Avant

  CCGS teaches girls the fundamentals of softball and the importance of teamwork and friendship. Venture out onto the softball field and you’ll see girls of all ages having the time of their lives. These young athletes are laughing, talking and running around while others are perfecting their swings or practicing catching and throwing. This

Photography by DOWNTOWNPHOTO/FORT LAUDERDALE When the curtain rises at the start of each Broadway season at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, President and CEO Kelley Shanley admits he still gets butterflies. He likens it to the first time he ever stepped onstage – over 30 years ago as Alfie Doolittle in his high

Something different: Delray’s thriving cultural scene finds a culinary complement with the arrival of Avant, a collaboration between Society 8 Hospitality Group and Nxt Big Thing. The 4,600-square-foot space, formerly home to SoLita and Mastino, has been reimagined as a hip, inviting ode to the social aspect of dining—and a celebration of art in its