By John Pacenti
Amid the gathered Delray Beach glitterati — including the mayor, the commissioners, and the city manager — Brandon Lai hung in the background with his daughter Ava, 13. They were there to get information on the hoopla: the Nov. 1 ribb
(l-r) Geiselle Surette, Susan Carriegos, Kathleen Chase, Christina Dernick, Myah Brollini, Heather Thomas and Danielle Tofini. Photo provided
Achievement Centers for Children & Families cast a spell on the general public during its event organized by
By John Pacenti
While art classes are set to start in November at the Crest Theatre, the theater itself remains somewhere between a modest work in progress and the problematic house in the movie The Money Pit.
The latest concern is whether its balco
An officer working at the Sandbar heard shots just before midnight. Damage was reported to the south, with gunfire striking a window at Dover House and leaving bullet casings scattered at Miramar Drive. The Coastal Star/Google Maps image
By John Pace
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach city commissioners positioned staff to begin programming at the Crest Theatre by allocating $118,000 for “rapid activation” of its Creative Arts School, intent on utilizing the building’s classrooms that are ready even if
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach city commissioners positioned staff to begin programming at the Crest Theatre by allocating $118,000 for “rapid activation” of its Creative Arts School, intent on using the building’s classrooms that are ready even if the
Related: Talk of move rattled students: Art school ‘is for Boca, not for Delray’
By Anne Geggis
A plan for having art activities in newly renovated classrooms at the Crest Theatre building continued to elude the Delray Beach City Commission in June.
Museum Director Irvin Lippman says the school ‘is definitely staying in Boca Raton,’ but that the 60-year-old building must be replaced at some point.
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Related: Summer arrives with no plan for art classes at Crest Th
By Anne Geggis
Six proposals for filling the Crest Theatre building with art programs — including one from the storied Boca Raton Museum of Art — appeared to fall flat in front of the Delray Beach City Commission, at least as a long-term proposition.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (and Hanukkah)! From tree lightings to holiday bazaars, boat parades and more, the month will be filled with festive events.
ABOVE: Children are dazzled during Boca Raton’s tree lighting Nov. 18 at Mizner P
Holiday boat parades will entertain crowds from Boynton Beach and Delray Beach on Dec. 8 and Boca Raton on Dec. 16. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Community activities to ignite the holiday spirit
By Mary Thurwachter
Haven’t leaned into the ho-ho-ho st
By Larry Barszewski
The nonprofit group that ran Delray Beach’s Old School Square for decades wants back in — specifically to operate and program the Crest Theatre and associated classrooms on the city-owned downtown cultural arts campus.
A new City
By Larry Barszewski
Downtown Development Authority board members will meet with Delray Beach city commissioners to discuss the future of Old School Square. However, the DDA members themselves are undecided about what their agency’s continuing role sh
By Larry Barszewski
With the exception of Delray Beach Mayor Shelly Petrolia, a May 9 meeting between city commissioners and Old School Square’s former operators featured everyone singing from the same page.
“Excuse me if I don’t feel warm and fuzzy,
By John Pacenti
A newly transformed Delray Beach City Commission decided March 31 to settle litigation with the ousted nonprofit that previously ran Old School Square, ending a contentious 18 months that split the city’s power structure.
The decision
By John Pacenti
A newly transformed Delray Beach City Commission decided March 31 to settle litigation with the ousted nonprofit that previously ran Old School Square, ending a contentious 18 months that split the city’s power structure.
The decisi
By John Pacenti
Delray Beach voters handed Mayor Shelly Petrolia a major defeat on Tuesday – and she wasn’t even on the ballot.
The electorate – roughly 6,900 out of more than 46,000 registered voters – rejected the candidates Petrolia supported in f
By John Pacenti
The Delray Beach City Commission voted last month to hand over the reins of Old School Square to the Downtown Development Authority, but not before some additional drama.
Vice Mayor Adam Frankel complained that at a January DDA meeting
Related story: Delray Beach: Public safety, park referendums seek $120 million in new property taxes
By John Pacenti
The undercurrent in the Delray Beach City Commission races is electric, abuzz with whether to put a muzzle — or at least a leash — on
By Jane Smith
The historical Cornell Art Museum, closed for about 15 months in a dispute between the city and its previous operators, hosted a grand reopening reception on Dec. 28.
The Surfing Florida Museum has an exhibit on the top floor. On the gro
