Andy Quiroga as Frenchy in Promethean Theatre's Cannibal!(Photo by George Schiavone)By Hap ErsteinThe opening announcement at The Promethean Theatre is a sprightly caution that the following show will contain “blood, puke and pus.” Eeew.Well, they didn’t need to warn us about the blood: The back wall of the stage is already splattered with the stuff before we even enter the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
‘Cannibal’ provides silly, gory fun at Promethean
The opening announcement at The Promethean Theatre is a sprightly caution that the following show will contain “blood, puke and pus.” Eeew. Well, they didn’t need to warn us about the blood: The back wall of the stage is already splattered with the stuff before we even enter the Wild West world of the black-box playing space at Nova Southeastern University. Still, the … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: In Atlanta, the tableaux of Whitfield Lovell
28M, by Whitfield Lovell.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsSeeing or creating art is always part of my travel plans, whether it's visiting museums, galleries and artist studios, hearing a lecture about art or taking an art-related seminar. Packed in my carry-on without fail are a sketchbook, conté sticks and watercolors.Late last month, I spent a week in Atlanta, where the … [Read more...]
In Atlanta, the tableaux of Whitfield Lovell
Seeing or creating art is always part of my travel plans, whether it's visiting museums, galleries and artist studios, hearing a lecture about art or taking an art-related seminar. Packed in my carry-on without fail are a sketchbook, conté sticks and watercolors. Late last month, I spent a week in Atlanta, where the art scene is thriving. The High Museum of Art … [Read more...]
Music review: Senior-citizen CSN proves the best wine is vintage
Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and David Crosby, at the Seminole Hard Rock on Thursday night.(Photo by Tom Craig/Seminole Hard Rock)By Thom SmithDo, do, do-do, do, do, do-dah-do, do, do. Not a hint of Judy's blue eyes. No holding anyone close before the fire. Nothing about Chicago or Ohio or Woodstock.But with Crosby, Stills and Nash, so much water has moved underneath their … [Read more...]
Senior-citizen CSN proves the best wine is vintage
Do, do, do-do, do, do, do-dah-do, do, do. Not a hint of Judy's blue eyes. No holding anyone close before the fire. Nothing about Chicago or Ohio or Woodstock. But with Crosby, Stills and Nash, so much water has moved underneath their bridges that no matter what or how many songs they performed at Seminole Hard Rock on Thursday night, it wouldn't be enough for the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 21-23
The Boys With the Big Beaks Play All Night, by Suzette Urs. Art: You’d never know that it is still summer, as the local art community appears to be in full swing from Northwood in West Palm Beach to downtown Lake Worth and on south to Boynton Beach.This photomontage by Sue Stevens is offered in an edition of five.At the EG2 Northwood gallery, three “under 30” artists -- Carolyn … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 21-23
Art: You’d never know that it is still summer, as the local art community appears to be in full swing from Northwood in West Palm Beach to downtown Lake Worth and on south to Boynton Beach. At the EG2 Northwood gallery, three “under 30” artists -- Carolyn Sickles, Ryan Toth, and Sue Stevens -- are presenting Paper Piracy, a thought-provoking contemporary … [Read more...]
Film review: Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’ distinctive, but also idiotic
Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds.By Hap ErsteinWith a regard for history as erratic as his spelling, Quentin Tarantino brings us his idiosyncratic -- and occasionally idiotic -- vision of World War II, Inglourious Basterds, a fitfully amusing, frequently brutal spin on war movie clichés.The title, swiped from an obscure 1978 Italian film, refers to a small group of … [Read more...]
Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’ distinctive, but also idiotic
With a regard for history as erratic as his spelling, Quentin Tarantino brings us his idiosyncratic -- and occasionally idiotic -- vision of World War II, Inglourious Basterds, a fitfully amusing, frequently brutal spin on war movie clichés. The title, swiped from an obscure 1978 Italian film, refers to a small group of Jewish-American viligante G.I.s airlifted into … [Read more...]