Outside the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach’s Old School Square, Cara Nusinov posed for a photograph by the sculpture she designed to pay homage to poetry. “Art makes poetry touchable,” she said as she stood by the...

Books | Jan Engoren

Like Snakes on a Plane, Man on a Ledge is a bluntly up-front title: a subject and a predicate, reducing the picture to the essence of its poster art. I’m all for enigmatic titles, but this approach has its allure. Why are...

Film | John Thomason

OK, Academy Awards presenters, start practicing pronouncing the name Michel Hazanavicius. Who says there are no surprises anymore in the movie industry? If anyone had predicted a year ago that a black-and-white, virtually...

Film | Hap Erstein

At one end of Palm Beach County, at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, we are told that “Life is a cabaret, old chum.” At the other end, at Boca Raton’s Caldwell Theatre, it turns out that life is actually more like professional...

Theater | Hap Erstein

The soprano who created the role of Magda in Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine said late in life that the composer died “with the wound of ‘Rondine’ in his heart,” having never gotten over the opera’s mixed record...

Music | Greg Stepanich


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Time with the ‘Angels’ is well worth spending

Any art exhibit containing “Old Master” in its title takes the gambling out of the museum visit. There is no question that the art is going to be good. A...

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Logic goes out the window, but ‘Ledge’ still thrills

Like Snakes on a Plane, Man on a Ledge is a bluntly up-front title: a subject and a predicate, reducing the picture to the essence of its pos...

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Theater roundup: Life as a wrestling ring, or a cabaret, old chum

At one end of Palm Beach County, at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, we are told that “Life is a cabaret, old chum.” At the other end, at Boc...

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Ballet Memphis show celebrates togetherness

If it’s true, as Sartre said, that Hell is other people, it isn’t a message that will find much support at Ballet Memphis. The dance company, now celebrating its 25th year, bro...

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FGO production makes a strong case for ‘La Rondine’

The soprano who created the role of Magda in Giacomo Puccini’s La Rondine said late in life that the composer died “with the wound of ‘Rondine’ in his heart,”...

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Daniel Ellsberg, on whistleblowing, leaks and secrecy

Daniel Ellsberg was an anonymous military analyst working for a conservative think tank until 1971, when he ignited a national firestorm by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret expose of government decision-making abo...

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Palm Beach Poetry Festival again inspires versifiers from all over

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Weekend arts picks: Jan. 20-22

Art: The Norton Museum turns to the world of glassmaking this week, having opened three studio glass programs Wednesday. The centerpiece is an installation called One and Others, created by the Wisconsin-based art...

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Letter From Los Angeles 3: How I learned to stop hurting myself and get the

Among my friends is a woman who moved here from Boston. Twenty-five years later, she still makes a point of putting Long Beach in her prayers. Our route to lunch often takes us ...

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