The Women of the Western Communities invites you to attend its January meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 6:30 p.m., at Madison Green Golf Club, 2001 Crestwood Boulevard North, Royal Palm Beach.
The meeting includes dinner and a self-defense demonstration by Geno of nCognito Fitness.
To make a reservation or for more information, please contact Mair Armand at mair@wwc-fl.com or 561-635-0011.
Waleska Sanchez, owner of LadyBugs of Wellington, tells us about her boutique style consignment shop, which opened in 2011. Visit LadyBugsofWellington.com for more information.
Is it the 24th of December and you forgot to get gifts? And your recipients live up north? You are in so much trouble. When you order the wine online, I suggest that you send it to yourself. And drink it. The gift may cost you 20 bucks, but the delivery will be 100 bucks in this economy. So here I am in Florida; the idea of Xmas and New Year’s seems to have eluded me. Chocolates, you think? If you assume that you can ship them out of state at a reasonable rate, then you are either out of your mind or very wealthy. The online solution was not the best idea that I ever came up with. You’ll get a popup on the website that says, “I don’t think so, loser.” Do I have a solution for you? Well, yes. But you’ll have to read to the end of my whine.
There are a few popular websites that really deliver precious goods. The flower website. You know the one. This week for delivery was blacked out on the calendar. What about buying a gift yourself and going to a post office? Forget it. Unless someone left you a huge inheritance, the shipping is exorbitant.
Chocolates-are they fresh? Then you can forget that option. Toys? That was a good one. It seems that the best stuff was sold out two weeks ago. But, you know, I live in my own world. When it comes to my life, I really put the pro in procrastinator. (I stole that line from a t-shirt.)
And then the light dawned on me. Why would I call the 800 number? Find out where the local branch in the neighborhood is. Dial the local number in the recipient’s neighborhood and see if they will deliver it on the 24th at a standard fee. And they probably will. Problem solved! Will the gift be perfect? Listen, I can’t solve all of your problems. Remember, it’s the thought that counts.
Lynda Saltz is a freelance writer and former Managing Editor of The Newbury Street and Back Bay Guide in Boston and writes for newspapers in the Boston area when she is not buying gifts for her family and friends at the last minute.
Your kids may not stay up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, but they can ring in the New Year at Story Time at Scott’s Place in Wellington! Beginning at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 7th, children of all ages will be delighted with stories and free giveaways about New Year’s Day. A leader from the Little Blessings Ministry at the First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach will serve as the guest reader.
Story Time takes place at Scott’s Place barrier free playground located at 12190 Forest Hill Boulevard on the first Saturday of every month through May 2012. Participants are encouraged to enjoy the playground before and after the event. The park is designed with large play structures and ramps ensuring children and parents of all physical abilities can play together.
The following Story Time dates and themes are scheduled:
Date Theme
January 7th New Year’s Day
February 4th Valentine’s Day
March 3rd St. Patrick’s Day
April 7th Earth Day
May 5th Animal Mommies and Babies
After Story Time, families can also visit Wellington’s Green Market just a short walk away at the Wellington Amphitheater. The Green Market takes place every Saturday from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm and features fresh local produce, baked goods, flowers, housewares and collectibles.
About the Little Blessings Ministry: Little Blessings is a play group for parents, grandparents and their toddlers and preschoolers. The group uses parachutes, bubbles, musical instruments, stories and more to encourage imagination and creativity. For more information, call (561) 793-2475 or visit www.fbcrpb.com.
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch Channel 18 for the latest happenings.
Highly anticipated Flavors 2012 to attract over 1000 attendees
Wellington Chamber announces Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC as Presenting Sponsor and Host Venue
On Friday, April 13th, at the elite Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, Wellington’s finest dining establishments will offer up their most tasty samplings. This ninth year tasting event is honored as the Wellington Chamber of Commerce’s “Signature Event” and will take place from 6:30-9:30 PM. This event will be presented by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC.
