J.K. Simmons and Lou Taylor Pucci in The Music Never Stopped.Film: The British neurologist Oliver Sacks’ popular case studies have made good fodder for Hollywood (1990’s Awakenings), and in The Music Never Stopped, one of Sacks’ essays (The Last Hippie) is the source of the story. Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci), long estranged from his father … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Florida Stage subscribers to get arts deals; Wright to headline poetry fest
(Foreground to back) Kate Eastwood Norris, J. Fred Shiffmanand Lourelene Snedeker in Michael Hollinger’s play,Ghost-Writer, which premiered at Florida Stage in March. Florida Stage subscribers to get special offers in mid-JulyFollowing the unexpected news earlier this month that Florida Stage was filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and could not refund … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 24-29
Duke Ellington (1899-1974).Music: After conquering the world of popular music, bandleader Duke Ellington began branching out in more ambitious directions for the concert hall. In 1943, his suite Black, Brown and Beige had its premiere at Carnegie Hall, and in subsequent years there would be a landmark recording of the work with the great gospel singer … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: WXEL radio now WPBI; Boca Museum of Art sets juried show
WXEL radio becomes WPBI with close of sale to APMFORT LAUDERDALE – Classical South Florida, the American Public Media radio subsidiary, said it has completed the purchase of WXEL-90.7 FM.The Boynton Beach-based radio station’s new call letters are WPBI. The Minneapolis-based company bought WXEL radio last year from Barry University in Miami Shores for about $4 … [Read more...]
Art review: ‘southXeast’ artists mix genres with whimsy, skill
Postmodern Gardening, by Carl Knickerbocker. By Emma TrellesThere's something to be said for the sort of tradition that manages to intrigue upon each arrival, and when it does so in the guises of filigreed robots, childhood make-believe, or the lipsticked grit of a Bayou starlet -- all the better, I say.So unfolds this year’s southXeast: Contemporary … [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...]
ArtsPaper Interview: Daniel Ellsberg, on whistleblowing, leaks and secrecy
Daniel Ellsberg.(Illustration by Pat Crowley)By John ThomasonDaniel Ellsberg was an anonymous military analyst working for a conservative think tank until 1971, when he ignited a national firestorm by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret expose of government decision-making about the Vietnam War. The epic document, detailing some 22 years worth of … [Read more...]
Music review: California Guitar Trio offers classic diversity at FAU-Jupiter
The California Guitar Trio played FAU’s Jupiter campus Saturday night.By Bill MeredithThe California Guitar Trio drew a near-capacity crowd to Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society Auditorium in Jupiter on Saturday night, and entertained a diverse audience (with ages ranging from 20s to 80s) with an equally diverse song list.But diversity is a … [Read more...]
Music feature: Revered acoustic-guitar trio celebrates 20th on Jupiter stop
From left: Hideyo Moriya, Paul Richards and Bert Lams, the members of the California Guitar Trio.By Bill MeredithFor a group that named itself for the state where it formed -- doubting that it might ever get to play elsewhere -- the California Guitar Trio (www.cgtrio.com) has achieved stratospheric success.The CGT's three acoustic guitarists, Paul Richards, … [Read more...]
Film feature: New independent cinema house at FAU boosts area’s film offerings
An outside view of the Living Room Theaters.By Hap ErsteinWith the exception of the occasional adventuresome booking at West Palm Beach’s long-since defunct Carefree Theatre, this county used to be a wasteland when it came to international, independent or alternative films.But six years ago, a digitally projected national network, Emerging Cinema, moved into Lake … [Read more...]