April 8th, 2010
Delray Beach, Florida, Palm Beach County, Events, Activities, Delray Affair, Festival, 4/9/10 – 4/13/10
Delray Beach is still offering its visitors a great time. The weather has been great, the palm trees are swaying in their usual way, the water is warm, and the restaurants are crowded. This week-end the Delray Affair will be the main event, but other activities are being held as well.
Boyton Beach – Next town, north of Delray
Saturday and Sunday, 4/10 and 4/11 – Art-Sea Living will hold Pottery with the Family, from 10 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 12 Noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday. It is a BOGO Pottery Party. It means Buy One Get One Fee. Free to paint on the same day. Art-Sea Living is located at 1628 South Federal Highway in Boyton Beach. Tel. 561-737-2600. Website is www.art-sealiving.com.
Delray Beach
Friday 4/9/ at 7 p.m. – Murder on the Beach Bookstore, at 273 NE 2nd Ave, in Pineapple Grove. Tel. 561-279-7790. Website is www.murderonthebeach.com. This is a mystery book and entertainment store.
The following authors will be signing their books at 7:00 p.m.:
Michael Wiley will be signing The Bad Kitty Lounge. He grew up in Chicago and lived and worked in the neighborhoods and streets he sets his Kozmarski mysteries. He teaches literature at University of Nort Florida in Jacksonville. In this book you will find that Greg Samuelson has hired Joe Kozmarski to dig up dirt on his wife and her lover. But it appears that Samuelson decides to take matters into his own hands…..
Author Sandra Balzo is the author of the Maggy Thorsen coffee mysteries. When Maggy Thorsen’s coffee house, Uncommon Grounds, is virtually obliterated by a snowstorm she and friend, Sarah, resolved to reopen, near a train station, just in time for the opening of the new communter route. But when Sarah’s uncle dies suddenly, in the first of a series of “accident” it is clear that….
On Saturday, April 10th at 6:00 p.m. another author will be signing his book, as well. He is Tony Hays. His book is The Divine Sacrifice. It is the second in the series featuring King Arthur’s counselor, Malgwyn ap Cuneglas. Arthur and Malgwyn are called to the abbey of Glandstonbury to settle a matter of political importance….
Friday and Saturday, 4/9 and 4/10 – Shark Feeding at 10:30 a.m. at Sandoway House Nature Center on 142 S. Ocean Blvd., 2 blocks south of Atlantic Ave. on A1A.
American Orchid Society Events:
The Orchis Doctor is In on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Bring your sick plants to the Visitors’ Center for a Consultation. Wednesdays from 10 until 11:30 a.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 until 4 p.m.
The Orchid Society is located on 16700 AOS Lane, off of Jog Rd. Tel. 561-404-2000 and website is www.aos.org.
On Thursday, 4/15 is going to be the last of Wine & Jazz Evening from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. $25/non members and $20/members. Enjoy orchids in bloom, great music, wine tasting, and appetizers in their beautiful botanical gardens. Greenhouse tours will be available. I wrote a post on the Society on 1/11/10. All you have to do, if you wish to read it, is click under month of January, under Archives, on the left hand side of this blog. Scroll down to the date.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 4/9, 4/10, 4/11 – The Delray Affair. This is the 48th year for the Delray Affair. It is the most popular arts and crafts street festival in Palm Beach County. It is held outdoors along the sidewalks and palm tree-lined Atlantic Ave. Streets are open to pedestrians from West of Swinton Ave. to the Intracoastal. Park & Ride service will be available.
The Delray Affair is one of the oldest and largest, arts, crafts, and entertainment festivals. Top notch artists, and craftspersons, home cooked foods, strolling entertainers from 10 – 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 – 6 p.m. and Sunday until 4:30 p.m. Over 800 artists, crafts and exhibitors.
Entertainment:
Dallas the Fire Guy – www.dallasthefireguy.com. It is for the whole family.
Nicktorious – www.nicktorious.com. Houdini style escape with a modern twist for all ages.
Will Soto – www.willsoto.net. Funambulist, juggler, raconteur.
Eclipse – Veterans Park on Friday at 3, 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday 2, 3:45 and 5:30 p.m., and Sunday 1, 2:45, 4:30 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday, 4/12 and 4/13 – Adam Pascal will be at the Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton. Adam Pacal was a Tony Award nominee for his performance in the Pulitzer Prize musical Rent. Tickets are $42/person or $39 (group of 10 or more) For more info. please call 561-243-7922, ext. 1 or you may purchase tickets on-line at www.oldschool.org/performances.asp.
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