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Michael Israel: Rock Artist A performance by artist Michael Israel is, in his words, a few minutes of “controlled chaos.” Internationally known and with individual paintings that have sold to private collections for as much as $250,000 Israel is better known as a performance artist who actually creates art during his performance, including a lively one coming up at a gala fund-raiser Nov. 9 for the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.
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Art is the ultimate accessory in any room, and one of the major sources of inspiration is Art Basel, a showcase of contemporary and modern art in December that attracts more than 50,000 visitors. If you’re planning on taking some art home from the big show, we
The South Florida arts season is about to hit high gear and the cultural landscape is dizzying. Not only is there something for everybody, there’s really too much for anybody to navigate on their own. That’s where our Global Performance System comes in. Just pick your preference and we’ll get you where you want to go between now and the end of March 2014 in the arts.
asked four designers to show us how art can finish a room.
87 Day and night in Delray Beach Delray Beach is an approachable town with arguably South Florida’s best happy hour, the most lively bar crowd and the most happening restaurant scene. That’s at least true when you figure it’s a town of about 60,000 people – and there’s seemingly a seat at a fancy restaurant for every one of them.
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107 Where to Eat Before or After The Show Along with the shows this season, fine dining writers John Tanasychuk and Rebecca Cahilly say there are some show-stopping restaurants to try before or after a performance near many of our arts venues.
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NOVEMBER 2013 benefiting the Children’s Miracle Network, at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa and other November and December events of note.
44 The Style File
Fashion is a serious business, but after so many seasons of stark silhouettes and slick chic, Fashion & Style Director Elyse Ranart says, all the dead-pan drama could use a little drama-edy.
50 Hot Property
George Takei is winning new fans and great honors – including one this month in Miami Beach.
18 Contributors
Our writers, photographers and stylists.
20 First Words
I’d never shared this story with anyone. No one knew it except my family, and they’d kept my secret well. Now everyone knows – from the Society for Features Journalism (SFJ) to Yo-Yo Ma. Consider it a cautionary tale for audiences everywhere, as we head into a new season of the arts.
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At the helm of a surging career, George Takei is winning new fans and great honors – including one in Miami Beach; Miami singer Cécile McLorin Salvant joins Wynton Marsalis at the Arsht Center; Mourning Becomes Electra marks a crescendo for its Fort Lauderdale composer; Mario Buatta talks about his new book and the South Florida homes he has decorated; a hot ticket wherever it plays, The Book of Mormon “speaks to the American psyche”; and Rick Case Volkswagen to open Dec. 1, eight stories high over Weston.
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Yacht lovers cruise to Atlantis for ShowBoats Boys & Girls Clubs
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A new procedure called TAVR could save many from openheart surgery for aortic valve replacement.
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Where to get bonus content and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter and with our bloggers.
112 Quick Sips
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Rendezvous; the Symphony of the Americas hosts sunset concerts aloft at the Pier SixtySix; high time for high art at Art Basel in Miami Beach; floating your boat at the Winterfest Boat Parade; the Hard Rock’s private hullabaloos; and The Galleria in Fort Lauderdale’s 7th Annual Men of Style Shopping Night.
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A Princely Affair, Boca Ballet Theatre’s annual luncheon at the Boca Raton Resort & Club; the Fairy Tale Ball, a fundraiser hosted by The Diamond Angels of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa; the Taste of Harbor Beach,
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MICHAEL ISRAEL at the Beaux Arts gala NOVEMBER 2013
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Michael Israel is better known as a performance artist who actually creates art during his performance, including one coming up at a gala fund-raiser Nov. 9 for the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. Novelist Jonathon King profiles the Boca Raton artist, beginning on pg. 62. Image, Bob Lasky.
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CONTRIBUTORS Deborah Wilker (“George Takei,’’ pg. 23; and “Book of Mormon,’’ pg. 30) is a contributing editor. Her interviews with new Palm Beach residents Howard and Beth Stern, and with ABC Scandal star Tony Goldwyn, appear on cityandshore.com. Ben Crandell (“In The City,’’ pg. 24; and “Season Preview,’’ pg. 93) writes the Go Guide entertainment blog, linked at cityandshore.com. Greg Carannante (“The Man in Mourning,’’ pg. 26; “Hard Rock Hullabaloos,’’ pg. 38; "Men of Style,'' pg. 38; “An Art Show Like No Other,’’ pg. 68; and “Season Preview,’’ pg. 93) writes about entertainment for the magazine. His most recent stories on Jazziz Nightlife and Susan Danis, General Director of Florida Grand Opera, appear on cityandshore.com. Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub (“Mario Buatta,” pg. 28; “Home Where Art Is,’’ pg. 70 and “Timely Tabletop,’’ pg. 78) is our contributing Design editor. Her recent stories on design trends, including kitchens, bath and powder rooms, appear on cityandshore.com. Elizabeth Rahe (“Paradise Docked,’’ pg. 35 and “Music in the Round,’’ pg. 36) is a contributing editor. Her recent stories on Ivanka Trump and Brandon & Savannah, among others, are available on cityandshore.com. Phillip Valys (“High Time for High Art,’’ pg. 36; and “Season Preview,’’ pg. 93) writes about art and entertainment for the Sun Sentinel. Robyn A. Friedman (“Float Your Boats,’’ pg. 36; The Calendar, pg. 42; “Hot Property,’’ pg. 50; and “Glam-ATHON,’’ pg. 116) has written about real estate for the Sun Sentinel. Elyse Ranart (“The Style File,’’ pg. 44) is our Fashion & Style Director. Her recent stories on swimwear, 18
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wedding and jewelry trends appear on cityandshore.com. Nancy McVicar (“Well Being,’’ pg. 56) is our health and medical writer. Her recent stories on innovative medical procedures appear on cityandshore.com. Jonathon King (“The Masterpiece Theater of Michael Israel,” pg. 62) was a police and court reporter for 24 years with the Sun Sentinel and the Philadelphia Daily News before turning full-time novelist. His first book in 2002, The Blue Edge of Midnight, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award. He has since published several more novels set in South Florida, including his most recent, Midnight Guardians. Eric Barton (“Delray Rides Again,’’ pg. 87) is the former editor of Fort Lauderdale Magazine. His recent stories on Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton after dark are on cityandshore.com. Rod Stafford Hagwood (“Season Preview,’’ pg. 93) writes about fashion and theater for the Sun Sentinel. His blog is linked at cityandshore.com. Jake Cline (“Season Preview,’’ pg. 93) is the entertainment news editor for the Sun Sentinel and southflorida.com. John Tanasychuk (“Where to Eat Before and After the Show,’’ pg. 107) writes about food and dining for the Sun Sentinel. His Dining blog is linked at cityandshore.com. Rebecca Cahilly (“Where to Eat Before and After the Show,’’ pg. 107) is our Fine Dining writer. Her recent stories, including “The Best New Restaurants 2013’’ and “Waterfront Dining,’’ appear on cityandshore.com. Jan Norris (“Quick Sips,” pg. 112) writes about food and fine dining. Her blog is linked at cityandshore.com. Kingsley Guy (“ARTicle, pg. 122) is the former editorial page editor of the Sun Sentinel.
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FIRST WORDS
Beeping With the Enemy, Revisited Editor’s note: This column was one of three entries that won 1st place last month at the Society for Features Journalism’s national conference at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. The column has been praised for its honesty – the Arsht Center in Miami even sent a CD autographed by Yo-Yo Ma in appreciation. It seems especially relevant to revisit it again this issue, as a new season of the arts in South Florida begins to unfold.
