Breaking News: FAU Head Football Coach for two
years Carl Pelini has resigned, along with defensive coordinator Pete Rekstis
after they admitted use of illegal drugs. Offensive coordinator Brian Wright
was immediately named interim head coach by FAU Athletic Director Pat Chun.
The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a new
non-partisan political club, will have monthly 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. luncheon
meetings at City Fish Market, 7940 Glades Road and the Turnpike in Boca. Nov.
12 will feature Palm Beach County Inspector General Sheryl G. Steckler
discussing corruption and Dec. 3 will feature former Nixon political consultant
Roger Stone discussing his new book, The Man Who Killed Kennedy – The Case
Against LBJ. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door for members and $35
in advance, $45 at the door for members. Email Barry@BarryEpstein.com for membership application
or call 561.852.0000 if interested.
The
Boca Raton Resort & Club will open an 85x40 foot pink ice rink Nov. 1- Jan.
1 on the croquet lawn.
Palm
Beach County will replace the obsolete Sandalfoot Boulevard and SW 3rd
St. bridges crossing a draining district canal, just east of State Road 7.
French
restaurant L’etoile, has opened at 99 SE Mizner Blvd., with black truffle soup
and homemade ice sorbets on the menu.
South Florida’s endless nightmare with the
Obamacare launch is now in the fourth week with no relief in sight, and
computer experts agree the backroom connection with insurers and the government
is a disaster. If the flawed Obamacare website tied to insurance exchanges is
not fixed or delayed, it could destroy Obamacare, according to knowledgeable
sources. In a related matter, The Palm Beach Post reported the Legal Aid
Society of Palm Beach County, which snatched up a $480,000 taxpayer grant to
enroll people for Obamacare, has not signed up one person since the launch four
weeks ago. League navigators are frustrated over computer foul-ups and the lack
of communication from Washington, blocking people from enrolling.
The failing Obamacare website cost taxpayers $630 million and the
Obamacare law is 2300 pages long.
Illegal migrants are pulling off a new twist
after being caught smuggled into South Florida, asking for asylum, and U.S.
immigration officials are buying it. The Wall Street Journal reported illegals
are claiming they are in danger if deported back to their native countries.
Most of the South Florida asylum requests are coming from Haiti, Guatemala, El
Salvador and Honduras. It’s estimated that 350,000 illegals currently populate
South Florida.
The
Florida State University (FSU) Center for Brain Repair has established the
Alexander "Sandy" Halperin, DDS Alzheimer's Research Fund. Sandy is a
former City of Weston Commissioner. Click here to learn more about the FSU
research fund to initiate your meaningful involvement and support: http://med.fsu.edu/?page=brainRepair.alzheimer,
The
Boca Palm Beach Business Connection meets every Wednesday 7:45 a.m. to 9:00
a.m. at the Boca Polo Club TooJays, 5030 Champion Blvd. on Military Trail,
north of Clint Moore Road. No dues, no fees, no mandatory meetings. Bring
business cards. Join free at www.yourlinktolocalbusiness.com.
About Time opens at the Boca Cinemark Palace
and Premier Theatres, 12 Years a Slave (destined to get the Academy Award for
best picture, although very rough and brutal), Last Vegas, Enders Game and Free
Birds opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark Palace & Premiere theatres, and at
the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres, which also opens Capital and The
Pin. Capital, Muscle Shoals and Donnie Darko opens Friday at the FAU Living
Room Theatres. Capital and Last Vegas opens
at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. Captain Phillips also opens in The
Movies of Delray.
Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl and Barry Epstein on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6
a.m.
Barry Epstein live features South Florida
Business Journal Audience Development Executive Victoria Brinkley, Expert
Communicator and Toastmasters District Chair Ruth Field Beck, Beau Chateau
Staging and Petites Choses owner Debbie La Fond, Your IT Group Director of
Sales Jim Kozubal and Movie Maven Morrie Zryl on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday.
Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office is
hosting a free “National Night Out” event, 6 to 9 p.m., at the Target Plaza,
21637 SR 7 in West Boca, featuring a live DJ, bounce house, food and games for
the kids. Call 561.558.2700 for more information.
