By Myles Ludwig Neurons were abuzz and synapses atwitch Dec. 11 when the circuits of science and music connected at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience in Jupiter on FAU’s John D. MacArthur campus as the prestigious global scientific organization presented the latest in its series of public programs marked by the interaction of the two disciplines. Too … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
Bold art project gives CityPlace fresh life
By Sandra Schulman In what could have been an urban disaster, the mad scientists at owner company Related Group have conjured up an international art-infused delight, turning the former anchor store Macy’s space into a cavernous experimental gallery. They are calling it Culture Lab – a multi-installation, malleable space retrofitted with visual and aural artworks. I took … [Read more...]
Khizr Khan: The man who fell in love with America
Few people will ever forget the dramatic moment at the 2016 Democratic National Convention when a Muslim-American speaker held up a copy of the U.S. Constitution and challenged Republican Donald Trump to read it. The speaker, Pakistan native Khizr Khan, had lost his son, Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq when he tried to stop two suicide bombers. He won … [Read more...]
Small-scale works at Norton, Boca give mixed results
Two local museums are closing the year and welcoming the new one with an old question: does size matter? Small is in, at least at the Norton Museum of Art, which currently has on view a series of miniature paintings and bronze sculptures adorning the walls and rooms of dollhouses. This is no kids’ play, though. The artworks are by Julian Schnabel, Michele Zalopany and Cy … [Read more...]
Schwarzes return to Symphonia, with striking world premiere in tow
Conductor Gerard Schwarz has become a regular guest of the Symphonia Boca Raton over the past three seasons, and his cellist son Julian has occasionally accompanied him. Both were on hand Dec. 10 for the opening concert of the Symphonia’s season at the Roberts Theater on the campus of St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton, where the son gave the world premiere of a piece his … [Read more...]
At Art and Antique Show, three artists of illusion
By Myles Ludwig Magnificent oriental carpets from the Palm Beach Rug Gallery, elegant period furniture from Butchoff, Wick and Olivier Fleury, antiquities from the Sands of Time and jewelry worth more than I will earn in a lifetime of labor in the wordyards were on offer at the Palm Beach Art, Antique and Design show Dec. 16 in the Dixie Avenue gallery space of the Palm … [Read more...]
Sunshine Fest at Mizner will have a New Orleans feel
As always, the sixth annual installment of the Sunshine Music Festival will be headlined by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the powerful, 12-piece roots music juggernaut led by husband-and-wife festival co-founders Derek Trucks (guitar) and Susan Tedeschi (vocals/guitar). But the ever-impressive supporting acts take on a decidedly more jazzy, funky, and New Orleans-themed vibe in … [Read more...]
Vibrant Irving Berlin revue offers welcome doses of optimism, patriotism
By Dale King If your holiday shopping route has taken you from Interstate 95 to the Gardens Mall by way of PGA Boulevard, you’ve passed an opportunity to enjoy a musical show at a struggling but determined performance center trying hard to establish itself as a destination of theatrical choice. Since Nov. 30, the PGA Arts Center has been presenting Irving Berlin Salutes … [Read more...]
Philadelphia Orchestra Brass in winning form at CMSPB
By Dennis D. Rooney The Philadelphia Orchestra Brass Quintet is composed of members of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s brass section, viz. David Bilger and Anthony Prisk, trumpets; Nitzan Haroz, trombone; Jeffrey Lang, horn; and Carol Jantsch, tuba. Their appearance Monday was sponsored by the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach and marked that organization’s first concert … [Read more...]
Palm Beach Symphony’s opener underwhelms
By Kevin Wilt The Palm Beach Symphony orchestra squeezed on to the stage at the Society of the Four Arts for their “Seven Wonders” concert Dec. 6, along with guest conductor Albert-George Schram. The show opened with Gioachino Rossini’s overture to his opera La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder). There were a few intonation issues early on, especially between the winds and … [Read more...]