The South Florida Traveler

The Armory Art Center is West Palm Beach’s only community-based art center. Founded in 1986, the Armory offers arts education, exhibition, lectures and other programs. It also brings together a diverse group of people to share in their love of artistic expression.
This Thursday, June 12th from 6-8 pm free-lance photographer, Jacek Gancarz will present his exhibit La Milagrosa: The Face of Hope in the Colaciello Gallery. In doing this project, Gancarz visited Cuba several times over a 5-year span to capture images of ordinary Cubans with Ordinary Faith. Through these black and white portraits and the first-person quotes, the observer …read more

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I was never a huge fan of Miami Ink. These artists were amazing, but I’d rather not sit and watch someone get their body designed. It just looks painful. But when I read about the Miami Ink going off the air a few weeks ago, it made me kind of sad. This is a landmark in Miami on Washington Avenue that people flock to. Whether it is to take pictures and hope to capture one of the famous artists or to hope to get a new tattoo, it attracted a lot of traffic.
Miami Ink, the reality show aired on …read more

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The Norton Museum of Art, located in West Palm Beach, is home to over 5,000 works of art consisting of European, American, Chinese, Contemporary Art and Photography. It was founded by Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton in 1941. Norton, who before moving to West Palm Beach, was the head of the ACME Steel Company wanted to preserve and share his large collection. The Norton has grown over the years and strives to share the permanent collection with the public while educating and promoting arts education throughout the community.
Currently, they are running some special …read more

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Legos! The ultimate childhood memory. Remember the days when you spent hours creating the most magnificent castle or turned the living room into a city of legos, never to be destroyed. Even now, you can’t resist sneaking through the Lego aisle at the toy store catching a glimpse of latest additions or even wrapping up the newest set for any child you know, so you have a reason to indulge in those childhood memories. Years later you discovered there was an actual Legoland, but it was built in Denmark. Oh please, just let it be a little bit closer. As …read more

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Here we go. Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. Close your laptop, enjoy the sun (Yes, it was supposed to rain all weekend, but it is sunny and beautiful out today.), pack your car up and enjoy. Here is a collection of low or no cost activities to enjoy this holiday weekend.

Drive down to Delray Beach for the 11th Annual Delray Beach Craft Festival. This outdoor craft festival is located at the Tennis Center just off Atlantic Avenue and features a collection of handmade jewelry, acrylic paintings, glass votives among other crafts. There is also a green market there with …read more

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I recently read a post titled, Seattle: A to Z and I thought that this would be a great way to get this blog going and give an overview of my favorite places to go in South Florida. So here goes:

A – Discover a new favorite artist at Miami Beach’s top art festival, Art Basel.
B – Spend an afternoon at Bal Harbour, an ultra-luxe shopping center
C – Café Boulud is the place to be on Tuesday and Saturday nights for their popular lounge nights.
D – Dolphins Stadium
E – Rent a kayak and paddle your way through the southern and western …read more

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