Ciro Salcedo

ACCESS Department At Kendall Has A New Director

January 17, 2017 Ciro Salcedo New Staff, Access Department

Jennifer Kross began her post as the new director of ACCESS (A Comprehensive Center for Exceptional Student Services) Department at Kendall Campus in late November. “The ACCESS Disability Services Department provides supportive services and equipment to students with documented disabilities to enable their success at Miami Dade College,” Kross… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Top 10 Albums Of 2016

December 5, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Music, Album Review, Music Review, Top 10

It’s been a crazy year for music. Real-life supervillain and weirdest haircut owner, Martin Shkreli shared some previously unreleased Wu-Tang Clan music, Taylor Swift took the Album of the Year Grammy clearly meant for someone else, and my fingers are crossed in the hopes that Michael Stipe and R.E.M… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Infinite Warfare Takes The Call Of Duty Series To New Heights

November 19, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Video Games, Review, Call of Duty

In Star Trek, Captain Kirk described space as “the final frontier.” In Infinite Warfare, man’s constant desire to explore the uncharted reaches that lie above the Earth rings true. Space seems like the logical step in this technologically advanced series, and it works perfectly. The vast and empty starscape… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

MOAD Ignites Political Activism Through Art

November 19, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Briefing, MOAD, Freedom Tower, Art, Cuban

The new exhibit Q & A, Nine Contemporary Cuban Artists will open to the public at the MDC Museum of Art + Design, in the Freedom Tower, located at 600 Biscayne Blvd. on Nov. 30 with the exhibit running through Jan. 15. Visitors to the show can enjoy the… Read the rest at our website.

Briefing

MDC President Receives Civic Leader of the Year Award

November 4, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Miami Dade College, Leadership, President Eduardo Padron, Award, MDC

Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón received the 2016 Civic Leader of the Year award presented by the the Council of the Americas during the 22nd annual Bravo Business Awards. The award highlights “prestigious recognition honors excellence and leadership in business, policy and social development in the Americas.”… Read the rest at our website.

Piles of books on a table at the Miami Book Fair.

A&E Wolfson Campus

Book Fair Boasts Expansive Lineup

November 4, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Books, Miami Book Fair, Authors, Downtown Miami

For those looking to do more than skateboard or sit by the sea at Bayside, Miami Dade College hosts an annual event at Wolfson Campus for people with more literary tastes. From Nov. 13 through Nov. 20 the 33rd annual Miami Book Fair will hit the streets of downtown… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Moonlight Illuminates Film World

November 4, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Movie, Movie Review, Moonlight

“Who is you, man?” These are the first words in Moonlight, a different coming of age film in America’s long history of films like Stand By Me and Boyhood. Gone are the days where upper middle class white kids traverse through narratives of growing up, heartbreak and friendship. Moonlight… Read the rest at our website.

Antiheroes Project promo image for the play.

Briefing Wolfson Campus

Theater Production Raises Disability Awareness

October 18, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Access Department, Theater, Play, Disability, Awareness

The Antiheroes Project will present the original free theater production Fluorescent Moon, on Oct. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave., at the MDC Live Arts Lab in Room 1101. The piece marks Disability Awareness Month and deals with the experiences of blind… Read the rest at our website.

Wolfson Campus Briefing

Confucius Institute Teaches Culture And Language Through Music

October 18, 2016 Ciro Salcedo China, Confucius Institute, Chinese

Staff from the College’s Confucius Institute and the Chinese Culture Club invites students to learn folk and modern songs from this country on Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. in Room 1201 at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave. “It does help to learn Chinese considering the beautiful melody which… Read the rest at our website.

A&E

Alt-rock Celebrates Big Anniversaries This Year

October 18, 2016 Ciro Salcedo Music, Album Review, Rock, Grunge, Punk, 1990s

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Sept. 24, 1991) It isn’t hard to deny how great The Red Hot Chilli Peppers are. After more than 30 years of performing and releasing records, they’ve tweaked their sounds and gone through minor lineup changes but the spirit… Read the rest at our website.

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