Society is all aflutter with the news of the wedding of the year, but the fun is cut off when the bride is found dead in “Till Death Do Us Apart.” As part of an annual fundraiser, Clueless on Las Olas, draws 500 amateur sleuths scouring the streets of Fort Lauderdale to find the truth. [...]
The Broward County Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will celebrate National Women’s History Month March 1 – 31, by honoring 25 women leaders from across the County who exemplify the theme of this year’s national observance: “Women’s Education – Women’s Empowerment.” The honorees will be featured in an exhibit in the lobby of [...]
(NewsUSA) – So you say you want to learn to throw a party worthy of the Kardashians? Well, admittedly, that’s asking a lot. After all, one of their more recent bashes featured synchronized swimmers — it was a poolside event — surprising guests with a routine straight out of a 1950s Esther William movie. But [...]
“Zo’s Summer Groove” Presented by the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino July 22 – 24 Celebrates 15 Years of Helping the South Florida Community
Benefit Dinner and Gala with a Night of Entertainment with performances by Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys, Mosaic and Black Violins Presented by Publix on July 23 at Hard Rock Live
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation Fort Lauderdale/South Palm Beach County, one of the area’s top food and wine fundraisers, cooked up a sensational array of delectable food and a vibrant atmosphere to help fight hunger in South Florida. Guests toasted the Fort Lauderdale event’s 20th Anniversary, enjoying a sumptuous pre-event VIP cocktail “preview” [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s almost spring already as 2011 zips on by, but here we are and it’s time to air out your house and get ready for spring. But first, let’s get some music on in the background while we get our house, living room, bedroom and other living spaces cleaned out during [...]
The Fort Lauderdale St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival returns on March 12, 2011! The Parade will feature marching bands, pipe and drum bands, street performers, classic automobiles, and floats of all shapes and sizes! The Festival will include live music, entertainment, and dance performances. A special children’s area will feature games, storytelling, amusements, delicious treats, contests and [...]
The Las Olas Art Fair kicks off the season with the very first art show of 2011. This South Florida tradition, regarded as one of the top events in America, has attracted locals and tourists alike for the past 23 years because of the wide variety of fine art on display and for sale. Only [...]
In celebration of the grand opening of Winner’s Way Parking Garage on December 15, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will create an unprecedented and spectacular ceremonial guitar smash of 2,400 acoustic guitars, which are not “musician quality.” The event will be documented and recorded for the Guinness Book of World Records as the [...]
A “Magical Holiday Parade” on December 15 The City’s annual Holiday Parade is set for Wednesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. and will feature decorated floats and other entries with a magic theme. The floats will proceed along Sample Road from Coral Springs Drive to City Hall. Traditionally, the parade draws thousands of spectators and [...]
The Center for Body, Mind and Culture and the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University are hosting an international conference titled, “Bodies of Art,” from December 1 through 3, on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road. The conference will [...]
The first Skolnick Jazz and Arts Festival is scheduled for Sunday, November 14th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Herb Skolnick Community Center which is located at 800 SW 36th Street. Come and enjoy relaxing jazz performed by the South Florida Harmonica Band, Jazz Delight and Nostalgia. Seating is available, but people are [...]
“I Recycle” is the theme of Keep America Beautiful’s 2010 America Recycles Day (ARD), which takes place on November 15. Millions of Americans have pledged to increase their recycling habits at home and at work over the 13-year history of ARD, a nationally-recognized initiative dedicated to encouraging people to recycle more at home, at work, [...]
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale will showcase 3-D Pop Artist Charles Fazzino’s exhibition entitled “Faces of Fort Lauderdale” from Dec. 9, 2010-Jan. 9, 2011 (Lobby Section of the Museum). The exhibition celebrates the 2011 City of Fort Lauderdale Centennial Celebration and Charles Fazzino’s role as the Official Centennial Artist. Charles Fazzino has become [...]
More than 300 major stakeholders joined Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) officials, administrators and educators at a recent symposium designed to discuss solutions for one of the nation’s and Broward’s most critical educational issues: the consistently low performance and graduation rate of Black male students. At the invitation of Broward County School Board, Vice Chair [...]
Florida Atlantic University’s department of history presents a lecture on the conspiracy theories about the September 11th attacks entitled “Enemies Within: The Conspiracy Culture of Modern America.” The prize-winning author Robert Goldberg from the University of Utah will speak on Thursday, October 28 at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, [...]
Radio Disney will be hosting the popular “3 Minute Game Show” as seen on the Disney Channel at Coral Square Mall on Sunday, October 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. The trivia challenge, which will be held at Center Court, is a fast-paced, fun-filled game that is touring this fall at 35 malls owned by [...]
Click here to enter our Halloween Costume Contest. Post your best pics of Halloweens past to win a four-pack of to the Halloween Festival at Snyder Park. During a Severe Tropical Storm, a top secret cargo plane laden with barrels of experimental toxic chemicals overshot the Fort Lauderdale runway and disintegrated into the nearby woods [...]
WHAT: Sande Alessi Casting, the Los Angeles based casting directors of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Glee,” “The Social Network” and hundreds of other blockbuster films, will be holding an open casting call for extras for the new film “Jack & Jill” starring Adam Sandler and Al Pacino filming in Greater Fort Lauderdale November 2010. Katie [...]
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale will host an exhibition of drawings by Pop Art star Tom Wesselmann, which was originally conceived by Wesselmann and his wife, Claire, before the artist’s untimely death in December, 2004. Last year, Claire Wesselmann revisited the project with Emilio Steinberger, Senior Director of Haunch of Venison gallery, to [...]
Friday, October 1 GUIDED NATURE WALK Helene Klein Pineland Preserve (Coconut Creek) For all ages 9 to 10:30 a.m. $3/person. Preregister for a guided nature walk at this 13-acre pineland/cypress swamp/marl prairie natural area in Coconut Creek. Site amenities include bicycle racks, boardwalk, covered overlook, information kiosk, interpretive signage, nature trails, picnic tables, and seating [...]
By Rachel Galvin It’s time again for the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. In its 25th year, this festival continues to bring in top notch films and celebrities. Film stars ranging from Judd Nelson (“St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Breakfast Club”), Michael Murphy (“Manhattan,” “MASH”) and director/ actor Ed Burns (“Brothers McMullan,” “Sidewalks of New York”) to [...]
Hundreds of thousands of boating enthusiasts and marine industry professionals worldwide will come together October 28 through November 1, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale for the 51st annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat ShowR, the largest in-water boat show in the world. The show will feature more than $3 billion worth of boats, yachts, super yachts, electronics, [...]
Plans are underway for the sixth annual South Florida’s Finest Couples gala to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Presented by the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine, this year’s gala will be held on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six. The event will include a live and silent auction, cocktail reception, [...]
Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and other local organizations will hold a Women’s Equality Day Celebration to commemorate the 90th anniversary of women’s voting rights. The celebration will be held on Thursday, August 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Student Union on the Boca Raton campus, 777 [...]