Author, music historian and Grammy Award-nominated banjoist and guitarist Stephen Wade’s brand-new book is called Our Common Life (University of Illinois Press, 2026), but it’s the unifying book’s … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Summer serenades close excellent SFSO chamber season
By Robert Croan South Florida Symphony closed its summer chamber music series with two Central European works from the turn of the 19th to the 20th centuries --- one forward-looking, the other … Continue reading...
ART
What we discard: Cornell exhibit showcases urgent art from throwaways
What happens to the objects we throw away? In a new exhibit at Delray’s Old School Square, artists examine that question while creating works that reclaim the forgotten, resurrect the discarded … Continue reading...
Norton Museum celebrates the art of women creators in two major shows
Depicting female figures in repose and solitude with a quiet confidence, New Jersey-based artist Danielle Mckinney’s quietly evocative paintings are on display now at the Norton Museum of Art through … Continue reading...
DANCE
First-ever Banyan Dance Festival aims to expand local dance ecosystem
Like the sprawling tree it’s named for, the inaugural Banyan Dance Festival — running Monday, Aug. 3, to Saturday, Aug. 8 in West Palm Beach — takes root in the shared vision of two Palm Beach County … Continue reading...
Ballets Jazz Montréal mesmerizes in terrific tribute to Cohen
As soon as I entered the Kravis Center on April 14 for the one-night only performance of Ballets Jazz Montréal’s full-length production of Dance Me, I sensed a different energy in the theater. As … Continue reading...
THEATER
Lake Worth Playhouse receives transformational $1M gift
The story of the Lake Worth Playhouse took an unexpected twist this summer with an anonymous $1 million gift — a transformational donation that will help ensure the theater’s next act. With the … Continue reading...
New company devoted to adventurous theater to debut in Jupiter
By Ilana Jael Even in South Florida’s lively theater scene, it’s not every day that audience members have the chance to bear witness to the birth of a brand-new company. This year, though, … Continue reading...
FILM
Film historian sees art form as enabler of fascism
Did the movies sleepwalk us into the elections of Donald Trump? This provocative question hides in plain sight throughout A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, British film … Continue reading...
Wilde shines as director, actor in ‘The Invite’
Any couple considering attending a screening of Olivia Wilde’s racy new dramedy The Invite should be forewarned. For all of its effective humor and risqué dialogue, the film is a certifiable anti-date … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Film historian sees art form as enabler of fascism
Did the movies sleepwalk us into the elections of Donald Trump? This provocative question hides in plain sight throughout A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, British film … Continue reading...
Musician-historian Wade’s new book investigates, celebrates our folksong commonalities
Author, music historian and Grammy Award-nominated banjoist and guitarist Stephen Wade’s brand-new book is called Our Common Life (University of Illinois Press, 2026), but it’s the unifying book’s … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
Nora Maité Nieves: A sense of play, a sense of home come out in artist’s solo Norton show
It’s been a big year for Nora Maité Nieves. Her first solo museum exhibition, Clouds in the Expanded Field (Nubes en el Paisaje Expandido), is currently showing at the Norton Museum of Art through … Continue reading...
Designer-entertainer Mizrahi to bring cabaret show to Boca fest
Bringing his Café Carlyle cabaret show to Boca Raton will be even more fun and fabulous on the big stage at Mizner Park, says the multi-talented fashion designer, actor, singer and Project Runway … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Lake Worth Playhouse receives transformational $1M gift
The story of the Lake Worth Playhouse took an unexpected twist this summer with an anonymous $1 million gift — a transformational donation that will help ensure the theater’s next act. With the … Continue reading...
South Florida theater titan Lou Tyrrell dies at 75
The South Florida theater community is in mourning after the passing of Louis Tyrrell, founding director of the Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University. Tyrrell died Friday, April 10, after a … Continue reading...