By PAM HARBAUGH Soothe those tax-paying nerves with some artsy outings this weekend. Here’s what’s up: Final Weekend FRENCH FILM FEST has its final film and discussion Saturday at the Foosaner Art Museum with “LE MYSTÈRE PICASSO” (MYSTERY OF PICASSO, 1956) Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Post-film discussion led by Anne Smith, Humanities...
REVIEW: Riverside Theatre SISTER ACT
By PAM HARBAUGH When a theatrical production’s scenery, lighting and costumes get as much attention as the characters, chances are the story is a bit slim. You see that clearly with Riverside Theatre’s eye-popping “Sister Act,” a co-production with the venerable Walnut Street Theatre. Stained glass windows lining a false proscenium...
WIN TICKETS to Live Opera Screening
By PAM HARBAUGH Brevard Culture has been selected as a participant in the Fathom Events’ FOUR TICKET GIVEAWAY to Saturday’s live HD screening of the Metropolitan Opera’s “Roberto Devereux.” All you have to do to enter this ticket giveaway is to “like” this post on Facebook, make a comment and share...
GABBY LINKS to Great Short Videos
By PAM HARBAUGH I’m adding this AMAZING video about the ART OF FASHION. It comes from the New York Times and it’s smart, visually wonderful and so provocative. So love how the arts get involved with politics. Here are some quick links to keep you company while you sip that cuppa...
VIETGONE Wins Big Steinberg/ATCA Prize
Qui Nguyen, playwright By PAM HARBAUGH The $25,000 top prize in the 2015 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award went to the compelling “Vietgone,” a play handily revealing the fresh voice of playwright Qui Nguyen. Two runners up, so to speak, received $7,500 each. Those prizes went...
DOCENTS Needed at Ruth Funk Center
By PAM HARBAUGH Learn, socialize, network, educate, thrill…you can do all that and more by signing up to be a DOCENT at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts. The deadline to sign up is Wednesday, April 13. Docents are those wonderful people who are a museum’s volunteer answer people. After...
WOO HOO!
Fireworks at the 2009 British Fireworks Championship in Plymouth. Photo by Nilfanion. By PAM HARBAUGH Can I get a Woo-Woo…Brevard Culture has passed the 50,000 view mark. While that may not seem like a whole lot to mass media, it’s a real milestone for a website passionately devoted to Brevard arts...
GET OUT! April 8 to 10
By PAM HARBAUGH Some quick hits to keep all you busy peeps in the know for some artsy weekend fun. This time, we’re starting with an event that you’ve got to put to the head of the list: This Weekend Only BREVARD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will perform Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and...
CARRIE SIEH gallery talk at RUTH FUNK
“Creators and Luxuriated Bodies” by Carrie Sieh By PAM HARBAUGH Artist Carrie Sieh will deliver the second gallery talk associated with the exhibition “REIMAGINED: Innovations in Fiber.” The talk is part of the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Art’s Friends of Textiles Lecture Series. It begins 6 p.m. April 12 (a...
BREVARD SYMPHONY to close Season with GUSTO
Tanya Bannister. Photo by Lisa Marie Mazzucco By PAM HARBAUGH The Brevard Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Christopher Confessore started its season with lightning when they performed the glorious Beethoven 9th. This weekend, they will end the season with thunder Saturday evening when 80 musicians perform Gustav Mahler’s Fifth...