Antonio Amadeo, left, and Gordon McConnell in Rock 'n' Roll.(Photo by George Schiavone) By Hap ErsteinMore than 40 years ago, Czech-born journalist-turned-playwright Tom Stoppard burst onto the world stage with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, his hommage to Samuel Beckett and the emptiness and impotence of his characters.Ever since, however, Stoppard (at right) has been … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2009
Music feature: Boca club owner hangs on, testifying for the blues
Blues entrepreneur John Yurt.(Photo by Skip Sheffield)By Skip Sheffield It’s never been easy playing and singing the blues, especially here in South Florida, at the extreme southern end of America.The last couple years have been unkind to area blues fans. First, Musicians Exchange co-founder and blues champion Don Cohen died. Then the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, the finest blues … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 10-13
Art: The South Florida Cultural Consortium Media and Visual Arts Fellowship offers stipends of $7,500 and $15,000 to its winning fellows, and the $15,000 awards are the largest such awards given to individual artists by any local arts agency in the United States. Tomorrow night at Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus, an exhibition of work by the 2009 fellowship … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 10-13
Dogluver I, by Nancy Spielman.Art: The South Florida Cultural Consortium Media and Visual Arts Fellowship offers stipends of $7,500 and $15,000 to its winning fellows, and the $15,000 awards are the largest such awards given to individual artists by any local arts agency in the United States. Tomorrow night at Florida Atlantic University's Boca Raton campus, an exhibition of … [Read more...]
‘Herb & Dorothy’ chronicles the art of acquisition
Unassuming and wildly unlikely, Herbie and Dorothy Vogel would not seem out of place in a South Florida condo, whiling away their retirement years with a hot game of gin rummy or mah-jongg. Instead, as the affectionate documentary Herb & Dorothy recounts, they are the toast of the New York art scene as nurturing, instinctive patrons who amassed a major collection worth millions … [Read more...]
Film review: ‘Herb & Dorothy’ chronicles the art of acquisition
Herb and Dorothy Vogel, art collectors extraordinaire.By Hap ErsteinUnassuming and wildly unlikely, Herbie and Dorothy Vogel would not seem out of place in a South Florida condo, whiling away their retirement years with a hot game of gin rummy or mah-jongg. Instead, as the affectionate documentary Herb & Dorothy recounts, they are the toast of the New York art scene as … [Read more...]
‘September Issue’ an oddly lightweight Wintour’s tale
Caricature can be an incredibly damning cross to bear. Just ask Yoko Ono, Joan Rivers and Sarah Palin, to name a few prominent women whose names have been partially or forever sullied by the media’s manipulation of their characters. When perception becomes reality, truth blurs into fiction: Sarah Palin never said, “I can see Russia from my house,” just as Marie Antoinette, … [Read more...]
Film review: ‘September Issue’ oddly lightweight Wintour’s tale
Legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour,in The September Issue.By John ThomasonCaricature can be an incredibly damning cross to bear. Just ask Yoko Ono, Joan Rivers and Sarah Palin, to name a few prominent women whose names have been partially or forever sullied by the media’s manipulation of their characters.When perception becomes reality, truth blurs into fiction: Sarah Palin … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: ArtsPaper launching new, expanded site
The top of the new ArtsPaper page. Palm Beach ArtsPaper began with a simple conversation among critic colleagues in November 2008, and since then the ArtsPaper team has posted 350 reviews, interviews, features and weekend tips packages. We've also published eight print editions of the highlights of this blog, editions that reach more than 10,000 readers a month.Now we're … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Interview: Jon Robertson makes a difference at Lynn
It is perhaps not generally realized in the wider world of area classical music that Palm Beach County has a thriving music conservatory, that it is in the middle of building a $15 million concert hall that will be a major addition to the area’s art scene, and that its dean, Jon Robertson, used to run the school of music at UCLA, one of the largest music schools in the country. … [Read more...]