Atlantic Ave December 2019

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Barbra Streisand: Holiday Memories
Music at St. Paul’s8
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Ghost Town Blues Band
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FLORIDA’S FUNNIEST COMEDIANS
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7 A tASte of Italy for the Holidays
– 4pm-6pm. Nada’s Italy - 119 NE
2nd Ave. 877.959.8365. Delray Beach,
FL 33444.
8 Music at St. Paul’s presents Advent
Lessons & cArols – 3pm. Freewill
offering encouraged. St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church is handicapped accessible.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is located at
188 S. Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach,
FL 33444. For more information, visit
www.music.stpaulsdelray.org.
9-19 Fascinating Rhythms: The
Songs Of George Gershwin – At
15, he was plugging songs on Tin Pan
Alley. By 17, he was writing for Broadway.
Then at 21, he wrote a song called
“Swanee”…and the rest is history! Today,
George Gershwin is revered as one
of America’s greatest composers. The
songs he wrote for Broadway shows
like LADY, BE GOOD, FUNNY FACE,
STRIKE UP THE BAND, STRIKE UP
THE BAND, GIRL CRAZY and PORGY
AND BESS and films like SHALL WE
DANCE? and DAMSEL IN DISTRESS fill
a large portion of what we now call our
Great American Songbook: songs like
“’S Wonderful!,” “But Not For Me,” “Love
Walkin In,” “A Foggy Day,” “The Man I
Love,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,”
“Summertime,” “Embraceable You” and
“How Long Has This Been Going On?”
Join us for a celebration of the music
of the “One and Only” George Gershwin.
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 2
& 7:30pm; Thursday (12/12), 7:30pm
and Thursday (12/19), 2 & 7:30pm.
Tickets $35 (adults); $15 (students);
$25 (groups). DelrayBeachPlayhouse.
com; 561-272-1281.
10 The SYMPHONIA (thesyMPHonia.
org) – 7:30 p.m. South Florida’s worldclass
chamber orchestra, announced
that it is launching New Directions, a
music series at the Crest Theatre at Old
School Square, 51 N. Swinton Avenue,
Delray Beach. Fresh, engaging and interactive
with a dash of the unconventional,
New Directions will combine
powerful music with unique theatrical
elements. Alastair Willis, Principal Conductor.
11 Story Time With Santa – 6-8pm.
Storytime with Santa, hosted by Vice
Mayor Shirley Johnson and the City of
Delray Beach. FREE! Join us as we read
Polar Express. Kids will receive a book
and visit from Santa with free milk
and cookies! Wednesday December
11, 6:00 pm, PK - 5th Grade. For more
information contact Pompey Park at
(561) 243-7356.
12 Open Readings – 6:30-8:30pm.
FREE TO THE PUBLIC – CALLING ALL
WRITERS OF FICTION, NONFICTION, &
POETRY. Enjoy making new friends in
a Literary Gathering! Come to listen or
sign up to read from an original work
(published or unpublished). All levels
are welcome. Participants read for 10–
15 minutes. After the readings there
is a short OPEN DISCUSSION which is
not a critique session. The purpose is
to encourage one another to continue
writing. Refreshments served. Moderator:
Cathi Hill; Assistant Moderator, Lori
Meyers; Organizers: Barbara Cronie,
Program Instructor, The Writers’ Colony,
Bobbie Kotler, The Writers’ Colony.
The second Thursday evening of the
month | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | The Crest
Theatre- 2019: 11/14, 12/12; 2020:
1/9, 2/13, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/11. Do
not have to call to read. Walk-ins welcome.
Call: 305-393-0386 for info.
13 National League of American
Pen Women – Writer’s Mini Retreat at
the Delray Beach Library. 12-3pm. Join
Alexandra Goodwin, Carol White, Meryl
Davids Landau, and Mimi Paris for a
novel writing workshop followed by a
Q&A. Topics will include research, plotting,
characters, dialogue, setting and
the creative process. (180 min.) Call
561-266-0196 to preregister. $10.00
fee. 100 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray
Beach, FL 33446.
14 Survival Italian Class for
Travelers (Christmas Edition!)
– 4-6pm. – Nada’s Italy - 119 NE 2nd
Ave. 877.959.8365. Delray Beach, FL
33444.
14 Delray Beach Holiday Parade
– Sponsored by Plastridge Insurance,
celebrating 100 Years! Along Atlantic
Avenue in Downtown Delray Beach
from the Intracoastal Bridge to NW
5th Avenue. Over 70 entries in the parade
to help you celebrate the holidays.
Through a special connection to the
North Pole, The Delray Beach Fire Department
will have Santa riding along
on their fire truck. For more information
contact Danielle Beardsley, Delray
Beach Parks and Recreation at (561)
243-7277 or BeardsleyD@Mydelraybeach.com.
14 Ride and Remember Trolley –
10am. $35. Spady Museum. When you
board the “Ride & Remember” Trolley
Tour, the history of Delray Beach comes
alive! Illustrated with colorful stories
of the personalities and happenings
that influenced the growth of the city,
the tour does more than relay facts – it
draws the riders back in time. We invite
you to climb aboard The Spady Cultural
Heritage Museum’s popular, monthly
“Ride & Remember” Bus Tour and enjoy
the interactive, personalized stories of
Delray Beach’s interesting origins and
development. 561-279-8883, spadymuseum.com.
20 FLORIDA’S funnieST COMEDIANS:
RON FEINGOLD & linDSAY GLAZER
– 8pm. Ready for a night of non-stop
laughter? Join Florida’s funniest comedians,
Ron Feingold and Lindsay
Glazer, as they bring the funny from
across the Sunshine State with their
hilarious show, FLORIDA’S FUNNIEST
COMEDIANS, live at the Delray Beach
Playhouse! Tickets $20. DelrayBeach-
Playhouse.com; 561-272-1281.
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21 Barbra StreiSAnd: HoliDAy
Memories – 8pm. “The next best
thing to seeing Streisand herself” is
how the New York Post described
Carla DelVillaggio. She is a multipleaward
winning tribute artist, who has
entertained across the country from
Miami to Las Vegas to New York City.
Don’t miss this internationally known,
award-winning celebrity impersonator,
as she brings her brilliant Streisand
tribute to the Delray Beach Playhouse
just in time to celebrate the holidays!
HOLIDAY MEMORIES will feature many
of the songs found on Streisand’s two
happenings continues >