January in Palm Beach County-MAME plays Jan. 31!

Maze-A-Palooza
10/15/2005 - 5/30/2006
South Florida Science Museum
4801 Dreher Trail North; West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Come explore more than 8,000 sq. ft. of interactive, indoor and
outdoor mazes. Finger mazes, web mazes, floor mazes and the
incredible outdoor "Maze of Illusions" provide hours of interactive
fun for families of all ages. Also enjoy mini-golf, aquarium,
planetarium and more at the South Florida Science Museum. Mon.-Fri.
10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday Noon to 6pm Daily. $8 for
adults; $6 children ages 3-12; $7.50 seniors. Under age 3 admitted
free. 561-832-1988

Flying Legends
11/17/2005 - 1/7/2006
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
55 NE 2nd Avenue; Delray Beach, FL 33444
An exhibit of the work of master aviation photographer John Dibbs.
More than 60 of the very best and most dramatic images from Dibbs'
series provide the basis for the exhibition. While old-timers will
enjoy the World War II and even earlier vintage flying machines, the
large-scale images also include modern military and corporate jets
and helicopters--even the Concorde supersonic jetliner. 9 a.m. - 5
p.m. Tuesday - Saturday: Admission is free for members and $3 for
non-members.
561-276-9797

French Impressionism and Boston: Masterworks from the Museum of Fine
Arts
11/19/2005 - 3/5/2006
Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue; West Palm Beach, FL 33401
This international exhibition offers visitors a magnificent
opportunity to see more than 50 works, among them Claude Monet's
Water Lilies, Edgar Degas' Race Horses at Longchamp, Renoir's Grand
Canal, Venice; John Singer Sargent's Helen Sears, and Edmund Charles
Tarbell's Mother and Child in a Boat. Adult Admission $10 (561) 533-
0887

A Gilded Age Tea
11/25/2005 - 4/15/2006
Flagler Museum
One Whitehall Way; Palm Beach, FL 33480
Each afternoon, the Flagler museum presents a Gilded Age Tea. Serve
in the Museum's Pavilion Cafe overlooking the scenic Intracoastal
Waterway, the lunch menu features an array of delicacies and
refreshments reminiscent of the elegance of entertaining during the
Gilded Age. The price for a Gilded age tea is $18, all inclusive for
members, $28 for non-members (includes museum admission). (561) 655-
2833

James McNeill Whistler: Selected Works from The Hunterian Art
Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
12/7/2005 - 4/2/2006
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park, 501 Plaza Real; Boca Raton, FL 33432
Never before shown in this country, the exhibit provides a first-
time opportunity to view 93 works and personal memorabilia from the
permanent collection of this important expatriate American artist
who was one of the key artistic figures of his period. (1834-1903).
A dozen paintings and over 50 prints span 40 years of Whistler's
work depicting personal clients, acquaintances and models. Adults
$8, Seniors 65/older $6, Students $4, Groups of 10 or more $4.00,
Members, children 12 and under are free. (561) 392-2500

Exits and Entrances
12/9/2005 - 1/15/2006
Florida Stage
262 South Ocean Boulevard; Manalapan, FL 33462
South Africa 1961, an idealistic young playwright and a raging older
actor. One poised on the threshold of a promising new career, the
other struggling against the shadow of being forgotten. A true story
of a life-changing friendship. (800) 514-3837

Blithe Spirit
12/30/2005 - 2/12/2006
Caldwell Theatre Company
7873 N. Federal Highway; Boca Raton, FL 33487
Imagine an elegant dinner party at home with after-dinner
entertainment provided by a local clairvoyant. Imagine your reaction
when she conjures up your first wife's spirit in front of your
second wife. Now imagine you're the only one that can hear the
departed as she mixes things up and leaves crazed chaos in her wake.
(561) 241-7432

Bowfire
1/6/2006
Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center - PBCC/Glades
1977 College Drive; Belle Glade, FL 33430
The show Bowfire presents the world's critically acclaimed
violinists & fiddlers on one stage, in one spectacular concert
event. Celtic, Jazz, Bluegrass, Rock, Cassical, Old-time fiddle,
Gypsy. Electric and other exciting musical styles are performed on
the violin, fiddle, and erhu. Musical theater meets classical
virtuosity in an unforgettable performance.
6:30 pm & 9:00 pm $20 Adults, $17 Seniors, $5
Students/Staff/Children. (561) 993-1160

