Lori J. Durante selected Most Powerful and Influential in South Florida

The non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History's founder, Lori J. Durante, was selected by Legacy Magazine as South Florida's Most Powerful and Influential in 2012.

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Lori J. Durante, founder of the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History

About the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was established in 1999 and is non-profit 501c3. Since 2004, the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) has conducted the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach, Florida that have been rated the “best” and also the Most Unique Travel Gem by AAA Travel Home & Away Magazine. More than 8,000 passengers have been hosted on the hugely popular Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach. In 2012, MLFH expanded its Narrated Bus Tour program to include historic Lake Worth. In addition, on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, MLFH conducts the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County which visits historic Lake Worth & Lantana; and historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, FL. These tour programs were designed by Lori J. Durante, founder and Executive Director of the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.T he Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was established in 1999 and is a non-profit 501c3 organization.

For more information, call 561-243-2662 or visit MLFHMUSEUM.org.

To Make A Donation:
If you would like to make a monetary donation to the Museum, send a monetary donation, in any amount, payable to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History at P.O. Box 6127, Delray Beach, Florida 33482 or donations can be made on-line.Click here to access the website. For more information, call 561-243-2662 or e-mail: donate@mlfhmuseum.org.

Museum founder profiled as Scene Maker in The Palm Beach Post

The Palm Beach Post
PBPULSE.com
December 9, 2012
by Janis Fontaine

Taste History Culinary Tour creator Lori J. Durante is the Scene Maker in The Palm Beach Post.


At the Sundy House in Delray Beach is Lori J. Durante, Executive Director/Chief Curator of the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History and creator of the non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida

Who she is: Since 1999, Lori J. Durante has been the executive director and chief curator of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History of Delray Beach. The non-profit organization offers retrospective exhibits showcasing history, culture, fashion, lifestyle, people, places and architecture.

As the director of the MLFH, Durante has created the popular monthly Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach and, most recently, the Taste of History Tours. The tours continue at 11 a.m. Saturdays, boarding at the Macy’s at Boynton Beach Mall. For information, call 561-243-2662

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To purchase tickets for the Taste History Culinary Tours go here. Call 561-243-2662.

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To purchase tickets on-line for the Taste History Culinary Tour of Historic Palm Beach County, visit tastehistoryculinarytours.org or call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277. Pre-payment is required. Private group tours are also available.

Due to the exceeding popularity of the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, the first seven-months sold-out. To meet the demand for the culinary tours, more dates have been added with the tours being expanded to consist of food samplings in historic Lake Worth including Lantana in Palm Beach County, Florida. Therefore, the tours are held at 11am year-round on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, plus private group tours are offered. The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, Florida is offered on the third and fourth Saturdays of each month. And, Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Lake Worth & Lantana is held on the second Saturday of each month, year-round, effective April 14, 2012.

The Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County includes family-owned and locally-operated eateries, markets and urban farms in historic Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth and Lantana plus exclusive discounts at Macy’s are provided specifically for the guests on the Taste History Culinary Tour. The Taste History Culinary Tours are the first food tours of its style in Palm Beach County and are conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) which is a non-profit 501c3 organization. These food tours include a live guide and are 4-hours with a combination of bus riding and 4 to 6 blocks of walking tour with visits to at least 3 to 4 restaurants/eateries/cultural sites for cuisine tastings along with visiting historic districts, buildings and art galleries. There are now more 30 restaurant/food partners for the culinary tour that are visited on a rotating alternate schedule which means different eateries are visited each tour. Private group tours are also available.

The culinary tours are small-format with the average capacity for the tours being 15 to 20 people. The tour cannot accommodate dietary restrictions.

Effective April 1, 2013, $40 per person is the new rate for the general public tours. Due to the increase in fees that are charged to our organization for the tour bus rental and insurance; an increase in our tour fees is necessary. Pre-paid reservations that have been made prior to that date will not be effected. The Taste History Culinary Tours program is operated by a non-profit 501c3 organization.

