John Knox Village recently held a grand opening for the newest addition to its 70-acre campus — the $34 million Pavilion at Westlake. The 27,000-square-foot Pavilion is home to two restaurants — Seaglass and The Pearl, as well as Barton’s Nautilus Bar and a 350-plus-seat Cultural Arts Center.
The Pavilion is part of a long-range master plan in place to expand and update the entire campus of the John Knox Village life plan retirement community, located at 651 SW Sixth Street in Pompano Beach.
The Cultural Arts Center in the Pavilion has a variety of concerts and entertainment lined up for its first season, which is open to non-residents of John Knox Village (JKV).
“JKV is embarking on a new cultural series that brings local, regional and national talent to the campus of JKV for our residents as well as the greater community,” said Jody Leshinsky, JKV’s Life Enrichment Manager, who sources the entertainers. “With the new Cultural Arts Center, we’re raising the bar on the caliber of talent that will be on the stages.”
A JKV Jazz Series will run from September through December. The program will feature concerts from Tito Puente Jr. and His Latin Jazz Ensemble on Sept. 23; swing jazz vocalist Ashley Pezzotti on Oct. 15; saxophonist Ed Calle and the Mamblue Big Band (Latin Jazz and Big Band) on Nov. 12; and Carole J. Bufford, singing classics from the Jazz Age (1920s) and beyond on Dec. 4.
In addition to the JKV Jazz Series, the South Florida Chamber Ensemble will perform traditional classical music and music from Broadway shows on Nov. 7, and the Fushu Daiko ensemble will perform Japanese taiko drumming on Nov. 9.
All performances start at 7pm, with the exception of the Carole J. Bufford concert, which starts at 2pm. A limited number of seats for all performances will be available to non-residents of JKV through the Eventbrite ticketing website (eventbrite.com).
The four concerts in the JKV Jazz Series are offered to non-residents as a subscription on Eventbrite for $81. Single tickets for any show are $26 for non-residents.
This fall, the JKV Symphony Pops Series will kick off at the Cultural Arts Center, to be followed by a JKV Dance Series. The schedule of upcoming events and ticket information will be posted on Eventbrite.
Parking for the Cultural Arts Center is located at JKV’s Center for Healthy Living parking lot at 550 SW Third Street, adjacent to the JKV property. From there, a JKV air-conditioned shuttle bus will provide transportation for the short distance to the Cultural Arts Center. For those who choose to walk from the parking lot to the Cultural Arts Center, security staff will be there to assist.
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