The XII Federation of International Polo World Championship was hosted by the United States.
In addition to the host country, USA and the defending champion Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Australia, Italy, Pakistan and the eventual winner of this competition, Spain made up this world-wide field for the event.
To be admitted to this championship, over 20 countries from five regional zones participated.
Team USA was made up of seven 17 to 25 year old players.
This team and event had a number of firsts. First time featuring two sets of siblings on the same team, Nico and Lucas Escobar as well as Augustine and Hope Arellano. Hope Arellano became the first female to participate in this event.
The other team members were Nico Diaz Alberdi, Joaquin Avendano and Jake Klentner.
First time in Palm Beach County. First ever broadcast on ESPN.
In addition to Augustine and Hope, their father Julio, a retired 9 goal player, was the team coach. He participated in this event in 1989 on the winning USA team.
After four very competitive matches, including a 9-8 sudden death overtime semi-final win against Argentina, team USA played in the finals against Spain. In a thrilling sudden death overtime Spain came out on top 11-10.
Nico Escobar ended up being the team’s leading scorer, in addition to scoring six goals in the finals.
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER PRESENTS LIKE MIND FEATURING ART BY JASON NEWSTED AND NICOLE NEWSTED
Like Mind: January 19 – March 1, 2023 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 19, 2023, 5 – 7 pm Jason & Friends Concert: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, 7 – 9 pm
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Tequesta, Fla. (December 12, 2022) – Jupiter Island residents Jason Newsted and Nicole Newsted return to Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta with LIKE MIND, an exhibition showing their individual large and small-scale work. Curated by Janeen Mason and sponsored by First Republic Bank, iHeartRadio, and Jupiter Magazine, the exhibition runs from January 19 – March 1. An Opening Reception sponsored by Meyer Law Firm takes place on Thursday, January 19, from 5 – 7 pm. A benefit concert will be held in the gallery on February 11 from 7 -9 pm. The performance will be an intimate evening with Jason and Friends and will be limited to one-hundred tickets at $100 per ticket. The exhibition is free for members, with a $5 suggested donation for nonmembers. For more information, visit lighthousearts.org.
A six-time Grammy Award winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Jason Newsted is famous for his contributions to Metallica from 1986-2001. Beyond his many musical achievements, he is a self-taught multi-media artist. His first visual art exhibit was in May 2010. Newsted has shown successfully at Art New York, Art Miami, Art Basel, and in duo exhibits with his wife Nicole Newsted at Lighthouse ArtCenter. His work mixes iconography, sometimes including guitars with abstract geometric and biomorphic forms, using a raw, expressive style. His paintings are highly textural, with otherworldly subjects and layered with meaning.
“Mending from disjointed pandemic years, we re-connect in LIKE MIND to share again,” said Jason Newsted. “Images built from opposite influences and common attractions bring us closer; they’re bright and previously unseen works developed and created through our journey together,” said Jason Newsted.
Nicole Newsted’s paintings are in collections across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Nicole is a formally educated artist who studied art at Arizona State University on scholarship. Her paintings on canvas use brilliant colors that depict maximalism in a minimalist setting. Nicole’s work is characterized by escapist and endearing subject matter, including brightly colored candies, donuts, and care bears that evoke comforting childhood memories.
“My work is an ongoing survey of the objects, landscapes, and people around me: both past and present. I am drawn to the overly-saturated, the kitschy, and the saccharine. My paintings are meditations on objects made of plastic, polyester, and artificial flavoring,” said Nicole Newsted.
Proceeds from the concert and a portion of the proceeds from art sales will go toward the ArtCenter’s mission to inspire, engage, and connect all walks of life through the universal language of art through classes, exhibitions, and events. One of the ArtCenter’s signature programs, Art For All, offers art to underserved populations regardless of financial resources. The program provides youth scholarships, art education to schools that would otherwise not have art in their curriculum, and art classes to veterans, seniors, and individuals with special needs. For more information, visit lighthousearts.org.
