By Rebecca Coleman
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! February is proving to be a month of celebrations!
Boca Raton Ballet Theatre and Lilly’s Restaurant hosted a joint 20th anniversary celebration party at the restaurant this week. Frederick and Kristine Simms were announced as Honorary Chairs for the Ballet’s 20th Anniversary Gala on March 12 at Boca Country Club. The Simms are long-time BBT patrons. Frederick Simms is a former Board President and five-year Board member. Gala tickets are $175 from 561-995-0709.
Boca Raton Historical Society president Debbie Abrams called to tell me her friend Dennis Lambert is having a movie made about his life in the music biz. Who’s playing the legendary song writer? None other than Steve Carell! Lambert wrote or produced some of pop music’s biggest hits of the 70’s and 80’s, including “We Built This City (On Rock and Roll)” and “It Only Takes a Minute (to Fall in Love). The 12-time Grammy nominated star is set to kick off a national tour right here in Boca with a JM Lexus-produced concert at Florida Atlantic University’s Kaye Auditorium on April 22.
Frederick and Kristine Simms were named honorary chairs for Boca Ballet Theatre's 20th Anniversary Gala
Also celebrating, world-renowned sculptor Tim “The Frogman” Cotterill who will make his 16th anniversary appearance at Pavo Real Gallery at the Town Center Mall on Feb. 11 and 12. Fans will have a chance to win one of the Frogman’s exclusive sculptures to benefit the American Cancer Society’s R.O.C.K. Camp that funds care for children with cancer at the Boggy Creek Camp Facility.
Talking of caring…State Sen. Maria Sachs and State Rep. Bill Hager have signed on as Honorary Co-Chairs for the American Association of Caregiving Youth’s “Hearts and Soles” fundraiser on Feb. 24. Summer Faerman & Shelby Linton are Co-Chairs. Tickets are $50 from 561-391-7401.
Festival of the Arts is celebrating the screening of a restored version of “The Wizard of Oz” during the festival, March 4-12, with a “Toto Look-a-Like” contest. So if your pooch has a yen for movies, turn up at Love That Puppy in Mizner Park from 11 a.m.-noon on Feb. 26. Toto was a Cairn terrier so please don’t do anything drastic to your poodle!
And that is life in Boca…
Rebecca
Rebecca Coleman is president of Eureka! Productions, a Public Relations Agency and Celebrity Speakers Bureau. Details at www.eurekaworldwide.com.