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Name gaming

One of the great political talents born of the school playgrounds of our nation’s youth is name gaming: the art of renaming or un-naming a person so he or she will be glorified permanently, tarnished perma-nently or just forgotten.

Whatever else his many failings — and one is extreme disassociation from facts — the 45th president is a competent name gamer, a man at first glance cut from the same mold as people who once nicknamed Mafia figures or prize fighters.

Those colorful name-gamers conjured such beautiful honorifics as Scarface, Tick-Tock, Ice Pick, Big Tuna, The Wizard, Joe Bananas, or Joey Brains among scores of others in the Mafia naming game. Decades later the names are still with us.

In boxing, they gave us such blazing neon titles as Hitman, Boom-Boom, But-terbean, the Greatest, Iron Mike, Sugar, Bonecrusher, Marvelous, Sweet Pea and the Brown Bomber — all bestowed in a kind of tawdry majesty by tawdry poets on the fighters of once-upon-a-tawdry-time.

As it happened, their names at least loosely reflected something real.

Mr. Trump’s version of this, though ener-getic and vivid, lacks both the romance or the relative accuracy of historic name gamers.

But his opus is still irresistible the way M&Ms are irresistible even if you’re accus-

tomed to Norman Love chocolates. (Look it up. Order some for the holidays. Or better, order a lot for the holidays!)

A glance at nicknames conjured by the president for those who have fallen out of his favor suggests he’s one of the best ever to come down the name-gaming political pike.

He may write no speeches. He may read no books or their covers. He might not even read matchbook covers, for God’s sake. But here are a few, just a few, of the Trump-ster’s (sorry) greatest hits, conjured by No. 45 himself, possibly: One Percent, Crazy, Sleepy, the Dick, Moonbeam, Low-Energy, Sleepin’, Crooked, Heartless, Lyin’, Nasty, Leakin’-lyin’, Slimeball, Slippery, Shady, Head Clown, Pocahontas, Sleazy, Wacky, Goofy, Cryin’, Cheatin’, Lightweight, Dopey, Psycho.

They’re breathtaking, especially if you read them fast. Put them together and they’ll lift off like a Russian rocket: A sleazy, wacky, goofy, cryin’, cheatin’, lightweight, dopey, psycho of a person’s rocket.

This is what makes politics fun. And it happens not just on the national level, but in local politics, too — though not quite in the same way.

Take the case of a man who lives not just in the greatest country in the world — The United States of America, land of the free, home of the brave; and not just in the sun-niest beachfront state in the continental United States — Florida; and not just in Florida but in the most beautiful stretch of red-tide Gulf Coast ever invented by God, man or chambers of commerce — the southwest coast: Take the case of Mr. Cecil Pendergrass!

Mr. Pendergrass is a politician, a county commissioner who was just re-elected last month. He’s also a native of the county of Lee — named, of course, for Robert E. “Fightin’-Bobby” Lee, West Point Class of ’29 (that’s 1829), veteran of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), commander of the Confederate Army and loser in the “War of Northern Aggression,” 1861 to 1865.

Gen. Lee’s portrait smiles out on Mr. Pendergrass and other commissioners at every commission meeting from the wall of their government chambers in downtown Fort Myers.

Well, “smiles” is an exaggeration. Fightin’ Bobby looks as grim as a reaper, and prob-ably for good reason.

Be that as it may, Mr. Pendergrass has never called for the removal of the portrait of a man who did his level-best to break up the very United States Mr. Pendergrass now works for.

But when some residents of his county questioned why a statue of General Lee would sit in downtown Fort Myers once, demanding its removal, Mr. Pendergrass called for “the city to keep it up ’cause it’s a downtown monument.” He blamed one of the statue’s critics for trying “to get atten-tion and get (a) fundraiser for (the) NAACP and to bully other businesses to make money,” a local television station reported.

Oh, you know. Just good ol’ boys who love history.

But Mr. Pendergrass, like Donald Trump, has a mean streak. Maybe he learned it from Donald Trump, who came to Fort Myers on Halloween only a few days before Mr. Pendergrass was re-elected, and conducted a rally.

I was there in the “VIP section,” about 50 feet from the president. So was Mr. Pendergrass, seemingly having a very good time. And learning everything he could.

His political opponent and critics fairly took him to task for faithfully supporting major development where wetlands and vulnerable environmental landscapes existed; for reducing impact fees developers used to pay to cover the infrastructure costs of their develop-ments; and for ignoring the declining quality of water for too long, as he cham-pioned developers who could pollute it.

I guess Mr. Pendergrass took it person-ally. Last week he managed to persuade his fellow commissioners to un-name a bridge honoring one of his critics. He slipped it onto an agenda at the last moment, so nobody knew.

It was a beautiful move, politically speaking, right out of a bully-boy school-yard: the Don Eslick Bridge, named in 2012 for a man who helped preserve and increase the value of Estero, will be renamed the Estero Community Bridge, unless the commission reverses its stance.

Trump would love this. Mr. Eslick had supported Mr. Pender-

grass’s opponent. He’s a modest, kindly, determined do-gooder — an economist, a baseball lover and a veteran (unlike Mr. Pendergrass) who was once the electron-ics warfare officer in a B-47.

And now he may slip namelessly into history, the victim of … Mr. Cecil “Puff-Adder” Pendergrass!

That’s name-gaming at its best. ■

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Sorry, you can’t protect Mueller

Mitch McConnell just did our con-stitutional order an enormous favor by burying the so-called Robert Mueller protection bill, hopefully never to rise again.

There’s been much harrumphing about how Republicans are in the tank for President Donald Trump by not get-ting on board the bipartisan bill, but it is a singularly misbegotten piece of legisla-tion.

Plan A, i.e., passing the thing, would have been hard enough. But its sup-porters apparently didn’t think through a need for a Plan B or C: Trump would have vetoed the bill if it passed Congress, and if it somehow passed Congress with a veto-proof majority, the Supreme Court likely would have struck it down.

The push for the bill again shows how, to this point, Trump’s main threat to our constitutional system has been catalyzing a hysterical opposition. That opposition is willing to throw overboard legal and constitutional niceties to thwart Trump.

Hence, much of the #resistance judg-ing regarding Trump measures. And

hence the astonishing spectacle of U.S. senators, sworn to uphold the Constitu-tion, advancing a blatantly unconstitu-tional bill.

The president is the chief executive, and like it or not, Trump is president. “I conceive that if any power whatsoever is in its nature executive,” James Madison declared, “it is the power of appointing, overseeing and controlling those who execute the laws.”

If the president can fire the attorney general (the ill-used Jeff Sessions attests that he can), he certainly can fire Muel-ler. The attorney general is a much more important position.

In compelling Senate testimony, Yale law professor Akhil Amar explained the constitutional problems with the Muel-ler protection bill. One is that to be con-stitutional, the special counsel must be an inferior officer. Otherwise, he has to be confirmed by the Senate, which Muel-ler wasn’t. And if he’s an inferior officer, he can be fired.

The problem with the protection bill in terms of constitutional architecture also gets at the problem with the special counsel.

Yes, there’s lots of criminal action in the Mueller probe — the Paul Manafort trial, the various plea deals — but cur-rent Justice Department guidance says that the president himself can’t be indict-

ed. That means that all Mueller can do regarding the president directly is produce a report that may well instigate congressional action, up to and including an impeachment probe. This prelimi-nary investigative work should be the work of Congress alone, without the help of someone nominally working for the president he’s targeting.

Indeed, if you want investigations of the president that the president can’t stop or have influence over, you have to run them out of Congress. With the Democratic takeover of the House, such congressional probes are on their way.

Trump has huffed and puffed about Mueller, yet cooperated — in some instances, quite fulsomely — with his investigation. That could change at any time. But firing Mueller would lead to dire political consequences, and now fail to achieve its end of truly shutting him down. If cashiered, Mueller would pre-sumably show up in January as the first witness before Rep. Jerry Nadler’s Judi-ciary Committee and spill all he knows.

That’s probably all the protec-tion Mueller needs, and certainly all the protection he can legitimately be afforded. ■

— Rich Lowry is editor of the Nation-al Review.

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OPINION

The fake potpourri

The word “potpourri” has a few defi-nitions, but for a columnist it means writing about a bunch of unrelated stuff because he’s too lazy to come up with an overarching theme. Instead, he’ll take a superficial look at several develop-ments. I have long experience doing that because of my career in TV news, where the marching orders were to “Get out there and scratch the surface!”

What better frivolous way to begin this potpourri than with that fist bump, or whatever it was, at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Rus-sian President Vladimir Putin? They have a lot in common, those two. First, they’re both from murderers’ row. Second, they both have a huge amount of influence over Donald Trump.

The leaders are doing quite well at playing the American president, although Trump is pretending his nose is currently out of joint with Putin. He insists it’s all about Russia’s belligerent behavior against Ukraine, including the shipboard capture of several sailors and boats ram-ming, but many suspect that it might have more to do with collusion than with collisions.

Back home, as the Trumpster is pain-fully aware, special counsel Robert Muel-ler seems to be tightening the vise on Trump’s, uh, whatevers. The Mueller investigation is obviously well on its way to unraveling what appear to be bold-faced lies from Trump and his hench-people about his motivations for allowing Vlad to have his way with him. The last thing the American president needs right now is a photo op of his way being had by the Russian president.

Besides, with the death of a predeces-sor, George H.W. Bush, President Trump had to suddenly pivot away from his Mueller demonizing to the pretense of statesmanlike mourning that his office protocols require — ones even he could not ignore. It gave us time to think about how far we’ve come as a country from our 41st chief executive to No. 45.

It’s tempting to join everyone else and reflect on our loss of public manners, but were they merely a subterfuge? To a big extent, they were. True, past politicians would try really hard to put on their lik-able costume, complete with a mask of civility; Trump doesn’t even try wearing them. But our leaders were just as cut-throat then as they are now.

We have learned some lessons. From Jim Crow, we’ve grudgingly evolved into a facade of equal opportunity — or did until this Trump guy came along to appeal to his followers’ darkest instincts,

the ones they had been forced to sup-press.

Add to that mix a social media democ-racy run amok and you see a landscape consumed by the wildfires of hatred and ignorance that rage out of control. The wildfires are not simply metaphors. Global warming is not just a threat to our existence, but it’s one of many examples of disasters we no longer have the will to prevent. To a great extent, we’ve surren-dered to the selfish few who control and misuse their immense power.

So actually, this is a potpourri, a collec-tion of offenses by humans that threaten humanity. I suppose there is a common theme here after all, and that is we need to stop playing these silly games where everybody loses. ■

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Susan G. Komen South Florida, based in West Palm Beach, has expanded its reach to become Susan G. Komen Florida.

The new statewide organization will serve the entire state, except for Bro-ward, Miami-Dade and Monroe coun-ties, which will continue to be support-ed by Komen Miami/Fort Lauderdale.

The new Komen Florida will focus its work on saving the lives of more than 2,700 Florida women who die from breast cancer every year. With investments across the state, the affiliate will seek to impact about 13,700 women in Florida who are diagnosed each year, ensuring they have access to screenings, diagnos-tics and treatment, a news release said.

The new unified affiliate will be based in West Palm Beach under the leadership of Kate Watt, who previously served as Komen South Florida’s execu-tive director. Ms. Watt and Board Chair Jill Weiss have led a team to increase

mission investments in breast health, grow the organization’s Race for the Cure event, and introduce a communi-ty-based navigator program to reduce breast cancer among black women who have a 40 percent higher mortality rate than white women.

The team will now seek to grow those efforts across the state to reduce breast cancer deaths, advocate for increased support, and respond to the state’s healthcare challenges for women, the organization said.

The new affiliate will continue to host its annual Race for the Cure in Down-town West Palm Beach. Future walks in other regions will be announced.

As part of the new affiliate’s launch, it is issuing a statewide grant request for proposals available at www.Komen-Florida.org. Organizations that support breast health education and screenings are encouraged to apply. ■

Jupiter Medical earns quality awardJupiter Medical Center was named a

Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group.

The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given out by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organiza-tion, a news release said.

The designation is bestowed upon organizations that achieved an “A” Safety Rating and embody standards of excel-lence in health care.

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To learn more, visit www.jupitermed.com/quality. ■


PET TALES

Cat trickTeach these three habits to save your cat’s nine lives

BY KIM CAMPBELL THORNTON

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In the aftermath of a disaster such as the recent California wildfires — a time when people and pets often become sepa-rated for reasons beyond their control — it’s easy to worry about how to respond when lives are at risk. That’s especially true for cat owners, whose pets tend to hide at the best of times and are even more likely to do so during an emergency. Leaving them behind seems unthinkable, but if you are staring down a fire, flood or tornado, you may have no option if your cat can’t be found.

It doesn’t have to be that way. You can teach your cat three habits that may save his life, not just during an emergency but in day-to-day living: come when called, will-ingly enter and ride in a carrier and scratch on a post. Here’s how.

■ Come when called. When my hus-band and I acquired our first two cats, we didn’t know the received wisdom that “cats can’t be trained.” So we taught them to come to a whistle. Every time we fed them, we whistled a particular refrain. Soon we could whistle at any time of day, from any place in the house, and our cats would come running. If you can’t just put your lips together and blow, use another signal, such as ringing a bell, blowing a whistle or crinkling a treat bag. Always give a reward when your cat responds. Cats don’t work for free, after all.

■ Enter and ride in a carrier. Every cat

owner at one time or another has wrestled a cat into a carrier. No one likes it — least of all the cat. I asked fellow Pet Connec-tion contributor and lead animal trainer for Fear Free Pets Mikkel Becker for tips on conditioning cats to love their carrier.

She says the key to carrier contentment is to give cats a positive association with it. Leave it out in your living room or other area where your cat likes to spend time, so she can explore it at leisure. Enhance its attractiveness as a hidey hole or resting spot by leaving treats inside for your cat to find (with a trail of them leading up to it), feeding meals in it (leave the door open), lining it with comfortable bedding, placing catnip or silver vine in it and applying a feline pheromone product to elicit calm feelings.

When transporting the carrier, hold it in both arms, close to your body, so your cat isn’t swinging at your side. Place the carrier on the floor of the car behind the passenger seat, where it won’t move excessively while the car is in motion. Play cat-specific music during the drive. Take your cat for rides to places other than the veterinary clinic. We often took those first two cats to the bank drive-through win-dow or to Dairy Queen.

■ Using a scratching post. Coming when called and going into a carrier have obvious benefits, but using a scratching post? You bet. Up to 42 percent of behavior complaints about cats involve destructive scratching, according to the AVMA. Cats who don’t scratch destructively are more likely to stay in their homes for life and to be welcome in homes or hotels if their people have to evacuate.

Four rules apply when teaching a cat to use a scratching post:

1. Never punish or frighten your cat while he’s using the post.

2. If you see him scratching where he shouldn’t, gently redirect him to the post, using a feather or fishing pole toy as a lure. Run your fingers up and down the post; the sound and motion will attract your cat’s attention and encourage him to scratch.

3. Attract your cat to the post with cat-nip, silver vine or a product such as Feli-way Feliscratch.

4. Reward your cat whenever he uses the post, goes in the carrier or comes when called. ■

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Brad Banks chosen for Football Legends Award

Brad Banks, a former Glades Central High School and University of Iowa quar-terback, will receive this year’s Built Ford Tough Palm Beach County Football Leg-ends Award.

Mr. Banks will attend and be rec-ognized at the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl’s annual luncheon Dec. 17.

“Brad Banks epitomizes what this award stands for,” Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl executive director Doug Mosley said. “He had an incredible playing career and is a man of great honor and character.”

A native of Belle Glade, Mr. Banks was named all-state at Glades Central and all-America at Iowa.

He finished as runner-up in the 2002 Heisman Award and was named the AP College Football Player of the Year as well as winning the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s top quarterback. He went on to play six seasons in the Canadian Foot-ball League and one in the Arena Football League.

“Anytime you have your name and leg-end in the same sentence is priceless, so I am grateful to be this year’s legends award winner,” he said. “My mother being

a schoolteacher and my father owning his own business really laid the foundation for what hard work and perseverance look like. I knew to be a successful athlete and student, I needed to apply the same work ethic and perseverance my parents displayed.”

The award is an annual highlight of the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl week. It was created to recognize the history of foot-ball in Palm Beach County.

Previous honorees were: ■ 2014 – Howard Schnellenberger,

former Florida Atlantic University head coach

■ 2015 – Reidel Anthony, Glades Central wide receiver

■ 2016 – John Carney, Cardinal Newman placekicker

■ 2017 – Steve Walsh, former Cardinal Newman head coach

The Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl is Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. at FAU Stadium. The game will air on ESPN. For additional information, visit cheribundibocaraton-bowl.com or e-mail [email protected]. ■

Juno Police Foundation raising money for equipment

A campaign is underway to raise money for additional equipment, advanced train-ing and state-of-the-art technology needs of the Juno Beach Police Department.

The Juno Beach Police Foundation said its campaign raises money above what the normal budget provides.

