As is often the case, the South Florida jazz season for 2009-2010 involves more quality than quantity. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the coming season even includes a few pleasant surprises. Like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, one of New Orleans' leading jazz horn units, playing at one of South Florida's top rock clubs. The veteran band makes a stop on its My Feet Can't … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2009
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in jazz
Jazz vocalist Sophie Milman. (Illustration by Pat Crowley) Editor's note: This is one in a series of 10 stories previewing the Palm Beach County and regional arts season for 2009-10.By Bill Meredith As is often the case, the South Florida jazz season for 2009-2010 involves more quality than quantity. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the coming season even includes a few … [Read more...]
Dutch group gets Delray Baroque off to vigorous start
It's useful to remember that no matter how far we've come from the Baroque era, good music of whatever age will engage interested young performers and be reborn anew. The time to really notice that Saturday night was in the ensemble selections of a concert by the Netherlands-based Haagsche Hofmuzieck, a young trio (joined by a guest violinist to make a foursome) that opened … [Read more...]
Music review: Dutch group gets Delray Baroque off to vigorous start
From left: Daja Leevke Hinrichs, Emily Thompson,Marc Dupere and Marcin Swiatkiewicz.By Greg StepanichIt's useful to remember that no matter how far we've come from the Baroque era, good music of whatever age will engage interested young performers and be reborn anew.The time to really notice that Saturday night was in the ensemble selections of a concert by the … [Read more...]
Erbe show offers reminders – good and bad – of bygone America
Anyone who has ever tried to paint knows that it isn’t easy to realistically portray the world around us. Realism, as a style, necessitates a rare combination of inherent artistic talent, learned draftsmanship, and a distinctive patient observance of the banal. So it’s sort of energizing to marvel at an artist whose work exhibits this visually stunning combination. And it … [Read more...]
Art review: Erbe show offers reminders — good and bad — of a bygone America
Fantasy in Pursuit II (1983), by Gary T. Erbe.By Jenifer A. VogtAnyone who has ever tried to paint knows that it isn’t easy to realistically portray the world around us.Realism, as a style, necessitates a rare combination of inherent artistic talent, learned draftsmanship, and a distinctive patient observance of the banal. So it’s sort of energizing to marvel at an artist whose … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 25-28
Art: Award-winning Lake Worth sculptor and master builder Norman Gitzen has been chosen to participate in Miami GuitarTown, a public arts project featuring 10-foot-tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul model guitars that are painted by local and national artists. The enormous guitars will be showcased throughout Miami in parks, landmarks and sponsored locations and will be auctioned … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 25-28
Norman Gitzen with The Sound of Miami.Art: Award-winning Lake Worth sculptor and master builder Norman Gitzen has been chosen to participate in Miami GuitarTown, a public arts project featuring 10-foot-tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul model guitars that are painted by local and national artists. The enormous guitars will be showcased throughout Miami in parks, landmarks and … [Read more...]
Frank tale of elder love stumbles on routine plot
Even as statistic after statistic shows that senior citizens fornicate just about as much as the rest of us, showing sex among elders remains taboo in American film and TV. If not found under the “educational” auspices of HBO’s Real Sex, senior citizen flesh is usually only depicted in sophomoric comedies for cheap laughs (recall the hospital scene in The Hangover or Andy … [Read more...]
Film review: Frank tale of elder love stumbles on routine plot
Ursula Werner and Horst Westphal in Cloud 9.By John Thomason[This review has been updated to correct a factual error.] Even as statistic after statistic shows that senior citizens fornicate just about as much as the rest of us, showing sex among elders remains taboo in American film and TV.If not found under the “educational” auspices of HBO’s Real Sex, senior citizen flesh is … [Read more...]