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VOL. 15 NO. 8 www.seabreezepublications.com AUGUST 2021

CP Group to Present Broken Sound Club,

First “Community” Tree Boca Friends Pap Corps

Lighting of 2021 Season Cancer Charity Present

To Ring in the Holidays America’s Got Talent Finalist

Thursday, November 18th Sal “The Voice” in Concert

To usher in a most joyful 2021 holiday season in Boca Raton, CP Group (formerly The evening of Thursday, July 22nd, was a
Crocker Partners) is inviting the entire community to its annual Holiday Tree Lighting special blend of fun, music and generosity at
event on Thursday, November 18th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., hosted at its Boca Raton Broken Sound Club’s Old Course as a sold-out
Innovation Campus (BRiC) on Yamato Road at 5000 T-Rex Avenue. The holiday magic crowd of 230 club members who had arranged
begins the moment eventgoers enter BRiC’s main entrance, transformed as Snowflake Lane. for general or premium seating enjoyed a concert
Surrounding the majestic 40-foot Christmas tree, friends and family will enjoy jolly Santa’s performance by Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti, the
arrival and photo-taking opportunities with him, festive music and dance performances memorable 2016 Golden Buzzer recipient and
by local schools and organizations, engaging themed children’s art activities, a yum-filled finalist of television’s America’s Got Talent, an
line-up of food trucks, and more. The event benefits Spirit of Giving and Junior League of Italian-American crooner known for his flawless
Boca Raton, as it has done in years past, spreading holiday cheer throughout the greater vocals, larger than life personality and heart of gold.
Boca Raton community and beyond. Backed by his Black Tie Brass band¸ Sal
Admission is pure give back. General admission is free with an unwrapped new toy delivered the sounds of Dean Martin, Tony
or monetary donation to Spirit of Giving, collected upon entry to support the nonprofit’s Bennett and Frank Sinatra, just as he has done for
Annual Holiday Gift Drive, bringing holiday cheer to thousands of children throughout Palm appreciative audiences at hundreds of sold-out solo appearances on stages from Madison
Beach County. The Spirit of Giving network creates alliances with nonprofit organizations Square Garden to Las Vegas.
by sharing resources and providing education to strengthen our communities. The July 22nd concert was held in the dining room at the club’s Old Course while Broken
VIP tickets are available at $50/adult, including access to a VIP hospitality tent, specialty Sound Club’s main clubhouse is in the process of an impressive $30 million-plus makeover
cocktails and light bites. Kids VIP tickets will also be available for $15 each (12 years scheduled to be completed later this year, and is one of several concerts being planned for
and under) and will include access to a “Kids Corner” within the tent that will serve up members’ entertainment.
children’s treats and beverages. One hundred percent of VIP sales will benefit the Junior All tickets for the Broken Sound concert were offered on a reserved basis: General Seating,
League of Boca Raton, an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, $60; Premium Seating, $100; Meeting with Sal after the show, additional $50. A Cash Bar
was available. The evening was sponsored by Broken Sound Club and Boca Friends Chapter
“Community” Tree Lighting on page 3 of the Pap Corps, with all proceeds donated to cancer research.
The Divine Feminine Interventions of Vickie Pierre

On View Through September 5th at Boca Museum of Art

Like the town crier in a fractured fairy tale, “Be My Herald of What’s to Come” is the title childhood home in Brooklyn.
of Vickie Pierre’s premiere solo museum show at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Grounded The interior design hearkened
in the Arts and Crafts movement, her installations have a storybook feel. A fractured fairy back to France as the mother
tale is, after all, a new twist on an old story, reimagined and restructured for a contemporary country of Haiti, but one that
sensibility. Just as fractured fairytales can be more subversive than the traditional fables, the never really was maternal. “It’s
playfulness and whimsical flourishes of Pierre’s assemblages are underscored by her pull not my history, and isn’t even
towards the beautifully grotesque. In this new exhibition, her works cast a feminine deity really my parents’ history. All
spell within the Museum gallery. In the installation she created in 2020, titled “Black Flowers of those decorative elements
Blossom (Hanging Tree),” the artist honors the souls of people lost to racial injustice, including I remember growing up with,
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the many others. The exhibition was the European flourishes,
curated by Kelli Bodle, the Assistant Curator of the Museum, and is on view until September rococo, and Victorian, were
5th. Vickie Pierre has also been commissioned to create two murals for the Museum’s entrance not even part of their lives
courtyard, as part of the new Sculpture Garden. when they were in Haiti. That’s
“These works proclaim that, while we can acknowledge the dark, painful parts of our past, the push and pull of it. It’s a
at the same time we can also express hope and light for the future,” says the Miami-based artist fantasy, but it’s a beautiful lie,”
Vickie Pierre. Her artworks cling to the romanticized, ornate European-based home décor of her says Pierre. “Visually, it’s the
best eye candy ever.”

The Divine Feminine
Interventions on page 3

See Mayor Scott Singer’s Column on Page 6
for Boca Raton’s Response to the

Surfside Condominium Tragedy