To date, the foundation has funded the purchase of automated external defibril-lators for each of the police department’s patrol vehicles; trauma kits for each of

the town’s police officers; and sponsored a community awareness event during the 2018 Town of Juno Beach September 11th Remembrance Ceremony.

In early 2019, the department will roll out a foundation-funded, mobile-based security application that was built to pro-vide a higher level of safety for individu-als, communities and neighborhoods, a news release said. More information can be found at www.jbpf.info. ■

Evening wear needed for special needs prom

Every Cinderella’s crazy about a sharp-dressed man.

Sharp dress and great dancing will go hand-in-hand when the Tim Tebow Foun-dation and the Through the Roof ministry for those with special needs at United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches will host a Night to Shine Prom on Feb. 8. More than 100 local teens and adults with special needs will attend the prom, in its fourth year, and many are in need of formal wear.

Evening wear for women, especially in larger sizes, is needed as well as tuxes or suitcoats and dress shirts and pants for men. Accessories such as evening bags and dress shoes also are welcome.

Donations are being accepted Mon-days-Fridays from 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, just off of Interstate 95 and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, at 900 Brandy-wine Road in West Palm Beach. To make

other arrangements for donations, call the church at 561-687-5411.

Those wishing to make a contribution to help underwrite prom costs can donate at umcpb.org or by mailing a check made out to United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches Through the Roof Ministry, 900 Brandywine Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33409. ■

Dinner dance supports programs for boys and girls

Dance and dine for a good cause at the Wellington Dinner Dance.

In its 31st year, the dance brings togeth-er supporters and philanthropists for an evening of cocktails, a silent and live auc-tion, dinner and dancing to benefit the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington.

The club’s programs emphasize edu-cation, vocational, social, recreational,

health, leadership, and character-building skills in a safe atmosphere, a news release said.

The dinner dance is scheduled for Jan. 4, 6:30-11 p.m., at the Wycliffe Country Club, 4650 Wycliffe Country Club Blvd.

The cost is $250 per ticket. For informa-tion, contact Christine Martin at [email protected] or 561-683-3287, or visit www.bgcpbc.org. ■

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Ashley Parthemer arrives at the Night to Shine Prom. The next one is Feb. 8.

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MorseLife Health System observes its 35th anniversary with a Dec. 21 dinner dance at The Breakers.

Sondra and David S. Mack will lead the evening’s celebration and will be joined by the event co-chairs Susan and Morris Mark and Pamela and Edward Pantzer. The dinner dance will include good eats, music and dancing, all in honoring leadership and transformative philanthropy, a news release said.

Candlelit décor will set the tone for the evening, along with a 34-piece orchestra.

Movie clips will be featured on a large LED screen, accompanied by the orchestra playing tunes from Holly-wood films.

The dance kicks off the winter season of social events for MorseLife Health System, a provider of senior care in Palm Beach County.

To purchase tickets and for more infor-mation, email [email protected] or call Louise Davis at 561-242-4661. ■

Women’s advocacy group has scholarship available

The American Association of Univer-sity Women, with its mission to advance equity for women through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research, has its Northern Palm Beach County AAUW Charitable Foundation offering scholarships to local women who are college or university undergraduates.

Applicants must be registered voters and citizens. Since 1999, 51 local women

have been awarded scholarships ranging from $500-$1,000 to help them complete their college educations.

The deadline to submit applica-tions for the 2019-20 academic year is March 3. Five women were awarded scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. For more information, visit north-ernpalmbeach-fl.aauw.net ■

CROS Ministries gets $200k to fight hunger

The nonprofit CROS Ministries has received a $200,000 Neighborhood Builder grant from Bank of America to launch a mobile food pantry in Palm Beach County.

CROS, with its 40-year mission to serve the hungry in Palm Beach and Martin counties through community collabora-tions, served 84,201 meals, fed 66,570 individuals and worked with local farms to secure over 500,000 pounds of pro-duce that went to the most food inse-

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Despite these efforts, CROS said its fight is far from over. There are areas in the county the organi-zation has been unable to reach until now. The grant will be used to grow the gleaning program

resources and expand the food pantry by launching a new mobile unit, allow-ing it to serve residents in previously unreachable communities. ■

Sondra and David S. Mack will lead the celebration at the 2018 MorseLife Dinner Dance Dec. 21.


hobby beekeeping about five years ago and has since turned a single hive into 20 at his Collier County home.

This year, his bees produced 600 pounds of honey, and even though he sold it all off at about $8 to $10 a bottle, he still insists it’s just a hobby.

“Anyone with less than a couple dozen hives is doing this as a labor of love,” he said.

A burgeoning fieldThere are more than 4,100 back-

yard beekeepers registered in the state. Across the state of Florida, hobby beekeeping has exploded in popularity over the past few years and Department of Agriculture officials link the spike to a few factors.

“Much of this can likely be attributed to public awareness about the impor-tance of honey bees,” said Brandi Sim-

mons, an operations review specialist with the state Bureau of Plant and Apiary Inspection.

Beekeeping has increased precipitous-ly over the last 10 years, especially in the Palm Beach area, according to Lee Wis-nioski, Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association president.

“Our membership has increased from less than 25 members to more than 200 (over the last decade) who have paid an-nual dues. We have more than 800 web-site members as well,” Mr. Wisnioski says of his burgeoning group.

Why the burst of interest?“Because more people have become

aware of the plight of the honey bees, the colony collapse disorder and they want to help save the bees,” he says.

Mr. Wisnioski also says many citizens also realize the issues bees face are di-rectly related to human actions in the environment.

“They want to know what they can do as individuals.”

That’s where the Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association comes in, he says.

“We empower them with information and a supportive group of people who think and feel likewise.”

He says the association also gives educational talks to dozens of groups throughout the year and supports stu-dents at all levels with research projects and monetary contributions for student pollinator projects. The association also participates in the South Florida Fair an-nually, engaging thousands of adults and children over a two-week period in the art of beekeeping. This is big for recruit-ment and basic education for the com-munity.

“We then take the newbies and get them started in beekeeping,” according to Mr. Wisnioski.

In 2014, President Barack Obama issued a presidential memorandum creating a federal strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators, which Ms. Simmons said was primarily in re-sponse to the emergence of Colony Col-lapse Disorder (a phenomenon where worker bees up and leave their queen) and “pests, diseases, and poor nutrition” affecting hives.

“Honey bees in Southwest Florida face many problems like pests, parasites and disease,” said Chris Fenstermaker of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. “Like other pollinators, they are dependent on a healthy environment to withstand these challenges.”

The most recent impact study of hon-ey bees was completed in 1999, accord-ing to Mr. Wisnioski. The Florida State Beekeepers Association is working in conjunction with the University of Flori-da to begin a new study, with results pro-jected to be available as early as 2020. He says that in the meantime, the thousands of Floridian hobbyist beekeepers place them on par with the impact of commer-cial beekeepers.

“I can tell you that if it were not for Florida beekeepers, there would be few-er almonds, pistachios, watermelons, apples, blueberries and cranberries,” he says.

Media coverage has helped spread the word that the bees needed help and re-searchers — including Dr. Jamie Ellis at the University of Florida — took action, developing programs that would help solve the problem. This year a $4 mil-lion bee research lab opened at the uni-versity. Chief among its priorities is the study of the Varroa mite, which experts here say is the biggest threat to Florida honey bees.

“There has been more awareness about the struggles honey bees and other pollinators face,” Mr. Fenstermaker said. “This has inspired people to learn more about these important insects, sparking an interest in beekeeping and being envi-ronmentally conscious.”

All the buzz led newcomers to the hobby.

“Individuals who had never seen a hive before became beekeepers and so did their friends, neighbors, family mem-bers,” Ms. Simmons said. “The interest spread like wildfire and hasn’t really slowed down since then.”

A labor of loveMr. Bender got his start in beekeeping

after his son took a course on the hob-by about five years ago, just before that presidential memorandum. At the end of the class, he got his own nuc — or nucle-us, a starter hive — to take home and set it up in his dad’s backyard.

Mr. Bender began learning all he could about the hobby, spending time with the bees on most days. Out of all of his son’s friends in the class, Mr. Bender’s was the only hive that survived. He realized he loved the troubleshooting aspect of the hobby, finding the best way to do things and learning how to keep the bees happy and healthy.

“I enjoy harvesting the honey and wax — I like the end product,” Mr. Bender said. “There is no better honey than lo-

cal, raw honey.”Mr. Bender eventually split his hives

and began doing some bee removal work on the side. Rather than accepting pay-ment for his services he just kept the hive as his own.

“I’ve taken bees from a shed, a water heater, from under a mobile home,” he said. The requests still come in — some-times as many as six a week — but Mr. Bender isn’t interested in taking on more than his 20 hives.

And so far, his neighbors haven’t com-plained one bit.

“The bees don’t bother anybody, they’re not interested in anybody, but it’s good for the plants,” Mr. Bender said. “You can get quite an increase in your garden production.”

While Mr. Bender keeps bees for fun, there is real money to be made in polli-nation. And whether or not he benefits from that, his bees could be helping the state’s crops.

“Honey bees contribute more than $15 billion in value to agricultural crops each year, nationwide,” Ms. Simmons said. “Beekeepers are needed everywhere to contribute to pollination. These niche pollinators help to provide more pollina-tion to areas that may have previously had fewer, or even no hives.”

Dennis Riggs is the president of the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida, a group with about 50 members in Lee and Collier counties. For him, beekeeping is a relaxing pastime after 25 stressful years in AutoCAD drafting and design for structural steel. He’s seen a shift in hobby beekeeping lately, which he attributes to Colony Collapse Disor-der and those mites.

“Most Florida beekeepers have turned

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Bee facts >> Pollination: Agriculture depends greatly on the honeybee for pollination. Honeybees account for 80

percent of all insect pollination. Without such pollination, we would see a signifi cant decrease in the yield of fruits and vegetables.

>> Pollen: Bees collect 66 pounds of pollen per year, per hive. Pollen is the male germ cells produced by all fl owering plants for fertilization and plant embryo formation. The Honeybee uses pollen as a food. Pollen is one of the richest and purest natural foods.

>> Honey: Honey is used by the bees for food all year round. There are many types, colors and fl avors of honey, depending upon its nectar source. The bees make honey from the nectar they collect from fl owering trees and plants. Honey is an easily digestible, pure food. Honey is hydroscopic and has antibacterial qualities. Eating local honey can fend off allergies.

>> Beeswax: Secreted from glands, beeswax is used by the honeybee to build honeycomb. It is used by humans in drugs, cosmetics, artists’ materials, furniture polish and candles.

>> Propolis: Collected by honeybees from trees, the sticky resin is mixed with wax to make a sticky glue. The bees use this to seal cracks and repair their hive. It is used by humans as a health aid, and as the basis for fi ne wood varnishes.

>> Royal Jelly: The powerful, milky substance that turns an ordinary bee into a Queen Bee. It is made of digested pollen and honey or nectar mixed with a chemical secreted from a gland in a nursing bee’s head. It commands premium prices rivaling imported caviar, and is used by some as a dietary supplement and fertility stimulant.

>> Bee Venom: The “ouch” part of the honeybee. Although sharp pain and some swelling and itching are natural reactions to a honeybee sting, a small percentage of individuals are highly allergic to bee venom.

>> Also of interest: ¦ Honeybees are not native to the USA. They are European in origin, and were brought to North America by the early settlers. ¦ Honeybees are not aggressive by nature, and will not sting unless protecting their hive from an intruder or are unduly provoked. ¦ Honeybees represent a highly organized society, with various bees having very specific roles during their lifetime: e.g., nurses, guards, grocers, housekeepers, construction workers, royal attendants, undertakers, foragers, etc. ¦ The queen bee can live for several years. Worker bees live for 6 weeks during the busy summer, and for 4-9 months during the winter months. ¦ The practice of honey collection and beekeeping dates back to the stone age, as evidenced by cave paintings. ¦ The honeybee hive is perennial. Although quite inactive during the winter, the honeybee survives the winter months by clustering for warmth. By self-regulating the internal temperature of the cluster, the bees maintain 93 degrees Fahrenheit in the center of the winter cluster (regardless of the outside temperature).

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Ron Bender has about a half-million live bees in his backyard.

Honeybee hierarchy: >> Queen Bee: There is only one queen per

hive. The queen is the only bee with fully developed ovaries and can live 3-5 years. The queen mates only once with several male (drone) bees, and will remain fertile for life. She lays up to 2000 eggs per day. Fertilized eggs become female (worker bees) and unfertilized eggs become male (drone bees). When she dies or becomes unproductive, the other bees will “make” a new queen by selecting a young larva and feeding it a diet of “royal jelly.”

>> Worker Bee: All worker bees are female, but they are not able to reproduce. Worker bees live 4-9 months during the winter season, but only 6 weeks during the busy summer months (they literally work themselves to death). Nearly all of the bees in a hive are worker bees. The worker bees sequentially take on a series of specifi c chores during their lifetime: housekeeper; nursemaid; construction worker; grocer; undertaker; guard; and fi nally, after 21 days they become a forager collecting pollen and nectar. The worker bee has a barbed stinger that results in her death following stinging.

>> Drone Bee: These male bees are kept on standby during the summer for mating with a virgin queen. Because the drone has a barbed sex organ, mating is followed by death of the drone. There are only 300-3,000 drones in a hive. The drone does not have a stinger. Because they are of no use in the winter, drones are expelled from the hive in the autumn.

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into Florida pollinators,” he said. “They can move bees and make more honey and money than just selling honey, which requires honey house processing equip-ment, bottling, labeling.”

While the mites are a major threat, Mr. Bender has combatted them by breeding his own queens, which have shown ge-netic predispositions to hygienic tenden-cies. He also combats them by filling the bottom tray of each of his hives with veg-etable oil. Bees are very hygienic and can clean the mites off themselves and each other. When they discard the mites, they fall into the lower tray and are drowned in the oil. When hives don’t have the oil, the mites are free to crawl back in and infest the bees.

Mr. Bender says treating bees for mites using chemicals can have the adverse ef-fect of creating resistant mites.

For his part, Mr. Riggs wants to see a re-turn to the small-scale operations, where beekeepers make their own candles out of bees wax and bottle their own honey.

The association also helped to enact a standard by which regulators can deem honey as being locally made and unadul-terated.

“When you buy honey from a hobbyist you’re getting a real special product,” he said.

While Mr. Bender is not looking to turn a profit, he has enjoyed selling his prod-uct to the public at times, sharing some-thing truly made locally and recouping some of the expense of his hobby.

In the meantime, though, he makes his beeswax candles as gifts only for friends and family.

“Anybody can do this hobby,” Mr. Bender said. “And I’m the perfect ex-ample.”

“I keep a handful of colonies. They teach me something every time we inter-act,” said Mr. Fenstermaker of his hobby. “The social dynamics of a honey bee colony is awesome; they function similar to human society. They are incredible or-ganisms and I definitely appreciate them.”

Mr. Bender has his hives inspected by the state each year and attends meet-ings for the local Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida to keep up on the hobby.

It’s important to learn from locals given how different beekeeping is in dif-ferent climates and different parts of the country.

Here in Florida, for example, genes for Africanized bees are more common. The disease, which can affect entire colonies, makes the bees hyper aggressive. Mr. Bender once had to euthanize two hives that were attacking him, to remove the genes from the pool.

“If I hadn’t had my suit on, I’d have been dead,” Mr. Bender said.

Groups like the Southwest Florida As-sociation also help to combat what Ms. Simmons says are common factors for bees everywhere.

“Honey bees across the world are fac-ing environmental stressors,” Ms. Sim-

mons said. “Most notably, the Varroa mite, which is a mite that feeds on bee tissues and vector pathogens through-out the colony, leading to weaker hives. Other stressors include pests, diseases, poor nutrition, queen problems, pesti-cides, etc.”

While most of the association’s mem-bers are in Cape Coral, in Lee County, Mr. Riggs believes that there are a good number of beekeepers in Collier County who have entered stealth mode, fearing backlash from neighbors who have been slow to see the benefits of the hobby.

City and county laws have been known to crack down on the practice.

The association was instrumental in shifting the regulation of hobby beekeep-ing from the hands of local governments to the state’s Department of Agriculture a few years back, making it possible for anyone in Florida outside of certain HOAs and gated communities to keep hives in their backyard, which might have also led to the recent explosion in interest statewide.

The association meets monthly for a presentation, an update on club busi-nesses and to swap tips and tricks.

The main goal is to become a resource for those new to the hobby, which Mr. Riggs said is surprisingly easy and ex-tremely enjoyable.

“I keep it really small because if you get more than four to five hives, approaching 10, then it becomes work,” Mr. Riggs said. “And to me a hobby shouldn’t be work, it should be fun.”

