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Caliente Nights in Ponte Vedra, Florida

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You’re Invited to an Evening of Exciting ARTS Spectacles, Interactive Live Performances and International Music. Get ready to to Dance, Dance, Dance for ART!

RITMO!®, a nationally renowned entertainment group based in South Florida will set the pace for our evening by providing the music, dance and excitement of Latin America. Expect a thrilling evening of colorful entertainment with RITMO!® Conga Showgirls, RITMO!® Dancers, RITMO!® Dueling Conga Kings, RITMO!® BATA, RITMO!® C’OMPARSA and more.

Our guests will also enjoy World Music Band Le Monde Quintet performing throughout the evening in the courtyard with dancing all night long! If you don’t know how to dance, we’ll have a dancer present to teach you the steps.

Join us for Creative Cocktails – Mojito & Sangria Bars, Spectacular Spicy Bites with a Salsa Station, 2 Paella Stations, Incredible Chocolate, Coffee and Liqueur Bar, Cigar Girls, Amazing Silent Auction featuring original Art, Travel, Music and Dance.

Bring your friends or reward your clients during this evening that will help us raise funds to reach more in our community with quality arts programs. For more information and tickets, visit Ponte Vedra Cultural Center

FREE EverGreen Family Festival – Ponte Vedra

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This is the festival that was rescheduled due to weather. It is a free festival for the whole family taking place in Ponte Vedra on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Bring your family & friends to the Cultural Center on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. for a FUN environmentally-themed Family Festival.

Artist Jo Sinclair will greet you & invite you to create a chalk “green-sterpiece,” stroll through a cool rain forest provided by The Twisted Martini & Proctor Ace Hardware in the courtyard, create a butterfly garden at the JAXPORT & TREE HILL Nature Center butterfly activity table, stop by Guana Research Reserve’s estuary table and make a fun fish project, visit the JAX4KIDS.com art activity table, visit the water station and Fazzini’s Coffee & Tea refreshment area, [Read more…]

EverGreen: Environmental Interpretations – Ponte Vedra, Florida

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Opening Reception on Friday, August 22, 2008 from 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Reception for this exciting opening exhibition featuring selections from Cultural Center artist members.
ALL Cultural Center members are invited to join us at 5:30 p.m. on August 22, 2008 for a special Member Appreciation Opening Reception. The first 50 members in attendance will receive a special gift.

Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
50 Executive Way
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082
(904) 280-0614

EverGreen Family Festival- Ponte Vedra, Florida

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A chalk artist will greet you & invite you to create “green-sterpiece,” stroll through a cool rain forest in the courtyard, create a butterfly garden at the JAXPORT & TREE HILL butterfly activity table, stop by Guana Research Reserve’s estuary table and make a fun fish project, visit the the JAX4KIDS water station, enjoy special performances and demonstrations throughout the day by Cultural Center artists and instructors, help your child make drums out of recycled Boar’s Head Brand boxes, visit young local artist Chloe Cannan at her  recycled art table, get your American Lung Association green tatoo, visit Marie Hurst/GreenSpace Interior Design’s green room for kids and families, listen to Cultural Center artist Lois Simon read her children’s book, MAC (The Story of a Happy Apple) and more!

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Musicians and Music Lovers – Listen Up!

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It doesn’t matter what kind of music you love – jazz, rock, folkmusic, opera. It doesn’ matter if you are a pro or an amateur, or a well-known bathroom singer, this is your chance to reach a new audience. Ponte Vedra Cultural Center is inviting you to participate in the inaugural Beaches Unplugged Summer Series at the Cultural Center where you will perform for accepting peers and local professional performers. [Read more…]