Hustle Dance lessons @ your city library
Apr 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 6:00-7:45 pm
Where: West Palm Beach Public Library – 411 Clematis Street
Have you always wanted to learn how to do the hustle? Here is your chance! The City of West Palm Beach is hosting free hustle lessons at the library! So come on out to the library and bring your dancing shoes! Leather heels and soles required.
FREE PARKING (2 hours free at municipal garages)
For Additional Information:
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
(561) 868-7701 or Email: request@wpbpl.com
Meet Senator George McGovern!
Apr 20, 2009 - Uncategorized
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Where: West Palm Beach Public Library 411 Clematis Street
Senator George McGovern will be at the new library on Tuesday, April 21st from 6 to 8 pm on the 4th floor Grand Reading Room.
He will be discussing his latest book Abraham Lincoln. Senator McGovern has a PhD in History and will answer questions, and sell copies of his book.
For Additional Information:
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
(561) 868-7701 or Email: request@wpbpl.com
Road work at intersection of Olive Avenue and Lakewood Road
Apr 17, 2009 - Uncategorized
When: Beginning Monday, April 20, 2009
Where: Intersection of Olive Avenue and Lakewood Road
(04/17/09) Due to underground infrastructure improvements, the intersection of Olive Avenue and Lakewood Road will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, April 20, 2009. The intersection is expected to be closed for thirty days.
Traffic should detour via Dixie Highway.
Book Discussions: Homer’s Iliad and Aeschylus’ Oresteia
Apr 16, 2009 - Uncategorized
When: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 and Thursday, April 30, 2009
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
Where: 411 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Join us for book discussions on Homer’s Iliad, translated by Stanley Lombardo on Tuesday, April 21st and Aeschylus’ Oresteia, translated by Peter Meineck on April 30th. Expert scholar Dr. Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos will be exploring the theme “From Homer to Hip-Hop-Reinventing the Classics” and will lead the group in lively discussions on classical literature. Registration is required for each reading group. Please contact the library at 561-868-7701. To be held on the Third Floor in the Hibiscus Room.
This event is part of Page and Stage, an in-depth partnership between the West Palm Beach Public Library and the Aquila Theatre in New York, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- FREE PARKING (2 hours in municipal garage)!
For Additional Information:
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
(561) 868-7701 or Email: request@wpbpl.com
Road Closures for City Center Grand Opening Event
Apr 15, 2009 - Uncategorized
When: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Affected Area: Dixie Highway & Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach
(04/15/09 – West Palm Beach, FL) The City of West Palm Beach would like to advise motorists of the following road closures on Thursday, April 16 for its City Center Grand Opening event:
All Day Road Closures:
10:00 am to 11:00 pm - Clematis Street between Quadrille Blvd. and Dixie Hwy
10:45 am to 11:00 pm - Dixie Highway between Banyan Blvd. and Clematis Street
Temporary Road Closures:
The following road closures are temporary for the City Strut Employee Parade at 11:00 a.m. down Clematis Street. The West Palm Beach Police will reopen roads immediately after the last parade component has crossed each intersection and the roads are clear:
10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Narcissus Avenue between Clematis Street and 2nd St.
10:00 am to 12:00 pm – 2nd Street between Narcissus and Olive Ave.
10:00 am – North Clematis Street between Flagler Dr. and Narcissus Ave.
10:00 am – Lantana between Banyan Blvd. and North Clematis Street
10:45 am – South Clematis Street between Flagler Dr. and Narcissus Ave.
10:45 am – 200 & 300 block of Clematis St. between Narcissus Ave. & Dixie
10:45 am – Narcissus Ave. between Datura St. and Clematis St.
10:45 am – Olive Ave. between Datura St. and Banyan Blvd.
10:45 am – Banyan Blvd between old City Hall parking lot and Flagler Dr.
For more information or a schedule of events for the City Center Grand Opening celebration, please call 822-2222 .