Friday, September 28, 2018

About last night . . . The City of Lake Worth was center stage.


What a great night in Downtown Lake Worth at the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s premiere screening of “On The Town In The Palm Beaches” produced by WPBT2, the Public Broadcasting Service in South Florida:


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This was the first episode of 3rd Season and the featured municipality was the City of Lake Worth. Actor and writer Frank Licari was the host and producer for this episode along with WPTB2 producer Cindy Hing, a longtime South Florida resident.


Frank Licari, Cindy Hing and Melissa Harmon, Dir. of Production at WPBT2.


The City of Lake Worth’s episode of “On The Town” will air at 8:30 tonight on WPBT2 affiliate WXEL-TV, the regional public television service that serves North Miami Beach to Sebastian in Indian River County.


Without further ado. . .


At 6:15 there was already a long line at the door.
The reception began at 6:30.

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The Cultural Council is located at the Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. Building in Downtown Lake Worth.


The gallery at the Cultural Council filled quickly.
Before long it was standing room only.

The food provided was exceptional.

One of the screens for the big event. . .

Looking back . . . The Cultural Council “back in the day”, circa 1971, was The Lake Theater.


The sponsors of Lake Worth’s “On The Town” episode:

“Thank You to Our Sponsors”


Thank You to the producers at WPBT2: Also featured on the Lake Worth episode of “On The Town In The Palm Beaches” was The Cottages of Lake Worth book:

Just recently attendees at the annual conference of the Florida chapter of the American Planning Assoc. toured Downtown Lake Worth and The Cottages.


How much do you know about South Florida PBS?

WPBT2 history: “On August 12, 1955, WPBT2
went on the air without a penny of tax money
having been spent.”

A crowd shot:

Notable notables in attendance: Boynton Beach Mayor Steven Grant, Lake Worth City Manager Michael Bornstein, Lake Worth Vice Mayor Andy Amoroso, Lake Worth Commissioner Herman C. Robinson, and Town of Palm Beach Deputy Town Manager Jay Boodheshwar.


And another notable notable. . .

Jon Faust (right), Chair of Lake Worth’s Neighborhood Assoc. Presidents’ Council next to Vice Mayor Andy Amoroso.


Meet the Director of the PBC Cultural Council:
Mr. David B. Lawrence.

Mr. Lawrence addressing those in attendance.


And lastly, a Tweet from last night. . .




Hope you found this information today informative and as always, Thank You for visiting once again today.