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ArtServe Announces 2026 Calendar Of Events Celebrating Creativity, Wellness, Language And Community South Florida Sun Times Jan 7, 2026 ArtServe, Broward County’s Premier Incubator For Arts And Culture, Has Released Its 2026 Calendar Of Events. The Coming Year Brings A Thoughtfully Curated Mix Of Exhibitions, Celebrations And Community Programs Designed To Champion Creativity And Broaden Cultural Engagement. Through Its Visual And Performing Arts Initiatives, ArtServe Continues To Nurture Artistic Growth, Expand Educational Opportunities And Strengthen The Region’s Creative Economy. “Our 2026 season reflects ArtServe’s commitment to bringing people together through art that encourages reflection, dialogue and a true sense of community,” said ArtServe CEO Jason Hughes. “Each exhibition explores a different aspect of the human experience. When taken together, the season offers our community a chance to discover, connect and engage in ways that are both meaningful and inspiring.” This year’s lineup encourages audiences to pause, consider their own stories and connect more deeply with one another. Highlights include: Journey to Mount Athos Friday, January 23rd, 2026 – Friday, March 6th, 2026 ArtServe opens its 2026 Season with Journey to Mount Athos, presented in partnership with the Mount Athos Foundation of America. The exhibition features more than 30 large-scale art banners, photographs and cultural artifacts that illuminate the spirituality, artistry and traditions of Greece’s Mount Athos Orthodox monastic community. Additional works by local Greek artists—along with poetry, traditional costumes and musical instruments—celebrate Hellenic culture, history and Fort Lauderdale’s sister-city connection with Thessaloniki. Opening night will feature a Greek-themed celebration with live music, costumed dancers, guest speakers and cultural presentations sponsored by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) and the Hellenic Society of South Florida. The public reception will take place Friday, January 23rd at 6:00 p.m. I’m Still Here: Exploring Mental Wellness Friday, March 27th, 2026 – Friday, May 22nd, 2026 A tribute to resilience and the enduring human spirit, this exhibition centers on mental health and the importance of finding moments of joy even during challenging times. A free public reception will be held on Friday, March 27th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. ArtServe’s Fourth Annual Impact Awards Gala Friday, April 17th, 2026 This signature event honors individuals and organizations whose creativity, leadership and generosity have made a meaningful difference in the arts and the broader community. The gala runs from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., with tickets available at: www.artserve.org. The Art of Language: Celebrating the Aesthetic and Intellectual Beauty of Words Friday, June 26th, 2026 – Friday, August 28th, 2026 This summer exhibition explores the rich intersection between visual art and language, highlighting the expressive beauty of the written word, storytelling, poetry and other literary forms. A free opening reception will be held on Friday, June 26th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Members’ Show: In Memory Of Friday, October 2nd, 2026 – Friday, December 4th, 2026 Closing out the season, this exhibition offers a reflective look at personal histories and creative journeys. Through works that honor memory and experience, ArtServe members present a heartfelt exploration of the moments and stories that shaped them. A free reception will be held on Friday, October 2nd, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. Reception times are subject to change. Please visit: www.artserve.org for the latest updates. ArtServe is located at 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312 and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Daily admission is free. ArtServe inspires, supports and advances its diverse members, artists and community by promoting artistic development, education and prosperity through the exploration and presentation of the visual and performing arts. For more information about these events, or to become a member, volunteer, or support ArtServe’s mission, please visit: www.artserve.org - Or email: membership@artserve.org . About ArtServe Named a “Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits, Fort Lauderdale-based ArtServe is an award-winning arts incubator advancing the arts for social good as a creative laboratory and hub for experimental artists committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Now in its 36th year, ArtServe has won multiple awards for innovation in the arts and is supported in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Community Foundation of Broward. In 2025, ArtServe was named Non-Profit Organization of the Year: The Arts by 211 Broward. Each year, ArtServe helps 2,000+ artists sell their work, build businesses, connect with the community through exhibitions, education and events. Previous Next

