Virtual community, entertainment events

While everyone is staying close to home, here is a list of reader-submitted opportunities to learn, take classes, contribute, stroll through galleries, or have front-row seats to hear and see some great musicians — from the convenience and comfort of your own home. All programs and activities are subject to change.

Virtual Holiday Concert

Sing Along, Play Along with the Florida Intergenerational Orchestra, 3-4 p.m. Dec. 13. Send email to strings4all@aol.com for music and lyrics and Zoom code. Virtual from Boca Raton. 561-9223134. flioa.org. Free.

Virtual Hanukkah Candle Lighting, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 13 via Zoom. The community is encouraged to simultaneously light their menorah at 5:20 p.m. as leaders from Federation light a large-scale Hanukkah live from Rosemary Square. Presented by the Mandel JCC and community partners. Visit jewishpb.org/ hanukkahresources to register for link or email jessica.fried@jewishpalmbeach.org.

SMDCAC Presents Manual Cinema’s A Christmas Carol, 4 p.m. Dec. 13; 8 p.m. Dec. 19; and 4 p.m. Dec. 20. In this livestream event, presented by South MiamiDade Cultural Arts Center, enjoy a collective, interdisciplinary performance of the Charles Dickens holiday classic with a visually inventive adaptation made to broadcast directly to your home. 786-573-5300. Visit bit. ly/3l2VXRa or smdcac.org. $15.

The Nutcracker by Arts Ballet Theatre, 5 p.m. Dec. 13 and 7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 19. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida presents a team of professional dancers accompanied by a community cast and choreographed by Maestro Vladimir Issaev. 305-948-4777. artsballettheatre.org/program-ii. $42.50.

Story Central Virtual Storytelling Slam, 5-6:30 p.m. Dec. 13; runs through March 14. Enter a friendly competition to share true, first-person stories, not poems or essays, of approximately 5-7 minutes. Judges in the audience select the winner. Enrollment required. Virtual program, Boca Raton Library. 561-393-7852. bit. ly/3oDodwz. Free.

Broward Symphony Orchestra: With Six Feet of Separation, 7 p.m. Dec. 13. Virtual performance from Davie. 954-201-6840. Register at bit. ly/2J2OKDc or visit browardvpa.com. Free.

A Toast to Rabbi Weil & Virtual Candle Lighting, 6-7 p.m. Dec. 14. FIDF and Congregation Anshei Emuna will hold a virtual Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony, after which Rabbi Weil will share his vision for the organization. Congregation Anshei Emuna is in Delray Beach. 212-558-9400. RSVP for Zoom link at bit.ly/2Ky0IFM. Free.

Challenges During COVID19: How to Sustain Positive Mental Well-Being for Aging Family Members, 7-8 p.m. Dec. 14. Presented by Dr. Susan W. Lehmann, MD, Geriatric Psychiatry / Neuropsychiatry. Sponsored by Rales Jewish Family Services. Ideal for families of aging loved ones who have been affected by COVID-19. Registration required for Zoom link from Boca Raton. 561-852-3333. bit.ly/3fo3LvB. Free.

Living Healthy with Chronic Conditions, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Dec. 15. Participants will learn how to: Work with health-care team, manage symptoms, learn medication how to’s, eat well, set weekly goals, communicate better with friends and family, exercise safely and easily solve problems and relax. Zoom presentation from Sunrise. 954-745-9567. bit. ly/351J1pG. Free.

Conversation with Journalist Angela Chen, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dec. 15. Chen will discuss her book on “What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex.” Presented by Stonewall National Museum and Archives, Fort Lauderdale. 954-763-8565. Register for Zoom webinar at bit. ly/3kVguH9. Free.

Painting with Light, 6-8 p.m. Dec. 16. Virtual opening features hyper-realistic photographs by Matt Stock. Artist views light as “not something that turns on or off. It is a transitional state. Light is something gossamer and beautiful; is to be appreciated and handled with finesse and skill.” Exhibit runs through Jan. 30 at Palm Beach Photographic Centre. 561-253-2600 or visit virtual exhibit at workshop.org.

Fine Wines & Ugly Holiday Hats, 6 p.m. Dec. 16. Here’s a new take on the ugly Christmas sweater presented by Leadership Broward, Fort Lauderdale. 954-767-8866. leadershipbroward.org/event/wine. Fundraiser: $75.

