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Amanda Vieira’s Move Your Soul Is Creating Space for People to Breathe, Release, and Reconnect
Amanda Vieira’s Move Your Soul blends breathwork, music, and expressive movement into a guided somatic experience designed to help people reconnect with their bodies and release tension.

Evan Snow
3 days ago6 min read


Empty Walls, Full Hearts
The Coral Springs Museum of Art is gearing up for one of Broward County's most charming art events: the Empty Walls fundraiser, taking place on Saturday, March 21, from 5:30 to 9 PM. The concept is deceptively simple and utterly irresistible: cover the museum's East Gallery with original artwork, then invite the community to buy it all until the walls are bare.

Site Team
Mar 203 min read


South Florida's Best Film Weekend Is Back —And It's Never Been Bigger
The 2026 South Florida Film Forum lands at MAD Arts in Dania Beach on March 28–29, bringing Sung Kang, FOX, Blumhouse, and 40+ speakers to your backyard for a weekend that could reshape the region's creative future.

Site Team
Mar 196 min read


The Art of Law Gallery in Hollywood Presents “The Silvered Thaw: Reflections of Spring” This March
In Downtown Hollywood, where storefronts, studios, and sidewalks constantly pulse with creative energy, one of the most compelling art experiences this month is happening in a place you would least expect.

Evan Snow
Mar 195 min read


Teen Designers Turn Trash Into Runway Gold at Young At Art Museum’s 19th Annual Recycled Fashion Show
For nearly two decades, the Young At Art Museum has proven that the future of fashion is not only sustainable—it’s fearless.

Site Team
Feb 273 min read


The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo Brings Big 80s Energy and First Love Feels to FLIFF 2026
There is nothing subtle about your first crush.
It is electric. Consuming. Slightly delusional. Completely unforgettable.
The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo, directed by Michael Walker, dives headfirst into that feeling and does not apologize for it. Screening as part of the 2026 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the film transports audiences back to 1984 with big hair, arcade glow, and the emotional intensity of teenage life.

Evan Snow
Feb 195 min read


Saffron Robe: How One Story in Laos Became a Film About Faith, Education, and Resilience
Some films begin with a plan. Others begin with a moment.
For filmmaker Jane Centofante, Saffron Robe began during what was meant to be a simple journey. A first trip to Southeast Asia. A desire to see new places. A visit to an old friend. Then Luang Prabang changed everything.
Nestled in northern Laos, the city’s quiet streets, golden temples, and saffron-robed monks revealed something Centofante realized most people in the West rarely see or understand: the deep, endu

Evan Snow
Feb 104 min read


IGNITE Broward 2026 is turning parks, airports and public spaces into a massive immersive art experience
By any placemaking metric—access, activation, identity, and impact—IGNITE Broward has matured into one of South Florida’s most compelling examples of how immersive art can transform everyday spaces into shared civic experiences.

Site Team
Feb 24 min read


Art Walls Mural Fest Redefines What a Mural Festival Can Be in Broward County
Downtown Fort Lauderdale is about to witness something different.
Not just murals going up on walls, but stories taking shape in real time. Not just artists painting, but nonprofits being seen. Not just a weekend event, but a new benchmark for how public art, community impact, and cultural collaboration can coexist.
On February 28 and March 1, Business for the Arts Broward, in partnership with the Fort Lauderdale DDA, will debut the inaugural Art Walls Mural Fest at The

Evan Snow
Feb 24 min read


Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Turns 40, Still Built on Experience, Community, and the Big Screen
For forty years, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival has quietly done something remarkable. It has adapted, endured, and remained culturally relevant in an industry that has transformed almost beyond recognition.
As FLiFF celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2026, Managing Director Hal Axler sees longevity not as an accident, but as a direct result of staying responsive to audiences, filmmakers, and the moment.

Evan Snow
Jan 305 min read


ZimSculpt transforms Bonnet House into an open-air gallery of Zimbabwean stone art
This winter, Bonnet House Museum & Gardens becomes something more than a historic museum home dedicated to historic and environmental preservation steps aways from the Fort Lauderdale Beach shoreline—it transforms into one of the most significant outdoor sculpture exhibitions in the United States.

