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WLRN documentary ‘Deep City’ celebrates birth of Miami sound

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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BY HOWARD COHEN hcohen@MiamiHerald.com Deep City Records was Miami’s own Motown in the early 1960s. But distribution problems threatened its legacy. Now, a new music documentary, Deep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound, is spreading awareness of the state’s first black-owned label. The documentary, which airs several times beginning…

For South Florida marching band students, music means discipline — and love

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 by niloc

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More than 100 marching band students strutted their stuff Monday in Overtown, part of the South Florida Marching Band Precision Camp. Over 100 middle and high school students who participated in the South Florida Marching Band Precision Camp marched through the streets of historic Miami's Overtown neighborhood from the Lyric…

Renovations To Lyric Theater, Symbol Of Overtown’s Cultural History, Unveiled

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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By NADEGE GREEN • FEB 7, 2014 The historic Lyric Theater, Miami’s oldest entertainment venue, symbolizes a time when Overtown was a bustling cultural hub: Jazz icon Duke Ellington thrilled audiences on its stage; poet Langston Hughes recited there; soul songstress Aretha Franklin charmed concert-goers with her gospel tunes. Over…

New Tour Bus Takes Visitors Through Miami’s Historic Overtown

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) and Big Bus Miami today announced a new tour route that will take passengers on a trip through the historic neighborhoods of Overtown, Midtown, Design District, Downtown Miami, and Wynwood. "We have worked very hard to make this happen in other neighborhoods. If…

On Scrap Wood, Broken Doors And Shag Carpets, Purvis Young Painted Overtown

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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Amidst all the new and cutting-edge art on display at Art Basel and surrounding fairs, an exhibition of late painter Purvis Young’s work is a well-deserved resurrection. “A Man Amongst the People: A Purvis Homecoming” is the first art show in the newly renovated Historic Lyric Theater in Overtown. The exhibition…

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New Overtown Visitor Center opens

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2/25/2015, 2 p.m. Officials opened the new Historic Overtown Visitor Center on Monday. Pictured are William D. Talbert III, Sen. Dwight Bullard, Dorothy Fields, Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, Diane Rodriguez, Carole Ann Taylor, Graylyn Swilley and Timothy Barber. PHOTO COURTESY OF YVETTE HARRIS The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Multicultural Tourism team (GMCVB)…

‘Soul Basel’ to kick off Miami art season

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Events pay homage to Black artists before Art Basel weekend Erick Johnson | 11/5/2014, 2 p.m. Hoping to capitalize on the mega success of Art Basel on Miami Beach, South Florida's Miami's Black community is holding several early events as the city prepares to take the spotlight on the international…

The Grand Finale Lyric Live

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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Erick Johnson | 11/5/2014, 2 p.m. They’re back for the biggest battle of the year. They have earned their title of champion by dethroning another with dazzling performances at the Lyric Live amateur competition at Overtown’s Historic Lyric Theater. One of them Maylin Cuadra, the talented two-time winner who belts…

‘Hey that’s my seat! Get your own!’

July 9, 2015 by niloc

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Lyric adds donors to its history Carla St.Louis | 4/3/2014, 9 a.m. The newly refurbished Lyric Theater and the Black Archives Welcome Center open its doors in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 6 in the historic Overtown neighborhood of Miami. CARL JUSTE When spectators enter the historic halls of…

Overtown’s Historic Lyric Theater hosts ‘Living Legends’

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Miami Times staff report | 4/24/2014, 9 a.m. FAMU’s world-renowned Strikers Dance Troupe will join the Mahogany Dance Theater to celebrate the “Living Legends, 25 Years in Dance” on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the historic Lyric Theatre, 819 NW 2nd Avenue in Overtown. Presented by The Black Archives of…

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