Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Page Two: Barrys Buzz Feb. 27, 2013

    Florida Atlantic University signed a marketing partnership with Sunrise Sports & Entertainment, the company that runs the BB&T Center in Sunrise. SSE will seek events, such as concerts, for the 29,419-seat GEO Group Stadium, an open-air venue in Boca Raton. The stadium is home to FAU Owls football. SSE also has the option of selling the naming rights to FAU Arena, the home of its basketball and volleyball teams.
      Got an electronic device and need to repair an IPad, Iphone, Samsung Galaxy or any other phones and/or want to unlock, sell or buyback phones, then contact Ed Kissel in Boca at MobileSource, 3500 NW 2nd Ave. #603. 561.416.7224.
Mention this column for 10% off any service or used phone!
     If you want to develop an additional residual income stream, go to www.freedomforcefinancial.com and call 561.852.0000.
     Boca Pointe equity members approved the sale of 14 acres to the Siemens group to develop 100 new townhouses on the property east of Powerline Road. After the other homeowners approve to change the documents from recreational use to housing, it will go before the County.
     Sal Saldana was named Boca Town Center manager with Brian Nelson moving to a regional post in Orlando, and plans to upgrade the monument sign entrances, add a water fountain at the Grand Lux Cafe entrance and black poles with finials to replace directional signs as well as creating two signature seating areas at the Palm Court in Bloomingdales and Center Court at Neiman Marcus, along with a new higher level concierge services area.
     Rabbi Jonathan Kroll was appointed the new head of the Weinbaum Yeshiva High School in Boca Raton.
     The YMCA's Safe Water Instruction Module (S.W.I.M.) recently received a grant for $4,500 from Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation. This generous grant will help fund FREE swim lessons and water safety education for children in low-income and underserved neighborhoods in the Boca Raton area.
      The failed start-up restaurant Philippe Chow Boca filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week in Palm Beach County.
      As many as seven in 10 Florida voters support a state constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana -- more than enough to ensure passage and possibly affect the governor's race.
      Seminole and Miccosukee casinos reportedly earned $2.16 billion in 2011, up 5 percent from last year.

      Michelle Wright, BBS reporter and anchor speaks at the American Association of Caregiving Youth annual fundraiser, HEARTS & "SOLES" Dinner and Auction, Feb 28, 5:30pm, at the Lakeside Terrace, Glades Rd, Boca Raton, featuring our own 2012 CNN Top 10 Hero Connie Siskowski, the originator and inspiration behind this outstanding program. Call for reservations at 561.391.7401.
      Among Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres are Jack the Giant Slayer, 21 and Over and The Last Exorcism Part II. Amour and Life of Pi opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth theatres. Sign the Nicky's family petition there and at the Last Picture Show in Tamarac.
     Barry Epstein Live internet television show features South Tech Medical Academy Instructor Jan Pray, Medical Educator Carol Landon, Loan Originator Michael Schwartz, Author Joel Salomon and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch it on Friday morning, or any time after that on www.publicrelations.nu, www.bocaratontribune.com, or www.Vimeo.com to win free Cinemark theatre tickets.            
     Popular Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson will be promoting his new book "Affairs of State" at 2 p.m. Thursdays at various libraries. Preregistration is required at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/1212/12-26-12_writers_live_watson.htm.
      Singer Clint Holmes returns for his fourth season with Maestro Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops in five performances Feb. 25 to March 3 at the Kravis Center, FAU on Feb. 27 and 28 and Eissey Theatre. Visit www.palmbeachpops.org/Clint Holmes or call 561.832.7677 for tickets.
     The Andre Fladell Scholarship Program free fundraiser for CJ Foundation is 5:30 pm Feb. 27 at  Prime, 110 E. Atlantic Ave. Delray. RSVP to 561-699-8720.
      Beth Ami Congregation, 1401 NW 4th Ave. Boca Raton, presents a free showing of Defiance, 7 p.m. Feb. 27.
      Anything Goes is at Boca High, Feb.28-March 3, south side of Glades Road just east of I-95. Visit www.bocadrama.com or call 561.338.1533 for tickets.
      Generations Concert featuring Natalie Cole is 7 p.m. March 1 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. Visit www.natkingcolefoundation.org/concert or call 561.237.9000 for tickets. Further information at info@natkingcolefoundation.org or call 561.213.8209.
     South Florida's top talent of Avi Hoffman, Patti Gardner, Ken Clement, Sally Bondi, and Krisha Marcano (Broadway's The Color Purple) star in The Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of Chicago March 1st - 17th. Go to www.brtg.org or call 561.347.3948 for tickets at $35. each. Group sales available too.    

    Abbacadabra:the ultimate ABBA tribute, is in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University March 2 & 3. http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000.
     The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 16th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every  Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by PRESERVATION,  playing the music of Rolling Stones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, BB King, Tom Petty, Allman Brothers, and more.
       Free Car show, live entertainment and tastings is 12-6 p.m. March 2 at the Boca Town Center Terrace Parking Lot. Visit www.cruisin-america.com for details.
      The Boca Raton Symphonia presents Music and Dance Under the Stars 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. March 3. Visit www.bocasymphonia.org/musicanddance.     
     The 2013 Boca Festival of the Arts is March 7-16 at Mizner Park Amphitheatre and Cultural Arts Center. Fresh from backing The Black Keys with Dr. John at the Grammys, the venerable Preservation Hall Jazz Band opens the Festival of the Arts BOCA this year on March 7 under the tented Mizner Park Amphitheater. Washington Post columnist will speak at  4 p.m. March 9 in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, Thomas Keneally, author of the book based on Shindler's list speaks 7 p.m. March 11 and former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Retired Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks 7:30 p.m. March 12. To purchase tickets, visit www.festivalboca.org or call 866.571.2787.
