'Tree of Life' with Brad Pitt (right), Jessica Chastain (left), Tye Sheridan (center) and Sean Penn (not shown), is not the typical linear-narrative film, but rather a complex, philosophical story with lots of flashbacks.

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They go in thinking well…who knows what they are thinking…but it looks like a certain number of people went to the multiplex last weekend thinking they were going to see your basic Hollywood drama starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn.

And as they were adjusting to a sad, heavily flashbacked tale of a dysfunctional family in ’50s Texas, there comes this looong, sloow sequence about the creation of the Earth and a lot of planetarium-style imagery and then a dinosaur rises up out of the muck and…

"That’s it, Martha. We’re outta here!"

Or something like that.

While cinephiles delight in deciphering the complexities of Terrence Malick’s new film, The Tree of Life, movie theaters across the country are dealing with something else: a steady stream of walkouts.

I counted 12 to 15 people leaving a showing I attended last weekend at the Cobb Jupiter 18 theater. A colleague at another screening counted 17.

At a Connecticut art-house theater, enough people were asking for refunds, which the theater does not permit, that management posted this notice: "We would like to take this opportunity to remind patrons that The Tree of Life is a uniquely visionary and deeply philosophical film from an auteur director. It does not follow a traditional, linear narrative approach to storytelling."

Talk about stating the obvious. It’s not like Malick is an unknown quantity among the supposedly movie-literate.

His previous epics, such as The Thin Red Line and The New World, also have been accused of not following an easily discernible pattern and getting lost in gauzy shots of sunlight filtering through stands of trees (Malick likes trees like Quentin Tarantino likes feet).

Apparently, some online commenters have been gleefully quick to target "geezers" among the walkouts. As though it’s always those old people who aren’t hip to things.

Well, No. 1, Terrence Malick is a borderline geezer himself at age 67. (Depending on which age geezerdom begins these days.)

And the only reason there is anything resembling an arthouse cinema in Palm Beach County, and an arty culture here in general, is because of smart, discerning, and more often than not, older audiences who frequent these films and not ones about green superheroes or blond Vikings wielding giant hammers. I didn’t see any Transformers fans at the Jupiter 18 last weekend.

Here’s the important thing to remember: For the small number of people drifting out, most of the audiences are staying.

True, there wasn’t any applause at the end of the screening I attended. It was more of a stunned "What the heck was that all about?" silence.

But as the audience departed, they began to talk it out. Some clearly thought it was overwrought and pretentious (i.e., the dino). I thought it was a beautiful, if imperfect, spiritual poem about the universality of life, with scenes that seemed ripped out of my childhood (and maybe yours, if you ever had a stern father with serious issues about the proper maintenance of his lawn).

Here’s the only warning I would post: Go see it now before it leaves theaters to make room for dinosaur movies of a much more predictable kind.

Paul Gauguin's 1889 masterpiece 'Christ In The Garden Of Olives' was the center of controversy in London and Washington DC. (Photo courtesy of The Norton Museum of Art)

A two-continent, 10-month tour. An act of crazed violence. Complaints of overcrowded venues.

The problems of a rock superstar?
No, just the recent life of the Norton Museum of Art’s most famous painting — Paul Gauguin’s 1889 masterpiece Christ in the Garden of Olives.

Of all the museum’s name paintings, this one boasts a unique celebrity cache. “In rock terms, it is our Bob Dylan,” says Norton communications director Scott Benarde.
The museum reinstalled its icon this week, after it has been gone since last fall on a transAtlantic tour, where it drew a mix of headlines and critical curiosity.

It was loaned out for a blockbuster exhibition, “Gauguin: Maker of Myth,” which traveled to the Tate Modern in London and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Like any good celebrity in the age of TMZ, the painting created buzz and was featured in newspapers, magazines and blogs. Its subject matter — a downcast Jesus, with Gauguin’s face, turning away from his disciples in the garden — spurred critics on both sides of the pond to parry over its religiosity and symbolic intent.

Z THE CRITICAL BROUHAHA: British critics called the painting everything from “controversial” for its time to pushing acceptable boundaries “dangerously far.” Did we mention that Gauguin gave his Christ figure a shock of vibrant orange hair?

