(Note: Events are listed through Jan. 31 and were current as of Dec. 26. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting organizations offer subscription plans. Events will be updated for changes, additions and to correct errors as needed. Email themailbox@pbartspaper.com)
Art Exhibits
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens: Ben Aronson. An exhibit of work by the contemporary American painter, noted for his paintings of scenes from the world of New York finance. Through Feb. 10. Galleries are open from 10 am-4 pm Wednesday through Sunday. Admission: $7. Call 561-832-5328 or visit www.ansg.org.
Boca Raton Museum of Art: Closing Jan. 13: The Art of Video Games, an exhibit from the Smithsonian that chronicles the evolving look over the past 40 years of video games, and even includes a chance to play some of them. Paired with Michael Zansky: Dance of the Cuckoos, irreverent, inventive paintings by an artist who draws on video-game inspiration. Closing Jan. 20: Politics NOT as Usual: Quilts With Something to Say, an exhibition from the American Folk Art Museum in New York, featuring 200 years of quilts made by women with a political point to express; includes the 9/11 National Tribute Quilt. Opening Jan. 27: Impact: 50 Years of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, a look at work by some of the biggest names in contemporary fashion design, featuring work by Norma Kamali, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta and many others, through April 13. Continuing: Theresa Bernstein: An Early Modernist, paintings by the long-lived artist sometimes thought of as the last representative of the Ash Can school. Films (all at 2 pm): Jan. 9, 12 and 13: The Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend (2005). Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, $4 students. Hours: 10 am-5 pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 am-8 pm first Wednesday of the month; 12 pm-5 pm Saturday and Sunday. Closed Mondays and holidays. Call 561-392-2500, or visit www.bocamuseum.org.
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture: Through April 21: The Seagate Hotel and Spa World of Golf: The Gary Wiren Collection, a show featuring the largest gathering of golf memorabilia in the world, along with Academy of Golf Art, an exhibit of fine art with golf themes. 10:30 am-4 pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1-4:30 pm Sundays; closed Mondays. Tickets: $10, $6 seniors and $4 students; $2 ages 4-12; free for children 3 and younger. Call 561-243-7922 or visit www.oldschool.org for more information.
Flagler Museum: Closing Jan. 6: Capturing the Cup: Yacht Racing During the Gilded Age, artworks, film and trophies (including a replica of the America’s Cup) from the golden years of American yacht racing. Opening Jan. 29: Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay, paintings and designs by an artist who specialized in depicting the rich interiors of the great mansions of his day, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Regular ticket prices: Adults: $18; $10 for youth ages 13-17; $3 for children ages 6-12; and children under 6 admitted free. Hours: 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 pm Sunday. For more information, call 561-655-2833 or visit www.flaglermuseum.us.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens: Through Jan. 27: Entertaining the Gods and Man: Japanese Dolls and the Theater, an exhibit of 60 ningyō, doll-like forms that have been an important part of Japanese culture for decades. Tickets: $13, $12 for seniors, $8 for children and college students. Open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesdays through Sundays. Call 495-0233 or visit www.morikami.org.
Norton Museum of Art: Opening Jan. 17: Annie Leibovitz, an exhibition of 39 photos by the legendary photographer of the artistic and famous (through June 9). Through Jan. 20: Keep Calm and Carry On: World War II and the British Home Front, 1938-1951, a look at how the UK’s creative class mobilized for patriotic purposes during the calamitous Second World War. Through Jan. 27: Clear Waters and Blue Hills: Stories in Chinese Art, pottery and other art featuring stories from Chinese literature. Ongoing: Rubens to Corot: The Delacorte Gift. Through March 3: Say It Loud, a display of work by African and African-American artists in the Norton collection. Admission: $12 adults; $5 ages 13-21. Hours: 10 am-5 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays except Thursday 10 am-9 pm; 11 am-5 pm Sundays; closed Mondays. For more information, call 561-832-5196 or visit www.norton.org.
