Rod Hagwood

3 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Rod Hagwood |Kari Barnett

Nope. It’s just too darn sticky icky hot. If you’ve totally given up on leaving the air-conditioned comfort of your home to go out and have some fun, all is not lost. We’ve gathered some options where you can find the feeling of al fresco fun here in our subtropical paradise … but without the oppressive heat. NICE ICE BABYBoca Ice, 900 Peninsula Corp Circle, Boca Raton, opens up the rink for a battlefield with bumper cars on ice with lasers.

6 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Rod Hagwood

Soccer fans can kick it at the Promenade at Coconut Creek with a family friendly event devoted to the beautiful game. The Soccer Experience is set for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, launching the shopping/dining/entertainment destination’s Summer of Family Fun series. Staged in front of of the retail complex’s butterfly mural show, there will be a Penalty Shoot Game and a Soccer Field Game as well as other interactive activities. There will also be a DJ spinning tunes.

1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Rod Hagwood

One of Don Lemon’s neckties — in a way — is now part of LGBTQ+ history. The former CNN and NBC newscaster donated the apparel accessory to the Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library in Fort Lauderdale last month, where it joins other notable contributions such as sneakers from Ellen DeGeneres, an outfit from RuPaul, pants from Ricky Martin, a tennis racket from Martina Navratilova, boots from Billy Porter, a T-shirt from Bruce Vilanch and more.

1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Rod Hagwood

This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don’t have room for a long article. You want a little news brief instead, an amuse bouche of information, if you will. Enjoy!WHAT: Chew-chewing its way into downtown Miami’s main train station is the new Central Fare Food Collective. The curated collection of chef-driven culinary concepts will debut at Brightline’s MiamiCentral on Tuesday, June 17.

2 weeks ago | sun-sentinel.com | Rod Hagwood

This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don’t have room for a long article. You want a little news brief instead, an amuse bouche of information, if you will. Enjoy!WHAT: You can call Martha Stewart a lot of things, but “lazy” ain’t one of them.