Others said it was all a put-on, part of Gauguin’s unique unpredictability.
“Gauguin told stories, invented private myths, and just made up stuff,” wrote a critic for Bloomberg News. “What’s going on here? Is it self-dramatization, irony, identity theft? Perhaps a bit of all three. It’s characteristic of Gauguin’s art that you’re never sure what’s going on. You can never pin him down.” (Sounds like Dylan, too, doesn’t it?)
Z THE ‘GALLERY RAGE’: Just like a popular rock star, everybody demanded tickets to this “concert.” In London, the show was considered a cultural imperative, the first major retrospective of Gauguin works there since the 1950s.

It created what one art critic dubbed “gallery rage,” where so many people wanted to see the Gauguins that they thronged in packs around the paintings, leaving little room to appreciate the works. Some people left in a huff.

London’s Observer newspaper wrote, “The crowding in front of the paintings on display was so bad, according to angry art fans and critics, that they have vowed never to go to such a big show again. A fraught debate is now expected in the art world over the need for different forms of crowd control for Britain’s major art shows.”

THE OTHER RAGE: When the show hit the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., in late March, a woman suddenly attacked the Gauguin painting, Two Tahitian Women, screaming “This is evil” and trying to pull it off the wall, according to The Washington Post.
“She was really pounding it with her fists,” a visitor told the paper. “It was like this weird surreal scene that one doesn’t expect at the National Gallery.”

Thankfully, the Norton’s Gauguin escaped the rigors of road life and returned unscathed to West Palm Beach .

The painting is back where it’s supposed to be, hanging on the third floor of the Nessel Wing, cozily close to a Renoir, Cezanne and Monet.

After all, even a rock star needs a summer vacation.

For the past few weeks on his Twitter feed, Alec Baldwin has turned into a one-man tourism bureau for Fort Lauderdale, where he is filming the ’80s musical Rock Of Ages with Tom Cruise (or TC in Baldwin’s Twitter-speak).

In between his thoughts on Tracy Morgan, politics, his favorite Rolling Stones songs, his seating arrangements at the Tonys (in between Al Pacino and Mattthew Broderick) and his top 10 underrated movies (1. Five Graves To Cairo), he’s managed to keep us up to speed on his thoughts about the movie and his livin’-large life in Ft L (more Twitter-speak): Read the full story

Across the Internet Sunday, everybody from fans to music legends reacted to the death of Clarence Clemons, the E Street saxophonist and Singer Island resident who died of complications from a stroke in a Palm Beach County hospital on Saturday night.

It’s a measure of Clemons’ reach that he was embraced by old-school Bruce Springsteen fans and the new fans, known as “little monsters,” of Lady Gaga, who had Clemons play on two cuts from her new album, “Born This Way.”

In Anaheim, Ca. on Saturday night, U2 dedicated its final song to Clemons, and Bono read the lyrics to “Jungleland” and walked off stage to close the show.

On RollingStone.com, the site was encouraging Clemons fans to join in a worldwide playing and broadcasting of “Jungleland,” which features The Big Man’s most famous sax solo, at 6 p.m. tonight.

Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against The Machine, wrote on Twitter: “Thank you so much Big Man for sweetening the sound of our planet with your sax and your soul.”

Clemons was a South Florida sports fan, embracing both the Florida Marlins and the Miami Heat. He had attended some Miami Heat games during the NBA finals, but bowed out of playing The Star-Spangled Banner before Game 2, citing a broken hand.

Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat wrote on Twitter: “RIP Clarence Clemons.. Great musician but a even greater person..we will miss you at the AAA.”

Bruce Springsteen issued this statement on his website:

“Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage. His loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years.

“He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band.”

Backstreets.com, the Springsteen fan site, posted a lengthy tribute to Clemons, closing with this sentiment:
“As long as we tell the stories, as long as we play the songs, as long as we remember, the Big Man will always be with us.”

Source: Twitter, backstreets.com, other web sites.

