Published On: Wed, Sep 17th, 2014

Page Two; Barry’s Buzz – Sept. 17, 2014   

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    The Boca Tribune has a terrific internship program. Hope you will donate to it. Here is the link. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/boca-raton-tribune-internship-program. Please contribute to it.

 

     The Florida Atlantic University football team picked up a hefty $2 million in appearance fees for being crushed by Nebraska and Alabama football teams during the past two weeks. FAU for several years has sacrificed itself on the gridiron in order to make megabuck fees for playing college football powerhouses, but FAU Athletic Director Pat Chung says getting clobbered by the big guys each year isn’t not worth it and he will be making changes.

 

     Boca City Council approved construction of 12 buildings for 75 new 3 bedroom, 3 story townhomes with two car garages and two car driveways, plus a 127 square foot fitness center and pool on 5,934 acres at the northeast corner of Military Trail and Spanish River Blvd, selling for $400,000 to $600,000.

 

     Boca Raton City Council voted to take the first step and negotiate a lease with Houston’s parent company for a restaurant at the old Wildflower’s property on the Intracoastal at Palmetto Park Road.

 

     Boca Raton former portfolio hedge fund manager Matt Martoma was nailed with a 9 year prison sentence last week after being found guilty on insider trading charges. The Fed pressured Martoma to rat out his boss Steve Cohen and cop a guilty plea to receive a lighter sentence but Martoma elected to stand trial. The high profile case involved $275 million benefitting Cohen’s company SAC Capital.

 

    Not surprisingly the Wall Street Journal reported that the dysfunctional Obamacare website Healthcare.gov has been hacked and personal information for millions of Obamacare enrollees is at risk. Already thousands of South Florida enrollees are in danger of losing coverage because the faulty website is unable to verify citizenship or immigration status that’s needed to qualify for premium subsidies.

 

     American Airlines made $420 million and Delta Airlines made $190 million for second quarter baggage fees.

 

      The Jacobson Jewish Community Foundation Professional Advisory Committee PAC kickoff & Membership Drive Cocktail Reception is 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at Woodfield Country Club, 3650 Club Place, Boca Raton. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Dietary laws will be observed. Couvert is $50 per person. RSVP at jewishboca.org/packickoff/register. For further information, contact Kristy Lopez at 561.852.6090 or email: kristylo@bocafed.org.

 

    The annual Tastemakers at Mizner Park “Rock, Roll & Stroll” restaurant crawl 6 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 17. A $30 dining booklet acts as a passport to pairings at 11 restaurants. The booklet is on sale at those restaurants and at miznerpark.com/events/tastemakers-rock-roll-stroll-at-mizner-park. It also includes offers through Oct. 31 for restaurant discounts.

    

    Cafe Cinematheque Foreign Films with Shelly Isaacs is every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.at Movies of Delray 561-638-0020 and Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Movies of Lake Worth 561-968-4545. Visit moviesofdelray.com for more information.

 

     The public is invited to comment on the tentative city budget for 2014-2015 at a public hearings at 6 p.m. Sept. 18, in City Council chambers in Boca Raton City Hall.

 

     DaVinci’s of Boca opened in the Town Center Mall in the CPK entrance near Nordstrom. Call 561.362.8466 for more information.

 

     Watch Movie Talk with Morrie Zryl on wrpbitv.com Thursdays at 6 p.m. and Fridays at 6 a.m.

 

     There will be a Senior Health Fair on September 19th at Fire Station 53 located at 19950 Lyons Road in Boca Raton. The Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This event is free and open to all seniors and will include flu shots, free coffee and refreshments and health and nutrition information.

 

        Watch Barry Epstein live at barryepstein.com,tv-show/ to win free tickets to the Cinemark Theatres. This week’s guests are Stop Bullying Now Foundation Founder and CEO Lowell Levine, Computer Media owner Carey Mason and SouthTech Recording Arts Academy Instructor Ryan Dockery. You can be on too to promote your business and we send a link of your segment to put on your website and send out in emails to prospects and clients for only $150. It also goes out on Vimeo, Facebook and YouTube. Call 561.852.0000 for details. 

 

     The Maze Runner, A Walk Among Tombstones, This Is Where I leave You, Tusk and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby opens Friday at the Cinemark Palace and Premiere theatres. This is Where I leave You and My Old Lady opens at the Movies of Delray and Lake Worth. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, A Walk Among Tombstones and My Old Lady opens at The Classic Gateway. My Old Lady opens at the FAU Living Room theatres. November Man opens at the Last Picture show in Tamarac.

 

     The West Boca High School Drama Department will have a fundraising car wash on Sunday at the TGI Friday’s in Mission Bay Plaza. The event starts at 10 am and goes until 4 pm.

 

     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.    

 

   Every Sunday at AMF bowling, 1190 Boynton Beach Blvd. and Congress Ave. Brain Bowlers sponsors a bowling league for families and children with disabilities to raise funds and awareness for agencies and children who are void of social interaction.  Cost is only $1.38 per game and families can bowl one or two games. There is also entertainment and prizes. For further information, call Robert Gottesman at 561-676-2075.

      

    What’s New Pussycat, the songs of Burt Bacharach, is at the Stage Door Theatre, 8036 W. Sample Rd., Coral Springs, to September 28. Visit stagedoortheatre.com

 

     Jan McArt sponsors the 9th annual Ice Cream Social and the GiGi’s show, sassy retro style of the Shirelles, Angeles and Go-Go’s 2 pm. Sept 21 in the Lynn University Wold Performing Arts Center. RSVP to 561.237.7750 or DMcKim@lynn.edu.

 

        The Boca Raton Tribune and Palm Beach State College presents an International Trade Show noon to 7 p.m.  Sept. 26. Booth space is $350. Admission is $20 per person. Email gabriela@bocaratontribune.com for more information.

 

     Lynn University and Producer Jan McArt, director of theatre arts program development, today announced a special performance by Boca Raton’s own cabaret sensation Deborah Silver. A special preview of Ms. Silver’s October appearances in New York City at 54 Below and the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center, this music-packed performance will benefit Jan McArt’s Theatre Arts Guild. “Silver Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook” will be presented on Sunday, September 28, at 2 p.m., at the 220-seat Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall in Lynn University’s de Hornle International Conference Center. Tickets are only $45 per person and include complimentary valet parking and a glass of champagne. Tickets can be purchased online atevents.lynn.edu or by calling 561.237.9000.

 

     Hobby Lobby opens 9 am Sept. 29 in the West Boca Square at 441 and Palmetto Park Road.

 

     The Jewish Federation Business and Professional Division networking event is 6 p.m. Sept. 29 at Zinman Hall on the Federation campus, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd. featuring Philanthropist S. Daniel Abraham, founder and former Chairman of Slim-Fast Foods. $36. Register at jewishboca.org/bpnetworking or call Sonni Simon at 561.852.3128 or email Sonnis@bocafed.org for further information.

 

      Filmgoers in Delray Beach and Lake Worth will unite with audiences in over 250 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 17th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Movies of Delray on Monday, September 29th at 7:00pm and at the Movies of Lake Worth on Wednesday, October 1st at 4:00pm.

 

     The Marvelous Wonderettes presented by the Slow Burn Theatre Company is at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale,  in the Abdo New River Room Oct. 2-Nov. 23. Tickets are $45. Buy tickets at BrowardCenter.org, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800.745.3000,

    

     Renowned local entertainers, The Sheffield Brothers, will be performing at the Sunday Matinee Music Series Concert on Sunday, Oct 5, 3-4pm, at the Boca Raton Downtown Library located on 400 NW 2nd Ave (Boca Raton Blvd), Boca Raton.  The concert is sponsored by the Friends of the Boca Raton Library and is open to the public, free admission. Register at www.bocalibraryorg to reserve your seat.  Call (561) 299-8684 for information. 

 

       The 26th Annual Golf Classic benefiting the George Snow Scholarship Fund is 12:45 p.m. Oct. 6 at Boca West Country Club. Sponsorship and Underwriting opportunities are available. Email dfeiler@scholarship.org or call 561.347.6799 for more information.

 

     The Florida Intergenerational Orchestra, the orchestra for everyone, begins its 10th Anniversary with an Open Rehearsal and Youth Scholarship Audition.

The orchestra beginning its 10th Anniversary Season is holding open rehearsals for all musicians on Thursday, October 9th. Just bring your instruments and your love of music. The Youth Scholarship auditions commences at 7:30 until 9 P.M. with the regular players also rehearsing 7:30-9:00 pm at Patch Reef Community Center, 2000 West Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida

 

    The National Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be in Boca Raton for the first time on Oct. 11 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Registration for the walk is free at alz.org/walk. Volunteers are also needed. Contact Pamela Polani at polani@bellsouth.net or call 561-496-4222.

 

     Wait Until Dark is at the Delray Beach Playhouse Oct. 11-Oct. 26. Call 561.272.1281 Ext 4 or visit delraybeachplayhouse.com for more information.