Taste History is sponsored in part by Macy's which is famous for its culinary tools department; the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund. Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

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Upcoming culinary tour 2012-2013 dates (culinary tours are held year-round and tours are offered to the general public. Pre-payment required)

December 2012

Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 11am Boynton Beach (Special tour to kick-off the Holiday Season)

Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 11am Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 11am Delray Beach/Boynton Beach ( December 22nd is Sold-out)

Year 2013
All tours start at 11am

January 2013

Saturday, January 12, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, January 19, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, January 26, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

February 2013

Saturday, February 9, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, February 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, February 23, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

March 2013

Saturday, March 9, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, March 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, March 23, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

April 2013

Saturday, April 13, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, April 20, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, April 27, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

May 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, May 18, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, May 25, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

June 2013

Saturday, June 8, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, June 15, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, June 22, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

July 2013

Saturday, July 13, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, July 20, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, July 27, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach


August 2013

Saturday, August 10, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, August 17, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, August 24, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

September 2013

Saturday, September 14, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, September 21, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, September 28, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

October 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, October 19, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, October 26, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

November 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, November 23, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

December 2013

Saturday, December 14, 2013 Lake Worth/Lantana

Saturday, December 21, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Saturday, December 28, 2013 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

Giving Thanks to the Ruegers on Thanksgiving Day

Boris & Edith Rueger, supporters of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History

Boris and Edith Rueger were the longest and most significant supporters of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History when they became involved in year 2000. Sadly, Edith Zal Rueger passed away on August 26, 2010 which was nearly one-year and two months to date of the passing of her husband Boris Rueger who preceded her in death in June 2009.

For numerous years, the Ruegers had supported the Museum's inventive educational programs and efforts to secure a permanent home. Some of the Museum programs which they supported included the annual Children & Parents Day event that has been held in Boynton Beach; and they also funded the Museum’s Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach and the Children’s Mathematics in Design & History program. 

In Addition, the Ruegers also sponsored the Museum’s efforts its previous donated 8,000 square feet facility located in Boynton Beach, Florida at the Boynton Beach Mall. The Ruegers left a bequest in their Will to help fund the renovations and programs at MLFH. Because of the support from the Ruegers, the facility was renovated and included three gallery spaces and an education room.   MLFH opened in the Mall location in 2009.  In February 2012, the owners of the Mall forced MLFH to abruptly move because they needed the space for another tenant.  A gallery to be named in the honor of the Ruegers was planned at the Mall location but plans have now changed for the gallery naming to now be done once MLFH secures a new home.  MLFH's bus tours still continue without interruption along with ongoing efforts to sercure a permanent home.

For more than 45 years, the Ruegers lived in Delaware County, Pennsylvania where Boris Rueger was a co-owner of the East End Repair Shop. He and his wife Edith married more than 65 years ago on December 31, 1944.

The Ruegers lived in Pennsylvania until their retirement to Delray Beach, Florida more than 20 years ago. They both helped to create and chaired for 16 years a cultural program called “Summer Humanities” for residents of Huntington Lakes in Delray Beach, Florida. The Ruegers were also active members at Temple Sinai in Delray Beach, Florida.

Boris and Edith Rueger were each others best friend. Their birth dates were only one day a part as Edith often recalled “Bob’s birthday is November 22^nd and my birthday is November 21^st.” They are survived by their two wonderful children, Larry Rueger and Judi Space; and two fantastic grandchildren Rita Rueger and Dana Rueger along with a host of many wonderful family members and friends. And, the Ruegers also developed a very special friendship with Lori J. Durante who is the Executive Director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History. Lori often referred to the Ruegers as her “honorary grandparents.”

Boris and Edith are now both interred in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

Year 2011 marks the 12th anniversary of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History. The Ruegers had dedicated many years to help the Museum realize its dream of a permanent home. In Fall of 2009, the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History opened in a donated facility at the Boynton Beach Mall in Boynton Beach, Florida. The Museum will be at the mall location while efforts still continue for the permanent facility. A gallery at the Museum will be named in their honor.

To Make A Donation:
If you would like to make a monetary donation to the Museum towards a fund to help raise monies for the gallery to be named in the honor of Boris & Edith Rueger, send a monetary donation, in any amount, payable to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History at P.O. Box 6127, Delray Beach, Florida 33482 or donations can be made on-line. Click here to access the website. For more information, call 561-243-2662 or e-mail: donate@mlfhmuseum.org.

