HRI enters casino venture in California: Partners with Enterprise Rancheria tribe Arts & Entertainment News by Damon Scott - February 12, 2019 HOLLYWOOD — The Seminole owned Hard Rock International (HRI) has entered into a hotel and casino partnership with Northern California tribe Enterprise Rancheria. HRI will manage the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain, scheduled to open this year. The partnership constitutes a management and brand license agreement, according to
James Billie named Florida Folk Heritage Award recipient Arts & Entertainment Community by The Seminole Tribune - February 12, 2019 TALLAHASSEE — Former Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman James Billie has been named a recipient of the 2019 Florida Folk Heritage Awards. The announcement was made Jan. 15 by the Florida Secretary of State’s office. The Folk Heritage Awards are given to outstanding folk artists and advocates who have made longstanding
Shared traditions take their place in Seminole history Arts & Entertainment Community by Tara Backhouse - February 12, 2019 If you’re familiar with Seminole history, there are a lot of things you may recognize immediately as essential to our mission: a piece of patchwork, a doll or basket, and perhaps a historic photograph or postcard. At the Museum we’re happy to see those, but we also love to uncover
From New York to Miami, Spencer Battiest sings, acts with Native pride Arts & Entertainment by Kevin Johnson - February 6, 2019September 20, 2024 MIAMI — These are busy times for Spencer Battiest, and that’s just fine with the multitalented 28-year-old full-time musician and part-time actor from the Hollywood Reservation. Battiest finished up 2018 by acting in a Broadway-hopeful musical in New York City. He started the New Year by joining his Mag7 teammate Supaman
Big Cypress celebrates Christmas in style (there was ice skating, too) Arts & Entertainment Community by Damon Scott - January 7, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — The Big Cypress community came out in large numbers Dec. 15 to celebrate Christmas at its annual gathering. Tribal Members and families socialized underneath a huge tent filled with large round decorated tables at the Junior Cypress Rodeo Complex from about 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lining the perimeter
Princess portraits now part of Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum décor Arts & Entertainment Community by Beverly Bidney - January 7, 2019 BIG CYPRESS — Portraits of Seminole royalty now grace the same wall at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum where Tribal Council photographs are prominently displayed. The formal portraits of Miss Florida Seminole Cheyenne Kippenberger and Jr. Miss Florida Seminole Allegra Billie were added Nov. 19 above the entrance to the theater for all
Memories of the Big Cypress Reservation 1954-1956: Frank and Raquel Wood Arts & Entertainment Community by Mary Beth Rosebrough - January 7, 2019 In 2013 the Museum received a letter from Frank and Raquel Wood. Accompanying the letter was a DVD with pictures, taken on the Big Cypress Reservation, and pages of memories. The following is excerpted from those pages. In August 1954 we arrived in our new home on the Big Cypress Reservation.
Tribal leaders thank Tampa community for sacrifices; Massive Hard Rock expansion to be completed summer 2019 Arts & Entertainment News by Damon Scott - January 7, 2019September 20, 2024 TAMPA — Last summer the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood celebrated a construction milestone, raising a ceremonial final beam at the site of its massive 450-foot guitar-shaped hotel to be completed in late 2019. A few months later it was Tampa’s turn. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
A Seminole Warrior on a Modern-Day Battlefield Park Arts & Entertainment by The Seminole Tribune - January 4, 2019 A short story by Elgin Jumper Lyncoya and his family had been touring the Loxahatchee battlefield on their own for two hours, being ever-respectful of the clash which had occurred there some one-hundred and fiftyeight years before, when, all of a sudden, Lyncoya heard the Seminole warriors’ sad sounds of despair and
New Hard Rock Cafe opens at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Arts & Entertainment by Derrick Tiger - January 3, 2019September 20, 2024 HOLLYWOOD — The new Hard Rock Cafe at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is the first model of the company’s strategy to revamp its restaurants design. A grand opening, featuring Seminole Tribe leaders, was held Nov. 27. The restaurant debuted along with a finished area of the
