Film: Veteran British filmmaker Mike Leigh is known for his low-key, low-budget contemporary tales of the politically downtrodden, but his latest, Peterloo, breaks from that mold with an epic history of a Manchester massacre in the summer of 1819. That is when armed forces on horseback charged into a crowd of 60,000 demonstrators out for electoral reform, killing 15 of them and … [Read more...]
Escher Quartet brings brilliant Mozart to Breakers
By Dennis D. Rooney The new year brings an abundance of string quartets to Palm Beach County. Last week brought the Escher String Quartet. Founded in 2005, they have become regular visitors. Their most recent appearance was Thursday at The Gold Room in the Breakers, sponsored by the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, where they played an all-Mozart program. The members … [Read more...]