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’ve never shared this story with anyone. No one knows it except my family, and they’ve kept my secret well. They know how I feel about people who make noise during concerts and shows. How I’ve written editor’s letters, complaining about the inconsiderate few who talk, or crackle candy wrappers, or answer cell phones, or actually appear to be operating light machinery – up to and including leaf blowers – during concerts and shows. They know how I get when people bolt for the exit before a curtain falls, or light up dark movie theaters with text messages that apparently just can’t wait until the movie’s over. They know how I get when I experience these disruptions, how I can go on for hours about how the inconsiderate few are ruining the concert and show experience, how we all might as well just stay home and listen to music on the radio, or watch movies on TV, or operate our own light machinery. So my family was understandably surprised when I bought tickets to the season debut of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami Residency last January. “Dad,’’ my teen-aged son said. “Aren’t you going to just flip out again when people in the audience make noise?” “No.’’ “Are you sure?” he said. “You know it’s going to happen.” “There isn’t going to be any noise this time,” I said. “I wrote an editor’s letter asking people not to make any.’’ We took our seats in the first row of the Arsht Center. Close enough to see the minute hand ticking on the cellists’ wrist watches. I checked my own watch to see if we were synchronized. We were. The lights dimmed, the big house assembled for the season debut fell silent, and Franz Welser-Möst – conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra – lifted his baton on a program that began with Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. It was a sublime performance. The audience was spellbound and, amazingly for South Florida, silent.
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The piece ended to thunderous applause, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard took his place at the piano next for the evening’s second offering, Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor. I scrunched down in my seat, in the first row of the Arsht Center, listening to the first movement of one of my favorite pieces of music segue into the delicate second, when I heard it. “Beep.” You have got to be kidding me, I thought. Here we are listening to a piece of music that depends as much on silence as sound to work its magic, and the inconsiderate few are making noise again. I started to feel sorry for my family, because I was going to be talking about this in the car on the way home and for hours afterwards. “Beep.” People started to shift in their seats. They turned their heads to see where the beep was coming from, and who was corrupting the music. I turned my head, too – ready to lock a laser-stare of disapproval on the outrageous, inconsiderate offender. “Beep.” More heads turned. The cellists looked down, the violinists glanced in our direction. I was pretty sure I saw Franz Welser-Möst shoot a look over his shoulder, too. “Beep.” “Dad,” my son whispered, tugging at my sleeve. “What?” “Is that you?” I looked down at the sleeve he was tugging, at the watch I’d synchronized minutes before with the cellists. LOW BATT, it blinked in the dark. “Beep.” It was me. In a panic, I stripped the watch from my wrist, and – for reasons I still can’t explain - handed it to my teen-aged son. “Sit on it,” I whispered. “What?” “Do it.” He did. “mwweep.” At the end of the Schumann piece, before the next piece by Strauss, I bolted for the exit and dropped my watch into bushes around the base of a tree outside the Arsht Center. “Beep.” A man passing by in the street watched me. He shook his head, and turned away. “I’m so sorry,” I said, “I didn’t mean it. Really!” I’ve never shared this sad story with anyone, and I hope you’ll consider it a cautionary tale to keep your watches fully charged as you look over the many fine shows coming up this season in our annual Guide to the Arts, pg. 93. I know that I will. —Mark Gauert mgauert@cityandshore.com
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George Takei
BOLDLY W GOING, EVERYWHERE At the helm of a surging
career, George Takei is winning new fans and great honors – including one this month in Miami Beach
By Deborah Wilker
hen actor, activist, radio announcer and Internet sage George Takei is honored in Miami Beach Nov. 16 by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he will likely ascend the stage with grace, speak eloquently and shake the hand of every last well-wisher. At no time will there be even a hint that the globetrotting 76-year-old (forever Sulu from Star Trek) might be tired or could perhaps use a break. In the past few weeks alone, Takei’s schedule took him from his home in Los Angeles to Montreal for a Star Trek Convention; Washington, D.C., for a speech at the National Press Club; Winnipeg, Cincinnati and Oklahoma City for narration work with philharmonic orchestras; New York to record promos for his upcoming Broadway musical, Allegiance; Boston for a speech at Northeastern University; back to L.A. for a meeting at Paramount; then to Dallas for a premiere of the animated film Free Birds, in which he costars with Amy Poehler and Owen Wilson. “I’m having the time of my life and to be able to do everything on this scale is an absolute delight,” says Takei, who stays fit with power walks and lean eating. Endless workdays do not faze him. “It’s a lot of fun.” “Everything” also includes a new YouTube show, Takei’s Take, (youtube. com/user/TakeisTake), during which he demystifies (hilariously) gadgets like Google Glass. He also continues to put his signature voice and genial personae to work as “The Announcer” on The Howard Stern Show; for brands such as Old Navy, Nickelodeon and Sharp electronics, and on
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IN THE CITY shows such as The Simpsons and The internment of Japanese Americans. I’m always Big Bang Theory. surprised by the number of people, many who It’s tempting to credit Takei’s later- seem otherwise well informed, who say ‘I had in-life surge to his 4.6 million Facebook no idea something like this ever happened in fans and 846,000 Twitter followers, the U.S.’ We must teach our history.” most of whom seem to adore his jokes, No matter his raised profile and career highs memes and Karmic tales. of recent years, Takei says he remains forever indebted With a Klout score of 90, Takei is a to Star Trek. world influencer. His reaction when told “Would you believe it’s been 47 years, 14 movies, four TV series? he ranks right up there with Ricky Martin, There are conventions galore all over the world. We could attend one The Pope and Jimmy Fallon? A classic, every weekend.” heartfelt “Oh myyy.” While he occasionally tires of those long-running spats with But Takei’s popularity had been on- former co-star William Shatner (“Bill is Bill”), Takei never tires of the-rise long before the social media meeting the show’s admirers. boon of 2008. One of more than 100,000 “Gene Roddenberry created it, but the phenomenon was created people of Japanese heritage imprisoned by fans. It’s important to go there in person and say thank you.” in U.S. detention camps during the Tickets to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 1940s, Takei had long been well known 17th Annual Miami Recognition Dinner at The for his civil rights activism. It was his Fontainebleau Miami Beach are $250 and $350, available confirmation in 2005 that he was gay, at miamirecognitiondinner.org or by calling 305-571-1924. however, and the speaking tour that Learn more about the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force followed, that brought him before new, young audiences. at TheTaskForce.org and on Twitter @TheTaskForce. Takei says credit goes to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who campaigned on an equality platform, boasted of his “gay friends,” but then vetoed the state’s same-sex marriage bill in 2005. “That got my blood boiling,” Takei says, still angered by Schwarzenegger’s betrayal. “I said I have to speak out on this. And my voice needs to be authentic.” But coming out at age 68, after a lifetime of constraints, was complex. “The words ‘coming out’ suggest you open a door and you step out. It’s not like that,” he says. “It’s more like a long, long walk through an initially darkened corridor. Then there’s a little window that lets in some light. Then there’s a door ajar that lets in a little more. “First you come out to good friends, then family, and then the circle Cécile McLorin Salvant widens. I had never spoken to the press, because I wanted to be able to work.” As Takei’s gay rights activism took hold, it was longtime partner and now husband Brad Altman (now Brad Takei) who encouraged him to The renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra and accept Howard Stern’s offer to appear regularly on radio. Wynton Marsalis, its famed artistic director, can be “Here I was advocating for the LGBT community – but essentially I was counted on to deliver a rich blend of swinging sounds of preaching to the choir. We maintain that the majority of people are decent the season during this concert in December, but the more and fair-minded, but they’re busy making a living. They can’t stop to think anticipated gifts may come from Cécile McLorin Salvant. about issues that don’t affect them. The young Miami-born singer, who won the prestigious “So first we have to reach them. Our Democracy is dependent on good Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz vocal competition in people being actively engaged. This is why I am also so vocal on the unjust 2010, just released the ambitious WomanChild, a critically lauded album of jazz and blues standards by Fats Waller, Bessie Smith and others. Takei, on a sobering trip to the southeast Arkansas internment camp where he and his family were detained by the U.S. government in 1942.
