1, Friday
Art of the Seas Fundraiser: 6 p.m.for nonprofit to preserving the seas at Parrot Lounge Sports Bar, 911 Sunrise Lane, Fort Lauderdale. 305-664-0231.
Sunset Kayak Tour: 7-8:30 p.m. at Park and Ocean inside Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Costs vary. 954-563-2900; www.parkandocean.com/sunset-tours.
Old Town Untapped: 6-10 p.m. cultural festivities centered around Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, 41 NE First St., Pompano Beach. www.pompanobeachfl.gov/events/untapped.
Beach Yoga Slow Flow: 8 a.m. at 870 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Cost: $15. https://beachyogafit.com/weekly-event-schedule.
2, Saturday
Boat America: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary class at International Game Fish Association, Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach. Cost: $40. 754-246-8299; https://wow.uscgaux.info/pe_class_flyer.php?unit=NAT&course=28764.
Boat America: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary class at Spanish River Park, 3939 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Bring lunch and drinks. Cost: $35 adults, $5 teens. 561-391-3600; wow.uscgaux.info/pe_class_flyer.php?unit=NAT&course=28543.
Riptide Music Festival: noon, through Sunday at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1000 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 888-512-SHOW; https://riptidemusicfestival.frontgatetickets.com.
Candy Cane Parade: 7 p.m. along Hollywood Beach Broadwalk from Missouri Street heading south to Harrison Street, Hollywood. www.hollywoodfl.org/818/Candy-Cane-Parade.
Holiday Memories Concert: 7:30-9 p.m. with the Broward Women’s Chorus at Herb Skolnick Center, 800 SW 36 Ave., Pompano Beach. 986-4590; www.pompanobeachfl.gov/events/holiday-memories-concert.
3, Sunday
Lanakila Iki Outrigger Canoe Club: 7:45 a.m. at Holland Park, 801 Johnson St., Hollywood. Cost: $10 attendance fee. www.meetup.com/lanakila-iki-outrigger-canoe-club/events.
Beach Clean Up: 7-9 a.m. ages 12 and up at Pompano Beach Pier, 222 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., Pompano Beach. https://parks.pompanobeachfl.gov/programs/beach-clean-up.
Sunday Jazz Brunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. www.goriverwalk.com.
Dream Car Classic Car Show: all day along the 1900 block of Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood. 954-825-1027; cobrajoeproductions.com.
4, Monday
FoodTrucksatArtsPark:5:30-9:30p.m.at1N.YoungCircle,Hollywood. 954-788-3467; www.hollywoodfl.org.
5, Tuesday
Fort Lauderdale City Commission Regular Meeting: 6 p.m. at City
Hall Commission Chambers, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale; online or in person. 954-828-8000; www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/city-commission-meetings.
Lanakila Iki Outrigger Canoe Club: 6-8 p.m. team practice on Tuesdays at Holland Park, 801 Johnson St., Hollywood. $10 attendance fee. www.meetup.com/lanakila-iki-outrigger-canoe-club/events.
Let’s Go Fishing: 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays aboard Catch my Drift, leaving from
301 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Cost: $45 per person. www.meetup.com/Fort-Lauderdale-Fishing-Group/events.
6, Wednesday
South Florida Sailors & Boaters: 6 to 8 p.m. social at Galuppi’s, 1103 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach. www.southfloridasailorsandboaters.com. Blazing Paddles - South Florida’s Dragon Boat Racing Team: 6:15-8:15 p.m. practice at Holland Park, 801 Johnson St., Hollywood. Cost: $10. 954-232- 7434; www.meetup.com/dragon-boat-fort-lauderdale-hollywood/events. Get Out There Adventures: 6-8 p.m. 3-mile walk meeting at St. Pat’s Irish Pub, 1600 E. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach. www.meetup.com/getoutthereadventures/events.
Toast of Las Olas: 7 p.m. virtual and in-person meetings on Wednesdays. www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/00009400-toast-of-las-olas.
7, Thursday
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Hanukah starts
Fort Lauderdale Marine Advisory Board: 6-8:59 p.m. at Fire Station 2, 528
NW 2nd St., third floor conference room. Fort Lauderdale. www.fortlauderdale. gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/19182/431?curm=11&cury=2023. Underseas Adventurers Dive Club: 7-8:30 p.m. at Marriott Courtyard, 2440 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort Lauderdale, or by Zoom. www.usadiveclub.org. Yuletide on Atlantic Parade: 6:30-9:30 p.m. starting on Riverside Drive traveling west to Atlantic Boulevard, Pompano Beach. 954-786-4600; www.pompanobeachfl.gov/events/yuletide-on-atlantic.
