Art: This is the last weekend to see Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Landau is a philanthropist and a preeminent collector of postwar art in the United States and the exhibition on display at the Norton is a selection of the more than 300 paintings, sculptures, photographs and works on paper that Landau gifted to the Whitney Museum of Art in 2010. The exhibition, which runs through Sunday, includes paintings by Richard Prince, James Rosenquist, Susan Rothenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol; sculpture by Nayland Blake, Jenny Holzer, Martin Puryear and Kiki Smith; photographs by Matthew Barney, Gregory Crewdson, Nan Goldin and Peter Hujar, and drawings and prints by Carl Andre, Jasper Johns and Agnes Martin. Exhibition hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit www.norton.org.
Film: Greenberg is not a favorite film of mine, but it probably is one of director Noah Baumbach’s, because that is the movie where he met Greta Gerwig, his muse, offscreen partner and leading lady of his latest release, Frances Ha. Gerwig, who co-wrote the screenplay, stars as a life-embracing, though scatterbrained would-be modern dancer trying to eke out a living in New York, a goal that proves challenging at best. The offbeat role is probably not autobiographical, but it fits Gerwig snugly and is similar to most of her previous screen work. Baumbach shot the low-budget indie film in black-and-white and the episodic structure is fairly shapeless, but Gerwig is a compelling presence. Still to be determined is whether she has much range as an actress and where her career is going as she nears her 30s, but for the moment, she amuses as Frances Ha. Opening this weekend at area theaters.
Theater: Composer-lyricist Jonathan Larson did not live long enough to receive the Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prize that his musical Rent amassed, but his prodigious talent was already recognized by the time he succumbed to an aortic aneurysm. In addition to his breakout hit, there is tick…tick…BOOM!, a very autobiographical rock musical about a composer-lyricist-performer obsessing over an imminent workshop of his futuristic work Superbia and his imminent 30th birthday. The high-energy show is tailored to the mission of Outre Theatre Company, which is producing tick…tick…BOOM! at its theatrical home in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, with Mike Westrich as the Larson character. Continuing through June 9. Call (954) 300-2149 for tickets.
Music: With all the misery that’s regularly visited on the human race, it’s a wonder sometimes that our species gives other creatures any thought at all. But this afternoon in Miami, Elaine Rinaldi’s Orchestra Miami sponsors The Cause for the Paws, an animal-welfare concert featuring students from all over South Florida as well as Timothy Sharp’s Miami Children’s Chorus. All donations to the free concert go to Paws 4 You Rescue, which takes in unwanted cats and dogs and finds them new homes. Animal lovers will want to be at the First Presbyterian Church in Miami at 3 p.m. today to show their support for the arts and our furry friends, who don’t ask much from us except that we treat them with kindness. Call 305-781-5528 for more information or to make a reservation.