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Musically benefitting Hidden Tree Houses guitarist Jason Clements of St. Lucie West performed with his bandmates during the second annual Bryan Jackson Music Festival at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds Saturday, Jan. 9. See page A3 for the story and more photos.
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ST. LUCIE WEST — Tensions are high at Lake Charles, and maybe other local communities. Lake Charles resident Michael Miner is spearheading an attempt at recalling and replacing three members of the community’s executive board. Recall advocates had a meeting about it on Saturday, Jan. 9, at Sunrise Community Church. In addition to Lake Charles residents, folks from the Cascades at St. Lucie West, and perhaps other communities, attended. “Where you guys are, we’re going,” a speaker identifying himself as a Cascades resident said at the meeting. Miner is the homeowners’ representative in the Lake Charles recall attempt. Florida law spells out how homeowner association members can initiate recall elections. Recall advocates simply have to get a majority of association members to agree to one. They don’t have to give
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TREASURE COAST — A potential death sentence for Eriese Tisdale, the man convicted of killing St. Lucie County Sheriff Sgt. Gary Morales in 2013, was complicated this week by a U.S. Supreme Court move to declare Florida’s death penalty law unconstitutional. Though it was unclear whether Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn was planning to sentence Tisdale to
death or life in prison for murdering the 35-year-old veteran officer during a traffic stop in Fort Pierce, the sentencing hearing had been set for the morning of Jan. 15. However, a ruling Tuesday in a case out of Escambia County, the nation’s highest court decided Florida’s system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences. The 8-1 ruling said Florida’s sentencing procedure is flawed
because juries play only an advisory role in recommending death while the judge can reach a different decision. Florida, Alabama and Maryland are the only states that do not require a unanimous jury verdict when sentencing someone to death. In the Escambia County case, the jury voted 7-5 in favor of death, but a judge imposed the sentence. Florida’s solicitor general argued that the system was
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — According to Joy Jackson, her son really enjoyed making music. As a teenager, he taught himself to play guitar and early on, it was just a hobby. However, when the Jackson family moved to Florida, Bryan was 18 and his enthusiasm for music quickly blossomed into a love for it. First, Bryan played in a band called The Sweet Escape. In 2011, Bryan joined Ghost Cat, who were looking for a bass player and he willingly switched instruments. “At first, he just filled in a bit,” said Joy, a St. Lucie West resident. “This was an opportunity for him and they wanted him to stay on as the bassist and he did. He just cared so much about the music. He wanted the band to get signed and for them to travel.” Sadly, that dream was never fully realized during Bryan’s life as his was tragically cut short at the age of 26. Following a Ghost Cat show in Lake Worth in Oct. 2013, Bryan was in a car traveling north on Interstate
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bands we’ve played with,” said O’Brien. Included in the mix of bands is a German band, Always Wanted War. Even some who never knew Bryan at all still paid homage to him and to Ghost Cat. One of those musicians is St. Lucie West resident Katelyn Danise, who plays keyboards for Hidden Tree Houses, a band who made their live debut at the inaugural Bryan Jackson Music Festival in 2015. “This event is fantastic,” said Danise. “I was terrified playing there last year. I used to suffer from stage fright.” This event also means a lot to her on personal level. “When I was 16 years old, I met a local musician who also passed away because of a car crash with a drunk driver, so I felt an immediate connection to Ghost Cat. They’ve kind of taken us under their wing. We’ve played lots of shows with them.” According to Andersen, Ghost Cat’s drummer, the festival is indeed a fitting honor to his one-time bandmate and departed friend. “This is the best way to remember him,” said Andersen. “We are all here to pay tribute to him. This is an awesome thing. He’d
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Staff photo by Patrick McCallister Michael Miner is the designated homeowner representative for a proposed recall vote in Lake Charles. Miner was speaking at a resident-organized meeting set up to discuss recalling three of the board members. The five-member board has two seats up for regular election.
