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‘Hamilton’ meets South Florida hip-hop at NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale

January 9, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

While the hip-hop musical “Hamilton” salutes America’s forefathers at the Broward Center, the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will celebrate South Florida’s place in the rap landscape. “A History of...

(from left) Fred Salmon, Doug Bogue, Bill Keeton, Dan Murray, Tom Warnke and Corky Roche, all surfers involved in the Palm Beach County Surfing History Project, gather for a photo at Ocean Reef Park on Singer Island on Saturday, March 12th, 2011.

Relive big waves, see vintage surfboards at Surfing Florida Museum

August 23, 2019 at 9:49 p.m.

The Surfing Florida Museum has caught its biggest break yet in West Palm Beach. After drifting around for three years at high-rent spaces in Delray Beach and Lake Park, the...

Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp)

Blondie hosting four-day ‘cultural exchange’ concerts in Cuba

August 23, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

“Heart of Glass” is going to Havana. New wave rockers Blondie are planning two major concerts and a “cultural exchange” during “Blondie in Havana,” a four-day gathering slated for March...

Red, white and brew: This Fort Lauderdale brewery salutes American icons

August 23, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

Raise a pint for liberty at American Icon Brewery Kitchen and Taproom, opening this winter in Fort Lauderdale. The 4,000-square-foot, patriotic gastropub, slated to debut in January along Northeast Third...

Axe Throwing Society bar pairs weapons and beer in South Florida

May 12, 2019 at 2:53 p.m.

The Axe Throwing Society, a new bar that pairs alcohol and sharp weapons, will be burying the hatchet in Pompano Beach. The brainchild of Jeff Morford, the Axe Throwing Society...

The U.S. Coast Guard preforms a drill during the Ford Lauderdale Air Show. Courtesy The Atlantic Hotel & Spa. Fort Lauderdale, FL. 5/6/17. Staff Photographer Jim Rassol.

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds cancel Fort Lauderdale Air Show appearance

August 23, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds announced Thursday morning that they've canceled their appearance at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show May 5-6 following a pilot's fatal crash in the Nevada desert...

At Miami Beach museum, photos of Jewish refugees ‘Stranded in Shanghai’

May 12, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

During World War II, China's Shanghai Ghetto was filthy, cramped and disease-ridden, but it served as an unlikely haven for 20,000 desperate Eastern-European Jews who fled there to escape the...

Feds warn South Florida breweries to stop producing marijuana-flavored beer

April 5, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

The newest trend in South Florida's craft-beer industry is marijuana beer, but local brewers this week face a major buzzkill thanks to a key ingredient in the brew: cannabis terpenes...

In bloom: More than 1,000 flowers fill Delray’s Cornell Art Museum

August 23, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

Here’s how the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach will celebrate the recent arrival of spring: by filling the entire museum with flowers. There are Swarovski crystal-bejeweled flowers, giant dandelions...

A public look at a private event being held at Wynwood Walls to celebrate the unveiling of 'Human Kind' with new walls and sculptures by 12 new artists, Tuesday, December 5, 2017.

Art Basel 2017: Wynwood Walls debuts 12 ‘humanKIND’ murals

August 23, 2019 at 8:51 p.m.

The most attention-grabbing new mural at Wynwood Walls bears a simple message: “Resist. The mural’s visuals are also direct: President Trump in baby diapers wielding a tiki torch. The Statue...

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