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.
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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.
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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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