      Davis and Dow, award winning jazz duo, present a free concert at the Spanish River Library 1501 N.W. Spanish River Blvd.3 to 4 p.m. March 10.
      Jan McArt presents The Three Swingers: April in Paris, Tea for Two and on the Sunny Side of the Street in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 4 p.m. March 10. Go to http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets.
       JARC's 27th annual gala dinner dance and auction, honoring Rabbi Dan Levin and Judy Levis Markhoff is 6 p.m. March 10, 2012 at Boca West Country Club. Tickets are $250. Call 561.558.2550 for more information or email falling@jarcfl.org.
       Contributing correspondent on NBC's Today Show, author, and chair of UNICEF's Next Generation, Jenna Bush Hager is the guest speaker and Florida Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen will be honored at the 23rd Annual Book of Hope Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. March 11 at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Tickets are $125. Call 561.218.2929 or visit www.ccfa.org. Chairs are Dana Konhauzer and Bonnie Scharf.
       Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in American History, will be the keynote speaker at the 11th annual YMCA of South Palm Beach County Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 12 at the Boca Resort and Club, honoring Henrietta Countess DeHoernle and chaired by Linda Spielman. For details, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call Georgia Rose at, 561.237.0944.
       The 5th annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton. Last year, 5,000 people participated, making it the largest free fun day in the U.S. for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Call 561.715.2622 or go to www.boatingbeachbash.com  for more information. Email info@boatingbeachbash.com or jay@boatingbeachbash.com.
      Former Congressman Allen West speaks at the Boca Raton Republican Club buffet breakfast 10 a.m. March 17 at the Boca Marriott on Military Traail. Cost is $35. Register at http://www.donationpages.com/directory/EventEcard/1618.
     Carlyn & Lothar Mayer hosts U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor at a Pro-Israel lunch 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. March 17, at the Aragon, 2491 S. Ocean Blvd. M-1, Boca Raton. Costs: $500 and up. RSVP to Lothar@carlogroup.com or call 561.388.9415 for further information.
     Jan McArt presents Champagne and Bosom Buddies: A Tribute to Jerry Herman at the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 7:30 p.m. March 18. Call 561.237.9000 or visit http://events.lynn.edu for tickets.
     Subway guru Larry Feldman speaks in Zinman Hall at the Business and Professional Division breakfast of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County 8 a.m. March 20. Tickets are $36 including breakfast. Visit www.jewishboca.org/icon, email sonnis@bocafed.org or call 561.852.3128.
     Chaired by Janice Williams, the 12th Annual Honor Your Doctor Luncheon is March 20 at Broken Sound Club. Visit www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org or call 561.299.1429.
      My Son The Writer -A Jewish Tragedy, is at the Stage Door Theatre March 20-24. Go to www.stagedoorfl.org or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and info.
      Lynn University's 14th Annual Blue & White Auction including silent and live auctions, raffles, beer and wine reception with food provided by the Capital Grille, to benefit Lynn University athletics program is 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn. Register online at www.lynn.tix.com/event.asp?event=540352 or call 561.237.9000 to order tickets.
       Boca Bacchanal benefit for the Historical Society and Museum is March 22-24 at the Boca Resort. Visit www.bocabacchanal.com or call 561.395.6766. 
      The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters honors Palm Beach Opera's General Director Daniel Biaggi at the annual Red Rose dinner, 6 p.m. April 4th at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, 2425 Maya Palm Drive West, Boca Raton, FL. Visit http://www.nsalbocaraton.org/ or http://www.arts-nsal.org/ or call 561-391-6380 for $225 tickets. For more information, contact Carol Kassie, ckassie@gmail.com or call 561-445-9244.
      Jan McArt presents Miami All Stars "America's Got Talent Finalists in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University April 6 & 7. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets and more information.
       Lynn University's 21st Annual Fran A. Robino Jr. Golf Classic for student athletes scholarship assistance is 11:30 a.m. April 8 at Boca Country Club. Visit http://give.lynn.edu/golf classic or call 561.237.7918 for more information and sponsorship availabilities.
     Palm Beach State College and the TLC Mobility Foundation will host the Blue Carpet Celebration on Monday, April 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Palm Beach State College Boca Raton campus at the Countess de Hoernle Humanities & Technology Building. This event will celebrate and recognize the ability of people with disabilities. From the flashing lights of cameras, to of course, a walk, roll or stroll down the "blue carpet", this will be a truly memorable evening! Attendees will enjoy star treatment with hors d'oeuvres, music, raffle prizes, and exhibitors. Call 561.929.8950 or visit www.tlcmobility.org.
     Jan McArt presents Finding Mona Lisa, Six Short Plays about the World's Most Famous Painting by and directed by Michael McKeever, in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 7:30 p.m. April 22. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for more information and tickets.
       Florence Fuller Child Development Centers presents the Men with Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. on April 26th at Boca West Country Club.
       Character Man is at the Stage Door Theatre July 12-August 11. Go to www.stagedoorfl.org or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and more information.
       FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Ragbir Team Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.
       If you have computer issues, or need a website, contact Rich Loeb, www.gilapro.com or call 561.809.4550.
        Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.
        www.WestBocaLeaders.com has outgrown its previous meeting location and now meets at the West Boca Library on 441, just north of Yamato Road on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. featuring a newly redesigned website and openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.
        If you would like to promote your business or profession on Barry Epstein Live internet television show, on www.vimeo.com, www.barryepstein.com,
www.facebook.com.barryepstein and on the www.bocatribune.com (click on columnists) websites, call 561.852.0000. 
        Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the  www.luxurychamber.com,  the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.bocaratontribune.com (click on columnists) and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu,
 or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the www.bocaratontribune.com (and click on columnists) website, on www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.   READ THE COLUMN ON LINE AT WWW.BOCATRIBUNE.COM.


     
  

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Page Two: Barrys Buzz Feb. 20, 2013


       The FAU Football stadium has been renamed the GEO Group stadium in a $6 million, 12 year deal, payable at $2 million per year.
       As reported first in this column months ago, Boca Raton based Office Depot and Office Max will merge, creating a nearly $18 billion company.
       Boca Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie was named the 2012 Woman of the Year by Women in Transportation.
         Clarice Touhey is the new president of Forum publishing group, with more than two dozen community weekly newspapers and the Jewish Journal.
       The Boca Raton Bridge Hotel will get a major makeover with Carmen's only for banquets, sunroof fitness facilities, outdoor bar and amenities.
       Burt & Max's Bar and Grille had a soft opening for dinner at the new Delray Marketplace on Atlantic Ave and Lyons Road. Full service starts March 4.
       Boca West Country Club topped the rankings on the 2013 South Florida Business Journal�s private country clubs list with 3,110 total paid memberships.
       Burt Richards wants to create a war memorabilia veteran's museum in Palm Beach County. Email coffehouseclub@juno.com or call 561.734.4527.
       Citizens Property Insurance has 139,000 policyholders in Palm Beach County and plans to unload 31,000 wind storm policies.
       Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl airs Thursdays at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com.
       Among Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres are West of Memphis, Snitch and Dark Skies. Quartet and Argo opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth theatres. Sign the petition for Nicky's family there and at the Last Picture Show in Tamarac.     
       Barry Epstein Live internet television show features South Tech Culinary Academy Instructor Suzanne O'Neil, Certified Business Coach Michael J. Dill, Ten Golden Rules Guru Jay Berkowitz, Fort Lauderdale Film Festival president Alan Koslow, and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch it on Friday morning, or any time after that on www.publicrelations.nu, www.bocaratontribune.com, or www.Vimeo.com to win free Cinemark theatre tickets.            
     Popular Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson will be promoting his new book "Affairs of State" at 2 p.m. Thursdays at various libraries. Preregistration is required at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/1212/12-26-12_writers_live_watson.htm.
      The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 16th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every  Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton, featuring live music on the Piazza stage by PRESERVATION,  playing the music of Rolling Stones, Beatles, Eric Clapton, BB King, Tom Petty, Allman Brothers, and more.
      U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel sponsor a Free Veterans Benefits & Job Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 20 at the West Palm Beach Armory, 3193 Gun Club Road. Employers may contact Jill.benson@mail.house.gov, nancy.germansky@mail.house.gov or call, 561.470.5440 or 561.998.9045.
     Morgan Fairchild is the guest speaker at the Women in Distress luncheon, sponsored by PNC Bank, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at Woodfield Country Club. 3650 Club Place. Visit www.womenindistress.org/community-partners or call 954.760.9800 ext. 1244 for tickets and more information.
     Waist Watchers The Musical! is at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan Feb. 21-May 12. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820 for tickets.
     Bob Newhart will headline the 7th annual Boca Raton Concours d�Elegance three day event benefiting the Broward Boys and Girls Club at the Boca Resort and Club starting Feb. 22.
     Cinemark Theatres presents 2013 Oscar Marathon, showing the films nominated for Best Picture before the Academy Awards: Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained on Feb. 23. Get tickets, $30 per day, on www.cinemark.com or at the theatre box office. Call 561.395.4695 for further information.
      An 80's Festival is 3-10 p.m. Feb. 23 at Sunset cove Amphitheatre, 12551 Glades Road in West Boca with Eddie Money, Debbie Gibson, Expose's Gioia Brunu, Stacey Q, Pretty Poison and more. Visit www.the80sfest.com for tickets and more information.
     Singer Clint Holmes returns for his fourth season with Maestro Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops in five performances Feb. 25 to March 3 at the Kravis Center, FAU on Feb. 27 and 28 and Eissey Theatre. Visit www.palmbeachpops.org/Clint Holmes or call 561.832.7677 for tickets.
     The Retired Educators Club will meet noon, Feb. 25 with Linda Weil, Environmentalist & Community Activist speaking on "Think Globally, Act Globally" at Stratford Court,6343 Via de Sonrisa del Sur, Boca Raton. The public and new members are invited free. Call 954-255-6360 or 561-483-5445 for more info.
      Jewish National Fund features Hal Linden, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 27 free at Boca West Country Club. RSVPSouthfl@jnf.org or call 1.800.211.1502.
      The Andre Fladell Scholarship Program free fundraiser for CJ Foundation is 5:30 pm Feb. 27 at  Prime, 110 E. Atlantic Ave. Delray. RSVP to 561-699-8720.
      Beth Ami Congregation, 1401 NW 4th Ave. Boca Raton, presents a free showing of Defiance, 7 p.m. Feb. 27.
      Anything Goes is at Boca High, Feb.28-March 3, south side of Glades Road just east of I-95. Visit www.bocadrama.com or call 561.338.1533 for tickets.
      South Florida's top talent of Avi Hoffman, Patti Gardner, Ken Clement, Sally Bondi, and Krisha Marcano (Broadway's The Color Purple) star in The Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of Chicago March 1st - 17th. Go to www.brtg.org or call 561.347.3948 for tickets at $35. each. Group sales available too. 
       Generations Concert featuring Natalie Cole is 7 p.m. March 1 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. Visit www.natkingcolefoundation.org/concert or call 561.237.9000 for tickets. Further information at info@natkingcolefoundation.org or call 561.213.8209.
     Abbacadabra:the ultimate ABBA tribute, is in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University March 2 & 3. http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000.
