Much of the quality rock and pop music — especially in live settings — is now purely historic. It primarily flourished during the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, all while fueled by the creativity of bands. … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Season Preview 2026-27: Jazz bookings lean to the conservative
Before being interrupted by bebop, then Elvis Presley, and then The Beatles and the remaining British Invasion, big band jazz was America’s most popular music. Yet despite the genre’s overall … 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
FAU Theatre does right by gore girl ‘Carrie’
By Ilana Jael If you’re looking to kick off your Halloween season early this year with some horror-inspired theatregoing, then you need look no further than Carrie: The Musical. In case you didn’t … Continue reading...
FAU Theatre Lab’s ‘Baker Street Beginnings’ adds compelling new chapter to Sherlock saga
By Ilana Jael As fitting as it would be to start off this review with all the suspense of a detective tale, evaluating the plentiful evidence I amassed in investigating the theatrical “case” of … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Primetime’: Where the only reality is gotcha host’s warped psyche
Given Lance Oppenheim’s background in documentaries, one would be forgiven for expecting his new Chris Hansen biopic, Primetime, to hew to a naturalism akin to his usual form. It may be a starry … Continue reading...
The View From Home: ‘Hell’s Highway’ unearths the morbid history of the driver’s-ed shock doc
The scariest thing I saw on television as a child was an episode of the animated G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in which seemingly solid characters melt into a purplish ooze. I learn now, on the … 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
Mango Music and Art Festival to debut in Lake Worth Beach
By Erik Kvarnberg Something new is stirring at the corner of J Street and Lake Avenue in Lake Worth Beach. The Mango Music and Art Festival is the uniquely South Floridian result of a meeting … Continue reading...
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...