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It Gets Better

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

to Present Anti-Bullying Musical

it gets better

Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 pm

 

Production Includes Project Residency in Collaboration with Compass Community Center, Stonewall National Museum & Archives, and KOP Mentoring Network – June 12-16

 

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 24, 2018) The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts today announced that it is presenting it gets better, which uses the universal foundation of music to educate and enlighten people about the struggles of LGBTQ youth, on Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 pm. This will be the Kravis Center’s final PEAK series performance of the season.

 

The it gets better project began in 2010 after writer Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, created a YouTube video in which worldwide supporters assured LGBTQ youth who felt bullied that “it gets better.” The grassroots campaign has evolved into a week-long residency in which local students work with it gets better representatives, including members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, on anti-bullying, self-image, tolerance and acceptance.

 

The cast of it gets bet­ter trav­els to com­mu­ni­ties nation­wide and pro­duces a week of edu­ca­tional work­shops cul­mi­nat­ing in a mov­ing musi­cal the­ater per­for­mance. Through laughter and tears, the stage show brings to life real-life sto­ries from les­bian, gay, trans­gen­der, gen­derqueer and straight allies from across Amer­ica and infuses them with dynamic musi­cal numbers.

 

June 16 at 7:30 pm (Saturday)
it gets better

(PEAK)
In addition to its ongoing live performance by the it gets better cast of professional artists, the dynamic musical includes recorded student material — poems, songs, skits and more — from the collaborative events at Compass Community Center. The performance combines live actors and dynamic, multimedia presentations into one ultimate expression of hope and action. In addition, there will be a “talk-back session” immediately following the performance.

(Note: Guests will receive a ticket voucher for one complimentary beverage. Underage guests will be offered a non-alcoholic selection.)

Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse
Tickets $32
This PEAK performance is made possible by a grant from the
MLDauray Arts Initiative in honor of Leonard and Sophie Davis

Prior to the Saturday night performance at the Kravis Center, it gets better is collaborating with Compass Community Center, Stonewall National Museum & Archives, and KOP Mentoring Network to present a five-day Project Residency (June 12-16).

 

June 12 (Tuesday)

+ from 6 to 7 pm 

Journey at Stonewall National Museum & Archives, 2157 Wilton Dr. in Wilton Manors

An open forum of inquiry and dialogue as cast members share personal stories and reflections about it gets better.

 

+ from 6 to 9 pm 

Karaoke Night at The Book Cellar, 801 Lake Avenue in Lake Worth

A fun evening of full of musical expression in a judgment-free space.

 

June 13 (Wednesday)

+ from 10 to 11:30 am 

it gets better Workshop with KOP Mentoring Network

Members of the cast will work with a small group of KOP Mentoring Network kids to create a video PSA. (Note: Not open to the public)

 

+ from 2:30 to 3:30 pm 

Journey at Compass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Hwy. in Lake Worth

An open forum of inquiry and dialogue as cast members share personal stories and reflections about it gets better.

 

+ from 4 to 6 pm 

World Café Workshop at Compass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Hwy. in Lake Worth

This workshop will explore the beliefs, attitudes and behaviors in the community toward LGBTQ people and particularly LGBTQ youth, while aiming to identify solutions and create an action plan for creating positive change in Palm Beach County. Educators, parents, student leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, artists and business professionals are all encouraged to attend.

 

To learn more about the it gets better Project Residency, please visit

https://compassglcc.com/youth-program/it-gets-better/

 

How to Get Tickets to see it gets better at the Kravis Center:

Tickets are available for purchase online through the Kravis Center’s official website at kravis.org; in person at the Box Office, located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; or by phone at 561.832.7469 or 800.572.8471. For group sales, please call 561.651.4438 or 561.651.4304.

 

About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing an economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. For more information, please call 561.832.7469 or visit the official website at kravis.org.

 

About Compass Community Center:

Compass Community Center is Palm Beach County’s only LGBTQ Community Center and works to diminish stereotypes by challenging long-standing misconceptions about the character of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. For more information, please visit https://compassglcc.com.