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Miami singer Cécile McLorin Salvant joins Wynton Marsalis
—Ben Crandell Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis and Cécile McLorin Salvant, 8 p.m. Dec. 20, Arsht Center, Miami, 877-949-6722, ArshtCenter.org. Wynton Marsalis
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became the surprise hit of the Met’s inaugural season at Lincoln Center. True to its lineage in the Eugene O’Neill play and Greek mythology, the production was provocative, drawing raves and pans, but it enjoyed the greatest success of any American opera produced by that company. In Fort Lauderdale, he composes orchestral pieces for the Florida Philharmonic – Pascua Florida and Arrows of Time, which premiere in ’88 and ’89, respectively – and soon after serves as artistic director of the short-lived Fort Lauderdale Opera. But it is not long until he is again drawn to Mourning, as powerful revivals in Chicago in ’98 and Seattle and New York a few years later commend it as one of the finest operas created by an American composer. Seattle Opera production of Mourning Becomes Electra. In 2003 he tells The New York Times that the opera, “certainly has overshadowed my entire career. It plagues me.” Ten years later he is asked: After a lifetime of compositions, does it still plague you? “Of course. Mourning Becomes Electra became my middle name. I’m always and always will be associated with that opera. Good or bad, I don’t know. I’m not complaining about that either, because it’s not a bad opera. It’s got everything an opera should have … murder, Mourning Becomes Electra marks a new incest, suicide. [Laughs.] beginning for Florida Grand Opera and a “At the beginning, the opera was not such a huge success – so it got a 25-minute standing ovation, big deal. I don’t mean to denigrate crescendo for its Fort Lauderdale composer. it, but there were plenty of real advocates of it and, yes, it did get real By Greg Carannante acclaim. And there were people that thought it was crap. CT I: Present day. A modest house in southwest Fort Lauderdale. “I knew basically if I stuck with it and kept revising it, that it would A white-haired man sits at the kitchen table, his walker by his come across. And here you are, sitting here talking to me about it, and side. He is 81. Physically, he is the shadow of his former self. He it finally has. Other people want to do it, and that’s the vindication of indulges questions about his life, his towering life’s work. He is the work itself – not me, but the work.” articulate, deliberate, witty. His delivery is sotto ACT III: It is 1942. A 10-year-old boy is Marvin Levy in voce. Though interrupted by lapses in memory, his the early days. mad for star soprano Licia Albanese. He has his command is not diminished. parents drive him the 20 miles from their home He is Marvin Levy, the illustrious composer of in Passaic, N.J., into New York City to see her Mourning Becomes Electra, which stoked the opera sing La Traviata at the Met. world when it premiered at the Met in New York in “I wouldn’t go unless she was singing,” 1967. A new production of the tragedy will launch Levy remembers, “because I was in love Florida Grand Opera’s season into a daring new with her. I was just amazed at what I heard direction. and saw. And there you are – after that it was Artistic director Susan Danis calls it “the Fort opera all the way. And as soon as I could go Lauderdale version,” incorporating video projections to New York myself, I was in the standing by Broadway designer Wendell K. Harrington. Danis room of the Met.” is nurturing Levy’s involvement, culminating with his Almost 25 years later, the boy who loved bow at the end of the Nov. 7 premiere at the Broward Center for the opera is lying in bed and watching the news when the phone rings. Performing Arts. Fate was on the line, in the person of John Gutman, assistant to Met The composer is asked: Could it get any better than to celebrate manager Rudolph Bing. your masterpiece in your hometown on opening night? He gathers “He said, ‘Now, you must promise not to say a word to anybody his thoughts, and summoning the pathos of one who has lived for yet, but we’re going to do Mourning.’ I said, ‘You’re kidding.’ He said, opera, says, “Well it comes at the end of my life, basically, which ‘I wouldn’t kid about that.’ So from that point on, I was on the phone pleases me, because I’d rather go out this way than any other way.” with everybody I knew [laughs]. ‘Guess what?’ So the kid from New ACT II: He is a middle-aged man now, and he arrives in Fort Jersey was making good.” Lauderdale. It isn’t opera that brings him here, though. It is “a whole other soap opera,” he says – something about a friend going through a divorce Florida Grand Opera, Mourning Becomes Electra, Nov. 7, 9 at the Broward Center, Fort Lauderdale; Nov. 16, 17, 19, 23 at the Arsht who asked him to stay at his condo on the beach. “And I just stayed.” Center, Miami; 800-741-1010, FGO.org. It is 1987. It has been 20 years since Levy’s first 15 minutes of fame when, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera, Mourning
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IN THE CITY Mario Butta in a model room he designed in 1988 for the seventh floor of B. Altman in Manhattan. Below: green lacquered walls provide a backdrop in this Bedford, N.Y. living room. Photo by Ernest Beadle
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ario Buatta, the 78-year-old iconic New York designer known for his love of chintz and dog portraits as well as his corny jokes and puns, finally compiled his amusing stories, personal photos and best projects in a 432-page tome, Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, with design historian Emily Evans Eerdmans. The book features homes he decorated for Mariah Carey and Barbara Walters, as well as homes in Miami, Delray Beach and the principal residence of Hilary and Wilbur Ross on Palm Beach. Why did you finally decide to do a book? Publishers kept asking me to do a book. Rizzoli hounded me for a couple of years and I finally gave in. Two years ago I went to a meeting and brought a sketch of what I wanted to put on the cover – a photograph and blue leather. I wanted it to look like a scrapbook and be filled with pictures and very little writing. I hate endless pages of writing. People just look at the pictures in design books. I also wanted it to have special things from me and my family and cartoons from The New Yorker. The book sounds like you. Are the stories true? It’s all true. My mother did vacuum herself into bed and out of the house so we could see footprints if anyone had been there when we were gone. Who influenced your style the most? Aunt Mary and John Fowler. My parents had art deco. Aunt Mary had Chickendale [Chippendale],, Hecklewhite [Hepplewhite] and Chinooseriee [Chinosierie] antiques. I was always at her housee and she took me shopping to antiques shops. I didn’t n’t know who John Fowler was, but I saw the yellow room om 28
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in Nancy Lancaster’s home and went crazy. It was in the days before computers and I had to go to Condé Nast in London to pore over his work and study it. Do you change your style for South Florida? What goes through my head is what suits the house, the architecture and what the client wants. How did you learn your trade? I went to architecture school for nine weeks and hated it. I learned by looking at photographs and magazines. Why do you work alone? I haven’t had an assistant in 18 years. The last one I beat to death with a bolt of chintz. You are as much an entertainer as a designer. Why? A. When you are with a client and suddenly things are at a standstill. I tell a joke. It breaks the spell. They start laughing. It’s decorating, not brain surgery. Your book is larger than those devoted to Yo Sister Parish and Billy Baldwin and will make you immortal. How do you feel about this? immo I feel immortal now. It’s a Buattapedia. Rizzoli gave me an extra 100 pages at the end. The book would have been sad without it. It weighs 7 pounds wou and gives me a hernia. — Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub
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ith 32 performances between Thanksgiving week and Christmas, it would seem there should be plenty of opportunity to catch The Book of Mormon at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Yet the holiday residency all organized religion. It also speaks to (Nov. 26-Dec. 22) will probably prove too short. the psyche h American A i h and d how h the h world ld sees More than two years after its debut, the smash Broadway show – winner us. And it just comes at a time when people of nine Tony Awards – is still playing to capacity houses in New York, were ready to hear it.” while at the same time two national touring companies crisscross North If timing is everything, the moment has America and a fourth production on London’s West End all barely keep also been right for Welsh actor Mark Evans, up with demand. Mark Evans a West End regular whose first American The show’s Original Broadway Cast Recording is also a recordrole as Elder Price in this production, has been setter – reaching No. 3 on Billboard’s main Album Chart, to make it the highest-charting Broadway set since the early something of a high-dive into the deep end. “He’s an all-American boy, it’s an all-American role 1970s, and the fastest-selling Broadway cast album in iTunes and I better be precise,” Evans says of his American dialect history. So just what is it about this nutty, R-rated religious and portrayal of a Mormon missionary bent on converting satire from Matt Stone and Trey Parker – creators of Comedy the unconvertible. “The show sells out where ever we go. Knowing you’re Central’s long-running South Park – that stirs such passion? Stanley Wayne Mathis “The truth resonates in a very powerful way,” says veteran stage going to be in a sold-out theater every time you step on actor Stanley Wayne Mathis, who portrays the village chief Mafala Hatimbi in that stage – that’s amazing.” —Deborah Wilker the show’s First National Touring Company – the production that settles into the Broward Center this month. The Book of Mormon, Nov. 26-Dec. 22 at the Broward Mathis, who previous to this tour also played the role on Broadway, Center, Fort Lauderdale, BroadwayAcrossAmerica. says he thinks the show – a send-up of the Mormon religion – “speaks to com/fortlauderdale
Show(room) time Rick Case Volkswagen to open Dec. 1, eight stories high over Weston
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is adding a 16th showroom to its portfolio of Acura, Audi, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Fiat and Honda dealerships. On Dec. 1, a new Rick Case Volkswagen dealership will open at 3520 Weston Road in Weston. At 328,000 square feet and eight stories high, it will be Rick Case’s fifth dealership on the I-75 “Auto Row.” It is the company’s first Volkswagen dealership. "We're really excited about offering affordable German engineering to West Broward," Case says. “Everybody has had the perception that German engineering is very expensive, and it is, with BMW and Mercedes — but not with Volkswagen.” The new dealership, which began construction in March, will feature 800 new and used cars and will be staffed by 200 employees. Rick Case Automotive Group, which he owns and operates with his wife, Rita, was founded in 1962 and celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. In addition to Rick Case Volkswagen, the company operates 15 other dealerships in Florida, Georgia and Ohio and soon will be launching new Kia and Alfa Romeo dealerships in South Florida. —Robyn A. Friedman
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‘Status-symbol cars without status-symbol price’
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ith its Genesis sedan and Equus Equus, Hyundai makes a statement: that luxury cars can be affordable.
