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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
FOR TICKETS – CALL 305.437.1595 Leisure Travel Services
MIAMI DADE COUNTY FAIR
DISNEY ON ICE, 3/26-4/5
KEVIN HART, 5/9, IGGY AZALEA 5/16
MIAMI MARLINS VS. NY YANKEES, JUNE 15-16
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
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MARCH/APRIL
2015 BUGLE BOY
APRIL 1, 2015 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
MWR FAMILY PICNIC 18 April. Celebrate the Month of the Military Child at Zoo Miami. Dinosaurs included.
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mwr-family-picnic, Tickets at Leisure Travel.
MOTHER’S DAY SALE! 30 April – 1 May, 10-4, Food Court
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mothers-day-sale
Vendors – registration form may be found at the link.
BEST DAY EVER CONCERT Wednesday, 1 April, Noon outside the Fitness Center! SURPRISE!!! http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/best-day-ever/
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Volunteer
Army Community Service
http://miami.armymwr.com
How to Create an Effective Resume, April 8, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Real World Retirement Planning, April 9, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, April 10, 1pm-3pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, April 22, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival (First Term Finance,) April 23, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.sc.mbx-usag-mwr@mailmil for discount information. This
discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
MILITARY BURGERS “A Hero’s Burger” offers a 10% discount to all service members and law enforcement. 10834 SW 104 St, Miami, FL 33176,
www.facebook.com/militaryburger
Discounts
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
ERIK LARSON - DEAD WAKE - Coral Gables Congregational Church – RSVP REQUIRED - Please RSVP HERE. On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a
luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of
children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For
months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”—the
fastest liner then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a
century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the
captain of Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one.
As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely
guarded secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t,
and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive
Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to
pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by
the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details
and true meaning have long been obscured by history. About the Author: Erik Larson is a writer, journalist and novelist. Nominated for a Pulitzer
prize for investigative journalism on The Wall Street Journal, he has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State and Johns Hopkins.
ANTHONY GARCIA AND MIKE LYDON- TACTICAL URBANISM - Apr 2 2015 8:00 pm. In the twenty-first century, cities worldwide must respond to a growing and
diverse population, ever-shifting economic conditions, new technologies, and a changing climate. Short-term, community-based projects—from pop-
up parks to open streets initiatives—have become a powerful and adaptable new tool of urban activists, planners, and policy-makers seeking to
drive lasting improvements in their cities and beyond. These quick, often low-cost, and creative projects are the essence of the Tactical Urbanism
movement. Whether creating vibrant plazas seemingly overnight or re-imagining parking spaces as neighborhood gathering places, they offer a
way to gain public and government support for investing in permanent projects, inspiring residents and civic leaders to experience and shape
urban spaces in a new way. Tactical Urbanism, written by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia, two founders of the movement, promises to be the
foundational guide for urban transformation. The authors begin with an in-depth history of the Tactical Urbanism movement and its place among
other social, political, and urban planning trends. A detailed set of case studies, from guerilla wayfinding signs in Raleigh, to pavement transformed
into parks in San Francisco, to a street art campaign leading to a new streetcar line in El Paso, demonstrate the breadth and scalability of tactical
urbanism interventions. Finally, the book provides a detailed toolkit for conceiving, planning, and carrying out projects, including how to adapt
them based on local needs and challenges. Tactical Urbanism will inspire and empower a new generation of engaged citizens, urban designers,
land use planners, architects, and policymakers to become key actors in the transformation of their communities. About the Authors: Anthony
Garcia is Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative. A leader in civic advocacy in South Florida, he was Managing Editor and Publisher of
TransitMiami.com, an award-winning blog dedicated to planning and transportation in South Florida. He was also Project Director for six years at
the firm of Chael Cooper & Associates Architects. He serves as part-time faculty at the University of Miami School of Architecture and is a member
of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mike Lydon is Principal of The Street Plans Collaborative. An internationally recognized planner, he was a
co-author of The Smart Growth Manual and the creator and primary author of the reports “The Open Streets Project” and “Tactical Urbanism:
Short-term Action, Long-Term Change” Vol.1 and Vol. 2. He serves as a Board Member for Center for a New American Dream and CNU New York,
and is an advisor for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine. He works and speaks globally on smart growth, livable cities, active transportation, and tactical
urbanism.