 

About Stonewall National Museum & Archives:

Celebrating more then 40 years, Stonewall National Museum & Archives (SNMA) promotes understanding through preserving and sharing the proud culture of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their significant role in society.SNMA presents an ongoing schedule of exhibitions, including author readings and movie screenings on LGBT topics, writer’s and book discussion groups, and other special events. Information on programs at Stonewall National Museum – Wilton Manors, Stonewall National Library & Archives and programs organized through Stonewall National Education Project is available at stonewall-museum.org. Find SNMA on Facebook: stonewallmuseum, Twitter: stonewallmuseum and on Instagram: @stonewallarchive.

 

About KOP Mentoring Network:

KOP Mentoring Network is a nonprofit organization that uses non-traditional tools such as field trips, guest speakers and team building projects to prepare youths ages 7 to 17 for life in this global society. The Delray Beach-based organization has been in existence since 1991 and has created opportunities for several hundred youths, many of whom are in the armed forces or are gainfully employed locally.

(Photo Credit: James Geiger)

 

YWCA’s “Run for the Roses” Tea

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YWCA’s “Run for the Roses” Tea

Nearly 120 elegantly dressed women enjoyed the YWCA of Palm Beach County’s “Run for the Roses” Pre-Derby Tea on May 1, 2018, at The Chesterfield Hotel in Palm Beach. Co-Chairwomen, Susan Rothman and Maggie Zeller, along with Honorary Chairwoman, Margaret Donnelley, welcomed guests to a champagne reception and auctions. Entertainment was provided by saxophonist Reginald Ellison and former jockey Larry Larkin.

Jockey Sponsors were Margaret Donnelley and the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Palm Beach Commandery; Silks Sponsors were Marie Adler-Kravecas, Jane Bloom, Plastridge Insurance, PNC Wealth Management, and Karen Swanson; while Tamera Pompea, Rebecca Robinson, Susan Rothman, Bobbi Shorr, Sheryl Wood and Maggie Zeller – Health Insurance Solutions served as Mint Julep Sponsors.

Proceeds benefit the programs of the YWCA including Harmony House, a shelter for abused women and children; two Child Development Centers; Rapid Re-Housing for women who are victims of domestic violence; Y-Girls and Y-Teens, leadership and mentoring program for girls ages 8-18; and a racial justice initiative.
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MUSIC FOR THE MIND Concert Series to Present The Stuart School of Music in Concert

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MUSIC FOR THE MIND Concert Series to Present The Stuart School of Music in Concert

Kretzer Piano Music Foundation’s

MUSIC FOR THE MIND Concert Series to Present The Stuart School of Music in Concert

In the Harriet Himmel Theater at CityPlace

Tuesday, June 19, at 7 pm

 

(West Palm Beach, FL – May 18, 2018) The Kretzer Piano Music Foundation’s popular MUSIC FOR THE MIND concert series will present The Stuart School of Music in concert on Tuesday, June 19, at 7 pm, in the Harriet Himmel Theatre at CityPlace in West Palm Beach. This concert will launch the school’s 17th year of performing in this cultural and historic venue.

 

The program will showcase honor students of notable faculty members including:

+ Susan Joyce, acclaimed Juilliard concert pianist and Doctorate from University of Miami;

+ William Borovina, baritone and graduate of Manhattan School of Music;

+ Tom Servinsky, clarinetist, Indiana University of PA and conductor of the Treasure Coast Youth Symphony; 

+ Luanne Dwyer, pianist and graduate of Wellesley College;

+ Cynthia Hinkelman, violinist and graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University;  

+ Laura Mozena, violinist and graduate of Northern Arizona University; and

+ Cynthia Kessler, pianist, graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic University, who was named Martin County Arts Council’s mARTies Outstanding Student Performing Artist.

Tickets for this MUSIC FOR THE MIND concert are $10 for adults and $5 for students. They may be purchased in advance by calling 772.221.8000 or at the door. The funds raised at the benefit concert will be used for music scholarships and music education programs at The Stuart School of Music.

