Grove Playhouse's Facebook page:
"The Playhouse needs you to make a call to Anne Peery of Florida Trust for Historic Preservation at (850) 224-8128 and tell her that the Playhouse long ago deserved to be placed on her organization's endangered historic sites list. They have not made their final decision but it looks certain she does not feel the Grove Playhouse deserves to be on that list. We have submitted the application with several letters of affirmation seemingly to no avail. Please, we need your help....or rather the Playhouse needs it. It is difficult to understand why gas stations are on the state's historic sites list but not the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Please give her the facts of the history of the place and explain that, yes, there have been some small changes to the Playhouse but nothing significant since the 1950s that diminish its historic importance. Does anyone have one minute to make such a phone call? If there's no answer please just leave her a voice mail message."
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
Vote today in the "Truckin' Amazing" contest
You can vote for our local favorite here.
You can vote once and the voting ends Saturday, May 18 at 8 pm!
The Little Red Haired Girl and gang
Sounds like a Peanuts cartoon, but it's getting serious out there. The girl with the bright red hair and her gang have hit the Center Grove now. A business owner saw the red headed girl and a tall boy come into their store last night. They had two other young white males with them. They attempted to take things from the store, but the sales associate yelled out to them and they rapidly left.
If anyone has any sort of surveillance system, perhaps you can check and see you capture their images around your store.
They had been hitting houses in the North Grove but now apparently are going into stores.
If you see anything, please call the police at 911 or 305-579-6111 (for non emergency).
UPDATE: On Friday, midday, this girl with the red hair and tattoos, tried to break into a house in Silver Bluff near SW 27 Avenue and 25 Terrace. A neighbor confronted her and she took off on her bicycle. She was with two white guys, one had a silver pick up truck and the other rode off with her on a bicycle.
Someone somewhere must have pictures taken with their home or store security cameras!
If anyone has any sort of surveillance system, perhaps you can check and see you capture their images around your store.
They had been hitting houses in the North Grove but now apparently are going into stores.
If you see anything, please call the police at 911 or 305-579-6111 (for non emergency).
UPDATE: On Friday, midday, this girl with the red hair and tattoos, tried to break into a house in Silver Bluff near SW 27 Avenue and 25 Terrace. A neighbor confronted her and she took off on her bicycle. She was with two white guys, one had a silver pick up truck and the other rode off with her on a bicycle.
Someone somewhere must have pictures taken with their home or store security cameras!
CocoWalk plays backdrop for tv commercial
Final concert of the season for MCC
The Miami Children's Chorus showcases the diversity and artistic excellence of our South Florida youth in "Let The Children Sing." This exciting program marks the completion of the MCC 2012-2013 season and will feature all three MCC ensembles performing traditional and contemporary multicultural choral works in English, Spanish, Shona, French, and Czech, with a cappella singing, chamber orchestra, and percussion ensemble.
This project of the Miami Children's Chorus is supported, in part, by grants from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and the City of Coral Gables.
For more information about the Miami Children's Chorus, and a complete season schedule, visit www.miamichildrenschorus.org or call 305.662.7494.
The event is Sunday, May 19, 4:00 pm at New World First United Methodist Church of Coral Gables (536 Coral Way, Coral Gables).
Admission:
General Admission $20 Adults | $5 Students, Seniors & Children - In Advance
General Admission $25 Adults | $10 Students, Seniors & Children - At the Door
Tickets can be purchased by calling 305.662.7494 or emailing amendez@miamichildrenschorus.org
Be on the look out
Repeating what was posted the other day: There have been a bunch of burglaries in the North Grove in recent days. Houses on Swanson, Lincoln, Calusa and Jefferson have been hit, and Palmetto, in the Center Grove was also burglarized.
A young couple was witnessed at the scenes, they are between the ages of 17 and 20. She has straight hair, shoulder length which is bright red, he has dark short hair, they ride bikes or a kick scooter.
The police and Public Service Aides are aware of the incidents and CSI has taken fingerprints. Hopefully a police sketch will be out soon.
Please be on the look out and call 911 or 305-579-6111 (for non emergency) if you see anything strange or resembling the couple.
The Grove may be dark this 4th of July
In the past, the Chamber tried to make money on the event by selling beer and drinks and hosting food vendors, which were few and far between. The best year was when there were food trucks, but the Grove is so prejudiced against the trucks, that they won't be back, so a few vendors are set up and it really doesn't matter because people bring their own picnics, which I don't blame them for either.
It all came down to the fireworks which were not really appreciated by the crowds because they felt they were too short. Figures go from about 9 to 12 minutes, but at $1000 a minute as the cost, it wasn't much.
One other event that has disappeared is the Coconut Scavenger Hunt, that was a lot of fun, but it ended up all falling on my shoulders and I've been going up north for July 4th week these past couple of years, so there is no Coconut Hunt any more, as all of my helpers, and there used to be plenty, have all flown the coop. In the last year or so, we didn't even paint the coconuts, we used the left over ones, but I was stuck lugging them around, making up the clues then physically hiding them early on July 4th morning, which took hours. 2011 was the last year.
For a couple of years we had the fire shows and cirque du soleil shows with Cirque du Grove. Those were held the whole 4th of July weekend.
2010 may have been the peek year for 4th of July in Coconut Grove, even Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr. where here! There was something going on from morning to night.
CocoWalk still has the hot dog eating contest and The Barnacle still has their old fashioned picnic, but the two big events, the Coconut Hunt and the Fireworks seem to be a thing of the past, although as I said, maybe not the fireworks, there is hope that the City of Miami will bare the cost and throw the show, but with other fireworks put on by the City, like in downtown at Bayside, and with Coral Gables and Key Biscayne putting on fireworks shows, I don't see it happening here unless a group steps up and takes the event on.
It is expensive at $1000 a minute, this is a great business. we read about high tech jobs, this is a high priced techno job. The BID has offered $8000 to the Chamber to put on the event, but the Chamber pays $50,000 or more for the whole park event with music, food, drinks and fireworks and they don't really reap any rewards. I brought up the fact that the Chamber should do it just for the sake of keeping the tradition alive, but that's easier said than done.
So right now, it's not sure if we'll have fireworks in Peacock Park this year. Above you see our Grove Spider-man, Shaun, he isn't even around anymore. So much is changing in the Grove that made this place the Grove. I do hope the US flags go up in June before Flag Day as they usually do. At least that gives us some semblance of 4th of July.
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