THE PALM BEACH POST SUNDAY ON THE WATERFRONT
Sunday, April 21, 2019
4 – 7 p.m. FREE | **Meyer Amphitheatre, 105 Evernia St, West Palm Beach, FL 33401** (Please note the address change from Currie Park back to the Meyer Amphitheatre)
OPENING ACT: On the Roxx 4:00 – 5:10 p.m. www.ontheroxxband.com
On the Roxx will rock out – and the audience will, too! Rock, pop, oldies, Motown, disco, dance … and 80s tributes will get visitors footloose on the dance door. On the Roxx features bandleader and lead singer Diane DeNoble, who is an all-around entertainer. Diane has performed on the stages of Broadway, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Bali and World-Class cruise ships all over the world. She has made her home in West Palm Beach and she continues to grace stages all over South Florida.
HEADLINER: The Purple Madness (Tribute to Prince) 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. http://thepurplemadness.com/
The Purple Madness is the ultimate celebration of one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time. The Prince Purple Madness tribute show has all but perfected every nuance in recreating the sights and sounds of the artist Prince. For anyone who wasn’t fortunate enough to have witnessed Prince’s live show, this show re-creates some of Prince’s most memorable concert moments.
Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs to this outdoor event. For more information, please visit Wpb.org/events or follow the City of West Palm Beach on Facebook @CityofWPB, on Twitter @westpalmbch or on Instagram @westpalmbch.
Susan G. Komen Florida Teams Up with Chick-fil-A to Fight Breast Cancer
On Monday, April 1st, Two Area Restaurants Will Host “Spirit Day” Events for the Cause
WELLINGTON, FL. – Looking for a fool-proof way to support the lifesaving work of Susan G. Komen Florida? On Monday, April 1st, just mention the organization when you order your Chick-fil-A favorites at their Royal Palm Beach or The Mall at Wellington Green locations. A percentage of your sale will benefit the lifesaving work the foundation is doing right here in our community. Catering orders that are placed throughout the day and either picked up or delivered (minimum charge applies for delivery) will also have a portion of sales dedicated to the cause.
The effort, created by Royal Palm Beach teenager Talia Fitter, is just one way the community is being creative in their fight against breast cancer. “Watching my mother battle the disease, and win, inspired me to want to do more to help others,” shared Fitter. “If it was not for the grant issued by Komen Florida, my mother would not have been able to receive screenings or subsequent treatment. It truly saved her life and for that we are grateful.”
For additional information on this fundraiser, please contact each restaurant directly. To learn more about Susan G. Komen Florida, please visit www.komenflorida.org.
About Susan G. Komen® Florida
Susan G. Komen is the world’s largest breast cancer organization, funding more breast cancer research than any other nonprofit while providing real-time help to those facing the disease. Komen Florida is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in local communities across its service area of southwest, central, north, south and the Florida Suncoast regions. Komen Florida has invested nearly $57 million in community breast health programs and has helped contribute to the more than $988 million invested globally in research. For more information, call 561-514-3020 or visit www.komenflorida.org.
FREE Earth Day & Arbor Day Celebration
at the Wellington Amphitheater
Enjoy a free day of fun and learning at Wellington’s Earth Day and Arbor Day Celebration at the Wellington Amphitheater (12100 Forest Hill Boulevard) on Saturday, April 27th, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The event will feature more than 20 local vendors, earth-friendly products and demonstrations, free seedlings, give-a-ways, face painting, food trucks, a coloring mural, kids’ activities, and more! Attendees can see a demonstration of proper tree pruning techniques and enter a free raffle to win a tree in a 15-gallon container. Children will also enjoy meeting Smokey the Bear and learning about recycling, composting, and respecting the Earth.
In addition, visitors can stop by booths highlighting the Wellington Garden Club, the Wellington Art Society, and Wellington’s Tree Board. This year, join Wellington’s Village Council as they plant a “Shady Lady” Black Olive Tree in honor of Arbor Day.
Attendees are invited to remain at the Wellington Amphitheater for a Heart Tribute concert featuring Love Alive immediately following the Earth Day festivities. The concert begins at 7:30 pm; guests are encouraged to bring their own seating.
