BESTBets Finding Hope, Love, Joy Carlen Maddux, a career journalist who for 26 years was editor, president and owner of the Maddox Report, a business magazine covering the Tampa Bay region, found out that his wife Martha, a loving mother and civic activist, had early onset Alzheimer’s disease when she was 50 years old. Carlen’s thought-provoking and inspiring book focuses less on this insidious disease and more on the spiritual and enlightened path the couple took together following Martha’s diagnosis. Although Carlen and Martha had always been religious, their spiritual journey led them into a deepened and more intimate relationship with their God and with one another. Full of love and hope, A Path Revealed can be purchased at paracletepress.com, amazon.com or at local book stores. Friends of Music Jen Nance, executive director of the Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco, and her husband Adam Nance, chief development officer at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, greeted guests at a Friends of Music concert. MARC MENCHER ‘To Life’ Celebration To celebrate its past, present and future, the Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg will present David Eisenhower, grandson of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, with a posthumous award for President Eisenhower in honor of the pivotal role he played in liberating the Nazi concentration camps and documenting them in a manner that assured that the Holocaust would not be forgotten. The presentation will be made at the museum’s annual “To Life” benefit on Saturday, February 24, at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Petersburg. For tickets or to become a sponsor, call (727) 820-0100. 40 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017 Itzhak Perlman Concert The Florida Orchestra will feature a performance by violin superstar Itzhak Perlman at its annual gala on Saturday, February 4th, at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. There will be a pre-concert champagne reception and a post-concert gourmet dinner with Perlman and the orchestra’s Music Director Michael Francis. Individual tickets for the concert also are available for purchase. The gala will benefit the orchestra’s growing community engagement programs. To become a sponsor or for tickets to the gala or the concert, call (727) 892-3337 or email development@floridaorchestra.org. Itzhak Perlman �� Ruth Eckerd Hall in 2010 initiated “Friends of Music,” a member-driven campaign to raise funds for the performing arts and art education in the greater Tampa Bay area. The donors are treated to special concerts featuring renowned artists, while membership proceeds go toward funding arts education for more than 28,000 students each year, including instruction in drama, voice, dance and instruments in 14 schools throughout Tampa Bay. To learn more or to join Friends of Music, visit rutheckerdhall.com or call (727) 791-7400.
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