Planned Parenthood Announces Bi-Monthly Volunteer Day
Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast are pleased to introduce our bi-monthly VOLUNTEER DAY!!!!!!! You can help us with mass mailings, cutting flyers, phone banking, and organizing events.
Questions???
Email [email protected] or call 561.472.9970
Date
April 26 – 1 pm – 3 pm
Location
2300 North Florida Mango Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Commissioner Santamaria to Host Next Community Forum April 18
County Commissioner Jess Santamaria will host his next monthly community forum on Wednesday, April 18, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the center court of the original Wellington Mall.
Invited speakers include newly elected mayors and council members from the western communities and recently appointed Palm Beach County State Attorney Peter Antonacci. An update on the Office of Inspector General is also slated.
The original Wellington Mall is located at the southeast corner of Forest Hill Blvd. and Wellington Trace. Refreshments will be served.
Who: Commissioner Jess Santamaria
What: Community Forum
Where: original Wellington Mall, 12974 Forest Hill Blvd.
(southeast corner of Forest Hill Blvd. and Wellington Trace)
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7-9 p.m.
2012 Heroes in Medicine Awards: Tickets Now On Sale
West Palm Beach – Palm Beach County Medical Society Services is pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the 9th Heroes in Medicine Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 9th at the Kravis Center Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach. The event will include a reception, awards ceremony, silent auction, and entertainment.
The prestigious Heroes in Medicine Awards honor individuals, organizations, and businesses throughout Palm Beach County that use their skills and resources in the field of health care to provide outstanding services for the people of our local, national, and global communities. In addition to properly recognizing our Heroes in Medicine, this initiative serves to encourage and stimulate future heroes by promoting a commitment to community service.
Heroes are recognized in six categories: Community Outreach Heroes, Health Care Provider Heroes, Physician Local/National Heroes, Physician International Heroes, Bruce Rendina Professional Heroes, and Student Heroes.
Proceeds from this event benefit Project Access, providing health care for low income, uninsured residents of Palm Beach County. The program is administered by the Palm Beach County Medical Society Services, Inc., a 501(c) 3 corporation.
We appreciate the support of Presenting Benefactor Rendina Companies.
This event is open to the public. Tickets are $90 each, or $1,500 for a table sponsorship for 10. To learn more about Heroes in Medicine, purchase tickets, and meet our 2012 Heroes, visit www.pbcms.org/heroes or call 561-433-3940.
About Project Access and Palm Beach County Medical Society Services:
Project Access is a physician led system of volunteer physician care, hospital care, diagnostic services, and medication assistance for the low-income uninsured residents of Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County Medical Society Services provides and coordinates continuing medical education for physicians and allied health professionals; informs and educates the public on health care issues; improves patients’ access to health care; collects and studies information on the health care delivery system; and recognizes groups and individuals who strive to improve the quality of health care in Palm Beach County. For more information, call 561-433-3940 or visit www.pbcms.org.
JEWISH RIGHT START OF THE PALM BEACHES HELPS MAKE A JEWISH EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. – April 16, 2012 – Jewish Right Start of the Palm Beaches, a one-time incentive for Jewish families, makes preschool and daycare more available to Jewish parents with tuition credits that can substantially offset the cost of a Jewish early childhood education. Assistance is available on a first-come, first-served basis for children who attend between three and five days per week, ranging from $400 to $1,000.
Jewish Right Start provides a first step to Jewish education, engaging children in a program that teaches Jewish values, concepts and traditions.
“The initiative is a win-win for all involved – from the synagogues to our local families and the children,” said Sandy Wilensky, preschool director at Temple Beth Torah. “I am so happy to be part of a program that provides an impetus for parental decision-making so that more children can get their foot in the door and benefit from acquiring a solid Jewish foundation early-on.”
“Jewish Right Start was a wonderful opportunity that allowed us to welcome local families to Temple Beth Am’s preschool,” said Paula Deakter, preschool director. “We are looking forward to further engaging them in Jewish life.”
Children must be at least 2 years old, be enrolling in a Jewish preschool program for the first time, and the first child in a family to attend a Jewish preschool. Additionally, the family must reside in the greater Palm Beaches.
Jewish Right Start of the Palm Beaches is a Federation program implemented in cooperation with the Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches. Contact Friedman Commission for Jewish Education Director of Jewish Family Life Amy Bergman at (561) 209-2608 or [email protected] for more information.