      The Boca Raton Symphonia presents Music and Dance Under the Stars 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. March 3. Visit www.bocasymphonia.org/musicanddance.
       The 2013 Boca Festival of the Arts is March 7-16 at Mizner Park Amphitheatre and Cultural Arts Center. Washington Post columnist will speak at  4 p.m. March 9 in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, Thomas Keneally, author of the book based on Shindler's list speaks 7 p.m. March 11 and former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Retired Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks 7:30 p.m. March 12. To purchase tickets, visit www.festivalboca.org or call 866.571.2787.
      Davis and Dow, award winning jazz duo, present a free concert at the Spanish River Library 1501 N.W. Spanish River Blvd.  3 to 4 p.m. March 10.
      Jan McArt presents The Three Swingers: April in Paris, Tea for Two and on the Sunny Side of the Street in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 4 p.m. March 10. Go to http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets.
       JARC's 27th annual gala dinner dance and auction, honoring Rabbi Dan Levin and Judy Levis Markhoff is 6 p.m. March 10, 2012 at Boca West Country Club. Tickets are $250. Call 561.558.2550 for more information or email falling@jarcfl.org.
       Contributing correspondent on NBC's Today Show, author, and chair of UNICEF's Next Generation, Jenna Bush Hager is the guest speaker and Florida Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen will be honored at the 23rd Annual Book of Hope Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. March 11 at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Tickets are $125. Call 561.218.2929 or visit www.ccfa.org. Chairs are Dana Konhauzer and Bonnie Scharf.
       Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in American History, will be the keynote speaker at the 11th annual YMCA of South Palm Beach County Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 12 at the Boca Resort and Club, honoring Henrietta Countess DeHoernle and chaired by Linda Spielman. For details, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call Georgia Rose at, 561.237.0944.
       The 5th annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton. Last year, 5,000 people participated, making it the largest free fun day in the U.S. for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Call 561.715.2622 or go to www.boatingbeachbash.com  for more information. Email info@boatingbeachbash.com or jay@boatingbeachbash.com.
      Carlyn & Lothar Mayer hosts U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor at a Pro-Israel lunch 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. March 17, at the Aragon, 2491 S. Ocean Blvd. M-1, Boca Raton. Costs: $500 and up. RSVP to Lothar@carlogroup.com or call 561.388.9415 for further information.
     Jan McArt presents Champagne and Bosom Buddies: A Tribute to Jerry Herman at the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 7:30 p.m. March 18. Call 561.237.9000 or visit http://events.lynn.edu for tickets.
     Subway guru Larry Feldman speaks in Zinman Hall at the Business and Professional Division breakfast of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County 8 a.m. March 20. Tickets are $36 including breakfast. Visit www.jewishboca.org/icon, email sonnis@bocafed.org or call 561.852.3128.
     Chaired by Janice Williams, the 12th Annual Honor Your Doctor Luncheon is March 20 at Broken Sound Club. Visit www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org or call 561.299.1429.
      My Son The Writer - A Jewish Tragedy, is at the Stage Door Theatre March 20-24. Go to www.stagedoorfl.org or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and info.
      Lynn University's 14th Annual Blue & White Auction including silent and live auctions, raffles, beer and wine reception with food provided by the Capital Grille, to benefit Lynn University athletics program is 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn. Register online at www.lynn.tix.com/event.asp?event=540352 or call 561.237.9000 to order tickets.
       Boca Bacchanal benefit for the Historical Society and Museum is March 22-24 at the Boca Resort. Visit www.bocabacchanal.com or call 561.395.6766. 
      The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters honors Palm Beach Opera�s General Director Daniel Biaggi at the annual Red Rose dinner, 6 p.m. April 4th at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, 2425 Maya Palm Drive West, Boca Raton, FL. Visit http://www.nsalbocaraton.org/ or http://www.arts-nsal.org/ or call 561-391-6380 for $225 tickets. For more information, contact Carol Kassie, ckassie@gmail.com or call 561-445-9244.
      Jan McArt presents Miami All Stars "America's Got Talent" Finalists in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University April 6 & 7. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets and more information.
       Lynn University's 21st Annual Fran A. Robino Jr. Golf Classic for student athletes scholarship assistance is 11:30 a.m. April 8 at Boca Country Club. Visit http://give.lynn.edu/golf classic or call 561.237.7918 for more information and sponsorship availabilities.
      Jan McArt presents Finding Mona Lisa, Six Short Plays about the World's Most Famous Painting by and directed by Michael McKeever, in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 7:30 p.m. April 22. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for more information and tickets.
       Florence Fuller Child Development Centers presents the Men with Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. on April 26th at Boca West Country Club.
       Character Man is at the Stage Door Theatre July 12-August 11. Go to www.stagedoorfl.org or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and more information.
       FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Ragbir Team Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.
       If you have computer issues, or need a website, contact Rich Loeb, www.gilapro.com or call 561.809.4550.
        Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.
        www.WestBocaLeaders.com has outgrown its previous meeting location and now meets at the West Boca Library on 441, just north of Yamato Road on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. featuring a newly redesigned website and openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.
        If you would like to promote your business or profession on Barry Epstein Live internet television show, on www.vimeo.com, www.barryepstein.com,
www.facebook.com.barryepstein and on the www.bocatribune.com (click on columnists) websites, call 561.852.0000. 