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causes to initiate recalls. Boards have options to challenge recalls and request state arbitration. A homeowners’ representative must be selected when recall efforts are launched. Advocates are pressing for recalling board members Ron Kruse, Steve Satin and Sandra Bakeman. The remaining two seats now held by Anthony Iaquinto and Paul Bettencourt are up for election in February. The three replacement candidates appeared at the meeting: Stephen Wagner, Charles Petolicchio and Larry Cohen. If residents recall Kruse, Statin and Bakeman, then Wagner, Petolicchio and Cohen would replace them. If residents recall one or two of the current members, then they’d be replaced by the top vote-getting replacement candidates. “I don’t want to do this,” Wagner said at the meeting. “I have to do this.” Wagner said among other reasons he’s chosen to back recall efforts and run as a replacement candidate is uneven and heavy-handed enforcement of rules and levying of fines. Wagner said he’s been fined for things that weren’t actual rules. In some cases, more than once. Cohen is a former board member. “After the election two years ago, I felt I couldn’t work with the people who were elected,” he said. “I resigned.” Recall advocates raised numerous concerns about the board, including hiring FirstService Residential as the management company. However, the most emblematic issue recall advocates raise is the board’s decision to refurbish and expand the community’s clubhouse with money for land taken under eminent domain to build Crosstown Parkway. That settlement was for $1.4 million. At issue is whether residents had enough say in whether an expanded clubhouse is needed or wanted. “This board has lost touch with us (residents),” Petolicchio said. Iaquinto didn’t attend the meeting, but gave a phone interview after. Iaquinto said he’s pleased with the management company. “They’re doing a superb job,” he said. “Obviously the old management company wasn’t doing its job to the board’s satisfaction.” Iaquinto said the clubhouse reconstruction, which is slated to start with a demolition shortly after press time, was discussed at numerous meetings. “When I hear people saying they weren’t given an opportunity to
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respond to the clubhouse situation, we’ve had meetings for over two years about the anticipated reconstruction of the clubhouse,” Iaquinto said. “I say to those people, where were you when we had these meetings.” Recall opponents also attended the meeting. They argued that Miner has led the recall effort as spite over unpaid fines against him. “If this man never got a violation to get his roof cleaned, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation,” Iaquinto said. Miner said that he does have fines that he’s disputing, but that the recall effort is because the fines helped him realize that the board is autocratic and citations capricious. If recall efforts don’t succeed, backers can try again. “There’s no limit on the number of times we can do this,” Petolicchio said in a telephone interview after the meeting. While most of the discussion was on what residents opposed about the current board, one resident brought up something for the replacement candidates to support — a dog park, and relaxing rules on dogs being on leashes at all times, even in resident’s yards. He said the current board members have opposed creating a dog park. “We have the property,” Bill Slaughter said at the meeting. “We have the money. They have fought us from day 1.” The three replacement candidates said they’d favor creation of a dog park, assuming it’s legal and affordable to the association. However, the three also agreed that it made sense to let residents allow supervised dogs to be in their yards without leashes. Iaquinto said creating a dog park would necessitate a vote by the residents rescinding a rule for dogs to be on leashes, and that the board has the issue on a back burner, but is considering it. “We haven’t shot the idea down yet, but we can’t go forward with it (yet),” he said. “We have to go to the residents.”
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DEATH from page A1 acceptable because a jury first decides if the defendant is eligible for the death penalty. In Florida, the judge makes the final decision on the existence of aggravating factors and the actual sentence, but is instructed by the law to give great weight to the jury’s recommendation. That change by the Florida Legislature followed a ruling in 2002 by the U.S. Supreme Court in an Arizona case that a jury must decide whether a defendant is eligible for the death penalty. Writing for the court in the ruling this week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said a jury’s “mere recommendation is not enough.” Sotomayor said the court was overruling previous decisions upholding the state’s sentencing process. The jury of seven women and five men that convicted Tisdale, 28, on Oct. 1 of first-degree premeditated murder in the Feb. 28, 2013, shooting of the 35-yearold Morales took less than three hours 10-days later after to recommend a death sentence. The jury was not unanimous, however, voting 9-3 for the death penalty. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling this week, that would seem to block Vaughn from sentencing Tisdale to death, even if he had already decided to do so.
