By Thom Smith
During the next 10 months, Billy Joel will play nine dates at Madison Square Garden. In between, he’ll barnstorm the nation, 10 shows mostly in stadiums — Virginia Beach, Baltimore and Philly in the east; Boston and Syracuse up north;
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By Thom Smith
Lights, camera — and lots of action.
But what would you expect at a 20th birthday party for the Palm Beach International Film Festival?
It seems only yesterday the festival took its first cinematic breaths, as organizers
The gallery space at Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts in Lake Worth.
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The Coastal Star
By Lucy Lazarony
A historic Florida East Coast Railway depot near downtown Lake Worth has been transformed into a new creative arts cente
By Steve Pike
Talk about killer real estate. Ocean Ridge resident Terry Halfhill’s third self-published novel, The Briny Brotherhood, tells the purely fictional story of living, killing and dying in Briny Breezes as the book’s different characte
You can vote hourly
By Hap Erstein
ArtsPaper Film Writer
Remember when the Palm Beach International Film Festival was born? Believe it or not, that was 20 years ago, and the eight-day celebration of movies from around the world that begins on March 26 will “dazzle and
The registration deadline to participate in the Great Give Palm Beach & Martin Counties is March 30 at 5:00 p.m. This year’s exciting, 24-hour online fundraiser will start on May 5 at 5:00 p.m. and end on May 6 at 5:00 p.m. Hosted by the Community Fo
Read the RICO case
By Dan Moffett
The Town of Gulf Stream has rolled out the heavy artillery in its legal war against residents Martin O’Boyle and Christopher O’Hare, filing a class-action RICO lawsuit Feb. 12 in U.S. District Court.
The 4
Part I: Florida's environmental disaster hits the beaches
By Willie Howard
Environmental groups are ramping up the fight against plastic pollution in the ocean with campaigns featuring images of entangled birds, littered beaches and research showi
Ocean Ridge resident Joelen Merkel hugs Chief Yannuzzi following the Jan. 15 special meeting. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Hear contested telephone recording
By Dan Moffett
The simmering feud over beach security between Ocean Ridge Town Commissioner
Hear a recording of this story
By Ron Hayes
How would you describe a map of Africa to a blind person?
How would you explain a chart of the fluctuating U.S. economy to someone who cannot see that chart?
How would you talk like a pirate?
"I understand it’s already been decided.”
I hear these words far more frequently than any taxpayer or reporter covering town hall should.
Florida law requires elected officials and government employees to operate in a way that is transpa
Bobby Julien, CEO of the Kolter Group, is a driving force behind fundraising efforts
for the Achievement Centers in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
For Bobby Julien, what started out as casual dinner conversation with a
Your editorial and article on waste plastics in the ocean and on the beaches were very interesting and do not reflect well on our stewardship of the beaches and the oceans.
Many people would argue that these materials will last “forever,” howe
The December issue of The Coastal Star told a terrible tale about the acrid racial segregation that ruled in Florida throughout the 1950s. A lot of us are old enough to remember how vicious the hold of bigotry was in those years. We certainly do.
iPic’s present plan for an eight-screen cinema and a 279-space parking garage with 43,000 feet of office and 8,000 feet of retail is too much building, squeezed into too small a space, near the busy intersection of Federal Highway and Atlantic Av
Delray Beach has competition for two of three City Commission seats in the March 10 election. Candidates are able to file until Feb. 10.
Mayor Cary Glickstein will be re-elected to a three-year term without an election unless a challenger fil
By Dan Moffett
Town commissioners gave unanimous final approval to a revised signage law at a Jan. 26 special meeting and — with only Chris O’Hare and Marty O’Boyle, the town’s litigious critics, on hand to offer opinions — immediately faced autho