(PRESS RELEASE)_Morikami is pleased to announce its March programming, which includes innovative Japanese flower arrangements, intricate raking demos, and an exciting, meet-the-director movie screening.Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22

Ikebana Flower Arrangement- Ikenobo School (Class)
Time: Beginners – 11am – 1pm
           Intermediate – 1pm – 3pm*
Cost: $80 (Morikami Members $70). Advance Registration Required.
*Intermediate courses are for students with prior experience or have taken at least three sessions of Ikebana classes. Flower arranging, ikebana, is a traditional Japanese art form spanning centuries. Ikebana has various different schools of study, each with unique philosophies and aesthetics. Dating back to the 15th century, the Ikenobo School is the oldest and most traditional. Students in this course learn the basic principles and style creating fresh flower arrangements each week to take home and enjoy.
 
Wednesdays, March 2, 9, 16, 23
Ikebana Flower Arrangement: Sogetsu School (Class)
Time: Beginners – 10am – 12:30pm
           Intermediate – 1:30pm – 3:30pm*
Cost: $80 (Morikami Members $70). Advance Registration Required.
Flower arranging, ikebana, is a traditional Japanese art form spanning centuries. Ikebana has various different schools of study, each with unique philosophies and aesthetics. The Sogetsu School is a contemporary school, which focuses on the creativity and individuality of ikebana. The idea is that ikebana can be done by anyone, anywhere, with almost anything. Students will learn the basics of Sogetsu and create pieces each week to take home and enjoy. *Intermediate courses are for students with prior experience.Morikami is pleased to announce its March programming, which includes innovative Japanese flower arrangements, intricate raking demos, and an exciting, meet-the-director movie screening.

(PRESS RELEASE)_(West Palm Beach, FL – February 14, 2022) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden will be hosting 30 fun, healthy, educational, and always awesome open-air events in March.
 
“Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden is inviting garden enthusiasts, plant lovers, and proud ‘green-thumbers’ of all ages to come out and enjoy some of our many safe, informative and happy horticultural activities throughout February,” says Curator-Director Rochelle Wolberg. “And everybody with a determination to ‘get healthier’ will find a series of events to nurture both the body and soul.”
 
Through May 1
Sean Kenney’s Nature POP!
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am to 4 pm (last entry at 3 p.m.)
$15 adults; $12 seniors 65+, college students and military with ID; $7 ages 6-17; FREE for MBG members and children under 6. Ticket includes full Garden admission.
Tickets available for purchase at www.mounts.org or at the gate.
Reconnect with your Inner Child. This exciting exhibition from acclaimed artist Sean Kenney made its Florida premiere at Mounts. It features over 40 sculptures made from more than 800,000 LEGO® pieces and explores the beauty of nature through highly stylized, colorful displays that stand in striking contrast with their surroundings. Produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Nature POP! blends art, science, and innovation in the display of these sculptures.

(PRESS RELEASE)_Dennis O’Hagan’s job is to travel the country playing guitar, drinking craft beer, and writing about it... And it’s working out quite well, despite hurricanes and even a global pandemic. Now he’s prepping a documentary/reality show based on his adventures which combines the brewery visits, live music, and the humorous shenanigans that occur on the road between breweries.

O’Hagan, 51 walked away from a successful career in tech and embarked in 2018 on a national tour playing his music in craft breweries throughout the U.S., drinking their beers as he played, and then blogging about the breweries, their product, and his traveling adventures after each show.  He has so far played more than 300 breweries in more than 30 states, while sharing his thoughts on hundreds of pints of beer along the way.

Continuing to ride a wave of increasing demand, Dennis O’Hagan’s Great Brewery Tour grew even bigger in 2021, and enters its fifth year in 2022. To meet the demand O’Hagan brought his musician son Brad Wehlitz, 25, (who also fronts acclaimed local Cincy band Freak Mythology) into the fold, and they now share the stage as a combo, changed the name to the Dennis & Brad’s Great Brewery Tour, and incorporate both of their talents as multi-instrumentalists to greatly expand the sonic scope of the shows .

The two have been approached by several entities in recent years about taking their story to the screen.  There were originally plans to shoot a pilot in New Orleans in April 2020, but then Covid happened.  “We thought it might have died on the vine, but we’re told there is a real hunger for new content, and evidently a lot of interest in what we’re doing, so here we are filming pilot episodes.”

The show will focus on two primary themes: first, following Dennis and Brad and a crew of misfits and artists as they keep alive the great American tradition of hopping a train, joining the circus, and taking the great road trip.  Forging their own path all over the country, finding adventure and mischief as they chase their passions for playing live music and discovering great beers (and interesting characters) at craft breweries from coast to coast. The other underlying theme is that it’s never too late to chase your dreams or reinvent your life.  These guys, along with most craft brewers, did college and the corporate job routine, and then tossed it aside to reinvent their lives in a way that was more in tune with their personal passions and interests... And hopefully will instill the hope in others that they, too, CAN live the lives they really want as well, with some effort and planning.

The show will follow the tour as it travels all over the country, highlighting craft breweries as diverse as big urban brands to rural and mountaintop farm breweries.  This week the tour will be playing shows at local breweries Stormhouse Brewing in North Palm Beach on Friday, 2/18, and American Icon Brewery in Vero Beach on 2/19.  The tour is spending much of February playing breweries all over Florida, then will play the Mid-Atlantic states in March, and then embarks on a five week west coast tour in April.

(PRESS RELEASE)_​(Washington, DC, February 10, 2022) — February 10, 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the spy exchange between CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and Soviet KGB Colonel Rudolph Abel at the Glienicker Bridge in Potsdam, Germany. To commemorate this event and teach future generations about the Cold War, the pilot’s son Francis Gary Powers, Jr., Mary Ellen Donovan Fuller the daughter of attorney James Donovan who negotiated the exchange, and the leading expert on Rudolph Abel Vin Arthey discussed Cold War history with retired KGB Intelligence Officer Svetlana Tumanov and Kirill Gorshenin of Pravda.ru.
 
The program, hosted by retired KGB Intelligence Officer Svetlana Tumanov and Kirill Gorshenin from Pravda.ru, explores Cold War tensions, an overview of the U-2 Incident, and the ultimate exchange of Francis Gary Powers and Frederick Pryor for Rudolph Abel in February 1962. The program can be viewed by clicking on this https://youtu.be/vWTqACEmqcU.

(PRESS RELEASE)_MIAMI (February 9, 2022) – Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity rail in America, has partnered with The Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida for Black History Month to host an art installation featuring original works by Purvis Young, a renowned artist who was born in Liberty City and lived and painted in historic Overtown. Brightline’s headquarters and MiamiCentral station are also located in Overtown, and the collaboration underscores its commitment to support and positively impact local communities throughout South Florida. 
 
Exclusive to Brightline’s MiamiCentral station, guests can view the Purvis Young exhibit throughout the month of February inside the Premium Lounge. The complimentary display features 19 original pieces, along with a QR code that links to a video of the artist detailing his works and creation process, all courtesy of The Black Archives, a non-profit organization that collects and preserves the rapidly vanishing material that reflects the African American experience in Miami-Dade County.