By Dennis D. Rooney The Symphonia opened its new season at St. Andrew’s School’s Roberts Auditorium on Nov. 13 with a program that featured guest conductor Andrés Cárdenes, who was also the soloist … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Chang disappoints in uneven PB Symphony opener
By Dennis Rooney The Nov. 6 concert by the Palm Beach Symphony at the Kravis Center was the opening of the orchestra’s 49th season. Music director Gerard Schwarz was on the podium and violinist … Continue reading...
ART
West Palm Beach’s Peach Artist Collective celebrates 1-year anniversary
At one year, we can’t quite say The Peach Artist Collective (named for its location at 3950 Georgia Ave.) is fully ripe, but the newest art destination in West Palm Beach, which celebrated its … Continue reading...
Fiber artist Drummond opens Cultural Council’s arts season with ‘Systems’
Jamaican-born mixed-media fiber artist Michelle Drummond has kicked off the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s season with a solo show running through Dec. 3. Michelle Drummond: Systems can … Continue reading...
DANCE
Season Preview 2022-23: The season in dance
This past summer was particularly hot and grueling everywhere, but the gradually arriving change in the weather will also usher in a very cool South Florida season of dance. Here are the details: … Continue reading...
All for Mr. B: Dancer sees Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’ through worshipful lens
When I started reading Toni Bentley’s Serenade: A Balanchine Story, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. In fact, I wasn’t sure that I was going to continue reading it. I had my suspicion that the tone … Continue reading...
THEATER
Something familiar, but fresh: ‘Forum’ to open at Maltz
After begrudgingly writing only the lyrics for his first two Broadway shows — West Side Story and Gypsy — the great Stephen Sondheim at last penned both words and music for 1962’s A Funny Thing … Continue reading...
Literature provides connection in touching ‘Dorothy’s Dictionary’
Words and books are the cherished domain of Dorothy Ross, a former librarian now confined to a convalescent home with an unspecified but serious medical condition and failing eyesight. She is at the … Continue reading...
FILM
The View From Home: A lovely, insightful import from Greece
For Artemis (Sofia Kokkali), the 20-something protagonist of the Greek import Moon, 66 Questions ($24.99, DVD, from Film Movement), it’s often unclear if she’s enjoying her downtime or exorcising … Continue reading...
‘My Policeman’: Keeping the kid gloves on
Decorous and idealized, My Policeman updates the kinetic love triangle of François Truffaut’s Jules & Jim in a style more befitting the old Masterpiece Theatre. While the situation it depicts is … Continue reading...
BOOKS
‘Well of Souls’ traverses shameful histories in telling tale of the banjo
Usually, the movie follows the book. But in the case of Kristina R. Gaddy's well-researched, comprehensive chronology Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History (Norton), it follows a … Continue reading...
‘Shy’ shows Mary Rodgers was anything but second-rate
Like a less significant middle child, composer, author and philanthropist Mary Rodgers is a mere footnote in the annals of the musical theater. After all, she is probably best known for being the … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
Norton’s new CEO: The museum as hub for creativity and dialogue
Early into a recent interview, it becomes clear why Ghislain d'Humières landed the job of director and CEO of the Norton Museum of Art. A native of France with a last name that exudes harmony and … Continue reading...
Writer T Kira Madden: Leaving Boca, opening doors for ‘Fatherless Girls’
The tattoos dotting T Kira Madden’s arms may not symbolize everything you need to know about her, but they unlock a number of doors. They include likenesses of the Hawaiian islands, her ancestral … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Join us for our Culture Talks series at Cultural Council
In collaboration with the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Palm Beach ArtsPaper is hosting a series of four Culture Talks this season featuring local culture makers discussing arts issues of … Continue reading...
Palm Beach Poetry Festival calls off 2023 event, plans return in 2024
DELRAY BEACH --- The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is taking a hiatus in 2023 as it regroups from the death of its founder, Miles Coon, and searches for a new home. Officials said the festival plans … Continue reading...