Arts & Culture

It’s a career that, by his own admission, might not exist in today’s music industry.  Thankfully, for Rick Springfield, patience was still a virtue four decades ago when, after three releases that “did nothing,” the 1981 album “Working Class Dog”—and its chart-topping hit, “Jessie’s Girl”—put the native of Australia on the rock-n-roll map. Of course,

Unknown to most people who’ve enjoyed the monthly art walks in emerging Fort Lauderdale scenes such as FATVillage and MASS District, there’s an interconnected group of artists and activists making personal sacrifices to transform the city into a culturally rich community. They’ve lived in blighted areas, had their cars broken into, and have been late

Lead Photo by Neto Almanza / Performance Photos by Bruno Frontino Vincent Raffard is a self-proclaimed “old soul.” The leader of the South Florida-based band, The French Horn Collective, wants audiences to be transported to another era when they hear the music he plays—a time when Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and George Gershwin were entertaining

Miami’s Xavier Cortada is a world-renowned multimedia artist using his creative talents and analytical mind to draw awareness to the dangers of climate change. Regardless of medium, his messages are ominous. As part of Clima, his 2016 multidisciplinary project, he wrote “Do Not Open,” a poem to connect present-day South Florida residents and political refugees

When Rosario “Chary” Rico-Toro sold her first painting almost 10 years ago, she earned a couple hundred dollars. But she couldn’t get herself to spend the money. As the months went on, she sold more pieces. She sold brightly colored geometric prints, such as cityscapes of Paris and Istanbul or abstract works of people, places

Art photos by Steven Brooke Studios “Aren’t they fantastic?” Myrna Palley asks about the glass works of art inside the Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Arts at the University of Miami’s Lowe Art Museum. After spending an hour with Palley and her husband, Sheldon, going over each of the works

When asked about the most challenging part of transitioning to stand-up comedy after gaining fame as an actor on the TV situation comedy “Community” and as host of “The Soup” talk show on the E! Entertainment channel, Joel McHale notes that it’s all about finding your comfort zone. “It’s really about whether the clubs are

The original idea, Jason Bonham says, was to keep a house in England and buy something quaint in South Florida to see if he and Jan, his wife of now 28 years, liked living in America.  “Fourteen years later, we’re still here,” says Bonham of his family, which includes daughter Jaz and son Jager, both

A recent Monarch High graduate and actress opens up about reaching a lifelong goal Shot on location at Township Center for Performing Arts As a 6-year-old, Alayah Parmley unknowingly imitated the famous comedy and tragedy theater masks ubiquitous in the world of performing arts. To her, it was another form of play. To her mother,

Without even looking at one of G. Richard Booth’s photographs, you get the picture. His descriptions are as vivid as the bursts of colors always present in his works. He remembers the first photograph he took, when he was a student at the University of Maryland, as if it were yesterday. It was of a

A Coconut Creek artist’s work depicts his heritage and passion for life Artists always seem eager to delve into the reasons behind every creative decision they make and discover the stories intertwined within their imagination, which then transforms into each stroke of a paint brush. While the aesthetics draw a viewer in, the story behind

Though we all notice body language, few people are as attuned to it as Coconut Creek resident Daniela Wancier. In fact, she is one of only 35 people in the world certified in a specific type of movement pattern analysis. Delving into the academic side of dance was the ideal career track for Wancier. Though