Sip on smashingly spooky cocktails at this Halloween-themed pop-up Black Lagoon is bringing its creepy cocktail experience to Miami this fall, taking over The Sylvester (3456 N. Miami Avenue, Miami) from October 6th through October 31st. The multi-week Halloween pop-up transforms the bar into a spooky creature’s lair with immersive décor, cinematic lighting, chilling soundscapes,
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The South Beach Seafood Festival returns Oct. 21 to 24, bringing four days of dinners, chef competitions, and beachfront tastings to Miami Beach while kicking off South Florida’s stone crab season. Now in its 14th year, the festival opens with a new event, Made in Miami, an intimate collaborative dinner at Phuc Yea featuring chefs
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The 67th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show sails into town from October 28 through November 1, showcasing the latest and greatest watercraft and more. Much of the show takes place along Fort Lauderdale’s beautiful waterfront, making it the perfect place to spend the day – or the entire weekend. Since you’ll be working up
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Every October, Michael Wild wears the same pink sport coat for 31 days. For the past 10 years, the jacket has been his impossible-to-miss way of raising money for the American Cancer Society and breast cancer awareness. What began with six logos and a simple fundraising idea has grown into an annual tradition that has
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Ellen Bowen remembers picking up a few trays of eggs and pastries from a hotel’s Sunday brunch and driving them to the Miami Rescue Mission. The food had never left the kitchen. It was perfectly edible, but without someone to collect it, it would have been thrown away. That modest pickup in 2018 was the
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Nearly 50 years after the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS) began introducing South Florida children to the wonders of science, president and CEO Joe Cox is thinking about what comes next. The answer involves artificial intelligence, climate innovation, and new technology. But it also involves children digging in dirt, building with their hands and,
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The Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach has a reputation as one of the country’s premier literary destinations, where books and storytelling are woven into the guest experience. The Betsy has long been a gathering place for writers and artists. Its renowned Writer’s Room has hosted more than 1,200 authors and creatives, while year-round poetry readings,
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APM Restaurant Group is expanding its presence in West Palm Beach with Niwa, a Japanese restaurant and tea garden opening in West Palm Beach’s Flamingo Park neighborhood, directly across the street from Emelina, APM’s Michelin-starred Cuban restaurant. Niwa, which means “garden” in Japanese, will mark the first collaboration between two chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants: Master
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Wan’s Mandarin House celebrates its 60th anniversary this fall, a milestone that represents far more than longevity. In an industry where most restaurants never make it past a few years, the Fort Lauderdale institution has survived—and thrived—for six decades by staying true to the values established by its founders: serve delicious food with a generous
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If babka is your bag, you need to try The Bakey. The bakery and café, known for its chocolate babka, opened last month in Hallandale Beach, taking over the former Kosher Bagel Cove space, with people forming lines to snag a babka fresh from the oven. The Bakey comes from acclaimed Israeli baker Uri Scheft,
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Wan’s Mandarin House celebrates its 60th anniversary this fall, a milestone that represents far more than longevity. In an industry where most restaurants never make it past a few years, the Fort Lauderdale institution has survived—and thrived—for six decades by staying true to the values established by its founders: serve delicious food with a generous
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When Janna P. Lhota took over as chair of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce for 2026, she chose “Connected for Impact” as her theme for the year. For Lhota, a partner in Holland & Knight’s Fort Lauderdale office, that could mean helping an entrepreneur meet a potential customer, connecting a company with resources,
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