Happy Birthday to the late Patricia Ann Ravo who became one of the most important supporters of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History

Patricia Ann Ravo, was born on November 1, 1956 in Annapolis, Maryland.  November 1, 2012 would've been her 56th birthday.  She was born hearing impaired (deaf) but through her determination and our encouragement, Patricia succeeded in a hearing person’s world by accomplishing many remarkable feats.

Patricia attended school in Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey and graduated from the Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Trenton, New Jersey.  Some of Patricia’s early accomplishments included being a Junior Lifeguard in Long Branch, New Jersey; received the New Jersey State Safe Driving Award; and excelled at Baton Twirling. 

(L-R) MLFH Executive Director Lori J. Durante with the parents of Patricia Ann Ravo,
Milla and Pat Ravo

Early in Patricia’s employment career, she became a trailblazer and excelled throughout her career in positions rare to be held by the hearing impaired.  She worked in data processing in a bank in Freehold, New Jersey.  Then she became the first deaf female to pass the examination for a Meter Reader in New Jersey which position she held until she moved to Florida in 1982.  Patricia was very independent and lived in Coral Springs, Florida.

After moving to Florida, Patricia attended college at Palm Beach Community College (now Palm Beach State College) where she studied art. She later transferred to Broward Community College and soon after learned that she had breast cancer. 

In Florida, she held professional clerical positions with major corporations such as American Express in Plantation, Florida; Pratt & Whitney in West Palm Beach, the Post Office in West Palm Beach, and, for several years she worked at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she became Deputy Clerk.

Some of Patricia’s hobbies included collecting money banks, cookie jars, vintage clothing, Norman Rockwell prints, the Flintstones and anything Simpson.  She was also a gifted artist, world traveler and gourmet cook.

Patricia was also a very courageous woman who fought a long hard battle with breast cancer, sadly, from which she passed away in December 2004. A few months before she passed away, Patricia said “Mom – if I pass away, I will always be with you, I will be over the rainbow.”

In 2002, when her cancer was stable,  Patricia visited an exhibit in Delray Beach that was organized and developed by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) entitled: Hats, Handbags & Gloves: from past to present.  That exhibit proudly featured my handbag-basket and a poem especially written by me about that purse.  Patricia never forgot the wonderful experience that our family had visiting the exhibit and she also knew that the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was looking for a permanent home.  Patricia fondly talked about the day she visited the Museum’s exhibit, saying: “Lori Durante graciously gave us a tour of that exhibit and someday, let’s support that museum so that it can have a permanent home.” 

Even though Patricia has passed away, her dream of helping to support the Museum’s efforts for a permanent building is still being realized.  In year 2005, the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was granted a $6,000 bequest from Patricia's estate that is recognized as The Patricia Ann Ravo Fund.  Since that time, annual bequeaths of various amounts from the Ravo Fund have been received by the museum totaling more than $14,000.

A permanent home for the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was one of  Patricia's final wishes during her last days.    
 

Although the MLFH has been without a permanent home since 2005, this organization continues to bring cultural arts, entertainment and educational activity programs to several thousand people each year. Families and children, residents and tourists, schools and businesses, community clubs and social organizations--all continue to benefit from the rich offerings of MLFH.

Your financial support to MLFH will allow it to continue to grow, and most importantly, to reach our goal of building a permanent museum facility.  A permanent facility will allow this Museum to expand its hugely popular Taste History Culinary Tours program as well as host international exhibitions and dedicate a gallery to Patricia Ann Ravo. We still need your help to make it happen.

 

Click here to read more about Patricia Ann Ravo and view her photo on-line.

 

Click here to make a monetary donation on-line.  Donations can be made in any amount.

 

Check donations payable to the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History, in any amount, can be mailed to P.O. Box 6127, Delray Beach, FL 33482.

