Film: One of the usual complaints about the Academy Awards is that the nominated short subjects were rarely available to be seen, making office pools too much of a guessing game. But now, all 10 of them – live action and animated – have been assembled for commercial viewing, this week at the Mos’Art Theatre in Lake Park and the Stonzek Studio in Lake Worth. Of the live action entries, a drama called Aya clocks in at 40 minutes and feel like a full, resonant feature. In animation, plan to be impressed by Feast, a tale of a man and his dog, from Oscar-laden Pixar.
Theater: The Disney film of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods retains a lot of the stage musical’s material, but if that adaptation makes you curious about the show, head to Miami’s Arsht Center, where a new area company, DreamCatcher Theatre, has produced a clever, well-sung version of it, with a mix of local performers (Wayne LeGette, Laura Turnbull, Bruno Vida) and a couple of Broadway ringers (Tituss Burgess, Arielle Jacobs), all in search of “happily ever after.” J.J. Caruncho, the company’s co-artistic director, takes on the pivotal role of a baker who must collect four items in the woods to break a witch’s curse to be able to have a child. Through Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Arsht’s Carnival Studio Theater. Call 877-949-6722.
Music: Guillermo Figueroa’s tenure at the Lynn Philharmonia is being marked by two of his passions: contemporary music and the work of Hector Berlioz. Both are on display this weekend as flutist Jeffrey Kahner joins the student orchestra for a performance of the Flute Concerto by the Iranian composer Behzad Ranjabaran. Lynn faculty violist Ralph Fielding also solos in Berlioz’s Harold in Italy, written for Paganini, who rejected it. All that and Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, and you’ve got a well-rounded program on your hands. The concerts are set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Wold Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $35-$50. Call 237-9000 or visit events.lynn.edu.
Art: Patricia Nix is usually billed as one of the most collectible and popular contemporary American artists, and an exhibit that wraps up this weekend gives you a chance to see why. A fan of scavenging random objects from the streets in her artworks, Nix is also a thoroughly accomplished painter whose work brims with color and extravagant imagery. Some 30-plus works from the past 50 years have been assembled by the Palm Beach resident for a show at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. The show ends Sunday, so if your weekend plans are a little fuzzy, here’s how to fill it. The galleries are open today through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10. Call 832-5328 or visit www.ansg.org.