Introducing the chamber music group Pulse in its Palm Beach County debut, Alan Bowman, director of the Music at St. Patrick’s series at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Palm Beach Gardens, described this pianist, violinist and clarinetist as a virtuoso trio – and indeed they are. Pianist Maria Radiushina won the Horowitz International competition in Kiev, clarinetist Margaret … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Sundays: Asking the really big question
By Myles Ludwig Once upon a time, I thought there was a secret key to unlock the meaning of life. A metaphoric key, but an actual secret, hidden away in a Holy Ark or sequestered in a reliquary. I believed then, that once I reached the age of 30, someone would shake my hand in a peculiar way ― like a Masonic ritual salute ― and induct me into the club which kept the secret … [Read more...]
Fine comedians, strong singers fire PBO’s ‘Cenerentola’
Sometimes there’s nothing quite as satisfying on stage as seeing a few good clowns do their best to make a Saturday night fly by. The Palm Beach Opera’s current production of Giaochino Rossini’s La Cenerentola has, in addition to a hugely impressive performance by the celebrated mezzo Vivica Genaux as the title character, some very fine comedy in its two and half hours. It’s … [Read more...]
Armory combines art and the runway for fundraiser
A standing-room-only crowd navigated its way around the Armory Art Center last week for the Armory’s first-ever wearable art show and fundraiser ―Fashion ARTillery ― as part of the Armory’s 25-year anniversary celebration. Amid works by Dayron González, Omar Rodriguez Lavandero and New York and Palm Beach-based artist Serge Strosberg, the crowds came out Feb. 7 for a fashion … [Read more...]
West Delray gets a cineplex with a lot of extras
It can’t really promise that the movies will be any good, but Frank Theatres has thought of every other way to make your evening out at its new CineBowl & Grille at Delray Marketplace a peak entertainment experience. “West is best,” offers corporate CEO Bruce Frank in response to why he is betting that South Florida moviegoers will trek west of the turnpike, at Lyons Road and … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: ‘Caboodle’ and ‘Doubt’: Certain theatrical satisfaction
South Florida playwright Michael McKeever has cranked out so many well-crafted full-length stage scripts over the past two decades that it is easy to overlook that he has also quietly mastered the short play format. That should be harder to ignore now that he has compiled seven of his brief sketches into an evening he calls The Whole Caboodle. First performed from 1998 to … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 15-17
Music: An honest-to-goodness vocal star is in town this week, and fans of Rossini’s comic operas will want to be on hand to hear her, when Vivica Genaux takes the role of Angelina, aka Cinderella, in the Italian master’s 1817 opera La Cenerentola. Genaux, who won early recognition in Palm Beach Opera’s vocal competitions nearly 20 years ago, has become one of the most important … [Read more...]
Delray postpones decision on Arts Garage space until April
Delray Beach will take a couple more months to decide how to satisfy the needs of the Arts Garage and that of a personal-injury law firm that wants to expand. The City Commission voted Tuesday night to table discussion about what will happen to the building now occupied by the Arts Garage until April 16. In Solomon-like fashion, Mayor Tom Carney suggested dividing the … [Read more...]
Legendary boys’ choir to bring world flavor to Lauderdale show
By Tom Tracy Fresh off his first-ever U.S. performance earlier this week in Clearwater, the choirmaster for one of the world’s oldest boys' choirs said his upcoming concert conducting for Vienna Boys Choir in Fort Lauderdale will take audiences on a little globetrotting. “We want to take people on a journey all over the world not only with European music and classical … [Read more...]
Jasper String Quartet has great night, brilliant future
The Jasper String Quartet is the young face of American chamber music, now and in the future. To my mind they are on their way to replacing the eminent, now disbanded, Emerson String Quartet. Formed at Oberlin College, they won the very prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award and the Astral Artists 2010 National Auditions, and sought out the daunting Tokyo String Quartet to learn … [Read more...]