Menorah Lighting Celebration: 5:30 p.m. at Las Olas Oceanside Park, 3000 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. www.parks.fortlauderdale.gov/home/ showpublisheddocument/463/638321186706030000.
SLAM Poetry Festival: 7-11 p.m., through Saturday at cultural venues in Pompano Beach. www.pompanobeacharts.org/exit36?.
8, Friday
Sunset Kayak Tour: 7-8:30 p.m. at Park and Ocean inside Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Costs vary. 954-563-2900; www.parkandocean.com/sunset-tours.
9, Saturday
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tours meeting at the dock at Sands Harbor Resort & Marina, 125 N. Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach. Cost: $35 or 1-year membership; $55 for a family of four. 954-942-2102; www.hillsborolighthouse.org.
Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep: 8-11 a.m. cleanup starting at the Loop,
300 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Cleanup materials provided. 954-709-3197; www.fortlauderdale.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event. Hollywood Beach Sweep: 7-11 a.m. volunteer cleanup meeting at Charnow Park, 300 Connecticut St., Hollywood. 954-967-4357; www.hollywoodfl.org/Calendar.
Sailboat Bend Preserve Cleanup: 9-11:30 a.m. with parking at 411 SW 14th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Reservations required. www.fortlauderdale.gov/ neighbors/event-calendar. Email ruthclarke222@bellsouth.net.
10, Sunday
Lanakila Iki Outrigger Canoe Club: 7:45 a.m. at Holland Park, 801 Johnson St., Hollywood. $10 attendance fee. www.meetup.com/lanakila-iki-outrigger-canoe-club/events.
New River Open Air Market: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at New River Inn, 231 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. 954-463-4431; www.historyfortlauderdale.org.
11, Monday
Stranahan House: guided tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m., 335 SE Sixth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $7 to $12 per person based on age. 954-524-4736; www.stranahanhouse.org.
12, Tuesday
Dania Beach City Commission Meeting: 7 p.m. at City Hall, 100 W. Dania
Beach Blvd., Dania Beach. 954-924-6800; https://daniabeachfl.gov/events.
Lighthouse Point City Commission Meeting: 6:30 p.m. at Fletcher Hall, th
2200NE38 St.,LighthousePoint.954-943-6500;www.lighthousepointfl.gov. Power Speakers Toastmasters: 7-8:30 p.m. public speaking and leadership
meeting at Broward College, 111 E. Las Olas Blvd, Room 910, Fort Lauderdale. Contactpowerspeakersfl@gmail.com.
13, Wednesday
South Florida Sailors & Boaters: 6 to 8 p.m. weekly socials at Galuppi’s, 1103 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach. www.southfloridasailorsandboaters.com. Broward Shell Club: 6:30 p.m. meeting the second Wednesday of the month at Emma Lou Olson Civic Center, 1801 NE Sixth St., Pompano Beach. 954-786-4111; https://browardshellclub.org.
Toast of Las Olas: 7 p.m. virtual and in-person meetings on Wednesdays. www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/00009400-toast-of-las-olas.
14, Thursday
Hillsboro Inlet Sailing Club: 6 p.m. holiday party at Deer Creek Country Club, 2801 Deer Creek Country Club Blvd., Deerfield Beach. www.hisc.org.
Save Our Seas Distinguished Speaker Series: 6-7:30 p.m. Zoom discussion on whales in British Columbia. https://989.blackbaudhosting.com/989/2023- Save-Our-Seas-Virtual-Distinguished-Speaker-Series-14Dec2023.
A Taste of Jazz: 7-8:30 p.m. at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, 41 NE First St., Pompano Beach. Cost: $15 city residents, $20 nonresidents. www.pompanobeachfl.gov/events/a-taste-of-jazz-in-person.
15, Friday
Greater Pompano Beach Holiday Boat Parade: 6:30-9 p.m. starting from Sand’s Harbor Marina, 125 N. Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach. 954-383-2285; www.pompanobeachchamber.com/advertise/sponsor-an-event/holiday-boatparade.
Sunset Kayak Tour: 7-8:30 p.m. at Park and Ocean inside Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Costs vary. 954-563-2900; www.parkandocean.com/sunset-tours.
16, Saturday
Winterfest Boat Parade: 6:30 p.m. start from the New River traveling east
to the ICW in Fort Lauderdale, north to Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. 954-767-0686; www.winterfest.com.
Blazing Paddles - South Florida’s Dragon Boat Racing Team: 8:30 a.m. team practice at Holland Park, 801 Johnson St., Hollywood. Cost: $10. 954-232-7434; www.meetup.com/dragon-boat-fort-lauderdale-hollywood/events. Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk: 6-11 p.m. art, music and food in downtown Hollywood. HollywoodCRA.org/ArtWalk.