The Lorraine & Jack N. Friedman Commission for Jewish Education of the Palm Beaches is the central agency for Jewish education in central and northern Palm Beach County , serving synagogues, Jewish schools, agencies, organizations and individuals. The CJE coordinates existing educational programs, develops new programs and resources, addresses unmet needs and provides for effective, efficient delivery of Jewish educational services in the local community.
The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County serves residents from Boynton Beach to Jupiter and west to Wellington as the central Jewish community-building organization of the greater Palm Beaches. Federation strengthens Jewish identity, energizes the community’s relationship with Israel , and meets the human needs of the Jewish community in Palm Beach County , Israel and 70 countries around the world.
The Playgroup presents Shortcuts 2
By Danny Smith
The Playgroup llc, kicks off its second year with SHORTCUTS 2, a program of nine short plays by local playwrights. There will be two performances at the Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth, Saturday May 5th at 8pm and Sunday May 6th at 3pm. The show will be reprised at The Empire Stage, 1140 North Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Saturday June 2nd, at 8pm and Sunday June 3rd at 3pm.
Selected plays include works by veteran playwrights Ellen Greenwald, Marj O’Neill Butler, Todd Caster and William Shuman. The show also features the 2011 winner of the Writer’s Network Playwriting competition, Don Scheer, whose play, THE DIAGNOSIS, involves a man who chooses love over life saving surgery.
The cast includes Playgroup regulars Ellen Wacher, Sara Lee, Vinny Mutarelli and Ben Stern, along with some new faces, such as David Ehrlich and Don Grimme. Directing the plays are local residents Joyce Sweeney, Brian Reeves, Irene Kessler, Jodi Turchin and Teresa Biber.
Tickets for the Lake Worth Performances are $15 and may be purchased online at www.lakeworthplayhouse.org or by phone at 561-586-6169 or at the door. Tickets for the Fort Lauderdale performances are $15 and may be purchased at the door.
Contact: Joyce Sweeney 954-592-0226 [email protected]
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Joyce Sweeney is the author of fourteen novels for young adults and one book of poetry. Her first novel, Center Line won the First Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding Young Adult Novel. Many of her books appear on the American Library Association’s Best Books List and Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers. Her novel Shadow won the Nevada State Reading Award in 1997. Her novel Players was chosen by Booklist as a Top Ten Sports Book and by Working Mother magazine as a Top Ten for Tweens. Her novel, Headlock (Holt 2006), won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Florida Book Awards and was chosen by the American Library Association as a Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.
Her first chapbook of poems, Impermanence, was published in 2008 by Finishing Line Press. She has had numerous short stories, articles and interviews published and her play, FIRST PAGE CRITIQUES was produced in 2011.
Joyce is also a writing teacher and mentor to aspiring authors both
locally and nationwide. She runs three ongoing writer’s workshops in the Fort Lauderdale area, critiques manuscripts for authors everywhere and conducts classes and seminars throughout the state of Florida. So far, 33 of her students and clients have gone on to publication.
In 2011, Joyce and a coalition of local playwrights, directors and actors formed The Playgroup llc, which produces staged readings of original works by local playwrights. The Playgroup currently presents two productions a year; one program of short plays and one full length play.
Joyce lives in Coral Springs with her husband, Jay and cat, Nitro.
I had the opportunity to interview Joyce Sweeney.
Danny: You are a writer and writing coach. For SHORTCUTS, you are a director. Have you had much experience directing plays prior to SHORTCUTS?
Joyce: I loved directing all the way back to high school and never got much of a chance as an adult. So I am having a great time working with The Playgroup and producing and directing plays. The Playgroup has been in existence for two years. Last year, we did Shortcuts which was a program of short plays by local playwrights, just like we’re doing now in Lake Worth. I directed three of the plays in that show. I’ve also directed two full length plays for The Playgroup, Todd Caster’s Broken Angels last fall and Death Upon A Midnight Dreary by Peter Hawkins, which is about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. I love directing because I get to work with so many talented and creative people and I love to collaborate after years of writing all by myself!
Danny: How can Florida playwrights submit a script to The Playgroup for production consideration?