FLAVORS of Wellington brings together the best of the best Wellington Chamber Restaurants/Catering Venues/Wholesale and Gourmet Markets as well as Country Clubs who showcase their businesses, products, menus and exceptional service staff. Each vendor is asked to serve up their most tasty “signature items” and compete in categories such as Best Taste”, Best Plate Presentation”, “Best Display” and “Best Dessert”! Our guests will see anything from tiffany blue chocolate fountains, to sushi boats, gourmet appetizers, dinner samplings, wine tastings …just about anything our vendors can dream up!
Host venue and Presenting Sponsor 2012 is Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC. Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC (ESP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wellington Equestrian Partners, a group of individuals dedicated to creating excellence in horse sports that they achieved in their businesses.
WEP created ESP to bring together from around the world the best and most experienced individuals in managing horse shows, producing spectacular equestrian events and providing the highest levels of facilities and services to fulfill WEPs’ goal of building in Wellington, Florida the top equestrian showcase on Earth.
The WEP Partnership includes some of America’s most prominent equestrian families who are committed to provide a home in Wellington for the equestrian community and to assure harmony between equestrian and non-equestrian interests in and around the horse show grounds named thePalm Beach International Equestrian Center.
“As third year host venue and Presenting Sponsor I am once again delighted to announce our association and contribution to this event. Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC believes in Wellington and in the success of our restaurants, country clubs and catering venues. We anticipate the most successful year to date and are honored to present this event to Wellington and beyond”, said ESP President Michael Stone and Chamber President 2011.
This event could hot happen each year without the participation of our sponsors, local eateries and we are so grateful to each of them for joining us each year! Additional Celebrity judges to be announced as they are confirmed but we do promise exciting judges this year!
Best of all attendees enjoy an evening of dining and dancing to Music Masters International 20- Piece Stage Band – we literally receive calls 5 months in advance each year with people hoping to see the Music Masters International Band. Their unique music makes this event unlike any other! However, this year we will be overlooking the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Arena with equestrian events going on in the ring. This event could not be more unique to Wellington.
“This is our biggest social event of the season and we are proud to boast this will be our ninth year hosting this event”, says Chamber Executive Director Michela Perillo-Green. “Each year this event gets bigger and better well attended, with the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center as our hosting venue this year will no doubt exceed all our expectations.”
Sponsorship opportunities are now open! Tickets prices are as follows; Pre-event $ 25.00 and $ 30.00 at the door. VIP Reserved Tables begin at $ 300.00. Please contact the Wellington Chamber of Commerce at 561-792-6525 for further information.
In memory of the 300,000 who died in the Earthquake
Saturday, January 14, 2012 (Rain or Shine)
7:00 AM- 12:00 PMLake Worth Florida
The Haitian American Tree Trust (HATT) will be sponsoring its First Annual Walkathon in memory of the 300,000 who died in the 7.0 Haitian Earthquake.5000 participants will march from Lake Worth City Hall to the Beach.The Walk is expected to raise the funds that will enable the planting of 300,000 Fruit Trees throughout Haiti, one for each person who died.This is part of a major reforesting effort in Haiti.
The Walkathon will take place on Saturday, January 14, 2012.Registration begins at 824 Lake Avenue at 7:00 AM.Sponsorship fees are $10 for a walker who will receive entry and a Tee Shirt, and $20 for a Tee Shirt with sponsor’s company logo on the back.Sponsors should make checks payable to HATT Foundation, 824 Lake Avenue, Suite A, Lake Worth FL 33460.All donations are tax deductible.
In addition to the reforesting of Haiti, the funds HATT raises will provide clean water to the citizens of Haiti.This will be done by building sustainable ponds throughout the nine departments in Haiti. The hope is to completely eliminate the dread disease of Cholera and provide all families with clean water. These ponds will feed into many cities and villages around the departments.
For additional information contact HATT (Haitian American Tree Trust) – 855-968-4288, 561-598-3864 or go to website: www.HaitianAmericanTreeTrust.org.HATT is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all contributions are tax-deductible.