To buy some of the rare honey Mr. Bender sells, it can be found on his site www.NaplesBees.com. Mr. Riggs can be found at www.HoneyBeeMan.com. ■

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Ron Bender got his start in beekeeping after his son took a course on the hobby about five years ago,

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Dennis Riggs is the president of the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida, a group with about 50 members in Lee and Collier counties.

threats to them.Many Christmas Count circles

could still use volunteers, Audubon organizers say: To find a circle, visit www.audubon.org/conservation/join-christmas-bird-count. Counters will observe not only the numbers of indi-viduals and species, but weather con-ditions and time of day. The informa-tion is compiled and maintained in a public Audubon database.

Florida bird populations are particu-larly diverse and rich — and they’re also under significant assault, ornithologists say. This year, for example, may mark

the eternal demise of the Florida popu-lation of grasshopper sparrows, a hand-length Florida native that populated grasslands and open areas in the central part of the state for the last 3,000 years but now faces extinction in the Sun-shine State, say officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Only about 70 individuals were seen in the wild this year, including just 22 females, news reports have said. A few others now exist in captivity.

Historically more than 500 bird spe-cies have been identified as Florida na-tives. About 330 exist in Florida now, with a few more — less than 15 species — that have established permanent pop-ulations, scientists say.

That makes a spectacular opportunity for any who wish to spend a day con-tributing data to help the birds. ■

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What’s ahead? Inflation or recession? Be cautious and remain liquid

Last week the equity markets switched to full-on panic mode as the major indexes fell precipitously. Most analysts pointed to two major causes of this market move: uncertainty around future tariffs/trade agreements and the partial inversion of the yield curve. But while it is clear to many why a disruption in global trade

can affect the economy and markets, why would the shifting of various interest rates cause investors to sell stocks and lead to plummeting equity prices?

When analysts refer to the yield curve, they are talking about a graph of the interest rates of U.S. government bonds of various maturities. On the x (or hori-zontal) axis, you have various terms, from one month to 30 years. On the y (or verti-cal) axis, you have the interest rate for each of these maturities. Typically, when you connect the points of this graph, you have an upwardly sloping line where the lowest rate is the one-month maturity

and the highest rate is the 30-year term. This is because investors demand a pre-mium for tying up their money for a lon-ger term, so longer-dated debt is priced at a higher rate.

Recently, however, the yield curve has started to flatten, meaning that short-dat-ed maturity government bonds had virtu-ally the same interest rate as long dated bonds. This was the result of two fac-tors. First, the Federal Reserve has been steadily raising short-term rates. It has been doing so to keep inflation in check as well as reverse the abnormally low rate policy put in effect during the financial

crisis and resulting recession. Second, longer-term rates have been staying the same or in some cases even falling. This was partially the result of the recent rise in rates with investors wanting to lock in these more attractive yields. When investors buy bonds, the prices of bonds increase while the yields fall. In addition, long-term yields have fallen as investors worry about economic conditions and sky-high equity prices and have pur-chased bonds as a safe haven or hedge.

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Cullinan, first Rolls-Royce SUV, lives up to its birthright

Named after the largest diamond ever found, and starting at $325,000, the Cul-linan is the Rolls-Royce of SUVs. Yes, that seems cliché. But the company’s first-ever off-roader also has a lofty standard to live up to its birthright.

The exterior is unmistakably Rolls-Royce. Rock formations have had more drastic evolutions than the waterfall grille with the Spirit of Ecstasy on top. It’s a symbol of enduring craftsmanship and luxury.

The design is purposely sturdy-look-ing with a tall hood that steps down into a muscular fender. There’s room for a touch of grace here, because the same beefy fender also has a gentle curve that only detail-lovers will see. It allows the light to dance a little more as it moves across the paintwork.

These details exemplify the legend of Rolls-Royce. That’s why the wheel’s cen-ter hub always has the insignia upright, and despite being an SUV, there’s no off-color body cladding dominating any surface.

It’s also worth noting that the rear wheels are further back in the chas-sis. The Cullinan is riding on the new “Architecture of Luxury” chassis. More than just a grand name, it allows for the suicide doors — a hallmark feature — to offer an unobstructed gateway to the rear seats.

The interior of a Rolls-Royce is an individualized experience. Customers

decide what specifications they like, and the company creates a handcrafted mas-terpiece in leather, wool and wood.

While there are hundreds of little deci-sions to be made, the first one is the immersive seating option. This is more for the chauffeur-driven crowd as the rear seats are two individually power-adjusting buckets with a champagne cooler in between. There’s also a glass partition isolating the cargo area from the rest of the car. So, the harsh temperatures of a Toronto winter or a Naples summer never intrude on the passengers when luggage gets moved.

Those who are more likely to do the driving may opt for the more traditional three-person back seat. There is no parti-tion, and everything folds flat to extend the cargo area. It creates a Rolls that won’t be out of place on a Home Depot run.

This is the first Rolls-Royce with a tailgate. In true English fashion, it’s a split setup allowing for a proper over-hang to sit and watch the polo match. The Cullinan takes this British tradition one step further by also offering a pair of fold-out jump seats with a cocktail tray in between.

No matter if it is the Queen of England or sticky-fingered kids getting into Cul-linan, Rolls-Royce doesn’t want anyone touching the doors. All grab handles have been replaced by buttons to automatical-ly close every opening. After all, these are handcrafted leather masterpieces, and they need to be free of wear and dirt for years to come.

These are the kind of solutions that never cross the radar of most other car-makers. Rolls-Royce has to anticipate the nearly absurd to make sure it’s a vehicle

for which the customers are left wanting for nothing. The real trick is how the company makes it all look effortless.

The driver has no rev counter on the instrument panel. It’s replaced by a power reserve dial, because the customer doesn’t need to know everything the engine is doing. There’s a built-in trust that a Rolls-Royce already knows what’s best for the driver.

The 6.8-liter twin turbo V12 motor is mated to a GPS-aided eight-speed trans-mission. The Cullinan knows what kind of road is ahead, and it can anticipate the driver’s next move. There’s even a cam-era system to read bumps and potholes ahead of time.

This is the first Rolls-Royce with full-time all-wheel-drive. The effortless nature means there’s no driver input to select the terrain. Instead, there’s one button for off-road and another for hill descent, just to help the Cullinan under-stand what traction decisions to make.

Rolls-Royce is happy to promote the Cullinan as its first production vehicle that can make it up to the ski chalet or out to the ranch house. It’s also further proof that the highest levels of luxury are not immune to the popularity of crossovers

and SUVs. So while this is a genuine off-road vehicle, our test drive of the Cul-linan stuck to its more likely habitat: the urban jungle.

The V12 has been a Rolls staple because of its terrific low-end torque. It’s not eager like a raucous supercar when pull-ing away from a stoplight — that’s just not the tone or temperament expected from this whisper-quiet brand. Still, there is an energetic undertone that feels like the motor is never working hard and can always offer more.

The steering follows the Rolls-Royce mantra of being effortless, but the Cul-linan is allowed to dial-in a hint of extra heft to remind the driver this is a beefy SUV. In fact, while it’s a half-foot longer than the lengthiest Range Rover, four-wheel steering means surprisingly nim-ble maneuvering in traffic.

While it might read like the Cullinan is a nearly flawless gem, it needs to be. The base price of $325,000 makes it the lowest priced Rolls-Royce — but most will be closer to $400K after all the bespoke options. For some, craftsmanship, thoughtfulness and guaranteed exclusivity is worth more than the sum of its parts.

For others, losing features and unique-ness means stepping down from the Cul-linan.

It also leaves enough money to not only buy a new SUV, but the garage in which to park it.

Rolls-Royce buyers are not impracti-cal. They just know to expect the best from any vehicle that carries the Spirit of Ecstasy.

And the most remarkable thing about the Cullinan is how this SUV fluently fits with the rest of the company’s grand tradition of effortless luxury. ■

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EARL ON CARS

Why do car dealers lie about their prices?

You probably already know that you can’t buy a new or used car for the advertised price — the out-the-door price always ends up thousands of dol-lars higher. Car dealers are the only retailers that routinely trick their cus-tomers like this, at least to the degree that car prices are understated.

Have you ever wondered why car dealers do this? Imagine that you owned a Ford, Honda, Chevrolet or Toyota deal-ership in Southeast Florida. Each of these brands has as many as 20 dealers and no fewer than 12 selling the identical product. Toyota has 19 car dealerships between Fort Pierce and Key West. Every Toyota dealer pays Toyota the exact same price for their cars; but Toyota dealers don’t sell those cars to their cus-tomers for the same price. They mark up each car as much as they can — the high-est price that the customer will pay. If a Honda dealer sells 25 identical Honda Accords in a given month, the likelihood is that each sold for a different price; the typical variation in profits on the identi-cal vehicle can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars.

Let’s say you owned a Honda dealer-ship. The Honda manufacturer gives you a quota — a minimum number of Hon-

das you must sell monthly and annually to fulfill your contract allowing you to sell Hondas and often to receive volume cash bonuses. The only way you can do this is to price your Hondas competi-tively. But you also must maintain a high enough markup on each Honda so that your dealership remains profitable. This is the Catch-22 and dilemma of all car dealers. A South Florida Honda dealer has 18 other Honda dealers advertising the same cars he sells. If you advertise a Honda Accord for a higher price than most other Honda dealers, you won’t sell enough to meet your quota; if you advertise that Honda Accord for a lower price you’ll sell lots of Accords, but you’ll lose money on every car.

Therefore, all Honda dealers and all car dealers of all makes see only one via-ble course of action. Advertise their cars at a lower price than their competition (and lower than they can or will sell the car for), so that the customers will come in. Once at the dealership, the games begin to raise the advertised price to a price as profitable to the dealer as he can negotiate. The tools the dealers use to accomplish this are many — hidden prof-its (dealer fees) disguised as government fees, dealer pre-installed accessories and switching the customer to a different vehicle or a lease rather than a purchase.

Car dealers see themselves as having no choice but to sell cars this way to remain in business. They blame their actions on the auto franchise system and there is some truth to this. Apple sells you iPhones directly, but Toyota

cannot sell you a Toyota directly; car manufacturers must sell through their dealers. This system is mandated and entrenched by law in every state. The manufacturers created the dealer fran-chise system in the early 20th century because they couldn’t sell their cars fast enough directly. Once a critical mass of dealers was created by the auto manufacturers, the dealers organized and lobbied their state legislatures to created laws protecting their franchis-es from the manufacturers. The main reason was because the manufacturers were granting franchise agreements to too many dealers — “over-dealering.” Too many car dealers selling the same car in a market creates too much com-petition because it drives the prices down. Unfortunately for dealers, there were (and are) already too many. Today, car dealers are overprotected, enjoy-ing exclusive markets with state laws making it almost impossible to con-

trol, much less eliminate even the most “problem” car dealers.

The auto franchise system is old and obsolete, but it’s entrenched and will remain for the foreseeable future. New vehicles will, one day, be sold online directly by the manufacturers and maybe even through Amazon or Walmart. Vehicles will be built to order and delivered within a week. The price you see will be the price you pay, and you will be able to return the car for a full cash refund if you change your mind. Service, maintenance and repairs on modern vehicles is minimal. Separate service centers will still exist to handle this need. Service centers also will have new vehicles of each model for you to inspect and test drive. Tesla is doing exactly what I described, except for the one-week delivery time and uncondi-tional moneyback guarantee.

Car dealers get away with their decep-tions because they can. Auto manufac-turers realize they’re stuck with the deal-er franchise system and “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” Auto manufacturers have huge political lobbying clout and, when you add the car dealers and their associa-tions’ money, state and federal politicians have no choice but to play ball. There are about 17,000 franchised car dealers. They have enormous lobbying power through the National Auto Dealers Association, and they also have enormous lobbying power in state legislatures. The political donations that Big Auto and car dealers give politicians make the NRA look small by comparison. ■

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to do their best work. And here’s the real problem: You won’t know what areas you need to work on.

Being a great manager requires skills in many different areas, says Julian Birkinshaw, co-author along with James Manktelow of “Mind Tools for Manag-ers: 100 Ways to Be a Better Boss.”

“Yet you can’t fix everything at once,” Mr. Birkinshaw adds. “You must apply your focus where you need the most help.

“And that takes self-awareness.”Studies consistently show that most

human beings have blind spots that hold them back. “We don’t know ourselves very well — that is, unless we make a conscious, deliberate effort to do so,” he says.

That’s why Mr. Birkinshaw, the deputy dean for programs at London Business School, and Mr. Manktelow, the founder and CEO of www.mindtools.com, made “Know Yourself” the first chapter in their book.

“Mind Tools for Managers” identifies the 100 skills a manager can master to become a better leader. Those skills were identified in a survey the authors conducted of 15,242 managers and pro-fessionals worldwide. The book pro-vides practical advice for each of these skills and directs the reader to the Mind Tools website for a deeper dive into spe-cific skill-building articles, worksheets, videos and more.

Here are some tips from the book to help managers raise their self-awareness and become better managers.

■ Discover where you stand on the Big Five personality model – The Big Five personality traits model is based on findings from several independent researchers in the 1950s and ultimately named the Big Five by Lewis Goldberg. The model measures these key dimen-sions of personality: openness, consci-entiousness, extraversion, agreeable-ness and neuroticism. By understanding how you score on each dimension, you can make sure you are in the right role and/or take action in low-scoring areas to improve your performance.

■ Learn your personal strengths (and weaknesses) – The SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis is a popular tool that helps businesses identify their strengths and weaknesses, but it can also help managers identify their own strong and weak areas. Ask yourself:

What skills, certifications or connec-tions do you have that others don’t? What do you do particularly well? What

resources can you access?What tasks do you struggle to do well

and why? What do the people around you see as your weaknesses? What poor work habits do you have? What’s hold-ing you back from being fully successful at work?

What trends in your market excite you? What issues that customers com-plain about can you address? These are opportunities.

What could undermine you or cause problems at work? Is your job or tech-nology changing in a way that could be worrisome? Could any of your weak-nesses lead to threats?

■ If you don’t already have clear personal goals, set them now – Set-ting goals gives you long-term vision and short-term motivation, both of which you need to be a successful manager. That’s why the authors recommend that you invest a few hours in thinking about what you’d like your future to look like. Consider areas like career, family, edu-cation, relationships, personal finances and personal enjoyment.

“Remember the SMART mnemon-ic,” Mr. Manktelow says “Your dreams should be specific, measurable, achiev-able, relevant and time-bound. This helps you clarify your ideas, focus your efforts, use your time and resources productively and increase your chances

of achieving what you want in life.”■ Shore up your self-confidence

– The way we view our own abilities is a key determinant of self-efficacy and self-esteem. We can pump ourselves up with positive self-talk and listen to people who flatter us, but this can lead us to become overconfi-dent and to fall flat on our faces. Alternatively, we can put ourselves down and lis-ten to naysayers and crit-ics, leading us to back away from opportunities and not achieve our potential. (No one wants to be managed by a flustered boss who doubts his or her own judgment.)

“The key is to strike a healthy bal-ance between these two extremes,” Mr. Birkinshaw says. “Research has shown that being slightly overconfident in your own abilities is useful because it allows you to take on challenges from which you can learn.”

■ Manage your bad moods – Just as we need to be appropriately self-confident as managers, we also need to be aware of and manage the emotions we project to members of our teams.

From the moment we come in the door in the morning to the time we leave, people read our words and our

body language. For our teams to be happy and pro-

ductive, we need to manage negative thoughts and project positive emotions. More than this, we need to be positive

for our own good at work.“There are tricks you can

use to quickly boost your mood, like forcing a smile onto your face for several minutes before you enter the office,” Mr. Manktelow says. “But what you really need to do is understand and turn around the negative think-ing that underpins your own negative emotions.”

The authors recommend cognitive restructuring —

first developed by psychologist Albert Ellis in the mid-1950s — to improve neg-ative moods or combat fear, apprehen-sion or anxiety about a person or event.

In summary, says Mr. Manktelow, until you truly know yourself, you will never be a great leader.

“Only by becoming self-aware can you play to your strengths, understand your own personal goals, forge authen-tic connections with your team and colleagues and inspire others to do the same,” he advises.

“Start getting to know yourself today and see where it takes you and your team tomorrow.” ■

BOSSFrom page 14

“Only by becoming self-aware can you play to your strengths, understand your own personal goals, forge authentic connections with your team and colleagues and inspire others to do the same.”

— Julian Birkinshaw, co-author along with James Manktelow of “Mind Tools for Managers: 100 Ways to Be a Better Boss

is above the 10-year Treasury Bond rate. This has not happened yet, although the 10-year rate is only about .11 percent above that of the two-year. However, the five-year Treasury Bond rate is currently below that of the three-year Treasury Bond, so the yield curve is partially inverted.

Why do people care about this? Mainly, it is because an inverted yield curve has signaled an upcoming recession with 100 percent accuracy every time in the last 40 years. In other words, every single time in the last 40 years that the 10-year Treasury Bond rate has fallen below the two-year Treasury Bond rate, a recession has soon followed.

