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Miami Dade College (MDC) President Madeline Pumariega recently joined education and thought
leaders to discuss new pathways to grow the nation's tech talent pipeline during the "Future of Tech
Commission Town Hall: Advancing Innovations in Education and Tech Talent Development" at Perez
Art Museum Miami.
Hosted by the Knight Foundation, in partnership with ExcelinEd and the Florida Chamber of
Commerce, the town hall featured a panel discussion with President Pumariega; Mark Rosenberg,
Florida International University president, and Jaffus Hardrick, Florida Memorial University president.
They shared their insights and experiences creating new models for growing the country's tech talent
pipeline, focusing on the levers available to the federal government and states to support
transformative innovation across tech education and talent development.
Breaking through barriers and making history, Pumariega is the first female president to lead MDC.
Her passion for innovation in higher education was born out of her own experiences, first as a student
athlete and later as a longtime administrator at MDC.
President Pumariega prioritizes working with business partners to identify the skills needed in key
industries and tailoring higher education programs to match those needs. Her transformative
approach accelerates the ability of graduates to enter the workforce immediately upon the completion
of their coursework.
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The Future of Tech Commission is an independent and bipartisan working group of civic leaders
developing a comprehensive, inclusive tech policy agenda for the nation. In response to discussions
with the White House and Federal Communications Commission, the Future of Tech Commission is
convening the American public, leaders, and experts from across sectors to inform an inclusive tech
policy agenda for the nation and a blueprint of public-private solutions for action at the local, state,
and federal levels.
The commission aims to generate input on the most urgent tech policy challenges and opportunities
facing America's economy and democracy. The commission expects to release a comprehensive
blueprint and clear call to action to the public and for the nation.
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Over the weekend, Miamians took to the streets, chanting "SOS Cuba" and"iLibertad!" On Saturday, July 17, a massive crowd gathering at the Freedom
Tower in downtown Miami to demand that the U.S. do something about Cuba.
Speakers included notable Cuban figures like musicians Willy Chirino and Emilio
Estefan. Photography by Michele Eve Sandberg.
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NBC 6's Cristian Benavides is in Little Havana where kids and young adults took center stager in the
demonstrations Sunday.
After a week of protests and rallies, residents across South Florida continue to show their support for
the anti-government protests in Cuba with events scheduled Sunday across both Miami-Dade and
Broward counites.
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The "Estamos Contigo" Cuba march started at the Jose Marti Memorial at 861 Southwest 13th Avenue
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Most were Venezuelans who say they stand with the Cuban people calling for an end to the
authoritarian regime.
They say Communism in the hemisphere was essentially exported out of Cuba and now countries like
Venezuela and Nicaragua also have totalitarian regimes.
"Our fight as Venezuelans is also the fight with Cuba against the regime," Venezuelan protester Erik
Suarez said.
The other group mobilizing for change on the island nation is "Students for a Free Cuba." This
organization was founded about a year ago by high school and college students.
They say older generations have fought for freedom for more than 60 years and now it is time for the
youth to stand together and carry the torch.
"We all share that common goal of wanting to bring the youth's perspective and drive for change to
Cuba and the Cuban cause," Gabriela Gutierrez of Students for a Free Cuba said.
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"Being able to do this, it's great," teacher Daniella Salgado, who organized the event said. "It's great so
that the kids there can watch this and say, oh my gosh, there's somebody who sees me, somebody
who wants this for us."
Young rallygoer Leilani Ruiz shared the sentiment.
"I want kids to know they're not alone to support Cuba and help them," Ruiz said.
In Pembroke Pines, supporters gathered outside the Sergio's Cuban Restaurant.
"They're protesting because they don't have a voice," one protester in Pembroke Pines said. "They go
out to peacefully protest and they're killed, so it's time for this regimen to end."
Saturday, a land and sea rally for Cuba took place at the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard. Miami
Police had closed off Biscayne Boulevard from Northeast 6th Street to 8th Street to traffic.
