Culture & Cocktails At The Colony To Conclude Season On April 2 With A Musical Flourish
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County today announced that the popular series CULTURE & COCKTAILS will conclude the 2017-2018 season with a musical flourish on Monday, April 2, at The Colony Hotel Pavilion, located at 155 Hammon Avenue in Palm Beach.
April 2 - LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
A Conversation with Daniel Biaggi, General Director of Palm Beach Opera, and Beth Clark, CEO of the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches.
CULTURE & COCKTAILS will end the season with our traditional musical finale, featuring both conversations with cultural leaders and stirring performances - both live and filmed - by some extraordinary singers.
Moderated by Tim Byrd "The Byrdman," a longtime broadcaster who is the founder and publisher of Palm Beach - Live Work Play (www.PalmBeachLWP.com)
Previous CULTURE & COCKTAILS musical finales have featured 10-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune (2015); pianists David Crohan, Copeland Davis, and Wayne Hosford (2016); and cabaret stars and Legends Radio morning show co-hosts Jill & Rich Switzer (2017).
CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder and The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation. Additional support for the series is provided by the Palm Beach Daily News, First Republic Bank, and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm.
Admission to each CULTURE & COCKTAILS event is $65 for advance RSVPs, $85 at the door, and FREE for members of the Cultural Council ($250 level and above). Seating is limited. All proceeds go to support artist programs of the nonprofit Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. For membership information, please contact Debbie Calabria at (561) 472-3330.
The event will run from 5 to 7 pm, with registration and cocktails from 5 to 5:45 pm, and the "Conversation" and musical presentations until 7 pm. The Colony will serve complimentary beverages and an array of specially prepared hors d'oeuvres before each CULTURE & COCKTAILS conversation.
People interested in attending CULTURE & COCKTAILS can RSVP before each event by calling the Cultural Council at (561) 472-3330.
The Cultural Council is the official support agency for arts and culture in The Palm Beaches, serving non-profit organizations, individual artists and arts districts. The Cultural Council administers $4.5 million in grants annually, supports arts and cultural education, provides capacity-building training and advocates for arts funding and arts-friendly policies in Palm Beach County, Florida's Cultural Capital. The Council promotes Palm Beach County's cultural experiences to visitors and residents through multi-platform marketing and public information programs, including its one-of-a-kind Cultural Concierge service.
The Cultural Council presents exhibitions featuring Palm Beach County artists and provides additional programming at its headquarters in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. Building, an iconic Streamline Moderne former movie theater in Downtown Lake Worth. Also at the Cultural Council headquarters are the Roe Green Uniquely Palm Beach Store featuring products by Palm Beach County artists and the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Information Center, a VISIT FLORIDA designated Florida Certified Tourism Information Center.
The Cultural Council galleries, visitor information center and store are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For a complete calendar of cultural activities in The Palm Beaches, connect with the Council at palmbeachculture.com or (561) 471-2901. To plan a personalized cultural itinerary, connect with the Cultural Concierge at palmbeachculture.com/concierge. To learn about the benefits of individual, business, artist or musician membership to the Council, please contact dcalabria@palmbeachculture.com.
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