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Artist Mira Lehr is Confronting Climate Armageddon

“The time to act is now. We must start referring to this perilous issue as what it really is: Climate Armageddon,” says Mira Lehr. 

At the age of 85 and with a career that spans six decades, Lehr is creating more new art now than at any other point in her life - with a heightened sense of urgency.


Life on the Indian River Lagoon

The key to understanding people and the world around us begins with education. One way to learn about the world is by developing a love of books. Each month, we profile a library. Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic; do you have a library that you love? Tell us about it. This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Indian River County Library in Vero Beach, Florida.


American Economy Lures Blanca Mata

Owning a successful business is the dream that brings more than one million people to the United States every year.* Blanca Mata, a Columbian-born American, is one such entrepreneur. She owns the bustling Arepas and More Café in Orlando, Florida. Her restaurant specializes in arepas, filled flatbread sandwiches prominent in Venezuelan cuisine.

With the sound of clinking dishes and cheerful conversation in the background and her...