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"We need intervention," protestor David Jover, who immigrated from the island nation, said. "That's my
message. It's only gotten worse since I left."
Since protests erupted on the island, internet has been down or spotty. Jover says he can't reach his
family there.
"I don't even know if my family and my friends are okay," he said. "What am I supposed to do with this?
This is the only thing I can do."
Ileana Quincosa can't reach her family either.
"They're killing them," Quincosa said. "They're mutilating them. They're silencing them. They're telling
them if they speak up, they will kill them."
"We're free to speak, but they are not," protestor Maritza Parrios-Pereira said. "So, I have to come here
and do it for them."
Videos were played during the rally, showing police in Cuba arresting people in their homes and on the
streets. Protestors also took to the water with a smaller rally held behind the FTX Arena.
The Freedom Tower has stood as a symbol of hope and freedom in Miami for many immigrants who
once sought citizenship in South Florida.
"You will see images that we've gotten access to from people in Cuba," he said. "You will hear voice
notes of people in Cuba talking directly to the exile community, talking to the international community
and to all of their brothers and sisters out here — whoever can be an echo for their cry for liberty."
Organizers are encouraging all members of the Miami community to join.
Nearly 300 people boarded buses in Grapeland Park on Friday and headed to Washington, D.0 to bring
a "show of love" for the cause of Cuban freedom.
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Chants of "Patria y Vida" and "Libertad" — rallying cries in solidarity with
protesters against the authoritarian government in Cuba — filled the streets
outside the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Blvd on Saturday as around 3,000 people
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gathered for a rally at the Miami landmark and police were forced to block off the
street.
Draped in Cuban and American flags, the crowd joined in singing "Patria y Vida" —
Homeland and Life, an anthem for Cuban freedom — that manipulates a famous
slogan of the Cuban government: "Patria o Muerte," Homeland or Death. Some
chanted, "El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido" — "a people united can never be
divided."
"We're here to remember the thousands that we have lost through the years in
search of freedom," said musician Jencarlos Canela, a Hialeah native and son of
Cuban immigrants.
Grammy-winning Cuban singer Albita opened the rally with soulful renditions of
both the "Star Spangled Banner" and the Cuban National Anthem, as thousands
gathered before the stage, clutching their hearts, mouthing along and waving both
Cuban and American flags.
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They planned to join other demonstrators near the White House on
Saturday.
The plan is to ask President Biden to intervene to free Cuba.
The plan for rallies standing with Cuba will continue through the
weekend.
"This generation has had it," says Dr. Raquel Garcia. "They're tired of
the oppression they're tired of the hunger they're tired of the need
and lack of communication, no longer."
Dr. Garcia organized a small rally outside Research Centers of
America along Sheridan St. Friday afternoon.
"This is not a joyous occasion; this is a similar event where we are
going to be playing images and the videos and audio of what we are
getting from Cuba," says Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
He says this is not just a Cuba issue but a human rights issue.
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"We have an opportunity to create national and international
attention to what's happening in Cuba and if we don't do it no one
will pay attention and they will feel completely abandoned," says
Suarez.
Demonstrators say the call for justice will not stop.
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holding up posters that say SOS Cuba and protesting the Communist regime in Cuba.
Protestors in Cuba are being arrested, even killed for raising their voices and protesting the Communist
regime. The people of Cuba currently have no Internet so they can't even see what is happening in their
own country.
One Cuban immigrant told News4Jax me he was arrested 19 times by the age of 15 just for looking
suspicious and saw many of his relatives being taken and imprisoned.
He said people are arrested for something as simple as wearing jeans.
"I've waited for 30 years for this -- 30 years of fighting alone," Aneinar Jordan said. "It was sad not to see
anyone else rise up. Finally, after 30 years, I'm once again proud of being Cuban.
People said these protests didn't starts happening just because of the surge in COVID cases in the island
nation. Oppression of Cuba's people has been happening for 62 years and the pandemic just made the
problems worse.
"There's been 62 years with the regime," said protestor Louis Soto. "We need freedom."
