Stan
Drayton, Ohio State assistant and running back coach under head coach Urban
Meyer is in talks with FAU athletic director Pat Chun to be the next head
football coach of the Owls. Drayton knows Chun from his days as an employee of
the Ohio State athletic department. Drayton worked under Meyer in Gainesville
as well and has recruited in Florida for 16 years. FAU Owls interim head Coach
Brian Wright led FAU to victory in the season final four games.
City Councilwoman Constance Scott was presented with a 2013 South
Florida Inspiration Award for her work with the Police Athletic League and
other nonprofits at a Sun Life Stadium Dolphin game, by Nat Moore, former
Dolphins receiver and senior vice president and special advisor for the team.
Boca
philanthropist Yvonne Boice, owner of the Shoppes at Village Pointe and Fugazy
International Travel, along with being chair of the Palm Beach International
Film Festival for many years, is the 2014 recipient of the Diamond Award from
the Greater Boca Chamber of Commerce. She will be feted at a luncheon, expected
to be attended by 200 guests, Feb. 21 at Woodfield Country Club, 3650 Club
place. Call 561.395.4433 for tickets.
Palmetto
Park Road will be closed from I-95 to Military Trail on Dec. 13 to Dec. 17 for
work on the railroad tracks. Seek alternate routes, to go past I-95, either
Glades Road to the north or Camino Real to the south.
Boca City Council approved a Tool Brothers 223 home PUD on 121 acres
east of Jog Road an north of Old Clint Moore Road on the former Polo Grounds,
which will include a 5,000 ft. clubhouse, six tennis courts, pool, spa and aqua
lot. The City also annexed the property for the new homes of 4,300 to 8,500
square feet that will sell for $1.2 million to $2 million each and be accessed
only off Jog Road.
The last hurrah for Blockbuster
is here, with discount merchandise at the last company owned stores closing in
January including 10 E. Palmetto Pk. Rd.
Office Depot announced that the current 625,000 sq. ft. campus at 6600
N. Military Trail in Boca Raton will be the global headquarters for the merged
company with Office Max, which has ample space to accommodate associates
relocating from Illinois. What a coup for our local economy!
Boca Raton Regional Hospital will establish its first facility in
Broward County after recently breaking ground in Deerfield Beach. The
25,000-square-foot ambulatory care center will have 25 to 30 employees, at 3313
West Hillsboro Blvd., handling primary care, urgent care, radiology and breast
health.
Boca Raton’s downtown will get 229 apartments
called Boca Lofts at 333 SE 8th st., across from Trader Joe’s
expected to open in May.
Boca Bark Beach opens Friday, but passes will be sold starting Dec. 11
for the only dog beach between Juno and Ft. Lauderdale. Get yours now!
The $255 million asset Landmark Bank N.A.,
which earned $2.07 million for the first three quarters of 2013, will open the
first branch outside of Broward County, where it has two branches and a
non-depositary branch in Ft. Lauderdale, at 5255 N. Federal Highway, Boca
Raton.
Dr. Kevin Stabile has opened South Florida Allergy & Asthma
Specialists the Med+Plex building adjacent to Town Center Mall. Call
561.672.7511 or visit www.southflallergy.com for more
information.
Waterford Hotel Group has assumed management of the Fairfield Inn &
Suites on Airport Road in Boca Raton.
Cyndi Bloom has been elected president of the Friends of the Boca
Library. For more information: Email: memberservices@bocalibraryfriends.org.
Steven Zobel joined Waterstone Resort &
Marina as executive chef for all resort food and beverages and Dustin Lapekas
joined as director of food & beverage, previously director of beverage for
the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
An ongoing project sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has
uncovered a staggering 42,500 camps and ghettos during World War II, ranging
from the giants such as Auschwitz and Warsaw to lesser-known factories, farms
and brothels.
Premium Kitchens opened a showroom at 7400 N. Federal Highway in Boca
Raton.
The
Island Breeze day-casino cruise from the Port of Palm Beach is delayed once
again until 2014.
Thousands of consumers who think they have already enrolled in
Obamacare, may not have as the website has transferred garbled data to
insurers. Insurance companies are having consumers enroll on their website to
avoid additional major disruptions.
Congress has two weeks to pass legislation that will directly affect
South Florida, including a cap on flood insurance premium hikes and a proposed
24% cut in doctors’ fees that will drive most doctors out of the Obamacare
program.
The 84 acre Palm Beach Outlets Mall, currently
under construction, on the old Palm Beach Mall site in West Palm Beach will
open on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. The $150 million project will have 100 retail
stores, employ nearly 1500 people and expected to generate $1 million in
property taxes. A parcel adjacent to the Mall will feature a Whole Foods Market
and a Nordstroms discount store opening in the fall of 2014.
242,000
Scandinavian tourists visited South Florida last year, spending $150 million
and staying 5 days longer than the average visitor.
Beth Ami Congregation, 1401 N.W. 4th avenue, Boca Raton has an Israel:
Its Place in the Middle East Speakers Series, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.,m. Dec. 11,
Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, and March 5. Tickets are $35 for all six lectures or
$10 at the door. Call 561.347.0031 for more information and reservations.
