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rounded by plush sofas and com-
fortable arm chairs. The library
is the perfect place for some
serene contemplation in the apres
ski mode.
The Equinox's library has an
old Americana encyclopedia (the
photos of cities dating from the
1930s are fascinating) and the
ubiquitous Illinois state statutes,
a smattering of some older non
fiction titles by John Gunther and
several novels by authors, most-
ly women, whose names have
passed peacefully into oblivion.

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lmast all along the Atlantic
coast, as far north as Stu-
art and Palm Beach, then
south to Miami, and on the
Gulf coast, the arts in south Flori-
da are flourishing like never be-
fore. The region has become a
magnet for great artists and for
a new generation of tourists. They
are making theater, concerts and
exhibits as much a part of the
Florida experience as sun, sand
and sea.
This was best illustrated re-
cently when almost 60,000 peo-
ple attended an outdoor concert
by Luciano Pavarotti, on the
beach, at 10th Street in Miami
Beach.
South Florida has many arts
events of Jewish interest and
good kosher restaurants. It also
is a great area for singles to meet
new people from all parts of the
continent and overseas, and
many singles groups exist for this
purpose.
The Florida Jewish Theater,
at the West Palm Beach Jewish
Center, is running All My
Tatele's on Wednesday evenings,
until April.
In historic Stuart, the Lyric
Theatre hosts classical. plays, mu-
sic and dance recitals. The town's
Barn Theatre presents five shows
per season.
Isaac Bashevis Singer's
Shlemiel the First, a kelzmer mu-
sical, will be at the Royal Poin-
ciana Theatre, Palm Beach, Feb.
21-26, and Yiddle With A Fiddle,
the Broadway musical hit, will
play there until Feb. 19.
Fiddler On the Roof opens
March 1 at the Royal Palm Din-
ner Theatre, Boca Raton. The
musical, The Rothchilds , comes
to the Coconut Grove Playhouse
on March 28. The Boca Pops will
present "Bravo Broadway" Feb.
22 and 23, and "A Tribute to Hen-
ry Mancini" March 29-30.
The Miami Beach Jewish Film
Festival, at the Colony Theatre,
runs from March 19 to 23.

Through March, you can see
the revue And The Check Is In the
Mail at the Norris Center, in
Cambier Park, Naples. Sugar, a
musical based on the film Some
Like It Hot will be at the Naples
Dinner Theatre until March 5,
and West Side Story starts there
March 8. Lend Me A Tenor comes
to the Naples Players Theatre on
March 4, and Broadway Ladies
starts there on March 23.
The Israel Philharmonic, with
Zubin Mehta, will play Feb. 19
and 20 at the Kravis Center,
Palm Beach. The Center will also
host the Palm Beach 10th An-
nual Cantorial Concert on Feb.
26. It will be a tribute to the late
cantors Moshe and David Kous-
sevitzky. An Irving Berlin revue
at Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, will be presented
Feb. 20 and 21.
The New World Symphony
will give a free Sunset Concert at
South Pointe Park, Miami Beach,
on March 11, and a free recital at
the Lincoln Theatre March 20. A
French and Spanish Festival, by
this Symphony March 25, will
feature liana Vered, playing Rav-
el, Constant and Saint-Saens.
Temple Beth Am, Miami, will
host a performance by violinist
Jaime Laredo on Feb. 26 and a
children's concert, by the Florida
Philharmonic Ensemble on
March 5.
The Annual Purim Ball, of the
Jewish Fund, will be held at the
Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel on
March 26.
On the Gulf Coast, the Phil-
harmonic Center for the Arts, in
Naples will present a salute to
George Gershwin, with pianist
Michael Chertock March 24 to 26.
The Gulf Coast Big Band has
a concert at the Community
Park, on Marco Island Feb. 19.
Many exhibits can be viewed
in south Florida this season. The
Israel Museum and the Boca Ra-
ton Museum have jointly spon-

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