Boston Early Music Festival in Aventura November 16, 2022 Share The GRAMMY-winning BEMF Chamber Opera Series makes its Florida debut on November 30th, 2022, with a Double Bill of French Baroque chamber operas written for Louis XIV: Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix and Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil. The genius of Charpentier and Lully raises these formal tributes to musical masterpieces where dazzling singing combines with charming dances in a vivid depiction of the people’s desire for peace. This all-new production is led by BEMF’s GRAMMY-winning Musical Directors Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs and acclaimed Stage Director Gilbert Blin and features an all-star roster of 26 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists. Presented by RK Cultural Productions and the Grammy®-winning Boston Early Music Festival have partnered to co-present the Boston Early Music Festival, A Miami Premiere on Wednesday, November 30th, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. This Boston Early Music Festival Semi-Staged Opera Series features a double bill of chamber operas with Jean-Baptiste Lully's Idylle sur la Paix and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's La Fête de Rueil. It's RK Cultural Productions vision to provide audiences the opportunity to experience, right in their own community, enlightening and entertaining events performed by world-renowned artists, while also incorporating into special programs comprised of local artists and students, offering them a professional platform to perfect their art. A priority for this organization is their two-tier outreach program. First, an educational outreach program to area schools presented by visiting artists where students’ educations are enhanced through music. Often subjects such as languages, world history and geography are included in the presentations. Music is a perfect avenue to cultivate a young persons’ appetite for knowledge. The second tier of the outreach is a hospital program; artists who are performing in the area will give short performances for the hospital population (patients and staff alike). It is their aim to provide much needed uplifting diversion for those who greatly need a respite to distract, de-stress, and regain energy. Box Office Ticketmaster is the only official ticketing service of the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. Buy tickets online at: https://www.aventuracenter.org/ By phone at: (877) 311-7469 Or: (954) 462-0222. or in person at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center box office Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 5:00 p.m. and 90 minutes prior to each performance. For Group Sales, please call: (954) 660-6307. Ticket holders will enjoy a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Tickets are $40-$50. The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at: 3385 Northeast 188th Street, Aventura, Florida 33180. Join the conversation, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @aventuracenter or #aventuracenter. < Previous News Next News >

CULTURE & COCKTAILS At The Ben Aventura Digest December 18, 2024 Share A Chat With Award Winning Comedy Writer Alan Zweibel Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of Saturday Night Live Dave Lawrence, President & CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County today touted the first of three fun and fascinating conversations in 2025 during the 20th and final season of the popular series: CULTURE & COCKTAILS At The Ben January – April 2025. “Cheers to 20 Years! The Cultural Council is proud to present three CULTURE & COCKTAILS conversations in early 2025 featuring some exciting personalities from the worlds of entertainment—all at our beautiful venue, The Ben, in downtown West Palm Beach,” says Lawrence. “All three events will be held in the hotel’s gorgeous Blue Heron Ballroom, a popular rooftop venue with outdoor terrace and stunning water views, overlooking the intracoastal packed with pleasure boats and yachts.” The Ben is located at 251 North Narcissus Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Free valet parking will be provided for each of the Monday evening CULTURE & COCKTAILS conversations, running from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. January 6th LAUGH LINES: A Chat with Emmy & Tony Award® Winning Comedy Writer Alan Zweibel 2025 is the 50th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live and the legendary Alan Zweibel was one of the show’s original writers. The winner of five Emmy Awards, his creative output includes It’s Garry Shandling’s Show (which he co-created and produced), The Late Show with David Letterman, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. A frequent guest on all the late-night talk shows, Zweibel’s theatrical contributions include his collaboration with Billy Crystal on the Tony Award winning play 700 Sundays, Martin Short’s Broadway hit Fame Becomes Me, and six off-Broadway plays including Bunny Bunny – Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy, which he adapted from his best-selling book. Zweibel has written 11 books including his cultural memoir titled Laugh Lines – My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier; the 2006 Thurber Prize winning novel The Other Shulman; the popular children’s book Our Tree Named Steve, a parody of the Haggadah — For This We Left Egypt? which he wrote with Dave Barry and Adam Mansbach, and Lunatics co-written with Dave Barry. In addition, he has appeared in episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Law & Order and can be seen in the documentary The Last Laugh about humor and the Holocaust; Judd Apatow’s Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO), Gilbert about the life of Gilbert