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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
How resorts are changing in South Florida. See what's new and what's coming
South Florida How resorts are changing in South Florida. See what's new and what's coming South Florida resorts are changing with major projects and upgrades. The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key will close for demolition and return as two sleek towers focusing on luxury residences and an updated hotel experience. The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne is undergoing a $100 million renovation, temporarily laying off workers as it makes updates. In Fort Lauderdale, the opening of the new Las Olas Marina brings superyacht facilities and high-end dining to the waterfront. Meanwhile, new legislation makes it easier for historic coastal hotels, particularly in Miami Beach, to be demolished, paving the way for further development. View of the piece titled 'Patria y Vida' by Cuban-American artists Antonia Wright and Rubén Millares, a large-scale light sculpture that celebrates people's right to peacefully protest including Cuba where many were sentenced to prison after the anti-government protests that took place on July 11th, 2021. This project is part of the City of Miami Beach's A No Vacancy Project in partnership with Faena Art, for the Miami Art Week 2022, on Tuesday November 12, 2022. By Pedro Portal NO. 1: DESANTIS SIGNS BILL THAT MAKES DEMOLISHING HISTORIC FLORIDA BUILDINGS EASIER Bill proponents have said the changes are crucial to ensuring that buildings are up to code near Florida's coast. | Published March 22, 2024 | Read Full Story by Alexandra Glorioso The Las Olas Marina is officially open after eight years of planning and negotiating. NO. 2: SUPERYACHTS AND HIGH END RESTAURANTS: FORT LAUDERDALE UNVEILS NEW $130 MILLION MARINA It includes spaces for superyachts. | Published October 29, 2024 | Read Full Story by Amanda Rosa The Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key will be demolished for two new resort and condo towers. By PATRICK FARRELL NO. 3: A SIGNATURE MIAMI LUXURY HOTEL IS CLOSING AND WILL BE REPLACED BY TWO NEW TOWERS What we know about the plans. | Published December 20, 2024 | Read Full Story by vsreeharsha@ Sreeharsha The Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne opened in 2001. By Chuck Fadely NO. 4: A MAJOR MIAMI HOTEL IS CLOSING FOR A $100M REMODEL THAT WILL LAY OFF HUNDREDS OF WORKERS Here's the timeline for the changes to a signature resort. | Published March 5, 2025 | Read Full Story by Vinod Sreeharsha The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Joe Jonas talks about his phone-free performance for crowd
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Pop star Joe Jonas recently performed his new single, 'Heart by Heart', for a phone-free crowd in New York, and he relished the experience. "It's been a while - actually, the last time I performed with no phones, I honestly couldn't tell you. I went to the Masters this year, and you can't bring your phone, so that was nice," he said. "And I think, once you're away from your phone for even a few hours, you're panicked sometimes - at least I am. And then you get back, and you're like, 'Okay, I'm fine, the world is still revolving, everyone was fine.'" by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas In Dubai | Search Ads View Deals Undo Joe acknowledged that he spends an unhealthy amount of time online. However, he also relishes disconnecting himself from the outside world from time to time, reports He said: "I'm at fault for becoming somebody that's just on a death scroll ... This is a nice reminder to just be present with your friends and family. You can shut your phone off for a few hours and hang out." Meanwhile, Joe previously said that he's been "reliving" his childhood through his children. The chart-topping star revealed that he's relishing the challenges of fatherhood, describing it as the "best feeling". Speaking at a Miami Art Week event called The Wellness Oasis, Joe shared: "As a parent myself, I'm also reliving childhood again through my kids' eyes which is just the best feeling." Joe is making a concerted effort to have "a lot of fun" as a parent. The 'Cake by the Ocean' hitmaker - who was married to Sophie between 2019 and 2024 - explained: "I'm really making sure that I'm able to have a lot of fun. "This is so amazing that we get the opportunity to be on this earth and do what we get to do. Whether it's enjoying your career, or hopefully on your way to enjoy your career, and you've got great friends and great people around you, I think really being able to tap into, hypothetically, what little Joe would really be into is having fun with whatever it is." Stay updated with the latest Best Hindi Movies , Best Tamil Movies , Best Telugu Movies , Best english Movies , Best Malayalam Movies
Perth Now
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Pop star Joe Jonas confesses to being 'chronically online'
Joe Jonas is "chronically online". The 35-year-old pop star recently performed his new single, 'Heart by Heart', for a phone-free crowd in New York City, and Joe actually relished the experience. He told People: "It's been a while - actually, the last time I performed with no phones, I honestly couldn't tell you. "I went to the Masters this year, and you can't bring your phone, so that was nice. And I think, once you're away from your phone for even a few hours, you're panicked sometimes - at least I am. And then you get back, and you're like, 'Okay, I'm fine, the world is still revolving, everyone was fine.'" Joe acknowledges that he spends an unhealthy amount of time online. However, he also relishes disconnecting himself from the outside world from time to time. The Jonas Brothers star said: "I'm at fault of becoming somebody that's just in a death scroll ... This is a nice reminder to just be present with your friends and family. You can shut your phone off for a few hours and hang out." Meanwhile, Joe previously admitted that he's been "reliving" his childhood through his children. The chart-topping star - who has daughters Willa, four, and Delphine, two, with his ex-wife Sophie Turner - revealed that he's relishing the challenges of fatherhood, describing it as the "best feeling". Speaking at a Miami Art Week event called The Wellness Oasis, Joe shared: "As a parent myself, I'm also reliving childhood again through my kids' eyes which is just the best feeling." Joe is making a concerted effort to have "a lot of fun" as a parent. The 'Cake by the Ocean' hitmaker - who was married to Sophie between 2019 and 2024 - explained: "I'm really making sure that I'm able to have a lot of fun. "This is so amazing that we get the opportunity to be on this earth and do what we get to do. Whether it's enjoying your career, or hopefully on your way to enjoy your career, and you've got great friends and great people around you, I think really being able to tap into, hypothetically, what little Joe would really be into is having fun with whatever it is."