                  Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the  www.luxurychamber.com,  the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.bocaratontribune.com (click on columnists) and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu,
 or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the www.bocaratontribune.com (and click on columnists) website, on www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.   READ THE COLUMN ON LINE AT WWW.BOCATRIBUNE.COM.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Page Two: Barry's Buzz Feb. 13, 2013


 First Watch plans to open a 3,700 sq. ft. restaurant at 20401 State Road 7 in the Mission Bay Shopping Center in West Boca, their second in Boca Raton.       Jimmy Johns has opened in the former Arby's location in the WestWind shopping Center in West Boca at Glades Road and 441.        Boca Raton restauranteur Burt Rappoport's Restaurant Group, including Bogart's Bar & Grille in the Premiere level of Cinemark Boca, Deck 84 and Henry's, has been named a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winner by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and will be honored in Washington, D.C.       The George Snow Scholarship Fund is moving into the second floor of the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center at the south end of Mizner Park in March, taking a 20 year lease on 3,400 sq. ft. vs. the 1,200 they have now next to the Chamber of Commerce on Dixie Highway.
       Phase II design phase at the new Spanish River Athletic Complex at De Hoernle Park and been approved to provide four more ball fields and another building which may be multi-functional to include a meeting room.        Palm Beach County's application for an additional $1,568,000 in economic development loan guarantee assistance has been approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.        Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille opens today at the Delray Marketplace, Atlantic Avenue and Lyons Road, including an IMAX theatre.        Gloucester Blue is at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First Street, through Feb. 17. Visit www.artsgarage.org or call 561.450.6357 for more info and tickets.        Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl airs Thursdays at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com.        Among Movies opening Thursday and Friday at the Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres are Safe Haven, A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures and Escape From the Planet Earth. Beasts of the Southern Wild opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth theatres.     
       Barry Epstein Live internet television show features South Tech Academy Biology Teacher Eric Greene, Automotive Collision Repair and Refinishing Academy Instructor Earl Murray Jr., the First Lady of Florida Theatre Jan McArt, noted bestselling author Michael Solomon, Palm Beach Pops Box Office Manager Josh Pichurski and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch it on Friday morning, or any time after that on www.publicrelations.nu, www.bocaratontribune.com, or www.Vimeo.com to win free Cinemark theatre tickets.           
     Popular Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson will be promoting his new book "Affairs of State" at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 13 at the Glades Road Library just east of 441. Preregistration is required at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/1212/12-26-12_writers_live_watson.htm.       Cinemark Theatres presents 2013 Oscar Marathon, showing the films nominated for Best Picture before the Academy Awards on Feb. 16 with Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amour, Life of Pi and Lincoln and Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained on Feb. 23. Get tickets, $30 per day, on www.cinemark.com or at the theatre box office. Call 561.395.4695 for further information.       Jan McArt presents Cirque d'Amour Live at Lynn University Feb. 16 & 17. Visit www.events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets and more information.        The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 16th year has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every  Saturday   at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton.
      Broadway performer Tim Shew will do a fundraiser for the Glee-style show choir Soundsation and teach a master class at Olympic Heights High School. "The Broadway Project with Tim Shew" is 7 p.m. Saturday at Olympic Heights High School Performing Arts Theater. Tickets are $26, $30, $36 and $42 at http://olympicheightschoirs.org. Call 561-852-6680 for tickets or visit OlympicHeightsChoirs.org to purchase online by 3 p.m. Friday. The box office will open at 6 p.m. Saturday at the school, 20101 Lyons Road, Boca Raton. Students, including college students, are $10.       The Original Florida Follies present Viva Las Vegas at 1:45, Feb. 17 at Olympic Heights High School and other dates at other venues. Tickets are $28. Go to www.cathydooleysfollies.com or call 954.956.2626 for more information.
      A free Presidents Day Town Hall Meeting is 2:00 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College, 4200 W. Congress Ave. Lake Worth, featuring U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, Palm Beach County Mayor Steve Abrams, Palm Beach Post Editorial Editor Randy Schultz, Palm Beach State College Applied Ethics Center Director Kim Artilla-Morgan and FAU Community Engagement Vice President and FAU Foundation Executive Director Dr. Jennifer O'Flannery Anderson.       A free family friendly concert is 7 p.m. Jan. 18 at Mizner Park with a combined orchestra of 40 musicians from FAU and the Boca Raton Symphonia.        The Luxury Chamber 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 18 networking event will feature political consultant Roger Stone at Tabica Grill, 901 W. Indiantown Road, Jupiter. Go to www.luxurychamber.com to register.       Cabaret Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber is Feb. 18 at the Manalapan Plaza Theatre. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820 for tickets.      U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel sponsor a Free Veterans Benefits & Job Fair, 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 20 at the West Palm Beach Armory, 3193 Gun Club Road. Employers may contact Jill.benson@mail.house.gov, nancy.germansky@mail.house.gov or call, 561.470.5440 or 561.998.9045.      Morgan Fairchild is the guest speaker at the Women in Distress luncheon, sponsored by PNC Bank, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at Woodfield Country Club. 3650 Club Place. Visit www.womenindistress.org/community-partners or call 954.760.9800 ext. 1244 for tickets and more information.      Waist Watchers The Musical! is at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan Feb. 21-May 12. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820 for tickets.      Bob Newhart will headline the 7th annual Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance three day event benefiting the Broward Boys and Girls Club at the Boca Resort and Club starting Feb. 22.      An 80's Festival is 3-10 p.m. Feb. 23 at Sunset cove Amphitheatre, 12551 Glades Road in West Boca with Eddie Money, Debbie Gibson, Expose's Gioia Brunu, Stacey Q, Pretty Poison and more. Visit www.the80sfest.com for tickets and more information.      The Retired Educators Club will meet noon, Feb. 25 with Linda Weil, Environmentalist & Community Activist speaking on "Think Globally, Act Globally" at Stratford Court,6343 Via de Sonrisa del Sur, Boca Raton. The public and new members are invited free. Call 954-255-6360 or 561-483-5445 for more info.       The Andre Fladell Scholarship Program free fundraiser for CJ Foundation is 5:30 pm Feb. 27 at Prime, 110 E. Atlantic Ave. Delray. RSVP to 561-699-8720.       Jewish National Fund features Hal Linden, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 27 free at Boca West Country Club. RSVPSouthfl@jnf.org or call 1.800.211.1502.   