The automatic appeals required by law typically allow a convicted killer to stay on death row for about 15 years, according to data compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center. Those automatic appeals and reviews are costly to the state and frusEriese Tisdale trating for prosecutors, said Tom Bakkedahl, the chief assistant state attorney who prosecuted the Tisdale case. Aside from the automatic appeals, there are other potential obstacles. Since 1979, after a 15-year period during which the constitutionality of the death penalty was in limbo until the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it, the state has executed 82 inmates. Nationwide, executions last year were at a record low of 49, of which 14 came from two states — Alabama and Florida — that allow recommendations of death with a majority vote of the jury rather than a unanimous vote. A bill proposed last year in the Florida Senate that would have required a unanimous vote by a jury to recommend a death sentence died in the Judiciary Committee.
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talent agent as a young adult, he worked the Catskill circuit. He later went on to play Vegas and Atlantic City. His show is a mix of song and stand-up. He’s been praised by the greatest comedy minds of his time. Legends such as Sid Caesar, Jackie Mason and Don Rickles have all paid tribute to his comedy stylings. On screen, Richards co-starred with Steven Segal in the 1991 movie, “Out for Justice” and played opposite Matt Damon and Edward Norton in “Rounders” in 1998. He’s done more than a dozen films and TV shows, including roles on Law and Order and an episode of HBO’s The Sopranos. Richards said in a phone interview he was honored to be asked to be Grand Marshal. “I’ve known Jerry Somma for quite a while,” he said. “I know he does good things for people. I went to the feast one time just as a patron, to see what it was all about and he asked me if I would be interested in appearing in the future. I said of course and did the event as a headliner for a couple years and the audience was just wonderful. I saw people there I hadn’t seen since I lived in New York, so many people, they just came out of the woodwork. It was really great, very gratifying.” Richards also said, perhaps gripping that mantle still to this day, he loved that the event was attached to a local children’s charity and it made him feel good to be a part of that. Portions of the festival proceeds are donated to Little Smiles, a children’s charity helping families with children in hospitals, hospices, shelters and other like facilities. Somma, who sits on the board of Little Smiles, said the event is so much about family there’s no better way to share. He said the board members have a saying, a mantra, the charity’s mission statement, “One board — one
family.” Additional acts include the “Pavarotti of Doo-Wop,” Tommy Mara & The Crests. Young Matthew Romero sings Italian staples in their native lyrics. Lou Villano covers hits by Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra and other crooners, while Franco Corso, billed as “The Voice of Romance,” is a true showman in every sense of the word, according to Somma. And then there’s the food. The festival will offer calzones, pizza, pasta, sausage and peppers, calamari, lasagna, meatballs, linguini and Italian eggrolls, along with cannolis, zeppoles and pinwheels, which Somma describes as the treat of the festival. To keep it all going down smoothly enjoy the Banfi Wine Tasting Seminars where festival goers have a chance to learn about a selection of Banfi wines while taking a seat to relax from the day’s festivities. A popular event is the pizza and lasagna all you can eat contest. Enoteca Restaurant is hosting the contest for the first time this year and owner, Jade Haffey, said she “feels very fortunate to serve the people of this community.” “It’s a very big event,” she said. “It’s one of the highlights of the community and it’s nice to be embraced by it. They are really great people; we love Tradition.” Haffey said her restaurant, which opened in 2014, is going to supply at least two pizzas for each contestant, but won’t have an end count until the final participant number has been determined. Also, the chefs will be working overtime to prepare all the lasagna. And how will they get all that food to the contest? “We’re pretty close to the Square,” she said. “So we’re just going to run them over on foot.” Another lady on foot that day, greeting and meeting people, will be Tradition’s own Jane Rowly, who supervises the vendors as
