The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club, a non-partisan political club, will have monthly luncheons. If interested, call 561.852.0000.
Sun, surf and skate through the holidays at the Boca Raton Resort &
Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort. Not only can guests surf the waves at Boca
Beach Club’s new Surf School, but this winter guests can put on a pair of
skates and glide into a distinctly South Florida winter wonderland on a new
pink ice skating rink. Open from November 1, 2013 through January 1, 2014, the
introduction of the Pink Rink will kick off the resort’s holiday season, from
family events and entertainment to ice skating and fireworks. For more information and reservations, visit
www.bocaresort.com or call 1-888-495-BOCA.
Madisons New York Grill and Bar will open in
the former Stephane’s location 2006 NW Executive Center Circle, facing Glades
Road, just west of I-95 in December. For more information, call 561.391-5930 x
304 or email efields@rogersandcowan.com.
Trader
Joe’s may open at 855 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton by May 2014.
Former
Boca Raton hedge fund guru and high profile party animal Marc Leder is having
trouble rounding up investors for his $3 billion hedge fund. Bloomberg News
reported that investors are shying away from Leder because of his well-publicized
party hi-jinks in the Hamptons on Long Island and his love child with a Long
Island socialite. Leder has since bailed out of Boca and bought a $15 million
party pad down the road in South Beach.
There is no job security for geezers at the
Palm Beach Post. The paper revealed that required buy-out packages to about 20
newsroom employees over the age of 55, which is legal according to employment
lawyers. The cutbacks marks another round of lay-offs at the paper which has
lost two-thirds of its employees in the
last five years. At one time, the post employed nearly 1300 people in
production, news gathering, sales and support staff.
The long awaited ground breaking for the $105
million 400 room Hilton Palm Beach Convention Center Hotel is finally set for
Dec. 6, with county taxpayers kicking in $27 million, and builder/operator City
Place developer Related Companies expecting to complete it by fall of 2015.
Due to a 20% increase bed tax windfall this
year, Palm Beach County tourism officials plan to sink $1 million into media
buys in Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia and Los Angeles (starting next month) in
a campaign to lure visitors from traditional markets to fill up planes on
non-stops into PBIA. In a related matter, PBIA served 5.1 million passengers in
2012, and 55 million since 2005, but traffic is down 9% over the past nine
years, with a loss of a million travelers due to lower fares, more non-stops
and convenient connections at FLL. Tourism officials hope to reverse the trend
with mega-bucks media buys.
Palm
Beach International Airport (PBI) launched a new customer rewards program based
on purchases that travelers make at the airport.
Two
weeks after the launch of Obamacare, most experts agree that the rollout was an
incredible computer programming disaster. Sun-Sentinel reporter Mike Mayo
reported that the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County which received a
$480,000 taxpayer grant to enroll residents hasn’t been able to enroll anyone
since it began because of the government website meltdown and consumers are
angry because there is no relief in sight.
Florida Blue is cutting 300,000 individual insurance policies which is 80%
of their business, because they don’t measure up to Obamacare guidelines.
State
owned Citizens Property Insurance shelled out a hefty $100 million in legal
fees over the past two years due to aggressive law firms filing suits fighting denying
claims. Attorneys say Citizens failed to pay many legitimate claims, resulting
in the filings. 23,510 suits have been filed in the past 4 years.
Seth
Marmor has been reelected president of the Boca Ballet Theatre.
Dr.
Michelle Eberle has joined Kawa Orthodontics in the Mission Bay Shopping Center
at Glades Road and 441.
Bob
Baez was named director of sales and marketing for the Waterstone Resort &
Marina, formerly the Bridge Hotel, in Boca Raton.
Swatch, a Swiss watch maker, opened at the Town Center Mall in Boca.
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.
The
Who’s Tommy will run from October 17th to October 27th only, at the Crest
Theatre at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square, 51 North
Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, 33444.
Tickets are available by calling 561-243-7922 x 1 or on line at: www.http://delraycenterforthearts.org.
The
Counselor and Jackass Presents; Bad Grandpa opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark
Palace & Premiere theatres, and at the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood
theatres. All Boys Love Mandy Lane and Good Ol’Freda opens Friday at the FAU
Living Room Theatres.
Barry
Epstein live features Notice on Demand LLC CEO Roger Campbell, Sr., Palm Beach
Yacht Club manager Michael Nadeu, Run Stinky Run movie producer Neil Golin,
Foreign Film Festival fundraiser Barbara Wolk and Massage Therapist Fabien
Deguffroy, on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm
Thursday and 10 am Friday. Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres.
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.
The
Twilight of the Golds is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road,
Coral Springs to Oct. 27. Go to www.stagedoorfl.org or www.stagedoorthetre.com or call
954.344.7765 for tickets and more information.
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.
Shriek
Week, Share the Scare Halloween activities are Oct. 18, 19, 26 and 26 at Sugar
Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Costs vary. Call 561.347.3948 or visit
www.suarsandpark.org/shriek-week for further
information.
The
Boca Raton GreenMarket is back from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and every Saturday
thereafter in the Monument Piazza at Royal Palm Place, NE corner of S. Fed.
Hwy. and SE Mizner Blvd. featuring live music by the Sheffield Brothers who
have been performing their special diversified musical repertoire, something
for everyone, for over 20 years. Call 561.299.8684 or email elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested
in participating.
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 opens Next to Normal October 18 at the West Boca High
Performing Arts Theatre, 12811 West Glades Road. See www.slowburntheatre.org
for tickets and more information.
Arielle Anacker Cancer Foundation Charity Golf Tournament is 1 pm, Oct.
24 at Parkland Gof & Country Club. Call 954.905.2106 or register on line at
www.arielleanackercancerfoundation.org.
Signature Chefs Auction to benefit
the March of Dimes is 7-10 pm Oct. 24 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center,
201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Cost is $150 or Tables of 8, $1250. Call 561.290.0905 or email jwhitaker@marchofdimes.com for tickets
and more information.
Rob Lowe, star of TV and film and a cancer awareness advocate, will be
the keynote speaker at Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation’s 10th
Anniversary Go Pink Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 25.
The 3rd Annual Meet Me On the
Promenade in Downtown Boca is 6-10 p.m. Oct. 25 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 26
at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Highway. See www.downtownboca.org for further
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
28th Singles Lifestyle Expo is 3 to 11 pm Oct. 27 at Pavillion Grille, 301
Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Contact 305-448-7976 or email albarry@bellsouth.net
for more information. www.multi-epo.com is the
website. 24 hour hotline: 1.888.899.4074.
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 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
Gegen, 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
37th annual Holiday Boat Parade on the Intracoastal Waterway is set
for Dec. 7.
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: 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 deductable
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 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.yourretirementmiracle.com and call
561.852.0000 for further information. Everyone should see it.
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., starting Oct. 9. 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: Hang on to your Nuggets, 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.
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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