Noomi Rapace, center, in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.Film: The long waited third shoe in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest -- has just dropped locally, and it snaps the trilogy back into form, paring down the third weighty, introspective novel about Goth computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 30-Nov. 2
Film: The long waited third shoe in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest -- has just dropped locally, and it snaps the trilogy back into form, paring down the third weighty, introspective novel about Goth computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) into an involving, fast-paced … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in jazz
Chris Botti. (Illustration by Pat Crowley)By Bill MeredithSouth Florida's creative jazz concert calendar is always a case of feast or famine, and there's usually more of a feast south of Palm Beach County.That's partly because there's a stronger jazz nightclub presence in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami areas than on the practically nonexistent West Palm Beach scene. And … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in jazz
South Florida's creative jazz concert calendar is always a case of feast or famine, and there's usually more of a feast south of Palm Beach County. That's partly because there's a stronger jazz nightclub presence in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami areas than on the practically nonexistent West Palm Beach scene. And while the Kravis Center is every bit the equal of the performing … [Read more...]
Theater feature: Florida Stage tackles the art of raising ‘Cane’
Gregg Weiner (above) and David Nail in Cane.By Hap ErsteinTwo years ago, Palm Beach County was under dire drought conditions, with a water supply estimated to last only 21 days. It was a desperate situation, but how do you create a play about it without it seeming like a, pardon the expression, dry discourse?That is the challenge that Florida Stage has … [Read more...]
Florida Stage tackles the art of raising ‘Cane’
Two years ago, Palm Beach County was under dire drought conditions, with a water supply estimated to last only 21 days. It was a desperate situation, but how do you create a play about it without it seeming like a, pardon the expression, dry discourse? That is the challenge that Florida Stage has taken on with Cane, the opening play of its 24th season, a world premiere that is … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in books
Former President George W. Bush. (Illustration by Pat Crowley)By Chauncey MabeThe economy may still look scary, but for South Florida’s four major literary festivals, there will be no double-dip recession. Learning from last year’s challenges, each plans robust programs for the serious and casual book lover over the coming season.Take Miami Book Fair … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in books
The economy may still look scary, but for South Florida’s four major literary festivals, there will be no double-dip recession. Learning from last year’s challenges, each plans robust programs for the serious and casual book lover over the coming season. Take Miami Book Fair International (Nov. 14-21), the region’s oldest and biggest literary festival, and the first one on … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in Broward-Miami art
Poster No. 4 (2010), from the Miami Poster Project, by Philip Brooker. By Emma TrellesEach fall, it is the labor of arts writers everywhere to forge connections between the many exhibits about to snap open and clamor for the eye’s attention. There is much excitement after many hot and slow months of student art shows and sweetly presented orchid photos at … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in Miami-Broward art
Each fall, it is the labor of arts writers everywhere to forge connections between the many exhibits about to snap open and clamor for the eye’s attention. There is much excitement after many hot and slow months of student art shows and sweetly presented orchid photos at community centers. September marks the beginning of the real pageant, or so we write, the onslaught of … [Read more...]