 

About The Stuart School of Music:

The Stuart School of Music has had six first-place winners along with additional winners in the prestigious Palm Beach Post Pathfinder Awards. These students were recognized for their outstanding achievements in academic and musical accomplishments at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. In addition, the school has been honored to have four students receive the mARTies awards for “Outstanding Student Performing Artist” from the Arts Council of Martin County. Dozens of the school’s students have been featured on the celebrated WQCS/88.9-FM National Public Radio “Young Musicians Spotlight.” Also, students from the school have won first-place in the Treasure Coast Symphony Concerto Competition and had the distinction of performing with the symphony orchestra.

 

Established in 1993 and celebrating 25 years on the Treasure Coast, the Stuart School of Music continues to offer the finest in music education to students of all ages. The distinguished faculty consists of twelve instructors of piano, voice, guitar, violin, viola, cello, and clarinet. The school is host to the National Federation of Music Clubs Festival and the National Guild of Piano Playing Auditions each year.  Additional information can be found at www.stuartschoolofmusic.com.   

 

About the Kretzer Piano Music Foundation:

KPMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the gift of music to children and seniors. “We are passionate about music being a part of every child’s life and the Foundation provides performance opportunities so young artists can share their talents with others,” says founder Kathi Kretzer.

 

In addition to awarding scholarships for music lessons and donating pianos to disadvantaged children and local children’s charities, KPMF’s popular programs include:

 

+ The KRETZER KIDS, gifted young people who have performed over 60 concerts annually for 16 years in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, community events and at children’s hospitals.

 

+  The Music for the Mind concert series presented the third Tuesday of every month at CityPlace in West Palm Beach.  These concerts feature various musical groups from our area.  Beginning in 2002, Music for the Mind has provided more than 12,000 young musicians the opportunity to perform while raising over $650,000 to help promote music in our schools and community.    

 

+ The Keyboards for Kids group piano classes were given to underprivileged children at Adopt-a-Family, the Boys and Girls Club and the Center for Creative Education.   

 

+ The headline-grabbing Keys to the Cities campaign placed 18 whimsically painted pianos in public spots from Jupiter to Delray Beach (and winner of the 2014 Bernays Award for Best Special Event from the Gold Coast PR Council). Afterwards, the pianos were donated to worthy local nonprofit organizations, including Adopt-a-Family, Quantum House, Children’s Hospital at St. Mary’s, Grandma’s Place, Lighthouse for the Blind, Opportunity, Inc., Palms West Pediatric Oncology, Salvation Army and the YWCA, where they continue to brighten lives.

 

+  The PHYSICIANS TALENT SHOWCASE concerts held for five years featured a group of talented medical doctors and raised funds for local children’s charities and music education.

 

For more information about KPMF, please visit www.kretzerpiano.com/KPMF.

 

 

Wellington Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

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Wellington Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

Wellington Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony

Wellington and the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390 will honor all veterans with a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 28th.   Veterans are invited to walk in a Memorial Day Parade beginning at 8:15 a.m. starting at Wellington’s Village Hall, located at 12300 Forest Hill Boulevard. The parade ends at Wellington’s Veterans Memorial located on the corner of Forest Hill Boulevard and South Shore Boulevard and will be followed by the Memorial Day Ceremony at 8:30 a.m.

If you are an active or retired veteran attending the ceremony you will have an opportunity to register at the Wellington tent the morning of the event to be recognized during the ceremony. To become a part of this event or to walk in the parade, please contact Michelle Garvey at (561) 791-4082.

The American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390 will be holding their annual Veterans Open House on Wednesday, June 6th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Wellington Community Center (12150 Forest Hill Boulevard). This event will feature guest speakers to raise awareness about the American Legion and the services offered to veterans. For more information about the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390, please contact wellingtonlegion390@gmail.com. 

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.

