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October, 2011 – Hanley Center Foundation Family Festival

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CALENDAR LISTING

Hanley Center Foundation

Family Festival

November 12, 2011

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

 

WHO: An open invitation to alumni and the general community from the staff at the Hanley Center . 

 

WHAT: Celebrating 25 years of helping individuals and families affected by the disease of addiction, the Hanley Center is having a Family Festival on November 12th.  Catch-up with old friends, meet new ones and reconnect with Hanley staff present and past while enjoying a fun-filled festival for the whole family! The carnival-themed day will feature a bounce house, petting zoo, cotton candy, popcorn, games, snow cones, a picnic lunch and Happy Anniversary cake salute!  Guests can enjoy guided tours of the Hanley campus scheduled throughout the day. The event is free and open to the general public with advance reservations required.

 

WHEN:  November 12, 2011 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

 

WHERE: The Hanley Center (tented area at the main campus)

933 45th Street, West Palm Beach , Florida 33407

 

WHY: The Hanley Center has dedicated the past 25 years to helping individuals and families affected by the disease of addiction. Through treatment programs for patients and families, as well as prevention programs for parents, caregivers, teachers and children, the Center has helped countless individuals and their families in Florida and nationally.

 

HOW MUCH: Free with advance reservations required.

 

TO RSVP: Please visit http://www.hanleycenter.org/reunion

 

GENERAL INFO: For more information, contact Theresa Kewley at (561) 841-1212 or visit http://www.hanleycenter.org/reunion

 

October, 2011 – Arthritis Walk & Arff-ritis Dog Walk

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Arthritis Walk & Arff-ritis Dog Walk

Sign-Up Now for the Arthritis Walk & Arff-ritis Dog Walk

 

[Lake Worth] – The Arthritis Foundation is calling for people to take action against arthritis by participating in the 2011 Arthritis Walk & Arff-ritis Dog Walk.    The annual nationwide event kicks off in November, raising awareness for America’s leading cause of disability, while raising the necessary funds for research, health education and government advocacy to improve the lives of people with arthritis. Participants join friends and neighbors in support of the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to prevent, control and cure arthritis and its related diseases.

Tie up your walking shoes and join us at John Prince Park in Lake Worth, for the Arthritis Walk & Arff-ritis Dog Walk, taking place on Saturday, November 12, at 9:00 am, registration at 8:00 am.   To get involved or to form a team, visit 2011awlakeworth.kintera.org, or call 561-833-1133. 

Arthritis is much more widespread than imagined, affecting 50 million Americans, roughly one out of five adults, and approximately 300,000 children.  Here in Florida, arthritis affects 4 million people.

“The prevalence of arthritis in our nation is surging, and we cannot ignore it. Events like the Arthritis Walk help bring the community together to raise awareness and funds that are critical to the advancement of research, health education and government advocacy,” said John H. Klippel, M.D., president and CEO of the Arthritis Foundation.

The Arthritis Foundation’s Arthritis Walk offers a three-mile  or optional 1 mile walk route around beautiful Lake Osborne.  Statistics show that walking for 30 minutes regularly, can greatly reduce your risk for certain forms of arthritis. So sign up and join the Walk today.  

Serving as this year’s Honorary Co-chairs will be Dr. Gregory Martin, Orthopedic Surgeon (Preferred Orthopedics, Boynton Beach), Dr. Brett Hutton, Rheumatologist, and Dr. Marc Hirsh, Rheumatologist (Advanced Rheumatology Center, Delray Beach).  Serving as Jr. Honorees will be Marisa Salvador and Leeah Rath, both children who are living with arthritis. 

A special thanks goes to our local sponsors, who are supporting this event:  Massage Envy, Center for Bone & Joint Surgery, Comprehensive Pain Care of  S. Florida, JFK Foundation, Florida Crystals, Orthopedic Center of Palm Beach County, Genentech & Biogen Idec, Amgen, Walmart, Sam’s Club, & Janssen Biotech. 

About the Arthritis Foundation

Striking one in every five adults and 300,000 children, arthritis is the nation’s leading cause of disability. The Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) is committed to raising awareness and reducing the impact of this serious, painful and unacceptable disease, which can severely damage joints and rob people of living life to its fullest. The Foundation funds life-changing research that has restored mobility in patients for more than six decades; fights for health care policies that improve the lives of the millions who live with arthritis; and partners with families to provide empowering programs and information.

