Cultural Council for Palm Beach County Welcomes 180 to CULTURE & COCKTAILS Spotlighting Four Local Th

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Jan. 17, 2020 - PRLog -- (Palm Beach, FL – January 17, 2020) Dave Lawrence, President & CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County today announced that this season's second CULTURE & COCKTAILS had a sold-out kick-off on January 13 with 180 friends and supporters sharing the fascinating conversation at The Colony Hotel Coral Ballroom in Palm Beach.

The topic was Hey, Madam Producer and featured::

+ Marcie Gorman, Executive Producer & Artistic Director of MNM Theatre Company, which presents musicals at the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse, including upcoming productions of Man of La Mancha and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

+ Vicki Halmos, Founder/Producer of Entr'Acte Theatrix, which stages musicals at Old School Square's Crest Theatre, including the recent productions of The Addams Family and Monty Python's Spamalot.

+ Jan McArt, Producer & Director of Theatre Arts Program Development at Lynn University, where she oversees three popular theatrical series: Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series, Jan McArt's New Play Readings, and the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret at Lincoln Center Comes to Live at Lynn.

+ Marilynn Wick, Executive Managing Producer of The Wick Theater & Costume Museum, which this season will be presenting major  productions of The Music Man, Evita, A Chorus Line and more.

They were interviewed by Suzanne L. Niedland, award-winning filmmaker, actor, and Broadway Producer

The next CULTURE & COCKTAILS will be:

February 3

Preserving Precious Treasures

A Conversation with sisters Barbara Stella & Sandra Stella, Co-founders of Stella Art Conservation

+ President & Chief Conservator Barbara Stella has performed treatments on artworks by prestigious artists (https://stellaartconservation.com/artists-restored-barbar...) such as Rembrandt, Monet, Salvador Dalí, Kenneth Noland, Joan Miró, Gerhard Richter, and more.

+ Executive Manager Sandra Stella has a 20-year professional career working with ambassadors, government ministers and policymakers in Africa (UK Consulate, Italian Embassy), Italy, Canada and the United States.

Interviewed by Sarah Wetenhall, President & CEO of The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach

CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder; The Donald M. Ephraim Family Foundation; The Gardens Mall; Clo & Charles S. Cohen; The Fine Arts Conservancy; First Republic Bank; Scott Teich, Teich Wealth Management of Raymond James; Woolems Luxury Home Builders; and The International Society of Palm Beach. With additional support from Legends Radio 100.3 FM, The Palm Beach Daily News, and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm.

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