But despite an inverting yield curve

and volatile stock market, most ana-lysts expect the Federal Reserve to raise short-term rates during its meeting this month and continue to raise rates in 2019. According to almost all economic data, the economy in the U.S. remains extremely strong which justifies this rate policy. So, on one hand we have the bond market, which is telling us via declining long-term interest rates that the economy will be weakening in the future and inves-tors should flee to the safe haven and cur-rent attractive rates of long-term bonds. On the other hand, we have the Fed-eral Reserve, which by increasing inter-est rates is telling us that the economy is strong and that investors should worry more about an overheating economy and inflation than a recession. It is these two powerful forces which will continue to add tremendous volatility to all markets until one is proven correct.

Until that time, I would recommend being cautious and liquid. ■

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There is a new White House in West Palm Beach, we were told. It is unlike the more famous White House in Wash-ington, D.C., or its winterized version in Palm Beach. This is how a banner stretched across the entrance describes this newest White House: “On Time + On Budget = Promises Kept”

That’s how West Palm Beach lawyer Kevin Richardson, the current presi-dent of the Bear Lakes Country Club, described the remodeled clubhouse, the aforementioned new White House, at the grand reopening last month. The cost of the complete interior renovation of the 22,000 square foot clubhouse was pegged at $9.2 million. The job was fin-ished in eight months.

And it was complete. Walk into the clubhouse through the main entrance and almost nothing is the same. Not only was it a little strange trying to find your way around, locating the restaurants, the cocktail lounges, meeting areas, golf and tennis pro shops, restrooms and so on… remembering where they were and trying to find out where they are now. Then later, trying to find your way out…that was another trip.

Jack and Barbara Nicklaus were prob-ably the most notable of the 500 or so guests.

Mr. Nicklaus spoke briefly. He designed the two courses in the mid-1980s, the Lakes adjacent to the club-house and the Links, across Village Boulevard. The two courses have hosted every level of city, county, regional and state tournament as well as qualifying finals for the PGA Tour.

Mr. Nicklaus praised the finished prod-uct that is the new White House, noting that he had little to do with the clubhouse project. By his own most recent count, Jack has designed 310 courses around the world and his North Palm Beach-based company has produced about 400.

“They’ve got a brand-new facility here,” he said. “The golf courses will stand up to anybody and now the clubhouse will, too. We are very proud of Bear Lakes.”

■ ■ ■ PGA of America: Bob Sowards

of Dublin, Ohio, won for at least the

19th time in Association tournaments in South Florida when he captured the 30th Senior PGA Professional Champi-onship at the PGA GC in Port St. Lucie. Sowards eagled the par-5 16th hole on the Wanamaker to leap past the leaders and win by two shots at 275. The Direc-tor of Instruction at Kinsale Golf & Fit-ness Club in Powell, Ohio, Mr. Sowards had rounds of 64-68-71-72. He has won 10 Winter Championships and eight Tournaments Series events. Mike San Filippo of Hobe Sound was fourth in the Senior PGA with 67-68-72-71—278.

Kenny Pigman of Norco, Calif., won the 42nd annual Assistant Professional Championship, also on the Wanamaker. An assistant at Goose Creek GC in Mira Loma, Calif., Pigman won by four at 15 under par 273 on rounds of 66-72-69-66. Alan Morin of Royal Palm Beach and The Falls CC, Lake Worth, tied for 11th with 69-70-72-73--284, earning $2,700.

■ ■ ■ PGA TOUR: Garrett Barber of Stu-

art, who teamed with Cole Hammer of Houston to win the USGA Four-Ball at the Jupiter Hills Club in April, made his first Tour appearance in the final event of the year. Still playing as an amateur, Mr. Barber made the 36-hole cut in the RSM Classic at Sea Island, Ga., when he shot 71-65-71-73—280, finishing 17 strokes behind a playoff at 263 won by Charles Howell III.

■ ■ ■ SOCIETY OF SENIORS: Doug Han-

zel of Savannah, Ga., easily won the 36th annual SOS Championship on his home course, The Landings Club. Mr.

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There were no contestants from Palm Beach County in the third annual Found-ers Cup at the LaCosta Resort in Carls-bad, Calif. Flight winners were Jonathan Valuck, Oklahoma City, Okla., seniors, 223; Scott Parker, LaQuinta, Calif., super seniors, also 223; and Ron Johnson, Wal-nut Creek, Calif., Grand Masters, 219. It was Mr. Johnson’s second straight Founders age group title, the first SOS wins for Valuck and Parker.

■ ■ ■ FLORIDA STATE GA: Ken Kinkopf

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OR MUSIC LOVERS, BOXED CD SETS THAT SUR-vey an artist’s entire career can be high on a gift list.

Over the years, we’ve seen a dwin-dling number of such anthology sets; some also include unreleased tracks to sweeten the package. The trend is

toward expanded reissues of key albums from an artist’s career. And this year includes several stellar boxed sets that come loaded with out-

takes and other bonus material to provide a true deep dive into these albums.

If boxed sets seem too pricey or too much of a good thing, there are also

some fine double-disc reissues. All of this means you have some

great gift options for music fans on your holiday shop-

ping list. Here are my picks for the best of

this year’s crop of box sets and deluxe reissues.

■ The Beatles: “The White Album” — For

many Beatles fans, this is the reissue they’ve been waiting for — a journey through the landmark follow-up to “Sgt. Pepper’s.” This six-CD set starts with the original album. Then it features the full 27-track Escher demos, an acoustic session at George Harrison’s home where the group ran through most of the songs for “The White Album” (and a few other nug-gets) in an acoustic setting and sounded very much like a creative, cohesive band, not the unit many thought had started to splinter on this 1968 album. Widely bootlegged, the demos are presented here in superior sound quality. Three discs of rehearsals and alternate takes complete this set and reveal some of the different paths the Beatles explored with the songs (check out the 13-minute, startlingly different, more mea-sured version of “Helter Skelter”). “The White Album” remains a fascinating album, with many

BY ALAN SCULLEY

Florida Weekly Correspondent

Boxed CD sets of favorite artists can make great gifts for music lovers

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Three concerts are on tap by the Cham-ber Music Society of Palm Beach to help inaugurate the Stiller Family Foundation Auditorium at The Norton Museum of Art.

These Thursday evenings of perfor-mances are tied to the opening of the redesigned and expanded Norton, 1451 S. Olive Ave., in West Palm Beach.

■ On Feb. 21, pianists Orion Weiss and Shai Wosner will present a program of

works by Schubert, Brahms and David Lang. The friends and former students of Emmanuel Ax have each been awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant. For tick-eting information, visit cmspb.org/ticket-ing-page/.

■ On March 28, the Norton will host the Sitkovetsky Piano Trio, now based in London. The trio comes to Palm Beach after performances in concert halls around the world. For the Chamber Mu-


BY JANIS FONTAINE

pbnews@fl oridaweekly.com

If you love opera — and by love, I mean you’re slightly obsessed — you can take a look into the future of opera at a special performance next week.

The talented singers of Palm Beach Opera’s rigorous Benenson Young Artist and Apprentice Art-ist programs will perform “A night of… Rising Stars & Classic Melo-dies” at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.

The opera world considers PBO’s young and apprentice artists to be the stars of tomorrow. They certainly earned the right to be considered. With more than 600 applicants fight-ing for fewer than 20 slots in a single season, a place in PBO’s training pro-grams is highly coveted and attracts many of the best young performers.

“Rising Stars” will feature “opera’s greatest hits” and beloved Broadway clas-sics, but it’s the special guest — opera star Steph-anie Blythe — who has people buzzing. Her sea-soned vocals will be complemented by the perfor-mance of the full Palm Beach Opera orchestra.

Managing Director David Walker calls the show an opportunity for audiences to enjoy “rising stars on the brink of international stardom, and the vocal powerhouse of one of the world’s most beloved opera stars.”

You’ll be able to tell your friends you saw the Met’s new principal per-former when she was just an appren-tice getting her feet wet, and how you knew immediately that she would be a big star. If you want to tell friends you met her (and you don’t want to lie), fans will get to meet the per-formers at the Rising Stars Celebra-tion, which includes cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before the show and a dinner and artist meet-and-greet after the performance. Tickets for the celebration are $125, not includ-ing the show. Tickets for the perfor-mance are $30-$115.

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It was hot the day Grandma held a carport sale.

And traffic was decidedly light — never mind the classified ad in the Fort Myers News-Press.

But Grandma was determined to clear some clutter from the closets and util-ity room of my grandparents’ Rainbow Groves home.

Things gradually sold. The New Look dresses she’d brought from Indiana a decade before, with their full skirts and boat necklines, went to a flea market dealer, as did a bunch of purses. Some-one else bought a lamp with a dented paper shade — it was a victim of a drape gone bad in a Florida room win-dow, weighted fabric that was like a sail caught in a rogue wind that also took out an ashtray and some glassware, if I recall. Some of those aforementioned custom drapes also sold.

But my great-grandmother’s silver-plated flatware?

“It is hammered silver,” Grandma would tell prospective shoppers.

She probably had the set priced at a dollar or two.

That didn’t matter. Nobody was buy-ing it.

My grandfather had grown up with that set and his mother used it until

the 1940s, when she gave it to Grandma and bought herself a set of burgundy-handled Bakelite flatware.

Over the years, we’d sipped soup from the large place spoons that came with the set, and had dug in the gravel of the driveway, the bowls of the spoons serving as earth movers that transported the sandy soil from one spot to another as my sister and I made roaring sounds.

Then Grandma bought a new set of stainless flatware, one that would require only a swipe of a dish towel to shine it. She kept a dinner fork and a large spoon in the kitchen drawer and had relegated the rest of the set to a shoebox. The ever-practical Grandma thought of it as clutter.

Evidently, the shoppers at Grandma’s sale also thought the flatware was clutter and left it.

And after a few hours, the shoebox that held the silver was tucked away on a shelf behind the washing machine and seemingly was forgotten for a decade by everyone but my sis-ter.

My sister has the set, and while she hasn’t used it, the sil-ver serves as a talisman of sorts that evokes our childhood, when we were growing up in

1970s Fort Myers and could leisurely dig in the driveway, dream a little and cre-ate memories of our own. ■

THE FIND:A service for six of 1847 Rogers Bros. Heraldic pattern silver plate flatware

Bought: Wildwood Antique Mall, 5100 S. Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers; 239-703-7151, www.wildwoodantiquemalls.com.

Paid: $25The Skinny: Over the past 30 years,

I’ve bought, sold and traded pieces of Rogers’ Heraldic pattern.

It goes without saying that it evokes my childhood — my mother, sister and I dined from this pattern cutlery for years.

But the pattern, first made in 1916, is substantial flatware, with large, dinner-size knives and forks, with a Craftsman-style motif of shields and urns set atop a hammered field.

It’s good looking and it’s well made. About a decade ago, my mother found the fork Grandma kept in the silver drawer. It was blackened and tarnished from disuse, but my mom began using it every day, taking it to work with her lunch. The fork now shines, burnished to a warm glow by a century or more of time and use.

I have the butter knives and a pickle fork from Grandma’s set. I will add them to this set and enjoy them. ■

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These 1847 Rogers Bros. dinner knives measure about 9¾ inches long.

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THE CHIPPER EXPERIENCE! WHERE COMEDY & MAGIC COLLIDE!Saturday, December 15 at 7:30 pmRinker Playhouse

Juggling stunts. Jaw-dropping mentalism.

Magic and music. Stand-up comedy.

And that’s just in the first 15 minutes

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SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIRSONGS OF THE FREE IN HONOR OF NELSON MANDELA’S 100TH BIRTHDAYWednesday, December 19 at 7 pmDreyfoos Hall

Direct from South Africa, the Grammy

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rhythms from African gospel, soulful

spirituals and American popular music.

Beyond the Stage: Join us for a free pre-performance talk by Dr. Orville Lawton at 5:45 pm.

This PEAK performance is made possible by a grant from the

MLDauray Arts Initiative in honor of Leonard and Sophie Davis

STEVE SOLOMON A STAND-UP COMEDY CONCERT FROM BROOKLYN TO BROADWAY IN ONLY 50 YEARS!Wednesday through Sunday, December 19-23

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>> Unlike the 2016 Disney interpretation that was shot entirely in Los Angeles studios, “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” was shot both in studios in London and on location in South Africa (the village scenes).

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‘Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle’

★ ★ ½Is it worth $10? Yes

If you’re thinking, “Really? Another ‘Jungle Book’ movie?” in regard to “Mow-gli: Legend of the Jungle,” it’s under-standable. After all, the two prior ver-sions (Disney’s 1967 cartoon and 2016 live action remake) are satisfying enough to not make us crave more.

So is “Mowgli,” which is available now on Netflix streaming, worth watching nonetheless? Marginally yes, because it’s different enough to not feel like a cash grab retread.

Based on multiple Rudyard Kipling sto-ries rather than just “The Jungle Book,” and notably darker in terms of theme and mood, “Mowgli” is clearly for teens and adults (it’s rated PG-13). The core story is narrated by the Python Kaa (Cate Blanchett) and remains unchanged: Baby Mowgli (an impressive Rohan Chand) is raised in the jungle by a pack of wolves led by Akela (Peter Mullan) and Nisha (Naomie Harris). Panther Bagheera (Christian Bale) and Grizzly bear Baloo (Andy Serkis, who also directs) also mentor Mowgli, which is kind but gives the boy identity issues: He grows up thinking he’s a wolf, though he knows he doesn’t look or act the same as the pack.

Thirsty for Mowgli’s blood — pos-sibly because he killed Mowgli’s moth-er, which left the boy orphaned in the jungle — is Bengal tiger Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch), who believes no man should live with animals. In the backdrop, a camp of humans includes a hunter (Matthew Rhys) who’s hired to kill Shere Khan and who doesn’t care about collateral damage.

Visually the film is impressive, though

gloomy beyond reason. It’s hard to appreciate the animated animals when the screen is so often in darkness. The result is more murk than menace. This is especially a shame given the dazzle of other moments, such as when Mow-gli is swimming under water and Shere Khan comes for a drink, not realizing the boy is down there. We see Shere Khan through the water as Mowgli looks up, and note the detail of the animation as Shere Khan’s tongue creates a ripple in the water. Great stuff.

Serkis (Kong in “King Kong,” Gollum in “Lord of the Rings”) is known as the king of performance capture, in which an

actor wears a special suit that records his/her movements that are then animated. One element from his time as Caesar in the modern “Planet of the Apes” movies that he nicely incor-porates is facial rec-ognition, meaning if you look closely, you

can see a bit of Cumberbatch’s face in Shere Khan, Bale’s in Bagheera and even Blanchett’s in Kaa. This allows the ani-mals to feel more human and, therefore, more relatable.

It’s also worth noting that “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” doesn’t play out quite the way you expect, so yes, there’s something new here for even the most ardent lovers of the previous versions. It certainly has flaws, but watch with an open mind and you’ll find it reasonably satisfying. ■

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Please send calendar listings to calendar editor Janis Fontaine at [email protected].

THURSDAY12/13Music in the Courtyard — 5-7 p.m. Thursdays, in the Courtyard at Royal Poinciana Plaza, 340 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach. Bring a blanket or find a seat on the patio. www.theroyalpoinci-anaplaza.com.

Performers:

■ Dec. 13 – Palm Beach Atlantic University

■ Dec. 20 – Palm Beach Symphony

■ Dec. 27 – Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

Clematis by Night — 6-9 p.m. Dec. 13, the Great Lawn at the Waterfront, Flagler Drive and Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. 561-822-2222 or www.clem-atisbynight.net.

PUSH! PhotoFest 2018 — Through Dec. 16, The Box Gallery, 81 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. Four exhibitions, a workshop, roundtable dis-cussions and minifair in partnership with Compass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Highway, Lake Worth. www.TheBoxGallery.Info.

FRIDAY12/14Jazz in the Gardens — 5:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays at the PGA Arts Center, 4076 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Tickets: $15, includes hors d’oeuvres. Beer and wine for sale. Sponsors, food and merchandise vendors and jazz per-formers wanted. Info: www.southflori-dafinearts.org.

SATURDAY12/15Rust Market — 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Dec. 15, Lake Park Arts District, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park. A vintage market with more than 40 vendors, live music, food and beverage concessions. Email [email protected] or 561-543-6304.

Kevin Anderson’s Grand Slam Cause for the Paws — 3-10 p.m. Dec. 15 at Boca Grove Plantation Ten-nis Center, 21351 Whitaker Drive, Boca Raton. Kevin Anderson has challenged his friends Sebastian Grosjean, the Bryan Brothers, Lauren Davis, Shelby Rogers, and comedian Michael Kosta to a live match, and you can participate. A meet-and-greet with the players, a silent auction, cocktails and live music. Mr. Anderson brought his fundraiser to Palm Beach County in support of Dezzy’s Second Chance, a dog rescue in Boynton Beach. Mr. Anderson, who lives in Delray Beach with his wife, Kelsey, adopted a dog from Dezzy. Info: 561-487-5300, Ext. 186, or visit www.andersoncause.org.

The Boynton Beach Art District Art Walk and Open Mic Night — Dec. 15, 410-422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach. www.boyntonbeachart-district.com.

