• What    Skyward Kites
• Where  Haulover Park Beach 10800 Collins Ave (Miami)
• When   Sundays 10am

Add the joy of kite flying to your day at the beach. Staff can help with assembly and give instructions on how to be a master kite flyer.

(souce: http://www.southflorida.com/events/499924,0,4975381.event)

• What:  Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
• When: Saturday May 31
  • Racing 8am-5pm
  • Festival 10am-5pm
• Where:
  • 777 Brickell Ave
    Miami, FL 33131
    (Brickell Ave S.E. 8th Street)
• Website: http://www.miamidragon.com/festival.html
• Contact: miamidragon@bellsouth.net

What is the purpose of the festival?

The purpose of the annual Miami Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is to promote the sport and tradition of dragon boat racing, sharing this dramatic aspect of Asian culture with the greater Miami community. Proceeds from the Dragon Boat Festival will go towards promotion of dragon boat racing in Miami and toward charitable activities. The Dragon Boat Festival is also a way of encouraging Miamians to become more physically fit, while enjoying the outdoor opportunities of our city.

HISTORICAL FOLKLORE – DRAGON BOAT

Traditionally held on the fifth day of the fifth moon on the lunar calendar — late May to mid June on the solar calendar (June 3rd this year) — the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the life and death of the ancient patriot-poet Qu Yuan who lived from 340-278 B.C.. Qu Yuan was a minister who advocated reforms in his home state of Chu. The King refused to listen to Qu Yuan’s advice and instead banished him from the state of Chu. In exile, Qu Yuan wrote poetry expressing his concern for his country and people. In 278, when Qu Yuan heard that his home had been invaded, he drowned himself in the Mi Lo River.

The people of Chu rushed to the river to rescue him. Too late to save Qu Yuan, they splashed furiously and threw zung-ze, steamed rice wrapped in reed leaf, into the river as a sacrifice to his spirit and to keep the fish from Qu Yuan’s body.

Since that time, some 2,000 years ago, dragon boats are raced on rivers in China and people throw zung-ze into the river to honor the memory of Qu Yuan. Even before Qu Yuan, the fifth moon was a time of danger. With the hot and wet weather of the summer came the perils of plagues and diseases. Chinese people consider themselves to be the descendants of dragons and so during the fifth moon feel it is appropriate to paddle boats with dragon designs and make sacrifices of zung-ze to cajole the river dragons.

(source: http://www.miamidragon.com/about.html)

Steve Wilkinson will be heading up a fieldtrip This Sunday to Miami Beach for Urban Beach Week. This will be a great opportunity to photograph people and beach activities on South Beach. It will also be a great opportunity to learn from the “VOK” himself about the proper way to use a camera, and special tips and tricks. We will be meeting at 4pm on Ocean Drive and 10th Street. If you have any trouble finding our group you can contact Steve on his cell @ 786-355-3875

Miami Beach/South Beach
Ocean Drive & 10th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Click here for map

(source: http://southfloridacameraclub.com/get/events/fieldtrips/#248)

Time: 10:30PM

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Memorial Day weekend bash with Trick Daddy

SoBe Live

1203 Washington Ave.
Miami, FL 33139
When: Sunday, May 25
Trick Daddy will host this party and perform with some of his big-named friends. Cash Money Records’ newest group, Liberty City’s Dunk Ryders, will perform as Core Models strut about and BET “Rap City” DJs Q45 and Mad Linx will spin.

(source: http://southflorida.metromix.com/webtools/print/bars-and-clubs/bar_club_event/memorial-day-weekend-bash-south-beach/426886)

Best of the Best 2008

Bicentennial Park

When: Sunday, May 25

Price: $48-$100

Event Phone Number: 305-438-9488

The Basics

Dress Code: Anything Goes

Alcohol: Full Bar

Music Style: Hip Hop and Reggae

Audience: All Ages

Features

Food: Concessions

(source: http://southflorida.metromix.com/music/hip_hop/best-of-the-best-miami/382497/content)