For 26 seasons now, James Brooks-Bruzzese has led members of his Symphony of the Americas and guest musicians from around the globe in a musical Summerfest that always includes performances in his … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
‘Dead Man Walking’ ends Miami festival in overwrought fashion
By Dennis D. Rooney The composer Jake Heggie was born John Stephen Heggie on March 31, 1961, in West Palm Beach, but didn’t stay there long as his family relocated soon after his birth to Columbus, … Continue reading...
ART
Aesop’s Tables: Animals, morals, artwork and togetherness on Clematis Street
By Lucy Lazarony Aesop’s Tables, hand-painted picnic tables on Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach, are set to be auctioned off Aug. 31 in support of more than two dozen local charities. … Continue reading...
At The Box: The dreamscapes of Rosemary Otto
By Myles Ludwig To enter Rosemary Otto’s world is to enter a universe of metaphor and fantasy where deer/dear people sprout antlers, fly through surrealist landscapes and find themselves as naked … Continue reading...
DANCE
Boca Ballet Theatre offers rich, varied summer program
Because it’s summertime, arts shows tend to get a more indulgent audience: Crowds are smaller, the big names and shows that come through are a few months away, and the youths involved in the various … Continue reading...
Godden ballet intrigues at Harid’s season closer
Choreographer Mark Godden created his ballet Minor Threat, set to the first two movements of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, some 20 years ago for Canada’s Alberta Ballet, but in a performance May 28 … Continue reading...
THEATER
‘Informed Consent’ nimbly explores intersection of science and ethics
Science has come under fire of late, most notably in the political arena. The rise of science deniers makes Informed Consent, the latest densely packed, morally ambiguous drama by Deborah Zoe Laufer … Continue reading...
‘Kosher Cheerleader’ a tender look at one woman’s life and faith
By Dale King The Kosher Cheerleader, a humorous, often heart-warming production about a woman seeking true fulfillment in life, told by the person who lived it, is playing through late August at … Continue reading...
FILM
Documentary-style approach helps ‘Menashe’ connect
Menashe is a redemption song in a minor key, played perhaps on a weathered shofar. A simple, somnolent story set in the cloistered subset of a subset, this documentary-style drama is almost guaranteed … Continue reading...
‘Amnesia’: Healing, memory and the Holocaust
There’s something ineffably Hitchcockian about the setup of Barbet Schroeder’s Amnesia. It’s set in 1990 on the breathtaking coastline of Ibiza, where sixty-something Martha Sagell (Marthe Keller) … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Leaning in for grief: Facebook exec Sandberg explores pain of loss in ‘Option B’
When Sheryl Sandberg lost her husband, Dave, to a heart attack two years ago, the story attracted broad interest because of her position as a top executive at Facebook. In this new book, Sandberg … Continue reading...
Young writer’s stories of Florida raise her profile
Recently, Sarah Gerard started a new job at Books Are Magic, a Brooklyn bookstore owned by novelist Emma Straub. That was about the same time Gerard began touring in support of her second book, an … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
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...
Terry Teachout: Bringing ‘Satchmo’ to life, as playwright and director
Terry Teachout, 60, the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, is also a biographer and opera librettist. Five years ago, he adapted his biography of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong into a one-man … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
ArtsBuzz: Cultural Council adds board members; ‘Sound of Music’ will feature lobby concerts
Cultural Council names six new board members LAKE WORTH — Six new members have joined the board of directors for the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, with global finance expert Nathan Slack … Continue reading...
Letter from Edinburgh: No love lost in Scotland for Trump
By Chloe Elder As an expat living in Scotland, I often find myself in conversations disparaging the state of my homeland. My American accent simply seems to invite a political discussion. Even a … Continue reading...