detail: Hye Shin ‘EMBRACE I’ ( wire, digital printed silk, mixed media , 13”h x 11”w x 11”w 2014) photo courtesy of the artist By PAM HARBAUGH Scoot this up to the top of your “must see” list. It’s “Light and Shadow: Contemporary Fiber Art by Hye Shin.” The exhibit, which...
CULTURAL ARTS SHOWCASE: Today…. Sunday

By PAM HARBAUGH Whether you know it or not, you have plans for today, Sunday Sept. 20. It’s the third annual Cultural Arts Showcase and it’s bigger and better than ever. The event, which runs from noon to 6 p.m. at the King Center for the Performing Arts, is the brain...
VIDEO: Installation Art Exhibit at Ruth Funk Center

By Pam HARBAUGH The place to be in Brevard on Friday evening was the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts as it opened its new exhibit, “Light and Shadow: Contemporary Fiber Art by Hye Shin.” Visitors seemed electrified by the excitement of true “installation art,” the first of its kind in...
VIDEO: Promotion for Orlando Shakes ‘Spamalot

From left: T. Robert Pigott, Brad DePlanche, Davis Gaines, Philip Nolen and Michael Hunsaker from Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s production of Monty Python’s “Spamalot.” Photo by Tony Firriolo. Take a look at this endearing little video that Orlando Shakespeare Theatre made for its current production of Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot.’ It features Davis...
Review: Orlando Shakes’ sensational Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’

From left: Austin Ryan Hunt, Keith E. Wilson, Daniel Longacre, Davis Gaines, Salvatore Vieira, Rashad Guy, and Jacob Valleroy in Orlando Shakepeare Theatre’s ‘Spamalot’ photo by Tony Firriolo. By PAM HARBAUGH King Arthur and Monty Python have long enjoyed their effervescent friendship. But seldom does it burst forth into such ebullience...
VIDEO: Scenes from Surfside Players ‘NOISES OFF!’

By PAM HARBAUGH Here’s a video from the dress rehearsal for “Noises Off!” at Surfside Players. Take a look below the video for a link to the review and information about the show. Click HERE to read the review. SIDE O’ GRITS: “Noises Off!” runs through Sept. 27 at Surfside Playhouse,...
Review: Surfside Players ‘Noises Off’

By PAM HARBAUGH It’s slapstick gone wild at Surfside Player’s very funny production of Michael Frayn’s award winning farce, “Noises Off!” In the 32 years since its 1983 Broadway debut, “Noises Off!” has been box office manna poured down upon community theater. The comedy, done well, pretty much assures financial success....
Open ‘Cast Party’….part Deux

Jim Caruso, host of ‘Cast Party,’ detail of photo by Bill Westmoreland By PAM HARBAUGH After day-dreaming about an exciting after hours haunt where local talent heads to a piano bar to sing at an open mic, I thought it would be a good idea to talk with the big name...
SUSAN MARTIN exhibition

A detail of “Leaf Me Alone,” 2014, acrylic by Susan Martin. By PAM HARBAUGH One of my very favorite artists, Susan Martin, will have a one person show of her hyper-real botanical paintings beginning today in the Frits Van Eeden Gallery at the Renee Foosaner Education Center, which is part of...
Open CAST PARTY??

The Duplex in New York City By PAM HARBAUGH When locals head to New York City to take in theater, those in the know realize that the night isn’t over when the curtain comes down. There are a few piano bars with an open mike for cast members from numerous shows...