“Millennials Ruin Book Club” is a new program being hosted by the Mandel Public Library that begins Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m., at Subculture Coffee in downtown West Palm Beach.

In this new book club, created by millennials for millennials, there is no assigned book to read. According to the organizers of the group not having assigned reading is ideal for young working adults because they are busier than ever and might not have time to commit to reading a book a month, or want to read a book that doesn’t interest them.

With “Millennials Ruin Book Club,” participants can just share what they are reading or watching with like-minded individuals, and also get recommendations from other readers and librarians, enjoying the benefits of a traditional…

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Art Palm Beach is back again in Palm Beach County for another season. Next week the art fair comes to the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach.

The Annual fair is in its 22nd year and will feature more than 75 local and international galleries. The number is up from last year that featured 60 galleries. The fair is run by Next Level Fairs and they are reshaping the art fair concept for this year by connecting the exhibitors and collectors in new ways. Next Level Fairs are also the founders of Art Miami and Art Asia Hong Kong.

The pavilion will house animation art, video installations, pieces from collector Elayne Mordes of WhiteSpace Collection in West Palm Beach, and performance art by Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen in the FLOW pavilion.…

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This Saturday, January 12th come and support your local park and the education center for the Jonathan Dickinson Social Fundraiser.

The Elsa Kimbell Center located at the park sees thousands of students and visitors each year and now the center needs to be updated. The Center educates visitors on the unique history of the state park and its 15 diverse natural communities. The center is now in its 12th year and needs to be updated to keep up with the times and the educational programs.

The social fundraising event will take place on Saturday starting at 4:30 pm with pre-event activities which includes a casual bike ride or walk along the trails. The fundraising even starts at 5:30 pm to 9 pm featuring food, nighttime yard games, campfires, smores,…

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Tonight and tomorrow, Saturday the 5th, are your last two opportunities to see The Lighthouse Art Center’s “Art Of The Figure” exhibit in Tequesta.

Art Of The Figure celebrates these three native-born Floridians, who surprise and delight with their unexpected viewpoints, talents, and techniques. Accomplished artists, they translate their individual life experiences using only pencils and paint on canvas, or in the case of Purvis Young, (2018 Florida Artist Hall of Fame), anything he could get his hands on. See Young's work here first, before it heads off to the 2019 Venice Biennale. The three artists being shown are Sam Perry, Terre Rybovich and Purvis Young

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Sam Perry

Sam Perry grew up in Northwood and is now…

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If you live in Palm Beach County, start the new year off right by checking out a few of our favorite upcoming events.

Palm Beach Pollo

South Florida is the place to be from January to April when polo players compete during Palm Beach International Polo Season. Nab a $10 general admission ticket and take part in the action as you watch galloping horses and swinging mallets, and take part in quirky traditions.

South Florida Fair

Where else can you celebrate the new year with fried foods, tribute bands and a dance-party extravaganza in comfortable 70-degree weather? From January 18 to February 3, the South Florida Fair rolls into town and turns up the fun in The Palm Beaches.

Palm Beach Art Palm Beach

The 21st edition of the ArtPalmBeach…

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The new expansion for the Norton Museum is set to unveil its $100 million-dollar expansion on February 9th. The expansion will have 37 percent more gallery space and the architect is the same man, Lord Norman Foster, that designed the Apple headquarters in California.

The new design incorporates a lot of glass in its design and returns the museum to its original east and west axis. The entrance has been moved and visitors will now be able to enter on Dixie Highway near the giant 19-foot tall typewriter eraser sculpted by Coosje Van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg in 1999. The museum is located at 1450 S. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. 

Beginning at 10 am on Saturday, February 9th, the new expansion will be open to the public. There will be an opening…

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The Thursday night tradition continues tonight with the weekly Clematis By Night series in downtown West Palm Beach. The free outdoor concert on the waterfront has been running for 23 years with the area’s best food and drinks, bands, entertainment, special happy hour prices and much more.

Clematis By Night has been the hot spot for years and they have also added to their event by including an Antique and Flea Market that debuted in August of 2018. The market includes local vendors displaying a variety of crafts, antiques, clothes, and jewelry. The market will take place at the same time as Clematis By Night from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Tonight, the musical guests will be Biscuit Miller & The Mix, starting at 6 pm. Biscuit Miller & The Mix add a fun spin to…

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The Palm Beach Modern and Contemporary Art Fair sponsored by the city of West Palm Beach and presented by Art Miami is coming to our area for its third edition.

The art fair will run from Thursday, January 10th through Sunday, January 13th. On Thursday night, the fair will open with an exclusive VIP Preview starting at 5 pm to 9 pm. Tickets for Thursday night are $150 dollars per person.

The prestigious Miami Art Group is celebrating its 29th year and the fair brings world-class art to Palm Beach. The four days of art will feature some of the best quality of works from the 20th and 21st centuries and will take place in a modern 65,000 square foot pavilion centrally located near CityPlace and the Hilton West Palm Beach. The address for the fair is 825…

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Every year the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington hosts its Winter Equestrian Festival. The festival is the world’s premier equestrian event. The festival offers competitions for professional equestrians, adult, junior, and children amateur in 70 unique divisions.

The competition and festival runs for 12 weeks and participants range in age from 2 years to 70 years old with more than 6,000 horses and more than a half a billion dollars in prices. The festival is the longest and largest running horse show that only sees the best riders of their class from more than 42 countries.

The show’s week start on Wednesday and end on Sunday, with the major competitions featured on Saturday nights in the International Arena. The festival starts…

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For 17 days the South Florida Fair Grounds transforms into pure fun. The South Florida Fair is considered one of the top fairs in Florida filled with great food, rides, tribute bands, and much more. The Fair is coming to our area Friday, January 18th through Sunday, February 3rd. 

For 2019, the theme for this year’s fair is Superheroes. The fair honors the superheroes and features character appearances by Thor, Captain America, Spiderman, Wonder Women, Batman, and more.

The popular Fair has been running for more than 100 years and has been entertaining the fair goers in South Florida. The fair in Palm Beach County draws hundreds of thousands of people for the 17 days. Throughout the fair there is more than 200 carnival rides, some of the greatest…

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