In the midst of a theater scene where several significant stage companies have gone out of business lately, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre has been a remarkable success story — thriving critically, popularly and financially. And the rich keep getting richer. Saturday night, a gala celebrating the Maltz’s 10th anniversary raised $750,000 for the playhouse that has humble roots as … [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...]
Revered acoustic-guitar trio celebrates 20th with Jupiter stop
For a group that named itself for the state where it formed -- doubting that it might ever get to play elsewhere -- the California Guitar Trio (www.cgtrio.com) has achieved stratospheric success. The CGT's three acoustic guitarists, Paul Richards, Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, have recorded a dozen CDs together and navigated several tours of the United States, Canada, South … [Read more...]