Oshogatsu Festival
1/8/2006
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Road; Delray Beach, FL 33446
Oshogatsu, the traditional New Year celebratory festival. The day's
events will include Japan's customary rice-pounding and making mochi
rice cakes, a sado tea ceremony, kakizome, hands-on calligraphy;
nengajo, New Years card- making; omikuji, fortune-telling: and games
like hanetsuki, similar to badminton. 10:00am - 5:00pm. $5.00 for
all ages (561) 495-0233

The Faithful Samurai: Woodlock Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 -
1861)
1/10/2006 - 3/19/2006
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Road; Delray Beach, FL 33446
This exhibition presents fifty-seven of Kuniyoshi's print designs of
the 1830s and '40s devoted to the dramatic incident, when forty-
seven retainers of the disgraced lord Asano Naganori attacked the
mansion of their lord's enemy, Kira Yoshinaka. In addition, swords,
costumes, and other artifacts will be on display. (561) 495-0233

Toulouse-Lautrec and his Contemporaries: The Art of the Poster
1/11/2006 - 4/2/2006
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park, 501 Plaza Real; Boca Raton, FL 33432
The emergence of the poster as a potential form of high art begins
with the work of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the first artist whose
career was driven by the culture of advertising. One of the great
popular arts of the modern age, the poster had its heyday in France
in the 1890s and early 1900s. Lautrec's interests in lithography led
him to make it a major part of his work. Adults $8, Seniors 65/older
$6, Students $4, Groups of 10 or more $4.00, Members, children 12
and under are free.
(561) 392-2500

"Red, Hot & Artsy"
1/11/2006 - 2/21/2006
Sugar Sand Park Community Center
300 S Military Trail; Boca Raton, FL 33486
Presented by Boca Raton Museum of Art - The Artists' Guild. For more
information regarding this exhibition, please contact Vicki Hobb @
954-570-7818 or Roni DiSabello 561-487-3362. Free.

PalmBeach3
1/13/2006 - 1/16/2006
Palm Beach County Convention Center
650 Okeechobee Blvd.; West Palm Beach, FL 33401
A unique art event integrating 3 complementary fairs in one
location: Contemporary Art, Photography, and Art + Design. Over 100
select galleries exhibit paintings, sculptures, works on paper,
video, classical and contemporary photography, and contemporary
decorative art & design. (561) 209-1300

19th Annual Boca Fest
1/14/2006 - 1/15/2006
Boca Raton, FL
This year, the 19th Annual Boca Fest will welcome nearly 250 artists
from across the nation. For these two fun-filled days, artists will
exhibit never before seen artwork from a broad spectrum of media,
including copper sculptures, hand-crafted fine jewelry, functional
and decorative pottery, original paintings, photography and more.
10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
FREE. 954-472-3755

Tiffany at the World's Columbian Exposition
1/17/2006 - 4/16/2006
Flagler Museum
One Whitehall Way; Palm Beach, FL 33480
Tiffany & Co.'s stands out for the quality and originality in design
of the silver objects made especially for the Exposition. The
objects made by Tiffany & Co. for the Exposition were highly prized
by collectors then and have become even more so in the 21st Century.
This will be the first time the important silver objects made for
the Exposition have been exhibited together since 1893 and the first
time ever that many of the pieces will be exhibited alongside their
original design drawings.
(561) 655-2833

The Tin Pan Alley Rag
1/17/2006 - 2/5/2006
Maltz Jupiter Theatre
1001 East Indiantown Road; Jupiter, FL 33477
What happens when the rising star Irving Berlin, and ragtime giant
Scott Joplin meet? The year is 1915, and while the encounter in this
delightful musical is pure fiction - the singing, dancing and story
are pure magic. (561) 743-2666

Fotofusion 2006
1/17/2006 - 1/21/2006
Downtown Delray Beach
Delray Beach, FL
The 10th Annual International Festival of Photography and Digital
Imaging. Where creativity and technology fuse. Photo field trips,
computer labs, photography seminars, multimedia community events,
portfolio reviews and art exhibitions by top photographers from
around the world. (561) 276-9797

