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Break Into Spring

Young at Art Museum Children explore daily themes through art activities and museum exploration. Ages: 3-4; 5-12 Where: 751 SW 121st Ave., Davie When: March 23, 26-30; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fee: $60 a day; fees for extended care and lunch Info: youngatartmuseum.org; 954.424.5031   Camp Wild This environmental camp teaches children about South Florida’s wildlife

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Scott Israel

From the moment he first addressed reporters at Marjory Stoneman Douglas on Feb. 14, Scott Israel has been an integral and often-compelling figure in the continuing storyline connected to the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. At a CNN-organized town hall meeting a week after the shooting, the Broward County sheriff drew several standing

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch at the CNN Town Hall at the BB&T Center
The Lifestyle List

Friday, March 16 Tastes of South Florida Snail of Approval Tasting Party Slow Food Miami hosts its seventh annual tasting party, known as Miami’s Freshest Night Out. The tasting party unites Miami’s top chefs, local growers and producers for a night of tasting and honoring Miami’s food scene. The event benefits Slow Food Miami’s Edible

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Healing Hands

Simon Kornberg remembers his first encounter with a small, light- and dark-colored Jack Russell terrier like it was yesterday. The 10-year-old dog was paralyzed from the neck down. After an extensive evaluation, the veterinary neurologist discovered the problem. Testing revealed a large benign tumor that was compressing the terrier’s spinal cord. Kornberg’s suggested treatment to

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Modern Marvel

Where: 5845 SW 129th Terrace, Pinecrest Floor size: 7,290 square feet Bedrooms/baths: 6 bedrooms, 7 full baths, 1 half bath Details: Clean lines and marble floors make this three-story home aesthetically unique. Vaulted ceilings, balcony, a laundry room, custom kitchen with hidden walk-in pantry and butler’s pantry are just a few of the home comforts,

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The Lifestyle List

  Lifestyle’s Picks This weekend, check out a new opening and a fishing tournament hosted by this month’s cover star, Jimmy Johnson. Sunrise Pincho Factory Miami-based Pincho Factory opens its new Sunrise location today. Menu items include the toston burger, sweet potato tator tots and signature kababs. Where: 133 NW 136th Ave, Sunrise Info: pinchofactory.com   Quest for

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Vanishing Regret

A Creek resident uses her nursing experience to help others change their tattoo past Though it might not seem like an obvious leap to take 32 years of nursing experience and turn it into a specialization in laser tattoo removal, registered nurse Jamie Plastina finds that the two correlate. Her business, VanishThatTat.com offers laser tattoo

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Note by Note

When Kyle Woodard started teaching music last year at Dave Thomas Education Center, one of the first things he did was paint the room a bright orange, which he believes enlivens students when they come in for class. And on a recent day at the Coconut Creek school, it was obviously so. On a TV

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A Helping Hand

Their introduction came seven years ago. Michael Hartwell, an auto collision technology instructor at Atlantic Technical College, and his students replaced a set of tires on the van of the school’s information management specialist, Kristy Bak. He noticed the disabled parking permit on the window. Bak’s son, Andrew, was diagnosed with schizencephaly at birth, a

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5 Questions with Robert C. Mattes, Parks and Recreation Director, Village of Pinecrest

Though Robert C. Mattes majored in outdoor recreation and psychology at Plymouth State University, it took becoming the recreation director for the city of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, to see that working in parks and recreation could be, to use his word, “wonderful.” “It really wasn’t until I started that career that I realized this isn’t

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Lay of the Land

A Lifestyle event at Metropica featured an in-depth look at the South Florida housing market The latest installment of Lifestyle Connect drew more than 200 attendees to Sunrise for a wide-ranging panel discussion about the residential housing market with some of the region’s top real estate professionals. The sales gallery for Metropica, the luxury master

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Man on a Mission

Jarvis Landry’s inaugural event to benefit cystic fibrosis research—Jarvis’ Jam—holds deeper meaning for the Dolphins’ star receiver According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, more than 30,000 U.S. residents are living with the progressive, genetic disease that limits the ability to breathe because of a consistent buildup of mucus in the lungs. A half-century ago, the

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