The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches “Holiday Pops Con-cert”— 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and 4 p.m. Dec. 16, Lifelong Learning Institute Auditorium, Florida Atlantic University Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. The program includes “Feast of Carols” and arrangements by Dale Warland fea-turing “Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day,” and the traditional hymn, “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” Also, on the program is music by well-known con-temporary composer John Rutter, and the audience favorite, the sing-along. $25 adults; $10 for students. www.cho-ralsocietypalmbeaches.org.

SUNDAY12/16Artists and Charities Hand in Hand — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 16, Mandel Jewish Community Center, 5221 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens. Finger foods and wine and a chance to win an origi-nal painting of the Jupiter Lighthouse. $18 donation to the charity. A portion of sales also benefits the Constance & David Blacher Children’s Special Needs Program. Info: www.bit.ly/2yEEF7E.

A Sunday Kinda Blues — 2-4:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and every other Sunday at The Brewhouse Gallery, 720 Park Ave, Lake Park. 561-469-8930; www.bre-whousegallery.com.

Music at St. Paul’s presents “The Enchanted Dawn” — 3 p.m. Dec. 16, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. The Billington and Gonzalez Duo featuring flutist Robert Billington and guitarist Rene Gonzalez. Arrive by 2:30 p.m. to hear Billington and Gonzalez discuss the program. $20 suggested donation, free for age 18 and younger, at the door. www.music.stpaulsdelray.org.

MONDAY12/17Mah Jongg, Canasta, Bridge! — 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 17, Chabad of South Palm Beach, 224 S. Ocean Blvd., Manala-pan. Coffee and pastries, hot lunch, instruction included. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. RSVP to Phyllis at 646-522 -6023, [email protected].

TUESDAY12/18“A night of… Rising Stars & Classic Melodies” — 7 p.m. Dec. 18, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Singers in the Palm Beach Opera’s rigorous Benenson Young Artist and Apprentice Artist programs will perform favorites from opera and Broadway, plus special guest opera star Stephanie Blythe performs. $30-$155. 561-832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.

WEDNESDAY12/19Hollywood Goes Jewish: A Five Feature Film Series — 7 p.m. Dec. 19, Chabad of South Palm Beach, 224 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Abraham Ser-faty will introduce each film and lead a discussion afterward. Snacks, desserts, and beverages will be served. Film: “Cast a Giant Shadow” starring Kirk Douglas. Free. www.chabadspb.org.

LOOKING AHEADThe King’s Academy Conserva-tory of the Arts presents Christ-mas at Kravis — 7 p.m. Dec. 20, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Featuring 2-12th grade vocal, instrumental and dance departments. $10, $5 lap seat for younger than 12 months. 561-832-7469; www.kra-vis.org.

The Palm Beach Writers Group’s Holiday Gathering — 5 p.m. Dec. 21, at the Chesterfield’s Leopard Lounge, Palm Beach. Spouses and friends are welcomed. RSVP ASAP to [email protected].

Chinese Dinner & Movie Night — 5:30-9:30 p.m. Dec. 24, Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach, 190 N. County Road, Palm Beach. Dinner at 5:30 p.m., movies start at 7 p.m. Screening “Oceans 8” and family film “Inside Out.” Members: $20 member, $25 guests, $10 age 6-13 and free for younger than 6. RSVP by Dec. 17 at 561-832-0804.

Northwood Village Art Night Out — 6-9 p.m. Dec. 28, Northwood Road, West Palm Beach. Join the New Year’s Pre-Party Mix & Mingle in the vibrant Northwood art scene, with boutiques, new and vintage one-of-a-kind shops, restaurants, studios and galleries, plus local art and craft vendors and live street-side artists and musicians, a Tiny Doors hunt, and a free craft project. Info: Facebook.com/northwoodvillage-fanpage or call 561-822-1550.

The seventh annual Black & White Affair: Celebrating the Cuban Diaspora — Dec. 29, The Box Gallery, 811 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. A holiday celebration with special performance of “Eggenguns, the Orisha of the Ancestors” and exhibition by artist Dr. Raul Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet, Live music, cocktails, Cuban cigar rolling and Cuban food. $20 dona-tion. RSVP by Dec. 15 at www.eventbrite.com. Info: www.TheBoxGallery.Info.

Kwanzaa Celebration — 2:30-6 p.m. Dec. 29, Spady Museum, 170 NW

Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. Kwanzaa hon-ors the values of ancient African cul-tures and recognizes the philosophy of community. Be part of the reaffirmation of the individual, culture, family and environment. Free. 561-279-8883; www.spadymuseum.com.

AT DRAMAWORKSPalm Beach Dramaworks at the Ann & Don Brown Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. 561-514-4042. Ext. 1; pbdramaworks.org.

“House on Fire” — Through Dec. 30.

AT DREYFOOS Dreyfoos School of The Arts, 501 S. Sapodilla Ave., West Palm Beach. 802-6000; www.soafi.org/events.

Philharmonic Concert — Dec. 13, Meyer Hall.

Chorus Concert — Dec. 15, Meyer Hall.

AT THE EISSEY The Eissey Theatre, Palm Beach State College, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. 561-207-5900; www.eisseycam-pustheatre.org.

Dance Theater of Florida — Dec. 15-16 and 18.

The Art Gallery at Eissey Cam-pus — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday on the first floor of the BB building. 561-207-5015.

AT FAUFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Venues include University Theatre, the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium, and Studio One Theatre, and the Theatre Lab at Parliament Hall. www.fauevents.com.

“Tar Beach” by Tammy Ryan — Through Dec. 16, Parliament Hall.

AT THE FLAGLER Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $18 adults, $10 youth ages 13-17, $3 ages 6-12, free for younger than 6. 561-655-2833; www.flaglermuseum.us.

Fall Exhibition: “Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography” — Through Jan. 6. More than 80 dramatic black and white portraits of celebrities and fashion models from the 1920s and ’30s by Edward Steichen (1879-1973). Guided exhibition tours at noon Wednesday. Free with museum admission.

AT GARDENS MALLThe Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. 561-775-7750; www.the-gardensmall.com

Holiday Gift-Wrapping Suite — Through Dec. 24. Complimentary gift-wrapping for all purchases from The Gardens Mall in the lower level of Bloomingdale’s Court. Also find free cellphone charging, holiday movies, kid-friendly crafts. Donations benefit The Arc of Palm Beach County.

CALENDAR

Worth the trip: Hot tickets across the state>> BRIAN WILSON — Dec. 12, Hard Rock

Live at The Seminole Hard Hotel & Casino, Hollywood. www.seminolehardrockhol-lywood.com

>> GUACO — Dec. 13, House of Blues, Orlando. www.houseofblues.com/orlando; Dec. 14, The Fillmore, Miami Beach. www.fi llmoremb.com

>> FOR KING & COUNTRY — Dec. 14, Ama-lie Arena, Tampa. amalie.arenatampa.org; Dec. 15, Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg. www.themahaffey.com; Dec. 15, Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach. www.coralskyamphitheatre.com

>> CELTIC THUNDER — Dec. 14, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lau-derdale. www.browardcenter.org; Dec. 18, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota. www.vanwezel.org; Dec. 15, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. www.rutheckerdhall.com; Dec. 16, Hard Rock Live, Orlando. www.hardrock.com

>> TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA — Dec. 14, BB&T Center, Sunrise. www.thebbtcen-ter.com; Dec. 15, Amway Center, Orlando. amway.centerorlando.com; Dec. 16, Amalie Arena, Tampa. amalie.arenatampa.org

>> UNDEROATH WITH DANCE GAVIN DANCE — Dec. 14, Yuengling Center, Tampa. www.yuenglingcenter.com

>> KANSAS — Dec. 15, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. www.browardcenter.org

>> ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL — Dec. 17, Seminole Casino Immokalee, Immokalee. www.seminoleimmokaleecasino.com

>> ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK — Dec. 18, Capitol Theatre, Clearwater. www.rutheck-erdhall.com/capitol-theatre

— Compiled by Janis Fontaine

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■ Soweto Gospel Choir: “Songs of the Free” — 7 p.m. Dec. 19. In honor of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday. (PEAK). Tickets start at $15

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■ Craig Robinson — Dec. 13-15. Palm Beach Improv. 561-833-1812; www.palmbeachimprov.com

Salvation Army Angel Tree — Through Christmas Eve on the lower level of Sears Court. Pick an angel, help an underprivileged child in Palm Beach County.

AT THE KELSEYThe Kelsey Theater, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park. 561-328-7481; www.thekelseythe-ater.com or www.holdmyticket.com.

Joe Marcinek All Star Jam — 8 p.m. Dec. 14.

The Jake Walden Band and Shaw Davis & The Black Ties — Dec. 22.

Nashville Style Songwriter’s Round — Dec. 29. Featuring JL Fulks, Steve Minotti, Damien Louviere, Zack Jones and Wes Raffa.

AT THE KRAVIS The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. 561-832-7469; www.kravis.org.

“Hello, Dolly!” — Through Dec. 16. Starring Betty Buckley. (Kravis On Broadway). Tickets start at $28.

The Chipper Experience! Where Comedy & Magic Collide! — Dec. 15. 7:30 p.m. Tickets $35.

Hollywood Revisited — Dec. 17. (Adults at Leisure Series). $99/six shows. Single tickets $29.

Soweto Gospel Choir: “Songs of the Free” — 7 p.m. Dec. 19. In honor of Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday. (PEAK). Tickets start at $15.

■ Beyond the Stage: Arrive by 5:45 p.m. for a pre-performance talk by Dr. Orville Lawton.

Steve Solomon’s “From Brook-lyn to Broadway in Only 50 Years” — Dec. 19-23. $35.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” — Dec. 21. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $42.

“Rudolph The Red-Nosed Rein-deer: The Musical” — Dec. 23. 1 and 4 p.m. (Family Fare). Tickets start at $20.

AT THE LIGHTHOUSEJupiter Lighthouse and Museum, Light-house Park, 500 Captain Armour’s Way, Jupiter. 561-747-8380, Ext. 101; www.jupi-terlighthouse.org.

As a Blue Star Museum, active duty U.S. military and their immediate families, are admitted free year-round. Valid U.S. military ID required.

Lighthouse Sunset Tours — Dec. 19 and Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Spectacular sunset views and an inside look at the nuts & bolts of a working lighthouse watchroom. Tour time: 75 minutes. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. RSVP required.

Lighthouse Moonrise Tour — See the moon rise over the lighthouse. $20 members, $25 nonmembers.

Twilight Yoga at the Light — 6-7 p.m. Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28. By donation.

AT THE MALTZ Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indian-

town Road, Jupiter. 561-575-2223; www.jupitertheatre.org

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” — Through Dec. 16.

Limited Engagements:

Christmas Cheer: Live from the Maltz Jupiter Theatre — Dec. 18.

Capitol Steps — New Year’s Eve — Dec. 31.

AT THE JCC Mandel Jewish Community Center, 5221 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens. 561-712-5200; www.jcconline.com.

Ongoing events:

■ Duplicate Bridge — 12:30-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. $9 members; $11 guests.

■ Timely Topics Discussion Group — 10:30 a.m.-noon Mondays. Lively discussions. $4 drop-in fee.

■ Bridge: Advanced Beginner’s Supervised Play — 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays. $13 members; $15 guests

■ Bridge: Intermediate Class — 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thurs-days. $13 members; $15 guests

■ Pickleball — 9-11 a.m. Monday and Wednesday. $20 per month or $5 drop-in fee.

■ Ladies of Literature: “The Immortalists” by Cloe Benjamin — 10 a.m. $40 annually. $5 drop-in.

AT OLD SCHOOL SQUARE Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 561-243-7922; www/Old-SchoolSquare.org.

Free Friday Concerts — Through Feb. 1, Pavilion. 7:30 p.m. Free. Food and beverages vendors.

■ Big City Dogs — Dec. 14. Classic Rock and Blues

■ Higher Ground — Dec. 21. Top 40

■ Solid Brass — Dec. 28. Great Horn bands from the 70’s

SPECIAL EVENTS■ Open House at Creative Arts School — Dec. 15.

■ Forever Styx — Dec. 15, Pavilion.

■ Classic Albums Live: The Beatles “Abbey Road” — Dec. 29, Pavilion. A MusicWorks production.

AT THE PLAYHOUSE Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. 561-586-6410; www.lake-worthplayhouse.com.

Sketch Night — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17, Lake Worth Playhouse Black Box, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Tickets: $5.

AT OLD SCHOOL SQUAREOld School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 561-243-7922; www/Old-SchoolSquare.org.

Free Friday Concerts — Through Feb. 1, Pavilion. 7:30 p.m. Free.

Big City Dogs — Dec. 14. Classic Rock and Blues

Higher Ground — Dec. 21. Top 40

Solid Brass — Dec. 28. Great Horn bands from the ’70s

Special events

Open House at Creative Arts School — Dec. 15.

Forever Styx — Dec. 15, Pavilion.

Classic Albums Live: The Bea-tles “Abbey Road” — Dec. 29, Pavilion. A MusicWorks production.

AT THE IMPROVPalm Beach Improv at CityPlace, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 250, West Palm Beach. 561-833-1812; www.palmbeachim-prov.com.

Craig Robinson (Special Event) — Dec. 13-15.

Ian Bagg — Dec. 20-22.

Nick Swardson — Dec. 28-30.

Fortune Feimster New Year’s Eve — 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 31.

Marlon Wayans — Jan. 3-5

AT THE FOUR ARTS The Society of the Four Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 561-655-7226; www.fourarts.org.

Exhibitions:

“The Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design” — Through Jan. 20. Hours: Monday through Satur-day 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission: $10; free for members and age 14 and younger.

Met Opera: Live in HD:

■ Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Travia-ta” (live broadcast) — 1 p.m. Dec. 15. $25, $15 students. Student tickets must be purchased in person.

Films:

■ “The Nutcracker” — 1 p.m. Dec. 16. The annual holiday screening. Free,

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■ Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” — Through Dec. 16. Maltz Jupiter Theatre. 561-575-2223; www.jupitertheatre.org

■ The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches “Holiday Pops Concert”— 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and 4 p.m. Dec. 16, Lifelong Learning Institute Auditorium, Florida Atlantic University Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. www.choralsocietypalmbeaches.org

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Film Series — Show times are 2:30 and 6 p.m. $5 at the door. Free for mem-bers.

■ “Joyeux Noel” — Dec. 14.

In the King Library:

■ King Library Grand Re-Open-ing — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 13. Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Free.

■ Keep Calm & Color On — 3-4 p.m. Fridays through Dec. 28 in the Dixon Education Building, and Fridays Jan. 4 through April 26 in the King Library. Free. Materials provided.

Page Turners Book Discussions — Discussions take place at 1:30 p.m. in the Dixon Education Building through Dec. and in the King Library from Jan. to April. Free. www.fourarts.org or 561-655-2766.

■ “The Septembers of Shiraz,” by Dalia Sofer — Dec. 19.

Campus on the Lake Lectures — All lectures take place in the Dixon Education Building. 561-805-8562 or visit www.fourarts.org.

■ “The Private Gardens of SMI Landscape Architecture” panel discussion led by Jorge San-chez — 2:30 p.m. Dec. 17. Book signing follows. Free. Reservations required.

Shell Chic Designs with Robin Grubman — 10 a.m. to noon Thurs-days. Fee includes all materials.

■ Ornaments — Dec. 14. $75.

AT THE GALLERIES Ann Norton Sculpture Garden — 253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach. 561-832-5328; www.ansg.org.

■ “Murano Mosaic – Persis-tence and Evolution” — Dec. 19-Feb. 3.

■ Holiday Cheer with Iris Apfel — 3-4:30 p.m. Dec. 22.

Armory Art Center — 811 Park Place, West Palm Beach; (561) 832-1776; www.armoryart.org

■ “Mankind: What Happened” — Through Dec. 29. Recent paintings, drawings, intaglio, and screen prints created at the Armory Art Center by fac-ulty member and student Mark Cohen.

Norton Museum of Art — 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Reopens in February. 561-832-5196; www.norton.org.

Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery — 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta. Free for members, $5 nonmembers. 561-746-3101; LighthouseArts.org

■ “Art of the Figure” — Through Jan. 5. Three native-born Floridians are featured.

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre — 415 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. 561-253-2600; www.workshop.org.

■ “Laurence Gartel: Digital Titan” — Through Jan. 5.

The Richard and Pat Johnson History Museum — 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Part of the Historical Society of Palm Beach Coun-ty. 561-832-4164; www.hspbc.org

■ Remembering the Storm of ’28 — Through Jan. 5.

■ Building Palm Beach: Addison Mizner’s Legacy — Through June.

LIVE MUSIC AND MORE American German Club of the Palm Beaches — 5111 Lantana Road, Lake Worth. www.americanger-manclub.com or 561-967-6464, Ext 2.

The Arts Garage — 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. 561-450-6357; www.artsgarage.org.

■ Avery Sommers: LOVE… IT’S MAGIC — Dec. 15.

■ Flamenco Puro — Dec. 16.

■ Cuban Influenced Jazz with Carlos Averhoff Jr. Quartet — Dec. 21.