Joyce: Each fall, I send out a call for ten minute plays. We need blind copies so that the judges don’t know who wrote the plays, so name and contact info need to go on a separate sheet. I collect the plays for a month, select three judges and the games begin! For this show, twenty-four plays were submitted and only nine selected so the competition is tough. My email address is [email protected] – if anyone is interested in sending me their ten-minute plays to consider. Another way to get a play in the show is to enter the Writer’s Network spring writing contest with a ten minute play. The winner of their contest is automatically included in Shortcuts…this year it’s Don Scheer’s The Diagnosis.
Danny: Please feel free to add anything else.
Joyce: We’re very proud of Shortcuts 2. We received 24 submissions for this show and had a panel of three judges pick the final nine. We have amazing drama, such as Ellen Greenwald’s The Neighbor Next Door, we have laugh out loud comedy, such as Jon Frangipane’s The Marriage of the Spider and the Fly, and we have everything in between. I’ve seen some of the plays in rehearsals and it’s going to be a great show. We’re also planning to do a play by Peter Hawkins in the fall called Joseph Andrews, based on Henry Fielding’s novel by the same name. Other facts you might want to know: The Playgroup is a non-profit limited liability corporation, tickets are $15 for both performances and can be ordered online at www.lakeworthplayhouse.org.
Marj O’Neill Butler, a member of the Dramatists Guild and the International Center for Women Playwrights, is a produced playwright of TRUE BLUE at The Women’s Theatre Project, eight Theatre for Children scripts, the short plays WHAT IF? and MISSED CONNECTIONS and a reader’s theatre script THE WOMEN OF THE BEAT GENERATION. A proud member of Equity and SAG-AFTRA, she has worked as a professional actor and director for over 30 years. Visit her online at www.marjorieoneill-butler.com.
I also had the opportunity to interview Marj O’Neill Butler:
Danny: Which of your plays will be performed for SHORTCUTS 2?
Marj: MISSED CONNECTIONS.
Danny: Is this the first time this play will be performed live and/or with this group?
Marj: This play has been very successful for me. It has had six productions and two readings including the one for SHORTCUTS 2. This is the first time I have submitted a play to The Playgroup.
Danny: Do you know when your next play is going to be produced?
Marj: No. But I’m always looking for opportunities. I’m currently working on a full-length play, a screenplay and a short play.
Danny: Have you taken any professional playwriting classes?
Marj: Yes, I was invited to participate in the Kennedy Center’s Playwriting Intensive Program for 2 years, Miami-Dade County’s Downstage Miami (AKA Playwright Development Program) for 3 years and the Hippodrome Theatre Playwrights Program.
Danny: Please feel free to add anything else.
Marj: I’m delighted to be included in SHORTCUTS 2.
Danny Smith is a member of the Journalism and Literary Class “Lit Mag” at Wellington High School where he is a junior. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta the national math honor society. He has diverse interests, including being a cartoonist and an experienced guitarist.
The Plaza Theatre To Honor The Caldwell Theatre
Tickets for Upcoming Shows
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL. – The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan, Florida would like to invite ticketholders of the cancelled Our Lady of Allapattah show, which was to run at The Caldwell Theatre from April 15 to May 20, 2012, to redeem their tickets at the Plaza’s upcoming show Music! Music! Music!
Directed by Kevin Black, Music! Music! Music!, will feature hits like Mr. Sandman, How Much Is That A Doggie In The Window, Mambo Italiano, Glowworm, Unforgettable, Sing Sing Sing, April Love, Fever, Music, Music, Music, and many more. Performers Melissa Jacobson, John Lariviere, and Jon Zimmerman, will take you back to the good ‘ole days to relive golden memories to some of the greatest music of all time.
The show will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with Friday and Saturday shows beginning nightly at 7:30 p.m. from April 13-29. Matinee performances are available at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
For guests who cannot make Music! Music! Music!, The Plaza Theatre will also honor the tickets for I Am Music – The Songs of Barry Manilow from May 10-27, 2012 or Don’t Rain On Our Parade – A Tribute To Barbara Streisand, Bette Midler, and Carole King from June 7-17, 2012. For more information, or to exchange your tickets, please call (561) 588-1820 or visit www.theplazatheatre.net.
ABOUT THE PLAZA THEATRE:
The Plaza Theatre, a not-for-profit 250-seat theatre, is home to a variety of light-hearted shows, with an occasional gripping drama, that will please every show-goer. Opened in early 2012 by Alan Jacobson, a Palm Beach Gardens resident who ran the Florida Jewish Theatre for five seasons in the 1990s and then became an independent producer of cabaret shows, musical revues and comedies such as If You Ever Leave Me … I’m Going With You and Down the Garden Path, which played at the Royal Poinciana Playhouse, The Plaza Theatre promises lower-than-average ticket prices and plans to bring entertainment to all. For more information, please call (561) 588-1820 or visit theplazatheatre.net.