 

     Slow Burn’s 6th season opens with the regional premiere of Carrie: The Musical, three weekends only, Oct. 16-Nov. 2. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 5 pm., at the West Boca Performing Arts Theatre, West Boca High School, 12811 West Glades Road. Go to slowburntheatre.org for tickets.

 

      The 16th Annual Lynn University Blue & White Auction will take place on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m., in the de Hoernle Sports and Cultural Center. Call 561-237-9000 or register online at lynn.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=672701.

 

    The public is invited to a free bipartisan discussion hosted by the League of Women Voters, Palm Beach County & the Voting Rights coalition, 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2601 St. Andrews Ave., featuring Palm Beach County Mayor Priscilla Taylor, Florida Voting Rights Restoration Coalition VP Jessica Chaiappone, along with Heather Corpin and Board member of the ACLU of Florida & Professor Emeritus of Sociology from Southern Illinois University Mark Schneider. Refreshments will be served following the discussion. For more info, visit lwvpbc.org or call 561.276.4898.

 

    Lynn University and Producer Jan McArt, director of theatre arts program development, will launch next month the 2014-2015 season of Libby Dodson’s Live at Lynn Theatre Series on October 18-19 with The Broadway Boys. Both season subscriptions and individual show tickets can be purchased by phone at 561-237-9000; online at events.lynn.edu; or at the Box Office at Lynn University, on the west side of Military Trail in Boca Raton.

 

     Outre Theatre Company opens its season Oct. 24-Nov. 9 at the Sol/Evening Star Productions’ theatre, 3333 N. Fed. Hwy. with “Back of the Throat”, but will be lured to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in December with “Othello”. Call 954.300.2149 for more information.

 

    JARC sponsors a bowling fundraiser 12:30 to 3 Oct. 26 at Strikes Boca to benefit Adult Day Training Program. Sponsorships are needed. Call 561.558.2572 or email fallong@jarcfl.org. Register at jarcfl.org.

 

     Cpl. Burt Richards recipient of the $1,000 nominated award winning Educator of the Dickies American Hero of the Year award, will be educating 160 5th grade students at the Sunrise Park Elementary school Oct. 29 in honor of Veterans Day Nov 11th, in which he spearheaded the campaign in 2010 to get all Palm Beach Schools closed on Veterans day 2011.  His educating program, along with his buddy G. I. JOE, will be honoring those who served and American History. If your school is interested in his appearance, contact the Veterans Speakers Forum at pr.group@juno.com.

 

     The Junior League of Boca Raton’s 27th annual Volunteer of the Year fashion show by Saks Fifth Avenue and luncheon is Nov. 7 at Boca West Country Club. Nominations are still being accepted by calling 561.620.2553.

 

     The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) walk for mental health is 8 am. Nov. 8, at Tradewinds Park, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek. Register at namibroward@gmail.com. For more information, call 954.316.9907 or visit namibroward.org.

 

    The 2014-15 Broadway series season at the Kravis Center includes Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Nov. 11-16; The Book of Mormon, Dec. 16-21; Flashdance – the Musical, Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 2015; Anything Goes, March 10-15, 2015; Memphis, April 7-12, 2015 and Pippin, April 28-May 3, 2015. Subscribers will get renewals in April. General public tickets will go on sale midsummer. To order go to kravis.org/broadway or call 561.832.7469.

 

     The Palm Beach Pops kicks off an abbreviated new season 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 with a one-night-only show at the Kravis Center featuring the Manhattan Transfer, Frank Sinatra Jr. will sing 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 10 at the Boca Raton Community Church, and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Kravis Center; Frank Sinatra, Jr. “Sinatra Sings Sinatra; 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 at Boca Raton Community Church and 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center and a tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, featuring Donna McKechnie, Jodie Benson and Doug LaBrecque on 7:30 p.m. March 7 at the Boca Raton Community Church and 7:30 p.m. March 8 at the Kravis Center. Tickets go on sale Sept. 2. Call 561.832.7677 or visit palmbeachpops.org, bocacommunity.org, or kravis.org for more information.

 

    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, Alexandra Clough, Palm Beach Post business writer, Marcie Shatzman, Forum Newspapers and Warren Redlich, WestBocaNews.com  for contributions to the column.

 

     Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, president of the goldcoasttigerbayclub.com, the luxurychamber.com, the westbocaleaders.com and the founder and former president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce; with a weekly internet television show on vimeo.com, youtube.com and 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 bocatribune.com, facebook.com/BarryEpstein as well as on the Sun-Sentinel/Jewish Journal website at floridajewishjournal.com –barrys-journal.blogspot.com  and on his website: publicrelations.nu.

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