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The Boca Raton Tribune COMMUNITY NEWS East/West Boca Raton, FL
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Barrys Buzz
• Reza-Pahlavi, the Crown Prince of Iran, is the featured speaker at the www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com luncheon, 11:30 a.m. May 20. RSVP on the site or call 561.852.0000 for more information.
• Sincere condolences to the family of Alan Grubow, leader of the West Boca Community Council who passed away last Thursday. • Sincere condolences to the family of Steve Brown, Brown’s Interiors, killed in a bicycle/car accident on Lyons Road, north of Clint Moore Road. • Creative City Collaborative (CCC), which operates the popular Arts Garage in Delray Beach, FL, is a proud winner of the prestigious and highly competitive $100,000 grant from Impact 100 Palm Beach. The award was bestowed at the World Theatre at Lynn University where several outstanding non-profits, selected by the women who form the Impact 100 membership, gave impassioned presentations about their organizations’ missions. • 55% of Palm Beach County residents are over 40. • Alexandra Clough, ace business reporter at the Palm Beach Post reported that Cancer Treatment Centers of America, bringing 225 jobs to Boca may take 75,000 Sq. Ft. at 5900 Broken Sound Parkway, where SBA Communications Corp. is planning a move to the 167,276 sq. ft. Beacon Square building it purchased on Congress Avenue. Boca is home to 25 out of 62 corporate headquarters in the county. • Clough also reported that Richmond Homes is building 60 homes in The Oaks from under $1 million of 4,300 to 6,600 sq. ft. and sold 5 already. • Donald Trump wants to buy the Buffalo Bills but keep the team in Buffalo. • Steel Magnolias is at The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum, 7901 N. Fed. Hwy. to April 20. Call 561.995.2333 or visit www.thewick.org for tickets. The 2014/2015
Quote of the Week:
“For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.” - Philippians 1:29-30
season includes: Swing, Oct. 23-Nov. 16; Mame, Dec. 4-Dec. 28; La Cage aux Folles, Jan. 8-Feb. 15; Man of La Mancha, Feb. 26March 22; Oklahoma, April 2-April 26 and Dames at Sea, May 7-24. Order tickets at www.thewick.org or call 561.995.2333. • The G-D of Isaac is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs through April 20. Visit www. stagedoortheatre.com or call 954.344.7765 for tickets and more information. • Palm Beach Dramaworks presents Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate, through April 27 at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. Visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org or call 561.514.4042 for tickets and further information. • Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl on www.wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m. • Congressman Ted Deutch invites residents of Florida’s 21st District to join him for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 17th, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the West Boynton Recreation Center located at 6000 Northtree Boulevard in Lake Worth, Florida. Ted will provide an update on his legislative initiatives in Washington and take questions from constituents. RSVP at https://teddeutch.house. gov/forms/form/default.aspx?ID=2678. • Cafe Cinematheque Foreign Films with Shelly Isaacs is every Thursday at 10:30am at Movies of Delray 561-638-0020 & Friday at 1:00pm at Movies of Lake Worth 561-968-4545. Visit www.moviesofdelray.com for more information. • Watch Barry Epstein live with Best Stop Trafficking lead staff attorney Ramon Guillen, Jr., Asset Accumulation and Conservation President John Borawski, Eagle Arts Academy Charter School for the Arts Gregory James Blount and Sun-Sentinel editorial columnist Kingsley Guy on www.wrpbitv. com at 10 pm Thursday and 10 am Friday to win free tickets to the Cinemark theatres. You can be on too to promote your business or profession. Call 561.852.0000 for details. You can also watch the TV shows ON Demand on WRPBITV. Just click on this link: https:// vimeo.com/channels/barryepsteinlive. • Transcendence, Heaven is for Real, A Haunted House 2, Bears and Le WeekEnd opens Friday at the Cinemark Palace
and Premiere theatres. Child’s Pose and Le Week-End opens at the FAU Living Room Theatres. Le Week-End opens at the Movies of Delray. • The Delray Beach Playhouse at 950 NW 9th St. in Lake Ida Park, off Swinton Ave. Delray Beach presents: The Pajama Game, through April 20; 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. • Larry Ferber has a movie club 10 a.m. every Sunday at the FAU Living Room theatres, followed by discussion. Call 757.617.1936 for more information. • Keep the Faith “Bon Jovi Tribute Experience” Comes to Boca to help raise research funds for ALL cancers. 7:00 p.m. April 16 at the Funky Biscuit, 303 SE Mizner Blvd. Tickets are $15-$25. The first 50 people get a complimentary drink. Comedian and cancer survivor Wayne Felber opens. If you love Bon Jovi and hate cancer, join us for an amazing night. Please purchase tickets in advance at www.funkybiscuit.com and look at upcoming events. • The Boca Raton Republican club features a dinner and book signing with former Congressman Allen West, 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 17 at Deer Creek Golf Club, 2801 Deer Creek Country Club Blvd. Deerfield Beach. Costs are $40 members, $50 guests, $200 seating with Allen West, $400 Table sponsor (10) RSVP by March 23 to www.http://bocagop.com/Boca_GOP_Events.html or email info@bocagop.com for more information. • The Trouble With Doug is 7:30 p.m. April 23-May 11 at the Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St. Delray. Visit www.artsgarage.org or call 561.450.6357 for tickets. • The League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County presents Lynn University political professor Dr. Robert Watson at the 2014 Annual Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. April 26 at Benvenuto, 1730 N. Fed. Hwy. Boynton Beach. $55 per person/$500 per table of 10. Pay at www.lwvpbc.org, email: mercpo@ hotmail.com or call 561.392.1262 for more information.
Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the Luxury Chamber, the West Boca Leaders networking group and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on the Boca Tribune website. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. Fax column items to 561.451.0000. His column/blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the Boca Tribune website (and click on columnists), on Facebook, as well as on the front page of the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website.
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