      South Florida's top talent of Avi Hoffman, Patti Gardner, Ken Clement, Sally Bondi, and Krisha Marcano (Broadway's The Color Purple) star in The Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of Chicago March 1st - 17th. Go to www.brtg.org or call 561.347.3948 for tickets at $35. each. Group sales available too.
       Generations Concert featuring Natalie Cole is 7 p.m. March 1 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. Visit www.natkingcolefoundation.org/concert or call 561.237.9000 for tickets. Further information at info@natkingcolefoundation.org or call 561.213.8209.      Abbacadabra: the ultimate ABBA tribute, is in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University March 2 & 3. http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000.
      The Boca Raton Symphonia presents Music and Dance Under the Stars 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. March 3. Visit www.bocasymphonia.org/musicanddance.      The 2013 Boca Festival of the Arts is March 7-16 at Mizner Park Amphitheatre and Cultural Arts Center. Washington Post columnist will speak at  4 p.m. March 9 in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, Thomas Keneally, author of the book based on Shindler's list speaks 7 p.m. March 11 and former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Retired Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks 7:30 p.m. March 12. To purchase tickets, visit www.festivalboca.org or call 866.571.2787.       Davis and Dow, award winning jazz duo, present a free concert at the Spanish River Library 1501 N.W. Spanish River Blvd.  3 to 4 p.m. March 10.       Jan McArt presents The Three Swingers: April in Paris, Tea for Two and on the Sunny Side of the Street in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 4 p.m. March 10. Go to http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets.        JARC's 27th annual gala dinner dance and auction, honoring Rabbi Dan Levin and Judy Levis Markhoff is 6 p.m. March 10, 2012 at Boca West Country Club. Tickets are $250. Call 561.558.2550 for more information or email falling@jarcfl.org.
       Florida Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen will be honored at the 23rd Annual Book of Hope Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. March 11 at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Tickets are $125. Call 561.218.2929 or visit www.ccfa.org.        Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in American History, will be the keynote speaker at the 11th annual YMCA of South Palm Beach County Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 12 at the Boca Resort and Club, honoring Henrietta Countess DeHoernle and chaired by Linda Spielman. For details, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call Georgia Rose at, 561.237.0944.        The 5th annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton. Last year, 5,000 people participated, making it the largest free fun day in the U.S. for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Call 561.715.2622 or go to www.boatingbeachbash.com  for more information. Email info@boatingbeachbash.com
 or jay@boatingbeachbash.com.
      Carlyn & Lothar Mayer hosts U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor at a Pro-Israel lunch 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. March 17, at the Aragon, 2491 S. Ocean Blvd. M-1, Boca Raton. Costs: $500 and up. RSVP to Lothar@carlogroup.com or call 561.388.9415 for further information.
     Jan McArt presents Champagne and Bosom Buddies: A Tribute to Jerry Herman at the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University 7:30 p.m. March 18. Call 561.237.9000 or visit http://events.lynn.edu for tickets.      Subway guru Larry Feldman speaks in Zinman Hall at the Business and Professional Division breakfast of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County 8 a.m. March 20. Tickets are $36 including breakfast. Visit www.jewishboca.org/icon, email sonnis@bocafed.org or call 561.852.3128.      Chaired by Janice Williams, the 12th Annual Honor Your Doctor Luncheon is March 20 at Broken Sound Club. Visit www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org or call 561.299.1429.        Lynn University's 14th Annual Blue & White Auction including silent and live auctions, raffles, beer and wine reception with food provided by the Capital Grille, to benefit Lynn University athletics program is 7:30 p.m. March 21 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn. Register online at www.lynn.tix.com/event.asp?event=540352 or call 561.237.9000 to order tickets.        The Florida East Coast Chapter of The National Society of Arts and Letters honors Palm Beach Opera�s General Director Daniel Biaggi at the annual Red Rose dinner, 6 p.m. April 4th at the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, 2425 Maya Palm Drive West, Boca Raton, FL. Visit http://www.nsalbocaraton.org/ or http://www.arts-nsal.org/ or call 561-391-6380 for $225 tickets. For more information, contact Carol Kassie, ckassie@gmail.com or call 561-445-9244.       Jan McArt presents Miami All Stars "America's Got Talent" Finalists in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University April 6 & 7. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets and more information.        Jan McArt presents Finding Mona Lisa, Six Short Plays about the World's Most Famous Painting by and directed by Michael McKeever, in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 7:30 p.m. April 22. Visit http://events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for more information and tickets.        Florence Fuller Child Development Centers presents the Men with Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. on April 26th at Boca West Country Club.
       FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Ragbir Team Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.        If you have computer issues, or need a website, contact Rich Loeb, www.gilapro.com or call 561.809.4550.         Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.         www.WestBocaLeaders.com has outgrown its previous meeting location and now meets at the West Boca Library on 441, just north of Yamato Road on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. featuring a newly redesigned website and openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.         If you would like to promote your business or profession on Barry Epstein Live internet television show, on www.vimeo.com, www.barryepstein.com,www.facebook.com.barryepstein and on the www.bocatribune.com (click on columnists) websites, call 561.852.0000.
       Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the  www.luxurychamber.com,  the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.bocaratontribune.com (click on columnists) and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu,  or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the www.bocaratontribune.com (and click on columnists) website, on www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.   READ THE COLUMN ON LINE AT WWW.BOCATRIBUNE.COM.


       

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Page Two: Barrys Buzz Feb. 6, 2013

 
       The U.S. Postal Service will be cutting out Saturday mail delivery starting in August. Parcels will still be delivered.
