By Robert Croan The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, gave rise to individual freedoms that we now take for granted, among them the revolutionary concepts of liberty, equality and … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Charming ‘Pirates’ runs aground on Broward Center acoustics
By Robert J. Croan The piquant and perceptive, witty and profound comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan rely for their effect as much on William S. Gilbert’s brilliant words as on the sparkling … Continue reading...
ART
Palm Beach Show offers floors full of riches
By Myles Ludwig The shiny story is at the Convention Center, where the Palm Beach Show of glittering jewelry, particularly fine antiques, interesting artifacts and wonderful paintings is on … Continue reading...
Kips Bay house showcases brilliant interior design
Decorator Show House – a staple in New York City since 1973, has returned to Palm Beach for its third iteration. This year’s plantation-style home, nicknamed “Bamboo Hill,” situated at 260 Palmetto … Continue reading...
DANCE
Dorrance Dance electrifies at Duncan with tap ‘Double Down’
What do you get when you cross America’s original art form with today’s technology? A reinvigorating artistic experience that wows everyone in the audience. Dorrance Dance is an award-winning New … Continue reading...
‘I’m Old Fashioned’ leads off MCB’s Program II with exceptional elegance
Who was dancing with brilliant ease with Miami City Ballet at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts a couple weekends ago? Why, it was Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth gliding across the stage in a … Continue reading...
THEATER
At Theatre Lab, quirky ‘Glass Piano’ intrigues
Legend has it that a Princess Alexandra of Bavaria once ingested – or believed she ingested – a grand piano made of glass. Intrigued by the notion, playwright Alix Sobler has turned it into a … Continue reading...
Delray Playhouse takes loving look at Rodgers and Hammerstein
By Dale King Some Enchanted Evening is a celebration honoring one of the most noted and notable duos in the history of the American musical — Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Delray … Continue reading...
FILM
‘José’: Gay in Guatemala, and learning to soldier on
An early candidate for the most joyous scene in a 2020 movie can be found midway through José, a prizewinning Guatemalan Bildungsroman. The title character (Enrique Salanic), who works a menial … Continue reading...
And the Oscar winners will be …
New Jersey casinos have started to take bets on the Oscars, but you probably do not have time to head that way and place a wager. So instead, take my scientifically projected winners’ list and bet … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Area guitarist Telesca tells of struggle with cancer in new book
With a new recording, a new book, and a new lease on life, Boynton Beach-based blues vocalist, bassist and guitarist Mark Telesca (marktelesca.com) has hit a figurative trifecta. Higher … Continue reading...
Harris’s Gunnie Rose is a protagonist with legs (and weapon)
By Sharon Geltner Could the latest Charlaine Harris fantasy series evolve into True Grit meets True Blood? It’s possible. There are similarities between the Sookie Stackhouse and the new … 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
40,000 stories later, The Moth is going strong – and coming to Boca fest
By Christina Wood Stories fill the pages of books, play out on movie and TV screens, and keep us coming back to social media time and time again. But nothing communicates a story quite like the … Continue reading...
Cultural Council changes name, widens mission, debuts logo
Palm Beach County’s arts council is rebranding itself, embarking on a new mission, adopting a redrawn logo and slightly changing its name. Formerly known as the Cultural Council of Palm Beach … Continue reading...