Upcoming
shows at the Wick Theatre, formerly the Caldwell, include Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas Nov. 14-Dec. 25; 42nd St. Jan. 9-Feb. 9; The Full Monty
Feb. 20-March 23; Steel Magnolias April 3-May 4 and Ain’t Misbehavin’ May
15-June 15. See www.thewick.org for further
information or call 561.995.2333 or 561241.7432 for tickets. Don’t miss it!
World
renowned Fine Art photographer Clyde Butcher has an exhibit through Nov. 8 at
the Downtown Library, 400 NW 2 Ave., Boca Raton.
Rick
Newman's sixth annual free “Make A Wish” Halloween Sound, Light & Laser
Show runs every night until Oct. 31 at 699 NW 9th Ave., corner of 7th
St. This year there will be new props,
new high-powered LED black lights, a new tri-colored laser system and new
animatronics.
The
Boca Raton Green Market, in its 17th 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 singer,
guitarist MARY EILAND, playing the variety music of rhythm & blues, pop,
and a little bit of jazz, too!. Call
561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further
information or if interested in participating.
Boca Greens Golf and Country Club, 19642 Trophy Drive, will hold a job
fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 4. Interviews on site. Call 561.852.8800 for more
info.
Upcoming shows at the Delray Beach Playhouse at 950 NW 9th St. in Lake
Ida Park, off Swinton Ave. Delray Beach include: Driving Miss Daisy, Nov.
30-Dec. 15; You Can’t Take it with You, Feb. 1-Feb. 16; The Pajama Game, March
29-April 13; Doubt, May 24-June 8, and musical memories shows include; Come Fly
With Me, Harlem On My Mind, Call Me Madam, Good News and Make Someone Happy.
Visit www.delraybeachplayhouse.com or call
561.272.1281 x 4 for more information. Tickets are $30. Call 561.272.1281 x 4
for reservations.
The
Plaza Theatre, 262 South Ocean Blvd., Manalapan has Brighton Beach Memoirs, to
Oct. 27; Fingers & Toes, Nov. 7-24; I Love you, You’re Perfect Now Change,
Dec. 5-22; Renee Taylor, My Life on a Diet, Jan. 16-Feb. 9 and Dirty Blonde,
March 27-April 13. See www.theplazatheatre.net or call
561.588.1820.
Of
Mice and Men, a searing work by John Steinbeck about friendship and
responsibility set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, is at Palm
Beach Dramaworks’ through Nov. 10 (8pm) at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201
Clematis Street). Call 561.504.4142 or
visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for tickets.
Former
owner of the NJ Nets/Devils Lewis Katz speaks at the Jewish Federation of South
Palm Beach County’s Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am.
Nov. 21 in Zinman Hall on the Federation campus. Registration at $36 is
available at www.jewishboca.org/icon or sonnies@bocafed.org, 561.852.3128. Future guests include,
Weight Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark on Jan. 29 and Saks Fifth Avenue CEO
Stephen Sadove on March 26.
Entre’
Acte Theatrix presents Tommy to Oct. 27 at the Delray Beach Center for the
Arts/Crest Theatre, Old School Square/51 N. Swinton Ave. Delray Beach. Call
561.243.7922 or visit www.entractetheatrix.org for tickets
and more information.
The
D Word is at the Kravis Center Rinker Playhouse to Nov. 10. Call 561.832.7469 or visit www.thedwordmusical.com for tickets
and information.
Slow
Burn Theatre Company presents Next to Normal to Nov. 2 at the West Boca High
Performing Arts Theatre, 12811 West Glades Road. See www.slowburntheatre.org
for tickets and more information.
The Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Springs,
presents Sophisticated Ladies, Oct. 25-Nov. 24. Call 954-344-7765 or visit http://www.stagedoortheatre.com
for tickets and more information.
The American Jewish Committee presents
professor, author, presidential historian, political analyst, commentator and
Director of the American Studies at Lynn University Dr. Robert Watson, 7 pm
Oct. 30 with dessert reception and program at Woodfield Country Club, 3650 Club
Place, Boca Raton. Call 561.994.7286 to register. $18 per person, includes
valet parking.
The Theatre at Arts Garage in Delray Beach,
Florida opens their season with The Longing and the Short of It, written and
composed by acclaimed composer/lyricist Daniel Maté, who won the 2013 Kleban
Prize for Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist, Nov. 1-24. Tickets are
$30-$45, and can be purchased at www.artsgarage.org or by calling 561-450-6357.
Spanish River High School PTSA’s 2013 Annual Auction is Saturday, Nov.
