If you tried to gauge which musical performers were the busiest in South Florida, thoughts might toward to a pop singer, a country guitarist, or maybe a freelancing rock drummer. But a blues artist? Well, maybe if they played guitar and sang. How about a bass player? Not very likely. And a blues bass player? You’re dreaming. Yet Mark Telesca (www.marktelesca.com) is living … [Read more...]
Celebration of kinetic art returns to Boynton
Palm Beach ArtsPaper Staff Over the last few months, the downtown area of the Boynton Beach between East Ocean Avenue and North Seacrest Boulevard has undergone a makeover. In preparation for this year’s Boynton Beach Kinetic Art and Symposium, which is set for Friday through Sunday, art installations have been added to the area, including pieces by Singapore artist Edward … [Read more...]
Boynton celebrates art in motion
Standing 9 feet tall and weighing in at 350 lbs., Ralfonso Gschwend’s Dance With the Wind kinetic sculpture sits in front of downtown Boynton Beach’s Civic Center as part of the first-in-the-nation international “kinetic art” exhibit and symposium. A larger 33-foot version, commissioned by China for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, remains in a permanent installation next to … [Read more...]
‘Boynton Beach Club’ in concert, not ready for Broadway
Geared as it is to the senior set, Boynton Beach Club probably makes more commercial sense as a theatrical musical than a feature film. But based on the developmental reading at Boynton’s Park Vista Theatre this weekend, the authors seem stumped for much dramatic justification for the 2006 movie’s transition to the stage. With a so-so score by Ned Paul Ginsburg and Michael … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 4-6
Theater: John Logan’s 2010 Tony Award-winning play Red is going to be produced a great deal this season, and not just because it needs only two actors and one set. This brawny script about abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko, wrestling with a commission to create a series of murals for New York’s famed power lunch Four Seasons Restaurant and also wrestling with his … [Read more...]