The SEED Faculty of Miami tenth grader Kyndra Palmer and her mentor Nikisha Williams showcase this 12 months’s O, Miami Poetry Pageant tote bag that features a few of Kyndra’s poem.
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Chantal Lawrie
For tenth-grader Kyndra Palmer, Miami is a metropolis of sounds — fireworks, laughter, loud audio system, popping balloons, racing automobiles, honking horns, cellphone notification bells, and “everybody’s voices speaking to at least one one other.”
Kyndra, a scholar at The SEED Faculty of Miami, wrote a poem about it referred to as “The Greatest Half.”
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O, Miami Poetry Pageant organizers preferred it a lot that they awarded Kyndra the distinction of getting a few of her poem featured on the annual occasion’s tote bag.
Prior featured poets embrace Octavia Butler and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas.
“We’re grateful for all of the methods our devoted workers, households, and group companions present as much as help our students like Kyndra, together with the management of Ms. M. Pierre; O, Miami workers members Melissa Gomez, Caroline Cabrera, and Kristia Leon; and Kyndra’s mentor Nikisha Williams,” mentioned Kara Locke, head of college.
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Kyndra was additionally awarded her personal ice cream taste “Kyndra’s Fairground Funnel Desserts,” a candy cream ice cream with Sunkist jam, funnel truffles, and elephant ears pastry because of Candy Melody Ice Cream.
Some O, Miami Pageant tasks have continued previous April’s Poetry Month. One is the poetry “Ge-ode-caching” collaboration with Miami-Dade County Parks and artist Aileen Neri.
Poem packing containers hidden at 22 parks could be discovered by means of a geocaching app till the top of Might. Miami-Dade County Parks Division
Neri labored carefully with the division to pick 22 parks throughout the county to drop packing containers of unique poems for park-goers to seek out.
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Field coordinates could be uploaded by means of the app at www.geocaching.com/play, and customers can discover distinctive poems of their neighborhood parks.
There are additionally some freebees, accessible on a first-come-first-serve foundation, and a pocket book wherein customers are inspired to put in writing their very own poems, their response to the unique poem, or their identify and a message to the following one who finds the field.
“I do know O, Miami’s mission is for each particular person in Miami to come across a poem within the month of April, and what higher place to come upon a poem than at a park?” mentioned Miami-Dade Parks director Maria Nardi.
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“Poetry and parks introduced me all of the peace on the earth in the course of the pandemic,” mentioned poet Neri, who spearheaded the collaboration.
“I’d go to my neighborhood parks in west Kendall, and I’d draw and skim poetry for hours after work for the higher a part of two years. Placing the 2 collectively is principally a dream realized, and having the ability to share with everybody looks like an effective way to construct group throughout and drive O, Miami’s mission to supply entry to poetry for all.”
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Poetry packing containers could be discovered by means of Might. Park listing and extra prolonged occasions are at www.omiami.org
Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition will probably be on the Frost Museum of Science till Sept. 5. Company can play detective and even go to Sherlock Holmes’ and Dr. Watson’s sitting room at 221B Baker Road, London. Picture supplied by Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.
Sherlock Holmes exhibition at Frost
It’s Elementary! Guests to the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science can follow being detectives, and even go to Sherlock Holmes’ and Dr. Watson’s sitting room at 221B Baker Road, London, at a brand new exhibit opening Might 16.
The interactive expertise will mix science with historical past and tradition to carry to life the underpinnings of creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s wealthy and vibrant tales, organizers mentioned. The exhibit coincides with Frost Science’s fifth anniversary and can run by means of Sept. 5.
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Make sure you search for the ultimate gallery with its assortment of all issues “Sherlockian” starting from classic Sherlock Holmes-themed card video games, comics, and magazines, to radio scripts, and film and tv present props and costumes.
Featured are hero props from the Warner Bros. Sherlock Holmes films set within the Victorian period, alongside costumes, props, and behind- the-scenes instruments from the hit CBS tv reveals “Elementary” and the BBC’s “Sherlock,” each of which set Sherlock Holmes within the current day.
Admission to Sherlock Holmes: The Exhibition is included with all museum admission tickets. For extra, go to frostscience.org/sherlock
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Psychological well being consciousness stroll
The Nationwide Alliance on Psychological Sickness Miami is internet hosting the county’s first in-person Stroll for Psychological Well being Consciousness, “NAMIWalks Your Means 2022,” 8-11:30 a.m., Might 21 at Maurice A. Ferré Park/Museum Park.
“Psychological misery from the previous two years has actually elevated the demand for psychological well being providers in our group,” mentioned Susan Racher, NAMI Miami board president. “Our objective is to supply psychological well being for all.”
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The stroll is designed to fight stigmas, handle the excessive incidence of suicide as a consequence of untreated psychological well being problems, and lift funds for NAMI Miami’s free applications similar to help teams, peer mentoring applications, outreach and academic courses.
Supplied without charge, applications are led by NAMI educated peer-leaders and stay confidential.
Tyreek Hill is willing to leave the Miami Dolphins after a disappointing 2024 season.
“I don’t even know,” Hill told reporters when asked what his message to his teammates was this offseason following their season-ending loss to the New York Jets. “This is my first time that I haven’t been in the playoffs, man. For me, I’ve just got to do what’s best for me and my family. Whether that’s here or whoever the case may be, I’m finna opening that door for myself.
