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Haunt Drive benefits Parkland Cares

The Haunt Drive at Tree Tops Park in Davie delivers safe scares and spooks throughout the month while benefiting Parkland Cares, which funds mental health organizations. The community’s mental health has been especially concerning to Parkland Cares during the pandemic, and the partnership with Haunt Drive comes at a time when mental health care has

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Jessica Duemig shares her story of surviving breast cancer

The first thing Jessica Duemig did when she found out she was cured of breast cancer in February was go to Costco with her parents to buy supplies for her “I’m cured” party. Duemig is the first to admit that the action seems “anticlimactic.” But don’t let the seemingly pedestrian nature of a shopping trip

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Jessica Duemig
Breast Cancer Awareness in South Florida

Holy Cross Hospital The Fort Lauderdale hospital offers several events and a special, including the following. The hospital offers a special for women without health insurance: $100 screening mammograms and $150 bone density screenings. Info: Oct. 1-Nov. 30, Holy Cross Hospital; 954.202.0277 Board-certified surgical oncologist Jessica Burgers hosts a Facebook Live session on surgical options

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Keep fit during W.O.W SoFlo

The pandemic hasn’t stopped Mind Body Social’s mission to provide wellbeing to the community. And now all of South Florida can benefit from the Doral-based events company. W.O.W SoFlo, presented by T-Mobile, features more than 30 virtual events, including workouts, guided runs, dancing, yoga sessions and meditations, broadcast live from the tri-county area’s most recognizable

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Celebrate National Taco Day in South Florida

[image_with_text image=”28946″]Coyo Taco. Capturing the experience and taste of Mexican street food, Coyo Taco offers a special taco throughout the weekend: Barbacoa con consomée with traditional slow-roasted adobo marinated lamb served with an aromatic broth the Barbacoa con consomée for dipping. Locations in Wynwood, Brickell, Palm Beach and Coral Gables[/image_with_text][image_with_text image=”28948″]Burlock Coast. The oceanfront restaurant

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2021 Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance rescheduled

The 2021 Boca Raton Concours d’ Elegance was recently rescheduled for Feb. 25-27, 2022. The event, founded and directed by the Rick Case Family and The Rick Case Automotive Group, has raised more than $11 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, which serves more than 12,000 at-risk youth. “We look forward

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Drive-through Halloween events promise chills and thrills

Spooky Forest. Tree Tops Park in Davie becomes a lot scarier this month with the Haunt Drive with fun scares for kids and darker scares for thrill seekers—all contactless. On select nights through October, the park is home to four spooky experiences including a drive-through experience that tells the story of the Tree Tops Witch

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Business As Unusual: ArtServe

Business backstory: For more than 30 years, Fort Lauderdale art incubator ArtServe has sought to advance arts for the social good. Jason R. Hughes was named executive director in September, after being involved with the organization for five years as vice president and president of its board of directors, guiding its mission to deliver programs

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ArtServe director Jason Hughes
Broward Performing Arts Foundation announces board elections

Broward Performing Arts Foundation recently announced new board and committee chair elections for the 2020-21 season. Meet the members below. [image_with_text image=”28889″] Stephanie Aoun was elected to the board of directors. A graduate of Pine Crest School, Saint Andrew’s School and the University of Miami, she is a Private Wealth Advisor within the Investment Management

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Local community Jewish centers present the Jewish Book Fest

Several of South Floridas Jewish community centers are joining forces to host a virtual version of Florida JCCs Jewish Book Fest, presenting more than 25 events with Jewish authors, books and topics of interest. “The Levis JCC Sandler Center is excited to partner with our fellow JCCs to bring our community this enriching and engaging

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Heroes of the Pandemic: Tiffany Comerie

Tiffany Comerie Physician Assistant, Emergency Room, Florida Medical Center   Background: Tiffany Comerie grew up in Coconut Creek after moving from Jamaica when she was 6 years old. The Coconut Creek High School graduate majored in biology at Florida Atlantic University, where she decided to become a physician assistant. She attended Nova Southeastern University and

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Pandemic Nation

Aileen Marty, M.D., remembers where she was when she first learned about COVID-19. It was mid-January 2020. The infectious disease physician and professor of infectious disease at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine was in the Middle East. She was with colleagues from the World Health Organization’s Verification and Inspection Commission. They were

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Aileen Marty