Mary Kate Leming's Blog Posts Tagged 'column' (87)

Varvara Levchenko (left) and Venus Williams share a laugh during a pre-tournament news conference at the Federation Cup tennis matches in Delray Beach. With them are Sloane Stephens, Serena Williams, Mary Jo Fernandez. The Williams sisters led the U.S. to a 3-2…

Jazz fusion band Oriente will perform at the Arts Garage on May 11. Photo provided

By Greg Stepanich

    Although the arts center she has run for two years was in danger last month of going the way of the…

Judy Collins (left) with CARP luncheon chairwoman Barbara Katz. Photo by Paulette Martin

By Thom Smith

“I wanted to get this out of the way right now …

Bows…

By Thom Smith

A year ago this month, Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jane Saunders decided the school’s athletics department needed a kick in the pants. She started at the top, firing Athletic Director Craig Angelos. Granted, the new stadium had been built on his watch, but fund-raising and marketing weren’t where she thought they should be. The athletics budget of nearly $16…

Burt Reynolds gives advice to Marlin Wagner, a student who performed solo moments before.

Photo provided

By Thom Smith

    The flu put him in the hospital for several days, but nothing was…

A seagull rides the wind as champion surfer Kelly Slater braves the waves generated by Hurricane Sandy near Boynton Inlet. Photo by James Knill

By Thom Smith

     As Hurricane Sandy blew past, she didn’t…

Grand Opening celebration: Style Bar Day Spa, Palm Beach – Dec. 13

Keira Glynn of Hypoluxo Island was one of dozens of patrons treated to a portrait during the grand opening of the Style Bar, which moved from the Hamptons and…

Courtney del Filen (No. 120) loses the first of both shoes during the Delray Beach Stiletto Race, held Nov. 16 on Southeast Fourth Avenue.  The race, presented by Vince Canning Shoes and Achievement Centers for Children & Families, raised more than $5,000 to…

Ocean Ridge resident Luke Smith eats lunch at Hurricane Alley in Boynton Beach with Healy, a Labradoodle he was petsitting. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Arden Moore…

Lori Robbins (left) and Candy Evans harvest vegetables in the Community Garden of the…

Women participate in a qigong class near Boca Raton’s South Beach Pavilion. The ancient Chinese class is offered by Lisa Perdue and Enrique Diaz.  Paula Detwiller/The Coastal Star

By Paula Detwiller

At first glance, it looks…

By Tim Pallesen

A new $3 million mosque that opened last month is evidence of the rapidly growing Muslim population in southern Palm Beach County.

    The 30,000-square-foot Islamic Center of Boca Raton will serve as a house of prayer, education center and community gathering…

By Thom Smith

These are the times that try men’s souls …  especially in real estate.

    Blackstone Group, which owns the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Hilton Hotels and a few other big-ticket properties, is buying Motel 6 for $1.9 billion. (Don’t look for the Boca Resort to be converted.) And across Lake Boca Raton, at the inlet, is the spanking new One Thousand…

Matthew and Brooke Slinger’s daughter, Harper Rose, was born using Bethesda Memorial Hospital’s family-centered maternity care program. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Paula Detwiller

It’s called…

Members of the Avenue Church bow in prayer to kick off their fitness ministry, which began July 14. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Tim Pallesen

Bikers and runners on Ocean Boulevard generate the most activity…

By Arden Moore

Even though I’m the one with a bachelor’s degree in communication, the stellar communicators in my family are a pair of rescued mutts who answer to the names of Chipper and Cleo. Their “talk” is always clear and consistent — whether they are communicating with…

By Greg Stepanich

The very first piece of art Tim Wride tried to buy was a drawing by Edward Gorey, which he saw at the old Gotham Book Mart while he was a college student in New York.

    Although he ended up not being able to afford the drawing,…

A look at how therapists believe brain chemistry responds to aromatherapy. Image provided

By Paula Detwiller

In an era when everything from pet shampoos to plug-in air fresheners are advertised as…

Alan Jacobson in his new home, The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan. He has opened the theater with a series of revues. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star

By Greg…

By Arden Moore

Meet Amy Restucci, a self-described big-mouth, low-maintenance chick who never complains when she makes the trek down I-95 in bumper-to-bumper traffic from her West Palm Beach home to rural Miami.

She doesn’t mind the drive because she possesses an unparalleled drive when it comes to rescuing abandoned, skinny strays roaming the Everglades and rural, impoverished areas in south Miami-Dade County.…