October, 2011 – Kravis Center Receives National Education Grant

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Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Receives National Education Grant  From The Broadway League

 

$5K Grant Will Enable 30 Students from

Santaluces High School to Attend National Touring Production of LES MISERABLES (May 16-26, 2012)

& Create and Perform Their Own Show

 

(West Palm Beach, FL – October 7, 2011)  For the second year in a row the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has been named a recipient of a National Education Grant from The Broadway League, the national trade association for the Broadway industry.

 

These grants support innovative programs that enable students from coast to coast to experience touring Broadway productions as a form of artistic expression and as an educational tool.

 

The 2011 National Education Grants program bestows $5,000 to 10 presenters of touring Broadway shows across the U.S. for the development or support of education programs associated with touring productions.

 

Next spring’s Kravis On Broadway presentation of the 25th anniversary production of the legendary musical LES MISÉRABLES (May 16-26, 2012) will be the focal point of this National Education Grant.

 

Under the instruction of the Drama and Music Directors at  Santaluces High School in Lantana – and with the support of Broadway veterans Jacqueline Bayne Gillman (South Pacific, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ragtime) and Jason Gillman (Legally Blonde The Musical, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie) – 30 musical theatre students will create and produce an original musical theatre showcase exploring the themes of poverty and oppression in LES MISÉRABLES.

 

The two talented Gillmans will work with the students from the end of March through late May as they create and rehearse Lift Up Your Voice, culminating in performances before fellow students, family and friends at both Santaluces High School and the Kravis Center.

 

Midway through the rehearsal process, the participating students will enjoy a live performance of LES MISÉRABLES at the Kravis Center, followed by a post-performance discussion with members of the touring cast. This will enable the students to draw inspiration from the professional production and deepen their insights when performing their original production of Lift Up Your Voice.

 

LES MISÉRABLES will be presented at the Kravis Center for eight performances in May. The other touring shows in the current Kravis On Broadway series include THE ADDAMS FAMILY (November 8-13), HAIR (January 10-15), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES starring George Hamilton (February 14-19) and COME FLY AWAY (March 13-18). Subscription tickets to this series are available by calling (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471.  Individual tickets for LES MISÉRABLES go on sale to the public on December 17.

 

In addition to the Kravis Center, other recipients of The Broadway League’s prestigious National Education Grant in 2011 are the Fox Theatre in Atlanta; the Hippodrome Foundation in Baltimore; Civic Center of Greater Des Moines; the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts in East Lansing, Michigan; the Peace Center Foundation in Greenville, South Carolina; the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis; the Tennessee Perfrming Arts Center in Nashville, the Starz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa and the Palace Theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut. 

 

About The Broadway League’s National Education Grants:

Since it was founded in 1996, The Broadway League’s National Education Grants program has awarded $750,000 in grants to support the education efforts of Broadway presenting organizations. The League administers this program with generous additional financial support from Theatre Development Fund.

 

During the past year, theatre education professionals at organizations that present touring Broadway productions have worked closely with local teachers and community organizations to create activities that engage young people with theatre and enhance their academic experiences.

 

“We salute our member organizations’ dedication to teaching impressionable young minds tolerance, literacy, peace, tradition, cultural identity, and more via the performing arts,” commented Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League. “Stories told through the pinnacle of plays and musicals not only educate students about the world at large, but exposure to live theatre creates a lifelong habit of theatre-going.”

 

In addition to the National Education Grants program, The Broadway League also administers similar grants for education programs affiliated with Broadway productions in New York City each year.

 

Founded in 1930, The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry.  The League’s 600-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in over 240 North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry.  Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and on tour across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, please vist www.broadwayleague.com.

 

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

Now Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community, 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 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 www.kravis.org.

 

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October, 2011 – Downtown Lake Worth Costume Contest

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Lake Worth Downtown Cultural Alliance presents

Halloween-Downtown Lake Worth

Friday Night Adult Costume Contests

Brogue’s Down Under/Fiorentina’s/Hookah House

The Cottage/South shore Tavern

Friday October 28 from 8PM to Midnight

 

Halloween in downtown Lake Worth will be a two day Party of Family, Fantasy, Fright and Fun.  The entire town will participate with candy, contests, concerts and costumes.  Events will take place on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29.  All events are free to the public. 