Gottfried, and the Emmy nominated CNN documentary he executive produced titled Love, Gilda. Interviewer: Bill Boggs, satirical novelist as author of the acclaimed Spike The Wonder Dog series, four-time Emmy Award-winning TV talk show host and producer, a professional speaker, and author of four acclaimed books. His shows ran on NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, ESPN, The Food Network, The Travel Channel, and Showtime, and hundreds of his interviews can be found at BillBoggsTV on YouTube. The remaining CULTURE & COCKTAILS conversations in 2025 include: February 24th DIVINE DRAMATIC DIVAS: Dishing with Andrew Kato and Three Celebrated Actors: Elizabeth Dimon, Angie Radosh, and Karen Stephens April 14th THE ULTIMATE MUSICAL FINALE: With Rob Russell, Avery Sommers & Special Surprise Guests The 20th Anniversary Season of CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored so far by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder; Donald M. Ephraim Family Foundation; Scott Teich, Senior Vice President, Teich Wealth Management of Raymond James; The Gardens Mall; Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC; Palm Beach Media Group; Palm Beach Daily News; Legends Radio; and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available. Admission to each one of next season’s CULTURE & COCKTAILS At The Ben is $125 per person, and $165 for VIP Seating. A Season Pass to all three Conversations is $300 per person, and $450 for VIP seating. To purchase tickets, please call: (561) 471-2901. Or visit: https://www.palmbeachculture.com/council-events/council-special-events/culture-cocktails/. All proceeds from CULTURE & COCKTAILS go to support the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s mission to nurture, promote, and support a healthy, diverse, and inclusive cultural sector. Topics and speakers are subject to change depending upon the availability of scheduled participants. The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County is the official support agency for arts and culture in The Palm Beaches, Florida’s Cultural Capital®. Headquartered in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. building in Downtown Lake Worth Beach, the Council presents exciting year-round exhibitions and performances featuring artists who live or work in Palm Beach County. The Council features spectacular work by Palm Beach County-based professional artists in its Roe Green Uniquely Palm Beach Store and offers complimentary resources for visitors in its Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Information Center. The Cultural Council is located at 601 Lake Avenue in Lake Worth Beach and is currently open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from Noon to 5 pm. For more information and a comprehensive calendar of cultural events in The Palm Beaches, visit: www.palmbeachculture.com . < Previous News Next News >

Margaret Cho: Live And Livid: More Than Just A Comedian – She Is A Force Of Nature Tue May 16 2023 16:11:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Grand Klezmer Concert: Tuesday, May 9th at 1:30pm April 27, 2023 Share Zevy Steiger and Aryeh Leib Hurwitz, Two World Renowned Cantors and the Heavy Shtetl Klezmer Band will delight South Florida with authentic Klezmer, Yiddish and other great Jewish music! These two Cantors will rock the house with their magnificent voices! United Jewish Generations, a Chabad organization whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for the Jewish Senior Citizen Population, is proud to present this amazing concert which is truly going above and beyond. “We want everyone to be able to enjoy this beautiful music with the highest caliber musicians, cantors and we therefore provide the most incredible entertainment and yet we offer tickets at a price you can’t refuse,” says Rabbi Menachem Smith, Director of United Jewish Generations. The performance will take place at the Hallandale Cultural Community Center (the building behind the Broward County Library on US1.) 410 Southeast 3rd Street, Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009. The date is May 9th, at 1:30pm. This is a special Jewish holiday called “Lag Baomer” and customary to present cultural Jewish music and festivities. Tickets are priced from $10 and up. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.UnitedJewishGenerations.com/Klezmer And by calling: (954) 458-6000. The Heavy Shtetl Band of expert Klezmerists is the brainchild of Alexander Mikhaylovsky, a Violinist from Odessa, Ukraine. At the age of 4, he started to learn violin with his first violin professor, Bella Barsky. He graduated music school with the Golden Medal and went to the Odessa Music College to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Music, then attended the University of Music and Pedagogy in Russia, where he achieved a Master's Degree in Music in 1990. Since then he has played with various groups including: The Miami Symphony Orchestra, Latin American Chamber Orchestra, Florida Grand Opera and The Miami Ballet. Attendees are encouraged to buy tickets early, to attain the best seats and also keep in mind that this event has sold out in the past! For more information, please email: admin@unitedjewishgenerations.com < Previous News Next News >

