Suzanne Snider has been running the hidden treasure that is Ford Fine Art gallery long enough to know its best years are still ahead. Delray Beach is not where one would expect to find the most significant collection of Central American modern masters and established artists in the country. But that’s exactly what the gallery houses, according to Snider, who used to be the … [Read more...]
Beethoven, Bernstein, bluegrass, plus Ford, Friedman and Franks: 9th Boca fest announces lineup
By Lucy Lazarony The ninth annual Festival of the Arts Boca will feature its own version of the 3 Bs — Beethoven, bluegrass and Bernstein — as well as a lineup of authors that includes four Pulitzer Prize winners. The festival, which will take place March 6-15 at Mizner Park in Boca Raton, will begin with a showing of the film West Side Story with live orchestra and close … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2012-13: Few classic rockers in this pop season
The end of classic rock as we knew it continues in the 2012-2013 South Florida concert season, since few of the usual suspects like the Eagles, Allman Brothers Band, Tom Petty, U2, Bruce Springsteen or Crosby, Stills and Nash will be present. Sure, there’s a specialty show by The Who (a Quadrophenia run-through) and an appearance by retro-rock singer Chris Robinson, although … [Read more...]
The View From Home 7: New releases on DVD
Stagecoach (Criterion) Release date: May 25 Standard list price: $30.99 As the legend goes, John Ford’s Stagecoach established the Western as an A picture, reviving it from its creatively moribund inception as disposable, one-dimensional nickelodeon fare and elevating it to the lofty standards of Whitmanesque poetry and pre-Wellesian compositional virtuosity that all of our … [Read more...]