Free Water Safety Event at the Wellington Aquatics Complex

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Free Water Safety Event at the Wellington Aquatics Complex

Free Water Safety Event at the Wellington Aquatics Complex
 

Summertime is pool time, but before jumping in, we should all know how to stay safe, and that’s why the Wellington Aquatics Complex (12072 Forest Hill Boulevard) is hosting the “Make a S.P.L.A.S.H.” (Safety and Prevention Leaves All Swimmers Happy) event on Saturday, June 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This event is free to the public.

Pediatric residents from Palms West Hospital and first responders from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue will be on-hand to discuss water safety related issues. Wellington lifeguards along with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue personnel will also demonstrate a near-drowning scenario. Multiple vendors will be on site to discuss the importance of safety in and around the water.

To learn more about programs and activities at the Wellington Aquatics Complex, visit www.wellingtonfl.gov/Aquatics.

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.

FAU Launches Student Activism Fellowship

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FAU Launches Student Activism Fellowship

FAU Launches Student Activism Fellowship

BOCA RATON, Fla. (May 15, 2018) – Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in partnership with Barb Schmidt, recently launched a program for high school students titled “The Barb Schmidt Fellowship: Cultivating Community Involvement, Activism and Social Change.” Students can apply for the fellowship and earn six FAU credits through weekend workshops and activities during the 2018-19 school year. There is also a $1,000 stipend for participants who successfully complete both semesters. Students must submit a completed application and two written recommendations (at least one from a teacher) by Friday, June 15. To view the application visit fau.edu/barb-schmidt-fellowship/.

The goal of the program is to provide student leaders with a platform to develop the skills and knowledge needed to initiate, execute and sustain a social movement through peer mentorship and workshops led by social influencers and FAU faculty. Students will learn key professional and technical skills from experts in news media analysis, design of social movements, social and digital media advocacy, presentation sills, fundraising and nonprofit organizing, video production, campaign operations and more. After exploring the workings of social movements and gaining the expertise needed, students will then work on their own project of choice, which will be presented at the end of the fellowship and launched as a real intervention related to the project’s goals.

The fellowship is open to students who have completed their freshman year of high school and who have a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Students also need to be living in Palm Beach or Broward counties and qualify for dual-enrollment at FAU. Thirty students will be accepted into the program.

“We have all been inspired by what youth leaders are doing to make our world a better place. We want to support the work being done by facilitating students’ growth in community engagement and social change efforts,” said Michael Horswell, Ph.D., dean of FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. “Becoming a Barb Schmidt Fellow will help students gain essential skills for successful organizing, foster partnerships through networking with other activists, university faculty and community leaders, and enable the launch of multiple projects for the benefit of our communities.”

During the fall semester, participants will attend class two Saturdays per month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FAU. Fellows will explore the dynamics of creating, developing, and sustaining social movements through peer-to-peer and student-to-faculty interactive workshops designed to be a platform for student-driven activism and engagement.

Grounding this experience will be the introduction to and practice of mindfulness techniques to ensure the self-care and sustainability required for successful social movement work. Each participant is expected to use the fall classes to develop a project proposal, in consultation and guidance with faculty.

During the spring semester, fellows will attend class one Saturday per month from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FAU. Students will work individually or in teams to design and implement their service-learning project. They will create a project portfolio to include all aspects of social movement development and implementation and prepare it for launch at the end of the semester.

“This fellowship was created to honor and support local students as they create positive change,” said Schmidt. “They are the future, and we need to support them in every way we can.”

A practitioner of mindfulness and meditation for more than 30 years, Schmidt is the author of the internationally bestselling book “The Practice: Simple Tools for Managing Stress, Finding Inner Peace, and Uncovering Happiness” and founder of the nonprofit organization Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life. Her mission is to bring mindfulness teachings to the community in the belief that outer peace begins through inner peace. She has been on more than 100 retreats and studied with teachers around the world, including the Dalai Lama.

For more information, contact Suzy Livingston at 561-297-3158 or slivingston@fau.edu.

– FAU –

 

About Florida Atlantic University:

Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.