Raul Gomila, general manager of Napleton’s West Palm Beach Hyundai, at 2301 Okeechobee Blvd., says owners of these two vehicles make a statement of their own: that while they desire luxury, they realize value as well. “Owning a Genesis sedan or Equus shows that you have arrived, but on your own terms,” says Raul Gomila, general manager of Napleton’s West Palm Beach Hyundai, at 2301 Okeechobee Blvd. “They are status-symbol cars without the statussymbol price.” Americans want performance, luxury, cutting-edge design and value in their cars. With its Genesis and Equus vehicles, Hyundai demonstrates that you can have all that, without breaking the bank. Hyundai Genesis
Genesis: A quick ride to the top When Genesis debuted in 2009, Gomila says, it immediately caught everybody’s attention. The sport coupe drew raves for its sleek design and performance, while the sedan was lauded for its craftsmanship and long list of luxury features. “It took on all comers — Lexus, Mercedes, BMW — and quickly sped to the top of the luxury-car segment,” Gomila notes of the sedan. “For the first time, consumers had the ability to obtain by lease or purchase a world-class luxury car renowned for its design, esthetics, reliability and maneuverability, for thousands of dollars less than its competitors. “Genesis’ outstanding performance and value spread quickly through the automotive world. From the beginning, many buyers left Lexus, Infiniti and the German manufacturers (Mercedes and BMW).” They switched because, as one automotive analyst says, Genesis provides “a sensible alternative to more expensive luxury sedans.” U.S News & World Report ranks the Genesis sedan among the top 10 large luxury cars for 2013. Of the cars on that list, Hyundai’s is the least expensive by at least
Hyundai Equus several thousand dollars. The Genesis sedan features two trim levels: the 3.8 and the more powerful 5.0 R-Spec. The 3.8-liter V6 engine produces 333 horsepower, while the 5.0 R-Spec features a 5.0-liter, V8 that delivers 429 horsepower. Among the laundry list of standard features for both models are automatic headlights, dual-zone automatic climate control, leather upholstery, heated front seats, a seven-speaker audio system with CD player, iPod/auxiliary input, satellite radio, traction and stability control, and active front head restraints. “Many of our customers are on their second, third and even fourth Genesis,” Gomila says. “From being the No. 1 Genesis sedan dealership in the country to maintaining our place among the top five percent, the Genesis line has really enhanced the ability of Napleton’s West Palm Beach Hyundai to climb into the top 20 of all Hyundai dealerships in the country.”
Equus: A world-class car with extreme luxury In 2011, the South Korean auto manufacturer upped the ante by unveiling the even more elegant Equus. “Here again, Hyundai delivered another world-class luxury car with extreme luxury, yet at a leasing fee that is $200 to $400 a month less than its competitors,” Gomila says. “It takes on the most established luxury brands in the world” and wins. As with the Genesis sedan, U.S News & World Report ranks the 2013 Equus in the top 10 in its class (super luxury cars) while being the lowest priced. The many standard features on both Equus trim levels — Signature and Ultimate — include adaptive automatic headlights, power-folding and auto-dimming mirrors, rearview camera, adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warning system, a pre-
collision warning and preparation system, anti-lock brakes, stability and traction control, sunroof, leather upholstery, heated power-reclining rear seat, navigation system, and surround-sound audio system with satellite radio.
State-of-the-art dealership Two such refined automobiles deserve a dealership with the customer service and facilities that befit their luxury status. Napleton’s West Palm Beach Hyundai delivers on both counts. It pampers customers with convenience just as the vehicles indulge their owners with comfort. Last November, Napleton moved into its new location near the intersection of Congress Avenue and Okeechobee Boulevard. This expansive, state-of-theart dealership features an Equus/Genesis dedicated salon area, a main showroom showcasing other Hyundai vehicles, an outdoor patio showroom, and a large service area staffed by ASE-certified mechanics and service technicians seven days a week. Gomila says Napleton has become one of the top Genesis and Equus dealers in the nation because of “our commitment to our luxury-car customers.” Part of that commitment includes a unique VIP Concierge Program for Genesis sedan and Equus owners, which offers benefits such as complimentary service to the West Palm Beach International Airport, free valet parking at CityPlace, discounts at the dealership’s partner retail stores and restaurants, and maintenance service that includes pickup and delivery of the vehicle. Of the maintenance service, Gomila explains, “We will pick up the vehicle for service from the owner’s home or place of business, drop off a loaner car, and return the vehicle to the owner’s home or place of business after servicing.” For more about the Genesis and Equus, and Napleton’s West Palm Beach Hyundai, visit www.wpbhyundai.com.
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Yacht lovers cruise to Atlantis for ShowBoats International Boys & Girls Clubs Rendezvous
hree days of revelry at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas sounds like its own reward. But by attending the 26th ShowBoats International Boys & Girls Club Rendezvous Nov. 21-23, revelers help provide programs for 12,000 at-risk youth though the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. Yachters, yacht lovers and fun seekers have raised more than $30 million for the clubs over the years without lifting a finger – except, perhaps, to don their nautical-chic attire. Weekend activities include the Yacht Hop Under the Stars – going from yacht to yacht in search of the best party – a fishing tournament, scavenger hunt, gambling lesson, Bloody Mary contest, poolside parties and a gala evening featuring Kool & The Gang. Guests may choose from a variety of accommodations at special rates or stay aboard their yachts. Either way they enjoy access to the Atlantis playground, which features 40 restaurants, bars and lounges, a casino, spa, water park and marine habitat. More fun with a higher purpose, ultimately – helping kids get a boost in life.
ShowBoats International Boys & Girls Clubs Rendezvous, Nov. 21-23; contact Kerry Becker, kbecker@bgcbc.org, 954-563-2822; YachtRendezvous.com.
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Music in the Round Symphony of the Americas hosts sunset concerts aloft at Pier Sixty-Six Symphony of the Americas lifts the music 17 stories high to the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Pier-Top with its Symphonies @ Sunset. Held on select Sunday evenings in the circular, revolving ballroom, the concerts marry exquisite chamber music and energetic jazz with wines and hors d’oeuvres. Here’s what’s coming up: Crosstown Quartet, Dec. 1 - Led by the symphony’s Associate Concertmaster Orlando Forte, this group breaks away from traditional string quartet music. Crosstown Quartet
Courtenay Budd, soprano, Iris van Eck, cellist, Feb. 2 - Acclaimed soprano Budd and principal cellist van Eck accompanied by piano and violin create an evening of varied classical and popular selections.
