It was a quiet Sunday afternoon, just before rain and cool air finally gave our overheated state a gentle winter benediction, and inside at the Boca Steinway Gallery, an overflow crowd heard a fine recital of core piano repertory by a young Russian pianist. Asiya Korepanova, a native of Russia’s Udmurtia republic, earned her doctorate under Santiago Rodriguez at the University … [Read more...]
Boca native’s film of Nepali rebels screens at Delray fest before HBO
Kiran Deol discovered the subject of her first film while studying at Harvard University. “I learned the statistic that 40 percent of the rebel army in Nepal's fighting forces were women,” says Deol, a 2001 graduate of Spanish River High School in Boca Raton. “That statistic had my jaw on the floor. So the idea of showcasing the story of a woman that showed women as agents of … [Read more...]