For the seventh straight day there was a large anti-Cuba protest in Downtown Miami. Home to many
Cuban exiles, thousands came out to the Freedom Tower on Saturday, a landmark for Cubans seeking a
better life.
Rosa Iglesas told WPLG-TV she was 19 years old when he came from Cuba on a boat.
"What my country needed is the same thing I came here looking for: freedom," she said.
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Thousands gathered outside Downtown Miami's Freedom Tower to protest for freedom in Cuba. (WPLG)
Large Cuban protests have also been held in Orlando and Tampa over the past week.
Renay Taboada and her daughter Jennifer were there because the protests in Cuba hit close to home.
A family member of theirs is in prison right now in Cuba for protesting.
"My grandson was taken by the Cuban police on Saturday, was beaten in the street, he was hit with rocks,"
Renay Taboada said. "He was taken to the police station where he was hit again."
Taboada is from Michigan, but moved down to Florida during the Obama administration so she could be
closer to her family in Cuba. But she has only been there twice.
"I've walked those streets the country is in shambles those people need help," she said.
Jenifer Taboada's nephew had rocks thrown at him by police while he was protesting and was arrested
when he tried to throw rocks back at the police.
'They don't have the right to bear arms," Jenifer Taboada said. "Don't have weapons, don't have guns don't
have a way to protect themselves. It's not a civil war. It's a genocide."
Jenifer Taboada also said people aren't getting the right hospital treatment and being rationed food.
She wishes more people in the United States knew about what people in Cuba are going through.
"My half-sisters get one gallon of milk every few months," she said. "They get told how much food they can
have."
Protestors said that Kelli Rivera Delamora was arrested for walking to a protest, and is now out of jail. But
she is advised to only go to work and home.
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Rick Mullaney, the director of public policy institute Jacksonville University, said the Biden
Administration has a difficult decision to make on how to move forward with the crisis in Cuba.
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want to be supportive but you don't want to cause a crackdown on protestors. Now what's the best policy
long-term? Is it to maintain sanctions and embargo? Is it to open up trade with Cuba? It's been challenge
all along."
Mullaney said Sen. Marco Rubio is one of many US officials who want to get the internet back up and
running in Cuba.
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There are two degrees of separation between Cuba and me. As a second-generation Cuban
American, I have been caught in my grandparents' tumble between the land and sea, stuck in an
obnoxious wave, unable to deliver myself to solid ground. My grandparents are among the first
wave of Cuban exiles who made a lifelong vow not to return until the Castro regime fell. For
some, like my maternal grandfather, a former political prisoner, a threat was attached to any
promise of return. For others, the vow was made on a principle: Remain exiled until Cuba is
free. I have honored and admired their fidelity to this principle, even if my itch to see Cuba is
fed by the mystique the separation has created.
Growing up at the feet of Cuban exiles, I felt as familiar with my grandparents' childhoods as I
did with my own. Their memories of pre-Castro Cuba were like phantom limbs, and I felt as if
my arms and legs had been sundered, too. They wondered what kinds of lives their children
would have had if Fidel Castro hadn't seized power. Eventually, I started wondering this myself.
With little firsthand knowledge of life on the island, my imagination of contemporary life in
Cuba was just as far removed from reality as it was from my vision of Havana in the 195os.
Last Sunday, my Miami-centric Instagram feed was filled with reposted videos of crowds
snaking through Cuban cities, waving smartphones above their heads like stakes. Cubans are
protesting widespread food and medicine shortages, and blackouts and government-mandated
Internet outages. But while these are the issues that may be pushing Cubans into the streets
today, their chants for "Libertad" leave little room for interpretation as to what else they want.
