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
Season Preview 2026-27: Something to like for everyone in busy dance season
What goes in your cart when you are scrolling? Is it the same thing you got last time or is it something different? Maybe something catches your eye and you take the risk and drop it into your … Continue reading...
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...
THEATER
‘Alba’: A powerful, unmissable memory play at Dramaworks
By Ilana Jael After spending the first half of my October haunted by review deadlines following an impromptu double feature of Carrie and Hedda Gabler, maybe I shouldn’t have been terribly … Continue reading...
Shakespeare troupe mounts a sublime ‘Hedda Gabler’
By Ilana Jael If your first reaction to the prospect of seeing a play called Hedda Gabler is to think “Wait, who’s Hedda Gabler?” — well, then you and the protagonist of this 1891 masterpiece by … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Musk’: Four-hour doc of tyrant as a hollow man isn’t long enough
Four hours of Elon Musk is --- well, it’s a lot, you might think. A hotter take might be that it’s not enough. As filmmaker Alex Gibney argues in his epic documentary Musk, the world’s richest man … Continue reading...
‘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...
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...