 

Ponte Vedra Beach: Players production, book talk on tap

At 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Walking to the Beat” will be presented at The Players Community Senior Center by author and poet Carolee Ackerson Bertisch. Bertisch is chair of the St. Johns County Library Advisory Board and a founding member of A Gathering of Poets. She will present a memoir in poetry and prose reading.

 

For information and to register for classes, call 280-3233.

For the third year in a row, the first Ponte Vedra Friends of the Library Book Talk Cafe of the New Year will be launched by New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry. Berry will discuss his latest thriller, “The Columbus Affair,” as well as his next Cotton Malone adventure, “The King’s Deception” (due out in May). Berry’s books have been translated into 40 languages with more than 14 million copies printed in 51 countries. The Washington Post called “The Columbus Affair” his best book to date.

The public is invited to meet Steve Berry at the Ponte Vedra Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Ponte Vedra author Rita Malie will conduct a free online seminar Feb. 12 discussing her latest book, “Supreme Sacrifice,” in connection with Children of Alcoholics Week produced by the National Association of Children of Broadcasters with help from the National Association of Children of Alcoholics.

Feb. 14 marks the 30th anniversary of the National Association of Children of Alcoholics continuous advocacy for educating about and creating programs to support the millions of children of alcohol and drug dependent parents. Join Rita Malie as she discusses the major themes that helped her cope and rise about parental alcoholism. You can go to www.hayhouse.com and sign up for the newsletter for more details about Malie’s free online seminar.

“It doesn’t matter where you came from,” says Malie. “It matters where you are going.”

Plans are currently under way for an “Out of Africa” Extravaganza and Auction hosted by the Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach Feb. 9. The club’s annual fundraising event will be held at the Outpost on Mickler Road from 7 to 11 p.m, featuring appetizers and dinner prepared by Chef Kitty of Ponte Vedra Beach, followed by dancing and entertainment by Cloud 9.

Attendees are encouraged to dress in safari attire,” said Shelley Morgan, Ponte Vedra Beach Rotary president-elect and chair of the “Out of Africa” event.

Among the 100-plus auction items will be extravagant trips, golf outings, hotel stays and restaurant parties. Since its first gala in 1995, the Rotary Club’s annual event has raised more than $650,000 for charitable giving in northern St. Johns County and Northeast Florida.

The Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry Mobile Refrigeration Unit and St. Vincent’s Mobile Medical Mission will be the featured charities for 2013. Tickets at $100 per person may be purchased by going to www.outofafricaparty.com. For information, contact Shelley Morgan, at shelley.morgan@comcast.net or 612-8484.

 

 

 

 

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