Palm Beach Perspective

Talked with Kelly Powell, CEO and Julie Khanna, Development Committee Chair, for Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL).  "Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL) changes the odds for children and families facing social, emotional, and financial adversity. CPSFL identifies key services and solutions that build family skills and create lasting social change for generations. CPSFL  targets...

Talked with Mindy Hanken, MSW, Executive Director, Tenise Williams, School Counselor and Laylah from Pace Center for Girls.  There are pace centers throughout Florida.  The Pace Palm Beach school provides academic and behavioral health services to girls ages 11-17 in Palm Beach County School Districts. Pace is free and the students take classes along with working closely with counselors, therapist...

Talked with James May, Executive Director and Misty Stoller, Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, Mounts Botanical Gardens.  "With a mission to inspire and educate through nature, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden. Visitors to this 20-acre tropical oasis will see an acclaimed collection of 25 unique garden areas containing more than...

Talked with Emilie Travis, Nature Center Manager II, Okeeheelee Nature Center and Alissa Koch, Nature Center Manager, Daggerwing Nature Center, Palm Beach County Parks.  They are getting ready for this year's Earth Day events.  Okeeheelee Nature Center will celebrate on April 19th starting at 10am and has a wide variety of programs planned including: a tranquility walk, rehabilitated animal releas...

Talked with Val Staggs, Founder, Pandora's Kids.  Pandora's Kids is a non-profit that provides grief services for children who've lost a loved one.  They are free program that unites kids that are grieving, providing them a place to talk, meet other kids, expeirence new events and share their grief knowing they aren't alone. "Pandora’s Kids partners with local organizations to provide experiences...

Spoke with Dr. Randy Blakely, Exec Dir FAU Stiles Nicholson Brain Institute and Sir John Hardy, Ph. D., University College London.  Professor Hardy is a leading geneticist for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research.  He's one of the guest lecturers participating in FAU's free Brainy Days series. His study has identified the gene in families called the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which led to hi...

Spoke with Elizabeth Dashiell, SwedeFest Palm Beach/Palm Beach Film Society. Swede Fest Palm BeachTM is happening on Friday March 28th at the Lake Worth Playhouse.  "The key to understanding why is in the “swede.” A swede is a no-budget, laughably bad remake of a hit Hollywood film – the bigger, the better. The term comes from the 2008 comedy, “ Be Kind Rewind ,” and was made up to explain the she...

Talked with Marjorie Waldo, CEO and President, Arts Garage in Delray Beach.  They have a lot of awesome programs happening this year.  Coming up is PLACES!, a Summer theatre camp for kids and teens from July 7th to August 1st (financial aid is available). Week 1 features Technical theatre and Playwriting, week 2 is Improvisation, week 3 will be Musical Theatre and week 4 is Acting.  Students can p...

Talked with Andy McAusland, CEO and Zelda Porter, MHAPB Clubhouse Member from Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches (MHAPB).  "Mental Health America of the Palm Beaches is a proud Palm Beach County affiliate of Mental Health America, the nation’s leading national nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of mental health, well-being, and illness prevention. Our mission is to create a supportive com...

Talked with Owen O'Neil, CEO, Clinics Can Help.  Clinics Can Help is a non-profit that provides, "a caring community connection to medical equipment and supplies, empowering people with mobility, independence and dignity in all stages of life and health. Our Vision is that people everywhere are equipped to thrive, supported by a community circle of giving that meets their essential medical equipme...

Talked with Teresa Zabik and Jeanette Mitchell from the Friends of Okeeheelee Nature Center (ONC).  The Friends of ONC is a non-profit that provides support to Okeeheelee Nature Center, it's staff, volunteers and animal ambassadors.  They put on fundraisers to enhance exhibits, trails, facilities as well as educational programs that provide an enriching experience for nature center visitors.  Tere...

Talked with Oscar Quesada and Julie Gilbert, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Julie Gilbert is a Pulitzer Prize - nominated biographer, novelist, playwright and the teacher for the Kravis Center's Writer's Academy.  She's doing a book launch on February 19th for her novel "Giant Love".  Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her best selling novel of Texas and the making of a classic American film.  She'l...

Talked with Sabeena Beg, Executive Director and Autumn Kioti, Education and Outreach Director, Audubon Everglades.  Their mission is to educate and inspire people to conserve wildlife, especially birds, and the environment that supports them. "We offer a variety trips, events, and activities in which everyone may participate:  Birding Field trips  are especially popular.  Monthly meetings , on the...