Palm Beach Photographic Centre: Through Jan. 5: Lucien Capehart: Memories of Palm Beach, an exhibit of good-life photos by the legendary society photographer of Palm Beach who died earlier this year. With Album 2012, photos by friends of the Photographic Centre, including Alexander Dreyfoos, Jeff Blakely and Jean Matthews. Opening Jan. 12: Bill Eppridge: 50 Years of Photojournalism, iconic photographs by the veteran lensman for Life magazine (through Feb. 28). Admission is free. Hours: 10 am-6 pm Monday through Thursday; 10 am-5 pm Friday and Saturday. Call 561-253-2600 or visit www.workshop.org.
Society of the Four Arts: Through Jan. 20: Painting the Beautiful: The Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape Tradition, 50 works from the Michener Museum by artists of the New Hope School in Bucks County, Pa., such as Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee, M. Elizabeth Price and others. At the Esther O’Keeffe Gallery at the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5; free for members and children 14 and under. Call 655-7226 for more information.
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale: Through Jan. 6: Shark, an exhibit of artwork about our toothy fellow creatures of the deep, curated by Richard Ellis and organized with the Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center. Through Feb. 10: Warhol and Cars, drawings and paintings by the Pop Art icon whose interests apparently also included automobiles; through Feb. 24: Return to the Ashcan, works by early 20th-century Ashcan artists including George Bellows, George Luks, John Sloan and others, soon to be installed in the museum’s Glackens Galleries. Ongoing: Constructed Reliefs from the Maurice and Sarah Lipshultz Collection (structures by Charles Biederman, David Barr, et al.); Pablo Picasso Ceramics/Carlos Luna Paintings, an artistic “conversation” between the legendary Picasso and Luna, a talented artist whose expression shares similar universal themes; through 2013: Wall Paintings, four installations for the outside of the museum by Arturo Herrera, Gavin Perry, Jen Stark, and the team of Roberto Behar and Rosaro Marquardt. Hours: Open daily from 11 am-6 pm, except open until 8 pm Thursdays and 12-5 pm Sundays. Closed Mondays. Admission: $10 adults, $7 seniors, military members, children 6-17. For more information, call 954-525-5500 or visit www.moafl.org.
Books
Friday, Jan. 11
Michael Connelly: The novelist speaks about The Black Box, the latest thriller in his Harry Bosch crime series. Moderated by Scott Eyman of The Palm Beach Post in the Brazilian Court Author Breakfast Series at Café Boulud in Palm Beach. 8:45 a.m. Tickets: $100, which includes breakfast, valet parking and a copy of the book. Call 561-366-4301 or send an email to SRodriguez@braziliancourt.com.
Thursday, Jan. 17
James Grippando: The one-time lawyer turned thriller writer signs his novel Blood Money. 7 pm, Murder on the Beach, Delray Beach. Call 561-279-7790 or visit www.murderonthebeach.com.
Monday, Jan. 21-Saturday, Jan. 26
Palm Beach Poetry Festival: The ninth edition of Miles Coon’s very successful workshops-and-readings celebration of the poetic discipline. Special guest this year is Billy Collins, America’s best-selling poet and its former poet laureate. The festival includes private workshops for writers as well as public readings and other events. Public event ticket prices are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors, $10 for students. For more information, call 561-868-2063 or visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.
Friday, Jan. 25
Alex Witchel: The New York Times Magazine writer discusses All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother’s Dementia, With Refreshments. In the Brazilian Court breakfast series. 8:45 a.m., Café Boulud, Palm Beach. Tickets: $100, which includes breakfast, valet parking and a copy of the book. Call 561-366-4301 or send an email to SRodriguez@braziliancourt.com.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Robert Crais: The creator of Elvis Cole will sign Suspect, his tale of an LAPD officer and his trusty canine, searching for the killers of the officer’s partner. 6 pm. Murder on the Beach, Delray Beach. Call 561-279-7790 or visit www.murderonthebeach.com.
