The Lifestyle List

Friday, Jan. 12 Sports Florida Panthers vs. Calgary Flames When: 7:30 p.m. Where: BB&T Center Parties “AVANT-Garde Fridays” AVANT in Delray Beach (pictured) recently launched a weekly late-night series with rotating themes. When: Every Friday from 10 a.m. to close Where: 25 N.E. Second Avenue, Delray Beach [tw-divider][/tw-divider] Saturday, Jan. 13 Performances Dennis DeYoung The

Artists in the Kitchen

Chef-owner Giovanni Rocchio and his team are bringing a little creative flair to Fort Lauderdale. Now in its second year, One Door East (620 S. Federal Highway) blends worldly flavors with an undeniably hip community vibe. “There really isn’t anything like it in Fort Lauderdale,” Rocchio says. Being well-versed in the culinary scene through his

Maria Martin

The Martin File ? Martin founded Optime Consulting 1998 to help companies elevate and recognize their employees with strategies that will increase productivity and quality of life. ? The firm is located in Weston (2400 N. Commerce Parkway, Suite 302), with offices in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Spain. Optime has some 130 employees. ? Leading

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Friday, Jan. 5 Performances “Volta” Cirque du Soleil’s new show is inspired by the adventurous spirit of action sports. When: 8 p.m. (through Jan. 14) Where: Tent next to Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Sports Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks When: 8 p.m. Where: AmericanAirlines Arena [tw-divider][/tw-divider] Saturday, Jan. 6 Festivals Las Olas Art Fair

Shall We Dance?

It’s been more than 20 years since Jeff Sandler and Vinny Munno, then mobile DJs living in Boca Raton, were searching for a place to call their own in South Florida. They made it a habit to check out large, empty buildings that were available for rent, look inside, and maybe even call the agent

Mending the Heart of the Keys

A Creek resident launches a nonprofit to help the Keys after Irma What began as a Facebook post asking for unused hurricane supplies soon became a nonprofit organization with long-reaching effects. Coconut Creek resident and Winston Park Elementary School teacher Krystal Langley began gathering goods for her hometown of Marathon, the day after Hurricane Irma

Liquid Salvation

This past summer, Adyant Khanna, a junior at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, led a mission in India to provide clean water to more than 1,000 residents in three different villages. “My family is from India, and I’ve visited there for as long as I can remember,” he says. “It’s impossible not to notice the

Fresh Views

After four years of working in partnership with Perez Art Museum Miami, Starr Catering Group was ready to change things up at Verde, the restaurant it manages at the museum. “If you’re going to advertise yourself as [having] beautiful, sweeping views of the Biscayne Bay, you want the entire package,” says Emily Burster, general manager

5 questions with Shelly Berg Dean of UM’s Frost School of Music

Some people need to find their talent before they translate it into a calling. Not Shelly Berg. The dean of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music could play piano with two hands before he even started attending Cleveland Institute of Music at age 6. “If you had asked me when I was 6

The Show Goes On

At Stubborn Seed, the new Miami Beach restaurant from “Top Chef” winner Jeremy Ford, edible flowers, whimsical dishware and billows of white smoke make for a theatrical dining experience. “There are so many different themes, textures, flavors and visually stunning foods that we offer,” Ford says. “So far, we’ve received a great response from the