 

For more information, call: 561-243-2662

Black Bahamian descendants from Miami tour historic Lake Worth, Florida

On Thursday, October 4, 2012, the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) hosted a private Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Lake Worth, Florida for 32 (mostly retired) professional African Americans from Miami. These professional African Americans are school principals, teachers, librarians, nurses, social workers, bankers, beauty parlor owners and funeral parlor owners. They represent the black elite of Miami. And, they are descendants of black Bahamian settlers in Miami.  A total of 10 places were visited for their tour.   The tour got it's jump start with exclusive private shopping hosted at Macy's in Boynton Beach and with pastries sponsored by Palermo's Bakery of Boynton Beach, FL.

October 4, 2012, private shopping was hosted at Macy's Boynton Beach, Florida for Miami's black elite who visited Palm Beach County, Florida for a tour of historic Lake Worth, Florida

 

Back in February 2012, MLFH hosted a private Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Lake Worth for a black travel club that also consisted of retired African American professionals from Miami. They had an enjoyable experience and have shared good news throughout the City of Miami about their visit to historic Lake Worth which is how the group who visited on October 4^th heard about this MLFH tour program to Lake Worth.

The group of 32 professional African Americans who visited on Thursday, October 4, 2012, are members from two historic black Bahamian churches in Miami: the Church of the Incarnation and St. Agnes Episcopal Church.

St. Agnes was established in 1898 in Miami, Florida by black Bahamian settlers becoming the first black Episcopal church in Miami. St. Agnes boasts a membership of nearly 2,000 people making it the largest Episcopal church in South Florida and one of the largest in the State of Florida. The St. Agnes church building encompasses an entire city block. St. Agnes’ members represent some of the most notable African American professionals and black elected officials in South Florida. The other Episcopal church is the Church of the Incarnation in Miami (sister church to St. Agnes) which is 63 years old and has a large membership of 500 people. Both of these church members partnered for their excursion to Lake Worth. Their tour in Lake Worth included visits to the 1927  St. John’s Episcopal Church in the historic black Lake Osborne Addition neighborhood; and the 1913 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in the Parrot Cove Neighborhood in Lake Worth. Plus, they met African American Artists Edna Jones and George Taylor at the Lake Worth Art League Gallery; and African American artist Anthony Burks, Sr. at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery.  The galleries are located in the arts district in Downtown Lake Worth, FL.   Refreshing smoothies were provided at The Juice Bar. The tour guests also met Lake Worth Centennial Chairperson Betty Resch and Lake Worth author/historian Ted Brownstein.

What is also important to know is that the professional black Bahamians who toured Lake Worth on October 4^th are descendants of the black Bahamians who helped to build Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway extension to Miami and Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. These black Bahamians (who were their grandparents) arrived in Miami, Florida in the late 1890s and early 1900s via a “contract” to work on Flagler’s train. The black Bahamians came from Nassau, Freeport, St. Andros, Cat Island, Long Island and New Providence in the Bahamas and some of the black Bahamians came from Key West, Florida.

 

The special guests from Miami met, were greeted by and received warm welcomes from Lake Worth Commissioners Andy Amoroso; and Scott Maxwell.  Florida House of Representatives Lori Berman sent a wonderful welcome letter.

"The schedule of the tour experience was excellent.  We could not have had a better tour guide," said Marilyn Randall of the black elite group from Miami.

The tour guests from Miami at Macy's Boynton Beach.

 

Angela Mitchell of Macy's greeted tour guests from Miami

 

Macy's Boynton Beach hosted private shopping for the African American professionals from Miami's Church of the Incarnation and St. Agnes.

 

Tour guests shopping at Macy's Boynton Beach, Florida

  

Black professionals from Miami shopped at Macy's Boynton Beach for their tour in Palm Beach County, Florida

 

Tour guests from Miami shopped at Macy's Boynton Beach, Florida

  

Angela Mitchell of Macy's Boynton Beach with Tour Director Lori

 

Mr. Zander (left), who, in the 1980s,  was the 7th grade teacher for  MLFH Tour Director Lori (right). Mr. Zander is now a top-selling sales associate in the Men's department at Macy's Boynton Beach

 

With Macy's shopping bags in hand, tour guests board bus for trip to historic Lake Worth, Florida

  

Father Joseph of St. John's Episcopal Church welcomed the church members from the Church of the Incarnation and St. Agnes in Miami for their tour of Lake Worth, Florida. 