Cabaret
Through Jan. 19
Clint Holmes: The much-admired Las Vegas stalwart and former Joan Rivers sidekick, in a return engagement at the Colony. 8:30 pm, Royal Room, Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. Tuesday through Thursday, $60 for the show, $120 with dinner; Friday and Saturday, $70 show, $130 with dinner. Call 561-659-8100 or visit www.thecolonypalmbeach.com.
Tuesday, Jan. 22-Saturday, Jan. 26
Tuesday, Jan. 29-Saturday, Feb. 2
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.: This duo has had a durable career and marriage since their early days with the Fifth Dimension. 8:30 pm, Royal Room, Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. Tuesday through Thursday, $60 for the show, $120 with dinner; Friday and Saturday, $70 show, $130 with dinner. Call 561-659-8100 or visit www.thecolonypalmbeach.com.
Monday, Jan. 28-Tuesday, Jan. 29
Broadway’s Elite: Donna McKechnie, Andrea McArdle and Ken Page, Broadway veterans all, offer an evening of song and story from the Great White Way. 8 pm both shows, Delray Beach Center for the Arts, Old School Square. As of Dec. 26, both shows were sold out; call 561-243-922 for more information.
Classical Music
Saturday, Jan. 5
Gail Archer: The professor at Barnard and Vassar colleges performs organ works by Cesar Franck, Olivier Messaien, J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Robert Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn. 3 p.m. Calvary United Methodist Church, Lake Worth. Tickets: $10. Call 561-585-1786 for more information.
Sunday, Jan.6
Palm Beach Symphony: The orchestra celebrates its 39th season with four works related to that number, including the Symphonies No. 39 of Haydn and Mozart, the Czech Suite (Op. 39) of Dvorak, and the Concierto de Aranjuez of Joaquin Rodrigo, which the Spanish composer wrote in 1939. Guitarist Sebastian Acosta-Fox is the soloist, and Ramon Tebar conducts. 7:30 pm Sunday, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. Tickets: $50. Call 655-7226 or visit www.palmbeachsymphony.org.
American Chamber Players: Miles Hoffman’s durable ensemble returns for its annual Society of the Four Arts appearance, brining the Clarinet Quintet (in A, K. 622) of Mozart, Milhaud’s Suite for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, the Adagio and Allegro (Op. 70) for viola and piano by Schumann, and the Piano Quintet (in C minor, Op. 1) by Erno von Dohnanyi. 3 pm, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Tickets: $15. Call 655-226 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Monday, Jan. 7
Salute to Vienna: The Strauss Symphony of America under Andras Deak recreates the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s concerts with music by the Strauss family and other late 19th-century Viennese composers. With soprano Marcela Cerno and tenor Daniel Vadasz, plus dancers from the Vienna Imperial Ballet. 8 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $27. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Itzhak Perlman: The veteran violinist makes his annual seasonal appearance in South Florida with a recital at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 pm, Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets: $35-$95. Call 954-462-0222 or visit www.browardcenter.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 8
Quartetto Bernini: The Italian foursome opens the Flagler Museum music series with an early quartet by Rossini (No. 1 in G), one by Francesco Durante (Concerto No. 2 in G minor), and the Quartet No. 14 (in G, K. 387) of Mozart. 7:30 pm, Flagler Museum. Tickets: $60 per concert or $280 for the series; call (561) 655-2833 or visit www.flaglermuseum.us.
New York Chamber Soloists: The eminent Canadian pianist Anton Kuerti plays two early concertos – Mozart’s No. 9 (in E-flat, K. 271, Jenamy) and Beethoven’s No. 2 (in B-flat, Op. 19) – on a program with one of Haydn’s earliest symphonies, No. 6 (Le Matin). 8 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets: $25. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 9
Amernet String Quartet: The Duncan Theatre opens its Classical Café series with an appearance by this much-loved quartet based at Florida International University. Pianist Milana Strezeva joins the group for the Dohnanyi Piano Quintet (in C minor, Op. 1), Haydn’s Quartet No. 23 (in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5), and the Fourth Quartet (in D, Op. 83) of Shostakovich. 3 pm Stage West, Duncan Theatre, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth. Tickets: $25, or $90 for the four-concert series. Call 561-68-3309 or visit www.duncantheatre.org.
