By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will have two fireworks displays to mark Independence Day, city commissioners agreed in early May.
“Wherever you are in town, you will be able to look up and see fireworks at 9 p.m.,” Sam Metott, Parks and Recreation direct
The revised Community Heartbeat mural commissioned for the windows of Boynton’s new fire station returns faces that had previously been removed. Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
As Boynton Beach maintains its role as a public art supporter, the city
YouTube sensation Postmodern Jukebox closed Festival of the Arts Boca in rousing style. Photo by StoryWorkz Photography
Here are edited reviews of performances that occurred in early March. For complete reviews, see palmbeachartspaper.com
A Chorus
The International Beatles On The Beach Festival, scheduled for March 26-29 at Old School Square and other venues throughout Delray Beach, has been “postponed.”
“Although we received countless messages not to cancel, the powers that be have tempo
Ron Campbell painted the yellow submarine for the Beatles’ animated film of the same name. He contributed about 12 minutes of the finished product. Photo provided
Update: Cartoonist cancels Old School Square appearance | Beatles on the Beach Festival
There’s always a full house at the Spontaneous Christmas Pageant at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Five for Christmas
• Carols by Candlelight: at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Old School Square, 51 N Swinton Ave., Delray Be
Delray Beach’s 100-foot Christmas tree at Old School Square was set to light up Dec. 5. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
The Christmas and Hanukkah holidays are as busy as ever, and kids seem even more excited this year. Here are 10 events to help y
The path at the Lantana Nature Preserve will feature all sorts of haunted characters for the town’s fifth annual Halloween party on Oct. 25. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Janis Fontaine
Lantana has a commitment to bringing family-friendly events a
Il Circolo participated in its first such festival, which featured a spaghetti-eating contest without forks. Guests came to enjoy food, laughter and all things Italian. The organization is already gearing up for the next one. RIGHT: Marco Capoccia an
ABOVE: The Edgar Winter Band performs during the International Beatles on the Beach Festival at Old School Square. Winter, 72, who has toured with Ringo Starr in recent years, performed Free Ride and Frankenstein. Other singers and bands did Beatles
As a business owner on George Bush Boulevard in Delray Beach, I would like to share my concerns about St. Vincent’s Church festival that takes place each spring.
To the best of my knowledge this event is a family outing. I don’t feel that the serving
Beatles tribute band Liverpool Live is one of many acts scheduled to perform. Photo provided
By Ron Hayes
Ask how many acts will appear at his upcoming International Beatles on the Beach Festival and Daniel Hartwell hesitates.
“I have to count again
A marine turtle specialist extracts eggs from the nest in South Beach Park. The eggs were relocated to Red Reef Park so a beach renourishment project would not disturb them. Photos courtesy of city of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
A leatherback se
Kids join in the annual tug-of-war at the Delray Beach Surf Festival. Photo provided
By Shelley Gilken
Even if the waves aren’t big, it’s still a swell time at the Delray Beach Surf Festival.
“Our motto of the whole surf festival is the win
St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church members Quinn Doyle, 11, and Deena Rizzo, 7, have fun on the bumper cars during the 45th Annual St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Festival in Delray Beach on Feb. 24.
Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
By Tim Pallesen
Catholics were few in number when the Delray Beach Catholic Women’s Club started the first parish.
St. Vincent Ferrer Church celebrated its first Mass at the old Delray Theatre in 1941.
Today, the region from Boynton Beach to Boca Ra
ABOVE: What better way for Florida children to ring in the holiday season than with a spirited snowball fight. Aca McGowen takes aim at some family members from a “artificial” snow pile at Mizner Park.
RIGHT: Boca Raton Com
Artist Yaacov Heller created a painting of Jackie Evancho
singing with the Boca Raton Symphonia at Festival of the Arts Boca.
The Symphonia will use the painting as a fundraiser, selling
it to a donor it hopes will license back giclée prints that can
Ramona Bean (left), Theodora Preston, Pat Koutrakos, Thelma Constantinou, Alice Cleary and Ann Chambertides staff the pastry booth at last year’s Greek Festival. Photo provided
Recipes: Kourabiedes | Moussaka
By Jan Norris
Six months of planning, and