Wellington would like to thank Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital at Memorial for their support of this event.
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/enews.
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch WellingtonTV for the latest happenings.
Wellington’s Annual Egg Hunt Returns to Village Park
Saturday, April 20th
Get your baskets ready for Wellington’s Annual Egg Hunt returning to the Village Park softball fields located at 11700 Pierson Road on Saturday, April 20th.
The event will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m., and will be divided into four age groups: ages 2 and under; ages 3 to 4; ages 5 to 7; and ages 8 to 10. At each egg hunt, two eggs will have a pink bunny ticket inside, indicating a special prize. Families are encouraged to arrive early as traffic congestion may occur. Don’t forget to bring your own basket!
Special thanks to Joe Dimaggio Children’s Health Specialty Center, our featured sponsor, and David Lerner Associates, Inc. for their support of this great hometown event!
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/enews.
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch WellingtonTV for the latest happenings.
The Castronovo Chocolate Factory experienced an onslaught of love for their uniquely potent divinely-filled chocolate made directly from the bean taking Frannie and Dani on a mouth-watering trip which tantalized their taste buds, tongues and tuchas’s!!!
For The Yiddish-Challenged: Tuchas = Tush
Love this video? Click “Subscribe” while watching it via YouTube for more.
We are pleased to have Real-Life married sweethearts Frannie and Dani, who are also Dessert Critics appropriately called ‘The Sweethearts’, add a little sweetness to Around Wellington with their playful, yummy weekly 3-5 minute dessert video reviews.
Their online dessert critiques have been transformed into a Reality Food Show/Sitcom called ‘SWEETHEARTS’, now in development with 2-A-Listers attached. More info viewable at https://www.franniesheridan.com/ Frannie and Dani can currently be seen in several TV commercials in which they play themselves as Dessert Critics for Aztil air conditioning.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL. – Shopping at Lilly Pulitzer is a fun day by itself. But on April 6, shoppers inside the company’s The Gardens Mall location will also be celebrating the life and courage of eight-year-old Emma, who battled leukemia and won.
From 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2019, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Area Chapter will hold a Shop & Share in the Lilly Pulitzer boutique, on the lower level of The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Boulevard F111, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. Proceeds of all sales from 1 – 5 pm will benefit LLS.
As an incentive for the day, Emma’s story will be shared, reminding shoppers of who they are helping with their support. Emma was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and underwent two years of chemotherapy to battle the cancer. One of three daughters raised by a single mom, Emma relied upon her family’s love and her positive spirit to overcome the disease.
Emma recently celebrated her eighth birthday as a strong, kind-hearted and capable little girl. From her battle, she learned that life is a gift and that you must help and inspire others face their struggles. To learn more about Emma and her story, please click here:https://llsdata.app.box.com/s/78udxa2w70j66mhna6jljzjgkmxzvlcw
“It is because of our gracious community and loyal supporters that we are able to host events such as these and raise much needed funding to help everyone diagnosed with a blood cancer,” shared Pam Payne, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Area Chapter executive director.
IF YOU GO:
WHAT: Shop and Share to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Area Chapter
WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2019, 1-5 p.m.
WHAT: Proceeds from all sales benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Palm Beach Area Chapter
For additional information on this event, or to learn more about the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, please visit www.LLS.org/pb or call 561.616.8682.
About the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Palm Beach Area Chapter The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer with the mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The society funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. The LLS’s Palm Beach Area Chapter was founded in 1975 to serve residents in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Glades, Hendry, Highlands & Okeechobee counties. Society offices are located at 3230 Commerce Place, Suite B, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. For more information, visit www.LLS.org/pb or call 561.616.8682.
Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches to Host Annual Rainbow Ball DISCO FUSION at Hilton Palm Beach Airport on April 6
(Palm Beach Gardens, FL – March 26, 2019) Rev. Elder Tony Freeman, Interim Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beach Gardens (MCCPB), today reminded friends and supporters that that the largest faith-based community in Palm Beach County dedicated to serving the local LGBT community and its family members and friends, will be hosting its annual Rainbow Ball next week.
Scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport, this is MCCPB’s largest annual fundraiser, a “fun-filled evening of dancing and dining, entertainment and socializing.”