Many are demanding the end of a 62-year-old communist regime and calling for President
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-does-patria-y-vida-mean-cuba 2/127/19/2021 Meaning Behind Patria Y Vida Song Used In Cuba Protests Miguel Diaz-Canel's immediate resignation, a bold message in a place where violent backlash is all but guaranteed. Protesters in Cuba are also heard chanting "Patria y Vida," a rallying cry for Cubans who oppose the communist government's corruption and grip of citizens' self-determination and expression. The phrase comes from a protest song released in mid-February by a group of Black Cuban pop stars and rappers-turned-activists demanding that the world bear witness to Cuba's rot from within. This counterrevolutionary rewrite of Castro's motto "Patria o Muerte" in the form of the hashtag #PatriayVida has been a mainstay on the San Isidro Movement's Instagram, which has been a source of information when artists have been brutalized and detained by Cuban police. Such artists include Maykel Castillo, Eliexer "El Funky" Marquez, and Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, the only artists who perform on "Patria y Vida" and still reside on the island. I have never visited my patria, and have mostly connected to Cuba through music — and most of all through the music of Celia Cruz. I inherited my Celia fandom from my great- grandmothers, grandmothers, and mother — women who spoke of Celia as if they knew her personally, on a first-name basis. Along with the death of my great-great-uncle Santos when I was five, Celia's death in 2003 was my first experience with loss. I didn't attend Santos' wake, but I attended hers, standing in line for hours with my mother and great-grandmothers in the https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-does-patria-y-vida-mean-cuba 3/12
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July heat for her public viewing at the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. But among tens of
thousands of other mourners, we never made it inside.
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Celia Cruz.
One of Celia's songs I associate most with my childhood is "Por Si Acaso No Regreso." Released
three years before her death in the album Siempre Vivire (I Will Always Live On), the song is
Celia's final testament to her relationship with a country from which she had been officially
banned by Castro. Written by Emilio Estefan and Angie Chirino, the Miami-born daughter of
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-does-patria-y-vida-mean-cuba 4/127/19/2021 Meaning Behind Patria Y Vida Song Used In Cuba Protests Cuban musician Willy Chirino, the song embodies a tradition of apolitical exile music that mourns and memorializes Cuba before the Revolution. I listened to "Por Si Acaso No Regreso" for the first time in nearly a decade while preparing a playlist for my uncle's birthday party. Just a month later, I came upon the music video for "Patria y Vida." It begins by tuteando Cuba: "Y eres to mi canto de sirena" (You are my siren song). Like Celia's exile hymn that opens with parallel language — "Por si acaso no regreso" (In case I don't return) — both of these songs contribute to Cuba's postrevolutionary history where artists perform their grief for the comfort of other exiles and, whenever possible, Cubans on the island. But the two could not be more different. Celia's "Por Si Acaso No Regreso" is a lamentation, not a call to action. It dismisses the plausibility of Cuba's liberation in the near future: "Por si acaso no regreso / yo me llevo to bandera / lamentado que mis ojos / liberada no to vieran" (In case I don't return / I'll take my flag / regretting that my eyes / will not see you free). The only thing powerful enough to change this circumstance could come from God — "Pero yo sigo esperando y al cielo rezando" (But I keep waiting and praying to the heavens). "Patria y Vida," on the other hand, deviates from this elegiac tradition of exile music, initiating a new stage of collective grief: anger. This generation of artists publicly accepts the threat of artistic expression to declare the forthcoming fall of the regime, newly powered by a generation https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/what-does-patria-y-vida-mean-cuba 5/12
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of Cubans with access to the internet. "Se acabo" (It's over), repeats the song's chorus. For those
who worked on the song, including artists Yotuel, Descemer Bueno, and Gente de Zona — who
still have family on the island — their activism may mean that they will not be allowed to return
to Cuba. Celia paid that price, too. When her mother died in 1962, two years after Celia fled, the
Cuban embassy denied her a visa. If she couldn't return to bury her mother under Castro, she
said she never would.
Despite being vocally anti-Castro offstage, Celia's music remained apolitical, representing a
stage in the exile community's grief that sought comfort in preserving their chapter of Cuban
history. She once said, "Emotionally, I want to go back. But never under Castro's dictatorship. I
will take the Cuba I have in my heart with me." Songs like "Por Si Acaso No Regreso" provide
aerial views of the island, illustrating that due to decades of distance, exile songs aim to connect
immigrants to lost land through music and metaphor, not the people left behind. For my
grandparents, leaving the country of their birth was their ultimate form of protest.