 

George Glinton shared the history of St. John's Episcopal which was established in the Lake Osborne Addition neighborhood in Lake Worth by black Bahamian settlers to Lake Worth, FL.  Mr. Glinton is a descendant of the black Bahamian founders of the Lake Worth church.  The School District of Palm Beach County also used this church building as the 2nd Lake Worth home for the "Colored" school for children of African American heritage during the era of legal segregation.

  

MLFH Tour Director Lori with Archibald Theodore Morris who is an elder at St. John's Episcopal Church.

 

St. John's Episcopal Church elder Archibald Theodore Morris welcomed the black professionals from Miami.

Archibald Theodore Morris shared the history of the historic Big Red Bell with the black professionals who were visiting from Miami.   The bell dates back to about year 1908 and was originally the bell used by the West Palm Beach Fire Department.  When the fire department no longer had any use for the bell, St. John's Episcopal paid $100 to have the bell transported to their property in the Lake Osborne Addition.  In the olden days (before the telephone, TV, cellular phone and the internet), bell communication was very important because the bell was rung or tolled to alert to community with a particular message (i.e. birth, wedding, death, emergency, etc.).

    

Members of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation of Miami viewed the Big Red Bell which weights about 2 tons located at St. John's Episcopal Church in the Lake Osborne Addition neighborhood in Lake Worth, Florida.

MLFH Tour Director Lori J. Durante with members of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation of Miami viewing the Big Red Bell located at St. John's Episcopal Church in the Lake Osborne Addition neighborhood in Lake Worth, Florida.  Lake Osborne Addition was once Lake Osborne "Colored" Addition that was settled around 1917 by black Bahamians.  In 1999, the City of Lake Worth removed the reference "Colored" from fron the Lake Osborne name on the City's plat map as it was deemed derrogatory.

Tours guests from Miami marvel at the Big Red Bell located at the historic St. John's Episcopal Church located in the Lake Osborne Addition in Lake Worth.

 

 

The black professionals from Miami arrived at Grant AME Chapel in the Lake Osborne Addition neighborhood in Lake Worth.  Grant AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Chapel was established in 1922 and is the oldest black church in Lake Worth, FL. The church organization originated in the neighboring Town of Lantana, Florida 

 

Rev. Rosetta Clark of Grant AME Chapel provided a thorough lecture about the in-depth history of Grant AME Chapel located in the historic black neighborhood Lake Osborne Addition in Lake Worth.  Grant's church building served as the first Lake Worth home for the "Colored" School operated by the School District of Palm Beach County, FL.

Rev. Rosetta Clark with black professionals from the Espicopal Church of the Incarnation and St. Agnes in Miami who were visiting Grant AME Chapel, the oldest black church in Lake Worth, FL

 

Ms. Trudy Lowe with students at the Osborne School hold a welcome sign for the black professionals from Miami who were touring historic Lake Worth, FL.  The Osborne School was built in 1947 as the "colored" school for African American children and served grades 1st thru 8th during legal segregation.

The black elite professionals, many of whom are retired teachers, received a tour of the Osborne School building which is now a Head Start school in Lake Worth. The children read stories to the black professionals visiting from St. Agnes and the Church of the Incarnation in Miami.

The black professionals, many of whom are retired teachers, received a tour of the Osborne School building which is now a Head Start school in Lake Worth.  The children read stories to the black professionals visiting from St. Agnes and the Church of the Incarnation in Miami.

During the visit to the Osborne School, Mr. Julius Jones, who is a native of Lake Worth, shared comprehensive history about the area during legal segregation.  He later became the first black teacher at Barton Elementary.

The Lake Worth Muncipal Pier under renovation.  The tour bus made a loop around the beach where there is renovation construction on the beach, casino and pier. According research done by Willie Howard of The Palm Beach Post, the Municipal Pier in the City of Lake Worth is named in honor of William O. Lockhart, a black Bahamian man and farmer who died in 2003. Before his passing, Lockhart was also the pier master.

The black professionals from St. Agnes Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Miami received an enthusiastic welcome and historical overview at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth which established in 1913 by pioneers to Lake Worth.