About Lighthouse ArtCenter:
Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery & School of Art is 501c(3) not-for-profit founded in 1964 by eight artists and Christopher Norton. The ArtCenter is dedicated to the visual arts whose mission is to inspire, engage and connect our community through a vibrant school of art, unique exhibitions, and diverse special events. The center has grown into a three-building campus with multiple galleries, eight studios, and an ArtShop. Supported by memberships, tuition, grants, and donations, Lighthouse ArtCenter serves over 20,000 visitors, 3000 students, 45 faculty members, 400 summer art campers, and a comprehensive outreach program to benefit under-served populations. For more information visit ://www.lighthousearts.org.
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From January 19 – March 1, 2023, Jupiter Island residents Jason Newsted and Nicole Newsted return to Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta with Like Mind, an exhibition showing their individual large and small-scale work. The exhibition occurs at Lighthouse ArtCenter, 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, FL 33469. Admission is free for members and a $5 suggested donation for nonmembers. An Opening Reception takes place on Thursday, January 19, 5 – 7 pm. A benefit concert featuring an intimate evening with Jason & Friends takes place on February 11 at 7 pm. For more information, visit lighthousearts.org.
Please join us at Loggerhead Marinelife Center from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm on Saturday, December 17 to shop LMC’s Blue Holidays Market! Vendors at the Blue Holidays Market include One World Zero Waste, Wild Delights, Michael Patrick O’Neil, Roots Pharm, Kai Blue, and the Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Conservation Department. After doing some holiday shopping, get your gifts wrapped in post-consumer materials from Resource Depot at the sustainable gift wrapping station. Gifts do not need to be purchased at the market or LMC gift store to be wrapped at the market.
Founder and Commish Marty Ross throw the first pitch of the second game. Photo by Harry Klaff.
The 2022-23 stickball season in Wellington is now underway. On Tuesday, December 6, the Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League conducted its two Opening Day games at Village Park off Pierson Road in Wellington.
This is the 21st year of play for the Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League. In attendance to throw out the first pitch of the new season was Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig.
Mayor Anne Gerwig stops by for an egg cream and to throw out the first pitch of the season. Photo by Harry Klaff.
There are four teams in the league this year. They are the Brooklyn Bums, Bronx Clippers, Atlantic Whalers, and the Hoboken Zephyrs. In addition to the 10-game regular season, the league will conduct its annual hall of fame induction ceremony on February 7. The Old Timers Ceremony and Exhibition Game will be held on February 14. The league’s playoff games will be played on March 21, with the league championship game scheduled for March 28. The annual end-of-season All-Star Game will conclude the season on April 11.
In the two Opening Day game, the Brooklyn Bums defeated the Bronx Clippers, 8-2. Brooklyn was led by Sean Siegrist who hit the first home run of the season and had six great catches on defense. Teammate Mike Lipsky went 3-for-4, all doubles. In the other game, the Atlantic Whalers outscored the Hoboken Zephrs, 10-2. In this game, the Whalers slugged 12 doubles.
Photo by Mike May
The league will have games on December 13 and December 20. After the holiday break, regular season games will resume on Tuesday, January 10 and continue every Tuesday, with the exception of February 21, until Tuesday, March 14. All games are held at Village Park in Wellington. Most regular season games are held at 1:00 pm and 2:45 pm, with the exception of February 7 and 14. Those games are scheduled for 12:00 pm and 2:15 pm.
West Palm Beach, Fla. – Palm Health Foundation announced today that it will match donations to its Nursing Advancement Fund dollar for dollar between November 29, 2022, and January 31, 2023, up to $150,000 in total. The match program is open to anyone who donates between $100 and $5,000 to support the aspirations of low-income and first-generation nursing students in LPN, undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate programs in Palm Beach County. The campaign follows the foundation’s recent success raising and matching over $100,000 in gifts for behavioral health professions scholarships.
Palm Health Foundation’s scholarships come at a time when the Florida Hospital Association and the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida is predicting a catastrophic nursing shortage in the state by 2035. The foundation’s scholarships address several needs for growing and diversifying the workforce pipeline, including increasing faculty and graduating health professionals with cultural competencies.
