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The United Way of Broward County’s Commission on Behavioral Health & Drug Prevention and The Weston Alliance for Youth (WAY) will host a “Teen Talk” Town Hall Meeting featuring an interactive student-led panel focusing on how mental health and substance abuse impact the decisions youth in South Florida are making. The panel will focus on data from

American Heritage Schools will live stream its spring open house events for prospective families looking to enroll their children at its Broward or Palm Beach campuses.  The Broward campus will host its virtual open houses on Feb. 5 at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. The Palm Beach campus will host its virtual open houses on

To help meet COVID-19 vaccine booster demand and simplify the process, CourMed is now providing concierge delivery of COVID booster shots in South Florida. The healthcare solutions company will offer vaccines for consumers at their homes, offices, or hotels courtesy of physicians, pharmacies, labs, drivers and registered nurses. Along with vaccine delivery, CourMed can deliver prescription

Between programming on Bravo and the Food Network, we’ve all seen enough reality cooking shows to know that chefs don’t mind throwing down from time to time. But at least the kitchen competition that starts this month between Fabio Viviani (pictured, left) and Marco Vico (pictured, below) has a benevolent ingredient.  The celebrity chef from Florence, Italy, whose Riviera by

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade continues its yearly custom of selling Christmas trees to spread holiday cheer and raise funds for the nonprofit organization. For the last 50 years, the club has been selling Christmas trees and the time-honored tradition recently began at the Hank Kline Club tree lot, 2805 SW 32 Ave. in Miami.

A $20 million lead gift to the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium from Palm Beach residents Howard and Wendy Cox will launch the capital campaign to change the center’s name to the Cox Science Center and Aquarium. The funding will also help the facility add additional 130,000 total square feet of space for programming,

Not everyone enjoys the amount of meal preparation the Thanksgiving holiday entails. Exhaustion can quickly set it from cooking and cleaning up while entertaining a bevy of friends and family. Luckily for those who don’t want to cook or clean, some South Florida restaurants will be open to serve delicious and convenient meals on Thanksgiving

Add some fruit-flavored spirit to your holiday festivities, courtesy of Ervin Machado. The beverage director at Louie Bossi’s and Elisabetta’s is sharing a Bellini recipe—with interchangeable flavor profiles—for Thanksgiving and beyond. Flavors will rotate weekly at the restaurants (including pumpkin, berries, and apple). But DIY fans can get started with the Strawberry Seasonal Bellini. Here’s

The prolific, groundbreaking work of Polish-born artist Maryan receives a richly deserved retrospective, courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA).  The exhibition curated by Alison Gingeras, which just opened, examines four decades of complex and deeply moving work by the man born Pinkas Bursztyn—considered one of the first artists-eyewitnesses to depict personal experiences of the Holocaust.

The Galleria Fort Lauderdale’s Ford Men of Style presented by Signature Grand returns for an in-person ceremony from 6 p.m. to 9 .m. on Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Galleria Fort Lauderdale. The mall is one of South Florida’s most well-known shopping destinations, has hosted the event for the last 14 years to honor prominent men

To honor the dedication and courage to fight for racial equality, the city of Miami Beach will declare Nov. 28 as Josephine Baker Day. Baker fought for desegregation by playing to non-segregated audiences during the Jim Crow era, including Miami in 1951. Along with the Miami Beach dedication, Baker will be the first Black woman to

After completing three more sales worth nearly $25 million combined, 1625 Ocean in Delray Beach is close to reaching 100% sold, with only five of the 14 residences still available. The property sits along more than 120 feet of private oceanfront space and was designed to create a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living.