BUY LOCAL

A 2020 gift guide to support South Florida creatives

This is really the year to think k local when it comes to shopping for holiday gifts— your neighbo ors and their businesses are hurting. Of course, shopping locally may require a littlemore advance planning, research, strategy and eff ffort. Butwhat better time to stop at that neighborhood spot you’ve been meaning n meaning to try or the place a few towns over that your friends have mentioned? Here are eight local gift ideas, with awebsite and physical address, as appropriate. There may be no betterway to get in the holiday spirit than with a little mask-to-mask exchange of mutual appreciation.

Put your money where his mouth is

Cruise Bogle is a Delray Beach painter who creates beautiful beach scenes and depictions of ocean life as framed originals and less expensive prints, aswell as on T-shirts, tumbler cups and stickers. This winter, your cousin up north needs a shirt with a Cruise Bogle octopus on it (tank top $20.99, long sleeve $39.99). The gift comes with a story, too. Bogle painted these images with his mouth. A skim-boarding accident at age 19 left Bogle paralyzed but undaunted. More than a decade later, Bogle describes himself as a “wheelchair-bound

but mentally free, mouth-painting quadriplegic artist, professional smiler and positive thinker.” All proceeds fromthe sale of his art and merchandise cover Bogle’s ongoing physical therapy. Visit CruiseBogle.com.

Remember Tortuga?

Howabout the gift of optimism? The 2021 Tortuga Music Festival is committed to Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on Nov. 12-14, with the same lineup as the COVID-canceled 2020 festival: headliners Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan and Tim McGraw, joined by a strong undercard featuring Morgan Wall en, Jon

Pardi, Pitbull, Barenaked Ladies and others. Tickets are on sale, with a new wrinkle: The daily music schedule is set and single-day tickets are available now— so if you don’t want to invest $239 for a three-day pass, pick a single day with your favorite acts and spendp $138. VisitTortugaMusicFestival.com.

For the manatee hugger

Saltwater Brewery in Delray Beach, which pioneered fish-edible six-pack rings, has a newline of long-sleeveT- shirtsmade from recycled plastic bottles. The shirts come with UPF 50-plus protection in 20 designs, including several inspired by favorite beers. Howcan your sister resist putting your nephew in a Sea Cow Milk Stout shirt? Price: $42.95. Keeping those bottles out of the ocean? Priceless. Salt Water Brewery is at 1701 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Visit SaltWaterBrrewery.com.

For the creative type

Sunday, Nov. 29, is Museum Store Sunday (who knew?),

when the shop inside your local museum will offer unique deals on items that will forever rehabilitate your gift-giving reputation. For instance, the store at the Boca Raton Museum of Art has plates, vases and mugs

created by Delray Beach ceramic artist Jeff Why man, inspired by the shell collection that informs his exhibit “Out of Nature.” The museum celebrates these distinc--

tive pieces as functional art: “His spouts are twisted, his vases sag and tilt, and his plates are rife with lumpy accretions.” Prices range from$50 to $200.

The store also has artful facemasks ($12-$18); “Truth Bomb,” a newbook about pioneering female artists ($34.95); and many other items. Themuseum celebrates Museum Store Sunday from11 a.m. to 7 p.m., offering20% off your purchase, a free mask with a purchase of $50 or more, free museum admission and curbside pickup for phone orders 3-6 p.m. The Boca Raton Museum of Art is at 501 PlazaReal. Visit BocaMuseum.org.

Merry movie night to all

Howabout amovie night with a groupof family, friends or co-workers in an actual theater with a film of your own choosing? (Did someone say “Caddyshack”?) With an eye on creating COVIDsafe entertainment, Coral Gables Art Cinema is offering a deep theater rental discount, with a rate of $275 (members $200) for screenings for groups of 20 or fewer. (The typical rate might be twice that much.) You bring the movie on Blu-ray or DVD, and the theater handles the rest (there’s a charge if you need Gables Cinema to find the film for you). For a$5 flat fee each, guests get one candy, a nonalcoholic beverage and popcorn (when purchased for every guest in the party). Concessions also can be purchased a la carte at regular prices, including beer and wine. Timeslots are 10a.m., noon, 1, 5 and 8 p.m. daily, with the theater open 30 minutes in advance, mask and social-distancing protocols inplace. The theater requests that rentals purchased with the pandemic discount be used by mid-January. If you can’t wait, Gables Cinema is offering a Black Friday rental deal of $99 for screenings through Nov. 30. The theater is at 260Aragon Ave. Visit GablesCinema.com.

Lake Worth quirkiness

Convivio Bookworks, a letterpress and book arts studio in Lake Worth operated by John Cutrone and husband Seth Thompson, revels in the glory of the handmade, including beautiful face masks (created by a family in Chiapas, Mexico), tin ornaments, advent calendars, soaps, prints and cards (one declares Keep Lake Worth Quirky). Their Christmas Stock-up Sale offers $10 offa purchase of $75 or more and free domestic shipping. Visit ConvivioBookworks.com.

Support your local musician

Your favorite South Florida band hasn’t played much or at all, in the past ninemonths. Many of them have shops on their websites where you can buy vinyl, downloads, artwork and conversation-starting apparel that willmake you stand out in a crowd, come the daywe crowd together again.

A collection of seasonal joy lifted by a modern musical vibe, the album “Give Thanks” was released on Nov. 20 by Black Violin, the internationally acclaimed, classically trained hip-hop duo of Kev Marcus (violin) and WilB. (viola). Beyond the music, these former classmates at Fort Lauderdale’s Dillard Center for the Arts are widely respected for their mentorship with low-income students, work worthy of support. Visit BlackViolin.net.

More new music is coming with the Dec. 4 release of “Cliffs,” the debut album from Miami’s Lemon City Trio. Guitarist Nick Tannura, drummer Aaron Glueckauf and keyboardist Brian Robertson produce layers of textured grooves that can be soulful and earthy, cinematic and celestial. Highly recommended. Visit LemonCityTrio.com.

For the sports (beer) fan

If you have kids of a certain age, or if you are still a kid of a certain age, youmay be interested in the Florida Panthers’ new Reverse Retro jersey. Becausewe can’t all be wearing a Tua jersey. Part of an NHL-wide series that honors each club’s history, the Panthers’ version revives the big cat and claws on the front, with a palm tree graphic on the shoulders and a ‘96 on the collar to celebrate the

1996 Stanley Cup Finals team. The jerseys go on sale Dec. 1 and are available for pre-order nowat FLATeamShop.com/retro. They cost $210 blank or

$260 with player name and number, $90/$120 for youth.

Because most worthwhile things include beer, know that Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park will celebrate the jersey and their affiliation with the Panthers with a throwback release of their own on Dec. 1. Retro Floridian, a limited-edition nod to the original recipe of the beer that started it all in 2010, will be available in the tap roomand at participating South Florida bars and restaurants. While you’re drink-shopping, remember that Funky Buddha also has a merch store. The Funky Buddha Brewery is at 1201 NE 38th St., Oakland Park. Visit FunkyBuddhaBrewery.com.

There are a variety ofways to enjoy thework ofDelray Beach artistCruise Bogle, a quadriplegic whopaintswith his mouth.

Thework ofDelray Beach artist JeffWhyman can be found at the Boca RatonMuseum of Art.

Former Dillard classmates Wil B., left, andKevMarcus just released a Black Violin holiday album titled“GiveThanks.” BLACKVIOLIN

GETTY You don’t have to host a screening of the iconic shot-inSouth-Florida comedy“Caddyshack” for family and friends at Gables Cinema. But you could.