Martin Counties News

SouthTech Academy, an A-rated charter high school in Boynton Beach with a 98 percent graduation rate, will be able to enhance three key programs thanks to a major gift from the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.

Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach, today announced that it had educated and entertained more than 150 young people during recent performances at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.

Colleen Smith, Artistic Director of Ballet Palm Beach today announced that the highly acclaimed professional ballet company will host a George Balanchine Workshop July 23-27, conducted by Wilhelmina Frankfurt, a former ballerina with New York City Ballet.

Get the new year off to a joyous start by spending some time in the company of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and Frank Loesser. Bruce Linser, whose cabaret shows have been seen locally as well as internationally aboard SilverSea and Crystal Cruises, brings his popular evening of Broadway standards,Almost Like Being in Love, to Palm Beach Dramaworks' Cabaret Series from January 5-7. He will be accompanied by Irwin Solomon at the piano.

Broadway veteran and South Florida favorite Avery Sommers, whose voice has been described as a "powerhouse" by The New York Times, takes the stage in Palm Beach Dramaworks' new cabaret series at the Perlberg Studio Theatre from June 23 - June 25. Sommers will present a program of songs by Fats Waller, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Whitney Houston, Donna Sumner, and others. She will be accompanied by Irwin Solomon at the piano.

Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden hosted the official dedication of Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden on Tuesday, June 13. The stunning new garden features a series of walkways and permanent and changing aquatic plant displays that allow visitors to feel and connect to the tropical wetlands around them.

???????The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Youth Touring Company will perform a special upcoming public benefit concert at the Harriet Himmel Theater for Cultural and Performing Arts at CityPlace.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., July 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ After an overwhelmingly successful debut, CANVAS will return to Downtown West Palm Beach with a bigger, more colorful splash. The City of West Palm Beach recently approved Founder Nicole Henry's bold vision for the 2016 exhibition and beyond. Billed as the nation's largest outdoor museum show, the two-week exhibition featured 20 dramatic, inspiring installations and murals in 2015.

On Tuesday, May 3, hundreds of local nonprofit organizations raised more than $3-million during the third annual, 24-hour GREAT GIVE, sponsored by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and the United Way of Palm Beach County, with the Kretzer Piano Music Foundation (KPMF) receiving $3,200 in donations. Scroll down for photos!

On Tuesday, May 3, hundreds of local nonprofit organizations will be seeking donations during the third annual, 24-hour GREAT GIVE, sponsored by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and the United Way of Palm Beach County.

Join us to 'sip, savor and support' the Maltz Jupiter Theatre on Tuesday, May 3, for a spectacular tropical bash at Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Jupiter!

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Youth Touring Company will perform a special upcoming public benefit concert at the Harriet Himmel Theater for Cultural and Performing Arts at CityPlace.

Today, 437 local nonprofit organizations will be seeking donations during the second annual, 24-hour GREAT GIVE, sponsored by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and the United Way of Palm Beach County. But yesterday, 10 of these nonprofits united for a musical overture to this year's GREAT GIVE as nine talented pianists simultaneously played nine painted pianos in the poolside Palm Court at The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. Scroll down for photos!

Join us for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Family Night Out at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter on Tuesday, May 5, or the Theatre's End of Season Happy Hour Celebration at Harbourside Place's Tommy Bahama restaurant on Wednesday, May 6.

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County has just received the Bernays Award for producing a groundbreaking, and culturally diverse performance during the Governor's Conference on Tourism in Boca Raton.

Four Broward County artists have been named as recipients of the 2013 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowships. Leah Brown ($15,000) - Mixed Media; Henning Haupt ($7,500) - Mixed Media; Catalina Jaramillo (($15,000) Installation; and Rosanna Saccaccio ($7,500) - Visual Art, were recently selected to receive this esteemed, five-county artist fellowship. This year's selection is from a record-breaking group of more than 360 applicants. In total, fourteen fellowships were awarded in the five-county area - Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Martin counties.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has earned 18 nominations for the 35th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's equivalent of the Tony Awards.

Florida Stage, now in residence at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, is celebrating leading ladies of the theatre with a gala fundraising event. The evening includes cocktails at sunset, followed by a showcase of South Florida's finest musical talent and culinary delights. Dubbed Divas Under Glass: A Cabaret Feast for the Senses, the event will be held at West Palm Beach's new Lake Pavilion, the beautiful glass structure on Flagler Drive's Waterfront Promenade on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, starting at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $300 per person and include cocktails, a dinner 'by the bite' and a dessert buffet. Proceeds will benefit Florida Stage. Dress is 'glamorous casual.' Tickets and information are available through Florida Stage by calling (561) 515-6350.

Florida Stage, now in residence at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, is celebrating leading ladies of the theatre with a gala fundraising event. The evening includes cocktails at sunset, followed by a showcase of South Florida's finest musical talent and culinary delights. Dubbed Divas Under Glass: A Cabaret Feast for the Senses, the event will be held at West Palm Beach's new Lake Pavilion, the beautiful glass structure on Flagler Drive's Waterfront Promenade on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, starting at 6:30 PM. Tickets are $300 per person and include cocktails, a dinner 'by the bite' and a dessert buffet. Proceeds will benefit Florida Stage. Dress is 'glamorous casual.' Tickets and information are available through Florida Stage by calling (561) 515-6350.

Florida Stage opens its 24th season with the new mystery 'Cane,' written by Andrew Rosendorf. Cane represents the first in a collection of plays being commissioned by Florida Stage about issues central to the state of Florida (The Florida Cycle). This is a deeply human and riveting new play with some extraordinary special effects-that looks at how it is possible that one of the wettest states in the nation has become so dry.