In Cuba, rap is el pueblo's chosen sound for protest. Rappers like Los Aldeanos, Marquez, and
Castillo expose the regime's oppression and corruption, borrowing from American hip-hop to
spit in the faces of their America-hating government. The organization of the song also captures
the genre and generational gaps between Cuban exiles and younger residents, beginning with
elements of bolero and flamenco, and setting up the song's rap with the hook. Audibly, the
chants of Cubans and Cuban Americans on the streets today imitate the cadence of the final
repetition of "Patria y Vida." In "Por Si Acaso No Regreso's" coro-pregon (call-and-response),
Celia repeats "The pain [of not returning] will kill me." Cubans on the island are ready to accept
this fate too — but they'll die trying.
In a guest spot on "Patria y Vida," Castillo imagines the signing of a musical constitution where
a new revolution belonging to his generation is initiated with his "firma," his signature. The
song's chorus declares, with unfailing authority, the beginning of the regime's end. Months after
its initial release, we can see how music, and specifically "Patria y Vida," has physically and
emotionally moved the Cuban people. Its prospective vision of a liberated Cuba has helped
Cubans manage their fear to assert a new future for themselves. Not to live free or die, but to
live free. Punto y aparte.
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It's Monday, July 19th - and NBC 6 has the top stories for the day.
No. 1 - A boat sank off Pompano Beach near Hillsboro Inlet after it began taking on water Sunday.
A witness says he believes 14 people who were on the boat were all rescued. It happened around 4:30 p.m. about
three miles offshore. One witness said the boat ran over its anchor line, which brought it under water. Broward
Sheriff's Office and Good Samaritans responded first and handled the search and rescue. To see the wild moments
caught on camera, click here for the story from NBC 6 news.
No. 2 - Police have made an arrest in the case of an elderly woman who had more than $25,000 worth of jewelry
stolen from her Miramar home after the suspects posed as FPL representatives.
Police have charged Rachel Demitro with several counts, including burglary, grand theft and violation of her
probation for her role in distracting the victim. Dimitro was arrested Thursday after being part of a duo with a man,
58-year-old Bob Ely, who committed a similar distraction scam on an elderly couple in Margate. The incident from
June 25th in Miramar was caught on 81-year-old Diana Reeves's doorbell camera, showing one man asking her
questions about power in the home and luring Reeves outside while police say another man went inside the home.
For more on both cases, click here for the story from NBC 6 anchor Johnny Archer.
No. 3 - After a week of protests and rallies, residents across South Florida continue to show their support for the
anti-government protests in Cuba with events scheduled Sunday across both Miami-Dade and Broward counites.
In Little Havana, two different demonstrations convened at the same spot near SW 13th Ave and 8th Street. Most
were Venezuelans who say they stand with the Cuban people calling for an end to the authoritarian regime. The
other group mobilizing for change on the island nation is "Students for a Free Cuba." This organization was founded
about a year ago by high school and college students. In Tropical Park, a family friendly Nilios For Cuba' rally took
place. In Pembroke Pines, supporters gathered outside Sergio's Cuban Restaurant. Saturday, a land and sea rally for
Cuba took place at the Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard. Miami Police had closed off Biscayne Boulevard from
Northeast 6th Street to 8th Street to traffic.
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No. 4 - Investigators looking into the cause of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside released
several new photos and video from the site Friday, the first images up close of debris being held as evidence that
may help determine the cause of the tragedy.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology said their work is now focused on ensuring information and
evidence is identified, collected and preserved. As part of evidence identification, the NIST team has collected more
than 200 building elements including columns, beams and pieces of concrete slab from the June 24th collapse. All
items that have been collected are currently being preserved by the Miami-Dade Police Department. Experts from
FEMA, the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Science Foundation,
the U.S. Geological Survey and Florida State University are part of the efforts at the site, where the remaining tower
of condos was demolished on July 4th. A national construction safety team is being assembled by NISI to lead the
technical investigation.
