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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/.

In this edition of Art Loft Diliana Alexander, Executive Director of FilmGate Miami, joins Lolo Reskin in studio at South Florida PBS. Join us as they discuss FilmGate Miami’s unending support for local filmmakers. And stay tuned for two riveting documentaries: “Tengo Talento: Sailen” and “Swan Song of the Skunk Ape.”

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

Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids visit Arch Creek Park to learn about archeology. They tour the museum to see artifacts and replicas, explore outside to find geographic clues to why the ancient Indians choose this location to settle in, they discover how archeologists conjecture about found items, and they make pottery.

For more about our virtual field trips visit: www.kidvisionprek.org

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"