Friday, Jan. 11
Suzanne Galer: The soprano takes part in PBAU’s Distinguished Artists Series, joined by college faculty for the first set of the Liebeslieder Waltzes of Johannes Brahms. 7:30 pm, Persson Recital Hall, PBAU, West Palm Beach. Tickets: $20. Call 561-803-2970 or send an email to ticketcentral@pba.edu.
Sunday, Jan. 13
Simone Dinnerstein: The great American pianist broke into the public’s attention in her 30s with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and she returns to South Florida after a long absence with the same work in a recital at the Arsht Center. 5 pm, Knight Concert Hall. Tickets: $75-$130. Call 305-949-6722 or visit arshtcenter.org.
Tokyo String Quartet: The foursome is on its final tour, and makes a stop in West Palm Beach with the String Quartet No. 20 (in D, K. 499, Hoffmeister) of Mozart, Bartok’s Fourth Quartet and the Quartet No. 1 (in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1) of Brahms. 2 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $25. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Chameleon Musicians: Series founder and cellist Iris van Eck is joined by her frequent musical partner, Croatian-born pianist Kemal Gekic, for the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata (in A minor, D. 821), the Cello Sonata of Samuel Barber (in C minor, Op. 6), and the Suite Italienne of Stravinsky, which the composer fashioned from his music for the ballet Pulcinella. 3 pm, Leiser Opera Center, 221 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $35, $15 for students. Call 954-761-3435 or visit www.chameleonmusicians.org.
Mei Mei Luo: The well-known area violinist and first violinist of the Delray String Quartet appears in a solo recital with pianist Daphne Spottiswoode. The program includes the Sonata No. 3 (in C minor, Op. 45) of Edvard Grieg, the Allegro of Felix Mendelssohn, the Sonata No. 4 of Corelli, and on the lighter side, the Meditation from Jules Massenet’s opera Thaïs, and two arias from George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, arranged by Jascha Heifetz: It Ain’t Necessarily So and Summertime. 3 pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Delray Beach. Tickets: $15-$20. Call 278-6003 or email drkeith@stpaulsdelray.org.
Monday, Jan. 14-Tuesday, Jan. 15
South Florida Symphony: The fine young pianist Natasha Paremski joins Sebrina Maria Alfonso’s professional orchestra for the Rachmaninov Concerto No. 3 (in D minor, Op. 30). Also on the program are the Strauss tone poem Macbeth, Sibelius’ Pohjola’s Daughter, and a Debussy rarity, his early March Ecossaise. 7:30 pm both shows, Broward Center (Monday) and the Crest Theatre, Delray Beach. Call 954-522-8445 or visit www.southfloridasymphony.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Harlem Quartet: The young foursome, which has recorded several CDs including one with music by Wynton Marsalis, is scheduled for the Young Artists series. Along with Mozart (Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421) and Schubert (Death and the Maiden, D. 810), the quartet will play Billy Strayhorn’s Take the ‘A’ Train and Chick Corea’s Adventures of Hippocrates. 7:30 pm Rinker Playhouse, Kravis Center. Call 832-7469 or visit kravis.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 16-Sunday, Jan. 20
Seraphic Fire: The Miami-based choir recreates the sounds of an 11th-century monastery with an all-Gregorian chant program devoted to music for the Virgin Mary. 7:30 pm Wednesday, St. Jude Melkite Church, Miami; 7:30 pm Thursday, St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Boca Raton; 7:30 pm Friday, First United Methodist Church, Coral Gables; 8 pm Saturday, All Saints Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale; 4 pm Sunday, Miami Beach Community Church. Call 305-285-9060 or visit www.seraphicfire.org.