No. 5 - Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships will remain in place after a federal appeals court
temporarily blocked a previous ruling that sided with a Florida lawsuit challenging the regulations.
The one-paragraph decision by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was filed at 11:50 p.m.
Saturday, just minutes before a Tampa judge's previous ruling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention restrictions was set to take effect. The judges' issuance of a temporary stay keeps the CDC regulations
regarding Florida-based cruise ships in place while the CDC appeals the June decision by U.S. District Judge Steven
Merryday. The lawsuit, championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, claims that the CDC's multiple-step process to
allow cruising from Florida is overly burdensome, harming both a multibillion-dollar industry that provides some
159,000 jobs and revenue collected by the state.
No. 6 - Tennis player Coco Gauff has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics,
where she was expected to lead Team USA.
Gauff, 17, announced the news through her own social media on Sunday, where she wished the rest of the team
luck on the international stage. This would have been Gauff's first Olympic appearance after a series of notable
appearances in Grand Slam tournaments over the past few years. "It has always been a dream of mine to represent
the USA at the Olympics, and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future,"
Gauff wrote.
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7/20/2021 Tower Theater Miami to present trio of short films by Jose Navas I Miami's Community News
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MDC's Tower Theater Miami, 1508 SW Eighth St., will present the short films of Miami native and two-
time Miami Film Festival alumnus, Jose Navas.
The one-week theatrical run includes two of his Miami Film Festival Official Selections, The Rafter,
which sold out the Olympia Theater, and Beat Lingo, as well as the Florida premiere of With His Eyes
Closed. The collection of short films showcases the vision of one of Miami's best young filmmakers.
The event brings together the cast and crew from the films with a red carpet, a performance by
beatboxing artist Kamikaze, and the screenings followed by a post-screening reception hosted by
Miami Club Rum and Elleven Vodka.
"We all love Miami and its culture but it is time to bring light to the film scene and authentic feel of
the city we love..." said Navas, founder and director of FlickHouse Studios. "We want to heighten the
community with every project we make."
The collection will begin July 24, 7 p.m., at the MDC's Tower Theater Miami with the red carpet event
and reception. The films will be shown for the whole week until July 29.
Advance tickets, on sale for the 7 p.m. Saturday premiere (July 24) and upcoming showings are
available at www.Towertheatermiami.corn.
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Miami, July 19, 202 - Miami Dade College's (MDC) Tower Theater Miami and Miami Film Festival
(MFF) will present short films by Miami native and two-time MFF alumnus Jose Navas at 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 24. Navas' collection of three short films showcases the vision of one of Miami's top
young filmmakers. There will be a Q & A following the screening, hosted by Jaie Laplante, MFF
executive director and co-director of programming.
In the "The Rafter," Reinaldo Cruz becomes the first person in history to flee Cuba on a raft in search
of freedom on July 31, 1964. In "Beat Lingo," Marcus suffers from mutism, living a reserved, quiet life.
After years of homeschooling, he faces his biggest challenge yet - real school. But Marcus holds a
special gift that he's been hiding from the world.
"With His Eyes Closed" follows Andres and his younger brother Miguel, who are living under the
control of their physically abusive father in Miami. After Andres decides to skip school, his seemingly
adventurous escape brings an unexpected consequence. However, the experience propels him to
fight back against his father in a fearless attempt to protect his younger brother.
Navas is a writer/director born in Nicaragua and raised in Miami. He studied film at the Miami
International University of Arts and Design before founding the production company FlickHouse
Studios. Navas' feature documentary debut was "Miami Our City" (2016). He co-wrote, directed, and
produced the award-winning short film "El Balsero." His work has been supported by the Knight
Foundation, Sundance Institute, PBS, and NALIP. His most recent films, "Beat Lingo" (2021) and "With
His Eyes Closed" (2021) premiered at the Miami Film Festival and the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival.