 

Art After Dark to Feature Bold Voices, New Inroads: Short Films by Women Directors

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Art After Dark to Feature Bold Voices, New Inroads: Short Films by Women Directors

Art After Dark to Feature Bold Voices, New Inroads: Short Films by Women Directors

Filmmakers jessica sanders and alexa lim haas discuss their award-winning work after the screenings; u.m. prof. christina lane will moderate the talk    

 

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (May 10, 2018) – The Norton is delighted to present Bold Voices, New Inroads: Short Films by Women Directors,  featuring recently released movies shown this past year at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals. The screenings are set for 6:30 p.m. on June 7 during Art After Dark and will be followed by a talkback with the two of the four directors: New York-based Alexa Lim Haas, and L.A.-based Jessica Sanders. Christina Lane, Chair and Associate Professor of the University of Miami’s Department of Cinema and Interactive Media, will serve as moderator. Admission to the Museum and to Art After Dark – which runs from 5 to 9 p.m. – is free.

Jessica Sanders. Image: Elisabeth Caren.

In celebration of undiscovered stories, unique perspectives, and women directors, the following films will be shown:

 

 

  • End of the Line, 2018, (14 minutes), directed by Sanders, a winner of both the Sundance and Cannes Young Director awards, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is adapted from author Aimee Bender’s surrealist short story that explores power and its abuse via a tale about a man who buys a miniature man in pet store. The film stars Simon Helberg from TV’s Big Bang Theory, and Brett Gelman from Netflix’s Stranger Things.
  • Agua Viva, 2017, (7 minutes), directed by Haas, this animated short tells the story of a Chinese manicurist in Miami who attempts to describe feelings for which she doesn’t have words. Filmmaker magazine named Haas one of this year’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
  • Salam, 2018, (14 minutes), directed by Claire Fowler, is about a female Lyft driver navigating the night shift in New York City while waiting to hear life-or-death news from Syria. 
  • The Fisherman, 2017, (15 minutes), directed by Ana A. Alpizar, tells the story of Tomas, a humble Cuban fisherman, who, for the sake of his family, needs to catch a fish on this night. 

 

The evening’s Art After Dark program also features:

 

  • Live Music

Singer-songwriters Lindsey Mills and Ella Herrera perform original folk, blues, and acoustic music accompanied by a light show.

  • Art Tour led by Miami-based artist Edouard Duval-Carrié

The artist leads an informal, 30-minute gallery tour offering unique perspectives on works in the Norton collection.  

  • Art Workshop: What’s a Photogram?

Find out! Make your own photograms using everyday objects.

  • Spotlight Talks: Art By Women

The talks focus on Sylvie Fleury’s Skin Crime 6 and Grace Hartigan’s Standing Figure.

 

For a complete schedule, visit www.norton.org/artafterdark.

 

 About the Norton Museum of Art

Founded in 1941, the Norton Museum of Art is recognized for its distinguished holdings in American, European, and Chinese art, and a continually expanding presence for Photography and Contemporary art. Its masterpieces of 19th century and 20th century European painting and sculpture include works by Brancusi, Gauguin, Matisse, and Picasso, and American works by Stuart Davis, Hopper, O’Keeffe, Pollock, and Sheeler.

 

The Norton presents special exhibitions, lectures, tours, and programs for adults and children throughout the year. In 2011, the Norton launched RAW (Recognition of Art by Women), featuring the work of a living female painter or sculptor and funded by the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund/MLDauray Arts Initiative. In 2012, the Norton established the biennial, international Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers in partnership with Beth Rudin DeWoody, named in honor of her late father, Lewis Rudin.

 

In 2016, the Norton broke ground for a visionary expansion designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners, under the direction of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster. The project reorients the Norton’s entrance to the main thoroughfare of South Dixie Highway, restoring the symmetry of the museum’s original 1941 design, and includes a new 42,000-square-foot West Wing that doubles education space, and increases gallery space for the Norton’s renowned collection. The transformation of the Museum’s 6.3-acre campus will create a museum in a garden, featuring new, verdant spaces and a sculpture garden.