2. The PTSA is looking for businesses to donate any items or services.
Sponsorships for the event are also available. Businesses will be able to
receive advertising exposure while supporting the students and school. Contact
riverptsa@aol.com for more information. The community is also invited to bid
online from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6. Check out all the items at
www.biddingforgood.com! That is a way to support the local school and pick up
products from local businesses.
A Foreign Film Festival Fundraiser for “A Walk on Water” a not for
profit that provides water therapy through guided surf instruction to special
needs children with autism, cerebral palsy & Muscle diseases (www.awalkonwater.com) will start Nov. 3 at the Delray Beach
Firehouse, 14276 Hagen Ranch Road, and every Sunday at 2 p.m. through Dec. 8.
$5 donation at the door, no reservation necessary. For more information, call
561.483.2054.
A Kristallnacht Film Forum Donor reception
honoring the Kwal Family is 5 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Jewish Federation Zinman Hall,
preceded and followed by screenings of “No Place On Earth” at 3 p.m. and 7:30
p.m. Contact kff@bocafed.org, call
561.852.3126 or visit www.molsouth.org for more
information.
The World Premiere of Run Stinky Run is at the Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival, Nov. 3rd at 8:45pm at the Cinema Paradiso in Fort
Lauderdale, and two additional locations. Get tickets at: http://www.eventbrite.com/org/4699166507 or at www.fliff.com.
Christopher Cross will be at Jazziz Nightlife, 201 Plaza Real in Mizner
Park, Nov. 4 & 5. Call 561.300.0730 or visit www.jazziznightlife.com for
reservations.
Lynn University presents a free lecture by Dr. Robert Watson discussing
the many faces of Lincoln and the 150th anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg address, 11 a.m. Nov. 6 at the Lynn
Wold Performing Arts Center. Call 561.237.7503 or see www.http://events.lynn.edu.
NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba and Dr. Edith Widder
discuss how ocean and space exploration produces technology that impacts our
daily lives and advances mankind, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Palm Beach State College,
Public Safety Conference Center, 4200 Congress Ave. Lake Worth. Call
561.868.3450 or visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/foundation/STEAM for further
information. Tickets are $65 per person/ $120 for two and includes program and
reception.
The
Junior League of Boca Raton presents the 26th Annual Woman Volunteer of the
Year Luncheon, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at Boca West Country Club. Contact
561.620.2553 or visit www.jlbr.org/wvoy or www.wvoy,org for further
information.
Place
at Hope at the Haven Campus presents the 2013 Inaugural Hope Bash Boca, 6:30
p.m. Nov. 8 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 East Camino Real. Cost is
$250. RSVP by Nov. 1 to 561.483.0962 or visit www.hopeatthehaven.org. Sponsorship
opportunities and program ads are available too.
The
Boca Raton Theatre Guild presents They’re Playing Our Song, Nov. 8- Nov. 24 at
the Willow Theatre, in Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail. Tickets are $35.
Call 561.347.3948 or visit www.brtg.org, www.carolkassie.com, or contact ckassie@gmail.com 561.445.9244 for further information.
The Boca Ballet Theatre Guild presents the 22nd
Annual “A Princely Affair” luncheon and performance, noon, Nov. 10 at the Great
Hall of the Boca Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton. Tickets are
$90 per adult and $45 for children. Call 561.995.0709 for reservations and
further information.
The Veterans Coalition of South Florida
presents its annual Veterans Day program 9:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at Veteran’s Park,
9400 W. Palmetto Park Road between 441 and Lyons Road. For more information,
call 561.963.6755.
The
Friends of the Boca Raton Library Foreign Film Series will be held on Tuesday,
November 12th at 6:30 p.m. at the new Downtown Library, 440 NW 2nd Avenue, screening
Babette’s Feast, directed by Gabriel Axel, Academy Award winner, Best Foreign
Language film. Admission is free, and complimentary refreshments will be
served. Go to www.bocalibary.org, click on
the Events Calendar in the left-hand column and click on Friends Foreign Series
in the November calendar to display the short reservation form to reserve seats.
The Chris Evert/Raymond James Tennis
Tournament is Nov. 15-17 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center and Boca Raton
Resort & Club. Call 561.394.2400 or visit www.chrisevert.org for tickets, sponsorships or group
discounts.