 

Father Rasmus, Rector at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in the Parrot Cove Neighborhood in Lake Worth, FL, welcomed the black professional tour guests from Miami's St. Agnes and Church of the Incarnation and shared history about St. Andrew's.  St. Andrew's lost their original building in the 1928 hurricane but re-built in 1929.

 

The black professionals from Miami were greeted by Lake Worth artist George Taylor  at the Lake Worth Art League Gallery located in the LULA Arts District in Downtown Lake Worth, FL.

The Lake Worth Art League Gallery is one of the oldest continuous art leagues in Palm Beach County.  The tour guests from the St. Agnes church and Church of the Incarnation in Miami received a tour of the art gallery and met some of the African American artists.

Tara Maule, President of the Lake Worth Art League welcomed the black professionals from the St. Agnes and Church of the Incarnation in Miami.

Art work by Lake Worth Art League artist Edna Jones on view for the MLFH tour hosted for the black professionals from Miami.

Edna Jones, artist with the Lake Worth Art League Gallery located in the LULA Arts District in Downtown Lake Worth, FL

The black professionals from Miami purchased gift cards created by local artist at the Lake Worth Art League Gallery in Downtown Lake Worth, Florida

Lake Worth Art League Gallery artist Edna Jones ( Left) with tour guest from Miami

Black professional tour guests from Miami in Downtown Lake Worth on their way to The Juice Bar and a greeting from Lake Worth City Commissioner Andy Amoroso.

Lake Worth Commissioner Andy Amoroso (center) greeted the tour guests from the St. Agnes and the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation of Miami who were touring historic Lake Worth on the Narrated Bus Tour conducted by MLFH.

Lake Worth Commissioner Andy Amoroso display the LULA Map to the tour guests from Miami who all received a copy of the map.

The Juice Bar in downtown Lake Worth provided  smoothie drinks for the black professionals from Miami

Group photo!  Lake Worth Commissioner Andy Amoroso with the black professionals from St. Agnes Church and Church of the Incarnation of Miami who toured historic Lake Worth on the MLFH Narrated Bus Tour.



Joyce Brown, President of the Lake Worth Downtown Cultural Alliance, at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery holding the front door open for the black professionals from Miami

Tour guests arrive at the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in Downtown Lake Worth, Florida

L-R: Artists George Taylor, Anthony Burks, Sr. and Joyce Brown a the Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in Downtown Lake Worth.  Anthony Burks, Sr. gave a lecture about his exhibition Boys II Men to the black professional MLFH tour guests from Miami

Lake Worth Commissioner Scott Maxwell (center) welcomes the Miami residents for their MLFH tour of historic Lake Worth, Florida

Scott Maxwell ( right) greeted the black professionals from the St. Agnes Episcopal Church and the Church of the Incarnation of Miami.

Betty Resch, Chairman of the Lake Worth Centennial welcomed the tour guests from Miami who were visiting historic Lake Worth, Florida

Ted Brownstein shared historical data about the negro Seminole Fannie James who settled in Lake Worth in 1883 before the town was incorporated in 1913. Brownstein is writing a book about Fannie James.

The Palms West Chamber of Commerce in Lake Worth welcomed the black professionals from Miami by gifting them each with a copy of the book Lake Worth: Jewel of the Gold Coast written by Jonathan W. Koontz



For more information about a private Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Lake Worth or a Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Delray Beach, Florida, call 561-243-2662 or click here.

Special thank you Macy's, the Patricia Ann Ravo Fund; and the Boris & Edith Rueger Fund.
 

About the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History

The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was established in 1999 and is non-profit 501c3. Since 2004, the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH) has conducted the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach, Florida that have been rated the “best” and also the Most Unique Travel Gem by AAA Travel Home & Away Magazine. More than 7,000 passengers have been hosted on the hugely popular Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach. In 2012, MLFH expanded its Narrated Bus Tour program to include historic Lake Worth. In addition, on the second, third and fourth Saturdays of each month, MLFH conducts the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County which visits historic Lake Worth & Lantana; and historic Delray Beach & Boynton Beach, FL. These tour programs were designed by Lori J. Durante, founder and Executive Director of the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History. The Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History was established in 1999 and is a non-profit 501c3 organization.

For more information, call 561-243-2662 or visit MLFHMUSEUM.org.