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Live stage productions seem to be leading the pack in the entertainment and cultural events field this weekend as we move into the middle of November.

Alicia Keys, the Jonas Brothers, Sommore, and Todrick Hall are among the big stars hitting South Florida this week. And you can party at a museum too.

Daer South Florida is not cheap, but you’ll definitely have a good time at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood’s new dayclub.

The circus is coming to town, but not everyone is celebrating. The Sarasota-based Garden Bros. Circus, whose current North American tour has been met with protests and scathing news reports on several stops, must be hoping to encounter a warmer welcome in South Florida, where it will stage shows through next week.

Just when you thought October would never end, suddenly it’s November. Stores quickly are swapping black and orange decorations for Christmas red and green and Hanukkah blue and white. But first, Thanksgiving — and all praise to the start of the holiday food season. Some upcoming events this weekend have…

To say GEO Group is in a slump is to put it mildly. The last time the prison company’s stock prices remained this low was in 2016, when the Obama administration announced it would phase out all federal contracts with privatized correctional facilities.

The Wharf Fort Lauderdale officially arrives as Elvis Costello, the Commodores, and a badass Michael Jackson tribute pay South Florida a visit.

Monday brought the announcement that Trevor Noah will take his Loud & Clear Tour to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino January 18.

Immigration detainees are held on civil, not criminal, charges. Therefore, imprisoned immigrants have argued for years they cannot legally be forced to work like prisoners while held in civil detention. In December 2017, Raul Novoa — a Mexican man living in Los Angeles on a green card — sued the GEO Group, the private prison corporation based in Boca Raton. He alleges that detainees were forced to work for the company for as little as $1 per day and that the absurdly small wages were illegal for detainees who hadn’t been convicted of crimes.

Along with shady condo sales and sleazy politicians, South Florida also attracts its fair share of minority-owned businesses. The Miami metropolitan area remains fertile ground for startups — so fertile, in fact, that it ranks among the top four places in the country for new minority-owned businesses.

With so many things to do across Broward and Palm Beach counties over the post-Halloween 2019 weekend, Dale King offers a short list of some of the best.

The best things to do in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, and West Palm Beach for the week of October 30 to November 5, 2019.

Anderson Cooper is no stranger to South Florida. But when he arrives with TV host Andy Cohen this weekend, it will be for an uncommon reason: to let loose and have fun.