Except perhaps for New York City, that capital of world literary culture, South Florida is blessed with an unexcelled literary calendar, starting more or less the moment you read this, and continuing deep into next spring. Three signature book events celebrate landmark anniversaries this season. Miami Book Fair, marking its 30th year, is among the oldest, while the Palm Beach … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 14-15
Film: David Gordon Green came on the cinema scene with such methodical, observant art films as George Washington, Undertow and Snow Angels. Lately, though, he has made broad, raucous comedies like Pineapple Express and Your Highness. He now returns to his earlier mode with Prince Avalanche, the saga of two men who paint traffic lines on remote country roads. The older guy (Paul … [Read more...]
Judy Garland concert drama at Arts Garage unmissable
Why would Lou Tyrrell bring to his Theatre at Arts Garage a play that he presented at Florida Stage seven years ago? “We are really more in audience development mode than we are in play development mode,” he says of his fledgling Delray Beach operation. And if ever there were a show to attract and expand his audience, it is surely Beyond the Rainbow, a well-crafted biography … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 12-14
Theater: The idea of a concert reading of a musical sounds like it would be a very static event, but Palm Beach Dramaworks shows us that doe not have to be the case. Thanks to director Clive Cholerton, late of the late Caldwell Theatre Company, the concert of 1965’s tribute to idealism, Man of La Mancha, is extremely moving, both physically and emotionally. The show, with a … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 3-5
Art: See the culmination of years of study in the art work of four Masters of Fine Art students in Thesis Exhibition 2013 at the Schmidt Center Gallery at Florida Atlantic University. The exhibition, which runs through May 24, showcases the large, charcoal drawings of Jill Lavetsky, the abstract paintings and drawings of Eduardo Rosas and the functional pottery of Alexandra … [Read more...]
Calendar of Arts Events: April 2013
(Note: Events are listed through May 3 and were current as of March 23. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting organizations offer subscription plans.) Art Exhibits Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens: Through April 28: Homage to Picasso, 71 prints by major artists working in the early 1970s … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 29-31
Film: British director Michael Apted has made such commercial movies as Coal Miner’s Daughter and the 1999 James Bond flick, The World Is Not Enough. But by far his more significant project has been the Up series, a documentary visit with a dozen or so British subjects every seven years for the past 49 years, to track their lives and learn how they have overcome or fallen … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 23-26
(Editor’s note: The posting of this entry was delayed by technical difficulties.) Art: Boynton Beach settings have been transformed into vibrant paintings by the Palm Beach County Plein-Air meet-up group. The group’s work can be viewed in the Breeze into Boynton Beach: Plein-Air Exhibit on display on the second floor of the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. … [Read more...]
Arts calendar: March 1-April 4, 2013
(Note: Events are listed through April 4 and were current as of Feb. 18. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting organizations offer subscription plans. Entries may be changed as the month proceeds for cancellations, corrections of errors, or addition of other events.) Art Exhibits Ann Norton Sculpture … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 1-3
Film: The vote totals for the Academy Awards are never released, but it is safe to say that Michael Haneke’s Amour from Austria won the foreign language film category by a landslide, nominated as it was for best picture as well. And the movie is now out in area theaters, a rare opportunity to see the winner on a big screen. It is a tough film to sit through, especially for … [Read more...]