The local art center and gallery in Tequesta is temporarily closed its doors but organizers and the center’s staff is now offering a variety of online virtual art classes for you to enjoy. 

The Lighthouse Art Center Gallery and School of Art is offering online classes including ceramics, drawing, jewelry, painting, sculpture and photography. The classes vary in price and the proceeds are used to pay the instructors that help to continue the organization’s mission of connecting the community to art. 

The classes will begin online next week and registration is now open for the live stream classes.  Classes will run from April 23rd to May 23rd. To register and sign up, click here to visit their website. 

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The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is seeing a massive number in leatherback sea turtle nests along the beach. Sea Turtle Nesting Season starts in March and continues until the end of October. 

The nearly 10 mile stretch of beach that the sea turtle research and rehabilitation center monitor has counted to date 69 nests, which is significantly more than normal for this time of year.  Each nest usually contains roughly about 100 eggs that require 45 days to 60 days to hatch. 

Juno Beach is one of the largest sea turtle nesting locations in the world. The main reason why Juno Beach is the most populated sea turtle nesting location is because of the close proximity to the Gulf Stream current that bends towards Florida. 

Researchers…

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The Florida Department of Agriculture has recently launched a new website earlier this week to help the local farmers and growers during this time. 

The new website is named Keep Florida Growing and announced in their social media page that the website is a portal that provides agriculture related information and food information.  Agriculture is the second largest economic driver in the state and the website was created to help out our local community and our local Florida growers and farmers.

The new one-stop page is aiming to bring Floridians’ and food producers together to buy and sell fresh produce, share state and federal resources and helpful information to keep Florida growing. 

For more information and how you can help, click here to…

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Now more than ever it’s important for us as a community to help our local shops and boutiques. Since most of us are working from home, there has been a spike in online shopping. Everyone is buying groceries, medications, food deliveries, shoes, clothes and more online. While the local shops and boutiques temporarily closed their doors, their online shop is still open. 

Here is a list of some local Palm Beach County shops and boutiques that you can shop online.

Blessed Boutique

Ceci Palm Beach

Rulon Reed

Chic Boutique Fashion

John Craig

Lola Dre

Ileen Girl 

Pineapple, Palms, Etc.

For more, click here. 

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Two gardens in Palm Beach County are going virtual for tours and online classes and demonstrations.  The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and the Mounts Botanical Gardens are going completely virtual for you to enjoy the peace and serenity of the gardens from the comfort of your own home. 

The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens is planning the following online sessions. There will be a total of three online sessions led by Minx Boren, a master certified coach and author. Boren has teamed up with the Sculpture gardens and Zoom and will host three one-hour sessions. The sessions are free to attend and will begin at 11 am and advanced reservations are required. The classes will be on Wednesday, April 15th and Wednesday, April 22nd. To register, click here. 

The…

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Most of America and the world is working from home during this time. We searched the internet for some of the most motivational work from home playlist to help you get your work done that is better than coffee. 

Here are some of the best playlist from Spotify.

1. AM Coffee

2. Morning Commute

3. Brain Food

4. Afternoon Energy Boost

5. All Out 90’s

6. All The Feels

7. Pop Rising

8. End of Day Uplift

9.  All Out 10’s

10. Work From Home

11. Backyard BBQ

12. Just Good Music

13. Mood Booster

14. Happy Beats

15.  Today’s Top Hits

Don’t have a Spotify account? Spotify is free to download and join. Just simply visit their website or download their app and create an account and enjoy the music. 

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Since local restaurants and bars are temporary closed to visitors at this time, many of them are still open in Palm Beach County for take out and delivery services.  Now is the time to help out and support a local business and order your next meal to go. 

Here are some of the local restaurants that are open for take out and delivery.

Talay Thai: Palm Beach Gardens, open from 5 pm to 8 pm daily

Evo Italian: Tequesta, open starting at 4:30 pm to closing time

Café Sole: Jupiter, open from 11:30 am to 8:30 pm daily

Stage Kitchen: Palm Beach Gardens, open Tuesday through Saturday 4 pm to 8 pm

Voodoo Bayou: Palm Beach Gardens, open from 12 pm to 9 pm daily

Nick and Johnny’s Osteria: Juno Beach, open from 4:30 pm to 7 pm

Lynora’s:…

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If you’re looking for something educational to do during this time, now is the perfect time to learn a new language. Whether you just simply need a refresher course or looking to speak another language, here are some of the top websites and apps that will help you learn. 

  • LinguaLift
  • Duolingo
  • HelloTalk
  • Mindsnacks
  • Babbel
  • TripLingo
  • Rosetta Stone
  • MemRise
  • Pimsleur
  • Tandem
  • Busuu
  • Beelinguapp
  • Mondly 

Many of the apps are free to use and download and feature over 50 languages for you to choose.

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When you’re at home these activities for kids are fun, DIY, and can be with everyday items already found in the house.  It’s easier than you think, just grab some glue, glitter, paint and let your creativity shine.  

DIY Jellyfish

Since the beach and ocean are less than a few miles away from our homes, now is the time to bring the beach and ocean to us.  To make a jellyfish you’ll need a paper bowl or plate, yarn or string to glue on as the tentacles, and colored paint, pencils and markers to decorate.

Tissue Box Monsters

Using an old, empty tissue box, glue on googley eyes, color the box or paint and pom poms to create your own little tissue box monsters.

Make Slime

You’ll need two bottles of glue, glitters, food coloring, 1 tsp of…

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Many attractions here in Palm Beach County are moving towards virtual experiences that the public can enjoy from the comfort of their own homes.  The new virtual experiences include online classes and tutorials, museum tours, online exercises, cooking demonstrations and much more. 

Check out some of Palm Beach County’s Attractions that have gone virtual. 

Armory Arts Center: The Art Center has found a way to bring their artists and art exhibits to you through a virtual tour of their current gallery. 

Flagler Museum: The grand Palm Beach estate is giving viewers a virtual tour of the entire first and second floor of the museum filled with Palm Beach island’s history. The tour is available online or through their app called “Flagler Museum…

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