November 2016

This is your chance to have fun and help our local environment. Help spread the message in Jupiter that “PLASTIC AND MARINELIFE DON’T MIX!” by joining the Jellyfish Project Workshop. 

Together with other locals you can help make 500 jellyfish art pieces made from ocean plastic that has been collected from our beaches to help clean up our oceans. You and the group of volunteers will be hand assembling these beautiful pieces of art by fashioning the old polluted plastic into a work of art. 

“Plastic is a threat to marine and coastal wildlife through ingestion and entanglement. It photo degrades into micro plastic and enters the marine food chain. It never goes away completely. Jellyfish Project is a chance to bring awareness to this important issue

Do your kids like sea turtles, Florida wildlife and fun? Then you will want to bring them to The 3rd Annual Lagoon Fest at the Lake Worth Lagoon in Lake Worth, this weekend! 

At Lagoon Fest kids will enjoy a summer camp style festival complete with live music, wildlife creatures your kids can see and touch up close, competitions, water sports, games and more. They will even get a chance to meet “Luna” the sea turtle mascot of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. 

Lagoon Fest is a fun and interactive way to help educate locals on nation’s largest estuary, the Lake Worth Lagoon. There will be more than 40 interactive activities and events. Some of the events include kids getting a chance to see local live animals, artifacts, skeletons, plants and

Be like a pineapple this weekend, sweet on the inside and wearing a crown at the Jensen Beach Pineapple Festival. The 3-day pineapple festival is all about celebrating the delicious fruit. 

The Jensen Beach Pineapple Festival has earned a great reputation over its 28-year history. It remains one of the original and biggest street festivals in Florida. At the Pineapple Festival you will find tons of pineapples for sale, pineapple delicacies ranging from sweet to savory, cocktails, juices and more. Carnival rides and live music make it a true festival. Live music will be performed by big names such as Smashmouth, Big Fire and Lincoln Brewster.

The Jensen Beach Pineapple Festival will go from 6pm to 11pm on Friday, 2pm to 11pm on Saturday and 12pm to

Coming to Lake Worth this weekend is the 6th Annual GIANT Craft and Tag Sale held at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. At this festival you will find unique treasure like homemade crafts, artisanal products, art and even garage sale items. 

Vendor spots are still open and vendors are wanted. Rent 9'X17' space for $35.00 or 2 spaces at $50.00; all profits are yours to keep. For more information or to inquire about vendors spaces please e-mail: stmatthewsale@gmail.com or call inquiries 561-434-5606. 

The 6th Annual GIANT Craft and Tag Sale will take place at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church, 6090 Hypoluxo Road, Lake Worth. Date and Time: November 12, 2016; 9AM to 2PM. 

Calling all fishing enthusiasts or those who want to become fishing enthusiasts now is your chance to get private fishing lessons from expert anglers at the Juno Beach Pier. 

The one-hour, private lessons are going to be held every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. The time slots will be 7am, 8am, 4pm and 5pm on these days. 

The Juno Beach Pier staff takes great pride in education avid fishermen and women on the environment, local fish species and all of the tricks and rules for catching them. 

“Private Fishing Lessons for adults and kids, ages 8+! If you’d like to learn fishing techniques and how you can help protect and restore the marine environment from expert anglers, please contact Demi at dfox@marinelife.org.”

The Boca Raton Museum of Art, in Boca Raton, Florida, has a reputation for offering some of the best and most beautifully curated exhibits in Florida. The museum however, is not only for the mature art lovers but it is a destination for young art lovers as well. The kid-focused events offered at the Boca Raton Museum of Art are challenging and fun for young art enthusiasts. Kids programs offered at the Boca Raton Museum of Art include: 

ART-E-OLOGY

ART-E-OLOGY is a program designed for kids, grades 3rd to 5th, and it focuses on studying the artist of the moment and creating an art piece in that artist’s style. ART-E-OLOGY is a monthly event. 

UPCOMING EVENTS
Giorgio de Chirico: Terracotta Sculptures - Saturday, Nov. 5 / 1:00–2:30 pm
Adolph

OBEO Society will be hosting Boots, Brews and BBQ (“BBB”) at the Lucky Old Sun Ranch in Jupiter Farms. After working closely with the Veterans Administration of Palm Beach County, OBEO Society was able to identify three local veteran families who are struggling in various ways. OBEO Society, their partners and sponsors hope to raise funds to help cover costs and expenses for these heroes in their time of need. BBB is an 8-hour event designed to indulge the senses and celebrate our local veterans. Guests will enjoy food prepared by some of Palm Beach County’s best chefs including Culinary Chairman Tim Lipman, open-bar with talented mixologists, craft beer from local brewers, Fran Andrewlevich and Matt Webster, live art, and numerous outdoor games and

The Taurids meteor shower will be falling over south Florida this week. The Taurids shower is not necessarily known for being the most explosive meteor shower in the cosmos but what it is known for is a astronomical phenomena, fireballs.  

The Taurids shower will create tons of vivid, long lasting, ultra bright meteors called “fireballs.”  Fireballs are often more bright than the planet Venus, which is the brightest planet in our solar system. “The Taurids are actually broken into two streams, the North Taurids and South Taurids, but are collectively known as the Taurid Complex. All Taurids are debris from the comet Encke, which is named after German astronomer Johan Franz Encke, who discovered it in 1786.”

The Taurids meteor shower will be most

A secret treasure chest of sorts, there is a small store filled with unique collectibles, classic toys, books and furniture you might not find anywhere else at Chuckles Favorite Things in Hobe Sound. A charming pair of iron gates greets the guests that stumble upon this delightful storefront, but once you pass through the modest gates you fall through the “rabbit hole” into a new world of fun.  

At Chuckles Favorite Things you will see people of all genres, from art dealers to customers, professors to students. You will find everything from contemporary art to classic, old school toys from decades ago, used and new books, one of kind furniture and more. There are also incredible rare paperback books and comics can be found at Chuckles to add to your

It’s November, and this month is usually associated with fall and the holidays but it is also National Diabetes Awareness Month. “National Diabetes Month is observed every November so individuals, health care professionals, organizations, and communities across the country can bring attention to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans.”

Each year the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) dedicates the month’s awareness to a different theme. The theme for National Diabetes Awareness Month is: Managing Diabetes – It’s Not Easy, But It’s Worth It. According to NDEP, “This theme highlights the importance of managing diabetes to prevent diabetes-related health problems such as heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, vision loss, and amputation.