       Sal Saldana was named Mall manager of Boca Town Center by the Simon Property Group, coming from the St. John Town Center in Jacksonville.
       The Dively Frontiers in Globalization Lecture presents Sir Ken Robinson, expert on the creative challenges facing business and education in the new global economies, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Wold Performing Arts Center on the Lynn Campus. Tickets at www.events.lynn.edu/dively or call 561.237.9000.
       Mystery writer Mary Jane Clark speaks at the Spanish River Library 7 p.m. Feb. 6. Registration is required at www.bocalibray.org
       Wicked is at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts through Feb. 17. Visit www.browardcenter.org or call 954.954.462.0222 for tickets.
       Parade Productions presents Michael McKeever in The Whole Caboodle, Feb. 1-24 in the Mizner Park Cultural theatre, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. See www.paradeproductions.org or call 866-811-4111 for more information and ticket reservations.
      Neil Simon�s Chapter Two plays through Feb. 10 at the Plaza Theatre, A1A in Manalapan. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820.
      Broward Stage Door Theatre presents Damn Yankees through Feb. 10. Visit www.stagedoortheatre.com or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and more info.
      Gloucester Blue is at the Arts Garage, 180 NE First Street, through Feb. 17. Visit www.artsgarage.org or call 561.450.6357 for more info and tickets.
       The Allianz Championship golf tournament which brought $15 million to Boca Raton in 2012, is at the Broken Sound Old Course through Feb. 10. Visit www.allianzchampionship.com or call 561.241.4653 for event and ticket information.
      The Maestro of the Movies is at the FAU auditorium 8 p.m. Feb. 6. Visit www.palmbeachpops.org or call 561.832.7677 for tickets and more info.
      Flavors of Boca, sponsored by the Junior League of Boca Raton is 5:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Shops at Boca Center. Tickets are $40, or VIP at $75, which includes an open bar. Call 561.620.2553, or visit www.flavorsofboca.com.
      Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl airs Thursdays at 6 p.m. on www.wrpbitv.com.
       Among Movies opening Friday at the Cinemark and Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres are Identity Thief and Side Effects.
       The Late Quartet opens at Movies of Delray and Stand Up Guys opens at the Movies of Lake Worth.
       Barry Epstein Live internet television show features South Tech Academy Graphic Arts instructor Adam Fiveson, Boca Raton dentist Larry Kawa, Palm Beach County Guardian Ad Litem Director Kristen Solomon, Palm Beach County Library Director John Callahan and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy. Watch it on Friday, or any time after that on www.publicrelations.nu, www.bocaratontribune.com, or www.Vimeo.com to win free Cinemark theatre tickets.            
     NextEra Energy CEO Jim Robo is honored as the Business Leader of the Year by the FAU College of Business, 8 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Boca Resort and Club. Call 561.297.2980, or visit www.business.FAU.edu/bloy.
      Dr. Larry Kawa hosts former RNC chair Michael Steele, 6 pm Feb. 8 at Maggianos of Boca. Email info@balanceournation.com for reservations.
      The 11th Annual FAU Alumni Association Sweethearts Dinner is 7 p.m. Feb. 8, at the Marleen and Harold Forkas Alumni Center. Call 561.297.6028.
      Deathtrap opens Feb.8 Visit www.stagedoortheatre.com or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and more info. 
      Side Show is at the Slow Burn Theatre at the West Boca High School 8 p.m. Feb. 8 and 9 and 2 p.m. Feb. 10. Go to www.slowburntheatre.org.
      Burt Reynolds is honored 7 p.m. Feb. 9 by and at the 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee. Call 561.586.6410 or visit www.lakeworthplayhouse.org for $50.
      The 27th Annual Art Festival at Mizner Park is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 9 and 10. Visit www.bocamuseum.org or call 561.392.2500.
      Popular Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson will be promoting his new book �Affairs of State� at various county libraries at 2 p,m. Preregistration is required at http://www.pbcgov.com/newsroom/1212/12-26-12_writers_live_watson.htm.
      The Boca Raton Green Market, in its 16th year, featuring farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce from local growers and lots more 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed. Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd.in downtown Boca Raton.
       The Original Florida Follies present Viva Las Vegas at 1:45, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17 at Olympic Heights High School and other dates at other venues. Tickets are $28. Go to www.cathydooleysfollies.com or call 954.956.2626 for more information.     
      Gift of Life�s 3rd Annual Walk for Life to raise awareness for bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants with music, face-painting and other children�s activities is 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 10 at FAU. Visit www.gifttolife.org/walk4life.com,  email mfreund@giftoflife.org, or call 561.982.2946 for more information.
      The Les Mack Trio is at the Spanish River Library 3 p.m. Feb. 10. Call 561.299.8684 or visit www.bocalibraryfriends.org for more information.
      Cabaret Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber is Feb. 11 & 18 at the Manalapan Plaza Theatre. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820 for tickets.
      Elizabeth Smart will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Heart of a Woman Luncheon 11 a.m. Feb. 12 in the Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, with CBS 12 News Anchor Liz Quirantes as emcee for the annual event for AVDA, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. Tickets at $100. Call 561.265.3797 or visit www.avdaonline.org  for further information and reservations.
      Cinemark Theatres presents 2013 Oscar Marathon, showing the films nominated for Best Picture before the Academy Awards on Feb. 16 with Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amour, Life of Pi and Lincoln and Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained on Feb. 23. Get tickets, $30 per day, on www.cinemark.com or at the theatre box office. Call 561.395.4695 for further information.
