By Dennis D. Rooney Lynn University’s music conservatory inaugurated its 2018-19 series of concerts Sept. 8 in it its usual fashion, with a concert by its wind ensemble. “Crossover Concerti” was … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
From a South Florida condo, the blues reaches the world
Along with popular and country music, blues is now a booming, modern audiovisual industry. Particularly since the mid-1980s, when a young guitarist/vocalist from Texas named Stevie Ray Vaughan … Continue reading...
ART
MOCA’s ‘Monarchs’ delves into human, butterfly migration
By Sandra Schulman A group exhibition called Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly, now at The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA), uses the … Continue reading...
Nomadic Murals, at Boca Museum, find a home in our hearts
Picasso, Mirò, Dalí, Chagall, Raphael and Rubens experimented with it, but tapestry is still not the sexiest medium in the world of art. Given the right time, space and lighting, however, this ancient … Continue reading...
DANCE
‘Concerto DSCH’ a spectacular MCB season sendoff
Alexei Ratmansky is undoubtedly the leading choreographer in the ballet world today, clearly poised to become the next Balanchine. So what better place was there to see one of his most acclaimed … Continue reading...
Buck and Boogz’s ‘woke’ dance at Rinker inspires, astonishes
The impact of the March for Our Lives was felt across this divided country and around the world. People of all ages took time March 22 to show their support, and I couldn’t have had a better … Continue reading...
THEATER
Theatre Lab’s ‘Ronia’ overlong, but captivates young and old
The Holy Grail of family theater is a play that speaks to both youngsters and adults. That is apparently also the quest of The Heckscher Foundation for Children, which is funding an annual … Continue reading...
Stage Door’s new venue outshines uneven ‘La Cage’
You want the good news first? The 26-year-old Stage Door Theatre has moved from Margate, across Broward County, to a gorgeous new $11.6 million playhouse, the 1,100-seat Lauderhill Performing Arts … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Fahrenheit 11/9’: No solutions, but deeply entertaining anger
Michael Moore’s voice-over during the prologue to Fahrenheit 11/9 adopts the tone of an enthusiastic parent reading a nation its bedtime story. And why shouldn’t it? It’s Nov. 7, 2016, and history is … Continue reading...
Appreciation: Burt Reynolds, a great star who could have been an even greater actor
When I get asked about the difference between a film actor and a movie star, I usually bring up Burt Reynolds, who was the latter. By his own choice. As he demonstrated in 1972’s Deliverance, in … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Authentic South Florida flavor makes murder mystery tell
By Sharon Geltner “I was living through the worst time of my life. I was going to kill myself.” That statement is not from the west Broward mystery, The Other Side of Everything, the debut novel … Continue reading...
Rather reports on state of nation, and it’s grim
By Myles Ludwig Veteran newsman Dan Rather took the stage at the Palm Beach Convention Center to a standing ovation at the Palm Beach Book Festival on April 14. He was being honored as the … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
#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...
Erin Manning: In search of the Flagler spirit
Erin Manning took over as executive director of the Flagler Museum earlier this year from the retiring John Blades, coming to Henry Flagler’s 1902 Whitehall mansion from the Historical Society of … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Arts briefs: Alswang to retire from Norton; Danis departs at FGO
WEST PALM BEACH — Hope Alswang, who has led the Norton Museum of Art since April 2010, will retire in March after it reopens following its massive expansion and renovation by the eminent British … Continue reading...
At Max Planck, investigating the mystery of memory
By Myles Ludwig As a writer, I depend upon my memory a great deal, not so much for facts and figures so easily abundant by click, but certainly for flavor. For making something out of nothing, so … Continue reading...