WHAT: Miami Film Festival and Tower Theater Miami Present Short Films of Jose Navas
WHEN: Saturday, July 24, 7 p.m. (Red Carpet at 6:30 p.m.)
WHERE: Tower Theater Miami
1508 SW 8th St.
For red carpet access, contact nrabino@mdc.edu (mailto:nrabino@mdc.edu)
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7/20/2021 Miami Worldcenter finalizes first leases for restaurants I Miami's Community News
Miami Worldcenter finalizes first leases for
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Miami Worldcenter
Culinary stars from the Windy City and the Magic City will shine at Miami Worldcenter, the $4 billion,
27-acre mixed-use development transforming the heart of Downtown Miami.
The development's ownership has completed leases with Chicago-based steakhouse Maple & Ash, set
to open its first location in Florida; etta, a neighborhood restaurant centered around a wood-fired
hearth; Laurel Brasserie and El Vecino, both concepts by Miami chef Michael Beltran.
The first tenants to lease space in this city-within-a-city are taking more than 30,000 square feet of
indoor and outdoor space along Miami Worldcenter's open-air entertainment promenades. All four
concepts are expected to open in 2022.
"Our team is thrilled to unveil a stellar lineup of restaurants opening at Miami Worldcenter, with Maple
& Ash, etta, Laurel Brasserie and El Vecino setting the tone for what's to come.
These restaurants exemplify the quality of the tenants and the experience we are curating for Miami
Worldcenter's residents and visitors," said Nitin Motwani, managing partner of Miami Worldcenter
Associates. "Bringing to life the retail components of Miami Worldcenter's master plan is critical to
transforming our 27-acre site into a thriving open-air destination, and we look forward to announcing
additional retail concepts in the coming weeks and months."
The lavish Maple & Ash offers a modern take on a traditional steakhouse. Two-time Michelin-star Chef
Danny Grant presents classic wood-fired dishes while offering diners an elegantly seductive
experience. At Maple & Ash's original Chicago location, the restaurant's wine list has been named
"one of the most outstanding in the world" by Wine Spectator.
Maple & Ash will be located along World Square at the corner of Miami Worldcenter's Seventh Street
promenade and NE First Avenue, and will occupy 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space,
with ground floor and second floor seating.
Developed by the creative team behind Maple & Ash, etta is a neighborhood restaurant that serves
delicious wood-fired dishes, from gourmet pizzas and warm focaccia to crisp seasonal salads and
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family-style shared pig and lobster picnics. Just as the kitchen is the focal point of interaction within a
home, etta's open kitchen design gives guests the same intimate experience.
With two existing locations in Chicago, each etta location features a wood-burning brick oven and a
giant wood-fired hearth for spit roasting and grilling. Located along the eastern side of the Seventh
Street Promenade, etta will feature approximately 11,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space
across two levels.
Beloved local Miami Chef Michael Beltran, a 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards "Best Chef: South"
semifinalist, will bring his new dining concept, Laurel, to Miami Worldcenter.
Laurel will offer diners a novel take on a French brasserie with hints of Chef Beltran's Cuban influence,
which is evident across his multiple concepts, including his revered Ariete. In addition to Beltran's
inventive French-Cuban fare, guests will be able to enjoy a limited selection of Cuban treats from
popular Coconut Grove diner Chug's.
The casually chic restaurant will occupy 2,800 square feet of indoor and outdoor space on the ground
floor of Caoba, Miami Worldcenter's apartment tower, at the corner of the Seventh Street promenade
and NE First Avenue.
Also developed by the Ariete Hospitality Group, El Vecino will be a high-end first-class cigar bar
serving a full liquor bar and light fare such as head cheese croquetas, an assortment of meat and
cheese, and pastelitos by Pastelito Papi. The venue will occupy approximately 1,60Q square feet of
indoor and outdoor space joining Laurel on the ground floor of Miami Worldcenter's Caoba apartment
tower.
