Posthumous fame came very late for the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen, but her rediscovery in the late 20th century some 800 years after she died has been a salutary achievement for the … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Superb performances a highlight at Zimmermann’s
By Dennis D. Rooney The attendees of Zimmermann’s Café Chamber Music (whose motto is “Music Written Today; Composers Here and Now,”) are an amiable group who gathered patiently in the quiet space … Continue reading...
ART
What lies beneath: At Flagler, women’s fashion confronts its foundation
What came first, the desire to show off a tiny waist or the corset that squeezed internal organs out of the way? A dynamic new exhibition exploring how women’s fashion has shaped American society, and … Continue reading...
Norton’s Latin American show tries to reach out for diversity
Santeria reference? Check. Dual-language panels? Check. Diego Rivera? Check. A new art exhibition courts Latin America with good intentions and ends up feeling like a promising blind … Continue reading...
DANCE
Season Preview 2019-20: ‘Firebird,’ new local works among dance season highlights
From dancing gauchos to stately ballerinas and innovative tap dancers to body-bending modern movement-makers, South Florida’s 2019-2020 dance season takes off in full swing by early October. With … Continue reading...
Beautiful, visually lavish ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ ends MCB season
The visually lavish production of George Balanchine’s evening-length ballet A Midsummer Night’s Dream closed out Miami City Ballet’s 2018-19 season in the Palm Beaches last week. This revisit of … Continue reading...
THEATER
‘Fiddler’ still a miracle, as Sher’s version at Kravis shows
Fifty-five years ago, during what we now look back on as the golden age of Broadway, Sholem Aleichem’s folk tales of Tevye the dairy man and his five tradition-challenging daughters were adapted into … Continue reading...
Maltz’s new ‘Dracula’ successfully Stokers the fires of silliness
To paraphrase that renowned philosopher Monty Python, “And now for something completely silly.” To open its 2019-20 season, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre has commissioned a new spoofy take on Bram … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Scandalous’: Fake news, real scoops and stumping for Trump
Unlike the National Enquirer itself, you just can’t make this stuff up. There is actual videotape of Generoso Pope Jr., the media mogul who bought a New York sports/racing broadsheet called the … Continue reading...
The power and the infamy: ‘Grace of God’ takes tough look at priest scandal
Sweeping yet intimate, and told with a classicist rigor, By the Grace of God isn’t just the most mature and elegant film from the international enfant terrible François Ozon. It’s also among the … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Man-girl love story isn’t about perversion, author insists
By Sharon Geltner Timing is everything. In this #MeToo era, how does an author announce her book, The Best of Crimes, is about a man in love with a 13-year-old girl? With a spoiler on the … Continue reading...
Season Preview 2019-20: Literary events show South Florida’s culture isn’t written just in the sand
By Christina Wood The annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest held in Key West isn’t exactly what you could call a literary event. (But, if you’re interested, Sloppy Joe’s Bar will host the 40th … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
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...
#MeToo and the young actress: Three FAU thespians view the road ahead
By Janis Fontaine The #MeToo movement that exploded onto the cultural scene in 2017 with allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein – who was indicted this week on … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
‘Rescuers,’ at Levis JCC, hails those who saved Jews from Holocaust
The Levis JCC Sandler Center in Boca Raton’s fall exhibit, Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, brings back a show that first ran in 1996. With updated panels and imagery, the … Continue reading...
Delray resident helps charities with weekend art show at Convention Center
By Dale King Ingrid Robinson has an adage that directs her life: “Go big – or go home.” Barely a year ago, the recently resettled resident of Kings Point in Delray Beach launched Artists and … Continue reading...