The State of Florida offers a way for residents to contribute to a causes close to their heart through specialty license plates. The plan to use a specialty license plate to build a billion-dollar fund for state park repairs now includes additional tags for veterans, Biscayne Bay, and Margaritaville.  The specialty plates offer Palm Beach County residents an opportunity to adorn their cars with their favorite causes.

Along the way the plan to boost funds for state parks became an opportunity to pick up proposed plates for veterans, environmental causes, disease awareness and other causes to gain support.  The Park’s system wants the funds to restore seabeds and trails.  As well as to revitalize ecosystems and animal habitats and renovate welcome…

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Join fellow “Beerfest” fans for the German Beerfest "Under the Stars" Concert with a Munich Biergarten atmosphere!  Take in a summer concert, beer, and bratwurst at the American German Club of the Palm Beaches, 5111 Lantana Road, in Lake Worth.  Saturday, August 21, 2021, from 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

Nashville's "Jutt Huffman and Band” will provide the entertainment. “Jutt Huffman and Band” bring their own twist on modern country, rock music plus some reggae and funk.

The ticket price includes all you care to drink German beer, domestic wine, soft drinks, and a piled-up plate of German and American fare. People young and old can enjoy snow cones, popcorn, and cotton candy!  There are plenty of covered seats under the pavilion at the biergarten-style…

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Visit the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum for a screaming good time and spectacular evening view of a full moon from atop of the Jupiter Lighthouse! The next full moon is August 22, 2021, and it is called a Sturgeon Moon.  The Full Moon in August is named after North America's largest fish, the lake sturgeon. Other names for this Full Moon include Grain Moon, Green Corn Moon, Fruit Moon, and Barley Moon.

This adventure makes a fabulous date night too.  – purchase online. The tour is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm. Tour time is approximately 60 minutes and guests must check-in 15 minutes prior to tour. Tours are limited and if you are not fully vaccinated, please continue to wear a mask while you visit. Tours are weather permitting. In the event…

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Palm Beach County residents and visitors with an eligible Bank of America or Merrill Lynch Account are eligible for free entry the first weekend of each month to participating museums in Florida.  It is wonderful to be able to share opportunities to enjoy attractions in Florida for free. 

The Museums On Us program offers free entry the first weekend of each month to participating museums in Florida, and elsewhere, with eligible Bank of America or Merrill Lynch accounts. The free entry to museums requires an appropriate credit or debit card, plus photo Identification.

Please check ahead of time to see if reservations are required or if the museums have added additional requirements.  Please check ahead of time to see if reservations are required…

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National Aviation Day is August 19, 2021.  It celebrates the “12 seconds that changed the world”!  Former president Franklin D. Roosevelt was the creator of National Aviation Day, deciding for the first time in 1939 that the nation should celebrate the growth and advancements being made in aviation. Get to your local private aviation facility in Palm Beach County and get your “wings”.

National Aviation Day is also Orville Wright's birthday. Mr. Wright, born in 1871, he and his Wilbur Wright developed the world's first successful airplane. Orville was still alive when the proclamation was first issued, and he lived nine more years. 

The national holiday is to memorialize Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first in the world successfully achieve powered…

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Bring your preschoolers and little ones to the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach for a fun-filled event just them.  On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. This event is geared toward children aged 5 and under and accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The special event comprises of age-appropriate science crafts, planetarium shows, a discovery center and playground exploration.  The event will also comprise of giveaways, fun and more! 

Activities Include: 

- Live science demonstrations. 

- Sensory STEM Kit giveaways. 

- Cool off in our new backyard Splash Pad and play a round on our Conservation Mini Golf Course. 

- Free Planetarium Shows along with paid science center admission. 

-…

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The inaugural Shakespeare by the Palms production of Twelfth Night will come to life in a delightful, music-filled show during the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival’s inaugural Shakespeare by the Palms production of Twelfth Night. The beloved comedy will be performed live August 19-22 and 25-29 at the Commons Park Amphitheater in Royal Palm Beach.

Twelfth Night is special to the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival. It was the first show performed when the festival launched its productions in Carlin Park, Jupiter, 31 years ago. This production also introduces a fresh beginning for the festival, with the first two-festival summer season.

DETAILS:

Location is Commons Park Amphitheater in Royal Palm Beach.

Showtime is 7 pm to 9 pm.

This event is…

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The Boca Raton Chamber is hosting a “Midsummer Party and Last Look” party. This event is part of Boca Raton Chamber Festival Days. It is a series of fun-filled events held at different locations during the month of August.  Monday, August 30, 2021 @ 6:00pm at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Enjoy a “Last Look” at current exhibitions before the Museum closes for Machu Picchu and the Golden Empire of Peru opening Oct. 16, 2021. The event will feature light bites and cocktails. 

On view through Sep. 5, 2021, at the Boca Raton Museum of Art:

• An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection of Florida Outsider Art 

• Vickie Pierre: Be My Herald of What’s to Come 

• “Glasstress Boca Raton 2021” 

This event is part of Boca Raton…

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The little beach town of Hobe Sound has quite a few interesting elements you may not known about. Of course, it is well known for Jupiter Island, Home of some of the wealthiest of wealthy, as well as its gorgeous Atlantic Ocean coastline. But delve a little further into the history of the quaint small town and discover what surprises exist!

Here are 3 interesting facts about beautiful Hobe Sound:

In the early 1900s, Hobe Sound was also known as "Olympia" because the 12,000 acres of the Gomez Spanish Land [land in Hobe Sound granted by Spain to Don Eusebio Gomez for his "services to the crown"] was bought by the Olympia Improvement Corp. with the goal to create a Greek town where movies could be filmed and produced. They built a Greek-style…

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The Boca Raton Museum of Art glass exhibition entitled “Glasstress Boca Raton 2021” will be on display through September 5, 2021, in Boca Raton. This exhibition showcases over 30 international artists who have created works in glass in collaboration with the master glass artisans at Berengo Studio on the island of Murano in the Venetian lagoon. It is a sequel to the 2016 Glasstress exhibition at Boca Raton Museum of Art. 

Some of the world's leading contemporary glass artisans have been invited “to breathe new life into centuries-old glassmaking in Venice ― maestros of glassblowing from the legendary Berengo Studio residency help artists manifest their visions.” 

The “Glastree Boca Raton 2021” is a “tribute to the resilience of Venice’s…

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