Page Two: Barry’s Buzz – April 1, 2015
Boca Tribune publisher Douglas Heizer announced that all ads in next week’s paper will be free. APRIL FOOLS!
From Kevorkian to 2015, the Right to Die with Dignity is the luncheon program of the Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club with attorney Jeff Brown presenting the need for a bill in the state legislature, similar to Oregon, 11:30 a.m. April 8 at City Fish Market, Glades and the Turnpike. RSVP at www.goldcoasttigerbayclub.com/registration or call 561.852.0000 for more information.
In addition to the announcement last week that Benihana is slated to go into the former Denny’s in the Westwind Shopping Center at the southeast corner of 441 and Glades Road, the new building just built in front will house Pei Wei, Verizon, Mattress Direct, Vision Works and European Wax.
The Boca Del Mar Improvement Association has dropped its suit against building on the closed Mizner Trail golf course, paving the way for the development to proceed of new homes, town houses and condominiums on the 130 acre site.
Town Center at Boca Raton plans to relocate valet parking areas and reconfigure the main entrance area on the north side of the mall, after City Council approved an amended site plan.
Critics are calling the golden parachutes for top brass Office Depot execs who are slated to stash an eye-popping $85 million in severance if the takeover by Staples goes through obscene. CEO Roland Smith, who has been with the firm only 18 months, pockets the largest chunk of $46 million, while the proposed merger will close hundreds of stores, lay off thousands of people and hundreds at Boca Raton’s Office Depot headquarters wiped out. The FTC is also requesting additional information, which will delay the merger further and could still be denied.
Palm Beach County schools may have to repay $178,000 to the federal government after an audit found improper expenses made during hurricanes Jeanne and Wilma.
Watch Barry Epstein live with guests to win free tickets to the Cinemark Theatres. This week’s guests are The Stroke Research Foundation founder and Managing Director and author of Stroke Victor Bob Mandell and Ducerus founding member J. Jay Greene. 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, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube. Taping is 5 p.m. Tuesdays at the bylnetwork.com. Call 561.852.0000 for details.
The FAU Living Room Theatres movie club meets every Wednesday at 7 pm. There is no membership fee to be a part of the club, you simply buy tickets to the movies/days you wish to attend. Go to http://faulivingroomtheaters.com/movie_club.cfm. Call 561.549.2600 for further information.
West Boca Leaders meets April 1, 6 pm at a new location, IHOP, sw corner of Glades and 441. See westbocaleaders.com and if you are in a category we don’t have, call 561.852.0000.
Boca Leaders East meets April 1 and every Wednesday, 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Corner Bakery Café, 2240 NW 19th St. #800 in the Boca Glades Plaza, just west of I-95. No dues, no fees, no mandatory meetings, just pay for your own breakfast. Bring business cards and friends.
Reception for outgoing Boca City Councilwoman Constance Scott benefitting the Boca Police Athletic League is 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm April 2 at The Waterstone Resort & Marina ballroom, 599 E. Camino Real. Tickets are $50. RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/constance-scott-appreciation-reception-tickets-16016315230?fb_action_ids=10203947204657601&fb_action_types=og.shares.
Youth Activity Center founder and director Ellen Vahab won the Women’s Chamber of Commerce Annual Giraffe Award at a Kravis Center luncheon.
Lindsey Turesky is raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Her goal is $10,000. Here is the link to go to. http://www.mwoy.org/pages/pb/spb15/lturesky#.
Oasis by the Sea will serve 25,000 lbs. of meat, handles 93,000 lbs. of laundry and makes $148 profit per passenger in a 7 day voyage.
Boca Leaders meets every Thursday 7:45 a.m. at First Watch, Mission Bay in West Boca, 441, north of Glades Road. Next meeting is March 26. Call 561.852.0000 for more information.
Danny Collins, Woman in Gold and Furious 7 opens at the Cinemark Palace and Premiere theatres. The Mafia Kills Only in Summer and Effie Gray opens at the FAU Living Room theatres, Mcfarland USA, The Mafia Kills Only in the Summer and Effie Gray opens at the Movies of Delray and at the Movies of Lake Worth. Danny Collins, Furious 7 and Woman of Gold opens at the Classic Gateway. The Gunman, Run All Night and Strange Magic opens at the Last Picture Show in Tamarac. Read movie capsules at http://www.publicrelations.nu/category/reviews/movie-reviews/.
