Although the operatic art form is enjoying a period in which edgy productions are much more common, you still have to go some distance to find one that’s closer to experimental. But that’s what composer Carson Kievman has done with his new opera, Intelligent Systems, which premiered last week at the SoBe Institute of the Arts and presents its final performance tonight in the … [Read more...]
Third Sunshine Music & Blues fest strong and satisfying
Husband-and-wife guitarists Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, co-leaders of the Tedeschi Trucks Band and founders of the Sunshine Music & Blues Festival, put together an impressive and varied lineup to precede their closing set during a Sunday stop at Mizner Park Ampitheatre in Boca Raton, and got relatively cool, clear weather to go with it. A capacity crowd, which slowly … [Read more...]
‘Adjustment Bureau’ has little edge, but it’s enjoyable
If most of Philip K. Dick’s writing was ahead of its time, the latest movie adaptation of his work, The Adjustment Bureau, is behind it. The movie transforms Dick’s ̓50s short story The Adjustment Team from a politically conscious story about free will and Cold War panic to a quaint, love-conquers-all story about free will and following your heart, consequences be damned. It … [Read more...]