Many Palm Health Foundation scholars’ lived experiences inspire them to pursue nursing careers. When Dalissa Suprina learned she had received a Debra Coffman Howe Nursing Scholarship, a donor advised fund at Palm Health Foundation, she burst into tears. After losing her mother in the 2010 earthquake that impacted Haiti, Suprina became a caregiver to her grandmother at age 12 and discovered her life’s purpose was to become a nurse. The scholarship she received will support her career goal to become a wound care nurse and nurse practitioner working with the elderly. Recognizing the generosity of Coffman Howe, Suprina said, “you have to have a big heart to do this for other people and allow students like me to have opportunity. Her scholarship saved me. It was a miracle.”
Since 2001, the foundation has granted more than $3 million in miracles in the form of nursing scholarships to over 1,000 nursing students for advanced education. Palm Health Foundation scholarships are made possible by the generosity of donors, many of whom have established donor advised funds, such as Debra Coffman Howe, and through donations to the The Nursing Advancement Fund.
To maximize support for local nursing students, and have your gift doubled by Palm Health Foundation, please visit palmhealthfoundation.org/the-nursing-advancement-fund or contact Carrie Browne, Director of Stewardship & Strategic Partnerships, carrieb@phfpbc.org, 561-837-2281. Donors may also create their own uniquely named scholarship fundto transform the lives of deserving students through the gift of higher education.
About Palm Health Foundation Palm Health Foundation is Palm Beach County’s community foundation for health. With the support of donors and a focus on results, the foundation builds strong community partnerships, respects diverse opinions, advocates for its most vulnerable neighbors and inspires innovative solutions to lead change for better health now and for generations to come. The foundation supports health equity for Palm Beach County residents of all backgrounds, heritage, education, incomes and states of well-being. Palm Health Foundation has invested more than $89 million in Palm Beach County health since 2001. For more information about Palm Health Foundation, visit palmhealthfoundation.org or call (561) 833-6333.
The 2022 Wellington Hometown Holiday Food Distribution was made possible thanks to the generous contributions of local sponsors.
Wellington Regional Hospital donated 100 turkeys.
The Mall at Wellington Green and Humana each donated $1,000 towards the purchase of additional non-perishables.
Feeding South Florida donated fresh produce including corn, oranges, peppers, and eggplant.
Professional Concessions, Inc. graciously donated a refrigerated trailer to store the turkeys two days prior to the food distribution.
Thanks to these important partnerships with local Community Partners, the Village was able to register 250 residents for the distribution that included a 10lb+ turkey, a bag of Thanksgiving-appropriate food items, and a bag of fresh produce.
Any food items not picked up at the food distribution on Wednesday evening were delivered to families in need identified through the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Wellington’s Community Services Department, as well as the Wellington Boys and Girls Club. The Crowned Pearls of Wellington took the remaining non-perishable bags to be delivered to those affected by Hurricane Ian in Ft. Myers.
As another way to stay informed on the latest news and updates from the Village, residents are invited to sign up for Wellington information and updates at www.wellingtonfl.gov/Newsletter.
(Lake Worth Beach, FL – November 29, 2022) Dave Lawrence, President & CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, today reminded chat fans about the first CULTURE & COCKTAILS in 2023, and the second of four in the 18th season of this popular series. The informative and fun conversation will again be held in the beautiful rooftop ballroom of The Ben in downtown West Palm.
Monday, January 9
PALM BEACH STYLE: Today & Tomorrow
A Buzzy Conversation with
+ Bonnie Roseman, fashion stylist and designer who began her career selling art before shifting to “art to wear” collections from designers all over the world. Featured in People Magazine and on NBC’s The Today Show, she went on to design collections for the Home Shopping Network before opening her own retail boutique off Worth Avenue, and now hosts the weekly Bonnie’s Buzz About Town on Legend Radio 100.3 FM.