A Message from the City Manager: Review of Building Structures in Aventura Thu Jul 15 2021 04:04:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Floridians Are 'Sleepwalking Into A Debt Crisis': Consolidation No Longer The Safety Net, Expert Warns Thu Sep 28 2023 16:13:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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The 100 Deadliest Days Have Begun June 8, 2021 Share An Average of Seven People are Killed Per Day By A Teen Driver Memorial Day weekend marked the unofficial start of summer and unfortunately, a dangerous time of year for young drivers. Nationwide, more than 30 percent of deaths involving teen drivers occurs during what’s called the: “100 Deadliest Days” - a period that runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. “Now that the CDC has lifted many COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions, young adults are eager to reconnect with friends, which means young inexperienced drivers will spend more time on the roads,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA – The Auto Club Group. “This increases the chances that they’re involved in a crash and for every mile driven, new teen drivers (ages 16-17 years old) are three times more likely, to be involved in a deadly crash, compared to adults.” 100 Deadliest Days statistics from 2010 - 2019 Nationwide • Each year, an average of 2,081 teen drivers are involved in fatal crashes; 636 of those (30%) occurred, during the 100 deadliest days. • More than 7,038 people died, in teen-related summertime crashes, from 2010 to 2019. • That’s more than seven people a day, each summer compared to the rest of the year (six people/day). Florida • An average of 36 teen drivers are involved in fatal crashes during this time. • On average, 158 people are killed in teen driver-related crashes every year; 40 of those occur during the 100 deadliest days. • 400 people were killed in teen driver-related crashes, during the past 10 summers. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens ages 16-19. In fact, six teens are killed each day in crashes that are entirely preventable. Per miles driven, teen drivers are nearly three times more likely, than drivers aged 20 and older, to be killed in a crash. Even the best and brightest teens, have an increased risk, of being involved, in a deadly crash. “Teens lack the experience, skills and maturity of a seasoned driver, which contribute to an increase in the chance that, there will be a deadly outcome, not just for the teen driver, but also for any passenger, as well as others on the road,” Jenkins continued. “So, we all have a vested interest, in ensuring that teens are safe behind the wheel.” Understanding the risks and knowing the facts, will prepare, both, you and your teen(s) for the road ahead. Here are some of the highest risk factors for teens. Driving with passengers. Teen drivers’ crash risks multiply, when they have teen passengers, so, set limits and enforce them. Driving at night. Night driving is more dangerous due to limited visibility, fatigue and impaired drivers, on the road. This is especially, a risky time for teens. Limit the time that your novice driver spends, behind the wheel, at night. Not wearing a safety belt. Wearing a safety belt, greatly reduces the risk of being hurt or killed in a crash. Make a rule: Everyone buckles up, for every trip. Speeding. Speeding, is a leading factor in crashes for teens and adults. Teens need to follow posted speed limits and parents, should set a good example and have strong rules. Distracted driving. Teen passengers, are the biggest distraction to teen drivers, but, cell phones, come in second. Many teens admit to interacting with their phone and in-car infotainment systems while behind the wheel, despite the clear dangers. Make a family rule, covering these and other distractions, that everyone abides by. Drowsy driving. Teens have a hard time getting enough sleep and often struggle with drowsiness. Drowsy driving, is as dangerous as drunk driving and teens, have the highest risks. Ensure everyone who is behind the wheel, has gotten enough sleep. Impaired driving. Driving impaired from alcohol and other drugs puts everyone at risk. Enforce strict zero tolerance rules with your teen and be, a good role model. Advice for Parents Talk with teens early and often about abstaining from dangerous behavior behind the wheel, such as speeding, impairment and distracted driving. Teach by example, minimize all risky behaviors, when you drive. Establish a parent-teen driving agreement, that sets family rules for all drivers. Conduct at least 50 hours of supervised practice driving with your teen(s). Enroll your teen, in both on-line and in-person, driving courses. On-line Driving School AAA offers a comprehensive on-line education course for new drivers, how to drive on-line, is a 25 hour supplemental course. This course delivers the rules and essential elements of safe driving in an interactive and innovative way. This on-line program aims to ensure that safe driving habits are developed and are maintained, for life. To find out more about approved driving schools in your area, call: (888) 222-7108. E-mail us at: DriverTraining2@acg.aaa.com . Or visit our web-site at: https://autoclubsouth.aaa.com/safety/adsn.aspx < Previous News Next News >

The White House Goes Rogue: Secret Surveillance Program Breaks All the Laws Thu Dec 07 2023 17:04:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Music Theater And Comedy: Just What We All Need As We Settle Into 2023 Thu Jan 12 2023 17:09:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)