The Movies of Delray and The Movies of Lake Worth will be showing The Met Opera Live, simulcast from The Met Opera, and the Encore for the 2014-2015 season. In HD with Dolby Digital 7.1 Surround Sound on new wider screens and new high back seats with more leg room. Tickets are $19.00 and reserved seats are available. Tickets are available online and at the box office. Visit moviesofdelray.com and moviesoflakeworth.com.
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.
Sloburn Theatre presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 7:30 p.m. to April 19, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Tickets at goldstar.com/events/fort-lauderdale-fl/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee#show_date_selector.
Sophie, Totie & Belle runs to May 17 at the Delray Square Performing Arts, 4809 W. Atlantic Ave. Tickets at 561.880.0319 or visit DelraySquareArts.com.
They’re Playing Our Song is at the Delray Beach Playhouse to April 19. Tickets are $30 and $15 for students. Call 561.272.1281 Ext. 4, or visit delraybeachplayhouse.com.
Jewish Federation Super Sunday is March 29 at Zinman Hall, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd. Call 561.852.3271 or marcil@bocafec.org for more information and volunteer opportunities.
Pippin is at the Broward Center of the Performing Arts, 201 SW 5th Ave. Ft. Lauderdale. 8 p.m. through April 12. Tickets start at $34.75. Visit browardcenter.org or call 1.800.745.3000.
Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner Associations meeting April 7th, 8:30am, Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd, Boca Raton 33432. Subject: Transportation and Connectivity. Speakers: Exec Dir Jack Stephens-SFRTA and Joy Puerta-Transportation Analyst City of Boca.
The 2014-15 Broadway series season at the Kravis Center includes; Memphis, April 7-12, 2015 and Pippin, April 28-May 3, 2015. To order go to kravis.org/broadway or call 561.832.7469.
Gypsy is at the Zinman Hall, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd. Boca Raton, 8 pm April 11, 2 pm April 12 and 7:30 pm April 14. Tickets online at levisjcc.org/boxoffice (save $2 per ticket), or call 561.558.2512. Tickets are VIP reserved: $36, Reserved: $26; A&L Gold members: 423 and A&L Platinum members: Free.
The Friends of the Boca Raton Library’s “Sunday Matinee Music Series” presents the Hurricane Harmonizers featuring barbershop voices singing all your familiar barbershop tunes, April 12, 3-4pm, at the Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Avenue in Boca Raton. Reservations are required. Computer users need to enroll via the Library Event Calendar on the Library website, bocalibrary.org. Non-computer users may call (561) 807-7141 for enrolling.
Ira Leesfield, former Presidential Advisor and renowned attorney is at the B&P Industry Icon Event, April 16, 6:00 p.m., Zinman Hall, Boca Raton.
The season’s final Industry Icon event will feature Ira Leesfield, former presidential advisor and renowned attorney. This series connects a diverse group of professionals and entrepreneurs to help build their businesses and our community. $36 per person includes hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, with dietary laws observed. For details, visit jewishboca.org/bpnetworking or call 561.852.3128.
Ten-time Grammy Award winner George Benson will take center stage at the fourth annual GENERATIONS, a Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc. concert benefit to raise funds for music education April 25, 2015 at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. The GENERATIONS Concert begins at 6:30 p.m. with a reception featuring music performed by students from the Nat King Cole Generation Hope Summers Strings Camp and the Guitars Over Guns Operation After-School Program plus a bountiful silent auction with proceeds benefiting Nat King Cole Generation Hope. At 8:00 p.m. the attendees will enjoy music from talented local youth artists followed by the performance by headliner George Benson.
Dave Barry fans can see him live at the Delray Beach Public Library. Tickets to see the former Miami Herald columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner are on sale for $35. He will speak from 6 to 8 p.m. April 30 at the library, 100 West Atlantic Ave. Barry will discuss his latest book “Live Right & Fine Happiness (Although Beer is Much Faster,)” There will be a question-and-answer session, reception and book signing following Barry’s presentation. Proceeds will go toward the library’s “Foothold on the Future Campaign,” which will help pay for the expansion of the Children’s Department of the library. To purchase tickets, visit delraylibrary.org, the Library’s Circulation Desk or call 561-266-0799.