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It’s rare to see legends close-up, but that’s what you’ll get to see this weekend when Kris Kristofferson plays the cozy confines of Stuart’s Lyric Theatre.

Here are five reasons to appreciate a legend:
1 – He’s real country. As reviewer Joe Waddle wrote of one of his shows earlier this month: “It is his soul that made his performance stand out. I feel like I witnessed a piece of Americana history as Kris would give us a short story and background before each song.” Read the full story

Are you a parrothead or warlock? Jimmy Buffett and Charlie Sheen are bringing their tours to South Florida on Saturday.

Jimmy Buffett and Charlie Sheen are bringing their tours to South Florida on Saturday. Which one are you going to?

Here’s our guide to help you decide. Read the full story

John Stamos is scheduled to appear with the Beach Boys, which still include original member Mike Love and longtime member Bruce Johnston. (Courtesy Kravis Center)

It was December 1961 when the song “Surfin’” was released by the Beach Boys on a small Los Angeles record label. The rest is history — and quite a checkered one at that, as this band’s in-fighting is the stuff of rock and roll legend.

Carl and Dennis Wilson are dead, Al Jardine skirmished with Mike Love and is no longer with the band and Brian Wilson wants nothing to do with the group.

Good vibrations, eh?

More: Directions, nearby dining

Anyway, here is what you need to know about The Beach Boys that are coming to the Kravis Center on Sunday:

1. What’s left of the band? It’s basically Mike Love and Bruce “I Write The Songs” Johnston, who joined the band around the time of California Girls. Jardine did appear with the band for a recent Ronald Reagan tribute concert, stoking hopes of a 50th reunion with Wilson. Don’t hold your breath.
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Among the legends still around are Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland and Mickey Rooney. (Photos by Getty Images)

A colleague received an email Wednesday morning upon learning of Elizabeth Taylor’s death. It said simply: "There are no movie stars left."

Of course, that’s not literally true. But for fans of Hollywood’s classic era from the late 1920s to the end of the 1940s, Taylor’s death reminds us that soon, all too soon, Hollywood’s "Golden Age" will be only for the historians, with few tangible reminders, except for the films themselves, which are forever.

Who is left of the legendary lions of Hollywood?

• Kirk Douglas, 94. The intense star of Spartacus, Champion and Lust for Life is still pretty spry and lusty, judging from his scene-stealing turn at this year’s Academy Awards, where he ogled Anne Hathaway and played cane games with Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo.
• Olivia de Havilland, 94, and Joan Fontaine, 93. The two Academy Award-winning sisters are still alive and, depending on what you believe, still carrying on Hollywood’s longest-running feud. Neither has acted since the ’80s, where de Havilland (Gone With The Wind, The Snake Pit, The Heiress) was doing TV miniseries and Fontaine (Suspicion, Rebecca) appeared on the soap Ryan’s Hope. De Havilland lives in Paris (she was seen earlier this year at France’s Cesar Awards), Fontaine lives in Carmel, Calif.

Read the full story

Herbert Bayer's 'The Lonely Metropolitan' is part of The Palm Beach Photographic Centre's exhibit. (Courtesy of Palm Beach Photographic Centre)

UPDATE: Corrected that exhibit ends on March 30.

Hands – be they smooth, gnarled, clenched or clasped – can convey a stunning range of emotional states, as seen in the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s current show, "In Good Hands: Selected Works From The Buhl Collection."

The 135 pictures and eight sculptures fill the downtown center’s large, white-walled space beautifully. All the major names in photography are on display – Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Eve Arnold, Robert Mapplethorpe and more.

