Jack Johnson at Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL
Jack Johnson to the Sea 2010 Tour – August 26th – 7:00 pm thru 11:00 pm playing with G. Love (solo Acoustic) and ALO. Jack Johnson is a musician known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. In 2001, he achieved commercial success with the release of his debut album, ”Brushfire Fairytales.” He has since released four more albums, a number of EPs and surfing movies/soundtracks. He has sold 8 million albums worlwide to date. High best-selling album is Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the Film “Curious George.” Call M&M Airport & Car Service for “in style” transportation to this …
DINOTOPIA – at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach thru Sept 5, 2010
The Fantastical Art of James Gurney at the Norton Museum of Art. “Imagine a place where humans and dinosaurs live side-by-side…” Dinotopia is a fictional utopia created by author and illustrator James Gurney. It is the setting for the book series with which it shares its name. Dinotopia is an isolated island inhabited by shipwrecked humans and sentient dinosaurs who have learned to coexist peacefully as a single symbiotic society. The first book has “appeared in 18 languages in more than 30 countries and sold two million copies.” Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time and Dinotopia: The World Beneath both won Hugo Awards for best original artwork. Taken …
Bikes Fly Free on JetBlue
by Fran Golden – Posted July 8th, 2010 11:41 AM from Aol Travel All this month, JetBlue is letting cycling fans bring along their two-wheelers for free. The carrier said it was waiving its regular bike transport fee of $50 each way to celebrate the Tour de France. The carrier is broadcasting wall-to-wall coverage of Lance Armstrong and gang for a seventh year in a row on the seatback TVs of all its flights. The coverage is on VERSUS, the TV home of the 23-day Tour de France in the U.S. The free bike deal is available through July 31, …
Dave Matthews Band – Cruzan Amphitheater, Fri. 7/30
The dynamic performers of the Dave Matthews Band will be performing at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL on Friday July 30 at 7:00 pm. The Dave Matthews Band had their beginnings in Charlottesville, Virginia in early 1991, when vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews put some of the songs he had written on tape. He brought in some instrumental help to give his musical ideas more depth. The Cruzan Amphitheatre is in West Palm Beach, FL adjacent to the South Florida Fairgrounds. If you and your friends and family need a ride – call M&M Airport & Car Service, Inc. …
ALEX – First hurricane of the Season!
The National Hurricane Center in Miami upgraded ALEX to a Category 1 hurricane – the least powerful type – shortly before 10:00 pm CDT Tuesday. Alex is projected to stay hundreds of miles from the area of the BP spill zone, but the storm could cause complications on both the cleanup and the effots to cap the flow. 3 rigs, 28 platforms evacuated because of Hurricane Alex. Material from the Associated Press was used in this post.
“Am I The Only One?” – Sports Column
Who finds this time of year quite interesting in the world of sports? Why do you ask? Very simply, it’s the end of June, and the NBA and NHL playoffs just ended, NFL training camps don’t open for a month or so, and even baseball diehards like myself find the day to day “marathon” that baseball is, just a little bit tedious in this hot weather here in beautiful South Florida. So you ask, what are us sports aficionados watching on a daily basis??? Would you believe World Cup Soccer?? Just check out any of the many sports bars here …
The Beach Boys • April 4 at 8:00 pm • Kravis Center, West Palm Beach,FL
with Special Guest John Stamos The Beach Boys are best known for their rich vocal harmonies and songs about cars, dating and surfing in the California sun. Come hear all your favorite songs including “Good Vibrations,” “Kokomo”, and “California Girls.” The Beach Boys are an American rock band. Event location: Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd. • West Palm Beach, FL 33401 • (561) 832-7469