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 gift, the Playhouse now has a permanent endowment — a dependable stream of annual funding to fuel its artistic vision, protect its historic building and grow educational programs for … [Read more...]
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 artists and educators, Ericka Squire of Natural Movers Foundation and Branndi Lewis of GroundedWPB — who saw a gap in the region’s dance ecosystem. For years, South Florida’s … [Read more...]
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 and transform waste into something both beautiful and meaningful, inviting viewers to ponder the afterlives of the items we discard. Running through Sunday, Sept. 27, at the … [Read more...]
Gingold Chamber Music Festival returns for third summer to Boca venues
“Music reminds us that we have far more in common than what separates us,” says Grammy-nominated violinist Andrés Cárdenes. He is the co-founder of the Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival, which returns to Boca Raton for its third year in early July with seven free or low-cost performances including a number of community engagement events. Those community concerts will … [Read more...]
Slow Burn’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ is powerful, exuberant
When Alanis Morissette sang, “All I really want is some patience / A way to calm the angry voice,” she couldn’t have known that voice would echo three decades later in a musical of the same name — Jagged Little Pill, now running at Slow Burn Theatre through June 28. Under the direction of Slow Burn’s co-founder and director, Patrick Fitzwater, Jagged Little Pill closes out … [Read more...]
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 early autumn. They are part of the museum’s 2026 Recognition of Art by Women (RAW) exhibition in a survey exhibition titled Danielle Mckinney: Shelter, running through Oct. … [Read more...]
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 brief and sudden illness. He was 75. Tyrrell’s theater roots in Florida run deep. In 1974, he became the founding director of Florida Stage, a position he held for 24 years until … [Read more...]
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 designed for concerts, reflection and harmony. Titled Golden Hour: Charles Courtney Curran and the Romance of American Impressionism, the exhibit runs through Sunday, May 24, and … [Read more...]
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 latest exhibit, The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art. This exhibition, running through Saturday, April 4, brings together approximately 120 of the finest … [Read more...]
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 the talent, twice the inspiration. Highlighting the work of 23 interior designers, many from South Florida, the two show houses are open to the public through Tuesday, March 24. … [Read more...]