Month: July 2016
Frost Art Museum’s ‘The Summer of Women’ Series Puts Women’s Voices On Display
Women’s voices are heard through art at The Summer of Women series presented by the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, Florida.
Six international and national women artists – Tracey Emin from London, Quisqueya Henriquez based in the Dominican Republic, Cuban born Beatriz Monteavaro who is Miami-based, England-born Sarah Morris who is based in New York, Aida Ruilova also based in New York, and Denmark-born Susanne M. Winterling who is now based in Berlin, Germany and Oslo, Norway – from art collector Rosa de la Cruz’s collection in an exhibit the Resonance/Dissonance: Video Works by Women Artists from the de la Cruz Collection.
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Grand Canyon Names First Female Superintendent
The Grand Canyon will get its first female superintendent following a sexual harassment scandal that has rocked the world renowned park in Arizona.
Christine “Chris” Lehnertz, the superintendent of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, will take the lead at the Grand Canyon National Park, announced National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis on July 19.
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It’s The Cheese For The New California Cheese Trail App
It’s cheesy goodness along California’s Cheese Trail.
Now it’s easier than ever to find the more than 70 creameries in the Golden State with the California Cheese Trail’s new app launched July 19.
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Kellie Hines Talks About Life In Golf And Women On The Green In Hawaii
It was a great day out on the green in Kauai, not because it was a particularly good day to play golf. It was actually a soggy day as it rained and the clouds continued to lift off of the course on Kauai, Hawaii.
Hey, I was golfing in Hawaii and not only that, I was golfing with a lady expert, Kellie Hines, who was general manager of Puakea Golf Course in Lihue. In November, she moved onto become head golf professional at Hokuala Ocean Course, formerly the Kauai Lagoons Golf Club – Kiele Course, at Timbers Resorts.
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FlightCar Shutters Doors Proving Sharing Isn’t For Everyone
It was a great idea. Rent out your car while you’re away on vacation or a business trip rather than allow your car to collect dust and rack up parking fees at the airport. When you returned from your trip your car was detailed, filled up with gas, and you made a little chump change.
That was FightCar’s business model.
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One Black Mom & Her Kids On An Outdoor Adventure Of A Lifetime
It’s officially camping season. We are dead heat in the middle of summer fun camping, hiking, and splashing around in lakes, which includes a tour of the United States’ National Parks. After all, the National Park system is celebrating its 100 year anniversary.
To beat the summer crowds, one adventurous mom, Christina Benton, packed up her three kids: Joshua, 13, Averie, 10, and Nathaniel, 6, on a 64-day, 5,704 cross-country winter adventure of the National Parks. Her goal was not only educate her children, but to promote diversity in the U.S.’s natural wonders.
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Portland Is A Bountiful Feast For Carrie Welch
Driving into her office recently, Carrie Welch, co-founder of Feast Portland, pinched herself to make sure she wasn’t simply dreaming as she cruised through the quaint streets of Portland, Oregon.
“It feels like a dream. It really does,” she says. “You know how people say that expression, ‘Oh I’m living the dream,’ and a lot of times these days they say that ironically like they don’t really mean it, but I do. I truly do.”
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