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wednesday
august 21
Awakenings: Four Miami-Dade Community College students from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds have united their talents to "open the eyes of a world gone blind" at the South Florida Art Center's Ground Level (1035 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach). "Awakenings" features paintings, photography, drawings, and mixed-media installation works by Carol Kruize, Thier Peraza, Rossana Pinero Weksler, and Elvis Santana, which broach subjects such as the plight of the children of Chernobyl and Ethiopia, being black in America, and the immigrant experience. The works are on view through August 24. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 1:00 to 8:00 from Tuesday through Friday. Call 534-3334.

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