+ Steven Stolman, designer, author and “observer of all things stylish” spent many years as a “worker bee’ on Seventh Avenue before launching his own collection of resort wear sold in tony towns like Southampton, Palm Beach and Beverly Hills. He later served as president of Scalamandré, the renowned textiles house, where he wrote his first book,Scalamandré: Haute Décor. More books followed including the popular Confessions of a Serial Entertainer and, most recently, Bill Cunningham Was There, co-authored John Kurdewan, the photojournalist’s longtime partner at The New York Times. Stolman currently consults on matters of design, product development, and marketing for a host of designers and manufacturers.
+ Annette Tapert, author of The Power of Style and The Power of Glamour has published 12 books from a collaboration with style icon Slim Keith to books on celebrity, society, fashion, style, decorating and entertaining. Her picture and textbook The Power of Style profiled 14 icons including Coco Chanel, The Duchess of Windsor, CZ Guest, Jacqueline Onassis and Babe Paley.
Moderator: Pamela Fiori, author of In the Spirit of Palm Beach and former editor-in-chief of Town & Country
The Ben is located at 251 N. Narcissus Avenue in West Palm Beach. Free valet parking will be provided for each of theCULTURE & COCKTAILS conversations, running from 5 to 7 pm.
Note: Admission to each of this season’s CULTURE & COCKTAILS At The Ben is $110 per person, $150 for VIP Seating, and FREE for Supporter, Contributor, Patron and Business Arts Partner level members of the Cultural Council. RSVP to Debbie Calabria at 561.472.3330 (or visit www.palmbeachculture.com/cocktails).
The 2022-2023 season of CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder; Donald M. Ephraim Family Foundation; Milton and Tamar Maltz; Jean Sharf; Scott Teich, Senior Vice President, Teich Wealth Management of Raymond James; The Gardens Mall; Bonnie Lautenberg; Palm Beach Media Group; Palm Beach Daily News; Legends Radio; and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available.
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All proceeds from CULTURE & COCKTAILS go to support the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s mission to champion, engage, and grow the arts in Palm Beach County. For membership information, please contact Debbie Calabria at 561.472.3330.
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Topics and speakers are subject to change depending upon the availability of scheduled participants.
About the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County is the official support agency for arts and culture in The Palm Beaches, Florida’s Cultural Capital®. Headquartered in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. building in Downtown Lake Worth Beach, the Council presents exciting year-round exhibitions and performances featuring artists who live or work in Palm Beach County. The Council features spectacular work by local artisans in its Roe Green Uniquely Palm Beach Store, offers complimentary resources for visitors in its Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Information Center and hosts frequent events in its outdoor Project Space, offering views of the building’s iconic Martin Luther King Jr. mural by renowned Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra. The council is open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information and a comprehensive calendar of cultural events in The Palm Beaches, visit palmbeachculture.com.
Debuting at The Square from December 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023
Riviera Beach, Fla. (November 29, 2022) – The Arc of Palm Beach County invites you to immerse yourself in the unknown and often overlooked experience of disability. The exhibition, Their Own Truths: The Art of Sky Cubacub, Riva Lehrer, Jeffrey Mansfield, and David Richards, encompasses recent work by four innovative artists who have disabilities. The collection of paintings, garments, sculptures, and photographs seeks to change perceptions and to open minds.
Their Own Truths will be on display in the ArtWorks gallery at The Square, 600 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 156, West Palm Beach, Florida. It is free and open to the public from December 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023. On December 4, a private opening reception will be held in collaboration with New Wave Art Wknd, and a series of lectures and programs will also accompany the exhibition.
“Aesthetic joy is central to each artist’s practice, yet their work challenges the viewer to recognize that societal perceptions of disability are far from its actual, lived experiences,” said Rena Blades, curator of the exhibition and president at Delos Consulting.
The Arc of Palm Beach County, through ArtWorks and its other art programs, helps convey the stories, accomplishments, and experiences of people with disabilities. Their Own Truths encourages the community to think differently, and to discover the true meaning of inclusion, acceptance, and diversity.