Thursday, Jan. 17
International Collaborative Piano Program: Lynn University piano faculty are joined by string and woodwind players for a concert of chamber music from 1912. 7:30 pm, Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall, Lynn University. Tickets: $10. Call 561-237-9000 or visit www.lynn.edu/tickets.
Sunday, Jan. 2o
Rastrelli Cello Quartet: The Germany-based all-cello foursome from Russia mixes arrangements from the standard repertoire with pieces from the jazz and light music traditions. 3 pm, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Tickets: $15. Call 655-226 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
Utrecht String Quartet: The Dutch group plans the Four Pieces for String Quartet (Op . 81) of Felix Mendelssohn, the Quartet No. 1 (in C minor, Op. 51, No.1) of Brahms, and the Quartet No. 1 of the Dutch Romantic Johannes Verhulst (in D minor, Op. 6, No. 1). 7:30 pm, Flagler Museum. Tickets: $60; call (561) 655-2833 or visit www.flaglermuseum.us
Symphony of the Americas: The Italian violinist Roberto Cani joins James Brooks-Bruzzese and his orchestra for a 25th anniversary concert featuring the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (in D, Op. 35), the same composer’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture, and the now rarely heard overture to Zampa, by the French composer Ferdinand Herold. 8:15 pm, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets start at $50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit www.browardcenter.org.
China National Symphony Orchestra: Violinist Chuanyun Li is the soloist in the Butterfly Lovers Concerto of Zhanhao He and Gang Chen, hugely popular when it first appeared in the 1970s; also on the program for the Beijing-based ensemble is the first movement of Xia Guan’s Earth Requiem and the Ein Heldenleben (Op. 40) tone poem of Richard Strauss. 8 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $25. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Conrad Tao: The young American piano prodigy, who released an album of works including three of his own pieces for EMI last year, performs in recital on the Classical Café Series. 3 pm Stage West, Duncan Theatre, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth. Tickets: $25. Call 561-68-3309 or visit www.duncantheatre.org.
Friday, Jan. 25-Saturday, Jan. 26
Cleveland Orchestra: Violinist Joshua Bell makes one of his regular South Florida appearances, this time with Franz Welser-Möst and his big Ohio band in the Beethoven Violin Concerto (in D, Op. 61). Welser-Möst also leads what is likely Shostakovich’s finest symphony, No. 10 (in E minor, Op. 93). 8 pm both shows, Knight Concert Hall, Arsht Center, Miami. Tickets start at $37. Call 305-949-6722 or visit www.arshtcenter.org.
Sunday, Jan. 27
Boca Raton Symphonia: The important American conductor Gerard Schwarz leads the Symphonia with his young son, cellist Julian Schwarz, in the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 (in E-flat, Op. 107). Also on the program are works by Schubert (Overture in the Italian Style), J.S. Bach (Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D) and Haydn (Symphony No. 96). 4 pm, Roberts Theater, St. Andrew’s School, Boca Raton. Tickets: $33-$59. Call 866-687-4201 or visit www.bocasymphonia.org.
St. Petersburg String Quartet: The Russian quartet, founded in 1985, is joined by pianist Tao Lin for this concert. 3 pm, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Tickets: $15. Call 655-226 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Dance
Saturday, Jan. 12-Sunday, Jan. 13
Reach Dance Company/O Dance: The two Palm Beach County troupes present two works: RnJ, Jerry Opdenaker’s take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with a contemporary score, and The Office: Vignettes on Women in the Workplace, a piece by Maria Konrad exploring the culture of women in the 1950s workplace, with period music. 8 pm Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, Eissey Campus Theatre, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens. Tickets: $20, $15 students. Call 561-207-5900 or visit www.reachdancecompany.com or www.odance.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 22-Wednesday, Jan. 23
Motionhouse: The British troupe presents Scattered, mixing its trademark athleticism with graphics and film. 7:30 pm both shows, Rinker Playhouse, Kravis Center. Tickets: $28. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Friday, Jan. 25-Saturday, Jan. 26
Momix: Moses Pendleton’s popular company presents Botanica, a wildly imaginative multimedia exploration of the four seasons, with a score ranging from Vivaldi to actual birdsong. 8 pm both shows, Duncan Theatre, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth. Tickets: $45. Call 868-3309 or visit www.duncantheatre.org.
