Month: April 2013

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S PRESIDENT – RANDI EMERMAN

Randi_Emerman
Photo taken by Jason Nuttle

Randi Emerman remembers walking into a movie theater as a little girl. She remembers the excitement running rampant through her veins as the theater lights turned down and the screen lights turned up. She remembers her heartbeat racing with each passing second as she waited to be whisked away on a journey to the unknown. She remembers the setting – an environment shared with people of all walks of life coming together to watch a single film. She remembers all of it as if it were yesterday. And today as the president of the Palm Beach International Film Festival, it only seems natural that Emerman’s zest for film gives a new meaning to the term “movie buff.” Continue reading “PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S PRESIDENT – RANDI EMERMAN” →

SWANK FARMS – A TALE OF TWO FARMERS

 

Darren & Jodi Swank
Photo taken by Broward Palm Beach New Times

On a cold and rainy day in February – cold as any Florida resident would care to endure – the air is brisk and bleak. The afternoon dew dangles cautiously on the leaves before eventually meeting its fate on the ground. A chilling breeze sweeps carelessly throughout the town of Loxahatchee, as the sun refuses to show its face. A day that although overcast and frigid in nature, provides a contrasting backdrop to the heartwarming tale of two farmers and their home they call Swank Farms. Continue reading “SWANK FARMS – A TALE OF TWO FARMERS” →