Palm Beach Gardens’ ‘Restaurant Row’ gets a spicy addition
Tonight marks the official grand opening of the newest establishment to PGA Commons’ “Restaurant Row:” Kabuki. The public is welcome to celebrate the sushi, Thai and tapas restaurant from 6…
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Discover Local Artists: works by art educators
At Palm Beach State College, the Palm Beach County Art Teachers Association will feature its art educators in an exhibit, “Artistic Endeavors,” May 14 through September 6 with an opening…
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Downtown at the Gardens rocks this summer
“Rock and Roll Summer at Downtown V2” returns to Downtown at the Gardens this summer, bringing the hippest tribute bands each Friday from June 7 through Aug. 30. “Rock and…
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Saw Palmetto for Big Yards (and Big Prostates)
Many landscapers like native plants, and what could be more native to most landscapes in Palm Beach County than Saw Palmetto? Sometimes I wonder why we remove the plants naturally…
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Discover Local Artists: Talleyrand and Bernay-Roman
Local Arts Group Helps Haitian Organization for Health Services with Art Exhibit and Sale “A Blast of Color” The Artists Association of Jupiter (AAOJ) and Unique Glass Art hosts a…
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Discover Local Artists: Han Young
Art on Park Gallery features the work of Han Young now through April 29. Young aims to represent his nature, landscape and still-life works realistically in oil and watercolor. Originally…
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Foster-child-turned-foster-care-organization employee moves into Habitat for Humanity home on her birthday
Dawn Marie Turner Dawn Marie Turner celebrated a major milestone April 17, 2013, by breaking ground on a new Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County home. The twist: The groundbreaking ceremony also…
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Real Estate Update Feb 2013
According to Florida Realtors latest report (Feb. 21) the real estate market is improving. According to Bloomberg, Jan 31, 2013, statewide foreclosures are up. Robert Shiller can’t offer a clear…
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Discover Local Artists: Palm Beach Fine Craft Show
Four area artists will be among the 125 from around the country who will bring their latest work to the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show when the event returns to…
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Reception for award-winning artist takes place in North Palm Beach bank
Haile Shaw & Pfaffenberger and Northern Trust served as official co-hosts of a reception and art exhibit featuring the work of award-winning artist and Palm Beach Gardens native AJ Brockman. More than…
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Morikami Ikebana
close up and personal
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Discover Local Art: at artpalmbeach
Some of our local artists exhibited at artpalmbeach, Jan.24-28. Eduardo Gomez of Jenson Beach was one of the artists exhibiting in the Lighthouse ArtCenter Museum’s booth. His bronze is called…
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Discover Local Artists: Joel Cohen, Mimie Langlois
Joel Cohen will be exhibiting his new photographic images along with painter, Mimie Langlois, in a show at Paul Fisher Gallery. The show will be on exhibit until January 30,…
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Discover Local Artists: Red Dot 2012
Beate Rodewald, associate professor of English at Palm Beach Atlantic, and I talked about symbolism on our way to the Red Dot Fair during Art Basel week in Miami (Dec….
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Discover Local Artists: Martha Moffett
“No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.” –Elizabeth Bowen…
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Discover Local Artists: Muses and Sirens
By Christine Davis The Art Gallery At Eissey Campus presents Chris Riccardo of Jupiter and Jacques de Beaufort of West Palm Beach in the exhibit “Muses and Sirens” Oct. 30…
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Discover local artists: Niederhausen and Rybovich
The works of artists Hanne Niederhausen and Terre Rybovich are featured at “other word ly: an exploration in multi-media” at the Art Gallery at Eissey Campus, Sept. 18 through Oct….
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Elderberry Wine, Flutes, and Birdfood
I can’t think of many plants I messed with as a kid in Michigan and then again now in my second childhood in South Florida. Elderberry is one. The amazing…
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Locust-Berry – Low Muss Low Fuss, and Native
Most gardeners know the vibrant yellow Thryallis grown throughout are area and far beyond. It is native to Central America. Much less familiar is its equally pretty Florida cousin Locust-Berry…
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Slave Ship Artifacts Found in the Abacos
On craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell. Luckily, 390…
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Goldenrod and Dandelion—Weeds or How We’ll Roll?
What does everyone know about Goldenrods? Allergies, although it is probably a bum rap. The big sticky insect-borne pollen grains are not likely to wind up often in your snoot…
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Spider Lilies are Native and Lovely
Several Spiderlilies (species of Hymenocallis) are native in Florida, mostly to the north of us. Today’s featured selection is the most widespread wild and cultivated, and is available commercially (CLICK). …
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Autograph Trees – No Boys Allowed!
The Autograph Tree (Clusia rosea), also called Pitch-Apple or Rose-Apple, is presumably native from the Keys, more or less, to South America. It may seem a stretch at first glance,…
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Loblolly Bay – Who Says Natives Don’t Have Showy Flowers?
Loblolly Bay Gordonia lasianthus Theaceae What do tea, camellias, Franklinia, and Loblolly Bay have in common? They all belong to the Tea Family, and their saucer-shaped flowers look the same….
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Silk Grass Loves Florida Summers
Silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia On a trip recently to Meadowbeauty Native Plant Nursery (CLICK) in Lake Worth, I was pleasantly surprised to see Silk-Grass growing pretty in a garden bed. I…
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Discover Local Artists: Alyssa di Edwardo
Alyssa di Edwardo of West Palm Beach, is the featured artist in a solo exhibit at the The Palm Beach County Cultural Council, now through July 7. A self-taught artist,…
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Water Lilies, Pretty Little Ingrates
This week’s featured species is selected on the basis of smellin’ good: White Water Lily. And it is as pretty as it smells. Everybody has spotted this beauty at times…
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Zap the Bugs, But Keep It Safe
As part of my ongoing class on Environmental Issues in Horticulture, non-toxic insect control has been “in the air,” and my thoughts have been enriched by student contributions. This rundown…
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