A
cocktail and K-9 reception in support of Susan Haynie for Boca Raton Mayor will
be 5:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Dubliner Irish Pub, 435 Plaza Real,
Mizner Park. Requested minimum contribution is $25 per person, $40 per couple
and bring one doggie toy or canned dog food to be donated to the Tri County
Humane Society, PBC’s only no-kill animal shelter, to hear about Boca’s new dog
beach program. Dogs are invited. Drinks, hors d’oevres and doggie treats will
be served. RSVP to Events@SusanHaynie.com or donate online at www.SusanHaynie.com.
City Councilman Anthony Majhess had his kick-off campaign for Mayor at
Sonomo house Dec. 3. The qualifying period for candidates ends at 5 p.m. Jan.
10. So far, only Haynie and Majhess have filed to run for mayor. Seven people
have filed to run for two council seats, including incumbent Mike Mullaugh.
They also include Mohamed Abdulla, Rosetta Baily, Craig Ehrnst, Eric Gooden,
Scott Singer and Robert Weinroth. The candidates for Mayor will debate Jan. 21
at an 11:30 to 1 p.m. luncheon at Bogart’s on the Premier level of the Cinemark
Palace on Airport Road in Boca. Call 561.852.0000 or register on line at www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com.
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 Craig
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.
9 to 5: The Musical is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample
Road, Coral Springs, Dec. 13- Jan. 19. Visit www.statedoortheatre.com or call
954.344.7765 for tickets.
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas and The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in HFR 3D opens Friday at the Boca Cinemark
Palace & Premiere theatres and the Regal Entertainment Shadowwood theatres.
Barry
Epstein live features Waterford Resort & Marina General Manager Greg
Kaylor, Author of Raising Your Game Dr. Andrea Corn, FatBrainInteractive
founder Gary Truitt and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy on www.wrpbitv.com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday.
Watch to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. You can now watch my TV shows ON Demand on
wrpbitv. Just click on this link: https://vimeo.com/channels/barryepsteinlive.
Strawberries are in and loads of other Florida-grown produce at the Boca
Raton Green Market, in its 17th year, has farm-to-table, fresh-picked produce
from local growers and lots more, 8am to
1pm every Saturday at the southwest parking lot of Royal Palm Place, S. Fed.
Hwy, and SE Mizner Blvd in downtown Boca Raton. Call 561.299.8684 or email
elilly707@aol.com for further information or if interested in participating.
Motown Holiday Spectacular is 7:30 p.m. Dec.
14 at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, sponsored by the Boca Tribune. Call
561.693.3863 for tickets.
RESPECT: A Musical Journey of Women is now to
Jan. 5 at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center’s Studio Theatre, with two
special New Year’s Eve champagne performances at 4 and 9 p.m. Tickets at www.brtg.org
call 866.811.411. For more information, call 561.445.9244, email
kassie@gmail.com.
SHOWTIME Performing Arts Theatre Presents
NUNSENSE!, updated with new jokes, additional lyrics, two new arrangements and
a brand new song! Friday December 13th @ 8pm; Saturday December 14th @ 8pm;
Sunday December 15th @ 2pm & 8pm. Tickets are $22 Adults; $18 Seniors and
Students with ID. For tickets call 561-394-2626 or visit www.ShowtimeBoca.com.
Pop artist Peter Max will be in Boca 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 14 at the
Wentworth Gallery: Boca Town Center, 6000 Glades Road. RSVP to 561.338.0804 or
visit www.towncenter@wentworthgallery.com. More
information at www.petermax.com.
The Sheffield Brothers will be at the free Sunday Matinee Music Series
Concert Dec. 15, 3-4 p.m. at the Downtown Library, 400 NW. 2 Ave. Reservations
are required at www.bocalibrary.org to register on the events calendar for
December.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo is at the Broward
Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Spring, just east of Riverside
Drive, to Dec. 31. Call 954-344-7765 or visit www.stagedoortheatre.com for tickets
and more information.
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, to 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 I Love you, You’re Perfect
Now Change, to Dec. 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.
The
Women’s Theatre Project presents the Southeastern premiere of “The Lyons”, to 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.
Palm
Beach Dramaworks presents The Lion in Winter, to Jan. 5, at the Don & Ann
Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561.514.4042 or visit www.palmbeachtramaworks.org for ticket
information and reservations.
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.
The
Luxury Chamber presents JFK confidante Mel Cottone, a political
strategist for three U.S. Presidents and several U.S. Senators and the man
responsible for getting JFK on the ballot and possibly responsible (at least in
partial) for getting JFK elected President of the U.S., 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 16, at
Ceviche By The Sea, 2823 E. Oakland Park Blvd. $15 with Facebook RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/351890058259562/ or $20 cash
at the door.
Professor Alan Dershowitz speaks on Inside Israel
Today, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17, Congregation B’nai Israel, 2200 Yamato Road, Boca
Raton. Costs vary from $36 to $100. RSVP to www.cbiboca.org/speakersseries or call
561.241.8118.