DISCO FUSION co-chairs Michael McKeich and Carlos Toro. Photo by Gary Heil.
Under the banner of “Respect – Dignity – Equality… for all,” this year’s Rainbow Ball will be held in the Majestic Ballroom of the Airport Hilton in West Palm Beach. The theme of this year’s event is DISCO FUSION, with the cocktail party starting at 6:30 pm. One of the evening’s highlights will be the presentation of MCCPB’s prestigious Ruby Slipper Award.
MCCPB’s Rainbow Ball 2019 is being co-chaired by Michael McKeich and Carlos Toro. The cost to attend is $90 per person or $648 for a table of eight.
About the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches:
The Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches is the largest faith-based community in Palm Beach County dedicated to serving the local LGBT community and its family members and friends. According to the church’s mission statement, “MCC of the Palm Beaches is a joy-filled, justice-centered Christian community of love, vibrant worship and spiritual discovery where all God’s people are supported as we become fully alive.”
For nearly 40 years, the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches has been both a bulwark of strength and a source of solace and support for South Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning communities.
Located since 2000 at 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens, MCCPB offers Sunday worship at 10:30 am. Because the church is made up of people from both Protestant and Catholic backgrounds, elements of the services reflect both traditions, including scripture readings, hymns and contemporary music, prayer and a communion table that is open to everyone.
For more information about the Metropolitan Community Church, which is located at 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens, please call 561.775.5900 or visit www.mccpalmbeach.org.
Emile Bernard 1885 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901 Bequeathed by Arthur Jeffress 1961 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T00465
For many years there has been speculation that the artist Toulouse-Lautrec (TL) kept a personal diary. Following his death on September 9, 1901 due to the combined effects of syphilis and alcoholism, his personal effects were taken over by his mother. She was determined to promote the artistic works of her unfortunate son. No diary was found however the rumor of its existence persisted.
In 2015 a descendent of Rosa La Rouge, a Parisian prostitute with whom TL had lived from 1886 to1887 came upon his diary among La Rouge’s belongings. The long-lost diary of TL had been found at last.
The last entry in the diary is dated Wednesday, May 19, 1886— a momentous day in the artist’s life as told in his own words. That entry is presented here.
Toulouse-Lautrec
Wednesday
May 19, 1886
Dr. Mathieu has confirmed his original diagnosis. I have the Pox*
I have no doubt that I contracted it from Rosa…not that that matters. I think she does not even know she has it. I must speak to her about this. Poor Rosa. I must also send a personal warning to Oscar.** He is living on the edge.
The Doctor has explained that there is no cure for the Pox, only treatments with Mercury. They sound as horrible as the disease itself and there are high risks for disastrous side effects and early death because of Mercury poisoning.
No! I will not undergo the indignity and torment of these Mercury treatments.
The Doctor says it will take ten to fifteen years for the disease to kill me. And it will be an ugly and unpleasant death. So be it. There is always Absinth and more Earthquakes***.
If I have ten to fifteen years to continue my work then I shall make the most of them.
Of course, I must explain all of this to Momma. She worries about me so and this news will add to her burden. It is bad enough she has had to deal with The Old Fool**** for all these years. It is ironic that I should be the one to come down with the Pox. With all his years of womanizing and humiliating Momma it is a wonder he, who so deserves it, did not catch this disease first. Another of life’s injustices…
Had Alphonse*****, lived and not been a dwarf such as I am, he would have been able to provide Momma with some consolation.
Now I must look to my future with some measure of practicality. Will my dear friends at the near-by brothels continue to service me? I think if I procure a supply of the new rubber condoms they will. In their wisdom they are bound to see that this disease is only one more of the manifestations that sets them, and me, apart from the rest of Society. The world of prostitutes, dancers, dwarfs and circus performers, our world, is so afflicted with damaged human beings that the Pox will not make a significant difference to them.
And so, if I continue to be accepted in our world, I will bear witness, through my work, to the fact that though we are society’s outcasts, we are also human beings.
Ten or fifteen more years of paintings, drawings and lithographs may not be enough to teach this lesson to the world but I have no choice but to try to make the rest of humanity see the real us…and me.
