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Local Happenings from page 12 person. Premium seating is This way you will always be up to date about their many
Benzaiten Center for Creative reserved for $50 a person. class and special workshop offerings as well as their much-
There are 25 premium
anticipated Visiting Artist events. Also, check out the center’s
Arts Showcasing Their Own seats. You can sign up and tremendously fun fundraising events, which help them raise
pay for these events by
money for their many kids’ and scholarship programs.
Creative Director, Eli Cecil visiting their website. Go www.benzaitencenter.org
to the Events tab and then (561) 508-7315
Eli Cecil who is the extremely talented creative director scroll down to either the Hours
for the Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts is an artist on the Meet the Artist Dinner or Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
move. Eli is represented in galleries across the country, he has the Visiting Artist page. Find Us
worked with glass artists in Murano, Italy, his work adorns So you never miss out on 1105 Second Avenue South, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460
many homes in Palm any of the fun events taking GPS doesn’t always get you here: Exit I-95 at Sixth
Beach County and he place at the center, be sure Avenue and go east. Take a left at the blue Kwik Stop
just curated the highly to sign up to be on their Store and then a right on Third Avenue South. Park in
successful “Hot Glass” mailing list. Or better yet, our parking lot or anywhere on the street.
exhibition at the Cornell become a member, which
Museum at Old School will entitle you to multiple The Pet Cottage Post
Square in Delray Beach. discounts and privileges. Eli’s ikebana vase
The man gets around! The Pet Cottage: Where Pets and People
So, the Benzaiten Belong
Center thought it was an
excellent time as part of Happy New Year! As we welcome
their 10th Anniversary 2025, we’d like to share the story
Season to showcase one of The Pet Cottage, a unique
of their own and who organization where pets and people
better than their wildly belong, where hearts grow bigger,
talented Mr. Cecil? He is and where those who are often
known for his beautiful Eli Cecil with two of his bonsai overlooked — senior pets and people
and graceful blown trees on display at the prestigious — are treated with the dignity, patience,
glass bonsai trees and Habatat Gallery in Detroit compassion, and love they deserve.
ikebana arrangements. When pets lose their humans due to death, disability,
He will have all new pieces for these upcoming events, which deployment, or challenges such as dementia, Alzheimer’s,
kick off Thursday night January 9 with a Meet the Artist or cancer, their world is turned upside down. Often these
Dinner. This is an elegant sit-down, three-course dinner held pets are older, facing health issues themselves, and feeling
in the center’s fine art gallery where the artist is given the scared and uncertain about their future. That’s where The Pet
opportunity to tell his story of how he got into world of fine Cottage steps in, transforming a heartbreaking situation into
art, what inspires him and the challenges of working with one filled with hope and care.
hot glass. This event is $100 a person. The Pet Cottage doesn’t just rescue pets; it provides a
The following night is one of the center’s famous Artist Forever Promise. Unlike shelters, which focus on adoption,
Blow-Outs. This particular one will be held the following The Pet Cottage offers Lifelong Guardianship. This means
night on Friday the 10th of January. Eli will perform for every pet that enters their program is cared for, loved, and
three hours to the music of a live band, with drinks and supported for life. From medical care and surgeries to
nibbles. For anyone who has not attended one of these behavioral support and a stable home environment, The Pet
muscular, fiery events, you’re missing out! This year Cottage ensures that no pet feels abandoned again.
Benzaiten had to raise the price a bit because last year
they were all sold out. It is still a great deal at $25 per Eli working on one of his bonsai trees Local Happenings on page 14

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