Aisha Syed, violin, Ciro Fodere, piano, March 2 - Syed combines her varied classical, Argentine repertoire with works from her native Dominican Republic as she collaborates with internationally acclaimed Uruguayan pianist Fodere. Cool Jazz in High Places, April 27 - The symphony collaborates with Gold Coast Jazz Society artists Jamie Ousley on bass, John Yarling on drums, Martin Hand on guitar and a special guest artist, Gary Mayone on percussion. Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six is also the setting for the symphony’s 18th Wines of the World auction and dinner on Nov. 15. The evening features the wine samplings of vintners from around the globe, a champagne reception, a gourmet dinner spotlighting top chefs and a live auction including wines and wine tours. —Elizabeth Rahe Symphony of the Americas, 954-335-7002, symphonyoftheamericas.org, winesoftheworld.org.
High time for high art The high-brow-iest dignitaries of the international art world will pile next month into the Miami Beach Convention Center, the center of the 12th annual tourism tornado that is Art Basel. This year’s event will feature a dozen-plus satellite fairs, including the debuting Brazil ArtFair in midtown and music-centric gatherings such as Basel Castle. —Phillip Valys Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 5-8, Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach; artbasel.com/miamibeach
Float your boats Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade, 12 miles of the “Greatest Show on H20,” is scheduled to set off from downtown Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 and ends after 8 p.m. in Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. It’s free for spectators, except for grandstand viewing, which starts at $20. 954-767-0686, winterfestparade.com. —Robyn A. Friedman
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Al Pacino and City & Shore contributing editor Deborah Wilker. The Academy Awardwinning actor’s appearance this fall was part of the Hard Rock’s VIP series.
The Hard Rock’s private hullabaloos
Mermaids and bikinied go-go dancers cavorted in shallow pools near the stage, where a fraction of the cavernous Hard Rock Live arena had been curtained off into a splashy surf-themed lounge. The sofas were cushy, the bar was open and the hors d’oeuvres were served. Onstage Brian Wilson was joined by – of all people – Jeff Beck, who ripped into that famous siren call of an opening guitar riff to Surfin’ U.S.A. as both of their bands jumped in for the fun-fun-fun finale of a show that had transported 230 guests to their own private beach. On this one recent night, these by-invitation-only “VIPs” were treated to a magical experiment that was never performed before: Beach Boy auteur and Brit guitar god sharing not only the bill but the
stage too. The odd coupling proved to be a crowd-pleaser and it was reprised the following night when their 18-city tour kicked off for real. The exclusive concert was the fifth in the VIP Series at the Hollywood hotel and casino, which since April has also showcased celebrities as diverse as Al Pacino, Stevie Wonder, Dr. Oz and Lionel Richie. “We’re trying to really create an experience that takes you to a different level of fun,” says Larry Mullen, the Seminole Gaming exec who launched the series. “We want it to be something you wouldn’t see anywhere else.” The VIP events are just one of the perks of membership in the Seminole Casino Wild Card rewards Stars of a recent show program, offered free at the seven casinos’ in the VIP seri Wilson and Jeffes: Brian Players Clubs. Beck. Concert invitations are extended predominantly to premium customers based on their level and/or frequency of play, but the criteria isn’t carved in stone. “If you’re somebody that comes quite a bit and maybe doesn’t spend as much as some of the highest rollers, you may get an invitation,” Mullen explains. “But I would definitely say that the type of spend that we would be looking for would probably be somebody that’s got a pretty good wallet.” Who might be onstage at the next event? “Anybody who’s on tour in the world today,” Mullen says. “You can use your imagination – I’ll just leave it at that.” —Greg Carannante For more info: seminolewildcard.com
Stylin’ for Charity
The Galleria’s Men of Style Shopping Night Ten community movers and shakers will literally move and shake it for charity at The Galleria’s Men of Style Shopping Night fashion show next month. And if these models-for-a-night lack the sexier-than-thou strut, pose and ’tude de rigueur on the runway, so be it. This is beyond high fashion. It’s high-minded fashion. The Men of Style will each represent a participating charity as they show off the latest in sartorial splendor from Dillard’s and Macy’s. But that’s just the highlight of the evening, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 5. There’s also live music, culinary treats and the exclusive “Passport of Savings,” offering incentives from mall stores and restaurants, all included in the $50 ticket. The $100 VIP ticket will also get you a wine reception at Truluck’s and preferred seating for the show. WPLG-Ch. 10 news anchor Jason Martinez will host. “This event continues to be a hot ticket with leading men being recognized for their commitment to the community,” says Arlene Pecora, owner of Signature Grand, lead sponsor of the seventh annual fundraiser. Front row, left to right: The honorees (and their respective charities) are: Alfred Esau (Art and Culture Center of Hollywood), Joel Matt Korshoff, Alfred Gustafson (Henderson Behavioral Health), John Hooper (Take Stock in Children), Richard Kelly (Make-A Wish® Esau, Tyler Molinari, Southern Florida), Matt Korshoff (Leadership Broward Foundation), Tyler Molinari (ArtServe), Chad Moss (HANDY), John Hooper and Chad Paul Nisson (Women In Distress of Broward County), Scott Roberts (Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre) and Moss. Back row, left to Jonathan Schwartz (Broward Center for the Performing Arts). right: Paul Nisson, Scott “The Galleria is thrilled to once again host this popular annual event in support of local organizations, and to Roberts, Jonathan recognize these influential men who truly impact our community,” says Melissa Milroy, the Fort Lauderdale mall’s Schwartz, Joel Gustafson senior marketing manager. and Richard Kelly. – Greg Carannante Tickets can be purchased at The Galleria’s Guest Services or through the participating charities. For more information, please call The Galleria at 954-564-1036.
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FEBRUARY Boats: It’s boat show season not just in Miami Beach, but all the way up to Massachusetts, which means it’s also the best opportunity you’re likely to have to successfully negotiate the price of your dream boat.
NOVEMBER TVs: Although these go on and off sale all year, the period before Christmas (what an awesome gift!) and the Super Bowl is the prime time to pick up that new gigantic flat screen you’ve been coveting.
MAY Mattresses: The new ones arrive in stores, so you can get good deals on the previous year’s models.
JULY Summer clothing: This is when it gets deeply discounted, because — believe it or not — it’s also when the new fall/winter items hit stores, including boots, jackets and the like. And here in South Florida, we can wear shorts, tees and sandals well into the fall (and even winter).
DECEMBER Champagne and wine: With holiday soirées (and of course, New Year’s Eve toasts) coming up, the specials abound. MARCH Jewelry: Now that the winter holidays and Valentine’s Day are over — when the prices are typically jacked up — is the time to scoop up those baubles on sale. JUNE Tools: The deals abound just before Father’s Day — makes sense, right?
AUGUST Computers: It’s back-to-school time, so electronics stores are banking on the idea that you’re in the market for a new laptop or desktop for the student in your house. Grab one now on sale, along with an updated piece of hardware for yourself.
JANUARY Gym memberships: Time to follow up on your New Year’s resolution to get rid of that post-holiday bloat, and the fitness clubs are making deals all over the place. APRIL Tires and auto parts: April is actually National Car Care Month, so this is when you’ll probably start getting those mailers offering deals on oil changes, service, tire rotation and even buythree-get-one-tire free.
SEPTEMBER Home appliances: The new ones come in this month and next, so the ones that were already in stock get discounted. Tip: Check out the holiday weekend sales, like Labor Day and Columbus Day.
OCTOBER Toys and games: The hottest items that are about to show up on the kids’ Christmas lists are still in stores and often marked down, so it’s just another reason (other than the top two — beating the holiday crush, and risking them being completely MIA come Black Friday) to get out there and scoop them up. —Christina Lawrence
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Nov. 3-18 The ARC Broward Culinary Institute will take orders for “take-home” gourmet Thanksgiving meals.
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The Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, for Jewish adults in their 20s to early 40s, hosts a Happy Hour. 5:45 p.m. at Salt 7, 32 SE Second Ave., Delray Beach. $8 (includes a drink).
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561-852-5015, jewishboca.org/happyhour.
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ArtIs, the 2013 Beaux Arts of Fort Lauderdale gala, which benefits the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale and its Studio School. The event features Cirque du Soleil-style performances, a raffle, auction, cocktails, dinner and a show by performance artist Michael Israel. 6 p.m., VIP; 7:30, general at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, One E. Las Olas Blvd. Tickets start at $175. 303229-5109, beauxartsfll.com.
