It shouldn’t be surprising at this point, given South Florida’s deep connection to the Northeast, and New York City in particular, but this area can boast a season of classical music as rich as most other cities in the country, particularly in the first months of the year, when everyone likes to come to Florida to escape winter. Here’s a monthly look at what you can look … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Palm Beach art
By Sandra Schulman After an unusually hot summer, the cooler temps and invigorating new art season are more than welcome. The art offerings are heavy on photographs and Florida history with glamour shots in the spotlight at the Flagler Museum, and Sunshine State history at the Boca Raton Museum. Former President Bush makes a Florida art show bow with portraits of the … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Broward art
By Sandra Schulman The art season in Broward County is big on classic art this year, with a major show highlighting the Renoir and Glackens bromance at NSU Art Museum – a stark change from the knockout edgy Frank Stella work of last season. The Biennial at Hollywood Art and Culture Center is always a good way to catch up on the new work being made in the region, while … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Community theater
By Dale King Autumn has officially arrived in South Florida, a sure sign that community theaters throughout Palm Beach County are readying their performance schedules for a new slate of programs. Most open this month. Delray Beach Playhouse has launched its 72nd season, said executive director Kevin Barrett, who’s entering his second year at the helm of the showplace … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Miami-Dade art
By Sandra Schulman An energized art season approaches, with exhibitions looking out to the Caribbean, back to Christo’s Surrounded Islands, and ever further back to the lush heyday designs of Art Deco. Some new players such as the Institute of Contemporary Art and the expanded Bass promise fresh new shows in their spacious digs. Even the parking garage across from the ICA is … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Dance
Devotees of dance around South Florida have a satisfying season ahead, not just with regular performances by Miami City Ballet and visits to the Duncan Theatre and Kravis Center by some of the world’s best-known troupes, but also in the innovation and promise on view in the work of the area’s local companies and schools. Miami City Ballet mounts its 33rd season, as always, … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Pop
There’s much familiarity within the 2018-2019 South Florida pop concert season, with occasional reasonably fresh faces (Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, Dweezil Zappa, Black Violin) among the old. Of those, Sir Elton John conducts his final “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour in rare, multiple area shows at multiple venues in multiple cities; Bob Dylan returns, and Fleetwood Mac debuts … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Jazz
The 2018-2019 South Florida jazz concert season rings familiar, but also feels like a season in miniature form. There are frequent faces like trumpeter Herb Alpert and his wife, vocalist Lani Hall; keyboardist Sergio Mendes, vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, and trumpeter Chris Botti. Keyboardist Chick Corea and banjo master Bela Fleck reunite for another area duo show, … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Theater
If you don’t watch carefully, South Florida theater companies will move around on you. Celebrating its 25th season, Stage Door Theatre has relocated from Margate to Lauderhill, a move westward and a little south, but also a move up in the world to the gorgeous new $11.6 million, 1,100-seat Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. And the nomadic Primal Forces troupe has moved … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Opera
The folks at OperaBase tell us there are more than 25,000 live opera performances across the globe each year, which says something about the durability and resilience of this art form that first saw daylight in 16th-century Florence. Closer to home, the three major opera companies in this region – the Palm Beach and Florida Grand opera companies on the I-95 corridor, and the … [Read more...]