off Pattie Boyd. “Behind the Lens” presented a unique live blend of music and visuals at the Kravis Center’s Persson Hall on April 13, with the featured attraction the narration and photographs of Henry Diltz and Pattie Boyd. The 77-year-old Diltz has more than 400 album cover shots for iconic artists, and the tales to go with them, while the 72-year-old Boyd mainly … [Read more...]
Stories of justices’ lives enrich look at U.S. death penalty
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down death penalty laws in 1972, it effectively reversed the death sentences of more than 700 inmates, including 96 in Florida. The high court’s ruling in Furman v. Georgia was decided 5-4. The nine justices wrote nine separate opinions totaling more than 600 pages. It was the longest and most confusing decision in Supreme Court history, in … [Read more...]
Cary Polkovitz: The painter turns writer
By Colleen Dougher West Palm Beach painter Cary Polkovitz has never been big on telling the stories behind his paintings. He’d rather let people conjure their own tales and share them with him. It's not that he’s opposed to storytelling. As an avid reader with an affinity for outlandish, fantastical tales, he wove many a tale himself in his bartending days, and told some … [Read more...]