If you asked fans of 63-year-old guitarist Steve Vai (www.vai.com) what he’s best-known for, you might get a variety of answers. One might be the Long Island, N.Y., native’s recording and touring … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
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At the Duncan: Grupo Corpo, Brazil’s astonishing gift to dance
One doesn’t go and see Grupo Corpo — one goes and experiences Grupo Corpo. The recent performance of this unique contemporary dance company from the interior state of Minas Gerais in Brazil was a … Continue Reading
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Big, beautiful ’42nd Street’ at Maltz is dazzling triumph for local theater
At one point in 42nd Street, the production number-heavy backstage musical about a Depression-era Broadway tryout, Julian Marsh, the director of Pretty Lady — the fictional show-within-the-show — … Continue Reading
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Multi-genre guitar virtuoso Steve Vai living link to alt-rock history
If you asked fans of 63-year-old guitarist Steve Vai (www.vai.com) what he’s best-known for, you might get a variety of answers. One might be the Long Island, N.Y., native’s recording and touring … Continue Reading
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Seraphic Fire brings Haydn mass to glorious life
By Robert Croan Haydn’s six late-in-life settings of the Catholic Mass are outpourings of joy, reflecting the composer’s optimism and attitude towards life – even when, as in 1798, he labeled his … Continue Reading
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The View From Home: Jean-Luc Godard’s final film — and a celebration of his complicated legacy
Released a year after Jean-Luc Godard’s death at age 91 in September 2022, writer-director Cyril Leuthy’s 2022 documentary Godard Cinema (Kino, $29.99 Blu-ray, $19.99 DVD) is an informative and … Continue Reading
MUSIC
Seraphic Fire brings Haydn mass to glorious life
By Robert Croan Haydn’s six late-in-life settings of the Catholic Mass are outpourings of joy, reflecting the composer’s optimism and attitude towards life – even when, as in 1798, he labeled his … Continue reading...
Arts News
ART
Kips Bay 2024 house is a knockout of color
Set foot into the foyer of this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House at 230 Miramar Way in the “SoSo” neighborhood of West Palm Beach, and be greeted by a kaleidoscope of color. Nadia Watts … Continue reading...
Artist Wynne makes poetry with poured glass
By Sandra Schulman Hand-poured glass spells poetic words, while embroidered photos tell stories. In a genre he has created and perfected, Rob Wynne is having a survey exhibit at Gavlak Palm … Continue reading...
DANCE
At the Duncan: Grupo Corpo, Brazil’s astonishing gift to dance
One doesn’t go and see Grupo Corpo — one goes and experiences Grupo Corpo. The recent performance of this unique contemporary dance company from the interior state of Minas Gerais in Brazil was a … Continue reading...
BodyTraffic’s brilliant collaborative style lights up the Duncan
How to describe BodyTraffic? Returning for its fourth appearance as part of the Duncan Theatre’s acclaimed Modern Dance Series, this Los Angeles-based dance company is not your regular kind of … Continue reading...
THEATER
Big, beautiful ’42nd Street’ at Maltz is dazzling triumph for local theater
At one point in 42nd Street, the production number-heavy backstage musical about a Depression-era Broadway tryout, Julian Marsh, the director of Pretty Lady — the fictional show-within-the-show — … Continue reading...
‘Tina’ star triumphs, but musical itself is a dud
Jukebox biomusical. That inelegant term defines a popular, but problematic subgenre of theatrical songfests. But for every Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli) or Beautiful (Carole King), two popular and … Continue reading...
FILM
The View From Home: Jean-Luc Godard’s final film — and a celebration of his complicated legacy
Released a year after Jean-Luc Godard’s death at age 91 in September 2022, writer-director Cyril Leuthy’s 2022 documentary Godard Cinema (Kino, $29.99 Blu-ray, $19.99 DVD) is an informative and … Continue reading...
The View From Home: Two cross-cultural Asiatic adventures, new on Blu-ray
A few years before she directed a soon-to-be pop-culture touchstone in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fran Rubel Kuzui helmed her debut feature Tokyo Pop, a charming picaresque that has … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Palm Beach Book Festival returning for 10th year
If there was a book out this year titled “Perseverance,” it would be authored by Lois Cahall, founder of the Palm Beach Book Festival and a former newspaper reporter. Hitting its 10-year milestone, … Continue reading...
Author Raymer finds living the writer’s life her true path
By Sharon Geltner Very few people have a movie made about their life, let alone one starring Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rebecca Hall. Wellington High School grad Beth … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
Designer-entertainer Mizrahi to bring cabaret show to Boca fest
Bringing his Café Carlyle cabaret show to Boca Raton will be even more fun and fabulous on the big stage at Mizner Park, says the multi-talented fashion designer, actor, singer and Project Runway … Continue reading...
‘Maps and Legends’: Author chronicles life of seminal indie band R.E.M.
In a storied irony, the band that achieved its highest-charting single with “Losing My Religion” would begin its wobbly launch toward rock superstardom in a church in Athens, Georgia. It was April … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Kips Bay 2024 house is a knockout of color
Set foot into the foyer of this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House at 230 Miramar Way in the “SoSo” neighborhood of West Palm Beach, and be greeted by a kaleidoscope of color. Nadia Watts … Continue reading...
Palm Beach Book Festival returning for 10th year
If there was a book out this year titled “Perseverance,” it would be authored by Lois Cahall, founder of the Palm Beach Book Festival and a former newspaper reporter. Hitting its 10-year milestone, … Continue reading...