Friday evening, the 3rd Friday Evening on the Avenue of the month, will be packed with costumed revelers going from restaurant to restaurant scoping out the best adult costume contests and the biggest prizes.   The listed times are when prizes will be awarded.  Each of the venues will be partying all night and invite you to come and go, or come and stay all evening.

If you put off getting your costume, stop first at Theatrics, 705 Lake Avenue, for some seriously Funky Stuff.  Give yourself plenty of time to deck yourself out before starting off on your costume rounds.  Proprietor Angel Wrona will fulfill your most outrageous costumed fantasy. Fully clad for the event, begin your Halloween trek and prize quest through the streets of Lake Worth.

The Grown-up fun starts at Brogue’s Down Under & Aussie Boomerang Bar, 621 Lake Avenue, at 8:00 PM, the first adult costume contest of the evening.  A handsome pub filled with tapestry-covered seats at the booths, lively front and back bars, TVs, lots of dark woods, fieldstone, and high ceilings, it is the ideal setting for an eerie Halloween party.  Between nibbles of their fine food, the pool table, darts, sports on the screens, rousing music, ice cold beer on tap and by the bottle, is the fun atmosphere needed for any downtown Lake Worth holiday fun.

Off to Fiorentina’s, 707 Lake Avenue, at 9:00 PM for your second try at winning a prize for the best Halloween Costume of the evening.  A wonderful restaurant in downtown Lake Worth, the food is excellent, not run of the mill, Italian. Atmosphere is modern yet cozy, intimate yet jovial. They are gearing up for a special Halloween evening and looking forward to judging wild and original costumes.  (Prizes?)

The Hookah House, 802 Lake Avenue, is your next stop at 9:30 PM as you wend your way through Lake Worth’s adult Trick or Treat evening of costume contests, fine food and drink.  This is a great place for people that like to relax and smoke hookah. It’s a real hookah house with music and games for you to play.  The inside looks like a modern version of a Genie Bottle it’s very cozy with lots of pillows, an ideal stop for a Halloween illusionary experience.

        Igot’s Martiki Bar, 702 Lake Avenue, jumps into the Halloween Costume action at 10:00 PM. An upscale bar, it has big open windows throughout and a surf town theme. The drinks are generous, the prices are not too bad and easily one of the cheapest places to have some drinks in downtown Lake Worth. They have live bands on Friday and Saturday nights. Halloween. Igot’s is awarding $100 for the most original costume and $100 for the sexiest.

 

Havana Hideout, 509 Lake Avenue, ? 10:30?

Time to leave Lake Avenue and head over to Lucerne for The Cottage, 522 Lucerne for some serious partying and dancing.  Make sure your costume is up to the task. Costume contest will be at 11:00 PM. The Cottage is a fabulous outside place to gather in Lake Worth. especially for light fare and drinks. The outdoors setting is perfect for a Halloween Party and celebration.   (Prizes?)

South Shores Tavern, 502 Lucerne Avenue,  is a local’s bar with a very talented chef.   The delicious meal will bring you back for more. They will be holding their Costume Contest at Midnight  with 3 prizes  ( in South Shores gift certificates) Grand Prize Best Costume $100.00 Second Place $50.00 and Third Place $25.00.   Band -Black Finger 8p-Midnight and Karaoke with Voo Doo Dave inside the tavern 9 PM-1AM.  Complimentary Trick or Treat Shots for everyone in costume.  No Cover Charge 

The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.  The DCA is working the Lake Worth CRA and LULA, the City of Lake Worth and the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce to coordinate Evenings on the Avenue, the Second Saturday Sidewalk Sales, all Holiday Events and special events.

 

For additional information contact DCA:   Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272   or Joyce Brown – 605 Lake Avenue – 215-205-9441

October, 2011 – Halloween in Downtown Lake Worth

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Lake Worth Downtown Cultural Alliance presents

Halloween-Downtown Lake Worth

Halloween Contest All over Town

Friday October 28 and Saturday October 29

 

Halloween in downtown Lake Worth will be a two day Party of Family, Fantasy, Fright and Fun.  The entire town will participate with candy, contests, concerts and costumes.  Events will take place on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29.  All events are free to the public. 

