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Michael Schwartz might be one of Miami’s busiest chefs. The James Beard Award-winner runs six restaurant concepts across the country, some of which include multiple locations. There’s his namesake neighborhood bistro, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, in the Miami Design District, which recently expanded to Cleveland. He also serves eclectic pizzas at Harry’s Pizzeria in

Zach Dishinger, Founder/CEO, Formula Z Cosmetics The back story: The senior at American Heritage School, a self-described “theater kid,” recalls going public with his personal interest in makeup as early as fifth grade, when he’d wear MAC concealer to school. Though he would be bullied for expressing himself, Dishinger describes makeup as a liberating “release.”

Whether the story is about fictional protagonist John Deal, now an American icon in the crime novel genre, or a page out of history’s real-life stories, Les Standiford’s writing has a narrative element that makes whatever he’s decided to put his pen to a page-turner. The Pinecrest author’s latest, a nonfiction book called Palm Beach,

Preparing paella for hundreds on a Friday night certainly sounds more daunting than helping his mother and grandmother stage the same meal for family in Ponce, Puerto Rico. But some aspects of Roberto Santiago’s childhood paella experience continue to resonate—namely, the passion that the executive chef at Shooters Waterfront has for this enduring dish. It’s

It’s not that the question catches Shauna Sweeney by surprise. But in the same way that the auburn-haired singer/songwriter has been patient about the doors that have opened in her career, she’s not about to rush an answer that perhaps says more about her as a person than as an artist. So, she pauses for

Drawing saved Niki Lopez. When she was 11, her mother joined the Brooklyn-based United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors cult, becoming one of the secluded wives of sexual predator-leader Dwight D. York. Niki went with the preteens; her 2-year-old sister was holed up with the toddlers; her brother, just 6 months old, would never know the

The way Area Stage Company founders John Rodaz and Maria Banda-Rodaz met could be a script for a theater love story—a play about a couple whose chance meeting was orchestrated by destiny. It’s 1989. A woman is riding on a tram down Lincoln Road. It’s her first day in the United States after moving from

Gregory Hahn recalls the moment he realized that stand-up comedy was a craft worth pursuing. He had just seen a comedian perform at Rollins College, in Winter Park, where Hahn was going to school. “I remember watching him and thinking, ‘This guy is the worst,’” Hahn says. “He bombed.” After the show, however, he saw

Like an epic novel, the visual stories of Rolando Chang Barrero traverse time and back again. They require heroes ready to confront the toughest of challenges across the generations. In his last year at Southwest Miami Senior High School, in 1990, he created graphic T-shirts to raise awareness about heroin addiction, urban wear that would

Craig Johnson might be new to Fort Lauderdale, but the executive director of ArtServe already is serving as a gracious host to the city’s cultural community. “ArtServe has had a remarkable history,” says Johnson, who joined the storied nonprofit this spring. “Now we’re building upon that legacy to reposition the organization as a creative laboratory.”

Seven years ago, when Jessica Goldman Srebnick became CEO of Goldman Properties—her late father Tony Goldman’s successful real estate company—it was simultaneously the happiest and saddest day of her life. Her father was sick, and, less than a week later, he died of heart failure. “I worked with my dad for 15 years,” she says.

Multimedia artist Sibel Kocabasi is sitting in the living room of her Lake Worth home and studio; over a gracious setting of hors d’oeuvres, Turkish coffee and rosé, she shares her commitment to human rights. Born and raised in Turkey, she has a deeper understanding of the Syrian refugee crisis. Turkey has about 3.6 million