There’s a veteran rock act that emerged from Houston, one with style and staying power that’s literally both little and old. Just don’t confuse it with “that little ol’ band from Texas.” Because … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Music of celebration gets loving treatment at hands of Master Chorale, Karlin
By Robert Croan Jubilant music for the coronations of kings and other autocrats was the unifying element in Master Chorale of South Florida’s Handel and Mozart program [seen Oct. 24 in Bailey Hall … Continue reading...
ART
The season in Palm Beach art, 2025-26: Rembrandt, Degas, Mucha, and time out for shopping
By Sandra Schulman Big names in classical art dominate this season as the dark drama of Rembrandt, the lyrical graphics of Mucha, and the dancers and racehorses of Degas grace the walls of the … Continue reading...
South Florida artists travel to Italian festival, hope for reciprocal visit
FARINDOLA, Italy — A 2015 invitation to the Farindola International Art Festival (FIAF) drew Boynton Beach artist Ralph Papa to a remote town in Italy’s Abruzzo region. Seven years later, the … Continue reading...
DANCE
The season in dance, 2025-26: MCB remains infrequent visitor, but Palm Beach County’s dance season remains robust
The Palm Beach County performance season is just around the corner even though the oppressive heat and humidity of summer is still with us. When the weather is cool, Palm Beach comes alive with things … Continue reading...
MCB ends season in superb style at Kravis with ‘Spring Mix’
Miami City Ballet presented an outstanding lineup for its Spring Mix program earlier this month as the company wrapped up its much abbreviated season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. … Continue reading...
THEATER
The season in community theater, 2025-26: Lake Worth, Delray playhouses enjoying renewal
By Sharon Geltner The 101-year-old Lake Worth Playhouse is being fast-tracked for a $1 million state grant by next September, said Rick Gonzalez, a West Palm Beach architect and a member of the … Continue reading...
The season in theater, 2025-26: A rich offering of Broadway standouts and provocative world premieres
By Sharon Geltner Area stages are planning an exciting season of TV stars, Netflix writers, off-Broadway actors, European festival standouts, and innovative productions. The contrasts range from … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Die My Love’: Lawrence riveting in harrowing post-partum tale
The setting of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay’s dread-inducing new film Die My Love is a country house in Montana. It’s not a huge place, but it’s a sizable upgrade for a young, artistic couple from … Continue reading...
‘Blue Moon’: Hawke triumphs in tale of the last days of lyricist Hart
Lorenz Hart is singing in the rain. Seconds later, he’s collapsed in an alley, no longer with a song in his heart, abandoned with the rest of the Broadway trash. He’ll perish from pneumonia hours … Continue reading...
BOOKS
‘3 Shades of Blue’ brings us close to three jazz titans, masterfully
If the best books indeed put readers in the mind’s eye of their authors, then James Kaplan’s 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the Lost Empire of Cool (Penguin Press) … Continue reading...
Season Preview 2024-25: Books events show printed word still a strong draw
We may live in an increasingly digital age, one now further complicated by the rise of AI. But the printed word in books still exerts a powerful draw, as these festivals show: Miami Book Fair … 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
Palm Beach’s new Glazer Hall means more than a theater’s rebirth
In the 21 years since the Royal Poinciana Playhouse closed its doors, several groups have tried unsuccessfully to bring the former jewel box performance space back to life. Now, however, on the … Continue reading...
Veteran South Florida theater critic Hap Erstein dies at 76
Harris Alan Erstein, known to his decades of readers and to family, friends and colleagues as Hap, died Saturday in Aventura. He was 76. Erstein had long suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary … Continue reading...