■ Tito Puente Jr. Returns — Dec. 22.

The Audubon Society — Bird walk info: [email protected]; 508-296-0238. www.auduboneverglades.org.

■ Loxahatchee National Wild-life Refuge — 8:30-10:30 a.m. Dec. 14. 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach. Entry fee at park. Registration required at www.auduboneverglades.org

■ Green Cay Wetlands — 8-10 a.m. Dec. 15. Walk the manmade wetlands. Good for new bird-watchers. Meet out-side Nature Center main door. 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach. Free.

■ Field Trip: STA-1 Restricted Access Area — 7:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 16, 1991 Flying Cow Road, Wellington. A guided trip to the restricted access area of man-made wetlands. Mostly by car. Little walking required. Registration required at www.auduboneverglades.org

■ Wakodahatchee Wetlands — 8-10 a.m. Dec. 16, 13026 Jog Road, Delray Beach. A guided walk through man-made wetlands. Good for beginners. Meet at top of boardwalk. Free.

CityPlace — 700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach. 561-366-1000; www.cityplace.com

■ Live music: 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

■ Sunday Yoga at the Culture Lab — 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday. A Vin-yasa yoga class held on the second floor of the Culture Lab. Register online for this donation-based class.

■ Sunday Afternoon Music & Dance Performances — Times vary. Visit www.cityplace.com/holidays.

■ Holiday Music Mondays — Dec. 17, following the 6 p.m. snowfall. www.cityplace.com/events/musicmondays.

■ $5 Ticket Tuesdays at AMC Theaters CityPlace — Every Tues-day for AMC Stubs Members. Free to join. www.cityplace.com/5tickettuesdays.

■ Walking Art Tours by Gravity — Friday-Sunday, Hilton West Palm Beach. Hours vary. A 90-minute guided tour. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com

■ Urban Youth Artisans Shop — Urban Youth Impact hosts student art-work, drum performances and freestyle painting. www.cityplace.com/urban-youth-impact-artisans-shop.

■ The Satellite — 701 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 116. A pop-up exhibition fea-

turing “Reimagine,” a sampling of cur-rent and past exhibitions from the Cul-tural Council of Palm Beach County, on loan from its Lake Worth headquarters. This new event space will include a visi-tor information center, host an art and design lecture series and other special events by local cultural organizations. www.palmbeachculture.com/satellite.

■ ASSEMBLAGE: An Organically Grown Exhibition opens — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday–Sunday. Features works by artists Olek (Poland), Ivan Navarro (Chile/ New York), Ioanna Pan-tazopoulou (New York/Athens), Jenni-fer Steinkamp (Los Angeles) and local artists Amy Gross, Sarah Knouse and Phillip Estlund. www.culturelabwpb.com.

■ Downton Abbey: The Exhibi-tion — 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily. An immersive experience inside the world made famous by the PBS show. $35, free for younger than 14. www.downtonexhi-bition.com.

■ Miracle on Rosemary — 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily through Dec. 31, City-Place. This pop-up bar is brought to you by Delray’s popular watering hole, Death or Glory.

The Great Hall Gallery — Com-pass Community Center, 201 N. Dixie Highway, Lake Worth. Free. www.com-passglcc.com

■ The TransCuba Exhibition — A photo essay that includes images of transgender Cuban women by photog-rapher Mariette Pathy Allen, an advo-cate of the transgender community for more than 35 years.

The Delray Beach Playhouse — 950 Lake Shore Drive. Delray Beach. 561-272-1281; www.delraybeachplayhouse.com

■ “The 1940’s Radio Hour” — Through Dec. 16.

■ Everything’s Coming Up “Gypsy;” The Birth of a Clas-sic American Musical — Through Dec. 20.

■ An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas — Dec. 27-28. Star-ring Evan Tyrone Martin.

■ Simply Streisand — Dec. 29-30.

■ FEVER: Peggy Lee & Friends New Year’s Eve Party — Dec. 31.

Downtown at the Gardens — 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens. 561-340-1600; www.downtownatthegardens.com.

■ Friday Night Live — 6-9 p.m. Fri-days. Family-friendly concerts in Centre Court.

Palm Beach Gardens City Hall — 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens.

■ “Connections” by Lynne Solo-mon — Through Jan. 3. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. www.pbgrec.com/gardensart.

The Palm Beach Zoo & Con-servation Society — 1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. every day, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Tickets: $18.95 adults; $16.95 seniors, $12.95 age 3-12, free for younger than 3. Info: 561-533-0887; www.palm-beachzoo.org.

The South Florida Science Cen-ter and Aquarium — 4801 Dreher Park Road, West Palm Beach. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6

p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Info: 561-832-1988; www.sfsciencecenter.org.

■ Dinosaur Invasion — Through April 21.

■ Fisher Family Science Trail — Now open with 15 new exhibits.

AREA MARKETSSinger Island Green & Artisan Market — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, Singer Island’s Ocean Walk, 2401 Ocean Ave. along scenic A1A. Pet and kid friendly. www.singerislandgreenmarket.com.

The West Palm Beach Antique and Flea Market — 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays in the 300 block of Clem-atis St., West Palm Beach. Pet friend-ly. Free parking in the Evernia Street garage during the market. www.wpban-tiqueandfleamarket.com; 561-670-7473.

The West Palm Beach Green-Market — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays through April 20, West Palm Beach Waterfront, 100 N. Clematis St., down-town West Palm Beach. Parking is free in the Evernia/Olive Garage or $5 in the Banyan/Olive Garage. Info: www.wpb.org/GreenMarket or 561-822-1515.

Lake Worth Farmers’ Market — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, through April 27, Old Bridge Park, A1A at Lake Avenue (1 S. Ocean Blvd.), Lake Worth. Info: 283-5856; www.lakeworthfarmersmar-ket.com.

Farmers Market by Farriss Farm — 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Grandview Public Market parking lot, 1401 Clare Ave., West Palm Beach. Organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, meats, fish and eggs from small regional farmers and fishmongers, plus breads, spices and local honeys. 561-352-6028; www.grandviewpublic.com

The Palm Beach Gardens Green-Market — 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays, City Hall Municipal Complex, 10500 N. Military Trail. More than 140 vendors. Through May 5. No pets. 561-630-1100.

The Village of Royal Palm Beach Green Market & Bazaar Veter-ans Park — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Vet-erans Park, 1036 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., Royal Palm Beach. Through April 28. Pet friendly. A Wednesday evening mar-ket takes place from 3-7 pm. through April 24. www.rpbgreenmarket.com.

Tiki Market — 4-7 p.m. Sundays at the Rivera Beach Marina, 190 E. 13th St., West Palm Beach. Food and Caribbean merchandise. 561-844-3408.

Jupiter Farmers Market at El Sol — 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, 106 Military Trail at Indiantown Road, Jupiter. More than 40 vendors, locally harvested vegetables and fruits. 561-283-5856; www.jupiterfarmersmarket.com.

Waterfront Market at Harbour-side Place — 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays along the waterfront. Yoga class at 10 a.m. Live music at noon. Free parking during the market. Pet friendly. www.harboursideplace.com.

Rust Market — 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the third Saturday of the month in the parking area at Kelsey Vintage, 748B Park Ave., Lake Park. Vendors of vin-tage and collectible items and decor, clothing, jewelry, artisan pieces, and more. Brunch, beer and mimosas avail-able from Brick N’ Barrel. Free parking. www.kelseyvintage.com. ■

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Painful drama, absurdist comedy commingle in ‘House on Fire’

BY JOHN THOMASON

Floridatheateronstage.com

The opening of Palm Beach Drama-works’ world premiere of Lyle Kessler’s “House on Fire” could easily have been the grim preamble to a Faulkner story.

Two brothers look down on the apparent corpse of their father, resting motionless on a sofa in his living room. Dale (Taylor Anthony Miller), a meek fantasist who lives with the Old Man — that’s his official name in the script — says he died two days ago.

Dale’s more grounded sibling, Col-man (Hamish Allan-Headley), who has just returned home in prodigal fashion after a decade as a vagabond, is rightly dubious. He dares Dale to pinch the Old Man. When Dale complies, his father, like a bear rustled from its hiberna-tion, swiftly attacks, gripping Dale in a chokehold before settling back on the couch and cracking open a PBR.

Putting the dead in deadpan, this is the crackerjack prelude to a demented family reunion. The script and the pro-duction both need some refining, but when it’s most in the pocket, “House on Fire” dances a delicate pas de deux between comedy and tragedy, tension and levity, verisimilitude and whimsy. It operates in its own subgenre of magic realism that I’ll call screwball existen-tialism.

Kessler’s latest work is something of a companion piece to his most famous play, 1983’s “Orphans.” Both are set in creaky Philadelphia residences and fea-ture two grown brothers who are haunt-ed, in their disparate ways of processing grief, by the early death of their mother, which is credited, in both dramas, to their old man.

This play’s Old Man, an irascible blo-viator played with tattered charisma by Rob Donohoe, is described charitably by Dale as a “a man of strong convic-tions.” Colman corrects him: He’s a man of “strong prejudices.” More bluntly, Colman adds, “he’s a rotten mother--king bastard” whose demise, when it really arrives, should be celebrated, not mourned.

The extent of the Old Man’s pater-nal crimes and spousal abnegations are suggested more than spelled out, but he is presented by Colman as less of a person than a spreading fungus that follows his offspring everywhere. He’s the reason Colman ran away 10 years ago for a life of wandering penury, and may be the reason Dale has developed crippling insecurities, spending most waking hours penning fairy tales that he then locks away in a safe. They are the nomad and the recluse, each an equal and opposite reaction to their father’s alienating actions.

Just as soon as Colman agrees to stay awhile, their house is invaded by a pair of eccentric burglars: Noah (Christo-pher Kelly), a one-armed menace, and his woo-woo sister Lane (Georgia War-ner), who can apparently hear the faint susurrus of spirits and says that she pre-fers “flights of fancy” to reality, a turn of phrase that sounds too arch even for a magic realist play. We learn that Noah and Lane not only sheltered Colman during one of the low points in his wan-derings but that his relationship to Lane

may be closer than he’d anticipated.Kessler’s script is rich with intertex-

tual reference points, from fables and nursery rhymes to gothic fiction and baseball arcana. The Old Man happens to be obsessed with the great Ameri-can pastime, a theme that Dramaworks’ design team embraced with gusto. David Thomas’ sound design bookends scenes with cheerful, kitschy baseball anthems from the pre-rock ’n’ roll era, while Bill Clarke’s scenic design is a towering two-story triumph of shabby baseball detritus. Philadelphia Phillies paraphernalia covers most surface space in the Old Man cave, and hoarder-esque newspaper piles line the living room’s parameter; upstairs, abandoned baseball equipment gathers mothballs in storage lockers. So accurately messy is the set that when the room is trashed, at the beginning of a crescendo of destruction in Act Two, the difference is negligible.

For all its depth and compassion, Kessler’s script falters in its metaphor overkill. “House on Fire” is writerly to a fault, with characters continuing each other’s analogies in a manner that sounds poetic on the page but uncon-vincing during the fraying bluster of confrontation.

The production, too, struggles from dramaturgical inconsistencies. A TV with antennae still works in the Internet age? Maybe, but more glaringly: With the play having established the wafer-thin sound barrier between upstairs and downstairs, it makes no sense that Lane, who had spent an inordinate amount of time trying to crack Dale’s second-floor safe, would not hear Col-man’s anguished breakdown in the liv-ing room, which involves tearing apart furniture and screaming into a void.

Still, much credit goes to director Bill Hayes for managing the play’s wild mood swings — often shifting, pendu-lum-like, from one line to the next — and for choreographing the domestic cataclysm that comprises the lengthy final scene, with its fisticuffs, its drawn firearms, its emotional catharses. Hayes draws sensitive and vulnerable perfor-mances from his ensemble, most nota-bly the exceptional Donohoe, whose spitfire obstinacy in Act One is removed like a security blanket toward the end, as he slumps onto the floor, awash in regret, earning our pity and redemption.

Allan-Headley expertly oscillates between the short-fused Noah’s love for his sister and his contempt for the rest of the world, adding touching bathos to the handful of sob stories he spins about his lost arm, to the point where all of them, and none of them, ring true. War-ner, likewise, deftly manifests Lane’s complexities; we initially view her as a delusional naïf, yet she becomes the linchpin for Kessler’s unlikely, miracu-lous optimism.

Despite its absurdist humor, Kessler’s play is full of broken people armed with metaphorical matches. I expected a more blazing fire; the considerable heat will have to do. ■

— “House on Fire” runs through Dec. 30 at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Call 561-514-4042, or visit www.palmbeach-dramaworks.org.

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The third installment in Henry Hoff-man’s Adam Fraley Mystery Series is an easy-to-like group of tales with an easy-going style and an unusual hero. What’s

unusual about Adam? He’s normal: not a superhero, not a tough guy and not obsessed with fire-arms, forensics or procedural conven-tions. He’s just there to help people and go where the case takes him.

When his office manager, Tamra Fugit (pronounced how?) asks Adam to meet with an elder-ly man who’s a friend of her aunt, Adam is somewhat hesitant. Taking a case as a favor to someone is not high on his priority list. But he succumbs to Tamra’s entreaty. She’s a person he owes a favor — plus, she’s extremely good looking.

Roland Westwood is hoping to locate a long-lost love. Adam finds Roland’s lengthy story interesting enough to take the case, even though Roland’s relation-ship with the girl named Staci Carew

was a tenuous one that began and ended more than 50 years ago during World War II. At that time, Staci was finish-ing high school and Roland had already begun college. They met at the movie house where Staci worked.

Set largely in Florida’s Pasco County along the Withlacoochie River, Adam’s investigation leads him to a bridge where Staci’s fraternal twin sister, Kati, lost her life. While the author’s description of this rural area is exceptionally expressive, the interest in the location is the actions that took place on the bridge. These actions soon come into focus.

With Adam, readers learn that the twins had contrasting per-sonalities and didn’t get along well. Kati, an aspiring gymnast, was highly motivated to excel and had the dis-cipline to keep chal-lenging herself and improving her skills. Staci was less motivated. Kati used the bridge structure as an exercise platform. On one occasion, it seems, things went wrong and she plummeted to her death.

From information Roland reveals, it seems possible that Staci, jealous of her sister’s acclaim, might have taken the practice session on the bridge as an opportunity to harm her sister, who outdid her in cheerleading competitions

and who ended up being favored by Staci’s boyfriend.

Such complications of the available information bring lawyers (including Staci’s husband) and police officers into the story line.

The accumulation of facts eventually leads to a highly unexpected resolution in a court of law.

The story has become about much more than Roland finding out what hap-pened to the girl he has never been able to forget. Though he does find out.

Another strand of the novel, linked only by the theme of oppor-tunities for love not taken, is Adam’s investi-gation into his own lack of a loving adult rela-tionship. He sees how Roland’s cautious prac-ticality may have cost him the love of his life. Adam, too, is cautious

in this arena. As Noelle, his adopted daughter, matures, he sees the need for someone to help him build a family.

For some time, he has allowed — even encouraged — his office manager to be the adult woman in Noelle’s life. There is a strong relationship developing. But Adam has been too proper, afraid of taking advantage of Tamra through his position as her employer. It’s clear she is devoted to him and is waiting to

see if can shed his habitual by-the-book reserve.

Several scenes of Tamra coaching Noelle in softball are exquisitely drawn.

Then there is Carlita Perez, a woman Adam met on the Colorado case that led to his rescue of Noelle. When Car-lita, toward the end of the novel, visits Adam and Noelle in Florida, another possibility emerges for the mother fig-ure in Noelle’s life. When Noelle asks Adam which one he likes best — Tamra or Carlita? — he tells her, “I like both.” Does this mean the next Adam Fraley Mystery is in the works?

About the authorA resident of Fort Myers, Henry

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His previous novels include “Bridge to Oblivion,” “On a Midnight Clear” and “The Veiled Lagoon.” He is the recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Florida Fiction from the Florida Pub-lishers Association. ■

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NEW YEAR’S EVE FESTIVITIESTHE PRE-PARTY Northwood Village Art Night Out — 6-9 p.m. Dec. 28, Northwood Road, West Palm Beach. Join the New Year’s Pre-Party Mix & Mingle in the vibrant North-wood art scene. Info: Facebook.com/north-woodvillagefanpage or call 561-822-1550.

JUST FOR KIDS Noon Year’s Eve: Countdown & Ball Drop! — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 31, Palm Beach Zoo, 1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach. A festive dance party with a special ‘sparkling’ gummy bear toast and a ball drop and countdown at 12 noon. Included with zoo admission. 561-547-9452; www.palmbeachzoo.org.

Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach — 411 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. www.wpbcitylibrary.org or call 561-868-7703.

■ Noon Year’s Eve Junior — 11 a.m.-noon Dec. 31, KidSpace on the third floor. For families with kids ages 2-5. Free.

■ Kids Noon Year’s Eve Party — 12:30-1:30 p.m. Dec. 31, KidSpace on the third floor. For kids in grades K-5.

