Page 15 - Boca ViewPointe - September '24

September 2024 Viewpointe, Page 15
Join The Conversation: Town Hall Talks Explore

The Lives And Legends Shaping Boca Raton’s History

September 11, October 9 & Wednesday, October 9 at 6 p.m. About The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum:
“Florida Sculptors and Their Work 1880-2020”
The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum is the home

January 8 at 6 p.m. Speaker: Deborah Pollack of the Boca Raton Historical Society, whose mission is
Art Historian Deborah to collect, preserve, and present information and artifacts
By Hillary Reynolds Pollack will present her relevant to the past and evolving history of Boca Raton and
newest work Florida to maintain a visible role in the education and the advocacy
The Boca Raton Historical Society has announced the Sculptors and Their Work of historic preservation in the community. Now open to the
next installment of Town Hall Talks, an evening lecture 1880-2020. Capturing the public Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the
program given in Boca Raton’s original “Town Hall” at The Sunshine State’s essence, museum is in historic Town Hall at 71 N. Federal Highway
Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum, 71 North Federal this well-researched and (33432). For more information, please call (561) 395-6766
Highway. generously illustrated or visit www.BocaHistory.org. 
“The Town Hall Talks series is a wonderful opportunity volume tells the fascinating
for our community to connect with Boca Raton’s rich history stories of these creative
through insightful presentations and discussions,” said people and reveals Attention
Mary Csar, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Historical secrets behind their three-
Society. “We’re excited to bring these exceptional speakers dimensional art—from Boca Pointe Residents!
to our historic venue and provide a platform for exploring realistic to abstract to folk
the people and events that have shaped our city.” art. Discover how Florida has inspired such world- Flatten All Your Boxes!
Wednesday, September 11 at 6 p.m. renowned artists as Augusta Savage, Duane Hanson, Our recycling trucks do not pick up your
“Theodore Pratt: a Florida Writer’s Life” Richard Anuszkiewicz, John Chamberlain, and Robert
Speaker: Taylor Hagood Rauschenberg, as well as lesser-known yet highly praised cardboard boxes if they are not flattened. Instead,
Join us for a talk and sculptors. Author Pollack is a former fine art dealer and the they go to trash and are burned with regular refuse....
book signing for a new author of a number of award-winning publications who calls lost revenue for residents of Boca Pointe. 
publication about Boca Palm Beach home.
Raton’s most successful Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 6 p.m.
author, Theodore Pratt. Pratt “Double Take: Reflections on Addison Mizner’s Life,
was the author of fifteen Legend and Legacy” Please
books about Florida earning Speaker: Augustus Mayhew
him the nickname “Literary Architectural detective and social historian Augustus Be Courteous
Laureate of Florida.” Many Mayhew explores the one-in-a-million life of Addison
of Pratt’s books from the Mizner who despite his extraordinary accomplishments Pedestrians
1940s and ’50s were made remains best known as the subject of anecdotal fictional
into movies including the abstracts. Mayhew is the guest curator for our exhibit “Boca have the
popular 1964 Disney film Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner’s Legacy.”
The Incredible Mister Doors open at 6 p.m. for check-in and refreshments, the right of
Limpet. (The Spanish River Boulevard Bridge is actually lecture begins at 6:30 p.m.
named in his honor.) Author Hagood is a professor of Admission is $10 for non-members, free for members way!
literature at Florida Atlantic University whose books include of The Boca Raton Historical Society. Register in advance
Faulkner, Writer of Disability and Stringbean: The Life and at: RSVP For Town Hall Talks (bocahistory.org).
Murder of a Country Music Legend. For more information, visit www.BocaHistory.org.

IMPACT WINDOW WALLS IMPACT GARAGE DOORS COUNTRY CLUB SPECIALISTS

• Family-owned business for over 25 years CUSTOM FRONT DOORS IMPACT WINDOWS & DOORS

• Free Estimates

• No sales tax on all impact products

• Impact windows & doors qualify for
homeowner insurance discounts

• Reduce energy expenses

• Polo Club Specialists

$0 DOWN $0 PAYMENTS UNTIL 2025 FINANCING

Florida Storm Protection Unlimited, LLC
525 S Flagler Ave,
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
954-785-0741

www.floridastormprotection.com