Neighborhood Journals: Spreading Joy Through Words Around Oakland Park
Just a few weeks ago, Oakland Park resident Layla Hinson had the novel idea of creating Neighborhood Journals for Oakland Park and its surrounding areas. The concept is simple: Layla purchased a variety of pens/pencils/markers, smile stickers, and plastic zip bags for this initiative. With materials in hand, Layla set about creating the journals with […]
The Colors of HIV: Teaching About HIV through Art
We are currently in the middle of a worldwide pandemic and coping with it has been a challenge. But coping with a disease that is this widespread is not something. Many people have referred to the 1918 flu while at the same time forgetting the more recent AIDS pandemic. Perhaps because the latter was stigmatized […]
Joe Picasso’s: A Place Where Everyone Can Be an Artist
A self-proclaimed artist may live deep in their own world of colors, materials, paint brushes, mixed media, and random supplies that they would use in their art studio or gallery. Their days may consist of creating and brainstorming. Their nights, occupied with art galleries, and exhibits whether their own, or their fellow artists. Perhaps they […]
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis Harangued at Polling Place
Oakland Park resident Victoria Olson was working as a poll monitor yesterday at the Coral Ridge Mall when Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis stopped in. Rahel Crowley, a recent transplant from California to Fort Lauderdale, was also at the mall shopping at the same time. Crowley went into the mall to shop and as she […]
Pia Dahlquist Celebrates 30 Years at the Mai-Kai
It is said that when one door closes, another door opens full of promise and opportunity. For the Mai-Kai’s Pia Dahlquist, this holds very true. Having been born and raised in Sweden, Pia lived a life as most young people do, hanging out with friends, working, and spending time with her boyfriend and his family. […]
Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Marketplace: A Food Court for All
Just outside of Oakland Park, in the heart of a very historic Sistrunk Boulevard, sits a new phenomenon. It is a myriad of choices all packaged up in a single space called Sistrunk Marketplace and Brewery. Sistrunk Boulevard is an extension to Oakland Park’s Andrews Avenue. Sistrunk runs East – West and contains much history […]
925 Nuevos Cubanos: The Real Taste of Cuba in South Florida
In our every day lives we are so busy sometimes it is hard to stop and smell the roses or in this case the aroma of the authentic Cuban cuisine that permeates the air around 925 Nuevos Cubanos. Situated on the busy corner of Sunrise Boulevard and Andrews Ave, sits a very colorful 44-year-old establishment […]