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1. It’s fair time
Go on rides, hear bands and more at the South Florida Fair, Jan. 14-30, at the South Florida Fairgrounds;
southfloridafair.com

2. A classical Woodstock
Festival of the Arts BOCA in Boca Raton, March 4-12. Features symphony concerts, acclaimed authors such as Seymour Hersh and an appearance by 10-year-oldAmerican soprano sensationJackie Evancho;
festivaloftheartsboca.org

3. It’s a snap!
See some of the world’s most exciting images at the annual FOTOfusion photography exhibit in West Palm Beach, Jan. 11-15; fotofusion.org
4. A swanky sip
You don’t have to be a guest at Palm Beach’s historic The Breakers hotel to enjoy a cocktail at one of its bars. We recommend the Seafood Bar for the best view; thebreakers.com

5. Get outside!
Hit your local beach for a seashell hunt.

6. An arty affair
Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, Feb. 18-22 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Features fine art, jewelry and furniture; palmbeachshow.com

7. Starry, starry nights
The South Florida Science Museum has Palm Beach County’s only full-dome planetarium. It shows the stars of the night sky and full-action movies. sfsm.org

8. Get outside!
Rise early for a sunrise on the beach. You won’t regret it.

9. Roll the dice!
Take your chances with more than 2,500 slots, plus $10 blackjack, poker and more at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood; seminolehardrockhollywood.com

10. A lovely oasis!
Visit the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, the historic home, artist’s studio and gardens of Ann Weaver Norton, the wife of the Norton Museum’s founder; ansg.org

11. A pungent festival
Delray’s annual celebration of all things garlic, Garlic Fest, is Feb 11-13 on Atlantic Avenue. Buddy Guy performs, too; dbgarlicfest.com

12. Glamour galore!
Shop Antique Row. Over 40 shops on West Palm’s South Dixie Highway from Belvedere Road to SouthernBoulevard.
13. Now ear this!
Vincent van Gogh’s self portrait is on exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art  in West Palm Beach through Feb. 8, which also is the day the museum celebrates its 70th birthday; norton.org

14. Chocolate. Yum!
Celebrate Valentine’s Day or any day with Hoffman’s chocolate-covered strawberries; hoffmans.com

15. A workout with
a view!
Climb to the top of the historic Jupiter Lighthouse. It began working in 1860; jupiterlighthouse.org

16. Ice cream. Yum!
Treat yourself to some over-the-top ice cream — Sloan-style. Sloan’s has four locations: Clematis Street and CityPlace in West Palm Beach; Mizner Park in Boca Raton and Downtown at the Gardens in Palm Beach Gardens; sloansonline.com

17. A north county
classic
The ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival features everything from oil paintings and pottery to wind chimes and bamboo flutes. Feb. 19-21, Abacoa, Jupiter; artigras.org
18. Far out Floyd
Laser concerts at the South Florida Science Museum’s planetarium once a month. The next one is Feb. 12, with music by Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails and The Beatles; sfsm.org

19. It’s Palm Beach’s
centennial!
Get to know the man who built the town, Henry Flagler, at his home-turned-museum on Palm Beach; flaglermuseum.us

20. Game on
Head south for a Miami Heat game with the dream team: LeBron, Bosh and Wade; nba.com/heat/

21. Sniff a flower
Visit the world headquarters of the American Orchid Society in Delray Beach, with beautiful orchids in a large greenhouse; aos.org

22. Get some
fresh veggies!
And much more at the greenmarkets. Area markets from Boca Raton to the Treasure Coast. Look for a list on pbpulse.com

23. Stroll Atlantic Avenue
on ‘Art and Jazz’ night.  
The next one is Jan. 27, 6-10 p.m.; downtowndelraybeach.com

24. Enjoy north county
outdoor dining and fun!
Right near the lighthouse in Jupiter are Guanabanas, Jetty’s and the Square Grouper, north county’s funky outdoor bar.

25. See water spout!
Pristine beaches and water blowing up through the rocks is part of the fun at Hobe Sound’s Blowing Rocks Nature Preserve; nature.org

26. Shopping in style
Two words: Worth Avenue. And they’ve restored it now, too.

27. Get outside!
Jonathan Dickinson State Park, which offers every kind of outdoor activity: camping, kayaking, hiking, biking and fishing; floridastateparks.org/jonathandickinson/

28. Get outside …
with the animals!
Lion Country Safari, where you can get close to the animals from the safety of your vehicle. In western Palm Beach County; lioncountrysafari.com

29. Homegrown
classical music!
Get your classical fix with a concert by the Delray String Quartet or the Boca Raton Symphonia. And don’t forget the Palm Beach Opera at the Kravis Center; pbpulse.com

30. Just like
‘American Graffiti’
It’s the retro, burgers-and-fries stand, Doc’s All American, 10 N. Swinton Ave., Delray.

