fbpx
Fort Lauderdale fitness studios unite for Rise, Ride & Roar

Three of Fort Lauderdale’s hottest fitness studios are teaming up for a special event in the spirit of giving back to the community during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During Rise, Ride & Roar, locals get their hearts pumping with classes from CycleBar Fort Lauderdale, SOL Yoga and ROAR Station in benefit of Holy Cross Hospital.

Read More
Holy Cross Hospital Bienes Cancer Center
Game Changer for Sleep Apnea from South Florida Sinus and Allergy Center

Being called out for loud snoring isn’t exactly an ego booster, but it’s hardly the most pressing concern for those suffering with sleep apnea, the disorder during which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. In severe cases, obstructive sleep apnea can lead to Type 2 diabetes, congestive heart failure and stroke. But thanks to physician Lee

Read More
A&E Roundup

The Casino @ Dania Beach recently announced upcoming performances in October. Queen tribute band Absolute Queen performs Oct. 3; Valerie Tyson Band performs funk and R&B tribute “Through the Decades of Soul” on Oct. 17; and H20 performs a tribute to “The Music of Hall & Oates” on Oct. 31. Tickets range from $7 and

Read More
Five Rosh Hashanah meal packages from South Florida eateries

MK Takeaways (featured image above): A perfect menu for virtual gatherings, this menu includes a wide variety of choices for starters and sides such as matzoh ball soup, parsnip latkes with apple chutney, green beans with crispy leeks, cranberries and savory potato kugel. For entrees, there are three delicious choices: pomegranate braised brisket, honey balsamic

Read More
South Florida Rosh Hashanah meals
Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida hosts online fundraiser

Registration for sponsorship is now open for the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida’s Campfires to Cocktails, a virtual fundraising event that promises culinary adventures with Chef Adrianne Calvo. “We are thrilled to have Chef Adrianne’s involvement in this one of a kind event. Girl Scouts are innovative, and community and sisterhood are paramount to us,”

Read More
Susie Levan’s Transformative Journey

The episode: In December 1988, Susie Levan was the chief operating officer at I.R.E. Financial Corp., a publicly traded real estate company that originally hired her as a secretary nearly two decades earlier. Her new husband, Alan, was the CEO of BankAtlantic. Three days before Christmas, the couple entered their Coral Gables home and found

Read More
Susie Levan
A Heart for Language

For Colombian native Jenny Nieveen, her parents’ love of education defined her dreams and goals. Nieveen (pictured left) lived in the United States when her parents attended graduate school in Western Kentucky University. When they returned to Colombia, her father opened a boarding high school for local and international students. In the meantime, Nieveen saved

Read More
Good News from around South Florida

[image_with_text image=”28639″]Members of the Junior League of Boca Raton, including members of its Self Esteem Committee, made nearly 500 cards for patients at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The cards will be delivered on patients’ dinner trays to brighten their days as no visitors are allowed at the hospital. Pictured: Back row (left to right): Shelia

Read More
Sistrunk Marketplace Opens

As if the hip pockets in and around Flagler Village aren’t already transforming the Fort Lauderdale scene, along comes yet another inspired project to add to the ever-growing mix of offerings. Society 8 Hospitality Group recently opened the doors to Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery, an original 24,000-square-foot concept that encompasses a food hall, retail and

Read More
Business as Unusual: Doris Italian Market & Bakery

Lifestyle continues to reach out to businesspeople all over South Florida to ask questions about the impact COVID-19 has had on their businesses—and what the future holds. Today, we check in with John Alfano, president and CEO of Doris Italian Market & Bakery. Business background: Starting out as a mom and pop meat market in

Read More
florida business and wealth
Pinecrest Gardens’ annual jazz series goes virtual

In the past 10 years, the annual jazz series at Pinecrest Gardens has become a beloved tradition for jazz lovers in Miami and South Florida. This year, in spite of the pandemic, music lovers can take a virtual trip to Pinecrest Gardens to enjoy world-class acts through JazzAid Live from the Banyan Bowl—while supporting a

Read More
Ballroom Battle on TV

Over the past decade, a local fundraising event that mirrors Dancing with the Stars has emerged as one of the most popular and entertaining social gatherings of the season in Palm Beach County. But, like so many other nonprofits, the George Snow Scholarship Fund had to pivot amid the pandemic. Fortunately, for fans of the

Read More
George Snow Scholarship Fund Ballroom Battle