Winter Wellness: The Gifts of Recovery, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 16. Facebook Live panel discussion about mental health and substance use recovery during the holidays, with tips and contributions from experts and mental health professionals about overcoming adversity during this time of year. Retreat Behavioral Health in Lake Worth. bit.ly/3oCNN4d. Free.

Queers @ Home Exhibition Tour & Curatorial Talk, 5-6 p.m. Dec. 17. Join SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, for a virtual tour and curatorial talk of the newest exhibition Queers @ Home. Presented by Stonewall National Museum, Fort Lauderdale. 954-763-8565. Register at bit.ly/2VEuXNC. Free.

Mr. Brainwash Art Exhibit, through Dec. 20. For more than a decade, Thierry Guetta has been merging street art and pop art.

See 25 works presented by New River Fine Art. View online at newriverfineart.com/exhibitions. Free to browse artworks; sales help support the arts.

A Seraphic Fire Christmas: Home for the Holidays, 4 p.m. Dec. 20; with live pre-concert conversation at 3:30 p.m. Season passes are still available by visiting bit.ly/37EWhRl, calling the Box Office at 305-285-9060 or emailing Melinda@SeraphicFire.org. Video release via Vimeo. $30.

House of Hope Holiday Toy & Donation Drive, through Dec. 21. Help this nonprofit provider of substance abuse and mental illness programming in South Florida. Monetary donations of any amount will help with the budget deficit that House of Hope is facing due to the pandemic. Donations can be made at houseofhope.org/donate.

Judy Levis Markhoff Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, daily through Dec. 25. Presented by Levis JCC, festival features more than 30 engaging, entertaining and thought-provoking films, plus webinars with filmmakers and cast members. 561-558-2514. bit.ly/3dJUY6s. $10-$12 per film; link good for 72 hours. Public welcome.

Delray Affair is Open Through Dec. 25. Hosted by Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, this year’s event is online. Let your fingers do the virtual strolling while you peruse artist bios and browse cyber shops, galleries, studios and boutiques from local exhibitors and vendors. Visit bit.ly/2PFtDXE.

7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 26. Presented by Peter London Global Dance Co. and the Adrienne Arsht Center. Features Afro-Caribbean dance fusion celebrating the Yoruba goddesses. Visit bit.ly/33I4bbB to get video link via email. $10.50.

Nonprofit MNM Theatre Company to Stream ‘Closer Than Ever,’ through Dec. 31. To view the musical, see ShowTix4U.com via the company’s website at mnmtheatre.org or on its Facebook page. 561-725-7025. Tickets $20; link remains active for 48 hours.

Giving Tuesday: Cardio-fora-Cause, through Dec. 31. Livestrong.com challenges you to do 30 minutes of cardio 5 days a week during the month and track it in the Charity Miles app. Pledge to donate money to Back on My Feet to support Americans affected by homelessness. Participate through the power of running, based on how many miles you walk, run, or bike. Join the Livestrong Challenge Facebook group or see backonmyfeet.org.

The Entertainers by Trine Lise Nedreaas at Boca Raton Museum of Art, through Jan. 3. See the 3-minute video loop “Pulse” from 2014. Nedreaas shines a light on the large and the strange variety of human endeavors, both weird and beautiful. Watch the video at vimeo. com/83675504. Visit the gallery at bocamuseum.org or bit. ly/33M0kKk. 561-392-2500.

Boca Raton Museum Store Offers Member Appreciation Days, through Jan. 3. This boutique museum store has unique toys, artisan gifts, and jewelry. Each purchase helps support the Museum’s mission to bring art to the community. Phone orders ship directly to you. Contact the store at 561-392-2500, ext. 102, email shop@bocamuseum.org or visit bit.ly/3pCP0tr.

’Welcome Home’ a Virtual Exhibition, through Jan. 6. Hosted by the City of Pembroke Pines and Studio 18 in the Pines. Features resident artists who create art to provide a sort of immunity against the fear, isolation, and the chaos of these troubling times. 954-961-6067. ppines. com/studio18. Free.

FAU Galleries Present a Look at Our Past, Present & Future Politics, through Jan. 15. Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will debut four online exhibitions that are united by a consideration of current and historic political issues. Each online presentation will be accessible as a link at fau.edu/galleries.