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The Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital hosts its 16th annual benefit, the “Top Hat & Tail” Black & White Gala, featuring appetizers, dinner, signature drinks, desserts, live entertainment, raffles and auction items that include vacations to Panama, the Caribbean and the Keys as well as air boat rides and canoe trips. 6 p.m. at Plaza del Lago at Heron Bay, Parkland. $85 ($75, members); tickets must be purchased in advance. 954-7529453, sawgrassnaturecenter.org.
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John Offerdahl’s Broward Health Gridiron GrillOff Food, Wine & Tailgate Festival, featuring celebrity athletes and chefs competing in the Grand Grill-Off, Florida’s first-ever EGGfest, a live concert by country music artist Lee Brice, and great fun and entertainment in the Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Tailgate Zone, all to benefit Offerdahl’s Hand-Off Foundation, which directs funds to agencies that feed the needs of kids in crisis. 1-9 p.m. at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1806 NE Sixth St., Pompano Beach. Ticket prices vary; admission to the Tailgate Zone is free. 305-7486107, gridirongrilloff.com.
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A Princely Affair, Boca Ballet Theatre’s annual social event and fundraiser luncheon, a memorable afternoon of dining, dancing and fabulous prizes. Noon at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. $90, adults; $45, children 13 and under. 561-995-0709, bocaballet.org.
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“A Salute to Veterans,” a free concert honoring military personnel and featuring popular patriotic selections performed by the Florida Wind Symphony. Bring a blanket or chair; food and beverages will be available for purchase. 7 p.m. at Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton. 561-393-7700, myboca. us/pages/mizneramphi.
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Lips presents “Dinner with the Divas,” a Vegasstyle show to benefit Neighbors 4 Neighbors. Guests will enjoy a female impersonator show, three-course meal and wine or cocktails. 7 p.m. at 1421 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park. $50; $75, VIP. 305-5974404, neighbors4neighbors.org.
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Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale hosts its eighth Riverwalk Mutts and Martinis, Fort Lauderdale’s largest outdoor pet-friendly cocktail hour. The goal of the event is to bring together the downtown community and their favorite fourlegged friends for a night of
celebration and networking while raising funds for Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale. 5:30-8:30 p.m. on the south side of the Riverwalk in front of the Historic Downtowner Saloon. $20 in advance, $25 at the door (includes two drinks, appetizers, live music, silent auction and more). 954-4681541, goriverwalk.com. Nov. 21 The Art of Wine and Food Series.
The Diamond Angels of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation. The event features a cocktail reception, dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions and a classic rock concert. 7 p.m. at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, 3555 S. Ocean Drive, Hollywood. $250. 954265-3454, jdchfoundation.org.
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The Royal Dames of Cancer Research Inc. hosts “Come Fly With Me,” the 44th Anniversary Tiara Ball, which includes a cocktail reception, dinner and dancing, all to benefit cancer research. 6:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six, Fort Lauderdale. $275. 954-224-0569, royaldames.org.
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The Mercedes-Benz Fort Lauderdale MAD for MODS Gala: The Sequel, which will transport guests back to the 1960s for an elegant evening of dining, dancing, live entertainment and auctions to benefit the Museum of Discovery and Science. 6 p.m. at the Museum, 401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale. $600. 954713-0906, mods.org.
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-17 Fort Lauderdale Fall Home Design and Remodeling Show, a one-stop, interactive marketplace where consumers can see thousands of products, talk with the companies that sell them and attend seminars on home improvement and remodeling. Friday, 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 7:30 p.m. at the Broward County Convention Center. $10, adults; $1, children under 11. 305-667-9299, homeshowspecials.com.
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The 10th Annual Fairy Tale Ball, “The Wizard of Oz,” a fundraiser hosted by
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The Business & Professional Division of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County holds its Industry Icon event, featuring Jeffrey Bleustein, who joined Harley-Davidson in 1975 and retired as Chairman of the Board in 2009. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. 6 p.m. at Zinman Hall on the Federation Campus, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton. $36. 561-852-3128, jewishboca.org/icon.
7th Annual Taste of Harbor Beach, a food, wine and travel auction extravaganza to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network.
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6:30 p.m. at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, 3030 Holiday Drive, Fort Lauderdale. The evening will feature food stations from the resort’s restaurants as well as signature cuisine selections by guest chefs, wine and spirit pairings, desserts and live and silent auctions. General admission: $50 in advance, $65 at the door; VIP admission (includes unlimited champagne, early admission, lounge seating, VIP gifts, butler-passed hors d’oeuvres and more): $125. 786268-1831, mchf.org.
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The Art of Wine and Food Series: “Wines that Go Both Ways: Which Wines Can Pair with Everything from Salmon to Steak Tartare?” Join Stephanie Miskew, certified sommelier and wine educator, along with a guest chef, who will pair perfect flavors with fine wines. 6 p.m. at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. $40; $35, members at the Patron level and above. Reservations are required. 954262-0249, moafl.org.
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The Clams & Claws Seafood & Wine Festival will showcase South Florida’s most popular restaurants and chefs and includes wine tastings, live music, culinary demonstrations and raffles. Noon to 5 p.m. at the Miami Seaquarium. $100, general; $180, VIP; $30, non-sampling pass. clamsandclaws.com.
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Winterfest Family Fun Day, fun for young and old with lots of activities, food and beverages for sale, and, of course, a visit from Santa. Noon to 4 p.m. on the Riverside Hotel lawn, Fort Lauderdale. Free. 954-767-0686, winterfestparade.com.
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2013 Miami Dolphins Jewish Community Day and Jewish Professional Networking Group (JPNG) Ultimate Partner Celebration. Tailgate and JPNG networker, live entertainment, Dolphins Kippa, Kosher Korner, special guest emcee Adam Kuperstein and more. 11:30 a.m. at Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens. Tickets, Dolphins.com/JPNG (use passcode JPNG). Group tickets $35 upper deck, $102 lower.
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-Dec. 1 Boca Ballet Theatre’s classic production of The Nutcracker, at the Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theater, Boca Raton. Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m. $35, adults; $25, children and seniors. 561-995-0709, bocaballet.org.
Save the Date . . . Dec. 5 Ten community honorees will prowl the catwalk for charity in trendy fashions at The Galleria’s Men of Style Shopping Night presented by Signature Grand. Tickets ($50, $100) also include a prewine reception at Truluck’s and “Passport of Savings” incentives for mall shopping and dining. Call The Galleria at 954-564-1036.
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Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade, 12 miles of the “Greatest Show on H20.” Starts in downtown Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. and ends after 8 p.m. in Lake Santa Barbara in Pompano Beach. Free for spectators, except for grandstand viewing, which starts at $20. 954-7670686, winterfestparade.com. — Robyn A. Friedman
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6. Kim Python cutaway knee boot by Gucci, $3,300, from Nordstrom, Town Center at Boca Raton. 1. 18-kt. white gold, fancy rainbowcolored sapphire bangle bracelet, price upon request, from Daoud’s Fine Jewelry, Fort Lauderdale.
7. Swarovski by Shourouk necklace, $410, from Swarovski Boutiques, The Galleria, Fort Lauderdale; Town Center at Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens.
2. Emerald cut emerald ring, set in 18-kt. yellow gold with yellow diamond pave, price upon request, from Weston Jewelers.
8. 18-kt. white gold, multi-shaped diamond earrings, price upon request, from the Privé Collection at King Jewelers, Aventura.
