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› 5 ways Festival of the Arts Boca will make you smarter
After a year off due to the pandemic, Festival of the Arts Boca returns to live speakers and performances on March 4 with a lineup that seems particularly relevant and eclectic — from expertise on provocative moves by Vladimir Putin to moves like Jagger. Running through March 13 at Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton, the festival has been one of South Florida’s most important cultural incubators since 2007, with thoughtfully curated entertainment its signature.
› Talks for future of ailing Cocoa museum resume after Brevard Zoo withdraws interest
A grassroots nonprofit in Cocoa is one step closer to securing the future of the ailing Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science after the Brevard Zoo withdrew a brief interest in the property at Tuesday's Cocoa City Council meeting. Zoo representatives on Feb. 14 made a site visit to the property, which includes the museum facility and about 19 acres of nature preserve north of the Eastern Florida State College Cocoa campus, to assess its potential use as a nature center as part of the zoo's "Restore Our Shores" lagoon conservation project, Brevard Zoo Executive Director Keith Winsten said.
› This massive Italian food hall in Brickell City Centre is now closed for good
The sun has set on Luna Park. The Italian food hall at Brickell City Centre in Miami, which opened in 2019 in the former three-story space of La Centrale Italian food hall, has closed its doors for good. A Brickell City Centre spokesperson confirmed the closure but declined to comment further on why it shut down.
› Jacksonville, DIA reach settlement with Metropolitan Parking Solutions
The city and Downtown Investment Authority have reached a mediated settlement in the nearly yearlong legal fight with Metropolitan Parking Solutions LLC over the company’s 2004 development agreement for three Northbank parking garages. The settlement agreement signed Feb. 22 ends the city and DIA’s dispute with MPS that reached the 4th Judicial Circuit Court.
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