Planetary Visions: Mira

Lehr from Spaceship Earth, through Jan. 16. Digital viewing of this exhibition also features a 360-degree virtual tour at the Rosenbaum Contemporary art gallery in Boca Raton. 561-9949180. See bit.ly/35MvC5a.

24th Annual Dunn’s Run.

This is a 5K & 5-Mile Walk/Run event that you can participate in rain or shine because it’s virtual, before Jan. 24, to support the

Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward. 954-537-1010. dunnsrun.com. $30-$35.

’Women in High Conflict Relationships’ Online Support Group, 5-6 p.m. weekly through Jan. 28. Hosted by Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service on Zoom from West Palm Beach. 561-684-1991. alpertjfs.org/ events/help-women. Free.

Virtual Exhibitions Featuring the Space Shuttle Challenger (ongoing) View “Into Orbit” and “First Fleet” sneak peeks on the Pompano Beach Arts YouTube channel at bit.ly/36ALU2c or visit pompanobeacharts.org/virtual-events. Free.

FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (ongoing) Offers tours, videos and educational activities. Lectures and presentations are open to the public for free. Must register. See bit.ly/2H0OBPU.

Engage at GableStage with Online Theater Series (ongoing) World premiere short-form works by the finest local artists. Recordings online. 305-445-1119 or visit bit.ly/39UsNiV or gablestage.org/engagegablestage-sun. Free.

’Ask Hanna’ is a Free, Anonymous Health Chat ( ongoing) Submit queries anytime; answers provided 9-a.m.-5 p.m. South Florida PBS stations’ (WPBT & WXEL) Health Channel launched a free health counseling service. This service gives individuals access to general health and wellness related information and answers through a live chat with health advisers who provide immediate responses. Ask Hanna is available online at askhanna.tv.

Digital Days @ Unity of Delray Beach (ongoing) New talks released 6 a.m. each Sunday. Virtual programs include sermon and meditation, children’s lesson, plus videos and music by musical director D. Shawn Berry, and soloist Daniel Cochran. Other programs during the week include podcasts, inspirational writings and more at unityofdelraybeach.org.

Ashanti Cultural Arts Virtual Classes & Events (ongoing) Features beginner hip hop Saturdays 11-11:50 a.m.; advanced hip hop Thursdays 6-7 p.m.; African dance Saturdays noon-1 p.m. and much more. Sponsored by the City of Pompano Beach and the Rotary Club. See ashanticulturalarts.org.

Kravis @ Home The Curtain’s Up! (ongoing) Digital stage features a lineup of curated concerts, talks, performances and arts education events. Virtual from West Palm Beach. kravis. org/athome. Free.

NSU Art Museum Extends Exhibits (ongoing) Transitions and Transformations will be on view through January; plus From Pencil to Paint will remain until spring. The Museum in Fort Lauderdale began showing its new season with the South Florida Cultural Consortium exhibition. nsuartmuseum.org.

Broward Center Online Classes for All Ages ( ongoing) Free classes include singing, acting, dancing and improv. Stay connected with this online series available anytime. You can also follow the Facebook page to access previous videos and content. For details, see browardcenter.org and click on Education@Home or visit bit.ly/2EhNvxA.

Virtual Lessons by Symphony Members (ongoing) Classical instrument training presented by Miramar Cultural Center and The Palm Beach Symphony on the MiramarCultural YouTube channel. Includes clarinet, mallet, snare drum, timpani, flute, trombone, viola and more. See MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

ongoing) The Adrienne Arsht Center brings the best of the city’s top musicians, actors, writers, visual artists, dancers, and performers who create and share work you can watch at any time. The stage may be dark, but Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet and the New World Symphony are still offering playlists, videos, interviews and performances. Visit bit. ly/3abr8pH.

Lifelong Learning Institute

(ongoing) Times and dates vary at Nova Southeastern University’s LLI. Features classes, presentations and programs for seniors via Zoom. Register for link at bit. ly/2Chw0wK. Call 954-262-8471 or email LLI@nova.edu. $30 a month or $15 each.