Friday, Jan. 25-Sunday, Jan. 27
Miami City Ballet: The Miami Beach-based company mounts a second world premiere from British sensation Liam Scarlett: Euphotic, set to the Second Piano Concerto by the American composer Lowell Liebermann. The program also includes Balanchine’s Duo Concertant (Stravinsky) and Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart), and the pas de deux from Marius Petipa’s Don Quixote (Minkus). 2 pm and 8 pm Saturday, 1 pm Sunday, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $25. Call 561-832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Film
Friday, Jan. 11
Nicky’s Family: The story of “the British Schindler,” Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued close to 700 mostly Jewish children in the former Czechoslovakia from the growing Nazi threat and had them relocated to Britain. A documentary with reenactments; Winton is still with us at 103, and his humanitarianism has spawned other efforts around the world for needy children. At Living Room Theaters, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Call 561-549-2600 for times.
Anonymous: Roland Emmerich’s 2011 presentation of the Oxford theory, which is that the Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, was the real Shakespeare. With Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson and David Thewlis. Part of the Friday Film Series at the Society of the Four Arts. 2:30 pm, 5 :15 pm, and 8 pm. $5. Call 655-2776 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Friday, Jan. 18
Winter in Wartime: In the last winter of World War II, a Dutch teenager gets caught up with the Resistance when he helps a wounded British airman in this 2008 film directed by Martin Koolhoven.With Martijn Lakemeier. In Dutch, English and German. 2:30 pm, 5:15 pm, and 8 pm, Society of the Four Arts. $5. Call 655-2776 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Jazz
Wednesday, Jan. 9
Jon Faddis Quartet: One of the finest trumpeters on the jazz scene brings his quartet to the Gold Coast Jazz Society series. 7:45 pm, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $40. Call 954-462-0222 or visit www.browardcenter.org.
Friday, Jan. 11
Federico Britos: The Cuban-born jazz violinist is a five-time Grammy winner and worked with such luminaries as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman. 7:30 pm, Arts Garage, 180 N.E. 1st St., Delray Beach. Tickets: $25-$35. Call 450-6357 or visit www.delraybeacharts.org.
Saturday, Jan. 12
Stanley Jordan: One of the greatest of all jazz guitar wizards plays a concert with trio partners Charnett Moffett on bass and Kenwood Dennard on drums. At the Miniaci Performing Arts Center on the campus of Nova Southeastern University in Davie. 8 pm. Tickets: $40. Call 954-426-0222 (Broward Center) or visit southfloridajazz.org.
Friday, Jan. 18
Mike Levine Band: The pianist and UM alum has worked with Jaco Pastorius and Michael Bolton, and established a solid career as a master of smooth jazz. 7:30 pm, Arts Garage, 180 N.E. 1st St., Delray Beach. Tickets: $25-$35. Call 450-6357 or visit www.delraybeacharts.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Turtle Island String Quartet: The crossover foursome is joined by jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton for a program called “Solstice Celebration,” including John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. 8 pm, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Tickets: $40-$45. Call 655-7226 or visit fourarts.org.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Randy Brecker: The trumpeter whose collaboration resume includes just about everyone in the field of jazz, and who with his late brother Michael was well-known as part of the Brecker Brothers. 8 pm, Arts Garage, 180 N.E. 1st St., Delray Beach. Tickets: $25-$35. Call 450-6357 or visit www.delraybeacharts.org.
Nostalgia
Saturday, Jan. 5-Sunday, Jan. 6
Tuesday, Jan. 8-Thursday, Jan. 10
Palm Beach Pops: Broadway’s Christine Andreas joins Bob Lappin and the band for Here’s to the Ladies, a tribute to songs made famous by stars such as Ethel Merman, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland and others. 8 pm all shows; Jan. 5-6, Florida Atlantic University; Jan. 8, Eissey Campus Theatre, Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens; Jan. 9-10, Kravis Center. Tickets: $29-$89. Call 561-832-7677 or visit www.palmbeachpops.org.
