Florida Stage subscribers to get special offers in mid-July Following the unexpected news earlier this month that Florida Stage was filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and could not refund subscribers for their 2011-2012 season tickets, numerous cultural groups have united to help mitigate some of the loss. The Palm Beach County Cultural Council, along with 25 organizations, has … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 24-June 29
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 Mahalia Jackson performing Come Sunday. And come this … [Read more...]
Lighthouse ArtCenter looks to emerging artists
When Nicholas Whipple was looking for a venue to showcase his light sculptures, he put out feelers to galleries in the Wynwood section of Miami. Luckily for Whipple, 28, of Hobe Sound, a set designer and master carpenter at the Maltz Theatre in Jupiter, he found a space closer to home. In an exhibit opening Friday, Next Wave: Emerging Young Artists, the Lighthouse ArtCenter … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 22-24
Theater: In only two seasons, Boca Raton’s Slow Burn Theatre Company has forged a reputation for producing edgy musicals outside the mainstream. The show that got its co-founders, Matthew Korinko and Patrick Fitzwater, interested in creating and running their own troupe is Blood Brothers, the cult hit that opened in London in 1988 and is still running there. OK, so maybe “cult” … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 11-13
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 the accompaniment of live music from the Boca Raton … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 4-6
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 sculptures from the Academy of Golf Art. Included are paintings by David Coolidge, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 25-27
Music: Lorenzo Da Ponte wrote three operas with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Palm Beach Opera has presented the first two – Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni – over the past two seasons. Tonight, the company presents the last of the Mozart/Da Ponte operas, Cosi fan Tutte. In some ways the most important and radical of the three, it’s written to an original libretto and deals … [Read more...]
FAU concert, exhibit spotlight Russian music publisher’s legacy
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 the members of the “mighty handful.” Many of the first-edition scores published by Bessel can be seen in the Richard Beattie Davis Collection at … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 5-7
Art: Just installed at the Florida Atlantic University Galleries is the third iteration of SouthXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, a triennial show of works by artists from Southeastern states. This year’s exhibit, chosen from among more than 200 artists by curators and gallery owners from throughout the Southeast, features the work of more than 13 artists from seven states. … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Dec. 31, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011
Film: We know, we know, one of your New Year’s resolutions is to lose some weight, and viewing the high-calorie baked goods in the tasty new documentary Kings of Pastry is not going to help matters. Still, treat yourself to this affectionate confection by co-directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (The War Room, Moon Over Broadway), chronicling the three-day Meilleurs … [Read more...]