“This immersive, thought-provoking exhibit hopes to bring people together to explore and celebrate the disability community’s impact on our world,” said Kimberly McCarten, president and CEO of The Arc of Palm Beach County. “We want to connect and inspire artists of all abilities in our community and beyond. The Arc is fostering a society that upholds human flourishing and acceptance of all.”
Their Own Truths engages the broader conversation around contemporary art, while the artists’ insights provide viewers with opportunities to consider, examine, and critique deeply rooted points of view. The artists include:
Sky Cubacub
Sky Cubacub designs artistic garments that are fanciful, colorful, and custom-fitted for bodies of all shapes and sizes. Cubacub was inspired to create clothing that references and reflects on their nonbinary gender and disabilities: debilitating anxiety and an undiagnosed stomach disorder.
Cubacub has received several important honors, including the 2019/2020 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist, the 2021 Disability Futures Fellowship from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, and the Chicagoan of the Year in 2018.
Riva Lehrer
Riva Lehrer was born with spina bifida and has spent a lot of time in hospitals; both experiences inform her work. She paints intimate and provocative portraits that focus on individuals with a visible disability. Lehrer is also a well-known activist for disability culture, and a teacher, writer, and speaker.
Lehrer is a current Disability Futures Fellow from the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, and her work has been widely exhibited, including at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, Yale University, the United Nations, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Jeffrey Mansfield
Jeffrey Mansfield was born deaf and his early childhood experiences, like attending a school for the deaf, informed his opinions about art, architecture, and their influence on our lives. His work explores how spaces profoundly impact our experience. Mansfield also researches the formation of deaf and disability spaces as expressions of cultural resistance.
Mansfield is a Graham Foundation grantee, a recipient of the Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation’s Disability Futures fellowship, and a John W. Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. His work has been presented at MoMA PS1, Bergen Assembly, Sao Paulo Biennale, and the Sharjah Biennial.
David Richards
David Richards’ work combines painted wall sculpture with collage and drawn elements. His art fuses organic, mechanical, and geometric forms, inviting viewers to make their own interpretations. Richards was born with physical disabilities affecting his spine, hips, legs, and feet.
Richards received the Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, the 3Arts Make a Wave Grant, a City of Chicago Percent for the Arts Program purchase award for the Logan Square Public Library, and the Anna Louise Raymond Fellowship. His work has been widely exhibited, including at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Illinois State Museum, the International Museum of Surgical Science, and the Kaoshiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan.
Their Own Truths is curated by Rena Blades and sponsored in part by Related Companies. To learn more about the exhibit, please visit arcpbc.org/events.
About The Arc of Palm Beach County The Arc is changing the conversation around disabilities by defying definitions, inspiring possibilities, and improving the lives of the people we serve, their families, and our community. Since 1958, The Arc has envisioned a community where every person feels welcome, connected, and accepted.
About Related Southeast Headquartered in the heart of rapidly expanding Downtown West Palm Beach, Related Southeast is Related Companies’ locally based, global real estate and lifestyle company that has redeveloped Downtown West Palm Beach into one of the nation’s fastest-growing commercial, retail, culinary, art, and tourism destinations. Related Southeast leads the market in Class A office space with 360 Rosemary, CityPlace Tower, Esperanté, Phillips Point, and the forthcoming 1 Flagler, as well as the celebrated destinations of The Square, Hilton West Palm Beach, RH West Palm, and the historic Harriett Himmel Theater. The dynamic neighborhood built for all to enjoy has recently undergone a $700 million transformation designed to foster culture and enrich the community with lush green spaces; a diverse mix of experiential retail and culinary offerings; the largest concentration of public art installed by a private company in Palm Beach County, featuring renowned artists such as Yinka Shonibare, CBE, and Jeppe Hein; and rich cultural and educational programming and modern luxury residences. For more information about Related Southeast, please visit relatedsoutheast.com.
David Richards, Angry Pupa, 2018, Mixed Media, Collection of the Artist