Countdown to 2019: A Noon Year’s Eve — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 31, South Florida Science Center and Aquar-ium, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach. Science demos, music, dancing, face painting and an apple cider toast. 561-832-1988; www.sfsciencecenter.org/event/noon-years-eve-celebration.

Noon Year’s Eve — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dec. 31, Downtown at The Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave, Palm Beach Gardens. Ring in the new year with this free family celebration. A DJ, face painters, balloon artist, games and activities. www.downtownatthegardens.com; 561-727-2640.

New Year’s Eve at the Water-front — 5 p.m.-midnight Dec. 31, at the West Palm Beach Waterfront, Flagler Drive at Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Live music, games, art exhibitions and food vendors until 10 p.m. Light shows continue until midnight, and 2019 begins with a fireworks’ show. www.visitwpb.com.

DINNER, DANCING Lynora’s WPB New Year’s Eve — 11 a.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, Lynora’s, 207 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. Spe-cials all day and a champagne toast at midnight. Reservations recommended. 561-899-3117; www.lynoras.com.

“Glow at Eau” — 5 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, Grand Ballroom, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan. $300 adult guests of the hotel, $325 oth-ers, $195 ages 12-20, $2,995 for table of ten. Special accommodations are avail-able at www.eaupalmbeach.com/offers.

New Year’s Eve Dinner at Flag-ler Steakhouse — 5:30-11 p.m. Dec. 31, The Breakers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach. A special prix-fixe three course dinner. $285 or $65 for age 11 and younger until 6:30 p.m. Reservations at 877-724-3188.

New Year’s Eve Dinner — 6, 6:30 and 7 p.m. seatings Dec. 31, Angle Res-

taurant at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan. $95. A five-course prix fixe dinner, with wine pairing and a champagne toast at midnight and party favors, seats at 8:30 and 9 p.m. $175. Din-ers who want to attend Glow at Eau: $125. www.eaupalmbeach.com/offers.

New Year’s Eve Masquerade Party — 7 p.m. Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. Jan. 1, Sugar Plum & the Grumbling Growler, 711 Lucerne Ave., Lake Worth. Spend a myste-rious and magical night at this art gallery/craft beer/wine bar, with lite bites, 2 drinks, live music, a Champagne toast. Masks required for entry. Tickets: $35-$50 at www.eventbrite.com. Info: www.spandgg.com.

New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner — 7 p.m. Dec. 31, American German Club of the Palm Beaches, 5111 Lantana Road, Lake Worth. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, entertainment by Tulucci and Friends and a breakfast service at 1 a.m. $75 members, $100 guests, includes appe-tizers, dinner and dessert, two drinks, a champagne toast at midnight and break-fast. Semi-formal or formal attire. Reser-vations required at 561-967-6464, Ext. 2.

O’Shea’s New Year’s Eve Party — 7 p.m. Dec. 31 to 3 a.m. Jan. 1, O’Shea’s Irish Pub, 531 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. A special three-course dinner will be offered, plus get a free bottle of cham-pagne with purchase of four entrees or more. Entertainment includes a DJ in the courtyard and the Bside Band inside. Free champagne toast and party favors at mid-night. No cover. Reservations recommend-ed. 561-833-3865; www.osheaspub.com.

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New! New Year’s Eve at the Playhouse — 7 p.m. Dec. 31, Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Performers for this special show include local favorites Meri Ziev, Michael Cartwright, Kelly DiLorenzo, Tom Cooch performing Broadway tunes accompa-nied by Roger Blankenship and Isbell Hunter. Tickets: $40, includes assigned seating at the theater, light hors d’oeuvres and a glass of champagne. Dinner and a show option: Have dinner at Paradiso Ristorante (dinner seatings are from 5 to 6 p.m.) then take your assigned seats at the theater. $115. 561-586-6410; www.lakeworthplayhouse.org.

New Year’s Eve Fantasy Ball in the Ponce de Leon Ballroom — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, The Break-ers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach. $600 for hotel guests and club members, $700 oth-ers. A black-tie event with cocktails, enter-tainment, a premium raw bar and specialty stations, and a four-course dinner with wine pairings and an open bar. Age 12 and older. Reservations at 877-724-3188.

New Year’s Eve Celebration at the Wyndham Grand — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 and 1 a.m. Jan. 1, Wyndham Grand Jupiter, 122 Soundings Ave., Jupi-ter. Admission is $89 for entry at 8:30 p.m. Includes an open bar, live enter-tainment, streaming of the Ball Drop in Times Square, passed hors d’oeuvres, gourmet cheese, herb-roasted steamship of beef. VIP is $189, and includes entry at 7:30 p.m., access to a private area, a buffet dinner with a raw bar and filet mignon and an upgraded bar. Age 21 and older. Get tickets at www.eventbrite.com.


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Glow at Eau in 2019New Year’s Eve Celebration — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, City-Place, downtown West Palm Beach. On the CityPlace Square, hosted by Mojito’s Latin Cuisine & Bar. Live music with DJ YASS, interactive dance performances and artist demonstrations. Food and drink specials. Arrive early for the last snowfalls on the square 6 and 7 p.m. www.cityplace.com/holidays.

Brew Year’s Eve 2018 Dinner at DAS Beer Garden — 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. Jan. 1, 1203 Town Cen-ter Drive, #116, Jupiter. Tickets includes more than 100 choices of bubbles and a special Brew Year’s Eve menu from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., with unlimited pours, a cheese board, choice of entrees, dessert, party favors and a toast at midnight. Live music from Perfect Strangers. $65 at www.eventbrite.com, deadline is Dec. 28. Info: 561-776-8669; www.dasbeergarden.com.

New Year’s Eve Gala — 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, the Grand Ballroom at PGA National Resort & Spa, 400 Avenue of the Champions, Palm Beach Gardens. An all-inclusive party beginning with a cocktail reception with an open bar, gourmet buffet, a ball drop and cham-pagne toast at midnight. Dance to the Essence of Motown Big Band with Larry Johnson 9 p.m.-1 a.m. $125-$264. Get tick-ets at www.eventbrite.com.

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■ Kids age 3 and older of guests and members can attend the Kids New Year’s Eve Celebra-tion from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Can-terbury Ballroom. $125 includes five hours of supervised babysitting, but the kids will think it’s a themed party just for them with activities and din-ner, beverages and snacks. Info: www.kid-ventures.net/kids-new-years-eve-celebration-pga-national/). Ask about the three-, two- or one-night packages beginning at $300, based on double occupancy including the Gala and room.

‘A Night at Studio54’ NYE — 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. Jan. 1, Blue Mar-tini West Palm Beach, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach. Open select premium bar (8-10 p.m. but no shots or martinis), hors d’oeuvres, countdown to midnight with a champagne toast, followed by a dance party. Attire: Glam. $60. Entry after 10 p.m. is $25. Email [email protected]; 561-835-8601; www.bluemartinilounge.com.

New Year’s Eve Roaring 20’s Party — 8 p.m. Dec. 31, Salute Market, 5530 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Drinks, dinner and dancing to a DJ, party favors, Champagne toast at midnight. $60 and up at www.eventbrite.com.

New Year’s Eve Celebration — 8 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, Cross Fit Wel-lington, 11596 Pierson Road, Wellington. Unlimited cocktails, Champagne, wine and beer, heavy hors d’oeuvres and din-ner catered by Laura Ashley Catering & Events, photobooth, gift bags and a silent auction. Age 21 and older. $100 at www.eventbrite.com.

Silent Party West Palm Beach NYE Edition — 8:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1, Revolutions at CityPlace, 477 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach. There are no speakers, but there is music at this silent party. Guests get wireless headphones and they can tune in to the spins of the three DJs, dancing to what-ever music they hear. 18 and older. Tick-ets: $45-$99 VIP at www.eventbrite.com. Info: www.MillenniumAge.com.

New Year’s Eve Retro Party @ Margaritas — 9 p.m. Dec. 31-3 a.m. Jan. 1, Margaritas, 6418 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth. Music by DJ Eyemax, Jay Dot & Loose Kid, dancing, games, 2-4-1 drink specials, a free champagne toast at midnight. Age 21 and older. $10

until Dec. 11, $20 before Dec. 19, and 30 after Dec. 19, available at www.event-brite.com. For bottle service, RSVP by call or text to 561-351-8016.

New Year’s at the Embassy Suites Hotel — 9 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1, 4350 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. A two-hour open bar (cash bar after), dinner buffet with heavy hors d’oeuvres, cheese, fruit, and vegetable plates, proteins and salads, a DJ and dancing, party favors, and a midnight toast. Age 21 and older. Attire: Glamor-ous cocktail. $50 at www.eventbrite.com. Ask about the special NYE night room rate at 561-691-3167.

New Year’s Eve 2019 at Revelry — 9 p.m.-midnight Dec. 31, Revelry, 17 S. J St., Lake Worth. “A party package in the jerk-free zone” includes 100 dif-ferent beers and gallons of wine, plus a champagne toast at midnight. Age 21 and older. Tickets: $30 at www.event-brite.com. Revelry info: 561-469-1599; www.revelrybars.com.

The Blind Monk Bubbles, Ban-gles & Beads — 9:30 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, the Blind Monk, 410 Evernia St., #107, West Palm Beach. Live jazz by the Blind Monk Quartet. Cham-pagne specials all night. $20 cover for inside seating. www.theblindmonk.com.

New Year’s Eve Celebration at HMF — 9, 9:30 and 10 p.m. Dec. 31, the Breakers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach. $425 for the main room, loggia tables and bar, $6,000 for a table of 14 guests, $8,500 for the VIP Wine Room for 20 guests. 561-659-8466, Ext. 7375.

PERFORMANCESCapitol Steps – New Year’s Eve — 5 and 8 p.m. Dec. 31, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Road. Jupi-ter. 561-575-2223; www.jupitertheatre.org.

Fortune Feimster New Year’s Eve — 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Dec. 31, Palm Beach Improv at CityPlace, 550 S. Rose-mary Ave., Suite 250, West Palm Beach. 561-833-1812; www.palmbeachimprov.com.

Judy Garland in Concert — 8 p.m. Dec. 31, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Using technol-ogy, the voice of Garland is backed with live music performed by the Kravis Center Pops Orchestra and conducted by Luke Frazier. Tickets start at $29. 561-832-7469; www.kravis.org.

“Forbidden Broadway” — 10 p.m. Dec. 31, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. The show includes a champagne toast at midnight. Tickets start at $35. 561-832-7469; www.kravis.org.

THE AFTER-PARTIESNew Year’s Day Brunch at The Circle — 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 1, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach. An elaborate brunch in a gorgeous setting. $160, $60 for age 11 and younger. www.thebreak-ers.com; 877-724-3188.

New Year’s Day Hangover Brunch — 2 p.m. Jan. 1, Taverna Opa, 270 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-303-3602; www.tavernaopa.com. ■

Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert — 8 p.m. Jan 1, Kravis Cen-ter, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Usher in the New Year with a glittery celebration. Concert will feature a new program of Strauss waltzes and beloved operettas. Tickets start at $29. 561-832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.

Jay Leno After Party — 8 p.m. Jan. 2, Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Tickets start at $29. 561-832-7469; www.kravis.org.


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“The Nutcracker” — By Ballet Palm Beach, Dec. 13-16, King’s Academy, West Palm Beach. www.balletpalmbeach.org

Boynton/Delray Holiday Boat Parade — 5:30 p.m. Dec. 14. 5:30 p.m. From the Lantana Bridge near Old Key Lime House to the C-15 canal in Delray. Watch party at the Boynton Harbor Marina. Official Toys for Tots collection site. www.CatchBoynton.com or www.MyDelrayBeach.com

Lake Osborne Holiday Boat Parade — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14. 7:30 p.m. Begins and ends at Lakeside Anchor Inn. Email [email protected] or visit the Facebook page.

Handel’s “Messiah” — Dec. 14 at Benjamin Upper School Campus, 4875 Grandiflora Road, Palm Beach Gardens. The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches performs. 561-845-9696; www.masterworkspb.org

Ugly Sweater Crawl Jupiter — 2-8 p.m. Dec. 15, Harbourside Place, Jupiter. Dress in ugly sweaters for an evening of bar-hopping for free and exclusive food, drink, entertainment and other holiday shenanigans. $15 online, $40 at the door, benefits the less fortunate in the com-munity. www.uglyholidaysweatercrawl.com; 561-837-8066.

“Little Drummer Boy – The Christmas Tour” — 7 p.m. Dec. 15, Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury’s Way, West Palm Beach. Features For King & Country with special guest Zach Wil-liams. $20-$65. 561-881-1929; www.wayfm.com; www.ticketmaster.com.

The Choral Society Goes Pops: Holiday Favorites — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and 4 p.m. Dec. 16, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Auditorium, FAU Jupiter Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. $25 adults, $10 students. 561-626-9997; choralsocietypalmbeaches.org.

“Messiah” — Dec. 16 at Royal Poin-ciana Chapel, 60 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach. Tickets $25, $10 students, or three concerts for $60. DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches performs. 561-845-9696; www.masterworkspb.org

Christmas Cheer: Live — Dec. 18, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indian-town Road. Jupiter. 561-575-2223. Jupiter-theatre.org.

Gilded Age Holiday Evening Tours — Dec. 19-23, Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach. $25 for adults, $15 for children ages 17 and under. Advance purchase required.

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■ 6:45 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21-23.

Christmas with the Chimps — Dec. 20, Lion Country Safari, 2003 Lion Country Safari Road, Loxahatchee. Arrive at 9:30 a.m. Chimps get presents. 561-793-1084; www.lioncountrysafari.com.

■ Downtown Dance presents “How the Grinch Stole Christ-mas” — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22, Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. $18-$25. 561-586-6410; lakeworthplayhouse.org

“Rudolph The Red-Nosed Rein-deer: The Musical” — Dec. 23, Kra-vis Center, West Palm Beach. 561-832-7469; www.Kravis.org. (Family Fare).

Rich Guzzi’s Hypnotic Holiday Christmas Spectacular — 7 p.m. Dec. 23, Palm Beach Improv at City-Place, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 250, West Palm Beach. 561-833-1812; www.palmbeachimprov.com

AT THE MALLS CityPlace — 700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach. 561-366-1000; www.cityplace.com.

■ Salvation Army Angel Tree — Through Dec. 16. The Angel Tree Program provides gifts for more than 3,000 local children with help from the community. www.cityplace.com/events/salavationarmyangeltreeprogram.

■ Nightly Snowfall at CityPlace — Through Dec. 31, CityPlace Plaza, West Palm Beach. Times: 6 and 7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. Free.

■ Sunday Afternoon Music & Dance Performances — Times vary. Visit www.cityplace.com/holidays.

■ Holiday Music Mondays — Dec. 17, following the 6 p.m. snowfall.

■ Downtown at The Gardens — 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave, Palm Beach Gardens. www.downtownatthe-gardens.com or 561-727-2640.

■ Gingerbread Decorating Work-shop — 11 a.m.-noon and 1-2 p.m. Dec. 15. $10, and proceeds benefit Toys for Tots. Reservations recommended.

■ Letters to Santa — Through Dec. 24. Visit the Santa Mail Center, where you’ll find paper and pens or bring your own. Free.

■ Noon Year’s Eve — 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 31. Ring in the new year with this free family celebration. A DJ, face paint-ers, balloon artist, games and activities.

The Gardens Mall — 3101 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. 561-775-7750; www.thegardensmall.com.

■ The 29th Annual Musicthon — 10 a.m. Dec. 15 in the Nordstrom Court. The performances are by kids from the Palm Beach County Schools Music Programs taught by members of the Palm Beach Music Teaches Association. Proceeds benefit Camp Vitas of Vitas Hospice.

■ Holiday Gift-Wrapping Suite — Through Dec. 24. Complimentary gift-wrapping for all purchases from The Gardens Mall in the lower level of Bloomingdale’s Court. Also find free cellphone charging, holiday movies, kid-friendly crafts. Donations benefit The Arc of Palm Beach County.

■ Salvation Army Angel Tree — Through Christmas Eve on the lower level of Sears Court. Pick an angel, help a under-privileged child in Palm Beach County.

■ Palm Beach Outlets — 1751 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach. 561-515-4400; www.palmbeachoutlets.com.

■ Giving Tuesday — 6-8 p.m. Dec. 16. Free pet picture with Santa. A $10 to Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League is suggested.