The 2015 March of Remembrance will be 3 pm April 12 from Boca Raton Christian School, 470 NW 4th Ave. to Temple Beth El, 333 SW 4th Ave. followed by a special 4 pm Yom HaShoah program at the temple featuring Holocaust survivors, community leaders and violinist Gil Morgenstern. Complementary return shuttle to BRCS parking lot following the program. For more info, call 561.852.6022 or email: marissat@bocafed.org.
Evening Star Productions’ The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy will run from April 16 – May 3 at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton. Tickets are $25 or $10 for students. Group rates are also available. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at the Sol Theatre box office at 561-447-8829 or on line at www.eveningstarproductions.org. Sol Theatre is located at 3333 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton.
Dennis Lambert wrote “We Built this City,” and the prolific songwriter will receive an award and Tony Orlando will headline the inaugural Apollo Awards for Musical Excellence on April 18 at Jazziz, 201 Plaza Real, Mizner Park. For tickets, visit thesymphonia.org/appollo-awards.html or call 561.376.3848.
The Relay for Life of West Boca will be noon to midnite May 2 at Olympic Heights High School on Lyons Road north of Glades Road with a theme of Kenducky Derby: Relay for a Cure. Go to relayforlife.org/westbocaratonfl to register and form teams. Call 1.800.227.2345 for further information.
Israelfest 2015 is 3 pm May 17 at the Mizner Park amphitheatre. Free community wide event for the whole family. Kosher food available for purchase. For sponsorship opportunities, call 561.852.3169.
The Broward Stage Door Theatre at 8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, has announced their 22cnd Anniversary Season; Harvey, July 31- Sept. 6; The Fantasticks, Sept. 4- Oct. 11; Promises, Promises, Sept. 25 – Nov. 1; Dial “M” for Murder, Oct. 30 – Dec. 6; Gypsy, Nov. 20 – Jan. 3, 2016; Pompadour, Dec. 26, 2015 – Jan. 31, 2016; Carnival, Jan. 22, 2016 – Feb. 28, 2016; What’s New Pussycat?, Feb. 19, 2016 – March 27, 2016; Sunset Blvd., March 18 – April 24, 2016; Same Time, Next Year, April 15, 2016 – May 22, 2016; Putting it Together, May 13, 2016 – June 19, 2016; A Night in Motown, June 10, 2016, July 17, 2016; Present Laughter, July 8, 2016 – Aug. 14, 2016. Get tickets at 954.344.7765, or visit stagedoortheatre.com.
Kravis on Broadway Announces 2015-2016 Series Packed with Broadway Hits & Kravis Center Debuts: BLUE MAN GROUP (December 8-13, 2015); 42nd STREET (January 5-10, 2016); MOTOWN THE MUSICAL (February 9-14, 2016); MATILDA THE MUSICAL (March 1-6, 2016); Woody Allen’s BULLETS OVER BROADWAY (March 22-27, 2016); THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY THE MUSICAL (April 26 – May 1, 2016). Subscribers for the Kravis on Broadway series will receive their renewals in mid-March. Kravis Center donors will receive information on becoming a Kravis on Broadway subscriber for the 2015-2016 series in mid-May. For more information about becoming a donor, log on to kravis.org/membership, or call (561) 651-4320. Subscriptions for all six Kravis On Broadway productions are $180 to $499 and will go on sale to the general public midsummer. For information about purchasing a subscription to Kravis on Broadway, contact the Kravis Center box office at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471, or log on to kravis.org/broadway.
Westbocaleaders.com is the best networking group in the area and meets at IHOP, SW corner of Glades and 441 on the first and third Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. Cost is $60 per quarter. Check out the website for openings in some categories. Next meeting is March 18. Call 561.852.0000 for further information.
David Weir, South Florida Business Report, Jeff Ostrowski, Palm Beach Post and the Sun-Sentinel contributed items 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. Read his blog on http://www.publicrelations.nu/blog/. His blog is also 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.
