Julius Rosenwald. Do not feel bad if you cannot identify the name. Filmmaker Aviva Kempner, who focuses on the Chicago retail mogul and philanthropist who donated over $62 million to benefit African-Americans throughout the South, estimates that eight out of 10 people who see Rosenwald know little about the man who is its subject. “I think it’s the most inspiring story of … [Read more...]
Arts preview 2015-16: The season in Miami-Dade art
By Michael Mills With more museums and galleries than the rest of South Florida combined, Miami-Dade County still hogs the region’s cultural conversation. And that’s not even counting the multilingual chatter Art Basel generates once a year. Museums splinter and evolve, galleries come and go, sometimes the talk turns contentious, as it should in a living and … [Read more...]
Chamber concert offers fine 20th-century discoveries
Over the years, some of the better Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival concerts have presented a good blend of discovery and tradition. And so it was with the second concert in the festival’s 21st season this past weekend. The festival musicians sounded well-rehearsed and crisply confident at the Crest Theatre on Sunday, and delivered a fine afternoon of masterworks and obscure … [Read more...]