Film: Those who fell victim to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme probably do not have the stomach to sit through Chasing Madoff, Canadian director Jeff Prosserman surprisingly involving analysis of how the former Palm Beacher duped the investment system and how the Securities and Exchange Commission was asleep at the switch, despite investigative reporters blowing the whistle. Prosserman even finds opportunities to inject some humor into his account, resulting in a film with some genuine laughs. As long as you were not one of Madoff’s “clients.” Opening Friday at Cobb Downtown Gardens 16.
Theater: Lake Park’s funky Mos’Art Theatre is best known for bringing independent and international films to northern Palm Beach County, but it occasionally meanders into the realm of live performance. That is the case this weekend and next, when it presents the Park Avenue Players with the popular tongue-in-cheek nostalgia show, Forever Plaid. The four-man, close-harmony “guy group” all died in a bus accident in 1964, of so the story line goes, yet they have been allowed back on earth for one night only to deliver the concert they were en route to give. Expect cheesy renditions of such period hits as Three Coins in a Fountain, 16 Tons and Moments to Remember, accompanied by inept choreography. Intentionally cheesy and inept, that is. From Aug. 27 through Sept. 4. Tickets are $20, available by calling (561) 241-7432.
Music: Adam Levine added to his entertainment industry profile this year with his work as a judge on the American Idol knockoff The Voice, but it’s his work as a songwriter and frontman for Maroon 5 that his fans most cherish him for. And give the guy credit: He and his Los Angeles bandmates have crafted unapologetically catchy pop like I Won’t Go Home Without You and She Will Be Loved, songs that emote without being too emo, which would make them far less cool. The quintet appears with the San Francisco trio Train (Hey, Soul Sister) on Tuesday at the Cruzan Amphitheatre. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $19-$85.50, available through Live Nation.
Art: Purvis Young had a tough upbringing in Liberty City, started painting in prison, and before his death in 2010 had made the leap from outsider artist to staple of major museums such as the Smithsonian and the Corcoran with his colorful, energetic canvases.
Through Sept. 22, the Kenneth Plasket Gallery is hosting a retrospective of Young’s final paintings in a show called Purvis Young: Important Late Works. According to the gallery, the artist’s “iconographic language and painterly refinement have been stripped to a minimalist essence” in this pieces.
The show is being held at The Legacy Space at 330 Clematis St. in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, or by appointment. For more information, call the gallery at 601-6136.