An image from the Fritz Lang 1927 silent film METROPOLIS. By PAM HARBAUGH You’re creeping closer to the edge…art and culture wise that is. Artsy sci-fi silent flick happens Saturday at an area gallery. While shows are closing, a much anticipated production opens tonight at Melbourne Civic Theatre. A little pre-cursor...
BSO and the Three Bs
By PAM HARBAUGH The Brevard Symphony Orchestra winds up its season Saturday April 1 with works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Conducted by Maestro Christopher Confessore, the concert features violinist Elmar Oliveira. A favorite among BSO audiences, Mr. Oliveira is the only American violinist to win the Gold Medal at at...
GET OUT! March 17 to 19
By PAM HARBAUGH Go on. Enjoy your green beer, your corned beef and potatoes…but leave room for some fun cultural treats. Theatrical productions are harvesting praise from critics and audiences alike, so do yourself a favor and make time to see these shows. There’s music and quirky-ness at the King Center....
Commentary: HUNCHBACK at Henegar
Dillon Giles as Quasimodo in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at the Henegar. Detail of photo by Dana Niemeier. By PAM HARBAUGH Spectacle, glorious voices and heartfelt performances add up to a thrilling theater experience. It’s the Henegar Center’s production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and it is sensational. A...
GET OUT! March 10 to 12
By PAM HARBAUGH Wash your hair now, because there’s a lot to do this weekend. Two big musicals are opening — “Aida” at CVP and “Hunchback” at the Henegar. One just opened, “Mame” at Riverside. Shows continuing throughout the area. There’s a BSO concert featuring Spanish guitar at the King Center,...
REVIEW: Mame at Riverside
Michele Ragusa in MAME at Riverside Theatre. By PAM HARBAUGH Although Jerry Herman’s music and lyrics come alive again in Riverside Theatre’s production of “Mame,” there’s something missing. For sure, those vaulting, gorgeous drops tickling the fancies of art history majors, and that sweeping grand staircase rising up and up, urge...
HEIDI’S JAZZ CLUB April Lineup
By PAM HARBAUGH Heidi’s Jazz Club is THE place to go for sophisticated entertaining and dining on the Space Coast. Its house band, the Ron Teixeira Trio, is simply fantastic. They can play anything and with great jazz style. Regular vocal artists are Sybil Gage on Thursdays. Steve Kirsner on Wednesday...
Henegar High Tech Season Announcement
By PAM HARBAUGH Nestle into some good Wifi zone and fire up Facebook, because the Henegar is going to hit the radio waves 7:30 p.m. this evening in a most unusual announcement of its next season. Artistic director Hank Rion will go live on Facebook to take you behind the scenes...
SPANISH GUITAR to Highlight BSO Concert
By PAM HARBAUGH The Brevard Symphony Orchestra will perform a matinee and evening concert of Spanish music on Saturday at the King Center. Aptly titled BSOlé, the program will feature renowned Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas performing Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez.” Sainz Villegas has been hailed by The New York...
BERLIN PHILHARMONIA QUARTET
By PAM HARBAUGH The esteemed Berlin Philharmonia Quartet will perform Tuesday night as part of the series presented by the MELBOURNE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY. The string players are all members of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. They are: violinists Daniel Stabrawa and Christian Stadelmann; violist Neithard Resa; and cellist Dietmar Schwalke. If...