Preserve Park Shoreline Cleanup: 8:15-10:15 a.m. at Bill Keith Preserve Park, 1720 SW 17 St., Fort Lauderdale. 786-469-9594; www.fortlauderdale.gov/Home/ Components/Calendar/Event/18272/531?curm=12&cury=2023.
17, Sunday
New River Open Air Market: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. event at New River Inn, 231 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. 954-463-4431; www.historyfortlauderdale.org.
18, Monday
Fishing Florida: virtual courses offered by the International Gamefish Association. https://learn-to-fish.igfa.org/courses/virtual-fishing-field-trips.
19, Tuesday
Santa by the Sea: 5:30 p.m. Santa’s sails along the Middle River starting
at Colohatchee Park Boat Ramp, 1975 NE 15 Ave., Wilton Manors, passing by waterfront homes. 954-390-2130; https://www.wiltonmanors.gov/Calendar.aspx?
Gulfstream Sailing Club: 6:30-8 p.m. general meeting at Fort Lauderdale Sea Cadets, 300 SW 25 St., Fort Lauderdale, or on Zoom. www.gulfstreamsailingclub.org/calendar.
20, Wednesday
Santa on the Beach: 12:30 p.m. annual candy giveaway at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. 954-828-7275; https://www.parks.fortlauderdale.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/ 487/638067055841270000.
Dania Beach Marine Advisory Board: 6:30 p.m. meeting at Marina Lounge, 151 N. Beach Road, Dania Beach. https://daniabeachfl.gov/Calendar.
South Florida Sailors & Boaters: 6 to 8 p.m. weekly socials at Galuppi’s, 1103 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach. www.southfloridasailorsandboaters.com.
21, Thursday
Winter Solstice
Riverwalk Bicycle Tours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily along Riverwalk, downtown Fort Lauderdale. 954-562-5159; www.riverwalkrec.com.
22, Friday
Sunset Kayak Tour: 7-8:30 p.m. at Park and Ocean inside Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, 3109 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Costs vary. 954-563-2900; www.parkandocean.com/sunset-tours.
Food Truck Frenzy: 6-10 p.m. at Sample-McDougald House, 450 NE 10th St., Pompano Beach. 954-786-4600; www.pompanobeachfl.gov/events/food-truck-frenzy.
23, Saturday
Paddle with a Purpose: 9-11 a.m. waterway cleanup of the north fork of the New River, meeting at Delevoe Park, 2520 NW Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale. 954-828-8000; www.fortlauderdale.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/ Event/18298/531?curm=12&cury=2023.
24, Sunday
Christmas Eve
Fort Lauderdale Jingle Bell Jog: 8-9:15 a.m. run starting at Las Olas Oceanside Park, 3000 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. www.fortlauderdale. gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/20104/531?curm=12&cury=2023.
25, Monday
Christmas Day
26, Tuesday
Let’s Go Fishing: 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays aboard Catch my Drift, leaving from 301 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. Cost: $45 per person. www.meetup.com/Fort-Lauderdale-Fishing-Group/events.
27, Wednesday
Nocturnal Wonders Night Hike: 7 p.m. guided tour on how wildlife survives at night at Snyder Park, 3299 S.W. Fourth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. 954-524-4302; www.parks.fortlauderdale.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/689/ 638102410463070000.
South Florida Sailors & Boaters: 6 to 8 p.m. social at Galuppi’s, 1103 N. Fed Highway, Pompano Beach. www.southfloridasailorsandboaters.com.
28, Thursday
Floatarama Sights & Light Cruise: 6:30-9:30 p.m. along the ICW, boarding at GalleryOneHotel,2670E.SunriseBlvd.,FortLauderdale,with livemusic,open bar and food to support LGBTQ youth. Cost: $200/person. www.floatarama.org.
29, Friday
Bonnet House Guided Tour: 10-11:30 a.m. and 2-3:30 p.m. at Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, 900 N. Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale. Cost: $30 adults; $10 ages 8-16. 954-563-5393; www.bonnethouse.org/groups-specialty-tours. Fishing Florida: virtual courses offered by the International Gamefish Association. https://learn-to-fish.igfa.org/courses/virtual-fishing-field-trips.
30, Saturday
ArtWalk Last Saturdays: 6-10 p.m. tour of art studios, vendors and festivities in Fat Village, north of downtown Fort Lauderdale. 954-760-5900; www.fatvillage.com.
Stranahan House: guided tours at 1,2 and 3 p.m., 335 SE Sixth Ave.,
Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $7 to $12 per person based on age. 954-524-4736; www.stranahanhouse.org.
31, Sunday
New Year’s Eve
Downtown Countdown: 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. family friendly holiday event at Esplanade Park, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. https://lasolasboulevard.com/event/new-years-eve-celebration.