YWCA’s Tea and Roses
The YWCA of Palm Beach County will celebrate 95 years of service to the community by hosting “Tea and Roses” to be held Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 2:30 p.m., at the Chesterfield Hotel, 363 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach.
Upon arrival, guests will enjoy a Champagne reception followed by a Chinese auction and a classic afternoon tea with entertainment.
“We are so excited to part of this lovely event,” said Co-Chairwoman Margaret Pearson, speaking on behalf of the other Chairs, Paula Wittmann and Joan Yanow. “The YWCA does so much to assist the women and children of the community; it’s important that we support them,” she added.
To further commemorate its 95th anniversary, the YWCA has commissioned Boehm Porcelain to handcraft a special porcelain rose in persimmon orange, the signature color of the YWCA. The rose, created in two sizes, will be available for sale at the event.
Proceeds from the tea will support the programs of the YWCA including the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House, a shelter for abused women and their children; two Child Development Centers; transitional housing for women; Y-Girls, a leadership and mentoring program for girls ages 8-13; and a racial justice initiative.
Tickets are $75. For more information or to make your reservation, please contact the YWCA, 561-640-0050, ext. 134.
Family Promise National Founder Honors Local Chapter
West Palm Beach, FL — National Founder and President of Family Promise, Karen Olson honored local founders and major donors
of Family Promise of North/Central Palm Beach County at a breakfast recently, held at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church, West Palm Beach.
Family Promise is a national network of 167 interfaith affiliates, representing 5,000 congregations of all faiths and 135,000 volunteers working on behalf of families in transition. More than 150,000 individuals are served nationally. Olson addressed the challenges ahead for the organization, and the need for a collective commitment to the Family Promise name.
“Today, as I stand here, looking at each one of you,” said Olson, “I am in awe of what has already been accomplished. It is no wonder that I have faith we can move mountains.”
She graciously recognized local founders Kathy Perry, Greg Rydman, Marsha Perkins, Kim Ciklin, The Reverend James Cook and Reverend Brette Sanford, and major donors including Mae Cathey, in memory of her husband Frank Wolf Cathey; and Tracy Lowrey Lenehan, in memory of her mother, Marianne B. Lowrey.
Locally, Family Promise North/Central Palm Beach County serves this community’s homeless children and their families. According to Family Promise executive director, Rhonda Clinton, families now make up 40 percent of Palm Beach County’s homeless population, and that there are more than 2,000 reported homeless children in the Palm Beach County School District.
“On any given night,” continued Clinton, “nearly 2,000 homeless children in Palm Beach County may have nowhere to sleep. Other programs in our community are not able to meet the increasing demand for services. Many of these families are sleeping in local parks or living in their cars. People come to Family Promise because there is nowhere else to go. Family Promise is closing the door to homelessness and opening the door for families.”
The agency takes referrals from local social service agencies to help families secure housing, employment and other services they may require. On a rotating basis, a unique network of interfaith congregations provide overnight lodging, meals and fellowship for three to five families from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. A network van then transports families to the Family Promise Day Center – which offers a mailing address for its families and a homelike atmosphere where they can conduct their employment and housing searches and care for their pre-school aged children. School aged children are transported to Palm Beach County schools from the Day Center.
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s 10th Anniversary
Costume Retrospective Exhibit
Be dazzled by the amazing costume collections from 35 award-winning shows with a family-friendly exhibit at the Grand Court in The Gardens Mall!
Free and open to the public during regular mall hours:
Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
The exhibit is made possible through a partnership with Costume World,
whose collections include The Broadway Collection,
a 30,000-square-foot exhibition in Pompano Beach.
The Gardens Mall
3101 PGA Boulevard , Palm Beach Gardens , 33410
For more information, visit www.jupitertheatre.org.
April 16 – April 29 – The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Season Celebration: Costume Retrospective Exhibit at The Gardens Mall
6 p.m., May 4 – PNC Kids Korner Series presents Henry and Mudge
7:30 p.m., May 18 & 19 – Student production of Pippin
Baron Siamanto Levon Fashion Show – April 15th at Players Club
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