■ Carter’s Babies and Kids Pajama Party — 6 p.m. Dec. 21. Come dressed in their pajamas for crafts led by Rhythm & Hues and story read-ings. A donation of new pajamas at the event or an online donation at www.palm-beachoutlets.com is required. Benefits the Pajama Program of Palm Beach County. ■



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CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) An unexpected work-place development could disrupt some family plans. A full explanation, however, averts domestic discord. A financial matter continues to need attention.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to Febru-ary 18) Spend time away from distrac-tions to reassess some recent moves that might not have worked out as you had hoped. What you learn could be invaluable for future decision-making.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A recent act of kindness is a reminder of how important your friends are to you. You might want to show your appreciation by hosting a special pre-New Year’s party just for them.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The

arts are a strong part of the Arian aspect, with music becoming more dominant. An important decision looms as a longtime relationship takes an unexpected turn.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Surrounding yourself with beautiful things helps restore the Taurean soul. Enjoy an art exhibit, for example. Or redecorate your personal space with something truly splendid.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Some colleagues might try to talk you out of what they insist is a risk, but which you consider an opportunity. As usual, follow your own good sense when making your decision.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A workplace change you might have worried about soon proves to be high-ly favorable for the clever Crab who is ready to take advantage of new oppor-tunities opening up.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Con-gratulations. Your Leonine pride is polished to a dazzling new brilliance thanks to your success in winning

support for your new project from even the most doubtful of detractors.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) An unsettling rumor about a col-league’s apparently regrettable behav-ior is soon proved groundless, allow-ing you to enjoy the upcoming end-of-year festivities in a happy mood.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your success in helping to cre-ate a harmonious environment out of a chaotic situation earns you the admiration of someone who could become an important new presence in your life.

SCORPIO (October 23 to Novem-ber 21) Your Scorpion’s sense of loy-alty could find you leading a pas-sionate defense of a loved one you feel is being unfairly treated. The week’s end brings long-awaited fam-ily news.

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■ Bob Dylan: “More Blood, More Tracks” – This six-CD set presents 80-plus tracks recorded over four days in New York City that document how Dylan’s best 1970s album, “Blood on the Tracks,” came to life. It includes multiple versions of the album’s songs, which sometimes vary considerably, and it’s fascinating to hear Dylan explore differ-ent feels, tempos, keys and lyrics as he worked to refine his batch of songs. The New York versions often feel more emo-tionally raw, vulnerable and at times angry, presenting different perspec-tives on an album that was already full of tangled, bruised and intimate emo-tions. List price: $159.98.

■ Tom Petty: “An American Trea-sure” – Petty left this earth too soon, but at least he gifted us with a lot of music — and not just on his studio albums. His six-CD anthology, “Playback,” already featured three discs of unreleased studio and live tracks. Now comes “An Ameri-can Treasure,” which brings four discs of alternate versions (lots of those), unre-leased songs, live cuts and album tracks. Don’t look for the hits on “An American Treasure” (several of those sets already exist). But what you’ll recognize is Petty’s mastery of the American rock and roll form in pretty much all of its iterations and the depth of quality of his catalog. List price: $149.99.

■ Jimi Hendrix: “Electric Lady-land” 50th Anniversary Edition – This bold, audacious final album from Hendrix is supplemented by two discs of unre-leased material. The first disc includes demos and outtakes from the sessions, and it boasts quite a few eye-openers, including a solo, intimate 10-minute alter-nate take of “Voodoo Chile,” “Angel Cata-rina,” a warm, dreamy tune that evolved and expanded into “1983…(A Merman

I Should Turn To Be),” a fiery take of “Rainy Day, Dream Away” that contrasts with the jazzier, more laidback album version and several tunes that were left off of “Electric Ladyland.” Disc three is a Sept. 14, 1968, concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The performances are fiery, but the sound is a bit overcooked. There might have been a better show to include, but in any event, “Electric Ladyland” remains a stunning work, made all that more bit-tersweet by thoughts of what might have been had Hendrix’s life not been cut so short. List price: $109.98.

■ Oscar Peterson: “Oscar Peterson Plays” – This five-CD set contains all 10 albums Peterson released between 1952-1954, each of which was dedicated to his interpretations of the songs by a Great American Songbook composer (Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and other greats). Beyond the amount of music, what’s most impressive is Peterson’s dexterity on piano, as he brings his fleet-fingered style to his instrumental versions of the songs, smartly elaborating on the music without losing track of the main melodies of the songs. List price: $49.98.

■ John Lennon: “Imagine” – This 2-Blu-Ray/four-CD set that gives the Len-non fan/audiophile the ultimate version of this landmark Lennon solo effort. The Blu-Ray discs present the original album, outtakes and alternate mixes in the high-est fidelity, while the four CDs mirror that content, beginning with the fine original album. Then come two discs of outtakes, the first of which includes alternate versions of every song from the album (most are raw takes with notable differences from the album tracks) and several nonalbum cuts. The second disc of outtakes offers more alternate takes, many slightly expanded from the album versions while a third disc of outtakes steps further back, presenting a collage of parts from each song and in-studio com-mentary that open a window into how the recordings developed. A terrific 119-page full-color book with commentary from John and Yoko and others involved in “Imagine” adds great insights into the album and where John and Yoko were at in their lives at the time. List price: N/A ($54.23 on Amazon).

■ Fleetwood Mac: “Fleetwood Mac” — The album that opened the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks era of the band gets supplemented by alternate takes of every song — they’re often more raw or intimate than the album versions — and a cool concert during which the “new Fleetwood Mac” performs quite a few songs from earlier incarnations of the

band. Throughout, the singular talents of Buckingham and Nicks are apparent, as is the special musical chemistry that was emerging within this hugely successful lineup. List price: $99.98.

■ Neil Diamond: “50: The Anniver-sary Collection — Marking his half cen-tury in music, this six-CD set features the hits and choice album tracks from across Diamond’s career. The sixth disc features 12 songs Diamond started over the years but didn’t finish until now. Most of the songs are worthy. List price: $99.99.

■ Guns ‘N Roses: “Appetite for Destruction Locked N’ Loaded Edi-tion” – The reissue of this blockbuster album is highlighted by the debut of the Sound City Studios recording ses-sion, which includes alternate versions of the “Appetite” tracks, several covers and early takes of “November Rain,” which surfaced five years later on “Use Your Illusion I.” List price: $179.

Other reissues to consider:■ Metallica: “And Justice for All”

– The band pulls out all the stops here, adding to the original album with four discs of live material including four full shows and three discs of demos and work tapes of the songs. That’s doing justice to a great album. List price: $199.98 (also available in lower priced configurations).

■ The Posies: “Dear 23”/“Frosting On the Beater”/“Amazing Disgrace”

– Three of this overlooked group’s best albums return, each with a full disc-plus of demos and outtakes that each include several release-worthy nonalbum tunes. List price: $21.98 each set.

■ Pixies: “Come On Pilgrim”/“Surfer Rosa” – The first two Pixies albums are packaged here with a live in-studio set that aired in 1986 on WJUL-FM in Lowell, MA. It’s a fine document of the Pixies vis-ceral early live shows, while the original albums still sound like groundbreaking works. List Price: $26.24.

■ Soul Asylum: “Made To Be Bro-ken”/ “Say What You Will … Every-thing Can Happen” – These first two albums, reissued here with a healthy number of bonus tracks, were raw and scrappy — a far cry for the poppier, more commercial later output of the band. List price: $16.98 each set.

■ The Glands: “I Can See My House From Here” – This box set col-lects the two albums by this overlooked Athens, GA, band (“The Glands” and “Double Thriller”), plus a new 23-song set of unreleased material (“Double Coda”), giving both fans and the unini-tiated a chance to discover or delve fur-ther into the catalog of this indie band. List price: $12.98 each for “The Glands,” “Double Thriller” and “Double Coda”; “I Can See My House From Here” (five-LP version): $89.98. ■

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sic Society of Palm Beach, the trio will perform works by Rachmaninoff, Jalbert and Schumann.

■ Concluding the season on April 25, the society will present the East Coast premiere of a new work by composer Andrew Norman, a co-commission with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Wigmore Hall-London. This “All-American” program will also feature works by Barber and Dvorak.

In other happenings:

■ The chamber is presenting the Em-erson Quartet with Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist of 2017 Paul Huang on violin and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s resident pianist Gilles Vonsattel on Jan. 10 at Holy Trinity Epis-copal Church, 211 Trinity Place, in West Palm Beach.

■ The Brown, Canellakis, Urioste Trio also will perform at Holy Trinity on Feb. 7. Tickets for both performances can be had at cmspb.org/ticketing-page/.

For more chamber information, visit cmspb.org. ■

Dinosaurs have returned About five years ago, the South Flor-

ida Science Museum was overrun by dinosaurs. Everyone survived, and the new South Florida Science Center and Aquarium has been built bigger and stronger to handle another invasion.

Well, it happened again. The dinosaur wranglers have successfully corralled about 20 dinosaurs on the property in West Palm Beach. During what they’re calling a “Dinosaur Invasion,” visitors can observe these creatures, including lifesized tyrannosaurus rex and veloci-raptors, safely.

Lew Crampton, president of the SFSCA, told the press that these dino-saurs are “bigger and badder” than the 2014 herd. He advises caution but agrees this is a rare opportunity and should not be missed. They plan to keep the dino-saurs on site until the end of April.

A special science forum is scheduled for Dec. 28, afterhours. Called Nights at the Museum, this special science adven-ture will use interactive science crafts to enrich your experience, and special activities and entertainment are planned. Arrive at 6 p.m. for the best experimen-tal conditions. The science lab will close at 9 p.m. so it doesn’t attract unwanted attention from the herd. Don’t miss the Paleo Talks with Robert DePalma. And set a calendar reminder for Dinofest on March 9, a whole day of dinosaur-related activities.

The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium is at 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach.

Admission to Dinosaur Invasion is included in general admission to the Sci-ence Center: $17.95 adults, $15.95 seniors, $13.95 ages 3-12 and free for younger than 3. Planetarium shows and minigolf are paid separately.

Admission to Nights at the Muse-um: $14.95 adults, $12.95 seniors, $10.95 age 3-12, free for younger than 3. Mem-bers: $6 adults, free for children.

Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 561-832-1988 or visit www.sfsciencecenter.org.

Lulu, are you out there? The Tony nominated musical, “Wait-

ress,” will be on the Kravis Center’s stage for a limited engagement begin-ning March 5 and they are seeking two girls to perform the role of Lulu.

Lulu is a sweet and carefree 4 to 5-year-old who appears in the produc-tion’s finale scene. Qualified young girls should be shorter than 4’2 and be no older than 5 years and 3 months. Sets of twins or siblings are welcomed.

Auditions take place Dec. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Space is lim-ited to the first 60 applicants to sign up online at www.kravis.org/waitress-lulu-audition/. No walk-ups.

Alain Goindoo honored by Symphony

A Pahokee Middle School band teach-er has been honored by the Palm Beach Symphony as the Instrumental Music Teacher of the Year for Palm Beach County.

Alain Goindoo was selected from a pool of more than 100 music teach-ers who were nominated for their out-standing teaching techniques, ability to nurture music talents, and capacity

for connecting with and inspiring their students. Goindoo received $1,000 from Chafin Music for classroom resources, $2,000 in coaching sessions from Palm Beach Symphony musicians, and an invitation to lead a

student ensemble performance at Palm Beach Symphony’s 17th annual gala on Feb. 18 at The Breakers Palm Beach.

Among his accomplishments: Goin-doo built the band program for Pahokee Middle School from 0 to 90 students in two years. He created a Canal Point Elementary School band program using grant-awarded instruments. He created a summer strings camp at Lynn Uni-versity which gave free private lessons. He secured scholarships, transportation, and food for FAU band campers and cre-ated a summer band camp at PBAU. He organized holiday toy drives and annual food drives, all in addition to his day-to-day responsibilities as an instrumental music teacher.

Goindoo received the award after a performance at CityPlace on Nov. 26. He’ll be honored again at Palm Beach Symphony’s third annual Holly Jolly Symphony Fête on Dec. 17, at The Sail-fish Club in Palm Beach, where students will be gifted refurbished instruments from the Symphony’s instrument dona-tion program.

Palm Beach Symphony, founded in 1974, is known for its diverse reper-toire and commitment to community. For more information, visit www.palm-beachsymphony.org. ■

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The Dish: Pollo de ExtremanaThe Place: Tapeo, 118 S. Clematis St., down-

town West Palm Beach; 561-514-0811 or www.tapeotapas.com.

The Price: $18.95The Details: Tapeo, housed in the former

home to Tin Fish, is a welcome addition to the Clematis Street scene.

With the Pollo de Extremana, simple ingredi-ents combine to create a hearty dish that’s also complex in its flavors. The chefs at Tapeo, who specialize in tapas and other Iberian delicacies, sauté a chicken cutlet with onions, red and green bell peppers and savory Spanish sausage, then toss the whole affair in a light brandy sauce.

The sweetness of the onions and brandy play off the spices of the sausage. And the chicken? It’s fork tender.

Service was hit and miss the night we visited, but by our second glass of sangria, it was less of a concern. ■

— Scott Simmons, [email protected]

THE DISH: Highlights from local menus

3 MARIO THE BAKER 1007 State Road 7, Royal Palm Beach. 561-798-4030; www.theorginalmariothebaker.com.

A lively, often loud atmosphere and always-packed open dining room make this family and kid friendly. Spills are no problem — the servers are nice, and prompt. The menu is pizza all day long, along with old-school pastas. A sepa-rate children’s menu includes gnocchi and other pastas, as well as a half-sub. Did we mention those crazy-good garlic rolls, too? ■

— Jan Norris, [email protected]

1 THE ITALIAN RESTAURANTThe Breakers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach. 877-724-3188; www.thebreakers.com/dining/.

A well-kept, best secret for families, The Italian Restaurant is made for both kids and adults — a win-win when going to dinner with the squirmish. It’s low-key and unstuffy — the arcade and giant fish tank keep tots entertained, while a family-friendly menu with creativity makes the parents happy. Look for it in the Family Entertainment Center at the resort.

2 DUFFY’SMultiple locations throughout South Florida. www.duffysmvp.com.

Sports and silly videos on TV, arcades with prizes, and a huge menu. A perfect combination for family outings when you just need a break and you want to eat, too. Plenty of fare for every type of diner, and usually crisp ser-vice is on tap. They easily accommodate large groups, as well, particularly the one in Palm Beach Gardens on U.S. Highway 1.

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Guanabana’s marks 10 years, plans restaurant in Stuart

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Guanabana’s Island Restaurant and Bar, the popular waterfront spot in Jupi-ter, is expanding to Stuart with a new concept and name.

The TideHouse Waterfront Restau-rant will be in the old Wahoo’s space on Flagler Avenue on the Northeast side of the Roosevelt Bridge.

The site next to the Harborage Yacht Club and Marina was recently redone, and that drew Guanabana’s group to the area.

In a statement, Chad Van Boven, pres-ident of Guanabana’s, said, “We are excit-ed about the renovations to the property which enhance the panoramic views of the St. Lucie River and maximizes the indoor/outdoor experience.”

The menu will be new, leaning to Pan-Asian and Mediterranean, but with an emphasis on sustainable seafood and a background of classic American, a spokes-man said.

As its sister restaurant is, TideHouse will be accessible by boat. It also will have live music several nights a week.

TideHouse will be open for lunch and dinner at first, with brunch at a later date. It’s set to open in 2019 at 915 NW Flagler Ave., Stuart.

Meanwhile, Guanabana’s celebrates a milestone of its own, marking its 10th anniversary.

A party is set for Dec. 26. There will be all-day food and drink specials, includ-ing $3 bottle beers and well drinks, Fat Cubans, burritos, and 50-cent wings and clams.

Performances by The String Assas-sins, Clement Aubrey and OneTribe and Moska Project start at 4 p.m.

Guanabanas, 960 N. Highway A1A, Jupi-ter. Phone 561-747-8878; online at www.guanabanas.com.

Gingerbread on Singer IslandThe traditional Christmas Gingerbread

house is taken to the next level at the Palm Beach Marriott on Singer Island, where pastry chef Kursten Restivo has created a lifesized gingerbread house.

The sweet wonderland is replete with candy cane lane markers, gumdrop-trimmed flower boxes filled with lolli-pops, and the house has its own giant Christmas tree — all made from ginger-bread. The chef used more than 1,500 pieces of gingerbread and 180 pounds of royal icing, and a variety of candies as trim in the construction.

More than 1,000 hours of baking, cut-ting and building went into the project, planned for months.

It will be on display in the lobby at the resort through the holidays.

Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa, 3800 N. Ocean Drive, Riviera Beach. Phone 561-340-1700; www.marriott.com.

In briefA new coffee table book, “Too Good

to Eat: Beautiful Food Packaging from Around the World,” is the product of Margaret Wilesmith, who lives in Palm Beach part of the year. Packaging is a type of art, she says, and she demonstrates in the book with beautiful photos of foods such as French jam labels, and tins of Japanese tea. It’s available at www.pie-intheskybooks.com. ... Serenity Garden Tea House & Cafe in West Palm Beach is again taking reservations for its Holiday Royal Tea, served throughout December. Champagne and chocolate-covered straw-berries are a highlight. Phone 561-655-3911. ■

Kid-friendlydining spots A trio worth noting3JAN’S

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Mario the Baker attracts kids and adults of all ages for its pizza, pasta and garlic rolls.

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Pastry chef Kursten Restivo has created a lifesize gingerbread house at the Palm Beach Marriott on Singer Island.

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