In the Community
CORAL GABLES GALLERY NIGHT OPENING: WAX LENS: ENCAUSTICS OF OLD KEY WEST BY ASHLEY KAMEN - Apr 3 2015 7:00 pm. Coral Gables Gallery Night
Opening. Wax Lens: Encaustics of Old Key West by Ashley Kamen. Ashley Kamen works in the ancient mediums of encaustic and clay.
After completing her degree at Bard College in art history and printmaking, she migrated South to Key West where she has lived for
the past 13 years. This body of work draws on images of historic Key West gathered from public archives and explores themes of
perspective, time and nostalgia using the carefully layered materials of salvaged wood, wax and pigment. On view through April 26.
ANDREW BURSTEIN - DEMOCRACY'S MUSE - Apr 6 2015 8:00 pm. In political speech, Thomas Jefferson is the eternal flame. No other member of the founding
generation has served the agendas of both Left and Right with greater vigor. When Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the iconic Jefferson Memorial on
the founder’s two hundredth birthday, in 1943, he declared the triumph of liberal humanism. Harry Truman claimed Jefferson as his favorite
president, too. And yet Ronald Reagan was as great a Jefferson admirer as any Democrat. He had a go-to file of Jefferson’s sayings and enshrined
him as a small-government conservative. So, who owns Jefferson--the Left or the Right? The unknowable yet irresistible third president has had a
tortuous afterlife, and he remains a fixture in today’s culture wars. Pained by Jefferson’s slaveholding, Democrats still regard him highly. Until
recently he was widely considered by many African Americans to be an early abolitionist. Libertarians adore him for his inflexible individualism,
and although he formulated the doctrine of separation of church and state, Christian activists have found intense religiosity between the lines in
his pronouncements. The renowned Jefferson scholar Andrew Burstein lays out the case for both "Democrat" and "Republican" Jefferson as he
interrogates history’s greatest shape-shifter, the founder who has inspired perhaps the strongest popular emotions. In this timely and powerful
book, Burstein shares telling insights, as well as some inconvenient truths, about politicized Americans and their misappropriations of the past,
including the concoction of a "Jeffersonian" stance on issues that Jefferson himself could never have imagined. Here is one book that is more
about "us" than it is about Jefferson. It explains how the founding generation’s most controversial partisan became essential to America’s quest
for moral security—how he became, in short, democracy’s muse. About the Author: Andrew Burstein is the Charles P. Manship Professor of History
at Louisiana State University. He is the author of Jefferson’s Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello and the coauthor, with Nancy Isenberg, of
Madison and Jefferson.
NANCY HARMON JENKINS IN CONVERSATION WITH CAROLE KOTKIN - VIRGIN TERRITORY - Apr 7 2015 8:00 pm. Olive oil is more popular than ever, thanks to its
therapeutic and preventative effects in treating different diseases, as well as the growing variety of brands and imports available. Nancy Harmon
Jenkins, arguably the leading authority on olive oil and the healthy Mediterranean diet, presents more than 100 dishes that showcase olive oil,
ranging from soups to seafood to sauces to sweets. Along with favorites like tapenade and pesto, you’ll find other exciting dishes like North
African Seafood Tagine, Oven-Braised Artichokes with Potatoes and Onions, and Quince and Ginger Olive Oil Cake. But this book isn’t just a
collection of hearty and healthful recipes; Jenkins also covers the history and culture of olive oil as well as how to buy it and cook with it. A thing
of beauty with the stunning photographs of exquisite dishes as well as Jenkin’s own Tuscan olive tree grove, Virgin Territory captures the delights
of making and cooking with olive oil. About the Author: NANCY HARMON JENKINS has authored a number of books, including six cookbooks, as well
as magazine and newspaper articles. She created AmorOlio, a program about olive oil in Italy, and is well known as an authority on Mediterranean
cuisines and olive oil. About Carole Kotkin - Carole Kotkin, manager of the Ocean Reef Cooking School, is a cooking teacher, cookbook author, and
a food and travel writer. She is a syndicated food columnist with The Miami Herald. co-host of Food and Wine Talk on southfloridagourmet.com
and co-author of MMMMiami—Tempting Tropical Tastes for Home Cooks Everywhere. Carole compiled the first Zagat guide to South Florida
Restaurants, and was food editor for The Wine News for 14 years. She was co-chairman and founder of the South Florida Chapter of The
American Institute of Wine and Food and is a charter member of the Miami Les Dames d’Escoffier and The International Association of Culinary
Professionals. She was recently featured in the winter 2013 issue of Publix Grapevine Magazine and Travel Dreams magazine.
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