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“I’m opening the door. I’m out, bro. It was great playing here, but at the end of the day I got to do what’s best for my career. I’m too much of a competitor to be just out there.”
In a follow-up question, Hill was asked if that meant he could end up leaving Miami. He initially said, “If it is … ” before walking away.
Soon after, Hill went on social media and thanked Dolphins fans for their support, hinting at his possible departure.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel downplayed Hill’s comment when asked about it following Sunday’s game.
“I’m not going to put too much weight on second-hand postgame disappointment statements,” McDaniel told reporters. “We will see how (the) next couple days progress in convos with him and I.”
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Hill has two seasons left on a three-year, $90 million extension he signed with the Dolphins in August. The 30-year-old had a relatively down year in 2024, but he was still productive in his ninth season despite Tua Tagovailoa missing six games due to injury. In 17 games, Hill recorded 81 receptions for 959 yards and six touchdowns.
Outside of the 2019 season (when Hill played in 12 games with the Chiefs), those are his lowest yardage and TD numbers since he was a rookie.
“It is what it is,” Hill said when asked how it felt not to reach 1,000 receiving yards on the season. “It’s life, man. At the end of the day, there’s a lot of things that I need to reassess about my career — just seeing what I need to do to continue to get better as a player so I can continue to reach that 1,000-yard mark. So, it is what it is.”
Hill also didn’t play in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game. However, Hill and McDaniel pointed at the other on whose decision it was to pull him. While Hill said he was dealing with the right wrist injury that’s bothered him for much of the season, he added, “Coach kind of pulled me out.”
“I was informed he was unavailable right before a drive,” McDaniel said of Hill’s injury. “I was not informed that it was a new injury. Focus was on players on the field.”
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As Hill mentioned, this season was the first time in his career that he won’t play in the playoffs. Miami went 8-9, with the injuries to Tagovailoa playing a key role in the Dolphins’ inability to make it back to the postseason for a third straight year.
“It was a tough season,” Hill said. “It sucks missing QB1. It really hurts a lot, not having him. [Tyler Huntley] did a great job filling in, whenever he learned the offense and getting us going. But whenever you’re missing your franchise player, it kind of sucks.”
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami women’s basketball team fell heartbreakingly to Virginia Tech (10-4, 1-2) Sunday afternoon by a final score of 68-64. The Hurricanes (11-4, 1-3) led for 32 minutes and 56 seconds throughout the contest; however, they surrendered a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter, as the Hokies ended the game on a 21-5 run to earn the victory.
Miami displayed a balanced offensive attack, with six players scoring five or more points, including three players reaching double figures in scoring. The Canes shot 44.6 percent from the field and 81.8 percent at the free throw line as a team while limiting Virginia Tech to just 38.2 percent shooting from the field, but the Hokies finished with a stellar clip of 37.9 percent from behind the arc.
Individually, Cameron Williams led the way for Miami, as she recorded a double-double with a 15-point, 10-rebound performance.
Jasmyne Roberts chipped in 13 points, and Haley Cavinder had a stellar all-around outing, scoring 12 points grabbing six rebounds, and recording a game-high six assists.
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Hanna Cavinder added nine points, and freshman Leah Harmon posted six points off the bench for Miami.
The Canes jumped out to a 6-0 lead after burying three of their first four shot attempts. Virginia Tech fought back, and the two squads found themselves even at 10 points apiece with 3:33 left in the first quarter. The Hokies outscored the Canes 6-5 over the remainder of the period, as Miami entered the second quarter trailing Virginia Tech 16-15.
The back-and-forth play continued in the second quarter, and Miami and Virginia Tech entered halftime even at 28 points apiece. The Canes came out strong in the third period, opening the quarter on a 14-2 run to build a 42-30 advantage at 4:16. Miami maintained their lead and entered the final stanza ahead by seven points.
The Canes started the fourth quarter similarly to the third period. They went on an 8-3 run to take a 59-47 lead with just 7:36 to play. The Hokies began to move, taking a one-point lead with 1:03 remaining.
Miami made a lone free throw to tie the contest with 41 seconds left, but Virginia Tech was fouled and made a pair of free throws to retake the lead with 13 seconds to go. Miami missed a shot to tie the game, and VT made two more free throws to ice the game.
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The Canes will return to the court next Sunday, January 12, as they are slated to travel to Syracuse to take on The Orange at 6 p.m.
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — One of the last playoff spots in the league will be determined on Sunday afternoon as the Miami Dolphins look to win their way into the postseason when they visit the New York Jets.
The Dolphins, despite all of the adversity they have faced this season, can still punch their ticket to the playoffs. With grit and willpower, they bounced back from losing six of their first eight games of the season to win six of their previous eight, including a 20-3 whipping of the Cleveland Browns last Sunday. Along with beating the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, Miami looks like they could be a threat if they can sneak into the postseason.
However, the Dolphins will need some help if they want their season to continue. Along with having to beat the Jets, they need the Denver Broncos to lose to the Kansas City Chiefs, who are resting some key players.
The Jets are eyeing a pretty comfortable spot in this year’s NFL Draft. Thanks to complete disarray with the trainwreck that is this franchise, the other team that plays in New Jersey has been just as bad as the other. The team heads into the final week of the season, having lost six of its last seven games, only beating the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 15.
The Jets did give the Dolphins a run for their money in Week 14, with Miami needing overtime to come out on top. The Dolphins have won 12 of the last 14 meetings with the Jets.
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