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The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, in Delray Beach, is hosting January 2023 events. These events allow visitors to experience traditional and contemporary Japanese culture through engaging exhibits, varied educational programs and seasonal events, a world-class bonsai display. For the month of January, there is an Orchid Weekend,

The Art of Kokedama, and an inspiration of Madame Butterfly with Palm Beach Opera at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Do not miss these cultural events! 

- Wednesdays, January 11, 18, 25 

Ikebana Flower Arrangement: Sogetsu School (Class)  

Time: Beginners - 10:00am –12:00pm  

           Intermediate – 1:30pm – 3:30pm* 

Cost: $80 (Morikami Members $70) Advance

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Waterfront Properties and Club Communities wishes you an extremely healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year! January 1 is New Year’s Day. It is a time of optimism, planning, and resoluteness. There is a feeling that this year we will make the changes we have been meaning to do. Exercise more, eat better, more rest, start saving, or a new job. New Year’s Day is about taking a moment to get ready for everything that is about to unfold.

Happy New Year from the staff and agents at Waterfront Properties!  Wishing you all the best! Cheers!

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The idea of a new year is an integral part of many cultures and societies. It is something that we commemorate together and enjoy! It is no surprise that the celebration has changed over the years. Individuals have been celebrating New Year’s Eve for as long as many can remember. South Florida is host to many celebrations for the new year.

Some are inclined to believe that the celebrations of New Year’s Eve began before the 19th century. According to scholars, people have been celebrating new year’s eve since 46 BC when Julius Caesar re-instituted January 1st as New Year’s Day.

Since there is no clear record of people celebrating New Year’s Eve during the Middle Ages, most academics agree that the first recorded celebration took place in England

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There is an ultimate casual New Year’s Eve party in Delray Beach. Look no further than THRōW Social’s New Year’s Eve Bash. The party is complete with a premium open bar, butler-passed hors oeuvres, breakfast buffet, and a champagne toast. There will be live music open to close with Project X Band headlining the night! Additionally, a battle of the DJs between Michael London and Peter Gonzales.

General Admission Tickets are $125. This will include:

-        Premium Open Bar from 7:00pm-10:00pm

-        Butler Passed Hors oeuvres from 7:00pm-10:00pm

-        Breakfast Buffet from 12:30am-3:00am

-        Champagne Toast at Midnight

Reserve a cabana. Cabanas receive two bottles of Veuve and one bottle of Grey Goose! Watch the Balloon

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The New Year brings new hopes, new aspirations and hope for a prosperous 2023! The Breakers Palm Beach, located at 1 South County Road, Palm Beach, has everything you need for a delectable celebration. With three events on the menu, choose between the Flagler Steakhouse New Year’s Eve Dinner, HMF New Year’s Eve Celebration and Seafood Bar New Year’s Eve Dinner

The backstory of the resort is that in the late 1890s, just before the turn of the century, industry tycoons and glamorous socialites began flocking to the pristine shores of an island called Palm Beach. Henry M. Flagler, one of America’s great industrialists, started the trend of grand, gorgeous properties on the island. His first was The Royal Poinciana, a six-story Georgian beauty. Two

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Friends of Jupiter Beach is a grassroots, volunteer-driven not-for-profit group dedicated to keeping a special section of Jupiter beach clean and dog-friendly in northern Palm Beach County.  Friends of Jupiter Beach has been around for nineteen years and is dedicated to keeping the mission alive!

You’re invited to join in any of the "cleanup" events scheduled for 2023!

Friends of Jupiter 2023 Beach Cleanup Schedule:

Ocean Cay Park beach cleanup between 8:00 am to 10:00 am

-        January 7th

-        February 4th

-        March 4th

-        April 15th (The Great American Cleanup)

-        May 20th FJB Food & Wine Festival (no cleanup)

-        June 3rd

-        July 8th 

-        August 5th

-        September

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The cold weather in Palm Beach County may be out of the ordinary, but it presents a great opportunity to spot manatees at Manatee Lagoon. Mantatee Lagoon is a fun and engaging family-friendly attraction. It features interactive, entertaining exhibits that will spike your curiosity about the environment of the Lake Worth Lagoon and the wonderful world of manatees.

More than thirty manatees were witnessed at the lagoon in West Palm Beach Monday morning. The manatees come down upon the Manatee Lagoon exhibit thanks to the warm water coming from the nearby Florida Power & Light power plant. The power plant remains cool by filtering in water from the waterway, the cool water is heated by the power plant. The overflow then exits the plant and draws the

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The 27th Delray Winter Green Market has returned. The Delray Winter Green Market, located at Old School Square, 96 N.E. 2nd. Avenue, Delray Beach is a Saturday morning goal. The open-air farmer's market located on the front lawn of the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square between 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Old School Square was created in 1996 by the Community Redevelopment Agency for the community to use and enjoy. The Delray GreenMarket has become one of the most popular and appealing aspects of Old School Square and the ‘holiday season.’

At the Delray Green Market you will find more than 50+ vendors featuring Palm Beach County farm-to-table produce, fresh hand-picked citrus fruit and juices, farm fresh eggs, raw milk, butter, 100% grass-fed and

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Christmas is about giving, not receiving! Holidays are a time for sharing and caring. One-hundred children from low-income homes were surprised with new bicycles during a very special event on Christmas Eve. Cold temperatures were not enough to keep children from picking out their gifts in a 21-year-tradition in which Realtor Rob Thomson, of Waterfront Properties and Club Communities, of Jupiter, has played Santa.

Managing Partner Rob Thomson of Waterfront Properties & Club Communities and Waterfront Yacht Brokerage founded the Waterfront Way Foundation to bring Thomson’s personal and corporate philanthropic initiatives together under one roof. Waterfront Way Foundation’s core mission is to help increasingly more people in our community experience

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