3. Giuseppe Zanotti calf-hair pointed toe pumps, $725, from Bloomingdale’s, Town Center at Boca Raton.
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to the rest of the body. If it is too narrow – a switch to full surgical mode if needed. The replacement valve includes a tiny condition called aortic stenosis – or if it becomes leaky and doesn’t close properly, the heart must collapsible cage that can be threaded up work much harder to pump blood and that often through an artery in the groin or a small incision between the ribs and put in place leads to heart failure, blood clots and death. The condition affects about 300,000 without stopping the heart, Niederman says. The imaging equipment allows the medical people in this country each year and the standard treatment is open heart surgery team to see inside the patient’s body as the new valve is maneuvered and anchored in place. followed by rehabilitation. While Holy Cross was the first in Broward Unlike the 96-year-old who went dancing, most of the candidates for the new procedure County to offer the procedure, several other have been completely incapacitated by the hospitals in South Florida now offer it valve’s deterioration and require extensive including JFK Medical Center in Palm Beach County and the University of Miami Miller cardio and physical rehab following TAVR. Niederman says Medicare will cover the School of Medicine, which was involved in procedure only after the patient has been the clinical trials that led to FDA approval of evaluated by a multidisciplinary medical TAVR for its current use. Niederman says the procedure eventually team that decides it is the only option, and most of that team, sometimes as many as 30 may become the standard treatment, allowing people, also is present in the operating room. all patients to be treated using the minimally At Holy Cross, the procedure is performed invasive method. Experience with the procedure longin a new 2,000-square-foot hybrid operating term will help to determine how long the room. “The hybrid OR is crucial to this replacement valves last and also work out procedure for a number of reasons,” any technical problems. Some of this work Niederman says. It combines a full suite has already occurred in Europe which has of operating room equipment with high- been using the procedure longer, but the FDA tech imaging equipment that can be used will only accept the results of trials led by for the valve replacement, angioplasty and American physicians, Niederman says. ● other minimally invasive procedures, but if complications occur, surgeons can quickly
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performance by artist Michael Israel is, in his words, a few minutes of “controlled chaos.” Novelist Jonathon King this issue profiles the noted performance artist who actually creates art during his performance, including a lively one coming up at a gala fund-raiser Nov. 9 for the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. Speaking of art, our critics roundup the upcoming season of shows and spectaculars, our dining writers suggest where to eat before or after a show, Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub shows how to design a home around art – and, we’ll take a break with a beer from one of South Florida’s craft breweries, and a relaxing evening out in Delray Beach.
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“My work is like an instant recognition,” Israel has said. “You don’t have to think about it. You don’t have to analyze it. It goes in through your eyes, it grabs hold of your heart and makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck. “You know what it’s all about instantly because it’s about what’s inside you, I just bring it out,” he says. “It’s like a mirror.” Internationally known and with individual paintings that have sold to private collections for as much as $250,000 Israel is better known as a performance artist who actually creates art during his performance. “He really puts it all together, the music and the lights on stage and it really energizes the audience. When he starts flinging the paint around you go, ‘Whoa, this is different,''' says Lisa Parks,
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a contracting executive who saw Israel perform for a benefit for HomeSafe, an organization that protects victims of child abuse and domestic violence. “You’re not really sure what he’s up to with the spinning canvas and all, but then boom, this wonderful painting is suddenly there.”
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he music that fills whatever venue Israel performs in is selected by him to add to the overall effect; Ronan, a ballad created by Taylor Swift about a child with cancer, provides the backdrop for his paintings at cancer center appearances. The voice of Enrique Iglesias fills the room when he does his signature Hero performance. “I’m really trying to create an atmosphere, something that touches the audience,” Israel says. “When everything comes together I’m even getting an adrenaline rush.” When asked how much rehearsal time he spends before each performance, Israel, who was raised in Hollywood and is now living in Boca Raton, says, “Actually, I’ve been rehearsing for about thirtyfive years.” “I still recall those days when I was six or seven and for whatever reason I’d be drawing something on the walls of my childhood home. Of course, back then my mother would critique my work … by spanking me.” Living in a houseboat on the Intracoastal Waterway behind The Diplomat hotel in Hollywood at the time, Israel says his energy and penchant for constantly creating didn’t make him much of a conventional student. “I was always in trouble in grade school for not paying attention and for doodling on any blank surface I could find, making my own brand of artwork and designs.” By his teens, the young, and yes, sometimes starving artist, took an unusual path to hone what would become his signature talent. “I was working the art shows and weekend sidewalk art fairs making small paintings of anything people brought me whether it was their own live portrait, a photograph of a family member, their pet, a photograph of their home. Pretty much anything,” Israel says. “You know, you’ve been there with dozens of tents set up on the sidewalks and artists selling all kinds of styles and forms of their artwork. Well, when you’re doing work like that, you can’t make any money unless you do a lot of it. Pretty soon I was doing a sort of speed painting, working on four or five small pieces at a time, jumping from canvas to canvas on my street setup. “I’d do some five hundred paintings in a weekend. I remember times when I had bandages on my fingers and had a bucket of ice water nearby to soak the pain out of my hands.” But he also noticed that when he was in the throes of creating multiple pieces of art at the same time, crowds would gather around to watch, not just to see the finished product, but to witness the performance itself. “I thought, ‘Hey, if I made a buck for all the people who were watching and never sat down to have a painting done, maybe I wouldn’t have to do five hundred. Maybe I could cut it down to two or three hundred.’” “I also realized I was feeding off the crowd, their energy, their ooohs and ahhs and their delight in seeing what I was creating in five-minute chunks of time. It was infectious.” And it was the beginning of an artistic act he has now taken to Presidential Inaugural balls in Washington, D.C., onto the deck of the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, the Olympic Medals stage in Salt Lake City, and to museums and concert stages in dozens of U.S. states, Africa and Canada.
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And Showmanship – oh yes, always the showmanship, of the handsome, tuxedo-clad entertainer, his long dark hair and formal attire soon spattered in the paint that creates the image and only adding to the image of instant creativity he weaves like some live magician before your very eyes. A performance by artist Michael Israel is, in his words, a few minutes of “controlled chaos.” The results of that chaos may be a stunning portrait of John Lennon or Mahatma Gandhi, a heroic scene of a firefighter’s rescue of a child or a soldier’s salute, a heart-felt likeness of a 5-year-old girl who succumbed to pediatric brain cancer or the rendering of an endangered loggerhead turtle.
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“I’d do some five hundred paintings in a weekend. I remember times when I had bandages on my fingers and had a bucket of ice water nearby to soak the pain out of my hands.”
“Where and when it happened, I can’t tell you,” Israel says of the gift and vision and affinity for creative insight he carries with him. He says it may have started to come together in grade school when he also started studying martial arts, a dedication for which he has continued for the past 40 years. He would eventually earn a black belt in karate and went to the USKA Grand National Championships at age 17. The athleticism is obvious during his performances both in his graceful movements around the huge and often spinning canvas but also in the concentration he’s able to hold while the music swells and audiences begin to react. “The karate training really taught me how to focus,” he says. “And it also gave me the ability to meditate and see things with a clear mind. “While I’m doing the painting and spinning the canvas, I see the image as if I’m seeing it from up above, like I’m floating and seeing it from all angles. There are times when I’m nearly finished but I can tell from their reaction that the audience still hasn’t gotten it and I’m thinking, ‘Come on, you gotta be seeing this’ and then come the oohs and the ahhs when I finally spin it.”
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hough the once doodling child would eventually become an advanced-placement student and graduate of Cooper City High School, even Israel can’t say where the art inspiration came from. Israel’s father owned and ran amusement rides and was no more of an influence on his son’s love of things artistic than his boat captain mother who cuffed him for drawing on the walls. As a teenager, when Israel had become deeply ensconced in the world of weekend art fairs and street-side presentations to make a living, “my father pretty much told me to get a real job.” The rift lasted for several years until 2002 when Israel invited his father to an undisclosed event in Washington, D.C. Israel put his father up in a downtown hotel and met him at the venue where he would be performing. As his father stood somewhat perplexed at the black-tie affair, he pointed out to Michael that several dark-suited men in the crowd appeared to be wearing electronic ear pieces and seemed highly alert. “That’s the Secret Service, Dad. I’m the opening act,” he said, handing his father his tickets to G.W. Bush’s 2002 Presidential dinner.