*The Pox was a common term for Syphilis in the 1800’s
** Oscar Wilde whom TL had befriended and who was later tried for homosexuality and served two years in a British prison. He died alone and destitute in Paris in 1900.
***Earthquakes were a drink invented by TL consisting of 1 part Absinth and 1 part Cognac.
****The Old Fool was TL’s pejorative for his father with whom he had a contentious relationship.
*****Alphonse was TL’s younger brother who died at an early age.
***
Don Conway is an award-winning Architect and Writer (two golds and a silver medal from a national writing competition) also a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University. Says he is working hard on book number four.
I was recently invited to participate in an exciting fitness Challenge. “The Let’s Move: Commit to Change Physical Activity Challenge is a county-wide initiative that focuses on physical activity, nutrition and healthy behaviors. Palm Health Foundation, in partnership with Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Children’s Services Council, Wisehaupt, Bray Asset Management and CBS12, sponsors the annual challenge, which takes place throughout the month of March.” I hope to reap many benefits from it as a family and for myself.
Out of all the activities we do as a family, the physically demanding ones are at the top of the “togetherness-building” list for us. Experiences we have shared are the most embedded memories. We have been biking, hiking, water skiing, downhill skiing, swimming and snow tubing and running races. What a blast to be able to do these activities with the kids. They know their parents can do exciting things too. We grow together sharing each other’s trials and triumphs.
Together we reap the benefits of activity: strength, flexibility, bone density, increased cardiovascular endurance and health, mental acuity, improved behavior, enhanced sleep and better overall wellbeing. If any of these things are on your list of health goals and they should be, then Let’s Move!!!!
It couldn’t have come at a better time for me. “Sloth mode” would accurately describe my fitness level. Maintaining a good level of fitness would make it easier to participate when the special activity arises. That means for me getting some form of exercise at least 3 days a week at a moderate intensity level. The goal is to carve out 3 hours a week. There are so many difficulties getting exercise and activity as part of our daily schedule: Where do I start? What to do? Schedule it? Getting out of bed early? The answer to all of those is anything that works as long as it gets you moving.
Today’s internet provides the answers to many of life’s quandaries. I discovered a 30-minute fitness program on at 6 A.M. weekdays. That also solves my get-out-of-bed problem, because it’s not on any other time, unless I purchase the DVD. I also have an accountability partner; the cat. He wants to have some sort of attention early in the day, regardless of my ambition to do it.
Join in on the Let’s Move program: http://letsmovepbc.org/user/register. Get an app for your phone, a pedometer or other movement monitor. Recording your time becomes a measure of accountability for yourself. When you see you haven’t entered any activity for a couple of days you realize how quickly sloth-mode takes over.
Poetry Series focuses on Social-Emotional Learning and Diversity,
based on the thoughts and feelings of a young boy with disabilities.
A SERIES ABOUT LITTLE DILL
BOOK LAUNCH
April 14th 2019, 2:00 pm
Brookdale Palm Beach Gardens
11381 Prosperity Farms Rd
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Little Dill cannot hear, speak or see, but communicates better than most. In 31 poems he creates alter-egos and friends that become everything he wishes he could be. At the same time teaches his imaginary friends everything they need to know about the most basic elements of human existence: respect, love, forgiveness, perseverance and fear.
Author Gregory Gidman is a seasoned educator with over 30 years of experience teaching in diverse settings. He has taught in 5 Universities and in both private and public schools in the United States and internationally. He currently teaches in the Palm Beach School District.
Palm Beach County Visual Learning Specialist, Dr. Dianne Tetreault says, “This series was born in the 24-hour darkness of the Canadian High Arctic while the author taught in Inuit communities. The loneliness and isolation he experienced can be felt in the character of little Dill, a child with disabilities. Little Dill does not see himself as a victim but overcomes his limitations through the creation of imaginary friends and a keen sense of hope. This courageous child has an uncanny ability to teach ageless lessons of life.”
Come to our book launch and visit our website to learn more about the poetry series, which consists of a stand-alone poetry book, as well as a poetry book and conversation guide, which is a perfect resource to fulfill the poetry requirement in any language learning curriculum. The purchase of the book includes on-line access to full audio versions of the poems.
