DELRAY BEACH — A holiday music tradition that began in Australia makes its debut Saturday in Old School Square when three major pop performers of the 1970s and 1980s will headline an outdoor concert. The Little River Band (Cool Change, Reminiscing), Stephen Bishop (On and On) and Kim Carnes (Bette Davis Eyes) will perform songs of the season as well as other hits in the … [Read more...]
Remembering Charlie Cinnamon, who gave South Florida theater its buzz
I was working at The Washington Times in the 1980s when I first met Charlie Cinnamon. He arrived at our newsroom flacking a new production company that brought Elizabeth Taylor to the stage in a revival of The Little Foxes. When I moved to South Florida in 1994, there he was again, representing the linked Broadway series of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade … [Read more...]
Arts buzz: News briefs from the local arts
Four Arts announces its largest season PALM BEACH – The Society of the Four Arts has announced the largest season in its 80-year history, offering more than 500 arts and cultural programs in 2016-2017. From November through April, the Four Arts will offer two art exhibitions, a new lecture series with noted historians, 20 live music performances from the likes of Sir … [Read more...]
Kravis Center celebrating 25th anniversary this season
On Nov. 28, 1992, the Kravis Center opened for the first time with a gala and a star-studded two-act program featuring Isaac Stern, Leontyne Price, Ella Fitzgerald, Lily Tomlin and The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Burt Reynolds was the master of ceremonies. Since that date 24 years ago, thousands of top-name national and international performers have graced its … [Read more...]
News briefs: Norton Museum reopens Tuesday; free admission begins
The 1941 entrance of the Norton Museum of Art. WEST PALM BEACH — The Norton Museum of Art, which has been closed since May 30 to prepare for a three-year construction project, will reopen Tuesday, with admission free until late 2018. The Norton is undergoing a major overhaul and expansion under the direction of the eminent British architect Norman Foster. The museum’s … [Read more...]
Anniversary bash highlights growing Lake Park arts district
The Helmsmen perform during the second anniversary bash last month. (Photo by Jaime Kujala) As anniversaries go, the one-year milestone reached by the Brewhouse Gallery in Lake Park in May of 2015 proved to be just an appetizer for the two-year bash held last month. And that’s despite the fact that the art gallery, live music emporium, and craft beer, wine and coffeehouse had … [Read more...]
Chafin Music: The little music store that could celebrates 60 years
The staff at Chafin Musicenter; Sue and Jeff Chafin are second and third from left. (Photo by Bill Meredith) Much of the first half of the 60-year life span of Chafin Musicenter (www.chafinmusic.com) in Lake Worth was spent on the 900 block of Lake Avenue, just west of U.S. 1. But when owner Paul Chafin found a larger site — a defunct feed store on North Dixie Highway — in … [Read more...]
Marilynn Wick buys Wick Theatre for $5 million
By Dale King BOCA RATON – Three springtimes ago, Marilynn Wick rescued the closed and bankrupt Caldwell Theatre from the auction block and turned it into a combination costume museum, restaurant and performance center. Wick’s main business, Costume World, acquired the property in March 2013 with an option to buy, a decision based on a belief — and a vow — to breathe new life … [Read more...]
Marilynn Wick buys Wick Theatre for $5 million
by Dale King BOCA RATON – Three springtimes ago, Marilynn Wick rescued the closed and bankrupt Caldwell Theatre from the auction block and turned it into a combination costume museum, restaurant and performance center. Wick’s main business, Costume World, acquired the property in March 2013 with an option to buy, a decision based on a belief — and a vow — to breathe new … [Read more...]
Arts buzz: Photos by a rock muse, at the Kravis; Norton plans Holocaust remembrance
Pattie Boyd and George Harrison. Even before the rock video era started in the 1980s, the visual element has often been as important as sound in popular music. In the multi-media presentation Behind the Lens, two architects of this blend through the 1960s and 1970s, Pattie Boyd and Henry Diltz, share their stories and images in a tell-all slide show. Boyd inspired husbands … [Read more...]