Thursday, November 6th - 2025 - Light shows. Drone spectacles. Cardboard boat races. It’s another one-of-a-kind weekend in Fort Lauderdale — and yes, Olas the Sandy Snowman is back in town.👇

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Stuff You Won't Want To Miss:

1. With the holiday season underway, there are a bunch of "Light Up" events and TONIGHT it is Light Up Lauderdale at Esplanade Park. There will be music and a kids zone and kicking off a 10-week series of celebrations.
2. Halloween might be behind us but on Saturday there will be Fall Festival fun at Croissant and Riverland Parks.
3. Lot's of music options to pick from. Sting and Bryan Adams are at the Hard Rock. Or if you want keep the costs down, visit Las Olas Oceanside Park on Friday night for Planet Duran (a Duran Duran cover band).
4. Sunday and next Tuesday the Symphony of the Americas will be doing Bachm, Brahms, and Beethoven at the Broward Center. This concert is a rare opportunity to experience three lesser-heard masterpieces from these musical titans in one showing.
5. Saturday night is the big event in Pompano - the annual Drone Extravaganza. All eyes will be over the ocean, just south of the Pier, as Firefly Drone Shows light up the skies with a dramatically choreographed presentation of 500 brightly lit drones coordinated by world-class artists and engineers.
6. This Saturday morning is the Cardboard Boat Races in Hollywood. All boats are built off-site by teams who then show up on race day to... paddle their way to victory!

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Is there anything more 'Fort Lauderdale' than feeding the tarpon off the docks at 15th Street Fisheries?

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So... You Think You Know South Florida

You probably already know... the holiday season is nearly upon us - which means many lights and... snowmen?

What you might not know... each year Olas The Sandy Snowman takes up his station at the end of Las Olas and the Beach (right across from the Elbo Room) so folks can take pictures with our local holiday season celebrity.

Olas has been taking up his station for 11 years now. Will you get your family photos in this year? Here are some of his past iconic looks over the past ten years!

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Quote Of The Week

​Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist and philosopher who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity and the equation E=mc². His work is considered the foundation of modern physics, alongside quantum mechanics. Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the photoelectric effect. He also made significant contributions to quantum theory and statistical mechanics.

Flotsam & Jetsam

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Word Play Of The Week

"Break a leg" is theater-speak for good luck. Today, it's used not only before a perfomance on stage, but for anytime anyone may need some luck, like before a presentation at work.

Ancient Greece could be to blame, where performers would bow (or “break”) their legs at the end of a successful show. Perhaps Elizabethan England is the culprit, where audiences would stomp their feet (or legs) to show appreciation for an outstanding performance. Or a Yiddish phrase could have been the influencer. ~ Source​

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