Boca Beat, 02/05/2022

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Terranova Corporation, a leading commercial real estate firm, and President Mindy McIlroy represented Shadowwood Square, a power center in Boca Raton, in its recent signing of two new tenants – Carter’s Retail Inc. (NYSE: CRI) and The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. Carter’s Retail Inc., the largest branded marketer of baby and children’s clothing in the U.S., will occupy 4,442 square feet at 9831 Glades Road. The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, a trans-generational Mediterranean dining experience, which will occupy 2,700 square feet at 9961 and 9963 Glades Road.
Family-owned Movies of Delray and Movies of Lake Worth will welcome moviegoers back to the big screen with discounted admissions to kick-off National Cinema Day on Saturday Sept. 3. Sponsored by the Cinema Foundation in 3,000 locations, the one-day event will feature exclusive previews and in-theater promotions for no more than $3 a ticket.
Palm Beach State College is expanding its partnership with the School District of Palm Beach County to enhance cybersecurity and information technology instruction and prepare more students for the growing workforce needs, thanks to a more than $1 million grant from the Florida Department of Education.
Two Florida markets hampered by dramatic rent increases over the past year finally appear to be getting relief, but much of the nation remains in the cross hairs of a crisis, according to the latest monthly analysis by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and two other schools.
Generating a record-breaking $1,029,800 in scholarship funds to support the incoming class of medical students at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine, the College’s annual White Coats-4-Care (WC4C) major scholarship fundraiser was hosted this week at the Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence.
Barbara Cipriano has been selected as the new provost of Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth campus effective Tuesday, Aug. 16. Cipriano has served as PBSC’s associate dean of Public Safety since 2007 and will continue in her oversight of Public Safety until an interim is appointed.
The Junior League of Boca Raton (JLBR) has announced the 36 local women who have been nominated for the 35th Annual Woman Volunteer of the Year. Nonprofits from across South Florida have nominated one of their top volunteers to be considered for Woman Volunteer of the Year. The award recipient will be named at the annual luncheon on Friday, November 4 at Boca West Country Club.
Temple Beth El of Boca Raton will present a noteworthy 3-part series on antisemitism featuring guest authorities in this topic: Dara Horn, Jonathan Greenblatt and David Friedman. All programs are in person at the temple’s Schaefer Family Campus in east Boca Raton, beginning in September with our Selichot service and running through December 2022.
Florida Atlantic University Schools (FAUS) recently was awarded the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program Grant to increase the number of students from underserved groups, including students with disabilities, who apply for and are accepted to FAUS.
On Sunday, September 18 at 3pm, the Trillium Piano Trio will perform for Music at St. Paul’s in a concert featuring Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio in one movement in B-flat, D. 28, Beethovens’s Piano Trio No. 3 in c minor, Op. 1, No. 3, and Antonin Dvoák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in f minor, Op. 65, B 130. Made up of pianist Yoko Sata Kothari, violinist Ruby Berland, and ‘cellist Cornelia Brubeck, the Trillium Piano Trio has been a fixture on the Music at St. Paul’s series for several years.