BOCA RATON – Boca Festival Days sponsored by the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce are winding down, but there is still plenty of fun left this month.
Upcoming events include:
August 24 – 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Celebrity Shake-Up
Presented by Best Foot Forward and Blue Martini
Where: Blue Martini (6000 Glades Road, Suite C-1380 Boca Raton)
Dueling bartenders will fill the night with some fun and exciting competition, all while raising money to support the foster youth who Best Foot Forward serves.
Entry: $25 for 2 drinks and appetizers
For details: Contact Donna Biase at (561) 470-8300
August 25 – 6-9 p.m.
Singing and Swinging in the Pines
Presented by Daszkal Bolton and the Boca Raton Children’s Museum – as well as CBIZ Goldstein Lewin, Danburg Management Corporation, and TOSHIBA Business Solutions
Where: Children’s Museum (498 Crawford Boulevard Boca Raton)
Come relax in a jazz club setting and listen to the smooth sounds of legendary jazz diva Joan Cartwright and her trio. Then dance to the South Florida sensation Saxophonist Sid Parker and his Swing Band Quartet. Plus much much more!
Entry: $35 per adult
For details: For tickets, please call (561) 368-6875
August 26 – 2-5 p.m.
6th Annual Boca Helping Hands Bowling for Bread
Presented by Elements Therapeutic Massage and Boca Helping Hands
Where: Strikes at Boca (21046 Commercial Trail Boca Raton) Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of bowling, food, music and raffles to benefit Boca Helping Hands.
Entry: Single bowler – $50 or reserve a lane – $200
Or sponsor a lane for underprivileged children – $200
For details: Contact Karen Swedenborg at Karen@bocahelpinghands.org
August 28 – 6-9 p.m.
Pong Fest &Unicorn Foundation Event at Bogart’s
Presented by Bogart’s Bar & Grill and The Unicorn Foundation
Where: Bogart’s Bar & Grille (3200 Airport Road Boca Raton)
Pongfest & Unicorn Debry 2012 is the merging of two basic ideas: the conviction that we need to help those with special needs and the insight that we can have a great time doing it!
Entry:Singles – $40, Doubles – $75 for Pongest; $100 to be a Unicorn Owner
For details: www.unicornchildrensfoundation.org
August 29th 5-8 p.m.
Donating the Clothes off our Backs for Women in Distress
Presented by Women in Distress, the Boca Chamber Ambassadors and Oceans 234
Where: Oceans 234 (234 N. Oceans Blvd, Deerfield Beach — two blocks north of Hillsboro on A1A)
Come on by to enjoy happy hour cocktails and 40% off the bar bites menu, after you donate clothing and household items to this amazing and worthy cause!
August 30th 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Dancing Classrooms “Mad Hot Ballroom”
Presented by Dancing Classrooms, Sponsored by Wyndham Hotel, Red: The Steakhouse, and Trine Andersen of Ameriprise
Where: Wyndham Hotel, 1901 Military Trail, Boca Raton (use the entrance for Red – The Steakhouse.)
Entry: $20 per ticket, includes appetizers and one drink
The value and power of dancing classrooms has been documented in three feature films; the Academy Award winning “Mad Hot Ballroom” and “Take The Lead” (starring Antonio Banderas) which depicts Pierre Dulaine’s efforts to utilize ballroom dancing to help youth regain a sense of self-respect, pride, and elegance. A new film “Dancing in Jaffa” is scheduled to be released next year; it chronicles Israeli-Muslim & Israeli-Jewish children coming together through the Dancing Classrooms experience. Ballroom dance performance performed by the children of FAU’s Henderson School.
Aug 31 –Noon-2 p.m.
Boca Center’s Message in a Bottle Event
Presented by The Shops at Boca Center and the Golden Bell Education Foundation
Where: Uncle Tai’s (5250 Town Center Circle Boca Raton)
To commemorate the Time Capsule Burial in the newly renovated Courtyard in celebration of 25 years of making history in Boca Raton!
Entry:$15 per person
For details: RSVP to the luncheon at (561) 368-8806