Build STEM skills in and outside of the classroom. It is imperative to encourage curiosity and confidence, connect in-class experiences to real-world concepts, and prepare today’s students for a promising future.  STEM/STEAM Day falls on November 8, 2021. Palm Beach County children are significantly better off with strong science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics skills. That is why STEM and STEAM education programs are so important. 

There is now a greater need for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to integrate with the arts (STEAM) across the wider curriculum.  STEAM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math activities. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and…

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Looking for a great place to host a birthday party in Wellington? Consider Urban Air Adventure Park. located at 10560 Forest Hill Boulevard. Take your next party into the stratosphere with the birthday party experts at Urban Air Adventure Park.

They handle everything from setup and hosting to entertainment and cleanup. Leave the work up to the party specialists. Let them get the work done, so all you must do is show up and have fun. The party experts make it simple to host a party for kids of any age. Urban Air Adventure Park continues to be voted the Best Kids Birthday Party Place year after year.

It is the perfect place for stress-free, indoor birthday parties for boys, girls, kids, and teens. Everyone can have a blast here! Urban Air is more…

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Catch a world premiere exhibition at the first-ever virtual reality expedition of Machu Picchu.  The exhibit opened October 16, 2021, at the Boca Museum of Art and will run through March 6, 2022. “Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru” showcases these rich histories and traditions. The Boca Museum is located at 501 Plaza Real in Boca Raton.  State-of-the-art drone-virtual reality technology was used to film the location providing a never-before-seen look at the mythical landmark.

Through cinematic motion chairs and virtual reality headsets, visitors experience the sights, sounds, and breathtaking vistas of the ancient city 7,000 feet above sea level as if they are there. Roaring jaguars, screaming macaws, and torrential rainfall envelop…

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What can you do to add a substantial component of well-being to your everyday routine? There are a few ways to find your focus and become a happier person, better equipped to handle things. The Yoga Room is located on Cypress Drive in Tequesta.  It is a cozy space filled with a staff of remarkable, certified teachers.  The Yoga Room offers Vinyasa, Yin, and Restorative styles of yoga. 

Present-day life is complicated and full of stress. Balancing a healthy family, social life and prosperous business can seem like an impossible task. Putting out fires all day long at work and home can take a toll on your well-being. Trying to find peace within the issues of everyday life can become an additional stress factor.

The Yoga Room is a place to find…

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The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach welcomes the Miami City Ballet for a special exhibition.  To celebrate the arrival of “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection” at the Norton Museum of Art. The Miami City Ballet will perform José Limón’s The Moors Pavane as part of the exhibition’s special programming on October 29 at 7:00 p.m.

The performance will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with Dante Puleio, artistic director of the José Limón Dance Foundation, and Daniel Lewis, president of Miami Dance Futures.

Born in Culiacán, Mexico, in 1908, Limón and his family fled during the Mexican Revolution of 1910. At age seven, he and his parents emigrated from Mexico to Tucson, Arizona,…

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Hopefully, you remembered to change the clocks back an hour Southeast Floridians.  Simple question, when does daylight savings start? When does daylight savings end?  Maybe, you wonder How Many Days till Daylight Savings 2021?  When do we Fall Back in 2021?

Here is just a friendly reminder of this weekend's time change. Remember to set your clocks back one hour. Currently, most of the United States begins Daylight Savings at exactly 2:00 am on the 2nd Sunday in March. Daylight Savings then reverts to Standard Time on the 1st Sunday in November which answers the question when do we Fall Back? 

Make sure to set the clock back one hour on November 7, 2021, at 2:00 am.  It will get darker earlier in the evening, and the sun will rise bright…

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The Loggerhead Marinelife Center announced recently that they will continue their partnership with the Palm Beach fashion icon and line, Lilly Pulitzer for their weekly Beach Clean-Ups on Juno Beach. The year-round sponsorship will include hosting specialty events throughout Palm Beach County Lilly Pulitzer retail stores and highlighting two local and late pioneering women Lilly Pulitzer and Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s, Eleanor Fletcher.

Every Saturday morning, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center hosts its weekly Beach Clean-Up along the beach near the center. The weekly beach cleanups provide a fun opportunity for locals to help keep our beautiful beaches and towns clean of debris and litter. Clean-Ups are important now more than ever. Beginning…

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Ready or not Southeast Florida the holidays are quickly approaching.  In Just a couple of weeks, Thanksgiving will be here.  Time to start planning for the annual feast.  We are thankful for Abraham Lincoln’s declaration of a national holiday back in 1863, he proclaimed the last Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving Day.  

Some interesting and quirky facts about Thanksgiving Day:

Americans prepare 46 million turkeys for Thanksgiving each year. The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, 1-800-BUTTERBALL, answers almost 100,000 calls and text messages each season for all your cooking needs.  Americans eat a lot of turkeys, specifically, 22 million turkeys are eaten on Christmas and 19 million turkeys on Easter.

On Thanksgiving Day, Americans eat an…

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Residents of Florida already know that the Sunshine State is one of the best states to live in and now it has been confirmed by U.S. News & World Report!  Florida ranked No. 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of best states in the country. It also ranks among the top five states in education and among the top 10 states in the economy and fiscal stability categories. As a Florida resident, it is hard to believe that the beaches of Jupiter, nightlife in South Beach, and infamous Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, that Florida did not rank higher in the standings.

States were ranked in 71 metrics across eight main categories:

-        Health care

-        Education

-        Economics

-        Infrastructure

-        Opportunities

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A beautiful old-world gourmet market opened within the past couple of months to rave reviews. Mama Bella Gourmet Market and Café is located at 518 South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach. The market and café opened recently. The café and market is a 3,750-square-foot culinary emporium, which has a capacity of 75 guests and carries a curated assortment of the world’s finest gourmet foods, and spices. Mama Bella is named after the owner, Vladimir Fulman’s, adored and beloved mother. Mama Bella features a contemporary café and bar, European-inspired gourmet market and deli, international wines, specialty stone pizza, and an alfresco patio.

The gourmet market also offers imported artisanal cuisine and the finest ingredients. The full-service,…

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