Horatio, Lord Nelson (1758-1805), by Lemuel Abbott. The Master Chorale of South Florida closed its current season with a remarkably energetic and gritty Haydn mass that said positive things about the chorus and augured good things for its future. Joined by a chamber orchestra from the Lynn Philharmonia in its concert May 1 at Lynn’s Wold Center for the Performing Arts, the … [Read more...]
Brief reviews: Five movies at Palm Beach International Film Festival
African Gothic: Perhaps because his parents — Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor — have cornered the comedy market in the family, their filmmaker son, Gabriel Bologna, tends towards directing movies with a more dramatic bent. Certainly that is the case with his latest feature, a quirky, twisted, surreal thriller set on a remote, decrepit South African farm. There brother and sister, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 13-18
Art: The Norton Museum of Art this week announced that it is opening an exhibit of three canvases by two great abstract expressionists, Clyfford Still and Joan Mitchell. Officials at the museum point out that the work of these two artists has never been seen at the Norton before. Still’s 1941-A-No. 1 (1949) and PH-1033 (1976) are on display with an untitled work from 1960 by … [Read more...]
Case of jailed handyman exposes many failings of justice system
Thirty years ago, a 76-year-old white widow was brutally murdered in her South Carolina home. Police arrested a 23-year-old African-American handyman who had recently cleaned the woman’s windows and gutters. He was quickly tried and sentenced to death. Appellate courts twice overturned the conviction. Each time, Edward Lee Elmore was reconvicted and sentenced to death again. … [Read more...]
Shelly Isaacs, making the case for international film
Shelly Isaacs is a veteran advertising man who wrote the first TV commercial for Duracell batteries in the 1970s. But he’s much better-known these days as one of South Florida’s most accessible experts on foreign-language film. The founder of Café Cinematheque International, Isaacs is a Bronx native who earned his undergraduate degree in psychology and marketing from the City … [Read more...]