The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is here this weekend, an energizing presence in local lounges and restaurants, and a good time for those whose ship has come in (if a bit more adrift from the day-to-day reality of life in a nation that has, seemingly overnight, gone broke). Elsewhere, we’ll have the distraction of Halloween parties from Coral Springs to Clematis Street (masks for good), nationally acclaimed Day of the Dead festivities in downtown Fort Lauderdale and (perhaps we are desperate to welcome the holiday spirit this year) a Nov. 1 appearance by Santa Claus.

THURSDAY

Dress-up affair: The Coral Springs Museum of Art is encouraging costumes during its Art@Night happy hour on Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The free gathering will include viewing of works from the

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