Jan McArt presents Cirque d�Amour Live at Lynn University Feb. 16 & 17. Visit www.events.lynn.edu or call 561.237.9000 for tickets and more information.   The Luxury Chamber 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 18 networking event will feature political consultant Roger Stone at Tabica Grill, 901 W. Indiantown Road, Jupiter.
     Morgan Fairchild is the guest speaker at the Women in Distress luncheon, sponsored by PNC Bank, 11:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at Woodfield Country Club. 3650 Club Place. Visit www.womenindistress.org/community-partners or call 954.760.9800 ext. 1244 for tickets and more information.
     Waist Watchers The Musical! Is at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan Feb. 21-May 12. Visit www.theplazatheatre.net or call 561.588.1820 for tickets.
     Bob Newhart will headline the 7th annual Boca Raton Concours d�Elegance three day event benefitting the Broward Boys and Girls Club at the Boca Resort and Club starting Feb. 22.
     An 80�s Festival is 3-10 p.m. Feb. 23 at Sunset cove Amphitheatre, 12551 Glades Road in West Boca with Eddie Money, Debbie Gibson, Expose�s Gioia Brunu, Stacey Q, Pretty Poison and more Visit www.the80sfest.com for tickets and more information.
     The Retired Educators Club will meet noon, Feb. 25 with Linda Weil, Environmentalist &Community Activist speaking on "Think Globally, Act Globally" at Stratford Court,6343 Via de Sonrisa del Sur, Boca Raton. The public and new members are invited free. Call 954-255-6360 or 561-483-5445 for more info.
      The Andre Fladell Scholarship Program free fundraiser for CJ Foundation is 5:30 pm Feb. 27 at Prime, 110 E. Atlantic Ave. Delray. RSVP to 561-699-8720.
      Jewish National Fund features Hal Linden, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 27 free at Boca West Country Club. RSVPSouthfl@jnf.org or call 1.800.211.1502.    
      South Florida's top talent of Avi Hoffman, Patti Gardner, Ken Clement, Sally Bondi, and Krisha Marcano (Broadway's The Color Purple) star in The Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of Chicago March 1st � 17th. Go to www.brtg.org or call 561.347.3948 for tickets at $35. each. Group sales available too. 
       Generations Concert featuring Natalie Cole is 7 p.m. March 1 in the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. Visit www.natkingcolefoundation.org/concert or call 561.237.9000 for tickets. Further information at info@natkingcolefoundation.org or call 561.213.8209.
      The Boca Raton Symphonia presents Music and Dance Under the Stars 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. March 3. Visit www.bocasymphonia.org/musicanddance.
       The 2013 Boca Festival of the Arts is March 7-16 at Mizner Park Amphitheatre and Cultural Arts Center. Washington Post columnist will speak at  4 p.m. March 9 in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, Thomas Keneally, author of the book based on Shindler�s list speaks 7 p.m. March 11 and former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Retired Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks 7:30 p.m. March 12. To purchase tickets, visit www.festivalboca.org or call 866.571.2787.
       JARC's 27th annual gala dinner dance and auction, honoring Rabbi Dan Levin and Judy Levis Markhoff is March 10, 2012 at Boca West Country Club.
       Florida Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen will be honored at the 23rd Annual Book of Hope Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. March 11 at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, sponsored by the Crohn�s and Colitis Foundation. Tickets are $125. Call 561.218.2929 or visit www.ccfa.org.
       Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in American History, will be the keynote speaker at the 11th annual YMCA of South Palm Beach County Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 12 at the Boca Resort and Club, honoring Henrietta Countess DeHoernle and chaired by Linda Spielman. For details, tickets and sponsorship opportunities, call Georgia Rose at, 561.237.0944.
       The 5th annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton. Last year, 5,000 people participated, making it the largest free fun day in the U.S. for children and adults with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Call 561.715.2622 or go to www.boatingbeachbash.com  for more information. Email info@boatingbeachbash.com or jay@boatingbeachbash.com.
      Subway guru Larry Feldman speaks in Zinman Hall at the Business and Professional Division breakfast of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County 8 a.m. March 20. Tickets are $36 including breakfast. Visit www.jewishboca.org/icon, email sonnis@bocafed.org or call 561.852.3128.
     Chaired by Janice Williams, the 12th Annual Honor Your Doctor Luncheon is March 20 at Broken Sound Club. Visit www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org or call 561.299.1429.
       Florence Fuller Child Development Centers presents the Men with Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon 11:30 a.m. on April 26th at Boca West Country Club.
             FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Ragbir Team Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE) Realtor JOANNE EPSTEIN at 561.945.0000 and visit www.joanneepstein.com  to find out how she can save you from foreclosure, with no cost for attorneys, fees or commissions.
       If you have computer issues, or need a website, contact Rich Loeb, www.gilapro.com or call 561.809.4550.
        Birch Communications is a multi-million dollar company with an exclusive wholesale agreement with AT and T. If you would like to save money on your AT&T land phones without changing your numbers or your service, call 561.852.0000.
        www.WestBocaLeaders.com has outgrown its previous meeting location and now meets at the West Boca Library on 441, just north of Yamato Road on alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. featuring a newly redesigned website and openings in some categories. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.
        If you would like to promote your business or profession on Barry Epstein Live internet television show, on www.vimeo.com, www.barryepstein.com,
www.facebook.com.barryepstein and on the www.bocatribune.com (click on columnists) websites, call 561.852.0000. 
                  Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the  www.luxurychamber.com,  the www.westbocaleaders.com networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on www.bocaratontribune.com (click on columnists) and www.publicrelations.nu. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. email: pr@publicrelations.nu,
 or fax column items to 561.451.0000.  His blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the www.bocaratontribune.com (and click on columnists) website, on www.facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at www.floridajewishjournal.com - http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as well as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.   READ THE COLUMN ON LINE AT WWW.BOCATRIBUNE.COM.