Retail leasing at Miami Worldcenter is led by The Comras Company, a leading, boutique real estate
firm providing retail leasing, asset sales, consulting and development advisory services throughout
South Florida. The leasing team is comprised of Michael Comras, Jeff Evans and Michael Silverman.
"Projects of this size, scale and caliber don't happen often, not in Miami and not anywhere else in the
country," said Michael Comras, president of The Comras Company. "Miami Worldcenter sits just off the
intersection of the two busiest highways, surrounded by various modes of public transit, steps from
the most prominent cultural institutions in the city, and the FTX arena. That, coupled with downtown
Miami's exponential growth and the influx of domestic and international residents moving in the last
year, makes Miami Worldcenter the most appealing location for businesses to invest in."
As the largest private development underway in Florida, Miami Worldcenter will feature a diverse mix
of residential, commercial and hospitality uses complemented by approximately 300,000 square feet
of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. These include two completed residential buildings —
the 60-story Paramount Miami Worldcenter condominium and the 43-story Caoba luxury apartment
tower. Approximately 150,000 square feet of retail has been completed with tenant build-out work set
to commence in 2021, and another 130,000 square feet is currently under construction and nearing
delivery.
Construction is nearing completion at ZOM's 43-story Bezel Miami Worldcenter residential tower and
at the 351-room citizenM hotel, both of which are expected to open later this year.
Miami Worldcenter occupies 10 city blocks within walking distance of Museum Park, home to Perez Art
Museum Miami and the Frost Museum of Science; FTX Arena; Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center,
and Miami-Dade College's Downtown Miami campus. It is also adjacent to Brightline's MiamiCentral
station, which offers direct train service to Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and, in the future,
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Orlando, together with access to TriRail, Metromover and Metrorail, making Miami Worldcenter the
largest and most-connected transit-oriented development in Florida.
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Florida's Cuban influence is seen throughout the state. These are some must-see sites to
explore Cuban cultural expressions.
Way before the sensationalized Mariel boat lift made "Cuban" synonymous with Miami, the
Spanish Caribbean island and Florida had sealed a bond. By dint of close proximity, trade
between the two was happening well before Europeans arrived.
Later, Florida fishermen swapped smoked fish for rum during Prohibition days and when trouble
struck in 1868, Cubans grabbed their tobacco seeds and headed to Key West, go miles away. In
1886, Vicente Martinez Ybor moved his cigar-making operation to Ybor City in Tampa, attracted
by better trade deals and transportation. Today the Cuban influence has added spice and spark
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Monument to Father Felix Varela, St. Augustine. On the lawn of today's Cathedral, this
monument honors a hero and saint in the eyes of the Cuban people, An important advocate for
human rights, he lived as a child in St. Augustine and also retired and died here,
Plaza de la Constitucion, St. Augustine. The bond between Cuba and St. Augustine was
created when Spain traded colonial Florida with England in exchange for Cuba. As a result,
Spanish citizens fled to Cuba. Some returned 20 years later when Spain regained Florida. The
bond remains strong and Cubans and Spaniards alike come to St. Augustine to trace their
heritage and property titles. The city's Plaza de la Constitucion was once the site of a major rally
for Cuban independence. Over the centuries, several renditions of St. Augustine's cathedral,
including the present cathedral built in 1797, have bordered the plaza.
Varela Chapel in Tolomato Cemetery, St. Augustine. Here Father Varela was laid to rest in 1853,
but later his remains were returned to Cuba, where he was proclaimed a national hero, Cuban
patriot Jose Marti once visited the site.
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Fiesta Day, Tampa, 813-248-3712. Varied festivities welcome revelers to February's Cuban street
fair.
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, 386-255-0285, www.moas.org. Its permanent
collection contains rare pieces from the 18th to early 2oth centuries organized to illustrate the
nation's past.
Parque Amigos de Jose Marti, Tampa. This small plot of land memorializes the Cuban
revolutionary's frequent exiles to Ybor City.
Ybor City Museum State Park, Tampa, 813-247-6323, wwwfloridastateparks.org/yborcity. Ybor
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