Cole Porter and the Great Depression
- Jan 26, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description: Isn't it ironic that the worst economic period in America's history was the career high point of our most elegant songwriter, Cole Porter? Between the stock market crash in 1929 and Pearl Harbor in 1941, Porter wrote the scores for twelve shows and f
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
- Tags: music
Past Events (15531)
Shabbat Shira Service
- Jan 26, 2024 from 7:30 to 9:00 EST
- Location: Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
- Description:
Friday, January 26, 2024
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Temple Beth El Schaefer Family Campus
On this Sabbath of Song we welcome world renowned composer, educator and spiritual leader, Rabbi Josh Warshawsky and acclaimed violinist, Coleen Dieker. Together with our c
- Created by: Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
Artistry: Get Painted Plus!
- Jan 25, 2024 from 18:00 to 20:30 EST
- Location: Armory Art Center
- Description:
Join the Armory Art Center for a special night of creativity on Thursday, Jan 25 at 6 p.m. Bring a white item of clothing and take home a work of art. Over 20 artists will turn guests' blank attire into unique, wearable masterpieces.
Guests can also
- Created by: Mary Kate Leming
Charles de Gaulle: Making France Great Again, French Nationalism and Anti-Americanism
- Jan 25, 2024 from 12:30 to 14:00 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
This lecture takes an in-depth look at the foreign policy of one of France’s most popular presidents, Charles de Gaulle. JFK’s historical visit to France in 1961 and his discovery of a famously difficult ally in de Gaulle set the tone for years of Fr
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
- Tags: history
The Chip Shot Prequel: Chips, Chatbots and Robots
- Jan 25, 2024 from 12:30 to 14:00 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
The microchip changed the world. The chip has become the most domesticated technology since cooking. How we make chips and how we use them has a profound impact on the world economy and politics. In this one-time seminar, we will review how digital t
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
- Tags: technology
Highlights of British Royal Coronations
- Jan 25, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
Westminster Abbey has been the site of 40 coronations since William of Normandy was crowned there in 1066. Since then, just two monarchs did not make their coronations: 13-year-old Edward V, whose disappearance and murder in the fifteenth century has
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
Beach Beatles on The Beach Classic Rock Festival
- Jan 24, 2024 at 15:00 to Jan 28, 2024 at 15:00 EST
- Location: Delray Beach Amphitheatre at Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave.
- Description:
Beatlemania returns in January to Delray Beach as Beatles inspired Rock and Roll Bands
Come Together to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Beatles arrival in America! Expect
Beatles Tribute Bands plus #1 Classic Rock Legends honoring the Icons of R - Created by: Sally Shorr
Aaron Burr: The Most Controversial Founding Father
- Jan 24, 2024 from 12:30 to 14:00 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
Aaron Burr, a distinctive Founding Father, continues to spark debates about his political significance, character, and loyalty. A Revolutionary War hero, U.S. senator, and third vice president, he succeeded John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. As a New Y
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
- Tags: history
Visit Lauderdale Annual Marketing Luncheon
- Jan 24, 2024 from 12:00 to 14:00 EST
- Location: Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316
- Description:
The official destination marketing organization for Greater Fort Lauderdale will share highlights from its visionary “Everyone Under the Sun” brand campaign and plans for 2024 on how branding will be refreshed and augmented through bold initiatives a
- Created by: Abby Diamond
YMCA of South Florida & Infinite Scholars Free Scholarship Fair
- Jan 23, 2024 at 9:00 to Jan 24, 2024 at 12:00 EST
- Location: L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center (1409 Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311)
- Description:
The YMCA of South Florida, along with Infinite Scholars, will be hosting a Free Scholarship Fair at the L.A. Lee YMCA/Mizell Community Center, 1409 Sistrunk Boulevard, in Fort Lauderdale. It is open and free for all high school seniors in Broward, Mi
- Created by: Carlos Goycochea
- Tags: ymcasouthflorida, infinitescholars, scholarships, education, highereducation