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The local Minor League baseball team is pitching in with The St. Lucie Mets Children’s Areas, where the kids will find games and prizes to keep them entertained, along with a chance to say hello to Klutch the team mascot. Somma said one of the greatest pleasures for him is the festival is so about family. There are midway rides and games for the kids, music to listen to, Bocce to play, and of course the food, drink and pastries. Three generations of people coming together and having a good time in a family oriented atmosphere, and what could be better than that? “While we are celebrating old traditions,” he said, “we’re creating new memories. You know, Italian, not Italian, it doesn’t matter, when people walk through those gates that weekend, for the next three days — they’re all Italian.” Festival Hours are Friday, Jan. 29, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday Jan. 30, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday Jan. 31, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $7.00 for adults, children under 12 are free. Multiple day passes are available and parking is free. For more information, check out the event website at www.tasteofitaly.net, or call (561) 427-0500.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — The Port St. Lucie City Council gave the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County $80,000 for 2016, but one member had his doubts. The council considered the funding request at its last regular meeting, Monday, Jan. 11. Councilman Ron Bowen had words for Peter Tesch, the council’s president. “We’re funding a lion’s share of your budget,” Bowen told Tesch at the meeting. Bowen noted that much of the council’s work is done in Fort Pierce, which is a much smaller donor to the council’s about $773 thousand 2016 budget. The city also gave it $80,000 last year. Bowen said that the city’s assistant manager, Daniel Holbrook, is also working in economic development. “I question why doesn’t the city take the $80,000 and invest it in Mr. Holbrook’s department and the city can do our thing, and you can do your thing,” Bowen said. Other council members defended the council and the city’s funding. “I believe that if (Holbrook) didn’t feel there was a value that he would have shared those things with us,” Councilwoman Shannon Martin said. She said that jobs in Fort Pierce benefit workers in Port St. Lucie. “We’re all in this together, although we do prefer for things to happen in our boundaries,” Martin said. Linda Bartz, vice mayor, said
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O’Hare. She was last seen at the Riverside Theatre in “South Pacific,” where she played Nellie Forbush. I spoke to her recently about playing Caitlin and returning to the Riverside. The young performer made her Broadway debut in March in “Dr. Zhivago,” but “Over the River” is her first non-musical professional production. Caitlin is a different kind of role for her. “She’s a nurse in her 30s,” Botts said. “She lives in the big city and she’s searching, too. She’s excited at the prospect of Nick and that he loves his grandparents so much. She hopes there are sparks. It’s an awkward situation. The grandparents have no filters and say what’s on their minds. There’s an interesting dynamic with Nick and it turns her off.” That dynamic is Nick wrestling with the conflict within him about leaving. “It’s a special situation that he goes to dinner with them every Sunday,” Botts said. “It’s a time of transition and change in his life and he has another dream. He’s trying to figure out how to tell them and not hurt them.” Botts said that when she first read the play, she thought it was sweet and funny. “I asked myself if it were a com-
edy or a drama,” she said. ”It’s a beautiful blend of both. All the schemes of the grandparents are funny, but it’s touching, with the cycle of life. It’s about the decision to move from home and build a new life, but (how), if you leave, it will never be the same, especially with grandparents. One has cancer and they don’t tell him. It’s touching and heartfelt.” Botts said she sees the Riverside audience enjoying it from several perspectives. “It will resonate with audiences,” she said. “Grandparents will think of their grandchildren and grandchildren will think of their grandparents.” Botts is thrilled to be returning to the Riverside stage. “’South Pacific’ was my first experience at the Riverside and I fell in love with the community,” she said. “You can combine the beach and the arts and it’s a perfect combination. The Riverside has a brilliant program that’s Broadway quality. (Producing artistic director and CEO) Allen Cornell has done an amazing job. I love it there.” The Riverside Theatre, 3250 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, presents “Over the River and Through the Woods,” by Joe Di Pietro, on the Stark Stage Feb. 2-21. Tickets start at $35. Call the box office at (772) 2316990 or order online at www.riversidetheatre.com.
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ST. LUCIE WEST — Italian pianist Francesco Attesti is a frequent visitor to the Treasure Coast. He made his first trip in 2010, when he contacted the local Rotary in Port St. Lucie. Attesti is a Rotarian and he networks throughout the world, contacting other members of the organization. Rotarian Paula Andreozzi brought Attesti to the attention of Thomas Bold, founder and director of the St. Bernadette Catholic Church Concert Series. Bold went to Attesti’s website, liked what he saw, and brought him to Port St. Lucie with Rotary as a partner. The first concert, on Valentine’s Day 2011, was an all-Chopin program. Three hundred people attended. The next year, Attesti returned as part of the St. Bernadette series and the audience doubled.
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Square Dancing every Saturday at 6 p.m. at Walton Road Community Center, 11090 Ridge Ave., Port St. Lucie. For more, call Michael Doughty at (772) 631-2184. West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 3431147.
