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Gotta Know<br />
Howard Alan Events Celebrates Three Decades of Award-<br />
Winning Art Festivals in Palm Beach County this <strong>January</strong><br />
Delray Beach Festival of the Arts<br />
Season has arrived in Palm Beach<br />
County, and for thousands of residents<br />
and visitors that means the return<br />
of two of the top art festivals in the<br />
state. This year, Boca Fest is marking<br />
30 years back in its original location<br />
outside the Town Center Mall <strong>January</strong><br />
14 – 15, 10am to 5pm, and Downtown<br />
Delray Beach Festival of the Arts celebrates<br />
28 years with more than 250<br />
world-class art exhibitors <strong>January</strong><br />
21 – 22, 10am to 5pm. The professionally<br />
vetted, juried art festivals<br />
are produced by Howard Alan Events<br />
(HAE), which has been presenting<br />
award-winning art and craft events<br />
and helping drive economic growth<br />
for more than three decades.<br />
Featuring high-end sculptures,<br />
spectacular paintings, one-of-a-kind<br />
jewels, photography, ceramics and<br />
more, Boca Fest has remained one<br />
of the most popular art events of the<br />
year, with more than 175 national<br />
artists in attendance. The Downtown<br />
Delray Beach Festival of the Arts sees<br />
more than 250 artists from more than<br />
30 states, as well as other countries<br />
and is ranked as one of the top art<br />
fairs in the United States, with visitors<br />
planning vacations around the<br />
popular event.<br />
While the economic impact reveals<br />
the longstanding appeal of the venerable<br />
Howard Alan Events’ Art Festivals<br />
to area businesses and municipalities,<br />
the fans of the Festivals cite the free<br />
admission, free parking and the highquality<br />
and diversity of the art itself<br />
as the reasons for their lasting appeal.<br />
Boca Fest is located at 6000 Glades<br />
Road, behind Town Center Mall. The<br />
Downtown Delray Beach Festival of<br />
the Arts is located on East <strong>Atlantic</strong><br />
<strong>Ave</strong>nue in Downtown Delray Beach<br />
from US1 to the Ocean. For more<br />
information on these, or the nearly<br />
80 other professional Art and Craft<br />
shows visit www.artfestival.com or<br />
call 561-746-6615.<br />
Unicorn President Gregory<br />
Fried Crowned ‘Queen Of<br />
The Night’ At “An Evening<br />
At The Birdcage” At Lips<br />
Fort Lauderdale<br />
The Unicorn Children’s Foundation<br />
held its first ever cabaretthemed<br />
role reversal drag show at<br />
LIPS in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and<br />
is pleased to announce that it was a<br />
RESOUNDING SUCCESS! More than<br />
$32,000 was raised to help kids with<br />
special needs excel in our community.<br />
While guests enjoyed their repast<br />
and drinks, Event Chairman Max<br />
Tucci along with Unicorn’s President<br />
Gregory Fried (Gregory’s Fine<br />
Jewelry), Unicorn’s vice-president<br />
John Sternal (Merit Mile), Ash Ruiz<br />
(Menudo, pop male music group)<br />
and Boca Raton City Council Member<br />
Robert Weinroth transformed<br />
into dazzling Divas and absolutely<br />
stunned the audience with individual<br />
performances that were<br />
also interspersed with acts by the<br />
talented and amazing LIPS Divas.<br />
Proceeds from “An Evening at the<br />
Birdcage” will help expand opportunities<br />
for neuro-diverse youth with<br />
special needs like Autism, Dyslexia<br />
and other learning disorders.<br />
Boca Raton City Council Member Robert Weinroth, Gregory Fried, Max Tucci,<br />
John Sternal, and Ash Ruiz<br />
38 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.com
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