CULTURE & COCKTAILS At The Colony Returns Next Monday With Rocker/Artist Jason Newsted

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County today announced that the popular series CULTURE & COCKTAILS opens 2018 on Monday, January 8, with the second of five fascinating Conversations to be held this season at The Colony Hotel Pavilion, located at 155 Hammon Avenue in Palm Beach.

January 8

HEAVY PERSPECTIVES

From Metallica to Modern Art

A Conversation with Musician & Artist Jason Newsted

The talented bass guitarist was in the heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001, and played with them again when the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. He also played with Ozzy Osbourne, Voivod and the self-titled Newsted, for which he provided lead vocals as well as bass. Beginning in 2006, he went "from making crazy and colorful music to crazy and colorful art," and had his first gallery show in San Francisco in 2010. The rock artist's first solo exhibition entitled RaWk: The Art of Jason Newsted is now open at the Cultural Council's gallery through February 3.

Interviewed by Leslie Gray Streeter, Pop Culture Reporter for the Palm Beach Post

The following CULTURE & COCKTAILS will be:

February 5

BEHIND THE EMBASSY DOOR

A Conversation with Edward Elson, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (1993-1998)

In 2001, an article in the Palm Beach Daily News declared, "Since he served for six years as the U.S. ambassador to Denmark and helped create National Public Radio two decades earlier, it's hardly a surprise that Edward Elson is a rich source of wild and woolly political tales." A member of the Council of American Ambassadors, he has served on the boards for numerous businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Interviewed by Dr. David Breneman, President & CEO of The Society of Four Arts

CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder and The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation. Additional support for the series is provided by the Palm Beach Daily News, First Republic Bank, and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm.

Admission to each CULTURE & COCKTAILS event is $65 for advance RSVPs, $85 at the door, and FREE for members of the Cultural Council ($250 level and above). Season passes are now available at $325. Seating is limited. All proceeds go to support artist programs of the nonprofit Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. For membership information, please contact Debbie Calabria at (561) 472-3330.

Each event will run from 5 to 7 pm, with registration and cocktails from 5 to 5:45 pm, and the "Conversation" from 5:45 to 7 pm, including audience Q&A. The Colony will serve complimentary beverages and an array of specially prepared hors d'oeuvres before each CULTURE & COCKTAILS conversation.

People interested in attending CULTURE & COCKTAILS can RSVP before each event by calling the Cultural Council at (561) 472-3330.

Topics and speakers are subject to change depending upon the availability of scheduled participants.

The Cultural Council is the official support agency for arts and culture in The Palm Beaches, serving non-profit organizations, individual artists and arts districts. The Cultural Council administers $4.5 million in grants annually, supports arts and cultural education, provides capacity-building training and advocates for arts funding and arts-friendly policies in Palm Beach County, Florida's Cultural Capital. The Council promotes Palm Beach County's cultural experiences to visitors and residents through multi-platform marketing and public information programs, including its one-of-a-kind Cultural Concierge service.

The Cultural Council presents exhibitions featuring Palm Beach County artists and provides additional programming at its headquarters in the historic Robert M. Montgomery, Jr. Building, an iconic Streamline Moderne former movie theater in Downtown Lake Worth. Also at the Cultural Council headquarters are the Roe Green Uniquely Palm Beach Store featuring products by Palm Beach County artists and the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Visitor Information Center, a VISIT FLORIDA designated Florida Certified Tourism Information Center.

The Cultural Council galleries, visitor information center and store are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For a complete calendar of cultural activities in The Palm Beaches, connect with the Council at palmbeachculture.com or (561) 471-2901. To plan a personalized cultural itinerary, connect with the Cultural Concierge at palmbeachculture.com/concierge. To learn about the benefits of individual, business, artist or musician membership to the Council, please contact dcalabria@palmbeachculture.com.

Photo Credit: William Meredith - WCM Photography

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