The
Rotary Club of Boca Raton 2014 OPAL honorees Gary Peters, Irving Gutin, Karen
and Howard Weiss, Anthony Comparato and Cecil Roseke, chaired by Doug Mummaw,
Neil Saffir and Peter Baronoff will be Jan. 18 at the Club of Boca Pointe,
announced club president Julie Vianale. Call 561.477.7180 or email Claudia@rotaryclubbocaraton.com. for more
information and reservations.
The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club will feature a Mayoral debate for the City
of Boca Raton, moderated by the “Prince of Palm Beach County” Andre Fladell and
a Meet the Council candidates, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at Bogarts, on the
Premiere level of the Cinemark Palace, 3200 Airport Road, just north of Glades
Road. Membership, reservations and further information can be done on www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com or call
561.852.0000.
Wiesenthal
is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, Jan.
22-March 16.Visit www.stagedoortheatre.com or call
954-344.7765 for tickets. For more information, visit www.wiesentahltheplay.com or www.facebook.com/wiesentaltheplay.
The Beach Boys will be at the 52 annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Ball, Jan. 25 at the Boca Raton Resort 7 Club, celebrating the hospital’s
establishing the new Marcus Neuroscience Instititue, honoring benefactors Bilii
and Bernie Marcus and recognizing 13 physicians. Tickets are 4400 with levels
of sponsorship. Visit www.https://donate.brrh.com/ball?erid=13119&trid=1c200f48-41cb-4abf-b845-98f02f9aefa6 or call
561.955.5168 for tickets.
United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum South Florida Luncheon, is 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.
Weight
Watchers Group CEO Florine Mark speaks at the Jewish Federation of South Palm
Beach County’s Business & Professional Division (B&P), 8 to 10 am. Jan.
29 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 Saks Fifth Avenue CEO
Stephen Sadove on March 26.
Inside the mind of John Lithgow; actor,
musician, author, arts advocate 11:30 a.m. luncheon Jan. 30 Kravis Center Cohen
Pavilion. For sponsorship opportunities and to register to attend the event,
visit www.palmbeachstate.edu/Foundation/STEAM.
A
tribute to the late Maestro Bob Lappin by the Palm Beach Pops will be 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 4 at the Kravis Center with guest conductor Lee Musiker, longtime music
director and conductor for Tony Bennett, featuring broadway star Christine
Andreas, acclaimed pianist and singer Tony DeSare, big band songstress Lynn
Roberts, trumpeter and vocalist Longineu Parsons and former Pops concertmaster
and violinist Mary Rowell. This one-time concert will not only honor the memory
of Maestro Bob Lappin by recounting many of the wonderful musical memories over
the past 21 seasons, but proceeds will support the ongoing Palm Beach Pops
Music & You In-School Youth Education Program for underserved Palm Beach
County Schools. Enjoy a magical musical evening as only the Pops can deliver
and assist the continuing mission to Keep the Music Playing in our schools and
community. Tickets are $29 and up. Call 561.832.7677 for reservations and more
information.
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.
The new season of House of Cards with Kevin Spacey and Al Sapienza
premieres on Netflix Feb. 14.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will speak
at FAU 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19. Go to www.https://www.fauevents.com/online to purchase
tickets.
Save
the Date: The Caribbean Cowboy Ball is 6 pm. Feb. 22, 2014 at Red Reef Park.
Tickets are $175. Call 561.347.6799 or www.scholarship.org for info.
42 St. is at Boca Raton High School, Feb.
27- March 2. Visit www.bocatrama.com or call
561.338.15333 for more information and reservations.
The West Boca High School Drama Dept.
presents Young Frankenstein Feb. 28-March 8. Tickets are $15. Call
561.672.2066. Upcoming shows include Death by Dessert, April 25 & 26.
The Harlem Globetrotters will play at the FAU
arena on March 3 and 8. Go to www.harlemglobetrotters.com or call
1.800.745.3000 for ticket information.
Arturo
Sandoval, Forte, Cirque de la Symphonie, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Danna Deveare
Smith and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance company highlight the 2014 Festival of
the Arts Boca, March 6-15. Early bird tickets of $39 (regular price is $125)
are available through Dec. 31. Call either 561.368.8445 or too free:
866.571.ARTS or visit www.festivaloftheartsboc.org for more
information or reservations.
Save the Date: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to JARC’s 29th
Annual Gala Dinner Dance March 9, 2014 at West Boca Country Club.
Palm Beach Dramaworks presents “Some Enchanted Evening”, 14th
annual Spring Gala, 6:30 p.m. March 14 at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach,
2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. Tax deductible tickets are $500 and tables of
ten are $5,000. Call 561.4042 ext. 106 for reservations and information.
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 care givers 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.
Save the Date: Former Miami Dolphin and now owner of Offerdahl’s Café
Grill John Offerdahl will be the keynote speaker for the YMCA of South Palm
Beach County’s 12th annual Inspiration breakfast fundraiser, 8 a.m.
to 10 a.m. April 8 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.
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 and the South Florida Business report for
contributing to this column.
Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political
consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com, the www.luxurychamber.com, the www.westbocaleaders.com 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 – www.http://barrys-journal.blogspot.com as on his website: www.publicrelations.nu.
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