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Lifestyle’s Pick: Thursday, April 12 Explore Miami’s Streets Avenues of Expression Happy Hour and Tour Street food, drinks and a live DJ liven the night before a guided tour of the museum’s latest exhibit, “Avenues of Expression: Street Traditions in Miami,” which explores the diversity found on Miami’s streets. When: 6-8 p.m. Where: HistoryMiami Museum, 101

Friday, April 6 A legend, music and art Sophia Loren In an intimate evening, “Entertainment Tonight” interviewer Bill Harris speaks with the legendary Italian actress as she shares stories of her childhood and her time in Hollywood. When: 8 p.m. Where: Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, 5550 NW 40th St., Coconut Creek Info: casinococo.com Tortuga Music Festival The lineup

In the wake of February’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Coconut Creek community showed their support for the students with public displays of solidarity and remembrance. Photos submitted by Camille Edwards of Coconut Creek High, Krystal Langley of Winston Park Elementary, Erika Valbuena of Tradewinds Elementary and Judy Steiner of Coconut Creek

Compelled to put brush to canvas following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, South Florida artist Maria Arango struggled to come up with a concept that would reflect the loss and sadness surrounding the tragedy. Nothing clicked—that is, until she saw so many high school students standing strong, challenging the political establishment and creating a

So much has happened since that Feb. 14 afternoon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. There were candlelight vigils all over South Florida. Funerals for the 17 victims. Early interviews with impassioned students and grieving parents that suggested something about this shooting wouldn’t disappear so quickly off the front pages, at least not without a

In the 20 months since a 29-year-old man staged the deadliest act of violence against the American LGBT community, activists in a support group for survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando had tried in vain to move the state legislative needle on any issue related to assault weapons. On Feb. 12, members of

Editor’s note: Two weeks before he was killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Alex Schachter composed the following free-verse poem, an assignment for a literary fair. His father, Max, recited the poem toward the end of the CNN town hall at the BB&T Center in Sunrise; his brother, Ryan, read the

It had been exactly one week since a gunman had shot and killed 17 students and teachers (and wounded 17 others) at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But this wasn’t the night to grieve. This was the night to vent. And demand action. The survivors and parents who took the stage at BB&T Center in

By Grace Solomon   We awoke that morning to a day that felt like any other. We hurried through our morning ritual, a routine of tooth-brushing, cereal-pouring, lunch-making and other usual tasks that eventually led us out the front door and on the road to school. For some, it would be for the last time.

Students throughout the tri-county region refused to wait for the National School Walkout in March to make their voices heard in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In the week following the Feb. 14 attack, high school students from Hialeah Senior High, Western High in Davie, Cypress Bay in

For some Marjory Stoneman Douglas students and families, rage over what happened on Feb. 14 turned into activism for gun control reform. For others, lingering questions and racing thoughts about that day resulted in nightmares and insomnia. And for an untold number of people, the aftershock has yet to reverberate. Perhaps, according to experts, it

Returning to School Jude: When they were calling attendance that first morning, and we didn’t hear the names of the [students] who died, that’s when everyone started getting sad. Ameer: It was a relief and it was sad, seeing everyone. You saw your friends who were there [when the shooting started], you gave hugs. I