Books: For some reason, Palm Beach County has never had a books festival all its own, despite examples to the south in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Key West, but that changes Saturday. At the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, the one-day festival will include talks from a number of prominent writers and a little bit of celebrity juice. Actor Alan Cumming, whose searing … [Read more...]
Maltz again dominates at Carbonell Awards
Maybe they should just call them the Maltz Jupiter Carbonell Awards. For the second year in a row, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre dominated the awards for professional theater in South Florida. Handed out Monday evening at the Broward Center were the 37th annual awards named for sculptor Manuel Carbonell, nine of which went to the Maltz Jupiter. An even more impressive measure of … [Read more...]
Eminent critic Farber lives again in new collection of film essays
For many, the biggest surprise from this year’s Oscar telecast was not Hugh Jackman’s better-than-average hosting job or the upset victory of Departures for Best Foreign Language Film. It was the inclusion of critic Manny Farber in the montage of recently deceased cinematic luminaries. For me, watching Farber’s outsider name fade in, and seconds later fade out, on the onstage … [Read more...]