Cultural Event

The Taste of the Pines event this February 16th (Thursday) will let you indulge in tasting the best of local restaurants offering sample cuisine, desserts and wine, dancing and live music: featuring TITO PUENTE JR.  The event will be from 6pm-9pm at the Southwest Focal Point Community Center.  It promises to be an evening filled with food, wine, fun and Tito!

Dust off your boots and kick up your heels for an epic Western Community Celebration at Royal Palm Beach's West Fest 2017 where the SWAMP meets the WILD WEST. Make plans to be part of another Family fun-filled weekend with a full Carnival style atmosphere packed with Western style performers, live country entertainment, gunslingers and more. Enjoy old fashioned games and activities, like panning for gold, hay rides, pony rides and a petting zoo.

The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival is the only one of it's kind in the county and one of the best in the region.  It fills over 16,000 seats across 6 different theaters in a 3-week span every January.  Films are carefully vetted and selected for each year's line up.  The Film Festival opens with a gala and grand opening at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.  Several of the showings will feature a Q & A with the Director of the film and even live performances.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee and the City of Fort Lauderdale are proud to present the 2017 King Holiday Celebration, an extraordinary line-up of events with programs for the entire family.  NEW Parade route for 2017, please check the linked website above to get detailed 2017 schedule information.

2017 King Holiday Event Line-up:

A rockin' good time with stories, music and pretend play; all in the comfort of your favorite pajamas. Each month features a different theme, with fingerplays, puppets, music and stories. So get up, roll out of bed, and join Miss Mij in her funny jammies and slippers for something new each month. Max-20

Instructor: Miss Mij

Dates:  May 20

Times: 10-10:45am (ages 18mo-2yrs)

             11am-12pm (ages 3 & 4yrs)

3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Well, not quite, but it’s never too early to kick off a fabulous New Year’s party. Once again Miami Children’s Museum is celebrating the New Year just a little bit earlier!  Ring in the New Year (a few hours early) with a countdown TO NOON, fun crafts, a stage performance by our MCM Players and an unforgettable balloon drop!

The Historic Stranahan house in Fort Lauderdale will be decked out in Victorian splendor this holiday season.  Enjoy the festive decor with family and friends as well as an evening tour of the grounds by costumed docents.  Live music will fill the air and you can cap off the evening with a boat ride down the waterways to see holiday lights on the homes of the rich or famous. The event will take place on select evenings in December and reservations are required.

Celebrate Flamingo Gardens 93rd Anniversary with the great pink bird at Flamingo Fest 2021! The centerpiece of Flamingo Fest 2021 is the Fabulous Flamingo Contest. Kids and adults, craftsmen and artisans, are invited to present their creatively decorated pink flamingo yard ornaments to be displayed throughout the botanical garden path, and Flamingo Fest guests are invited to vote for their favorite.

The Symphonia Boca Raton hosts a marvelous event for your music lover at the St. Andrews School just a few times a year.  The Symphonia is a world class chamber orchestra who, in addition ot performing, makes a great effort to reach out to children in the community to inspire a love a music within them. The Meet the Orchestra event is FREE for children (adults cost $5) and allows them to get up close and personal with the musicians and their instruments.

MONDAYS AND SATURDAYS AT NOON*

The Arsht Center, the largest performing arts center built in the United States in the last three decades, now offers free Tours twice a week.

Highlights of the tour include: