With proud parents, families, and friends looking on, nine members of the University of Miami Global Academy’s (UMGA) second cohort of graduates accepted their diplomas during a commencement ceremony held at the Newman Alumni Center on June 8. They are now alumni of an innovative online high school that allows students from anywhere in the world to take classes taught via the Internet and through technologies such as Skype and Blackboard. Read the full story

Verdi’s most evocative music brings Shakespeare’s drama to life on the stage of the Royal Opera House. Verdi’s lifelong love affair with Shakespeare first took wing with Macbeth. The composer thought the play one of the greatest creations of man. Macbeth stars British baritone Simon Keenlyside as the titular tormented ruler of Scotland. Don’t miss this thrilling tale of power and corruption. Conducted by Antonio Pappano. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Simon Keenlyside, Raymond Aceto, and Liudmyla Monastyrska.

The film screens Sunday, June 24 at noon and Tuesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Cosford Cinema. General admission is $22. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Verdi’s most evocative music brings Shakespeare’s drama to life on the stage of the Royal Opera House. Verdi’s lifelong love affair with Shakespeare first took wing with Macbeth. The composer thought the play one of the greatest creations of man. Macbeth stars British baritone Simon Keenlyside as the titular tormented ruler of Scotland. Don’t miss this thrilling tale of power and corruption. Conducted by Antonio Pappano. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Simon Keenlyside, Raymond Aceto, and Liudmyla Monastyrska.

The film screens Sunday, June 24 at noon and Tuesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Cosford Cinema. General admission is $22. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

From acclaimed director Avi Nesher comes Israel’s coming-of-age hit film The Matchmaker. Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in back of a sketchily located movie theater that shows only love stories and is run by a family of seven Romanian dwarves. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart through his work with Yankele, he falls in love with Tamara, his friend Beni’s cousin. Tamara has just returned from America and is full of talk of women’s rights, free love, and rock and roll. The disparate parts of Arik’s life collide in unexpected, often funny, and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever. Nominated for seven Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film is in Hebrew with English subtitles.

The film screens on Saturday, June 23 at 1:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and Sunday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. General admission is $9. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

From acclaimed director Avi Nesher comes Israel’s coming-of-age hit film The Matchmaker. Arik, a teenage boy growing up in Haifa in 1968, gets a job working for Yankele Bride, a matchmaker. Yankele, a mysterious Holocaust survivor, has an office in back of a sketchily located movie theater that shows only love stories and is run by a family of seven Romanian dwarves. As Arik begins to learn the mysteries of the human heart through his work with Yankele, he falls in love with Tamara, his friend Beni’s cousin. Tamara has just returned from America and is full of talk of women’s rights, free love, and rock and roll. The disparate parts of Arik’s life collide in unexpected, often funny, and very moving ways as he lives through a summer that changes him forever. Nominated for seven Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film is in Hebrew with English subtitles.

The film screens on Saturday, June 23 at 1:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. and Sunday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. General admission is $9. Admission is $7 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non-UM students and staff. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.