CULTURE & COCKTAILS at The Colony Welcomes 200 to Conversation with Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Feb. 10, 2015 - PRLog -- Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

Welcomes 200 to Season's Third

CULTURE & COCKTAILS at The Colony for

Conversation with Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan

The  popular series  CULTURE & COCKTAILS , hosted by the  Cultural Council of Palm Beach County , recently attracted around 200 supporters to  The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach for the third "Conversation" of its 10th anniversary season.

Continuing this season’s theme of conversations with fascinating couples who are part-time residents of Palm Beach, the February 2 CULTURE & COCKTAILS featured iconic potter, designer, and author Jonathan Adler, who has more than 25 stores worldwide, and writer, bon-vivant, window dresser and fashion commentator Simon Doonan, who has worked in fashion for over 35 years and is the Creative Ambassador at Large at Barneys New York. Burt Minkoff, Realtor for The Corcoran Group, interviewed the entertaining couple.

The next CULTURE & COCKTAILS at The Colony will be held on Monday, March 2 and will be a Conversation with Charles & Clo Cohen. He is owner, Chairman & CEO of Cohen Media Group, which distributes independent and international films in the U.S., including most current French films and the current Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film ( Timbukto), and as President & CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty, he controls more than 12 million square feet of Class A office, retail and design showroom space nationwide, including DCOTA (Design Center of the Americas) in Dania Beach. She is the former model and advertising/marketing executive who worked with designers Tom Ford and Gucci in London and Jimmy Choo in the U.S.

Ellen  Wedner, Director of the recently completed Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, will interview Mr. and Mrs. Cohen.

Each  CULTURE & COCKTAIL event runs from 5 to 7 p.m., with registration and cocktails from 5 to 5:45 p.m., and the “Conversation” from 5:45 to 7 p.m., including audience Q&A. The Colony Hotel is located at 155 Hammon Avenue, just one block south of Worth Avenue and one block west of the Atlantic Ocean.

Admission to CULTURE & COCKTAILS is $60 for advance RSVPs and $75 at the door, and FREE for members of the Cultural Council ($250 level and above). All proceeds go to support artist programs of the nonprofit Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. For membership information or to RSVP, please contact Debbie Calabria at 561.472.3330.

The  2014-1015 season of  CULTURE & COCKTAILS  is generously sponsored by  The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation ; The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder ; The Palm Beach Post and The Palm Beach Daily News, and  PR-BS , a Boca-based public relations firm.

About the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County:

The Cultural Council is the official support agency for arts and culture for Palm Beach County serving non-profit organizations, individual artists and arts districts. The Council promotes the county’s cultural experiences through an integrated program of advertising, public relations and marketing activities to both visitors and residents. Each year, the Council administers more than $3.6 million in grants, supports arts and cultural education, provides capacity building training and advocates for funding and arts-friendly policies. Located in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. building in downtown Lake Worth, the Council mounts a series of group and solo exhibitions featuring Palm Beach County artists and provides other programming.

Connect with the Council at www.palmbeachculture.com, or 561.471.2901. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Media Contacts:

Gary Schweikhart

PR-BS, Inc.

561.756.4298

gary@pr-bs.net

Bebe Novick-Brodigan

Cultural Council of Palm Beach County

561.471.1602

bbrodigan@palmbeachculture.com