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On this edition of art loft's The Curator's Collection we meet with Jill Deupi, the Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe Art Museum. Join us as Jill chats with Kalyn James, taking us through great moments in South Florida’s visual arts at the ArtCenter/South Florida, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, and the Norton Museum of Art. For more on the Lowe Art Museum visit http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/.

Miami is considered the unofficial crossroads of the Caribbean, and this year’s Miami Book Fair International has focused on this by establishing ReadCaribbean -- a program featuring many Caribbean-specific events including readings by authors, book signings and more. Well known Haitian-American authors Edwidge Danticat and Michele Jessica Fievre join us to discuss this year’s event and the influence of Caribbean writers in Literature.

Guests:
Edwidge Danticat, Author
Michele Jessica Fievre, Author

June 1st is the official start of the 2017 Hurricane Season and forecasters are predicting an above-normal Atlantic season. Coinciding with the start of the season, HistoryMiami Museum has opened their latest exhibit – Hurricane Andrew: 25 Years Later – with famed former WTVJ Chief Meteorologist Bryan Norcross as guest curator. Norcross supplied this immersive exhibit with a treasure trove of memorabilia, all on display during its 8-month run.




We get a peek inside the exhibit and discuss lessons learned from Andrew and its impact on the future of forecasting with Bryan Norcross – and look at what this season could have in store, including tips to help you prepare before, after and during a storm with NBC6 Meteorologist Ryan Phillips and NOAA National Hurricane Center Senior Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan.

Guests:
Hurricane Specialist/ Meteorologist Bryan Norcross, The Weather Channel
Sr. Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan, Ph.D., NOAA National Hurricane Center
Meteorologist Ryan Phillips, NBC6

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has given the all-clear for Miami-Dade County with no new locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus reported in well over a month. Last summer’s outbreak in the county’s Wynwood area saw the first cases of locally transmitted Zika in the continental U.S. - leading the CDC to declare this and other nearby areas as “Zika Zones”, warning the public to stay clear. We hear from county officials on their continued fight to keep this virus at bay, the controversial use of the pesticide Naled, and how the public plays a vital role.

Guests:
Deputy Mayor Alina Hudak, Miami-Dade County
Chalmers Vasquez, Entomologist, M-D Mosquito Operations Manager
Lillian Rivera, Florida Dept. of Health, Miami-Dade

Star Gazers #16-26M 1 minute June 27 - July 3, 2016 "Jupiter is Ready for His Close-up"

Star Gazers #16-24M 5 Minute June 13-19, 2016 "Let's Go to Mars"

Star Gazers #16-24M 1 Minute June 13-19, 2016 "Let's Go to Mars"

With Election Day just weeks away and early voting set to begin October 24th, on this week’s Issues, we're taking a closer look at the race for State Senate District 39 -- an expansive area that includes The Everglades, Florida Keys and western portions of Miami-Dade County. Both candidates joined host Sean Foreman for individual, 10-minute interviews discussing topics ranging from insurance rates, education, the environment and the potential impact of the presidential election on this race.

Guest:
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, (D), Candidate, State Sen. Dist. 39

After operating illegally for the past two years, it will soon be legal to use and operate ride-sharing services, including both Uber and Lyft, in Miami-Dade County. But not everyone is happy about it. Hours following the approval, a $1 billion class action lawsuit emerged from the taxi industry claiming the county is giving ride-sharing apps an unfair advantage. The Miami Herald’s Doug Hanks weeds through this and how a multi-million dollar cut will affect the area’s homeless.

Guest:
Doug Hanks, The Miami Herald

Experts have given the all-clear this week for the Zika virus in the Wynwood area. They are crediting the use of Naled, a controversial insecticide banned in Europe, in recent aerial sprayings. But, a 1.5 square mile area of Miami Beach is still considered a “Zika Zone”. Though residents and environmentalists continue to protest, another aerial spraying is scheduled for Saturday morning. Infectious disease subspecialist Dr. Consuelo Beck-Sagué, joins us to explain the pros and cons of this debated chemical, and why she says this isn’t the end of Zika.

Guest:
Consuelo M. Beck-Sagué, M.D., FAAP, FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

If you're wondering why being responsible with money is so important, remember nothing in life is free.

Star Gazers #16-26M 5 minute June 27 - July 3, 2016 "Jupiter is Ready for His Close-up"

There's an opioid crisis gripping the nation and Florida is no exception. What’s being done to get a handle on this here in South Florida? We get the latest on this deadly epidemic from leading Epidemiologist Jim Hall and Lt. Juan Villalba, Jr. of the Miami-Dade Police Department’s Narcotics Division.

Guests:
Jim Hall, Nova Southeastern University
Lt. Juan Villalba, Jr., Miami-Dade Police Department