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The Lucky Dogs at Rock n’ RiverWalk on the Riverwalk Stage, 121 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart, will be 1 to 4 p.m. For more about the lineup, visit www.historicdowntownstu art.com/rockin-riverwalk. Or more, call Ron Hart at (772) 485-1609.
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Lucie Parks & Recreation Department and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee of St. Lucie County, invite you to celebrate one of history’s greatest leaders by enjoying some wholesome food, entertainment, bounce houses and more. Admission is free. The event kicks off at noon with the March through the Park. Bring your lawn chairs and relax while we entertain your kids. For more, call (772) 3444142.
Wood carvers workshop 8 a.m. to noon at Walton Road Community Center, 11090 Ridge Ave., Port St. Lucie. For more, call Mike Coccia at (772) 359-8665. The Port St. Lucie Ambassadors of Swing tribute to Tommy Dorsey will start at 7 p.m. at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 in
WWW.YOURVOICEWEEKLY.COM advance and $10 at the door. For more, call (772) 807-4488. Spanish Class advanced conversation level at Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 to 11 a.m. This advanced Spanish class is taught by a volunteer instructor from Hispanics in Action, Inc. For more information, call (772) 3375632. Ballet 7 to 8 p.m. at the Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd. This is a basic
ballet class that can help your child with other activities, such as baton or gymnastics. Basic barre and center technique will be taught in order to improve coordination, stretch, and grace. Students should wear any solid colored body suit, pink tights, pink ballet shoes, and hair must be pulled back in bun or pony tail. There’s a $35 fee. For more, email Sonya Hoffman at jc1hoffman@yahoo.com.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 Stained glass class 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd. Learn the art of creat-
ing stained glass in the six-week course for beginners and intermediates. You will learn basic and advanced skills and will complete one project in the Tiffany copper foil technique. Seating is limited. The class is for those ages 18 and older. The fee is $99. The phone number is (772) 878-2277.
Tae Kwon Do, beginners class at the Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd. for those ages 6 to 11. The class is 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Martial Arts
classes are offered by the American Kang Duk Won Association in the traditional style of Tae Kwon Do and have been in Port St. Lucie for 30 years. Classes include kakas, sparring, and beginning and advanced self-defense. All classes are taught by certified black belt instructors. This is an ongoing program. No contract, no registration fees. The classes are $37.75 monthly. For more, call Charlene Watson, at (772) 342-4727. Tae Kwon Do, advanced class
at the Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd. for those 12 and older. The class is 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Martial Arts
classes are offered by the American Kang Duk Won Association in the traditional style of Tae Kwon Do and have been in Port
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ATTESTI from page B7 Attesti returns to St. Bernadette Jan. 31 with organist Matteo Galli. They will perform a rendition of Verdi’s “Requiem.” Bold noted that they have performed the work throughout Europe. I called Attesti at his home in Cortona, Italy, where he was spending the holidays, to discuss his collaboration with Galli. “We started collaborating in 2005,” he said. “He was the assistant artistic director at an association at Cortona that worked to maintain and restore historical organs. He found a score of the “Requiem” by chance in a private library. There are only two copies left and we own one of them.” The two first performed the piece Sept.11, 2005, at an event at the cathedral in Cortona. “There were many Americans and foreigners,” he said. “We decided to record it. It was the only published recording of the work for piano and organ. A French organist, Alfred Lebeau, the chief organist at Notre Dame Cathedral, transcribed in 1874. We think Verdi gave permission for the publication.” While a performance of a Requiem for two instruments may seem unusual, Attesti said it is not. “In the second half of the 19th century, it was usual to perform large works for only two instruments,” he said, “It was especially
in fashion in France and Germany. Many houses had pianos and reed organs.” Attesti and Galli have performed the work throughout Europe, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and around the United States. They recently performed it at the Milan Cathedral the same evening as the full “Requiem” was performed at Milan’s famed La Scala. Attesti is pleased to be returning to Florida. “Florida is a nice place to be in the winter,” he said. “It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world. I have a lot of friends. I have a very good relationship and friendship with Tom Bold. It’s nice to come back to the same places, the same venues with the same instruments.” Attesti will finish a recording of Mozart in January and then, in April, he’ll go to Sweden. He’ll be recording Brahms. “I go there every year,” he said. “There is the possibility of using a wonderful auditorium with an extraordinary piano. They offered me the opportunity to use it to record. It has fine acoustics. I try to find a good environment acoustically and a very good instrument. It’s very important for a pianist.” Francesco Attesti and Matteo Galli present Verdi’s “Requiem” at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 350 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35. Call (772) 224-7089.
