Local News

Innately Nomadic

     Although some people travel during the year, Summer is when a lot of people take vacations. They save and plan all year to visit or revisit another area of the nation or the World. Experiencing another environment, dialect, landscape, and culture allows our minds to expand. As much as traveling opens the minds of adults, it does so much more for our young people with their developing thought processes.  […]

Local News

Caribbean-American Lifestyle Magazine Shines, Winning Eighth Florida Magazine Association Awards

Island Origins Magazine, South Florida’s Caribbean-American lifestyle quarterly, received its seventh and eighth Florida Magazine Association awards this July in Sarasota, Florida. Island Origins celebrates the best in Caribbean achievement, travel, art, business, cuisine and more. The annual gala and awards honor and recognizes the best editing, writing, photography, marketing, and other work in participating Florida magazines. […]

Religion

Mrs. Rosa Marie Newsome Saulsby Transitions

   The angelic solo voice of Mrs. Rosa Saulsby has been silenced after being summoned to her heavenly home on July 21, 2021, in Tacoma, Washington.  Born in White Springs, Florida on July 14, 1927, Mrs. Saulsby recently celebrated her 94th birthday.  She came to Fort Lauderdale with her parents, George and Hattie Newsome, and as the second oldest of ten siblings, shouldered many chores and responsibilities usually assigned to adults. […]

Local News

In Collaboration With The Spady Museum, Arts Garage Welcomes Jesse Jones Jr.’s Blend Of R&B, Miami Rhythms And Old-School Bop To Delray Beach

The Jesse Jones Jr. Quintet will take to the stage at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 21, bringing a combination of hard-bop, funk, and R&B to the Arts Garage. Held in collaboration with the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, the concert will deliver the Quintet’s intricate arrangements, indicative of the many years these musicians have been together. […]