Page 8 - Boca Club News - September '24

Page 8, Boca Club News
Experience Boca After Dark:

Night Markets Return To Downtown’s Sanborn Square

The heart of Boca Raton will “These events are all about celebrating our community,
come alive under the stars as the supporting local businesses and enjoying the unique
popular Night Markets return to culture that Boca Raton has to offer.”
Sanborn Square (72 N. Federal The city’s Night Markets will feature a diverse array
Highway) this fall. Running of local food vendors serving up mouthwatering dishes,
from October 2024 through May sweet treats to satisfy every craving, and an assortment of
2025, this series of markets will handcrafted goods by local artists and makers. Each market
take place on the first Thursday evening will be accompanied by live music, crafting the
of each month, from 6 p.m. to perfect atmosphere for a night out in the city.
9 p.m., offering residents and The 2024/25 Season dates include:
visitors an enchanting evening of October 3rd, 2024
food and drinks, art, live music November 7th, 2024
and community. December 12th, 2024
“ We l ook forwa rd t o January 9th, 2025
welcoming everyone back to February 6th, 2025
Downtown Boca for our Night March 6th, 2025
Markets,” said Richard Mahler, April 3rd, 2025
Community Events Coordinator May 1st, 2025
for the City of Boca Raton.
Boca History Museum Presents Free

“Centennial Saturdays” of Family Crafts Fun

The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, 71 N. The first activity event took place on Saturday, to the museum’s major exhibition celebrating the city’s
Federal Highway, has announced a new season of Free Fun September 7th. Following the reading of “Addison centennial, “Boca Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner’s
Saturdays, from September through November, themed Mizner: Visionary Architect,” attendees each made a Legacy,” on display from November 13th – May 30,
around the museum’s special upcoming exhibit, “Boca Paper Stuffy like one of Mizner’s pets. 2025. The multi-media showcase will highlight Boca
Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner’s Legacy,” on display Upcoming events’ craft activities include: Raton’s past century of development that began when
starting November 13th and throughout the City of Boca Saturday, October 5th at 2 p.m. Design and draw the Addison Mizner’s skill and vision as an architect, city
Raton’s centennial celebration. façade of a building in Mediterranean Revival or Mission- planner and industrialist produced the innovative and
Free Fun Saturdays are hosted at the museum on the style architecture. enduring designs that created Boca Raton, one of the
first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, November 2nd at 2 p.m. Learn how to draw world’s ultimate resort destinations and residential
include free admission for all visitors and a free children’s and design a Mizner planter in one-point perspective communities.
craft activity led by local artist and author Michelle with a plant on top. For more information, visit: www.BocaHistory.org.
Sherman, starting at 2 p.m. This installment of Free Fun Saturdays is a prelude
Town Hall Talks Explore Lives and

Legends That Shaped Boca Raton’s History

The Boca Raton Historical Society has announced the Legacy.” Speaker: Augustus Mayhew. Architectural For both events doors open at 6 p.m. for check-in and
next installment of Town Hall Talks, an evening lecture detective and social historian Mayhew explores the one- refreshments; the lecture begins at 6:30 p.m. Admission is
program given in Boca Raton’s original “Town Hall” in-a-million life of Addison Mizner who, despite his $10 for non-members, free for members of The Boca Raton
at The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, 71 North extraordinary accomplishments, remains best known as the Historical Society. Register in advance at: RSVP For Town
Federal Highway. These are especially timely as we subject of anecdotal fictional abstracts. Mayhew is the guest Hall Talks (bocahistory.org). For more information, visit
approach Boca’s centennial year. curator for our exhibit, “Boca Raton 1925-2025: Addison www.BocaHistory.org.
“The Town Hall Talks series is a wonderful opportunity Mizner’s Legacy.”
for our community to connect with Boca Raton’s rich history
through insightful presentations and discussions,” said
Mary Csar, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Historical
Society. “We’re excited to bring these exceptional speakers NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
to our historic venue and provide a platform for exploring
the people and events that have shaped our city.”
The first of three events was held on Wednesday,
September 11th, when “Theodore Pratt: a Florida Boca Raton Concierge Medicine Doctor
Writer’s Life,” was the subject of a talk and book signing
by Taylor Hagood about Boca Raton’s most successful
author, Theodore Pratt. Pratt was the author of fifteen Board Certified in
books about Florida, earning him the nickname “Literary
Laureate of Florida.” Many of Pratt’s books from the 1940s Internal Medicine
and 50s were made into movies, including the popular with Added Qualifications in
1964 Disney film, The Incredible Mister Limpet. (The
Spanish River Boulevard Bridge is actually named in his Geriatrics (2002).
honor.) Author Hagood is a professor of literature at Florida
Atlantic University, whose books include “Faulkner, Writer
of Disability” and “Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Steven E. Reznick, MD, FACP
Country Music Legend.” Voted a “Best Doctor”
Upcoming Town Hall Talks include:
Wednesday, October 9th at 6 p.m. “Florida Sculptors and by his peers.
Their Work 1880-2020.” Speaker: Deborah Pollack. Art
Historian Pollack will present her newest work, “Florida Call to request a complimentary meeting
Sculptors and Their Work 1880-2020.” Capturing the
Sunshine State’s essence, this well-researched and generously with Dr. Reznick.
illustrated volume tells the fascinating stories of these creative
people and reveals secrets behind their three-dimensional
art—from realistic to abstract to folk art. Discover how 561.368.0191
Florida has inspired such world-renowned artists as Augusta
Savage, Duane Hanson, Richard Anuszkiewicz, John
Chamberlain and Robert Rauschenberg, as well as lesser- 7280 W. Palmetto Park Road | 205N
known yet highly praised sculptors. Author Pollack is a Boca Raton, FL 33433
former fine art dealer and the author of a number of award-
winning publications who calls Palm Beach home. www.bocaconciergedoc.com
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 at 6 p.m. “Double Take:
Reflections on Addison Mizner’s Life, Legend and