The years of waiting are over. Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday. One other British monarch, Edward VII, waited 60 years for his chance to be king. Charles waited 73. Their mothers set records: Victoria reigned for 64 years, Queen Elizabeth II for 70. Charles’ coronation will be a grand affair. His high artistic standards have been cultivated over time, and … [Read more...]
For Florida political junkies, Crowley is the last word
For everyone who’s attained any level of celebrity, there’s almost always an Achilles heel — and it usually involves, overtly or covertly, that person taking themselves too seriously. Brian Crowley, author of his online Crowley Political Report (crowleypoliticalreport.com) and political analyst on the weekly Sunday morning To the Point program on WPTV, certainly doesn’t … [Read more...]
Preservationist: Palm Beaches offers much for Art Deco enthusiasts to see
By Sharon Geltner When a 35-year art preservationist from Delray Beach met with the curator of the Schmidt Boca Raton Historical Museum to plan Palm Beach County tours for global art and architecture enthusiasts, she was surprised to learn of significant architectural treasures at nearby Lynn University. “For years, I’ve said there is no Art Deco in Boca Raton, it’s … [Read more...]
Glamour and charity: Kips Bay Show House stuns to help county’s children
When you walk through the designer front door of this year’s Kips Bay Designer Show House at 3240 N. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach, you are greeted by Philip Thomas Vanderford of Studio Thomas James’s White Lotus-inspired entry, complete with a large-scale sawtooth crocodile rug. Reminiscent of a Sicilian palazzo, complete with Murano-glass chandeliers, the entry … [Read more...]
Poet Harjo: Reimagine the indigenous, away from stereotypes
By Kelly Wolfe MIAMI — One week after the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII, three-time United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo spoke about combating indigenous stereotypes. “We do not exist as human beings, we exist predominantly in the form of stereotypes as sports mascots … Super Bowl, case in point,” Harjo said. For more than an hour, Harjo stood on the second … [Read more...]
Festival of the Arts Boca: Author Fishman wants to warn us about our water crisis
Not one to shy away from large topics, award-winning journalist and author Charles Fishman will bring a whopper to the Festival of the Arts Boca this month. Fishman's talk, which will take place March 9 at the festival as part of the Authors and Ideas programs, focuses on one of his favorite subjects: Water. “Water has achieved an invisibility in our lives that is only … [Read more...]
Former first lady Laura Bush to speak at FAU presidential forum
Former first lady Laura Bush will be in Boca Raton on Saturday for a talk on Florida Atlantic University’s 2023 Alan B. and Charna Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency. Bush will be joined for the talk by one of her daughters, Barbara Pierce Bush. The lecture, which will be moderated by Timothy Naftali, CNN presidential historian and associate professor at New … [Read more...]
Traveling Holocaust exhibit comes to three Palm Beach County sites
Since the beginning of the year, a number of anti-Semitic incidents have occurred in Palm Beach County, including the distribution of anti-Semitic flyers in the driveways and front yards of Boca Raton, Atlantis and Palm Beach residents, and the projection of anti-Semitic images and messages onto the sides of buildings in downtown West Palm Beach by known far-right … [Read more...]
Join us for our Culture Talks series at Cultural Council
In collaboration with the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Palm Beach ArtsPaper is hosting a series of four Culture Talks this season featuring local culture makers discussing arts issues of the moment. We’ve long believed that South Florida needs more of this kind of cultural offering, one that expects that area residents will want to take a deep dive into aspects of … [Read more...]
Palm Beach Poetry Festival calls off 2023 event, plans return in 2024
DELRAY BEACH --- The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is taking a hiatus in 2023 as it regroups from the death of its founder, Miles Coon, and searches for a new home. Officials said the festival plans to return in 2024 in a new venue, a new city and with a new name. Founded in 2005, the festival brought many big-name poets, including poet laureates Billy Collins, Robert … [Read more...]