Reece Thompson and Hilary Duff in Bloodworth.Film: If you crave a good, character-driven Southern coming-of-age, family reunion, eccentricity excess yarn, check out this weekend’s indie release, Bloodworth, fresh from the festival circuit and into a local Palm Beach Gardens theater on a market test basis. Having survived a medical scare, patriarch E.F. … [Read more...]
Music review: Boca fest audience was wild about Jackie
Jackie Evancho.By Greg StepanichPerhaps some were thinking of their own daughters, pre-teen rebellion, and others of their granddaughters, out of touch in distant states.Doubtless most had happier ideas in mind, though one thing was clear: The appearance Saturday of Jackie Evancho on the final night of this year’s Festival of the Arts Boca turned an audience of … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 11-13
Ray Bolger, Judy Garland and Jack Haley in The Wizard of Oz.The film industry has been one of the best things ever to happen to the symphony orchestra, and tonight at the Festival of the Arts Boca, both will be together again. Restoration specialist John Guberman is bringing the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz to the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater tonight, to be screened to … [Read more...]
Music review: Montero entertains in vivid style at Boca fest
Gabriela Montero. (Photo by Colin Bell)By Greg StepanichThe Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has carved out a useful niche for herself as a musician who recalls an earlier tradition of performers who improvised in concert.Her recital Thursday night during the fifth Festival of the Arts Boca ended with four of her improvisations, but it was the rest of her program that … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 4-6
TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course No. 17 (2007), by Dick Durrance II.Art: If you’ve got a hankering for hitting the links but can’t get to it right now, perhaps an ongoing exhibit at the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta will help slake your fairway thirst. Gary Wiren’s nonpareil collection of golf memorabilia is on display along with paintings, photographs and … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: FAU concert, exhibit spotlight Russian music publisher’s legacy
The front page of the score for Rimsky-Korsakov’sopera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, as published by V. Bessel & Co.BOCA RATON -- The Bessel publishing house, founded in St. Petersburg in 1869, grew from a music shop into a concern that was at the center of Russian musical life, printing works by the nation’s leading composers from Tchaikovsky to … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Boca arts fest to return March 4-12
Singer Jackie Evancho, who created a sensation this summeron America’s Got Talent.By Skip SheffieldThe Festival of the Arts Boca is going lean and green for its fifth season March 4-12 at Mizner Park in Boca Raton.That’s “green,” as in “young.”One of the headliners in the concert finale March 12, operatic soprano Jackie Evancho, is just 10 years … [Read more...]
Music review: ‘Nevsky’ concert unusual but compelling
On screen, Vera Ivasheva as Olga in Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky; below, the Russian National Orchestra.(Photo by Sherry Ferrante)By Greg StepanichIn his recent study of Sergei Prokofiev's Soviet career, the musicologist Simon Morrison reveals that the composer was a huge movie buff, and that for one tantalizing moment, had a chance to do a film score in Hollywood for … [Read more...]
Music review: Fleming brings repertoire revelation to Boca fest
Renée Fleming with the Russian National Orchestraat Mizner Park on Saturday night.(Photo by Sherry Ferrante) By Greg StepanichShe opened the New York Philharmonic's current season with an infrequently heard song cycle by Olivier Messiaen, and her newest album is a collection of rarities from the verismo composers of the late 19th century.One of the best things about Renée … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 5-9
Texas artist Marilyn Endres createsdetailed vessels and platters.(Photo by Katie Deits) Art: The Palm Beach Fine Craft Show opened today at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach for a three-day run that features artists from 28 states offering museum-quality art objects, couture art-to-wear, and handcrafted furniture. Clothing designers are also attending … [Read more...]