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Palm Beach International Film Festival: Four Documentaries To See (VIDEO)

Tricia Woolfenden — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:02:00 +0000

The Palm Beach International Film Festival boasts a few star-studded indie films, but the schedule also is packed with a host of alternately gritty and inspirational documentaries featuring everyday folks in extraordinary circumstances.

Miami Artist Who Faced Censorship In Pembroke Pines Moves Sex Exploitation Statement to Boynton

Tricia Woolfenden — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:01:50 +0000

South Florida artist Virginia Erdie strives to be "a little bit of an activist" with her work. It's fitting, then, that her art has ruffled a few feathers along the way. Her next major installation almost didn't see the light of day.

Here's How – And Why – One South Florida Woman Is Training To Climb Mount Everest

Tricia Woolfenden — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:57 +0000

For tourists visiting Fort Lauderdale, a stroll across the massive 17th Street Causeway Bridge affords a rare panorama of bustling Port Everglades and the city-block-sized cruise ships that navigate the waters leading out to the Atlantic Ocean. For Jen Klaassens, it's an invaluable training ground.

"I go up and down the 17th Street Causeway Bridge and back and forth," Klaassens said.