31. Spring into spring!
Japanese-style, at the spring celebration, Hatsume Fair. March 19-20, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach; morikami.org

32. Visit the koalas, mate!

Oz and Abby are just some of the many animals you can see up close at the Palm Beach Zoo, West Palm Beach; palmbeachzoo.org

33. Ride the carousel!
Downtown at the Gardens’ new hand-carved $600,000 carousel is now open;downtownatthegardens.com

34. Clematis Street
West Palm’s fun street. Plenty to eat, such as the burgers and shakes at Grease, and take in all the other clubs, bars, clothing stores and sights, too, including the beautiful green space lawn, clubs like Dr. Feelgood’s and Respectable Street, Roxy’s rooftop bar and the Thursday night Clematis by Night celebration; clematisbynight.net

35. Trim a tree!
Take the beginner bonsai class at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach; morikami.org

36. Get outside!
What could be better than yoga on the beach? First class is free; yoga-at-the-beach.com

37. Where there’s
Smoke…
Motown legend Smokey Robinson provides a romantic evening at the Kravis Center on April 14; kravis.org

38. Get in the swing!
See top pro golfers, like last year’s victor Camilo Villegas,at PGA’s Honda Classic,Feb. 28-March 6; pgatour.com

39. Classical’s hot star!
Violinist Joshua Bell performs at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, Jan. 19; lyrictheatre.com

40. Meow!
Cats in painting and sculpture at the Cornell Museum, Delray Beach; oldschool.org

41. Irish eyes are smiling!
On St. Patrick’s Day (March 17). Treat yourself to a pint of Guinness and some good traditional Irish grub at Brogues Irish Pub in Lake Worth; broguespub.com
42. On your toes!
The acclaimed Miami City Ballet performs Twyla Tharp Jan. 28-30 at the Kravis Center, plus shows in March and April; miamicityballet.org

43. Nights at
the museum
Art After Dark, 5 to 9 p.m. the second Thursday of every month. The Norton Museum of Art; norton.org

44. Kiddie heaven!
Head out for some family fun at Boomers in Boca Raton. They have go-karts, bumper boats, a rock wall, miniature golf and a huge game room; boomersparks.com/site/boca

45. Visit the turtles
Juno Beach’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center; marinelife.org

46. Full sail
Palm Beach International Boat Show March 24-27, West Palm Beach waterfront.

47. Don’t know much
about Palm Beach
County’s history?
Visit the Johnson History Museum and Historical Society of Palm Beach County inside the restored 1916 Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach.
48. Get outside!
Even if you don’t have a dog -— it is fun to watch the pups pal around at the Lake Ida West Dog Park, Lake Ida Road, Delray Beach.

49. A romantic evening
Spend Valentine’s Day at the Bank Atlantic Center with pop-opera singer Andrea Bocelli; ticketmaster.com

50. Take an
Intracoastal cruise
Palm Beach Water Taxi, Sailfish Marina Resort; sailfishmarina.com

51. Play ball!
Watch the pros at Roger Dean Stadium. Spring training games run from Feb. 27-March 29; rogerdeanstadium.com

52. Don’t play
with sharks!
But you can watch them get fed at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Tuesdays to Saturdays starting at 10:30 a.m. (561) 274-7263.

53. Catch some air
Parasailing at Riviera Beach. (561) 881-9757 for reservations.

54. Hit the malls
The Gardens Mall, Palm Beach Gardens; Town Center, Boca Raton; The Boynton Beach Mall; The Mall at Wellington Green.

55. Have dinner and
a movie in high style
Buy a ticket to The Premier at Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca Raton. It includes free valet parking, all-you-can-eat popcorn, oversized seats and Bogart’s Bar & Grille is right outside the theater for dinner. (561) 395-6516 for reservations.

