MOLDING MASTERPIECES THE YMCA PAIRS WITH ART MUSEUM TO LET YOUNG ARTISTS CREATE OUTSIDE THE CRAYON BOX.
In a dimmed room of the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, doodles come to life, dancing on the classroom wall, grooving to music, speaking in the voices of their creators.
Art classes aren’t just about crayons, paint and clay here. In an age where the lines are blurred between technology and art, children are learning to think about art in different ways. Best of all, it’s not coming from a book or a lecture, it’s completely hands-on.
“I like drawing. Usually, when I’m in class, I draw when I’m not supposed to, like on tests and stuff,” said Jeanette Billups, 12, of Boca Raton. “I thought it would be cool to come to this art class to learn some more stuff, not just the stuff I already know.”
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CAMERA CLUB CAPTURES LIFE ON LOCAL LEVEL MEMBERS’ WORKSHOWN AT CITY HALL
Things seem to be clicking for Larry Diou, 86, of Shady Woods in Delray Beach.
A relatively new member of the Delray Camera Club, he won second place in “Vibrant Delray,” the club’s annual members’ showcase.
Diou used his camera to capture a popular city restaurant and inn, The Sundy House.
His prize photo, Gazebo at Sundy House, is of a pristine white gazebo on the edge of a peaceful pond, peeking out behind a dense wall of vegetation.
“It’s a part of Delray that not many people know about,” Diou said. “It’s right in the center of town, but you wouldn’t know it existed.”
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COUPLES SCHMOOZE JEWISH GROUP HELPS ADULTS MOVING TO AREA FIND FRIENDS AND SOCIAL LIFE.
When Irene Berkey moved to Boca Raton 25 years ago, she left behind a lifetime’s worth of close-knit friends and family for a place where she knew virtually no one.
Missing the Jewish culture she left behind, Berkey went looking for that same connection, but there weren’t as many Jewish people living in the area then.
“It was difficult finding other people to be with,” Berkey said.
UNITY SCHOOL HELPS CHILDREN IN GHANA
When Austin Gossett-Seidman, 11, of Boca Raton, needed money to help needy children a world away, he went cushion diving in his living room and turned up $90.
“They raided our whole house. If every family did that, you can come up with some pretty decent money,” said Austin’s mom, Peggy Gossett-Seidman, public relations director of Unity School in Delray Beach and mother to three students participating in the special project.
The school packed up two crates, big enough to fit three SUVs, with 10,000 pounds of humanitarian aid for children in Ghana, in West Africa.
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The Magic of Pendragons
Don’t Blink.
Because in .24 seconds, something amazing will happen.
The Pendragons, a husband and wife magician team, hold the world’s record for morphing. In the blink of an eye, Charlotte Pendragon becomes Jonathan Pendragon. What else would one expect from a married couple of magicians other than the ability of one spouse to make the other disappear?
It’s a feat many would like to duplicate, but this couple has mastered the illusion. They even hold the Guinness Book of World Records title to prove it.
They’ve topped the master.
“Harry Houdini did it in three seconds,” said Charlotte.
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