Police and Firefighters' Retirement System Special Meeting

April 12, 2021, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually via Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting / City Council Workshop

April 12, 2021, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM @ These meetings will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

City Council Regular Meeting

April 13, 2021, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Planning and Zoning Board

April 15, 2021, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

The Planning and Zoning Board monitors and oversees the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Plan. The Board holds public hearings twice monthly to hear all matters pertaining to development within the City and makes recommendations to the City Council.

Community Appearance Board

April 20, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

The Community Appearance Board reviews plans of exterior alterations of buildings, other than single-family homes, to ensure conformity with established standards. Signs, billboards, and landscaping come under close scrutiny by this Board to ensure the aesthetical quality of the City.

Boca Raton Airport Authority

April 21, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel - Coral Ballroom 2000 NW 19th Street

The Airport Authority has jurisdiction over operations, maintenance, and improvements at the Boca Raton Airport. The Authority operates independently of the City.

Police & Firefighters' Retirement System Board of Trustees Regular Meeting

April 22, 2021, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Environmental Advisory Board

April 22, 2021, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Community Redevelopment Agency Regular Meeting / City Council Workshop

April 26, 2021, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM @ These meetings will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

City Council & GBR Beach and Park District Joint Meeting

April 26, 2021, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ This meeting will be held using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

City Council Regular Meeting

April 27, 2021, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ The meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Special Magistrate Parking Hearings

April 28, 2021, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Special Magistrates conduct hearings related to enforcement of various fire, building, zoning, sign and other codes of the City, in order to protect and improve the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry. Special Magistrates also hear appeals of parking fines.

Executive Employees' Retirement Plan Board of Trustees

April 28, 2021, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually using Communications Media Technology (CMT)

The Executive Employees' Retirement Plan provides certain retirement and death benefits to eligible executive employees of the City.

Boca Raton Housing Authority

April 28, 2021, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM @ This meeting will be held virtually via Communications Media Technology (CMT)

Organized in 1978 to provide safe and affordable low-income housing in the City, the Housing Authority now operates as an independent agency.

Lives of the Poets: Audre Lorde

April 10, 2021, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Virtual discussion

Join Neil Schulhoff to discuss poet Audre Lorde, an American writer, feminist, librarian, and civil rights activist. Enrollment required. Please provide an email address. A link to the virtual meeting will be emailed upon enrollment.

Story Central Virtual Storytelling Slam

April 11, 2021, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM @ Virtual program

The Story Central Virtual Storytelling Slam is an opportunity for adults to enter a friendly competition to share true, first-person stories -- not poems or essays -- of approximately 5-7 minutes in length. Adults are welcome to volunteer to sign up to tell a story or just sit back, listen and enjoy. Judges in the audience select the winner, who is awarded a prize. Stories are not to be read or memorized. Enrollment required. Please provide an email address. The participation link will be emailed upon enrollment.

Moving to Higher Ground: Sea Level Rise and How It Affects Us

April 13, 2021, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Virtual presentation

Join John Englander, author of "Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward," for a presentation about climate change, sea level rise, and the effects on a global level. Enrollment required. A link to the virtual meeting will be emailed upon enrollment.

Teen Graphic Novel Club: The Witch Boy, by Molly Knox Ostertag

April 15, 2021, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM @ Virtual discussion

In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted ... and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming Charlie, to convince Aster to try practicing his skills. And it will require even more courage to save his family ... and be truly himself. Enrollment required. A link to the virtual discussion will be emailed upon enrollment. **AFTER ENROLLMENT, PICK UP A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK AT THE YOUTH SERVICES DESK AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY**

An Hour to Kill Mystery Book Club: Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler

April 16, 2021, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM @ Virtual discussion

Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard. Enrollment required. Please provide an email address. A link to the virtual meeting will be emailed upon enrollment.

Saturday Morning Writers' Group

April 17, 2021, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Virtual discussion

Are you a budding or professional writer? Would you like feedback from other writers on your book chapters, short stories, poetry or vignettes? Are you interested in building an ongoing team of like-minded people for creative support and inspiration? If so, you are a perfect candidate for a writers' group. Led by Caren S. Neile, the group meets the first and third Saturday of every month on Zoom. Registrants will be asked periodically to send the facilitator a brief manuscript (up to 10 pages) for distribution to participants to read before each meeting. Then the group will engage in productive critique of three or more manuscripts per session. Ages 18 and up. Drop-ins welcome, but frequent participation is encouraged.

Bad Poetry Night

April 23, 2021, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Virtual program

We invite you to purposefully break the rules and have fun with bad poetry! Let us show you how to break out of a writer’s rut and relax some of those writing muscles. You will have the opportunity to share your "bad" poetry at the end of class. No previous writing experience is required.