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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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The popular indoor cycling studio has returned to Palm Beach this season for another pop-up shop in the Royal Poinciana Plaza on Palm Beach Island.

The spin cycle studio is in its second trail in the area after the success of last year. The New York City based company returned to Palm Beach on November 20th and runs until March 31st for its Destination SOUL Pop-Up shop.

The company started 12 years ago as a way to help people get in shape without spending too much time working out. The company has locations in several states and major cities including Boston, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Austin, and Chicago.

The closet SoulCycle studio to Palm Beach County is in Miami with locations in Brickell, Miami Beach, and Coral Gables.

The classes…

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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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The beloved Christmas movie is coming to the Harbourside Place Amphitheater tomorrow Friday, December 21st in Jupiter. 

The holiday favorite came out in 2003 and stars Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel and James Caan. The movie is about a baby boy that crawled into Santa’s bag at an orphanage in New York and travelled with him to the North Pole. The young boy was discovered at the end of the night at Santa’s workshop and was named Buddy and spent his childhood being raised by elves. Buddy then travels to New York City to find his real family after overhearing he is not an elf and bring Christmas cheer to his family and New York City.

The movie is playing tomorrow night after the Jingle Jog and Walk at the amphitheater at 6 pm. The cost to…

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The former Macy’s department store in CityPlace has transformed into the “Downton Abbey” exhibition based on the award-winning and extremely popular television series.

The entire space has transformed into scenes from the show and has been transported into post-Edwardian England featuring the beloved English castle, show sets including the servant’s quarters and Mrs. Patmore’s kitchen, characters exhibitions, costumes, and history of the time period and culture.

Downton Abbey: The Exhibition opened in West Palm Beach in early November and will be at CityPlace until April 22nd, 2019. The exhibit is open daily from 10 am to 7 pm with tickets available until 6 pm. Visitors are expected to spend sixty to ninety minutes exploring the space.
Tickets can be…

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 Palm Beach County is the largest county in Florida with more than 49 miles of Atlantic coastline and includes 39 cities and towns and has been on the list for some of the best resorts and hotels in the world.

Here is a list of the new planned hotels opening soon in our area.

Amrit Ocean Resort and Residences on Singer Island: The new oceanfront hotel is expected to open in late 2019. The hotel will feature 351 hotels suites and condos that is spilt between two towers. The resort and residences are being designed and developed with the Himalayan Institute. Expect the hotel to have a meditation garden, outdoor yoga studio, and an outdoor spa. The Amrit Ocean Resort and Residences is located at 3100 North Ocean Drive on Singer Island. For more…

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Luxury real estate in Palm Beach County saw a double-digit increase in home sales last month compared to July 2017. The number of home sales above $600,000 rose 26.6% over last year and homes in the $1 million+ price range saw a whopping 30.6% increase. It's the first time the county has seen such a spike.

New luxury construction is being developed all over the Palm Beaches which helped drive sales, as many people would rather purchase a new property opposed to possibly having to put up thousands in upgrades on older home. Reports have also shown a notable increase in people from the Northeast relocating to the area for job opportunity, higher pay, recreation and less tax. 

The month of July was also a good indicator of future closings with…

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The Countdown 2 Zero (C2Z) pet adoption event at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach is the county's largest event of its kind. More than 22 rescues will be there with over 1,000 homeless puppies, dogs, cats and kittens, rabbits and more. 

The 5th annual adoption gathering is happening on Saturday, September 8th from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. It's hosted by Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League and Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control and sponsored by the Lois Pope Life Foundation. Last year, 273 pets found a new home and organizers are hoping to help even more abandoned pets find a family this year.

"This is Palm Beach County’s largest one-day adoption event,” said Rich Anderson, Executive Director/CEO of Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, "On…

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Team Elam is a nonprofit organization formed by ex-NFL star Abe Elam along with his brother, Matt Elam of the Baltimore Ravens. The charity hosts events throughout the year to help kids in Palm Beach, Martin and Broward counties succeed, teaching them skills in both athletics and in life.

"I told myself whenever God gave me the opportunity to give back, that's what I would do," Elam told the Palm Beach Post in an interview, "I just hope these kids take notice of it, make the best of each opportunity they get, and come back and do great things as well."

Since 2008 when the organization was formed, their two biggest events have been the annual "Day in the Park" and "Charity Weekend." At a day in the park, an average of 2,500 families join together…

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