 

The Norton is located at 1451 S. Olive Ave. in West Palm Beach, Florida, and during construction through July 15, 2018, is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. and Thursday, noon to 9 p.m., and is free to the public. Free parking and shuttle service is available at 1501 S. Dixie Highway. The Museum is closed on Mondays and major holidays, and will be closing for an extended period beginning on July 16 to complete interior construction and reinstall art. Reopening is scheduled for Feb. 9, 2019. For additional information, call (561) 832-5196, or visit www.norton.org.

The Teachers who Give Color and Imagination to Your Children’s Lives

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The Teachers who Give Color and Imagination to Your Children’s Lives

Flamingo Clay Studio

Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery

Presents

Art Teachers of Palm Beach County

The Teachers who Give Color and Imagination to Your Children’s Lives

Week #1: The Art Teachers of Lake Worth High School opens Friday, May 18  6-9 PM

Week #2: PB County Art Teachers’ Association- High School Teachers  Friday, May 25  6-9 PM

Week #3: PBCATA- Middle School Teachers  Friday June 1  6-9 PM

 Week #4: PBCATA- Elementary School Teachers  Friday, June 8  6-9 PM

 

 Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery is honored to turn its front gallery over to The Palm Beach County Art Teachers’ Association, starting with the Art Teachers of Lake Worth High School. At the end of each school year, CGMSGallery features the hard-working artists of Lake Worth High School.  This year, the gallery has set an entire month aside to honor all of the public school art teachers in the county.  The exhibit takes place at Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, 15 South J Street in Downtown Lake Worth.  Each week there will be a wine, cheese and dessert reception, and each Friday a different group of teaching artists will be featured.  Parking and the exhibition are free.  Children are welcome.

 

Friday, May 18, Brent Bludworth and Jennifer Love Gironda both art teachers at Lake Worth High School, will be featured.  The opening begins at 6 PM and continues until 9.  Their works will fill the entire front of the gallery.

Friday, May 25, the gallery switches gears as the PBCAT (Palm Beach County Art Teachers’ Association) fills the gallery with their own works.  Featured on this Friday will be the works of High School Art Teachers.  Friday, June 1, Middle School Teacher take the spotlight, and on Friday, June 8, the elementary school teachers step up.  Every Friday will be a celebration of teachers and the arts.  Please come and join in.

Schools all over the country have chosen to cut the arts out of the lives of our children.  Art teachers in public schools are often a casualty of this “economy.”  Palm Beach County Public Schools are fortunate in being wealthy in the numbers and dedication of teachers in our schools  who celebrate the arts and bring the joy of creation, color and form to our children.  Culture builds communities and the arts enhance the educational opportunities our children have access to.  Children do not learn linearly.  Some children learn to read when music is added to the curriculum. Some do better in math when painting is added.  Some understand science better when confronted with sculptural ratios.  Some relieve their daily stress by creating beauty with which  to surround themselves and their families.  Art, as an outlet for what ails you, is a gift to society.  Here are the teachers who love our children and who give them this gift.

 

For additional information contact Joyce Brown, Joyce@Flamingoclaystudio.org.

Clay§Glass§Metal§Stone Cooperative Gallery is sponsored by the Flamingo Clay Studio, a non-profit arts organization whose mission is to provide affordable studio and gallery space for three-dimensional artists.  The gallery is located at 15 South J Street in downtown Lake Worth. Hours are Sunday thru Thursday, 10AM-6PM. Friday and Saturday, 10AM-10PM.   Gallery openings are the first and third Friday of each month from 6-10 PM with many special events in-between. The Flamingo Clay Studio is located at 216 South F Street with open studio and workshop opportunities for those interested in the 3-D Arts and Artists in Clay. Fused Glass and Small Metals.

 For information call Joyce Brown-215-205-9441 or Joyce@FlamingoClayStudio.org.   Gallery phone: 561-588-8344 Studio phone: 561-284-6807

Wireless Causes Cancer. Now What Do Parents Do?

