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Thursday- October 12:  Free Off-Site Event 7:00 P.M. -

(This is a free event including bus transportation)

#1 Visit to the Holocaust Memorial and South Beach

The Holocaust Memorial of Miami Beach is dedicated to the 6 Million Victims of the Holocaust. It was commissioned in 1985 and executed by Kenneth Treister, sculptor, who has described his intent as: "a large environmental sculpture...a series of outdoor spaces in which the visitor is led through a procession of visual, historical and emotional experiences with the hope that the totality of the visit will express, in some small way, the reality of the Holocaust." The dominant image is the large, 42 foot high bronze hand, The Sculpture of Love and Anguish," which includes an Auschwitz number on the forearm and 130 human figures cast in bronze in various forms of anguish.

The Holocaust Memorial visit is followed by an on-your-own shopping spree/dinner hour through beautiful and luxurious Lincoln Road Mall on South Beach.

Friday- October 13:  Off-Site Conference Sessions

Cost:  $30.00 per session (includes bus transportation and tour)

Limited seating-First come first serve basis.

#2 Vizcaya Museum and Gardens:

Vizcaya was built by agricultural industrialist James Deering, who wintered on the property from 1916–1925. Today, the extraordinary European-inspired estate includes a Main House filled with art and furnishings, ten acres of gardens on Biscayne Bay, a hardwood hammock (native forest), and an historic village that we’re restoring for public enjoyment.

#3 South Beach Walking Tour:

The Architectural District, sometimes called the Art Deco District, contains the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the world. These vibrantly colored buildings represent an era when Miami Beach was heavily promoted and developed as a "tropical playground." The district was one of the earliest National Register listings to recognize the importance of the architecture of this period.

#4 Many Faces of Miami: From Little Havana to Little Haiti

For almost two decades, Dr. Paul George, historian for the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, has toured his way to local, national and international acclaim with his continuing series of historic tours. He holds a PhD in History from Florida State University. As a South Florida native, author and Miami-Dade College professor, Dr. George has gained fame for his uncanny ability to recall the most impressive details about the people and places that make South Florida so unique.