The Symphony of the Americas’  “Celebrate the Classics” program on Tuesday night at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater was replete with exciting music-making. Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese celebrated this season as “The Year of the Maestro,”  opened the evening with a performance of Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio marked by crisp articulation and strong detailing of the music’s Turkish influenced elements. The central, slower episode was given weight and grace, Marco Key-Navarrete’s oboe tones elegant in the important solo.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, a non-profit organization that conducts scientific research and hosts educational programs aimed at conserving the marine environment, has awarded the Guy Harvey Scholarship Award to eight graduate students from universities across Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Lillian S. Wells Foundation has donated a $5 million gift to complete the Broward Performing Arts Foundation’s $30 million Campaign for the Parker that will provide capital improvements to the iconic Parker Playhouse.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  – The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, recognized as Broward County’s premier shopping destination, is inviting established and emerging professional artists to participate in its inaugural “ArtStroll” exhibition on November 9 (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and November 10 (noon to 6 p.m.). This exhibition, to be held throughout The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, will offer a way for artists to display and sell their works of art.