Saturday is a day of contests for all who want to join in on the fun of this Spooky Holliday and a kick off to the Fall and Holiday Season.  The Downtown Merchants, through the DCA, are gathering baskets of prizes and presents for all contest winners.  Get into the spirit of the season and enter a contest.  There are skill levels for everyone.

DJ’s Dave Francis and Jeff Allen from the Dave & Jeff Show on WDJA Powertalk 1420 AM will host the stages for all of the contests.  They will begin at 2:00 PM with the Pumpkin Baking Contest and finish with the Children’s Costume Contest at 6:00 PM.

The Candy Corn Contest: Look for the big jar of Candy Corn in front of the Chamber of Commerce Building on Saturday.  For $1 you get to guess how many kernels of corn are in the jar.  The winner will receive one half of all of the money collected.  The more guesses, the bigger the prize.

The Pumpkin Food Contest: Celebrity judges, chefs from local top restaurants and local stars, will taste one pumpkin creation after another until they come up with three prize winners.  The only requirement for this contest is that PUMPKIN be a main ingredient.  We are looking for the tastiest treats as well as the most creative use of pumpkin.  Please bring your entries to the Chamber of Commerce Building, 501 Lake Avenue,  by 1:30 PM on Saturday. Judging will take place at 2:00PM. Prizes will be awarded for the most unique, the tastiest and the most ghoulish.

The Pumpkin Seed Spitting Contest: Prizes for children who spit seeds the farthest.  Prizes for Adults who spit seeds the farthest.  This spitting contest takes place at 3:00 PM in front of the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce Building.

Jack-O-Lantern Contest: Artists at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery will judge the Pumping Carving/ Painting Contest.  Bring your best carved or painted Pumpkin to the front of the gallery by 3:30 Friday afternoon.  Children’s entries will be judged at 4PM.  Adult entries will be judged at 4:30 PM.  The most intricately carved or painted pumpkins or the most innovative use of the pumpkin in creating a work of art will be considered.  Two prizes for child pumpkins and two for adults will be awarded.

Pet Costume Contest: Dress your pets in their funniest or scariest Halloween Costumes and bring them down to Paws on the Avenue, Lake and “L” Streets for the Pet Costume Contest. Paws will be awarding the three pets with the most creative costumes, prizes.  The Pet Contest takes place at 5:00 PM on Saturday.

Children’s Costume Contest: Children by the hundreds will be pouring into Lake Worth all day long.  After a day of trick-or- treating, and before the evening of scary movies in the Plaza, bring your children over to Paws on the Avenue for a Children’s Halloween Costume Contest.  All children are winners, but three grand prizes will be awarded.  The children’s contest takes place at 6:00 PM.

 

 

The Downtown Cultural Alliance (DCA) is a non-profit association of Downtown merchants and residents working together to keep Downtown Lake Worth vibrant and welcoming.  The DCA is working the Lake Worth CRA and LULA, the City of Lake Worth and the Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce to coordinate Evenings on the Avenue, the Second Saturday Sidewalk Sales, all Holiday Events and special events.

 

For additional information contact DCA:   Andy Amoroso Studio 205 561-533-5272   or Joyce Brown – 605 Lake Avenue – 215-205-9441

October, 2011 – Palm Beach Zoo’s Safari Nights

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October, 2011 – Palm Beach Zoo’s Safari Nights

Palm Beach Zoo’s Safari Nights

 

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Photo by Alan Weiner.

West Palm Beach, Florida, October 12, 2011 – The Palm Beach Zoo will be open on Friday nights through the end of October for “Safari Nights” – an opportunity for families to enjoy an evening in zoo when the temperatures are cooler. Evening hours are 5:30 to 9 PM every Friday from now through October 28th. Evening zoo admission is discounted.  The entire zoo will remain open and activities will include children’s educational games and crafts, live music in the fountain plaza, roving animal encounters, free carousel rides, dinner specials in the Tropics Café, and an interactive “Wonders of Water” Fountain show to close out the evening.

