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Miami A No-Newspaper Town?

See the Downtown Bay Forum that asked this question.  Click here.

uVu UPDATE: User registration and login with 3rd party credentials

Users are now able to join and log into uVu using their credentials from Facebook, MySpace, OpenID, Yahoo!, Google and AOL. Users who join via this method will automatically "import" their username from Facebook, AOL, Google, etc. and will need to log via this same method on all subsequent visits.

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uVu Question of The Week

Michael Mayo of the Sun Sentinel asks:Would you vote for a penny sales tax increase to benefit education?

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Historic Lighthouse

Take a tour of the Hillsboro Lighthouse on uVu.

10 questions for Ron Magill

Kim Kardashian at Art for Life Miami

Kim Kardashian was the host of Art For Life Miami Beach on March 14, 2009. The event benefits children of the Rush Philanthropic Foundation that promotes the importance of arts in youth's life. Russel Simmons and his brother Danny Simmons are the founders.

Watch it here.

Imagine Miami Summit 2009

The April 4th date is quickly approaching.  Want to take a look at 2008's event, you can see the whole thing here on uVu.

Tales of the Miami River

Full of history and the life blood and economic engine for a city, the Miami River is the subject of many uVu segments.  Watch them here, visit  the Miami River site on WPBT2 and create your own story to add to uVu.

Lit Live! at the Literary Feast

Scenes from the Lit Live event, part of the Literary Feast held at NSU this past weekend.  the event benefited the Broward Public Library Foundation and brought out hundreds of book lovers to meet and mingle with some of their favorite authors, including local writers John Dufresne, Dave Hyde and Dr. Melanie Kevorkian.
You can see more from Lit Live, including some of the panel discussions on uVu.

South Florida theater groups try to play through tough times

You can check out the profile for Broward Cultural Division and watch a forum on Leading Arts through the Recession run by the division on uVu.

South Florida theater groups try to play through tough times

By Sean Piccoli | South Florida Sun-SentinelMarch 21, 2009

When the $20 million Miramar Cultural Center and ArtsPark opened in December, patrons had two dramatic spectacles to pick from: an Italian opera scheduled for March and the perilous timing of Miramar's entry into the high-culture business.

The center's debut coincides with a recession that has hammered South Florida's nonprofit arts community — the regional museums, theater companies and other organizations that live on a mix of ticket sales and donations.

Read the rest here

Local arts and cultural organizations are encouraged to create profiles on uVu and upload content to promote the work of their organizations.