The
Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road,
Coral Spring, just east of Riverside Drive, Nov. 15-Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765
or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets
and more information.
The
West Boca High School Drama Dept. presents “Is There Life After High School”
Nov. 21-23. Tickets are $15. Call 561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Young
Frankenstein, Feb. 28- March 8; Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.
The
Boca Raton Tree Lighting ceremony has been moved up two days to Nov. 27, before
Thanksgiving, instead of Nov. 29 in Mizner Park.
The 43rd annual Holiday Parade
along Federal Highway downtown Boca will be Dec. 4.
David
Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN will keynote following a cocktail
reception and dinner for the Jewish Federation’s Ketuba Society, 6 p.m., Dec.
5, at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Call
561.852.3342 or email idan@bocafed.org for further
information.
The
Women’s Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of “The Lyons”, Dec.
6-Dec. 22 in the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. Tickets are $26. Call 561.347-3948 or 561.445.9244 for more information.
The
37th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set
for Dec. 7.
The Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (JFS) Annual Gala and Auction is
6:30 p.m. Dec. 12 at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W. Claridge Oval, Boca
Raton, honoring Michele & Larry Blair and Craid Donoff, P.A., chaired by
Roxane Lipton, Wendy Legum and Jill Viner. Cost is $500. For more information,
visit www.ruthralesjfs.org/gala2013, call
561.852.5013 or email jillw@rrjfs.org. To learn more about JFS, visit www.ruthralesjfs.org.
The Boca Raton theatre Guild presents Marilyn: Forever Blonde, Jan.
9-11, 2013 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre. Tickets can
be purchased on line at www.brtg.org or by
calling 866-811-4111. Visit www.marilynforeverblonde.com, call 561.445.9244 or email ckassie@gmail.com.
Save
the Date: United States Holcaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, 11:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, featuring
International jurist and survivor of the Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen
concentration camps, Judge Thomas Buergenthal. Call 561.995.6773 or visit www.southeast@ushmm.org for more
information.
Save the Date: Phyllis & Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick, Shirley &
Allan B. Solomon and Jaime & Zachary Keyes will be honored at the Levis JCC
Casino Royale Feb. 8, 2014., email cindyb@levisjcc.org or call 561.852.3253 for more information.
Committee in formation: www.levisjcc.org/casino.
Save
the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC’s 29th Annual Gala
Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.
Florida’s Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities
will take place on March 22, 2014, between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at Spanish
River Park and A1A in Boca Raton. The Bash is the nation’s largest, free,
fun-day for people with special needs, their caregivers and family
members. The 6th Annual Bash is expected
to draw 6,000 attendees from South Florida and beyond. Tax deductible
contributions should be directed to The Boating & Beach Bash for People
with Disabilities, PO Box 99, Boca Raton, FL
33429. For further information
call: 561-715-2622.
If you would like to learn how you can provide
financial security for your family with a Living Benefits policy you cannot
outlive, make money and save money by NOT using a 401 k or IRA that will
protect your money and generate tax free income, or are unhappy in your job, or
want to change jobs, or need extra income, then visit www.freedombuilderinfo.com and
call 561.852.0000 for further information.
Banks are now encouraging Short Sales, rather than the lengthy and
costly foreclosures. FORECLOSURE IS NOT AN OPTION! Contact Keyes Company/Delray
office 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.
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 is the best
networking group in the area and meets at Hurricane Grill & Wings in the
Mission Bay Shopping Center, next to Office Max, 10125 Glades Road, 33498 on
alternate Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60
per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Call
561.852.0000 for further information.
Thanks to David Weir’s South Florida Business Report for contributing to
the column.
Readers of this column can receive two free tickets to the Regal
Entertainment theatres to see a choice of the following movies Monday-Thursday
when they come out: Free Birds, Enders Game, Last Vegas, Dallas
Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Best Man Holiday, Delivery Man, The
Hunger Games Catching Fire, The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug, Frozen,
Homefront, Out of the Furnace, A Madea Christmas, Saving Mr. Banks, American
Hustle, The Monuments Men, Anchorman The Legend Continues, Walking with
Dinosaurs 3D or the Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Send an email to pr@publicrelations.nu with your
address.
Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday. Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour. DST should be all year round.
Daylight Savings Time ends this Sunday. Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour. DST should be all year round.
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.wrpbitv.com 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 on www.bocatribune.com, 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.
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