In a politically unsettled time, it’s helpful to have artworks that take on the issues of the day and give us something to think about. Not In My Town, a new opera by Wilton Manors-based composer … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Shepard hate-crime opera set for world premiere
When a selection of scenes from South Florida composer Michael W. Ross’s new opera, Not In My Town, were performed in June at Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral, it came only days after the massacre … Continue reading...
ART
Ming dragon tiles good addition to Norton’s Chinese collection
Move aside, blue-and-white Chinese ceramics. The new highlight at the Norton Museum of Art is centuries old and once guarded a Chinese temple from the natural elements. On view through Oct. 2 … Continue reading...
FAU exhibit to feature art of the Florida Highwaymen, their teacher
By April Klimley The Florida Highwaymen are coming back to Boca Raton this fall with their vivid sunsets and sweeping coastal panoramas of Florida at Florida Atlantic University, accompanied by … Continue reading...
DANCE
A lovely ‘Giselle’ at Boca Ballet
This has been a good year for 25th anniversaries of local arts groups, with the Kravis Center, the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival, and Boca Ballet Theatre marking that milestone. The ballet … Continue reading...
Brilliant Godden work stands out at Harid spring recital
Rebecca Trionfo and Alexander Sargent in Renaissance Way. (Photo by Alex Srb) The spring concerts of the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton always begin with an introduction of the graduating class of … Continue reading...
THEATER
Appreciation: Edward Albee (1928-2016)
Edward Albee’s Broadway debut in 1962, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is one of a handful of great plays of the 20th century. And while he would have a career that spanned more than a half century, … Continue reading...
Fine cast shines in ‘The Rothschilds’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King The Broward Stage Door Theatre is back in full production mode about a month before most other performing arts venues have raised their opening night curtains. The 22-year-old arts … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Queen of Katwe’ captures underdog story beautifully
Chess in movies is never just about chess. It’s about geopolitics, as in Pawn Sacrifice, or self-actualization, as in Queen to Play, or the tribulations of coming of age, as in Searching for Bobby … Continue reading...
Act of the money God: ‘Deepwater Horizon’ hymns greed’s victims
It was only six years ago that the BP-contracted Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. But it feels like a lifetime of news cycles has pushed the worst environmental disaster in … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Harrowing ‘Girl Walks Out of a Bar’ could help other addicts
Lisa Smith has written a chilling account of her life as a New York lawyer addicted to alcohol and cocaine. Smith got an early start. By age 8 she was sneaking sips of alcohol at parties hosted by … Continue reading...
Toni Tennille: On life with, and without, the Captain
By Dale King Vocalist, actress and now author Toni Tennille knows a lot about love, such things as muskrat love and love that will keep us together, about touching your lover the way you want them … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Arts buzz: News briefs from the local arts
Four Arts announces its largest season PALM BEACH – The Society of the Four Arts has announced the largest season in its 80-year history, offering more than 500 arts and cultural programs in … Continue reading...
Kravis Center celebrating 25th anniversary this season
On Nov. 28, 1992, the Kravis Center opened for the first time with a gala and a star-studded two-act program featuring Isaac Stern, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Lily Tomlin and The Alvin Ailey … Continue reading...