 

The schedule is as follows:

          5:45pm: WOW show

          6:15pm: Tiger Talk and Training

          7:00pm: Wild Things Show

          7:15pm: Jaguar Talk and Training

7:45pm: Carnivore and reptile closings are at 7:45pm

 

8:45 pm: Wonders of Water Fountain Show

 

Members Admission Fees: Adults: $6.95 – Children 12 & Under: Free

 

Non-Members Admission Fees: Adults: $11.95 – Children 3-12: $6.95 Children 0-2: Free

 

For more information: www.palmbeachzoo.org or call (561) 533-0887, Ext. 223.

November, 2011 – We Care Kids Fair

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“We Care Kids Fair” on November 5th & 6th at the Palm Beach Zoo!

West Palm Beach, Florida, October 10, 2011 – The Palm Beach Zoo will host its annual “We Care Kids Fair” on Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th, from  10 AM to 4 PM both days.

This annual event provides families with dynamic hands-on cultural and educational activities presented by local service organizations and businesses.  Activities will feature a rock climbing wall, professional face painters, magicians, participatory sand art, animal-themed games & crafts, live music, and storytelling. All of these activities take place surrounded by 23 acres of lush tropical habitat where more than 1,400 animals are on exhibit. Informative animal encounters and wildlife shows take place every day.

 

All “We Care Kids Fair” activities are free with zoo admission. For more details go to www.palmbeachzoo.org or contact Parenting Plus Magazine at pplus000@aol.com.

 

The “We Care Kids Fair” is presented by Parenting Plus Magazine.

October, 2011 – 1st Annual Kids Fair at Roger Dean

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October, 2011 – 1st Annual Kids Fair at Roger Dean

1st Annual Kids’ Fair at Roger Dean Stadium

To Benefit Little Smiles

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October, 2011 – Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Put On Your Pink Bra at 2011 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Palm Beach, FL

Saturday, October 22, 2011


  Location: Meyer Amphitheatre
  Time: Registration opens at 7:30 AM; Walk begins at 9:00 AM
  Map: Link to Directions

Each step you will take is personal and each dollar you raise will help save lives. Put on your pink bra this October and help end breast cancer forever.

Your reasons for supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer are as unique and special as the story that motivates you. This is your opportunity to not only honor breast cancer survivors and remember people we have lost, but also to raise funds and awareness to help save lives and create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays!

The Making Strides event is not a race; it is a celebration of survivorship, an occasion to express hope, and a shared goal to end a disease that threatens the lives of so many people we love. When you raise funds for a Making Strides event, you’re helping create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays – where breast cancer never steals another year from anyone’s life.

While there is no registration fee, people of all ages are welcome to participate and help raise funds. If you’d like to join our efforts to help end breast cancer, please click on the Sign Up button to register as a participant.

Your fundraising support enables the American Cancer Society to save lives by:

·         Helping people stay well by educating and empowering women to live healthy lives and reduce their risk for breast cancer, and to get screening tests such as mammograms to find breast cancer early, when it is easiest to treat.

·         Helping people facing breast cancer get well by providing information, day-to-day help, and emotional support to guide them through every step of their breast cancer experience.

·         Finding cures by investing in and conducting research that leads to groundbreaking discoveries into breast cancer’s causes and cures.

·         Fighting back by working with legislators to support laws that help fight breast cancer and help all women get access to screenings and care.

In 2010, more than 100,000 walkers across Florida joined the American Cancer Society in our fight against breast cancer. Together, we raised more than $6 million through Making Strides events – and we did it one donation at a time. More than a walk, the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a powerful and inspiring event that unites communities to celebrate people who have battled cancer, raise awareness about the steps we can take to help prevent the disease, and raise money to find cures and support programs and services for those facing the disease.

We need your help to beat this disease! Put on your pink bra and raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer! You will provide hope and help to millions of people nationwide whose lives have been forever changed by this disease. Join us for a few hours of exercise, inspiration, camaraderie, entertainment, and most importantly, to honor someone you know who has been affected by breast cancer – especially if that person is you.

For more information about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, check out our frequently asked questions.

October, 2011 – Afterlife Hadassah Workshop

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October, 2011 – Afterlife Hadassah Workshop

Afterlife Workshop – Do Jews Believe in an AfterLife?

Oct. 19th at NuVista Living

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