Talked with Scott Simmons and Quincy Brukerhoff from the Norton Museum of Art.  They have a great line up events for season.  There are two big exibhitiions running: Strike Fast Dance Lightly Artists on Boxing now-March 9th and Sorolla and The Sea, now-April 13th.  They have a great line up of Art After Dark seriers that happens every Friday night.  Coming up they are kicking off their Lunar New Y...

Talked with Darrel Willis, Actor and Elizabeth Dashiell, Managing Producer from Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival.  This year they are splitting the shows, holding one in the "winter" and one in the summer.  As You Like It will run from Janurary 30th to February 2nd at Commons Park in Royal Palm Beach as Shakespeare by the Palms V and then The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare by the Sea XXXV will run fr...

Talked with Miriam Naranjo Executive Director, Schoolhouse Children's Museum.  The have a variety of exhibits.  " Exhibits Our exhibits provide an interactive glimpse of life for early Florida Pioneers – before the days of computers, cell phones, televisions or even cars .   In a society of visual stimulation, “one-click” gratification and digital convenience, children can rarely experience the ty...

Talked with Wendy Lo, Curator of Education, Morikami Museum & Gardens.  Their " mission at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is to engage a diverse audience by presenting Japanese cultural experiences that educate and inspire."  The Morikami has several exhibitions right now including Akira: Architecture of Neo-Tokyo and Time Flow Like Water.  They also offer online exhibitions of some of t...

Talked with Donald E. Ephraim, Co-founder, The Donald E. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival (SASIFF), Terri Sriberg, SASSIF Co-Chair and Gary Schweikhart, PR-BS about the upcoming Sun and Stars International Film Festival, (SASIFF).  It's runs from January 23-February 2nd. There are 27 premiere screenings (18 at the Kraivs Center's Rinker Playhouse and then 9 at EVO Entertainment...

Talked with Benji Studt, Team Leader, Outreach & Science Communications. Enviromental Resources Mgmt. Palm Beach County.  The PBC ERM works with 32,000 miles of the natural areas in Palm Beach County. They do a lot of great events to help folks reconnect with nature. The program is called Adventure Awaits and features, kayaking paddles, swamp tromps,. weeding and trash cleanup for the birds, a...

Talked with Edward Stinson, Museum Docent from the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum in Delray Beach.  The museum is located in the former home of Solomon D. Spady.  Spady museum is a non-profit that "expands and preserves our cultural heritage, sharing local black history with Delray Beach Black archive, exhibits, bus tours, walking tours, commemorative events and youth mentoring."  They have a lot...

Talked with Rudina Toro, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Palm Beach Dramaworks.  They are celebrating their 25th Season.  This year's line up of shows includes:  Lost in Yonkers, The Dresser, The Humans, Camping with Henry and Tom and Dangerous Instruments.  Listeners can buy tickets for individual shows or package of 5 or 4. Patrons can also purchase tickets for Dramawise which is a behind...

Talked with Monica Yeshek, Dir. of Marketing & Communications and Chanuokah Jersome, Commiunity Health Educator from The Promise Fund.  Promise Fund was founded by Nancy G. Brinker.  Their mission is to increase survivorship from breast and cervical cancer by providing guided support and access to screenings, as well as early detection."  The services are free and open to listeners in Palm Bea...

Talked with Blake Scarborough, Naturalist & Volunteer Coordinator, Green Cay Nature Center and Sydelle Dombrowsky, Volunteer, Master Gardener and President of Friends of Green Cay.  They are coordinating their big annual Wildlife Celebration event.  It's happening on Saturday December 7th from 9am to 3p at Green Cay Nature Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Rd Boynton Beach FL 33437.  Listeners can enj...

Talked with Dr. Kiminyo, Vice President T Leroy Jefferson Medical Society.  They have a community education initiative going on now regarding Prostate Cancer awareness.  November has the Movember movement which focuses on Men's health issues such as: mental health, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and colorectal cancer. Young black men show a higher risk of suicide, so awareness is super importa...

Talked with Dr. Kiminyo, Vice President T Leroy Jefferson Medical Society.  They have a community education initiative going on now regarding Prostate Cancer awareness.  November has the Movember movement which focuses on Men's health issues such as: mental health, prostate cancer, testicular cancer and colorectal cancer. Young black men show a higher risk of suicide, so awareness is super importa...