Valerie Staggs's profile photo

Articles

  • 1 week ago | palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Valerie Staggs

    On a Thursday night in early May, a select group of invitees filed into the Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas in Jupiter for a private showing of the yet-to-bereleased film “Love, Danielle.” The lights dimmed, and the film opened to a scene in a doctor’s office. The camera is on Danielle, the film’s main character, brilliantly acted by Devin Sidell. The audience watches her face as the doctor drones on about genetic testing, mutations, and cancer risks.

  • 1 month ago | palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Valerie Staggs

    From the beginning, Halo42 was destined to be an outlier in the skincare industry. After all, a company founded through the unlikely partnership between a makeup artist and an opioid and suicide survivor turned wellness coach, could hardly be considered mainstream. But then, Halo42’s co-founders Mark Turnipseed and Tim Quinn are used to forging new pathways in life. So bringing a fresh approach to skincare to the health and beauty market was just another step in their journey.

  • 1 month ago | palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Valerie Staggs

    When Ben Childs and Hector Diaz heard that Sunfest was not going to happen as usual this May, the two local musicians and podcasters saw an opportunity to bring a different type of music festival to the local community. They jumped in with all four feet. On Saturday, May 3rd, the 561 Music Festival will bring 20 original bands to two stages set up at Meyer Amphitheater in downtown West Palm Beach for a free day-long celebration of live local music.

  • 1 month ago | palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Valerie Staggs

    Lake Park residents have a new Java giant in town. Tequesta-based coffee company Oceana Coffee officially opened its new headquarters complete with a drive-thru window in the heart of Lake Park. Dubbed The Culinary Crossroads at Lake Park, the 19,000 square-foot building on 10th, between Magnolia Drive and Northern Drive houses Oceana Coffee and two other busi- nesses. It is a project five years in the making and a true labor of love for Oceana Coffee’s owners Scott and Amy Angelo.

  • 1 month ago | palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Valerie Staggs

    Tom Turner sees murder everywhere he looks. The author of the popular Charlie Crawford Palm Beach mystery series, Turner released the 17th book in the series, “Palm Beach Rogues.”Set on a super yacht cruising three miles offshore, “Palm Beach Rogues” is chock full of the elements Turner’s fans love in his stories — a passenger list of Palm Beach elite, a “crew” of beautiful women, high-stakes gambling, top shelf liquor and a murder victim that anyone on board had good motive to see dead.