By Robert Croan In her first two seasons as general director of Florida Grand Opera, Maria Todaro has been particularly successful in enhancing the visual quality of her productions. Noteworthy … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
A splendid ‘Creation’ at Symphony of the Americas
By Robert Croan An overture representing Chaos, as dissonant and murky as anything written by the 20th-century’s 12-tone composers, settling quietly into three C minor triads. Then, after a few … Continue reading...
ART
Flagler showcases ‘quiet beauty’ of an American Impressionist
Known for his American Impressionist style and Gilded Age sensibility, American artist Charles Courtney Curran’s (1861–1942) works are quite at home in the Music Room at the Flagler Museum. a room … Continue reading...
Four Arts brings Chrysler Art Nouveau collection to Palm Beach
At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau blossomed into one of the most influential movements in the art world. The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach looks at this phenomenon with its … Continue reading...
DANCE
Dancer Loch welcomes challenges of reimagined ‘Carmen’ at Miami City Ballet
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, who is a versatile and much sought-after choreographer, excels in creating full-length narrative ballets. Last spring, she created a reimagined version of Carmen for the … Continue reading...
Alonzo King Lines Ballet astonishes in Kravis show
The Alonzo Kings Lines Ballet of San Francisco has been making waves in the world of dance for more than four decades. It made a one-night appearance March 11 at the Kravis Center as part of its … Continue reading...
THEATER
Palm Beach Dramaworks previews 2026-27 season
By Erik Kvarnberg Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 2026-27 season will feature plays for audiences seeking world premieres, modern classics, and absurdism, including works by Harold Pinter and a celebrated … Continue reading...
Theatre Lab wants you to meet Joanna Castle Miller and her autobiographical trilogy
By Erik Kvarnberg FAU Theatre Lab wants everyone possible to get to know playwright, actor, and stand-up comic Joanna Castle Miller, and this starts with Conversa. Conversa is an … Continue reading...
FILM
The View From Home: Two women-directed films, 40 years apart, revel in the possibilities of belief
In the Talking Heads classic “Heaven,” David Byrne asserts, in the declarative tense of someone who’s been there, that “Heaven is a place / a place where nothing / nothing ever happens.” Depending on … Continue reading...
The View From Home: Japanese anti-actioner ‘Cloud’ a corrosive satire on the capitalist dream
As someone who dabbles in reselling myself — albeit of on-the-level vinyl records, not suspiciously cheap “designer” goods — the scenario outlined in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest film Cloud (Criterion … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Folkie MacDonald’s novel mixes romance with our fraught politics
Best-known as a prominent 1970s-1990s figure in the Greenwich Village folk music scene, with 14 album releases under his name, Delray Beach-based singer/songwriter Rod MacDonald also has many other … Continue reading...
Easy Rawlins creator Mosley to speak at Festival of the Arts Boca
“On hot, sticky days in South Louisiana, the fire ants swarm.” That was the sentence Walter Mosley wrote in his mid 30s — a line he never used, but one that convinced him he might become a … 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
Kips Bay Decorator Show House event returns for ninth year, this time with two houses
This year’s Ninth Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House brings a first to Palm Beach County — not just one show house, but two. The result is a double dose of Palm Beach design and talent — twice … Continue reading...
Easy Rawlins creator Mosley to speak at Festival of the Arts Boca
“On hot, sticky days in South Louisiana, the fire ants swarm.” That was the sentence Walter Mosley wrote in his mid 30s — a line he never used, but one that convinced him he might become a … Continue reading...