Palm Beach Poetry Festival
1/19/2006 - 1/22/2006
Old School Square
51 North Swinton Avenue; Delray Beach, FL 33444
Poetry readings by Laure-Anne Bosselaar; Kurt Brown; Jane
Hirshfield; Tony Hoagland; Thomas Lux; Sharon Olds; Campbell McGrath
and Susan Mitchell. Saturday Night Poetry Coffee House featuring
Slam Poetry Competition between festival poets and Delray Beach
Poets; Open Microphone readings on Sunday. Festival Pass tickets as
well as individual event tickets are available for purchase at the
Old School Square Box Office. 561 588-3431 or 516 466-2072

17th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Festival of the Arts
1/21/2006 - 1/22/2006
Atlantic Avenue; Delray Beach, FL 33483
On Saturday, January 21 and Sunday, January 22, 2006 enjoy fine
art "al fresco" at the 17th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Festival of
the Arts. Work on display will range from a broad spectrum of media,
including copper sculptures, hand-crafted fine jewelry, functional
and decorative pottery, original paintings, photography and more.
Musicians playing the piano and flute will be set-up throughout the
festival to set the ambience for visitors as they leisurely stroll
from booth to booth. 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday. FREE. 954-472-3755

Damien Hirst: The Bilotti Paintings: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
1/21/2006 - 3/5/2006
Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue; West Palm Beach, FL 33401
These awesome evocations of the Four Evangelists set the artifacts
of writing - pens, phrases, manuscripts - within the cosmic context
of infinite space and colorful nebulae. Adult Admission $10 (561)
832-5196

El Amor Brujo and La Vida Breve
1/27/2006 - 1/30/2006
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard; West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo and La Vida Breve. Fri & Sat at
7:30pm; Sun & Mon at 2:00pm. $15-$180. 561.833.7888

Matisse in Transition: Around Laurette
1/28/2006 - 4/16/2006
Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue; West Palm Beach, FL 33401
This exhibition is the first in-depth examination of this
fascinating period of the artist's career from 1916 to 1919 when he
began to paint in series.It will examine two of the major works in
the collections: Laurette with Long Locks, 1916 and The Italian
Woman, as well as the series that surrounded the Laurette portraits.
Adult Admission $10. (561) 832-5196

First Annual Palm Beach Artists Show
1/28/2006 - 1/29/2006
Westchester Country Club
12250 Westchester Country Club Drive; Boynton Beach, FL
Juried Art/Fine Craft Show 11 am - 5 pm Both Days Free 561-434-6365

Third Annual Boynton Beach Medieval Faire
1/28/2006 - 1/29/2006
Jaycee Park
2700 block South Federal Highway, south of Woolbright Road; Boynton
Beach, FL 33435
Welcome one and all to Norman England. It is the year 1173, in the
Village of Whimsy, and both Saxon peasants and their Norman barons
are readying themselves for a market faire. Attend the Archery
Tournament, shop the wares of the village, fill your bellies and
slake your thirst. Delight in the sights and sounds of Minstrels and
Entertainers. See the thrilling spectacle of the Human Combat Chess
match. Pick your champion when our battling medieval knights do
combat upon the ground in tourney with live steel.FREE Park and Ride
at Gulfstream Shopping Center, Federal Highway and Gulfstream
Boulevard. (No parking on-site) 10 am to 5 pm General Admission -
$6.00 ($1.00 off if in period costume) Senior Admission - $5.00
Children 3-10 - $3.00 (561) 742-6246

Kaleidoscope
1/29/2006
City of West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL
A celebration of many cultures featuring more than a dozen
cultural "villages" created through partnerships with local cultural
organizations and Palm Beach County public schools. Experience multi-
cultural dance, music, food, architecture, art, crafts and cultural
customs through interactive hands-on activities from countries
around the world. Clematis Street in Centennial Square and the East
Library Grounds. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission is FREE and open to the
public. (561) 659-8007

Mame
1/31/2006
Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center - PBCC/Glades
1977 College Drive; Belle Glade, FL 33430
This Broadway musical comedy centers on the adventures of fun-loving
Mame and Patrick, her entranced orphan nephew. This delightful
carnival of a show, follows them through years of fantastic and
funny adventures. You'll cheer for this girl with gusto as she spins
from riches to poverty and back again. 7:30 PM $20 Adults * $17
Seniors * $5 Students/Staff/Children (561) 996-1160

For more events, please visit http://www.palmbeachfl.com/events.

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