Business for the Arts of Broward’s Arts Mean Business Speaker Series with Kandy G Lopez
- Jan 22, 2024 from 17:30 to 19:00 EST
- Location: Berger Singerman, 201 E Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
- Description:
Hosted by Berger Singerman and presented by the Castle Group and the Cathy and James Donnelly Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Broward, Business for the Arts of Broward’s (BFA) Arts Mean Business Speaker Series (AMB) continues with an intim
- Created by: Paige Feigenbaum
- Tags: art, cocktail party, fort lauderdale
The Origins of World War II in the Pacific: The Decline of China and the Rise of Japan
- Jan 22, 2024 from 10:00 to 11:30 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
Americans generally consider World War II in the Pacific primarily a war between Japan and the United States, which started on December 7, 1941. The reality is that this war was an outgrowth of two centuries of China’s decline and seventy years of Ja
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
Renegade – A Tribute to Classic Rock
- Jan 21, 2024 from 19:00 to 20:30 EST
- Location: Arts Garage
- Description:
Renegade is a Classic Rock tribute band that brings back the greatest hits harbored around the 1960s, 70s & 80s such as The Eagles, Jannis Joplin and Journey. With the vast variety of Rock and Roll’s sub genres influences, Renegade has a little somet
- Created by: Arts Garage
- Tags: classic rock, rock concert
The Smoke Clears: Unveiling the Secrets of "Smoke & Mirrors" and the Magic Behind Art
- Jan 21, 2024 from 3:00 to 4:00 EST
- Location: Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Description:
As magic rose as a performing art in the 19th and 20th centuries, its principles became clearer and more properly defined. Fundamental deceptions like misdirection, sleight of hand, and the various techniques of vanishes, reappearances, and mind-read
- Created by: Clydia Jeudy
- Tags: lecture, art, bocaraton, palmbeach, magic, museum, exhibit, activities, illusion
Art Tales Story Time
- Jan 20, 2024 from 22:30 to 23:30 EST
- Location: Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Description:
Join us at the museum for ART TALES! Encouraging knowledge of art and individualism with read alouds and imaginative art activities, children (ages 4-8 years) along with their caregiver(s) share in the literacy experience. Registration is required f
- Created by: Clydia Jeudy
- Tags: art, family, activities, bocaraton, palmbeach, museum, arts&crafts, storytime, exhibit
2024 Florida Highwaymen Art Show & Sale
- Jan 20, 2024 from 11:00 to 15:00 EST
- Location: Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center at 125 E Ocean Av Boynton Beach FL 33435
- Description:
2024 Florida Highwaymen Art Show & Sale
SATURDAY, January 20, 2024 @ 11am - 3pm
Boynton Beach Arts & Cultural Center, 125 E. Ocean Ave, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
FREE Admission * FREE Parking
Presenting the fifth Florida Highwaymen Art Show & Sale! The art - Created by: Annie Dee
Artist at Work - Eileen Koegler
- Jan 20, 2024 from 3:00 to 4:00 EST
- Location: Boca Raton Museum of Art
- Description:
Learn about the creative process of figurative sculptor and Art School Instructor, Eileen Koegler. Her sculptures reflect on the human condition of the power of resilience and compassion. See the beginning stages of the intricate process in which Koe
- Created by: Clydia Jeudy
- Tags: demonstration, museum, bocaraton, palmbeach, activities, sculptor, art
Into the Arms of Strangers
- Jan 18, 2024 from 14:00 to 16:00 EST
- Location: Movies of Delray
- Description:
A screening of Into the Arms of Strangers on Thursday, January 18 at 2 p.m. at the Movies of Delray. The film won the Oscar for Best Documentary. Filmmaker, Deborah Oppenheimer will be interviewed after the film by Dr. Robert Watson.
- Created by: Jessica Coates
Ambition Must be Made to Counteract Ambition: The Federalist Papers and the Founding of the American Republic
- Jan 18, 2024 from 10:30 to 12:00 EST
- Location: OLLI at FAU, 777 Glades Rd. Bldg. CEH 31D, Boca Raton, Fl 33431 561-297-3185 olliboca.fau.edu
- Description:
In 1787, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay began writing eighty-five essays in a New York newspaper to convince the state’s voters to ratify the new Constitution drafted in Philadelphia earlier that year. These Federalist Papers, as th
- Created by: OLLI at FAU
2024 Season Opening Party
- Jan 18, 2024 all day
- Location: J. Turner Moore Memorial Library
- Description:
1/18 - Season Opening Party at J. Turner Moore Memorial Library, 1330 Lands End Rd, Manalapan. Check website for time/tickets. 561-3883-2541; manalapan.org
- Created by: Pippi