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Photo courtesy of City of Port St. Lucie The Port St. Lucie Ambassadors of Swing Band is led by clarinetist Bob Carabia of St. Lucie West and drummer Pat DiCesare. Prominent musicians include Nat Stern, tenor sax-Andre Bernier, alto sax-Jim Lebon, baritone sax, Les Rottner, trumpet, Taddy Mowatt, bass, Chris Kalwa, tenor sax, Orlando Haddock, trumpet, John McKevitt, trombone, Conrad Zulaf, trombone, Carol Jackson, vocalist. They come from all over the United States and Canada.
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sound to the Port St. Lucie Civic Center when Dancing with the Big Band takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Emerald Ballroom.
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Mrs. Stancliffe’s Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her guests (nearly all women) return year after year. Her next door neighbor, the elderly silver-tongued, Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis, believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. When the mayhem settles down, all the women find their lives moving in new and surprising directions.
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St. Lucie for 30 years. Classes include kakas, sparring, and beginning and advanced self-defense. All classes are taught by certified black belt instructors. This is an ongoing program. No contract, no registration fees. The classes are $37.75 monthly. For more, call Charlene Watson, at (772) 342-4727.
Spanish Class beginning conversation level at Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 to 7:30 p.m. This advanced Spanish class is taught by a volunteer instructor from Hispanics in Action, Inc. For more information, call (772) 337-5632.
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Writers Workshop at Morningside Library at 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m. to noon. Meet with other writers in the Morningside Writers Group to read and critique writing in preparation for publishing. Drop in for a visit, or take work to read. For more, call Maureen Gallagher, (772) 337-5632. SCRABBLE fun at Morningside Library, at 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Take a board, or join others already playing. All levels welcome. For more, call Maureen Gallagher, (772) 337-5632. West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Tues. through Sat. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information,
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Rivernights at Rivergate will be 5 to 8 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park at Rivergate, 2200 S.E. Veterans Memorial Parkway, Port St. Lucie. Enjoy a tranquil and relaxing evening on the Riverwalk Boardwalk overlooking the beautiful St. Lucie River, or just hang out and enjoy the fire. There will be live musical entertainment and a cash bar and food available for purchase. St. Lucie River Cruises will also be offering 30 minute river tours for just $10. The price includes one specialty drink. This is a city-sponsored event.
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Tai chi Yang form at Oxbow Eco-Center, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Tai chi instructors Hildie and Hector Ruiz-Puyana will lead classes designed for everyone, including those who suffer from arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and balance issues. Appropriate for ages 16 and up; $10 per class or $32 for 4 classes. Reservation is a must. Oxbow Eco-Center is at 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie. For more, call (772)
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Fiber art involves making up vibrant art quilts, textural tapestries, handwoven baskets, felted works, jewelry, and three dimension paper art and paper garments.
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High fiber at the Backus Museum’s new show TREASURE COAST — High Fiber, the Backus Museum’s first exhibit of the New Year, opens on Jan. 13, and runs until Feb. 12. The Opening Reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 15 and the public is invited to come and learn more about fiber art and
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SWING from page B10 Tickets are just $7 in advance and $10 at the door and refreshments will be available, including special drink prices for this event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This event will feature a special selection of Tommy Dorsey’s greatest hits such as “Opus One,” “Getting Sentimental,” “Over You,” “Marie,” “Sunny Side of the Street,” “Cherokee” and many more. Tommy Dorsey’s music is perfect for swing dancing on the large dance floor of the Emerald Ball-
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The 1960s and 70s brought an international revolution in fiber art. How many of you remember making macramé plant hangers back then? It was all the rage and went well beyond weaving and macramé. Fiber structures were created through knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and interlacing. Artists in the United States and Europe explored the qualities of fabric to develop works that could be hung or free standing, 2- or 3 dimensional, flat or volumetric, many stories high or miniature, nonobjective or figurative, and representational or fantasy. There
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