Hometown Holiday Toy Drive a Success in Wellington
Wellington wants to thank its residents for stepping up to the plate and donating hundreds of toys to its 3rd Annual Hometown Holiday Toy Drive! With special thanks to Walgreens, the Mall at Wellington Green, the NFL Alumni South Florida Chapter, Fabian Realty, local places of worship, the Boys and Girls Club, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Palms West Chamber of Commerce, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, children in Wellington and the surrounding communities will get to experience the happy holiday season they deserve.
Today, Wellington Mayor Darell Bowen and Councilwoman Anne Gerwig joined the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue in handing out toys to children at Palms West Hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Wellington is also distributing toys to local families over the course of the next two days.
Wellington wants to thank all of its residents and community partners who are truly making a difference in the community!
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch Channel 18 for the latest happenings.
Smackdown in Boca!Caldwell Theatre Company Takes It To The Mat With The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
In what will surely be thought of as one of the most unique theatrical experiences in recent South Florida history, Caldwell Theatre Company presents Kristoffer Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize finalist play, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity.Diving headfirst into the world of professional wrestling, but diving even deeper into the larger world of geopolitics, …Chad Deity is that rare piece of theater that overwhelmingly entertains while intellectually stimulates.
“Without question this was the one show I simply had to have in my season this year,” stated Clive Cholerton, Artistic Director of Caldwell Theatre Company and director of…Chad Deity. “In the same way that we embraced groundbreaking material with Vices: A Love Story and Clybourne Park, …Chad Deity proclaims its originality from the outset. ”
Casting for the production is a combination of returning Caldwell Theatre Company alumni along with extraordinarily talented newcomers.Brandon Morris, most recently seen with Caldwell Theatre Company in The Whipping Man, is cast as Macedonio Guerra (Mace) the story’s narrator.Donte Bonner, makes his Caldwell Theatre Company debut as the titular character Chad Deity, after having played the character in the Philadelphia production.This will mark Gregg Weiner’s third production with Caldwell (Clybourne Park, Six Years) as he will be inhabiting the role of Everett K Olson (EKO), wrestling promoter extraordinaire.Finally, Adam Bashian will make his initial leap onto the Caldwell Theatre Company stage as Vigneshwar Paduar (VP), the Indian-American entrepreneur turned wrestler.
Known for versatility and attention to detail, the Caldwell Theatre Company design team will certainly be put to the test bringing the wrestling world to the stage.Tim Bennett will handle the scenic design, Thomas M. Shorrock will create the lighting and sound extravaganza, Alberto Arroyo will provide costume design, and Sean Lawson will project the video design.
Read what the critics have said about The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity:
“…tailor-made for people who find contemporary drama dull, staid and more or less irrelevant.”-LA Times
“…has the delicious crackle and pop of a galloping, honest-to-God, all-American satire.”–NY Times
“…I was hooked from the word go… big, brash, outrageous, brilliantly written, astonishingly realized, altogether electric.”–Chicago Sun Times
Awards:
2008 Latino Playwriting Award
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Media Contact:
Clive Cholerton, Artistic Director of Caldwell Theatre Company
Group pricing of $25 for all performances are available. Groups must consist of at least 15. Groups receive one comp for every 20 tickets purchased. Contact Group Sales at (561) 995-2333 or groupsales@caldwelltheatre.com.
About Caldwell Theatre Company:
Caldwell Theatre Company is the longest running regional theater in South Florida. The 2011-2012 Mainstage Season celebrates our 37th Season. The theater has 333 seats with no obstructions and no seat is over 60 feet from the stage. You’ll feel as if you’re watching aperformance from your living room. Accessible seating is available upon request. All donations are 100% tax deductable. Caldwell Theatre Company is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organizatio
The 8thAnnual Palm Beach Poetry Festival Set for January 16-21, 2012
By Danny Smith
The festival takes place at the Old School Square Cultural Arts Centerlocated at 51 N. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444 and features six days of reading events, craft lectures, and poetry workshops. Some of the most extraordinary and engaging poets in America will be participating. This event is located in the heart of Delray Beach, Florida.
