Sharon Geltner

Croquet pro John C. Osborn describes the social, relaxation and health benefits of playing this elite sport at this beachfront resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Jewel of Palm Beach - 2024

The Best Golf Course in Florida

Improvements to the golf courses at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Fireworks Every Night, by Beth Raymer.

Reviewed by Sharon Geltner

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…expanded team of 38 judges who will collectively see and evaluate more than 120 different productions at more than 35 professional theaters across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. The theater season runs between September 1, 2023, and August 31, 2024.
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+ Sharon Geltner is an award-winning writer and multimedia communication specialist who covers travel, hospitality, arts and entertainment, Palm Beach society, and more. The author of Charity Bashed, a mystery satire that was a semifinalist in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel contest he is a contributing writer…

The 2023 Sunshine State Awards were announced on August 25, 2023 at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale. The Society of Professional Journalists (Florida chapter) received 982 submissions.

Sharon Geltner took First Place for Arts Criticism & Commentary for articles published in The Coastal Star and Palm Beach ArtsPaper.

Join us for the Sunshine State Awards ceremony on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023!
Meet us at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale for an evening of food, drink, networking and celebrating the best of Florida’s journalism. See the full list of finalists here.

6 p.m. Cocktail Hour
Open bar and passed appetizers at ArtServe’s lobby, as well as a photo booth and raffle prizes. Guests are also welcome to explore the exhibits during this time.
7:30 p.m. Ceremony
We’ll make our way to the auditorium for a presentation...

Sharon Geltner’s career has spanned social work, social climbing, social media and more recently, social distancing. She is a 2023 finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists "Sunshine State Awards" for Arts Commentary & Criticism.

She was a Washington D. C. reporter, covering government regulation of business and writing for celebrity authors. She traveled on assignment, including Israel, Egypt, Lapland, Scandinavia, Singapore, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Geltner came to Boca...

By Sharon Geltner

Maribelle is the eldest of three rich and beautiful sisters, from a family that started poor east of Panama City and made a fortune with a nationwide chain of convenience stores. Then they moved to the Island.

Maribelle is also editorial director of Palm Beach Confidential magazine and gets invited to a lot of charity balls, fashion shows and lunches. Her handsome, charming husband is the highly paid CFO of the family business. Her mother calls the shots and wants the family...

Art Commentary and Criticism, for articles published in The Coastal Star and Palm Beach ArtsPaper about the performing, visual and literary arts.

Samples: review of the Palm Beach Dramaworks performance of 12 ANGRY MEN; review of James Patterson's autobiography and profile of Robert Flynn Johnson, a museum curator who built his own renowned collection of portraits on a limited budget and appeared with his exhibit at the Society of the Four Arts.

By Sharon Geltner
Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club, the debut novel by a powerhouse Kravis fundraiser, is sold as a gossipy, scandalous, island tell-all. But in one respect it resembles the Brad Pitt movie Fight Club.
“The first rule of Fight Club is, you don’t talk about Fight Club.”
Although the publicity mentions “Palm Beach” four times, the novel doesn’t mention the island once.
Author Diane Bergner, vice president of development at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, has ...

When a 35-year art preservationist from Delray Beach met with the curator of the Schmidt Boca Raton Historical Museum to plan Palm Beach County tours for global art and architecture enthusiasts, she was surprised to learn of significant architectural treasures at nearby Lynn University.

“For years, I’ve said there is no Art Deco in Boca Raton, it’s strictly a Mizner town. But now we have discovered incredible architecture on a college campus and a business complex,” Sharon Koskoff...

[A look at some of the spa's greatest offerings and the remarkable women who create them.]

The Mar-a-Lago Club, known as the Jewel of Palm Beach, has some precious gems of its own, especially at the spa. Two notable women who catered to the Mar-a-Lago clientele early in their careers are getting attention from the entertainment industry and celebrity accolades.

La Costa Organic Jewelry, the exclusive jeweler to the club, will begin selling private label lines to Hard Rock Hotels worldwide. Tammy Fender Holistic Skin Care, started by a former club aesthetician, is now endorsed by Naomi W...

The World Art Deco Congress that takes place in Miami and Miami Beach from April 20 - 27 and in Palm Beach County from April 28-30, will be a way to reflect on locals’ huge accomplishments in preserving the town’s unique history and introducing some new discoveries.

Miami Beach was the site for the first World Art Deco Congress in 1991 and is the only city in the world to host the convocation twice.

Since the inaugural confab, global aficionados have met in New York, Havana, Los Angeles, Buen...

PULSE PREVENTION
By Sharon Geltner

Hot and Bothered: Sweat these details to prevent heat exhaustion humidity.

"I had to cool off. I left the bleachers and found some shade and drank water.” Dr. Harry Romero cautions that heat exhaustion is a real threat—and people don’t often realize they are experiencing it until they reach a dangerous point and need to be hospitalized. “If you feel those symptoms, don’t push through. If you can’t go inside, find shade and drink water.” A graduate of Harvard College and...