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Wireless Causes Cancer. Now What Do Parents Do?

Mommy Moments

Wireless Causes Cancer. Now What Do Parents Do?

By Cece Doucette

Parent, Tech Writer & Technology Safety Educator

The National Institutes of Health just reported wireless radiation is a clear carcinogen. An Italian study at the Ramazzini Institute reported similar findings of brain and heart tumors.

Like many parents, I started figuring out that excessive screen time can hurt our children, but I had no idea today’s wireless technology could be biologically hazardous too. I’d like to share with you how I found out.

I helped revive our local education foundation and ran seven campaigns to bring technology into our schools for what the wireless industry was telling our administrators we needed for the 21st Century Classroom.

Then an electrical engineer friend read a book called “Zapped” and tipped me off there could be something up with wireless technology and health. So, I began to investigate and helped my schools become the first in the nation to take precautionary steps with wi-fi.

The Science

I was astounded to find thousands of peer-reviewed published studies all over the world showing cell phones and towers, wi-fi routers, tablets, baby monitors, gaming devices, wearables, Bluetooth — and all other wireless gadgets – send and receive data via low-level, non-thermal, non-ionizing microwave radiation that is very harmful to all living organisms.

The Risks

It turns out cancer is just the tip of the iceberg. Other studies link our ubiquitous wi-fi exposures to infertility, DNA damage, Alzheimer’s and autism. 

Many are also suffering symptoms of electrical sensitivity but most doctors in the U.S. have not been trained yet to diagnose and treat microwave illnesses.

Electrical sensitivity symptoms often include one or more of the following: insomnia, headaches, nausea, dizziness, brain fog, cognitive impairment, fatigue, muscle ache, skin heating/flushing/tingling/numbing, nosebleeds and irregular heartbeats. 

Microwave radiation hits the central nervous system especially hard, and studies show it can also cause anxiety, depression, anger, behavior issues and suicidal ideation. It can open the blood-brain-barrier too which can lead to a host of neurological abnormalities.

The science indicates children, fetuses, the elderly and those with existing health conditions are especially vulnerable.

If you or a loved one are experiencing any of these issues, you might decide it’s time to do some investigating too. 

Big Tobacco Playbook

Harvard’s Captured Agency report explains how the wireless industry has known about the harm for years, but through powerful lobbying efforts they have influenced laws to protect corporate interests over public health. Through the power of advertising dollars, they have kept the biological effects out of the media.

Public Policy Protections

Massachusetts leads the nation with eight bills to address wireless radiation and public health. It will take time for public policy to catch up with the science though, and a lot of health issues can be addressed or averted in the interim with a little education.

Why is it urgent we don’t wait? The wireless industry and the FCC are looking to fast-track installation of toxic radiation-emitting cell antennas right inside our neighborhoods for 5G and the Internet of Things before the public catches on. Our world scientists are predicting this will trigger the worst public health crisis we’ve seen.

A Quick Education for You

On this journey I have had the privilege of volunteering with leading world scientists, doctors and technologists to form a non-profit that offers on-line courses to quickly bring folks up to speed.

For less than the cost of a movie ticket (to help cover operating expenses), in a half hour Wireless Education can teach you the science, the biological risks, and choices you can make to still use technology, but safely through hard-wired connections. 

Both the Schools & Families Course and the Corporate Induction Safety Course provide a handy tip sheet at the end with best practice reminders.

Generation Zapped

After taking the Wireless Education course(s) you might consider educating your friends and family too, as well as your doctors, schools and public servants.

The new film Generation Zapped is a great way to bring everyone into the fold. It just won Best Documentary at the D.C. Independent Film Festival and is being screened around the U.S. and the globe. 

The Blake Library in Stuart, Florida held a screening in April. Perhaps, after taking the Wireless Education course(s), you will feel empowered to host a screening too and start this important conversation in your community too.

Rogue Theory & Friends at Village Music

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Rogue Theory & Friends at Village Music

Rogue Theory & Friends at Village Music in Wellington

May 11th, 2018

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