56. Mingle with
Wellington’s horsey set
FTI Winter Equestrian Festival, Jan. 12-April 3; equestriansport.com

57. Grab a bite to eat and
watch the boats go by!
Sailfish Marina restaurant in Palm Beach Shores. Also enjoy the Thursday night outdoor art shows before sunset; sailfishmarina.com

58. Like antique cars?
Try the Fifth Annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Feb. 25-27. The Saturday night gala dinner includes an auction hosted by Jay Leno; bocaratonconcours.com

59. Bliss out!
Enjoy a day at the PGA National Spa in Palm Beach Gardens; thespaatpganational.com

60. Get outside!
Visit the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter. The sanctuary also serves as a wildlife hospital to more than 4,000 orphaned or injured animals each year; buschwildlife.com

61. Key lime pie. Yum!
Get a slice of Key lime pie while overlooking the water at the historic Old Key Lime House in Lantana; oldkeylimehouse.com

62. Road trip!
Check out Butterfly World in Coconut Creek; butterflyworld.com

63. Splash!
Calypso Bay Waterpark in Royal Palm Beach reopens March 12 for spring break.

64. Ice, ice, baby!
Check out a Florida Panther hockey game at the BankAtlantic Center; ticketmaster.com

65. Sundays at Sundy
Enjoy Sunday brunch at the historic Sundy House in Delray Beach; sundyhouse.com

66. The Bandit’s house
The Burt Reynolds & Friends Museum in Jupiter houses the hometown star’s collection of everything from movie posters to the canoe from Deliverance. (561) 743-9955

67. CityPlace art
The Second Annual CityPlace Art Fair in West Palm Beach, Jan. 22-23.

68. Get your Ga-Ga on!
Lady Gaga, April 12, BankAtlantic Center; ticketmaster.com

69. Get outside!
Stand-Up Paddle Boarding lessons, East Coast Paddle Surfing in Jupiter;eastcoastpaddlesurfing.com

70. Take a scenic drive
down A1A.
Start in Palm Beach and head south.

71. Whoopi!
Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed on stage by our Leslie Gray Streeter, Jan. 14, Kravis Center; kravis.org

72. Satisfy that
sweet tooth
Head to Mondo’s in North Palm Beach for an oatmeal pie you won’t soon forget! mondosnpb.com

73. Cozy up to a bonfire
on Lake Worth Beach
It’s a family-friendly affair. All you need is a beach chair or blanket. Music and marshmallows are provided. Jan. 14 and 28, and Feb. 11 and 25. 7-10 p.m.

74. Take a catamaran
sailing cruise
Aboard the Hakuna Matata; visitpalmbeach.com

75. Magic!
Penn and Teller, Feb. 4-5, Seminole Hard Rock; ticketmaster.com

76. Hit the
Palm Beach Bike Trail
Visit palmbeachbicycle.com. You can rent bikes there and get trail info.

77. Spend a day
with the fishes
Deep-sea fishing aboard the Lady K. in Lantana; barjackfishing.com

78. Learn about shells
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton holds a class called Boca Beachcombing; gumbolimbo.org

79. Feel like seafood?
Grab yourself a grouper dog at Panama Hattie’s waterside restaurant in North Palm Beach; panama-hatties.com

80. Advantage Delray!
Watch the pros (Andy Roddick returns this year) at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships; Feb. 18-27. (561) 330-6000.

81. Road trip!
Martin County Fair, Feb. 11-19; martincountyfair.com

82. Catch a wave
Central Florida Surf School, at Fort Pierce Inlet State Recreation Area; surfschoolcamp.com

83. He came and he
gave without taking!
Barry Manilow, Jan. 28, BankAtlantic Center; ticketmaster.com

84. Country and ribs
WIRK 107.9’s Second annual Rib Round Up, Feb. 12, Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach. With Joe Nichols, Rodney Atkins, Craig Morgan; livenation.com

85. Here he comes!
The Monkees’ Davy Jones, a former Indiantown resident, plays the Lyric Theatre Feb. 10-11; lyrictheatre.com

86. Stroll Mizner Park
Grab a cocktail at the beautifully designed Zed451 and take a stroll through the upscale outdoor shopping area’s galleries, restaurants, bars and more.
87. Breakfast on
the beach
The Dune Deck Cafe in Lantana, with its scrumptious French toast, is a great place to start your day beside the Atlantic Ocean; dunedeckcafe.com

88. Road trip!
Take a drive south to the Miami Seaquarium. You don’t have to go all the way to Orlando for a killer killer whale show. Key Biscayne; miamiseaquarium.com
89. And while you are
on Key Biscayne . . .
Take a walk along the beach and check out the historic lighthouse at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. The historic lighthouse was built in 1825 and reconstructed in 1846, and is the oldest standing structure in Miami-Dade County.

