Brad Paisley.Music: Brad Paisley got his start in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and since then he’s gathered up every important award in country music. He’s on the road a lot, too, and on Saturday afternoon, he’s at the Cruzan for a stop on his H20 World Tour. The tour will feature a “water world plaza” meant to evoke summer and water … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 13-18
Music: Brad Paisley got his start in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, and since then he’s gathered up every important award in country music. He’s on the road a lot, too, and on Saturday afternoon, he’s at the Cruzan for a stop on his H20 World Tour. The tour will feature a “water world plaza” meant to evoke summer and water fun, as part of Paisley’s efforts on behalf … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Interview: Shelly Isaacs, making the case for international film
Shelly Isaacs.(Illustration by Pat Crowley)By Jan EngorenShelly Isaacs is a veteran advertising man who wrote the first TV commercial for Duracell batteries in the 1970s. But he’s much better-known these days as one of South Florida’s most accessible experts on foreign-language film.The founder of Café Cinematheque International, Isaacs is a Bronx native who … [Read more...]
Shelly Isaacs, making the case for international film
Shelly Isaacs is a veteran advertising man who wrote the first TV commercial for Duracell batteries in the 1970s. But he’s much better-known these days as one of South Florida’s most accessible experts on foreign-language film. The founder of Café Cinematheque International, Isaacs is a Bronx native who earned his undergraduate degree in psychology and marketing from the City … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 6-12
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, in Countdown to Zero. Film: Robert Oppenheimer had a very good idea of what his Manhattan Project had unleashed in the New Mexico desert in 1945, but at the time, his team was all alone in having become “Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Today, an estimated 23,000 nuclear weapons exist, and the makers of the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 6-12
Film: Robert Oppenheimer had a very good idea of what his Manhattan Project had unleashed in the New Mexico desert in 1945, but at the time, his team was all alone in having become “Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Today, an estimated 23,000 nuclear weapons exist, and the makers of the powerful Countdown to Zero want you to understand how terrifying a prospect that is. Approved … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: ‘Spring Awakening’ set for Kravis; Classical South Florida chief mum on WXEL changes
Sarah Stevens and Trey Gerrald in Spring Awakening.(Photo by Joan Marcus)The Kravis Center’s 19th season of theater, film, music, dance and comedy will include a performance in March of Spring Awakening, the Duncan Sheik adaptation of Franz Wedekind’s play that won the Tony for best musical in 2007.In its initial run, the musical starred Lea Michele, the … [Read more...]
‘Spring Awakening’ set for Kravis; radio chief mum on WXEL changes
‘Spring Awakening’ coming to Kravis The Kravis Center’s 19th season of theater, film, music, dance and comedy will include a performance in March of Spring Awakening, the Duncan Sheik adaptation of Franz Wedekind’s play that won the Tony for best musical in 2007. In its initial run, the musical starred Lea Michele, the current star of Fox’s TV show-choir comedy, Glee. The … [Read more...]
Music review: Winwood underwhelms, but Santana cooks at Cruzan
Carlos Santana at the Cruzan Amphiteatre on Sunday. (Photo by Tom Craig/Live Nation)By Thom SmithBoth were boy wonders. Both were performing in public before they reached puberty. Both have kept the fires burning, enthralling, inspiring and enlightening audiences for more than five decades.But perhaps Sunday’s show at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach … [Read more...]
Winwood underwhelms, but Santana cooks at Cruzan
Both were boy wonders. Both were performing in public before they reached puberty. Both have kept the fires burning, enthralling, inspiring and enlightening audiences for more than five decades. But perhaps Sunday’s show at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach explains why the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has inducted Carlos Santana as an individual artist, but Steve Winwood … [Read more...]