Site Team
Jan 284 min read


AOTA Mural Festival: How One Street Became Broward’s Most Vibrant Arts Corridor
What started as an effort to activate a single street has grown into one of Broward County’s most impactful cultural movements. The AOTA (Avenue of the Arts) Mural Festival began along NW 7th Avenue—now widely recognized as the Avenue of the Arts—with a simple but powerful idea: bring art directly to the community and invite people to experience creativity where they already live.

Site Team
Jan 214 min read


Storytellers: Where Spoken Word Brings Community Together In The 954
In Broward County, culture shows up in many forms. Music, visual art, dance, theater, and festivals all play a role in shaping how people connect to place and to one another. Storytellers adds something both timeless and deeply needed to that mix: a space dedicated to listening.
Storytellers is a spoken word performance series curated and produced by Michael Pavlov of Ring The Bell Management, designed to center truth, vulnerability, and shared human experience.

Evan Snow
Jan 174 min read


The Live Therapy Show Is Back: Why Comedy Might Be the Most Underrated Form of Self-Care
The Live Therapy Show is back, and it is not just another night of stand-up. It is a reminder of why gathering in a room together to laugh still matters.
This interactive comedy experience lives somewhere between stand-up, improv, and shared human reflection. Part comedy show, part audience experiment, and part “what just happened?”, The Live Therapy Show thrives on unpredictability. No two nights are the same because no two audiences show up the same way.

Evan Snow
Jan 165 min read


Unfinished Stories: Claudette Goico Šernius Uses Art to Confront Human Trafficking in Pompano Beach
Unfinished Stories by Claudette Goico Šernius uses powerful, unfinished paintings at BaCA in Pompano Beach to raise awareness about human trafficking.

Evan Snow
Jan 164 min read


Flow Fest Fort Lauderdale 2026 Brings a Full Day of Play, Movement, and Creative Connection to the Riverwalk
Flow Fest Fort Lauderdale 2026 transforms Esplanade Park into a vibrant playground of movement, creativity, and community. This free, family-friendly festival invites all ages to explore flow arts, yoga, dance, circus-inspired workshops, and open community jams along the Riverwalk.

Evan Snow
Jan 145 min read


Why Hollywood Hot Glass Has Become One of Broward County’s Most In-Demand Experiences
Inside ArtsPark at Young Circle, Hollywood Hot Glass is turning molten glass, shared experiences, and creative risk into one of the region’s most memorable ways to connect.

Evan Snow
Jan 135 min read


Art Hollywood 2026 Signals a Bigger Moment for Local Artists and Downtown Hollywood
Art Hollywood’s return in January 2026 is more than a date on the calendar. It is a statement about where Hollywood is headed and who gets to shape that future.
As Downtown Hollywood continues to grow, welcoming new residents, new developments, and new energy, Art Hollywood arrives as a necessary reminder that culture is not an accessory to growth. It is the foundation. The festival creates a rare and powerful opportunity for local artists to be seen, supported, and celebrat

Evan Snow
Jan 94 min read


Why New City Players and Live Theatre Matter Now More Than Ever
Live theatre does something that very few experiences can. It brings people into the same room, at the same time, to feel something together. No pause button. No algorithm. No replay. Just human beings sharing breath, silence, laughter, tension, and release. For the past 10 years, New City Players has been quietly and consistently creating those moments in South Florida, and the impact has been profound.

Choose954
Dec 19, 20254 min read


Why Zero Empty Spaces Is Becoming the Most Important Creative Infrastructure Project In America
In a region shaped by growth, cultural ambition and a rising appetite for community connection, Zero Empty Spaces stands as one of Broward County’s most influential homegrown cultural movements. Launched on Las Olas in 2019 by the same creative co-founders behind Choose954 (Evan Snow & Andrew Martineau), the initiative has expanded into the largest reaching and fastest growing affordable artist studio program in the country. Its scale is notable, but its origin story is what

Choose954
Dec 15, 20257 min read
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