It's difficult to predict what will happen years down the road in any arts endeavor, given the vagaries of unreliable economics and audience taste. But for the foreseeable future, there will be a Delray String Quartet in some form or another. Founder Don Thompson won't have it any other way: He's already set aside a chunk of money in his will to keep the foursome going. … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 2-6
Art: Opening Saturday at the Norton Museum of Art is New York, New York: The 20th Century, an exhibition from the West Palm Beach museum’s collection of New York scenes, depicted in paintings, photographs, sculptures and works on paper. Among those artists represented are painters Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper and Reginald Marsh, and photographers Bernice Abbott, Diane Arbus and … [Read more...]
Caldwell to present concert version of Sondheim’s ‘Sunday’
In his few short months on the job as artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre Company, Clive Cholerton has learned a great deal about “the art of making art.” So it should come as no surprise that he says his favorite musical is Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George. The surprise is that he has found a way to bring to Palm … [Read more...]