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Space Coast Kibble Kitchen receives volunteer award
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For Hometown News BREVARD - Space Coast Kibble Kitchen, Brevard County's only pet food bank, has announced that it was recently awarded the prestigious 2011 U.S. President's Volunteer Gold Award for its contributions to the community and making a difference through volunteerism. In addition, the kitchen's key volunteers will receive individual ...
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Arts notes - Beaches
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Surfside Players presents the acclaimed musical, 'RENT' Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, "RENT" is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. New York City is a dream for some, an urban nightmare for others. A group of young East Village bohemians - filmmaker Mark, musician Roger, landlord Benny, computer genius Tom Co...
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Community notes - Beaches
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NASA calls for deep space habitat proposals NASA is offering college and university students a chance to help design a deep space habitat. The Exploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge is accepting applications for the 2013 challenge, inviting students to design, manufacture, assemble and test systems for use on NASA's deep space habita...
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Arts notes - Melbourne
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Potters' Guild workshops and events Indian River Potters' Guild announces its workshops, class schedule and special events for April/May 2012. Brevard County's premiere pottery studio offers ongoing classes using rolling registration, classes with guest instructors, themed workshops, as well as private workshops for groups, corporate team build...
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Community notes - Melbourne
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Reduced cost of licensure for military veterans The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation has applauded the passage of legislation that will reduce the costs to obtain licensure and expedite the licensing process for military veterans returning home from service. Under HB 887, the initial license fee, initial application fe...
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Obits
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Parish John Rice Parish John Rice, 46, of Melbourne, died Friday, April 6, 2012. Arrangements by Brownlie-Maxwell Funeral Home of Melbourne. June Ellen Ward June Ellen Ward, 55, of Melbourne, died Sunday, April 8, 2012. Arrangements by Beach Funeral Homes, 4999 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. Patricia L. Ostrosser Patricia L. Ostrosser, 89,...
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Arts notes - northern Brevard
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Surfside Players presents the acclaimed musical, 'RENT' Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, "RENT" is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. New York City is a dream for some, an urban nightmare for others. A group of young East Village bohemians - filmmaker Mark, musician Roger, landlord Benny, computer genius Tom Co...
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Community notes - north Brevard
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Swim teams earn Scholar All-America Award Florida Tech's men's and women's swimming teams have been named to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Division II Scholar All-America Team for the fall 2011 semester. The Panthers were one of only 12 schools to have both teams achieve Scholar All-America status. The men finished with th...
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Arts notes - Palm Bay
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'Dimensions' exhibit at Fifth Avenue The Fifth Avenue Art Gallery invites you to the "Dimensions" exhibit at the gallery at 1470 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Artist Judy Edwards will be displaying an intriguing and colorful body of traditional encaustic work, as well as encaustic monotype prints. The theme of her exhibit revolves around the con...
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Community notes - Palm Bay
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Authors published locally in Brevard Twenty-seven local authors have combined to write "Voices of Experience, A Compilation of Life Stories." The 114-page book includes 56 stories that were written in "Writing Your Life" classes sponsored by The Shepherd's Center of South Brevard. The memoir-style experiences range from unusual births, integrat...
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Arts notes - Suntree/Rockledge/Viera
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Judith Copeland, wood sculptress, coming to the Fifth The Fifth Avenue Gallery presents the wood sculptures of Judith Copeland. This show is a combination of her "Shell Shapes and Figurative" work, an offering to viewers of how she sees her world. She discovered she had the strange talent of taking away material to reveal a form. She mainly ca...
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Community notes - Suntree/Rockledge/Viera
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Cultural alliance names executive committee The new Brevard Cultural Alliance Executive Committee members for the coming year are: Mike LaFortune, chairman Kimberly Agee, chairwoman-elect Carey Gleason, secretary Jill Reyes, treasurer Marilyn "Bunny" Finney, past chairwoman Josh Field, vice chairman Gina Kaiser, vice chairwoman Tony Sasso, vice...
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