Saturday, Jan. 12
Paul Anka: The Canadian singer/songwriter’s career began in the 1950s with Diana and includes a recent disc of rock classics (Smells Like Teen Spirit) redone for a muscular jazz band. 8 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets: $30. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Monday, Jan. 14
Johnny Mathis: The San Francisco balladeer hit it big in the 1950s with Misty and Chances Are, and is still going strong in his late 70s. He’ll be backed by a full orchestra. 7:30 pm, Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $55-$85. Call 952-462-0222 or visit www.browardcenter.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Barbara Cook: The Broadway veteran (The Music Man, Candide) has graduated from ingénue status to grande dame of the stage, and still does the concert circuit at age 85. 8 pm, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach. Tickets: $40-$45. Call 655-7226 or visit www.fourarts.org.
Opera
Friday, Jan. 18-Sunday, Jan. 20
La Traviata: Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless 1853 classic about the doomed high-society courtesan Violetta and her love for Alfredo, in Palm Beach Opera’s season opener. With Joyce El-Khoury as Violetta and Georgy Vasiliev as Alfredo (Friday and Sunday); Sarah Joy Miller steps in Saturday night with her husband David as Alfredo; Michael Chioldi is Germont for all three shows. Directed by the legendary Renata Scotto; Case Scaglione conducts. 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $20. Call 832-7469, 833-7888, or visit kravis.org or pbopera.org.
Saturday, Jan. 26
Die Zauberflöte: Mozart’s last opera, this singspiel has been hugely popular since its debut in 1791, and was the most-staged opera in the world last season. Florida Grand Opera continues its season with this fantasy work, starring Andrew Bidlack as Tamino, Jonathan G. Michie as Papageno, Lisette Oropesa as Pamina, Jordan Bisch as Sarastro, and Jeannette Vecchione as the Queen of the Night. Andrew Bisantz conducts; Jeffrey Marc Buchman is the stage director. Through Feb. 23. 7 pm, Ziff Ballet Opera House, Miami. Call 800-741-1010 for tickets or visit www.fgo.org.
Popular Music
Wednesday, Jan. 9
Foreigner: The British-American band has been performing in one form or another since 1976, and contributed multiple AOR pop classics to the canon, including Urgent and I Want to Know What Love Is. 8 pm, Hard Rock Live, Hollywood. Tickets: $44-$74, available through Ticketmaster.
Thursday, Jan. 17
Ladell McClin: A fast-rising young Chicago bluesman, now based in New York. He’s toured with James “Blood” Ulmer and his new release, I Am King, is due out this year. At the Bamboo Room, Lake Worth. 8:30 pm. Tickets: $8. Call 585-2583 or visit www.bambooroom.com.
Saturday, Jan. 19
Big Head Todd and the Monsters: The Colorado quartet has had notable successes including platinum records and space program collaborations, and a reverence for the blues tradition. 8 pm, Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $25 at Ticketmaster. Call 954-564-1074.
Monday, Jan. 21
Pink Martini: Thomas Lauderdale’s retro “United Nations house band” mines the pop culture of the past in extraordinary fashion and contributes deft originals as well. With Storm Large filling in for China Forbes. 7 pm, Kravis Center. Tickets start at $25. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.
Emilie Autumn: The violinist and singer mixes burlesque and glam rock in a theatrical style she calls Victoriandustrial. 6 pm, Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $14. Ticketmaster, call the box office at 954-449-1025, or visit www.jointherevolution.net.
Friday, Jan. 25
Amber Leigh: South Florida’s own country standout, seen regularly on TCN. A free concert in the series at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts. 7:30 pm, Old School Square. Call 561-243-7922 for more information.