Miami Herald
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
This Miami native wants to teach Black students things they might not learn in school
On a breezy February afternoon, a cacophony of sounds can be heard from the Miami Shores Elementary School with soaring sights to match: Students in the Art of Transformation after school program are busy doing acrobatics from aerial silks, learning dance steps in the bandroom, working on art projects or building sail cars, which are powered by wind, in their STEM class. This is the vision Nakia Bowling has for young Black children in the communities she services. 'I wanted activities you typically don't find in communities of color,' she said. Read more: This historian wants you to learn Broward's Black history. His flashcards might help Bowling, the vice president of government affairs, development and family services for Opa-locka nonprofit Ten North Group, oversees their after school program, which shares the name of the nonprofit's annual art activation during Miami Art Week. In the afternoons, Bowling, 49, can be found at one of the three after school program sites: Miami Shores Elementary, Norwood Elementary and Jeremiah Academy in Miami Gardens. Black students comprise nearly 88% of the attendees which serves students in grades fourth through eighth, she said. The idea to incorporate a more artistic after school program came to Bowling during the pandemic, when she noticed students in the nonprofit's after school coding program were not engaged after spending long days in front of the computer. 'We really wanted kids to just develop using their hands and their creativity and movement, and so that's what spawned this,' she said, adding they polled students, parents and funders about what they'd like to see in the program. After receiving a $4.5 million grant spread across five years (or $900,000 per year) from The Children's Trust, the Art of Transformation after school program launched in August serving more than 250 students. Part of Bowling's mission is to help students know their history and see themselves. The program has 'required reading' from authors such as Toni Morrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe for students or their parents. Bowling's efforts come as criticism for diversity, equity and inclusion increases and the state has pushed legislation that limits how Black history is taught in Florida schools. 'We know there has been this systemic effort to kind of erase Black culture, Black history, and we are essentially steeped in that,' she said, 'and we want to be very intentional and go against the grain by having required reading books.' Bowling wants the students in the after school program to have pride in themselves and see themselves reflected in the leadership. That also means hiring staff that look like them. 'I'm very intentional and very vocal about wanting to hire Black artists. I want artists of color to teach children of color, I want to hire Black men to teach Black students and non-Black students.' Bowling pointed to STEM teacher, Thechelet Charles, and dance instructor, Taurean Devoe as examples for the students, noting it's important that Black children see Black men in such roles as they are often bombarded with negative images. 'I think it's equally important when it's non-children of color in the classroom so that they're presented with a first positive of a Black male, so they carry that.' Unafraid of the criticism that comes with hiring a predominantly Black staff, Bowling said, 'They're qualified. I hire the best, and I believe that I can find the best in my community.' As she put it, she 'wants all the smoke.' 'You are worthy' Growing up immersed in the culture of Liberty City, Bowling was raised to have a profound sense of community and appreciation for her Blackness. She described her childhood in a tight-knit community full of Black business owners and doctors, and where your teachers were often your neighbors. 'I grew up seeing greatness,' she said. 'That was my whole block I grew up on – all Black stores, owners.' After starting high school at New World School of the Arts, Bowling transferred to Miami Northwestern, where she said she learned to find her voice. It was her transformative experience as a student at Miami Northwestern that shaped her view of herself, recalling her teacher, Ms. Wallace, sitting her down and educating her on the McDuffie Riots and its importance. 'It broke that shell. I met people who took me out of my comfort zone and forced me to explore beyond my own bubble,' she said. 'They were big on preserving our history, not just preserving it but sharing and making sure what we knew it was important in a school like Miami Northwestern, where only Black kids could go,' she said of the school that was established in 1955 as a vocational school for Black students. Once she graduated high school, Bowling went on to South Carolina State University where she received her journalism degree. From there, she worked at the Miami Times, under late publisher Rachel Reeves. 'She was tough at the time because she's a Black woman publisher,' Bowling said. 'She said you can find your space to make an impact,' Bowling continued, 'That's really what I loved because immediately the Black press was making an impact in the Black community.' Bowling would later switch to public relations working for various nonprofits, including M.O.V.E.R.S., Inc, Camillus House and The Carrie Meek Foundation before working with Ten North Group. Bowling said doing her nonprofit work gives her the same rush she got when writing about Black communities in Miami. 'I get the same euphoria when a child who's never experienced silk aerial gets up on the rope and they're completely blown away,' she said. Ten North Group's education manager LaTasha Bratton says Bowling is a force. 'She pushes the limits of everything,' she said. 'You'll see this greatness that comes out of that.' The two reminisced about their time at Miami Northwestern and what they learned from classes there. 'Black Miami was a whole thing they taught at Northwestern, and you don't, at the time, appreciate it. You're a teenager,' Bowling said. 'Now, living in this climate and seeing children being stripped of that, you realize how precious that is and how valuable that lesson is and how it shaped you.' Bowling's experience during her high school years is what she seeks to create for the students in the after school program, helping them know their worth and understand their history. One way they've done that is by collecting the students' artwork and curating it for a professional exhibit in Opa-locka and holding an art show. Bowling said the children, their teachers and visitors were moved to tears. 'They need to see that. You can't replicate that feeling. They see themselves, and they see someone being proud of them, saying, 'Hey, you matter to me. You are worthy.''
CNN
03-12-2024
- Automotive
- CNN
Jaguar's new electric concept car divides opinion
The 102-year-old luxury brand unveiled a new electric car concept during Miami Art Week. Social media users are divided, with many critizing the new aesthetic.