The special guest reader for the gala evening this year is Charles Wright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Other notable poets attending the festival this year include: Kim Addonizio, Cornelius Eady, Claudia Emerson, Vanessa Hidary, David Kirby, Thomas Lux, Jamaal May, Gregory Orr, Chase Twichell andEleanor Wilner. Poets Hidary and May will be featured at the annual Coffee House Performance event, which is a celebration that takes place the last night of the festival.
General Admission ticket prices per event are $12/adult, $10/senior and $8/student. Special student group rates are available. For more information, visit: http://www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/, or call 561-243-7922.
HIDARY / MAY – COFFEE HOUSE POETRY & DJ DANCE PARTY
Saturday
01-21-2012
9:00 PM
THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST
Part of this festival features submitted original poems from high school students across the county.
Each year, the contest offers a unique opportunity for high school students to be recognized and participate in the annual festival. Students learn from taking their work out of the classroom or notebook and sending it out into the world.
THE FESTIVAL GALA
Meet and greet the featured poets, workshop participants from all over the country, sponsors and supporters of the festival, staff, media representatives and community leaders. Enjoy cocktails, dinner and music, as your participation supports a growing community of poets and poetry lovers. This is a one of a kind event and is followed by the Festival’s Evening Reading.
The Gala will take place Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 5:00-8:00 pm at Old School Square in the Vintage Gymnasium Building, 51 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL, before the evening reading with Special Guest Poet, Charles Wright.
Inner Circle (Groups of 8 or 10) Reserved Table of 8 $1,200 Reserved Table of 10 $1,500
I had the opportunity to interview one of the featured PBPF poets Thomas Lux.
Poet Thomas Lux at the 2011 PB Poetry Festival. Photo: Dr. Blaise Allen.
Thomas Lux ‘s latest collection is God Particles (Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Other books include The Cradle Place; The Street of Clocks; New and Selected Poems: 1975-1995, a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; The Blind Swimmer: Selected Early Poems: 1970-1975; and Split Horizon, winner of the Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award. His distinguished teaching career includes twenty-seven years on the writing faculty and as Director of the MFA Program in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence. He has taught at Emerson College, Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers, and other universities. A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry and recipient of three NEA grants and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Lux holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry and directs the McEver Visiting Writers Program at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
♦ Q: What advice would you give to a poet trying to get published now?
♦ Q: What do you enjoy more: writing or teaching writing?
A: I enjoy teaching a great deal. I hate writing, particularly early drafts: they’re terrible. I do like the middle drafts (I’d say 15-20 would be average) because that’s when I usually make discoveries, if they are any to be made. The last few drafts are just combing hairs into place.
♦ Q: Which work did you most enjoy writing?
A: I suppose the poems about my daughter
♦ Q: What common, every day things give you inspiration for writing?
A: Countless poems can be made out of anything.
♦ Q: How would you say your writing has developed and changed over the years?
A: My work is less arbitrary, surreal (but I hope still highly imaginative) and I know my trade (craft) better now than I did early on.
♦ Q: What is the next work you are releasing?
A: I have two new books coming out in 2012; one a nonfiction book with pieces about cop stuff, fire eaters, hypnotists, weeping, a bridge in San Diego, taxidermy, a dairy farmer, etc. and a new book of poems called Child Made of Sand. The former from Marick Press, the latter from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
♦ Q: How can we preserve support of the arts (including poetry) while our country is shifting more towards focus on science and engineering to compete with other nations?
A: The arts, poetry, have survived for thousands of years–through war, and plagues, and come what may. Technology is a good thing, but poetry has survived since the cave people.
Thank you, Thomas Lux!
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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 wine online, I suggest that you send it to yourself. And drink it. The gift may cost you 20 bucks, but the delivery will be 100 bucks in this economy. So here I am in Florida; the idea of Xmas and New Year’s seems to have eluded me. Chocolates, you think? If you assume that you can ship them out of state at a reasonable rate, then you are either out of your mind or very wealthy. The online solution was not the best idea that I ever came up with. You’ll get a popup on the website that says, “I don’t think so, loser.” Do I have a solution for you? Well, yes. But you’ll have to read to the end of my whine.