90. Take a short walk
down a long pier
The 990-foot Juno Beach Pier on A1A, that is. There is fishing, a bait shop, food concession and shade areas.

91. Get outside!
Indian RiverSide Park has an interactive fountain for kids, a long wooden pier along the river, a maritime museum, a children’s museum, and the renovated Tuckahoe Mansion. 1691 Shearwater Drive, Jensen Beach. (772) 692-7501.

92. Look down for art!
The Street Painting Festivalin downtown Lake Worthis Feb. 26-27.

93. An oasis of calm
Get your moments of Zen in the spacious and redesigned Society of Four Arts sculpture gardens on Palm Beach; fourarts.org

94. Actress, author
and more
Shirley MacLaine appears at the Kravis Feb. 8; kravis.org

95. Art along A1A
Art Fest By The Sea in Juno Beach, March 12-13.

96. Get outside!
Spend the evening people watching on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach — or Lake and Lucerne avenues in Lake Worth, or Clematis Street in West Palm.

97. Celebrate Elvis’
76th birthday
Elvis impersonator Chris MacDonald, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jan. 16; jupitertheatre.org

98. Get your HoneyBells!
These super sweet citrus gems are in season for only a few weeks in January; honeybell.com

99. Fine art is a craft
The Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, March 4-6, Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach; craftsamericashows.com

100. Playground in
the park!
Sugar Sand Park in Boca Raton might just have one of the coolest playgrounds around. The enormous structure definitely will not leave the kids disappointed; sugarsandpark.org

101. Race for the cause – and a cure!
The 20th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Jan. 29, Flagler Drive waterfront, West Palm Beach. komensouthflorida.org

102. See Palm Beach
like a Kennedy
Take a driving tour of the Kennedys’ Palm Beach. A printable map for your road trip: palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/kennedys.html

103. Feed the stingrays!
Florida Oceanographic Center in Stuart; floridaocean.org

104. Get out of town!
Hop aboard the Celebration cruise ship from the Port of Palm Beach; celebrationcl.com

105. Fancy art fairs
ArtPalmBeach kicks off the art fair season, Jan. 20-24, Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach. artpalmbeach.com. The Winter Antiques Show is Jan. 21-23 at the Crowne Plaza in West Palm Beach. Also at the convention center: The American International Fine Art Fair, Feb. 2-13.

106. Killing us softly
with her songs
Roberta Flack is at the Kravis Center Jan. 19; kravis.org
107. Time for rhyme
Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Jan. 17-22. Old School Square Cultural Art Center in Delray Beach; oldschool.org

108. Get outside!
Take a winter walk guided by a naturalist at the Grassy Waters Preserve. Jan. 23, 9:30 a.m. 8264 Northlake Blvd. West Palm Beach;grassywaterspreserve.com

109. Making an
impression
California Impressionism: Paintings from The Irvine Museum, Jan. 19- April 17. More than 60 California Impressionist paintings, Boca Raton Museum of Art; bocamuseum.com

110. The curtain rises!
Provocative modern and classic theater is performed throughout Palm Beach County at Florida Stage and Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm, the Maltz in Jupiter and the Caldwell Theater Co. in Boca Raton. The Kravis has the best of Broadway, including Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein starting Feb. 1. And the Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth offers a mix of modern dance and contemporary musicians. floridastage.org, jupitertheatre.org, palmbeachdramaworks.org, caldwelltheatre.com, kravis.org, palmbeachstate.edu
111. Soak up the SunFest!
Lastly, don’t forget to mark SunFest on your calendar. April 27-May 1; sunfest.org