Michelle Obama — former First Lady, lawyer, university administrator, and now, hugely celebrated author — has just announced that the Becoming Tour: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama has added new stops on its U.S. leg along with future appearances in Canada and Europe. The additional tour dates announced this morning include a stop at the BB&T Center in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, May 10, 2019.
The best news for Democrats from the recent midterm elections was that Florida’s racist and ridiculously difficult road to voting rights restoration for felons was overturned — you know, the one that stopped one in five black voters from casting ballots. Now it looks as if Republicans don’t want to…
Each stop features five minutes or less of an audio tour, archival photos, renderings, and cultural narratives about the “Venice of America.” The first stop includes a 3.5-minute audio clip, overview of the town’s first Tequesta and Seminole First Nation people, early aerial shots, and snaps from a nearby archaeological dig.
Concerts by Brian Wilson and Selwyn Birchwood, holiday events, and more of the best things to do in South Florida this week, December 6 through 12.
A whole host of civil-rights advocates believe that the private, for-profit prison industry should not exist. But former Florida State Senate President Joe Negron appears to, ahem, lean in the opposite direction: Politico Florida first reported yesterday that the outgoing Negron will take a cushy gig as…
A video of Sara Brady, the crisis management expert who represented Broward County Public Schools in the aftermath of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, has gone viral. In it, Brady takes vitriolic aim at both the families of Parkland victims and the media.
Florida currently ranks 45th of the 50 states when it comes to the number of residents living without health insurance. It’s 48th in health performance Now the Trump administration yesterday agreed to cut Medicaid benefits. The weird rationale: to see if that “helps” people sign up for Medicaid. The logic is…
Jackie Rosen lost her only child to suicide in 1986. Mitch Rosen was just 24 years old. 32 years later, Rosen has funneled her grief into the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention Inc., or FISP. She serves as the Executive Director/CEO and one of the founding members of the nonprofit devoted to preventing suicide through education and resource. The group’s latest venture is signing onto Broward County’s League of Women Voters’ nonpartisan gun safety campaign: Lock It Up!
This past Friday, Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT member Matt Patten wore a QAnon conspiracy-theory patch while greeting Vice President Mike Pence at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Today Patten was reprimanded and demoted from the SWAT team and BSO’s Office of Homeland Security.
Fort Lauderdale joins about 250 other cities, counties, and states that have filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors for igniting the opioid crisis. Earlier this year, in April, Miami filed a civil lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and others in Miami-Dade County Court. Broward and Palm Beach Counties have sued as well.
Panic! at the Disco, 311, the Cold War Kids (and more!) rock Riptide Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach this weekend. Or, you could build a wreath or hit a bar with your pooch.
It’s legal to walk up to the U.S. border and apply for asylum. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents decided to fire smoke grenades and tear-gas canisters at members of a migrant caravan at the Tijuana border over the weekend. Under international law, tear gas is a chemical weapon…
Rick Scott has been a friend to the deadly red tide that has killed millions of fish, fouled beaches in Southwest Florida, and even endangered Miami’s multibillion-dollar tourist industry. He has cut environmental regulation and limited crackdowns on sugar companies that dump fertilizer into the groundwater, which is the root…
Lime, Bird and Bolt scooters now line Fort Lauderdale streets. More than 14,000 unique riders covered nearly 48,000 miles within Lime’s first three weeks in the city. But some Fort Lauderdale residents say the scooters are an unsafe nuisance.
Fort Lauderdale’s Bahia Cabana hideaway shuttered abruptly after Hurricane Irma in September 2017. It will be totally demolished this week.
Every Thanksgiving, Stevenson Tibel shows up at Fort Lauderdale International Airport for his work as a wheelchair attendant, in a job that pays him so little he can’t afford to miss a single shift. On a day of family and celebration, Tibel will be working while his wife and ten-year-old son are eating Thanksgiving dinner, just like he has for the past six years. He has no other choice but to work through the holidays.
Snow on Las Olas, Saltwater Brewery’s Five-Year Anniversary and more of the best things to do in South Florida this week, November 22 through 28.
When Davie fire Lt. Richard Stroes heard that a Parkland dad was suing a gun manufacturer over his daughter’s death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, he took to Facebook to vent his rage. The firefighter called Fred Guttenberg a “scumbag,” accusing him of trying to “profit” off the loss of…
Police response to the Parkland school shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead and 17 others injured has been under scrutiny in the nine months since the tragedy took place. Today a Broward Sheriff’s Office sergeant was placed on administrative duty while his response to the massacre is reviewed. A captain resigned.
After suffering criticism from all sides, including the White House and the United States Senate, Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes has resigned, the Sun Sentinel and others reported Sunday. President Donald Trump had accused Snipes, the chief vote counter in Florida’s most Democratic County, of cheating. US Senator-elect…
When Satara Monroe tried to cash a paycheck at a local Wells Fargo, the teller called the cops on her. An hour-long police interrogation ended only when her boss drove to the Pompano Beach branch to personally verify the check was legitimate. Finally, two hours after walking through the bank’s…
Jam to some Mannheim Steamroller, Main Squeeze and Parmalee this week. And, enjoy some ribs after your 10K run. Here are the best things to do in South Florida this week.
