South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week : Mizner offers live music and seafood; Florida Grand Opera is serious business; and Theatre Lab explores its historical roots. Plus, pictures of legendary Palm Beach figures and more for the upcoming week.
South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY
What: “Rooted”
Where: Theatre Lab at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
When: 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., 3 p.m. Sun.
Cost: $35-$45
Contact: 561/297-6124, browardcenter.org
The playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer’s latest piece, which has its premiere in Florida, centers on two sisters, Emery and Hazel, who have lived in the same small upstate New York village for almost 60 years. Emery blogs extensively on plant consciousness. South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
But these modest sisters unexpectedly become an internet phenomenon when her favorite subject, her cherished tree Mabel, starts to acquire a religious/mystical significance. After Laufer’s play “Be Here Now,” which was also performed at Theatre Lab, “Rooted” is the second in a trilogy of plays that explore metaphysical themes in our grounded world. The show will continue through February 18.
THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
What: Florida Grand Opera: “I Pagliacci”
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: $28.50-$228
Contact: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org
“The humor is over!” The famous last line of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera “I Pagliacci” synthesizes the work’s deft genre-bending. “I Pagliacci,” despite its setting in a 19th-century Italian commedia dell’arte theater troupe, is as gloomy and melancholic as any operatic tragedy, with the main character playing a clown in a performance within a show.
Fundamentally, the drama is quite straightforward: The leader of the troupe, Canio, is in a love triangle with Nedda, Silvio, Nedda’s paramour, and Tonio, the stereotypical “fool” who is also in love with Nedda. The second act of the play is a fascinating metaconstruction of all the romantic entanglements swirling around, building to a crime of passion as each character breaks character.
For the first time in fifteen years, Florida Grand Opera will present “I Pagliacci,” with all three leads making their FGO debuts. South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
FRIDAY
What: Opening day of “Reimagining Palm Beach”
Where: Cornell Art Museum, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach
When: Noon to 7 p.m.
Cost: Free, but donations appreciated
Contact: 561/654-2220, downtowndelraybeach.com
Painter Serge Strosberg was born in Belgium and now lives in New York, but he has always had a link to the Palm Beaches, where his most well-known shows have been shown in locations ranging from Jupiter to West Palm Beach to Boca Raton. He’s been on our shore so much that he could as well be an honorary member of the elite in the area; he’s the perfect artist to, as this display implies, reinvent Palm Beach.
Strosberg will concentrate his unique and striking style—a surreal fusion of naturalism and expressionism, frequently centered around the leisure class—on the giants and eccentrics who contributed to the transformation of swampland into a playground fit for a posh neighborhood. Among the people Strosberg’s new and respectful look falls upon are Solomon Spady, Henry Flagler, and Addison Mizner.
Additionally, augmented reality will be used in the exhibition to put visitors in the center of several Palm Beach island areas of interest. The show is on display through May. South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
SATURDAY
What: South Florida Seafood and Music Festival
Where: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
When: Noon to 9 p.m.
Cost: $25 advance, $30 at gate; $15 for children 10 and younger
Contact: sflaseafoodmusicfest.com
At this eagerly awaited celebration, top local eateries, chefs, and markets will be offering up fresh-caught favorites including Maine lobster, Key West shrimp, and grilled fish tacos. However, the celebration is about more than just food; as suggested by its extended name, there will be live music performed all day long, punctuated by quick DJ performances.
Classic rock favorites from the 1980s and 1990s will be performed by Private Stock, Smokin’ Renegades will highlight the works of Styx and Boston, and Caribbean Chillers will pay homage to the legendary Jimmy Buffett to cap off the event. South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
Axial throwing, beer, wine, and spirits, gift booths, a petting zoo, a mobile cigar bar, cuisine for non-seafood lovers, and a cornhole game in aid of the Boca Raton Firefighters and Paramedic Benevolent Fund are all on the menu.
What: 50th Anniversary of “A Prairie Home Companion”
Where: Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $39-$139
Contact: 561/832-7469, kravis.org
Only twelve people watched the inaugural live broadcast of “A Prairie Home Companion,” a vintage-style variety show, in July 1974; the majority of the viewers were children. South Florida’s upcoming events for the upcoming week
As one of NPR’s mainstays by 2015, it would draw in 4 million weekly listeners, host performances by celebrities like Renee Fleming, Bonnie Raitt, and James Taylor, serve as the inspiration for a major Robert Altman film, and receive a voicemail from President Barack Obama.
The program was steered by longstanding host and global representative of “Minnesota nice,” Garrison Keillor, until 2016, when it vanished under a new name and host. However, Keillor is getting the old crew back together this year for a festive tour that will include live music, his own stand-up comedy, which will highlight the joys of being 80, and news bulletins from Lake Wobegon, his favorite made-up little town.
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