Saturday, Jan. 26-Sunday, Jan. 27
G. Love and Special Sauce: Philadelphia’s own Garrett Dutton has built a strong career in alternative pop, touring with such popular acts as Jack Johnson. With Swear and Shake. 8 pm, Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $25 at Ticketmaster. Call 954-564-1074.
Justin Bieber: The precocious Canadian singer and tween idol, in two shows certain to sell out. 7 pm American Airlines Arena, Miami. $53-$106. Available through Ticketmaster/Live Nation.
Theater
Opens Friday, Jan. 4
The Interview: Faye Sholiton’s play about a Holocaust survivor who gets interviewed for the Shoah Project by a child of other survivors; a production of the Women’s Theatre Project. With Harriet Oser, Patti Gardner and Irene Adjan. Directed by Genie Croft. Through Jan. 20 at the Willow Theatre, Sugar Sand Park, Boca Raton. Tickets: $25. Call 561-347-3948.
Through Jan. 6
A Delicate Balance: The 1966 Edward Albee play about a troubled upper-middle class couples’ friendship. With Maureen Anderman, Dennis Creaghan, Rob Donohoe, Anne Bates, Angie Radosh and Laura Turnbull. Directed by William Hayes. At Palm Beach Dramaworks, Donald and Ann Brown Theatre, West Palm Beach. See www.palmbeachdramaworks.org for showtimes. Tickets: $55. Call 514-4042, ext. 2.
Opens Tuesday, Jan. 8
Singin’ in the Rain: The stage version of the classic Gene Kelly MGM musical about a silent film star making the transition to the talkies. Producer Andrew Kato promises actual rain on stage, too. With Curt Dale Clark, Lauren Blackman, Brian Shepard and Emily Stockdale. At the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter. Through Jan. 27. Tickets: $46-$63. Call 561-575-2223 or visit jupitertheatre.org.
Opens Saturday, Jan. 12
Hamlet: Tarell Alvin McRaney’s 90-minute adaptation of the Bard’s tale of the Melancholy Dane, first done by London’s Royal Shakespeare Company and now making its American premiere. Through Feb. 10 at GableStage, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. Tickets: $37.50-$50. Call 305-445-1119 or visit www.gablestage.org.
Opens Thursday, Jan. 17
The Drowsy Chaperone: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison’s Tony Award-winning 1998 musical, in which the fictional 1928 comedy The Drowsy Chaperone is brought to life. At Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Worth. Through Feb. 3. Tickets: $26-$35. Call 586-6410 or visit www.lakeworthplayhouse.org.
Chapter Two: Neil Simon’s 1977 play about a widowed, grieving writer and a newly single soap opera actress, both reluctant to try loving again. At The Plaza Theatre, Manalapan, through Feb. 10. Tickets: $45. Call 561-588-1820 or visit www.plazatheatre.net.
Opens Friday, Jan. 25
Gloucester Blue: Israel Horovitz’s 2011 play about what happens during the renovation of an old house in the seaside town of Gloucester, Mass. Through Feb. 17, in The Theatre at Arts Garage, Delray Beach. Arts Garage, 180 N.E. 1st St., Delray Beach. Tickets: $30-$40. Call 450-6357 or visit www.delraybeacharts.org.
Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow: A play with songs by Larry Parr chronicling the life and career of Waters, one of the first great African-American singers to emerge from the vaudeville scene of the early 20th century. Starring Evelyn B. Russell. Through Feb. 10 at the Delray Beach Playhouse, Delray Beach. 8 pm Tuesday through Saturday, 2 pm Saturday and Sunday. Tickets: $30. Call 561-272-1282, ext. 4, or visit www.delraybeachplayhouse.com.
Opens Tuesday, Jan. 29
Mary Poppins: The 2004 musical adaptation of the 1964 Disney film, itself based on the P.L. Travers children’s novels about the British nanny, with a score by Robert and Richard Sherman and a book by Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey). In the Kravis on Broadway series, through Feb. 3 at the Kravis Center. Call 832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.