If the incredibly diverse 2013-2014 South Florida concert season points out anything, it's that everything that isn’t considered jazz, opera or classical music must fall into the popular music category by default. Sure, there are the usual classic rockers (The Eagles, Bonnie Raitt and John Fogerty seem to appear about every one to three years lately), but also neo-classic … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
2013-14 arts preview: The season in jazz
As the sweltering South Florida summer temperatures drop, and listeners decide they can survive leaving their houses wearing more than just shorts and T-shirts, so the often equally-sweltering area jazz season begins. The big news last year was the unfortunate suspension of the annual concert series by the West Palm Beach-based Jazz Arts Music Society (JAMS), a trend that … [Read more...]
2013-14 arts preview: The season in Miami-Dade art
By Colleen Dougher Miami-Dade museums and cultural centers offer their usual array of diverse offerings for the 2013-14 season, from the big-fat art fair that — if pronounced correctly — rhymes with nozzle, to shows that ooze masculinity, help save stadiums and question this affair we're having with technology. Art Basel Miami Beach The oft-mispronounced Art Basel … [Read more...]
Sundays: A song for autumn
By Myles Ludwig There’s a certain sweetness to autumn. Can’t deny that. Yes, summer days have dwindled into September, leaving a soft sense of sadness and broken promises trailing in their wake. Over much too soon. We didn’t have enough fun. But, at the same time, that feeling of loss, that nostalgic mourning, seems to gin up a burst of renewal, of beginning again. And … [Read more...]
2013-14 arts preview: The season in theater
This season, all eyes are on what used to be the Caldwell Theatre in Boca. You see, a determined woman named Marilynn Wick, founder and CEO of the wildly successful rental firm Costume World, bought the vacant playhouse of the belly-up Caldwell, chiefly to warehouse and display her vast stock of theatrical wardrobe. And since the building also happens to have an auditorium, … [Read more...]
2013-14 arts preview: The season in Broward art
By Colleen Dougher Broward kicks off its season with portraits of Andy Warhol and Elvis, skeletons to which people can relate, a shuttle to cool downtown Fort Lauderdale art venues and more. 1310 Gallery, Artspace Sailboat Bend Lofts, Fort Lauderdale Fiber Optics, curated by Lisa Rockford, is a group exhibition by artists who used unexpected materials in art that … [Read more...]
PB Chamber Fest makes a promising new beginning
When the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival got started back in July of 1992, its organizers were pleasantly surprised to see so many people in that first audience at the Duncan Theatre. Perhaps that will be the case when the festival looks back on its first fall series, which opened earlier this month at Lynn University and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lake Worth. The … [Read more...]
‘Don Jon’: Porn and the single bro, with depth
One of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s motivations in writing and directing the feature film Don Jon must have been the opportunity to provide himself with a wildly different character than he’s accustomed to playing. The creature he inhabits for the film’s 90 minutes is a far cry from the sensitive hipsters he’s cultivated over his career. He stars in the film as Jon, so called … [Read more...]
News briefs: Ballet Palm Beach, Palm Beach Pops
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Ballet Palm Beach, formerly Florida Classical Ballet Theatre, kicks off the season with “flash ballet” performances this week, beginning today at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in Lake Worth. A performance of “flash ballet” lasts no more than 10 minutes, and Ballet Palm Beach, led by Artistic Director Colleen Smith, will be performing at … [Read more...]
2013-14 arts preview: The season in dance
The South Florida dance season for 2013-14 looks a good deal like it has been since the demise of Palm Beach County’s own Ballet Florida: One major company, a host of excellent touring out-of-towners, and many smaller troupes. The difference in the past couple years has been that some of the smaller companies are creating a lot of original dances, so fans of this athletic art … [Read more...]