From The Frank to You, Virtual Workshops & Lectures (ongoing) In this virtual classroom, guests of all ages can watch video art-making workshops, step-by-step craft tutorials, video lectures and storybook readings. New content added regularly. The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery in Pembroke Pines. 954-392-2120. Visit thefrankgallery.org or bit. ly/2FtWCfE. Free.

Broward Library’s Facebook Collection (ongoing) Includes videos curated for all ages. Consider a recorded Zoom performance by the Miami Children’s Museum; or a “Matter of Fact Show” with MODS. You can meet an engineer from the NASA Artemis Program, take a virtual tour of Flamingo Gardens; or celebrate the legacy of Stevie Wonder. Visit bit.ly/3igsmCP or broward.org/library. Free.

Palm Beach County Library Digital Events (ongoing) Many activities and programs are held on Zoom. Participants must preregister. Download a PDF with instructions and then sign up for things, like stories and songs about magical unicorns, or learning more about watercolor painting. Whatever piques your interest is now online, from engineering a paper airplane to a Latin-flavor cooking demo. Visit bit.ly/2C62OZE or pbclibrary.org.

Frost Science Features Live Cam & Webinars (ongoing) See the 500,000-gallon Gulf Stream exhibit. Discover silky sharks, scalloped hammerhead sharks, schools of tuna, devil rays, a loggerhead sea turtle and more. Catch a video on Bird Songs & Monkey Business. Visit the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science from your living room at frostscience.org/at-home.

Young At Art Museum in Davie Offers Art Relief (ongoing) Features virtual museum tours and downloadable activities and ideas for at-home arts and crafts projects. Activities include 360 views of gallery space with clickable content; iSpy 360, and lots of adventures through YAA@ Home, while learning new vocabulary words; in-depth online art classes and more. Visit youngatartmuseum.org. Free.

Pompano Beach Arts ( ongoing) Entertaining and educational videos for all ages, including, creative writing classes, visual and therapeutic arts, music, lectures, interviews, workshops, theater basics, storytelling and more.

Some events have fees and specific times; others are ongoing and free. Visit pompanobeacharts.org.

Experience ‘Art Couture’ at the intersection of Art and Fashion (ongoing) Take a 25-minute online tour of the exhibit at the Cornell Art Museum, presented by Old School Square in Delray Beach. Stroll by designs, from the runway to reality, as you play and pause the video at your leisure on YouTube or bit.ly/3k4q7UO. 561-243-7922 or cornellartmuseum.org.

Visit Manatee Lagoon’s Virtual Learning Site (ongoing) Take a deep dive into the history of Manatee Lagoon, an FPL Eco-Discovery Center and educational attraction in Riviera Beach. Follow Mia on the Manatee Cam. Learn what manatee observers do and complete some at-home activities, like watching the sea turtle art lesson video or downloading the smalltooth sawfish facts and coloring sheet at bit.ly/31iyHH4. 561-626-2833 or visitmanateelagoon.com.

At Home With Gumbo Limbo (ongoing) The Nature Center offers many virtual adventures and activities for kids and the whole family. Includes selfguided beachcombing, nature detectives and videos on Facebook and YouTube. Visit the Virtual Program page. Boca residents can register for programs via Webtrac. Visit gumbolimbo. org or call 561-544-8605.

Brain Bites, Games & How does my brain work? (ongoing) Florida Atlantic University offers Virtual Resources for educators, students, and curious neuro-explorers of all ages. Test your brain power with downloadable Brain Games with puzzles and experiments developed by FAU Brain Institute researchers. Listen to podcasts, watch videos and explore the power of your brain. Visit bit.ly/31aWfxj.

MODS Virtual Camp Discovery (ongoing) The Museum of Discovery and Science releases videos every weekday morning with daily activities, resources, and high-quality educational content. These fun STEM programs range from story time and hands-on activities to science demonstrations. Visit Mods.org or on Facebook, and YouTube.

’Live from our Living Room’ @ New World Symphony (ongoing) Virtual concerts on Facebook, YouTube; also streaming Live on the 1st and 3rd Fridays in November and December.

Plus, archived concerts available online. Visit NWS Digital at NWS. edu, Free.

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Palm Beach Photographic Centre features hyper-realistic photographs by Matt Stock.“A Study in Blue”illustrates that light is something gossamer and beautiful, according to the artist. See the virtual opening Dec. 16. The exhibit runs through Jan. 30.