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The Lady Luck Becomes Shipwreck Park, Broward’s Newest Diving Destination

By Abel Folgar
Jul 14, 2016

The City of Pompano Beach is about to joins Spiegel Grove in Key Largo and the USS Vandenberg in Key West as a destination for artificial reef diving with their sinking of the Newton Creek (rechristened the Lady Luck), a 324-foot tanker vessel one and a half miles off the shore. It...
DBA Show "Catalyst" Bridges the Art and Business Worlds

By Abel Folgar
Jun 9, 2016

South Florida's profile keeps growing in the international art world. This has created a thriving landscape for artists of all mediums to ply their trades in – with the support network of representation, gallerists, and museum professionals growing in tandem. But not all artists are able to successfully jump from...
Shoppe 561, an Artisanal Outlet Fighting the Evils of Human Trafficking

By Abel Folgar
Apr 22, 2016

“Today, there are over 27 million people being trafficked, more so than at any other time in the history of the world,” says Janelle Lang, owner of Shoppe 561. After a 25 plus year career as an executive with the Gap, overseeing its North American Third-Party Logistics network, Lang felt...
Pearl Jam’s Top Ten Songs, Album by Album, by the Fans

By Abel Folgar
Apr 7, 2016

Ah, Pearl Jam. The band founded in Seattle just over 25 years ago and long-associated with that city’s grunge scene of the early-'90s has continued to inspire as much fandom as it has vitriol in the music community. Outspoken activists with strong political leanings, their well-publicized battle with Ticketmaster cemented them as...
Kilmo Doome's Alligator Alley Tentatively Returns to Oakland Park This Month

By Abel Folgar
Apr 6, 2016

“First off, it's bigger than the last Alligator Alley on Commercial Boulevard by about 50% at least,” says local bar owner and musician Carl “Kilmo Doome” Pacillo. “With high ceilings, which is great for live music. The front of house is L-shaped, so if you want to sit at the...

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