Art: Invention on display at Fine Craft Show astounds By Myles Ludwig Imagination is abloom at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show at the Convention Center. It is a springy bouquet of masterfully individualized techniques and unexpectedly fused mat... Read More... More in: Art

Film: Few surprises at 86th Oscars show There were few surprises or upsets at Sunday evening’s 86th annual Academy Awards ceremony, which is to say that my posted predictions were pretty accurate. I called 20 ... Read More... More in: Film

Theater: Community theater: A strong ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ at LW Playhouse By Dale King Lake Worth Playhouse has taken a bold step in its decision to present One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a generally grim drama. B... Read More... More in: Theater

Dance: MCB’s dancers uneven in ‘triple threat’ at Kravis By Tara Mitton Catao Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez opened Miami City Ballet’s Program III at the Kravis Center on Friday night and introduced two company premieres that two dance legends — Geo... Read More... More in: Dance

Music: Music, science link arms for Max Planck lecture series in Jupiter If you were to list the names of prominent scientists who also were interested in music, you’d be at it for some time. Along with the more or less well-known examples of ... Read More... More in: Music

Interviews: Festival Boca preview: Anna Deveare Smith, on a search for grace Anna Deveare Smith won’t be mounting a full production of her new one-woman show On Grace at the Festival of the Arts Boca. But she will be offering the one thing that mig... Read More... More in: Interviews

Books: Kidd’s ‘Invention of Wings’ compelling tale of slave era From the opening pages of this engaging novel, Sue Monk Kidd grabs the reader’s attention with her compelling portrait of a slave-owning family in Charleston, S.C. The well-told story begins with the... Read More... More in: Books

Weekend Picks: Weekend arts picks: March 7-9 Theater: Off-Broadway pioneer Israel Horovitz sets many of his plays in his adopted hometown of Gloucester, Mass., which is where the triangular tug-of-war, Fighting Over Beverley, takes place. But the story is mor... Read More... More in: Weekend Picks

News & Commentary: Sundays: Magic carpet ride By Myles Ludwig The red carpet has been a trope since the 5th century B.C., when the coy Clytemnestra welcomed home the wings beneath her feet from his travails in Troy. The... Read More... More in: News & Commentary

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