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“Art just baffled him and sometimes it still baffles me,” Israel says today. “But I guess I’d gotten a real job.” Obviously, Israel is not the stereotypical artist who spends hours in a grotto, sitting before a canvas painstakingly creating in the conventional mode. And neither is the final painting the sole motivation behind his work. “The gift of being a human being is art, whether it’s cooking, painting or music. It’s a combination of knowledge, intellect and emotion,” Israel says. “I think the greatest masterpieces, whether it’s food or art or science, are the ones that move humanity forward, that empower people. If it’s something that enriches a life, if it feeds the hungry, gives someone a home, then that’s great art whether it’s architecture, or dance or painting.” Holding that definition in his heart, Israel’s art, and his participation in fundraising for a multitude of causes, has become a mainstay of his career. His aircraft carrier performance raised money for Habitat for Humanity and the Special Ops Warrior Foundation, a benefit in New Orleans was a fundraiser for the Friends of the Fisherman after the Gulf oil-spill disaster, and he created a painting of Payton Wright during his performance to benefit the foundation in Payton’s name that funds research for pediatric brain cancer. Israel can list more than a hundred charities and foundations — from the Make-a-Wish Foundation to The Shriner’s Hospital, the United Way to Habitat for Humanity, Child Abuse Prevention Center to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation — and myriad other causes that he has been asked to perform for with the hope that his message will inspire others. He has created his painting of a fireman rescuing a child — his Hero performance — to raise funds for a multitude of charitable agencies across the country. “What moves me is probably the same thing that moves everybody else. You get that stirring in your stomach; I want to do something. I can’t run out and clean the ocean up, I wish I could, but I don’t have that power. But I can certainly use my talent to bring attention to it, to communicate a message, to empower people, to motivate them or to give them some hope and that’s a great thing.” ❍
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“The gift of being a human being is art, whether it’s cooking, painting or music. It’s a combination of knowledge, intellect and emotion.”
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AN ART SHOW LIKE NO OTHER
ARTIS, THE BEAUX ARTS GALA FOR THE MUSEUM OF ART | FORT LAUDERDALE By Greg Carannante
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ou raise your flute unusually high – not to make a toast, but to have it filled by the acrobat bartender suspended above the crowd from a chandelier adorned with bottles of champagne. You look to the left and a ballerina pirouettes, to the right a costumed couple strides the tango. Around one corner, masked Carnival revelers drum on congas. Over there, two young violinists are playing hip-hop. One wall is covered with glowing projections of digital graffiti. Others are arrayed with the works of famous artists. Indeed, you are inside the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale and the show is going on all around you. And then it moves onstage, where the act of painting is transformed into a tour-de-force performance by a man in a splattered tux, a rock artist with brushes for guitars and moves like Jagger, a one-man invocation of the power of art. This kaleidoscope in which you’ve found yourself is the annual Beaux Arts Gala, and while artist-performer Michael Israel is the star of the show for the second year in a row, he is not alone in personifying its theme – Art Is. “We bring in artists of all different genres so that our guests can really experience art happening all around them constantly throughout the night,” says Courtney Jacobi, event co-chair. “There are pop-up ballerinas, dancers, DJs, live music. “Art is so many different things. Art is something different to every person. To be honest, for a theme we initially were trying to come up with ‘Art Is’ and a
Michael Israel performing on stage at the 2012 Beaux Arts Gala.
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word, but the more we talked about it, the more we realized that ‘Art Is’ was the most fitting thing we could think of.” Israel was invited back for generating both high energy and high numbers. Last year’s gala took in $125,000 for Beaux Arts, which has been raising funds and awareness for the arts in Broward County for more than 50 years. Jacobi says that most of the money goes to the museum, and this year the beneficiary will be its studio school, the AutoNation Academy of Art and Design. A curriculum-centered program that helps offset the county’s art education budget cuts, the school provides scholarships for students in grades 1-12. One such student – now a teaching assistant at the school – was on scholarship for over five years. “He rode his skateboard something like five miles each way every day after school to go to this program,” Jacobi says. “He greatly attributes his success in life to the school by making sure that he wasn’t on the streets every day. He will say that he didn’t get involved in gangs and drugs because he had this wonderful outlet, and that it’s really the reason he’s alive.” Naming rights for one of those $10,000 minimum scholarships will be up for grabs at the gala’s live auction, as will a private guided tour of Art Basel by new museum director Bonnie Clearwater and vacation experiences from the Abacos to London. Also, the five paintings created by Israel during his show will be auctioned immediately afterward. “Last year, people were on their feet screaming while he was painting,” Jacobi says. “Honestly, the auction is just as exciting as the performance. People are really moved and motivated. They get connected to the piece and, last year, they were throwing crazy numbers in the air!” Presented by Ed Morse Automotive Group, with an impressive list of sponsors that includes PNC Bank and Bimini Boatyard, the gala is Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $175 per person – or $300 for the VIP pre-event at 6 p.m., which includes a multi-course dinner and premier seating for Israel’s performance. Last year’s gala was a 300-person sellout; 350 are expected this year. “There’s a very big buzz around town regarding the museum with Bonnie coming aboard,” Jacobi says, “It’s the perfect time to showcase the museum at its finest.” For more info: beauxartsfll.com
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Frances Herrera asked artist Melanie Rolfe to create the contemporary art that evokes the sea based on her color scheme in this Fort Lauderdale home. A neutral background allows the cerulean color accents in the painting, sea fans and back of the chairs to shine.
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Designer: Frances Herrera Photographer: Barry Grossman Back story: The clients, originally from Lake Tahoe, Calif., requested a space that was both elegant and tailored in their home in Victoria Park in Fort Lauderdale. They wanted a neutral background with colorful art and accessories. Art was selected based on the clients’ preferences. Artist Melanie Rolfe created the dining room painting on custom order; the sea fans were painted by artist Karyn Robertson. Both paintings in the living room are by unknown artists from Left Bank Art. The large abstract is entitled Blue Lagoon, the smaller one Snap. Philosophy for using art: “I strongly believe that every single room needs to have a statement artwork – whether it is something picked up in travels, inherited or something that gives the room emotion and passion,” she says. “I feel art should be very large in
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scale and have a strong presence in a space. Dramatic pieces that capture their personality are what make a home. It doesn’t always have to be an expensive piece of art.” Influence of Art Basel: Herrera loves going to Art Basel because she gets inspired by different mediums and is able to speak with artists and gallery owners to find out their philosophy. This experience helps her explain to clients why the art should be used. Best advice: “Look for pieces you love and invest wisely,” she says. “Engage an art consultant or reputable gallery so they can educate you on what is available. If the client is not interested in investment, the art should evoke a feeling or a lifestyle.”
Herrera used a large-scale painting by an unknown artist to frame the sofa. Although the furnishings are neutral, she added interest with a variety of textures.
Designer: Steven Zelman Photographer: Barry Grossman Back story: Zelman selected a large painting of a woman by Balinese artist Ngurah Gede for the dining room in Sunny Isles for a single man from Italy who wanted his home to have a sexy vibe. A famous soccer player asked Zelman to use his team colors – silver, white, red and black – in the design of his vacation home in Pembroke Pines. Colombian artist Ariel painted a swimmer for the great room. Philosophy for using art: “I always talk about leaving a clean slate on the walls,” he says. “You don’t let the walls sing. Let the artwork come out and be the color in the room. I have to work with clients’ collections. I always use neutral tones and let the art and accessories sing.” Influence of Art Basel: He says his clients are now a lot more educated about art. Some go to Art Basel and ask him to design around art they found. Advice: “Art is very subjective. I design around people’s tastes,” he says. “How you frame it and how you show it makes part of the room.”
The client, a soccer player, asked Zelman to feature his team colors in his Pembroke Pines home, above. The portrait in the background is by Israeli artist Dalia Kantor and the swimmer is by Colombian artist Ariel. A 7-by-5 foot painting by Ngurah is the focal point of a bachelor’s home in Sunny Isles.
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Designer: Jennifer Corredor Photographer: Daniel Newcomb Back story: When Corredor was hired, the clients had buyer’s remorse because the space in their Bay Harbor Islands home appeared cramped. Corredor tore down the wall that partitioned off the kitchen and created an open area. The art is from the clients’ collection. Philosophy for using art: “Art is a very personal thing,” she says. “When I am choosing art I want it to tell a story about the client and add color and vibrancy to the space.” 74
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Influence of Art Basel: Corredor works with a lot of artists and many of the artworks she uses are custom designed. Art Basel is a way for her to discover new artists. Best advice: “It all has to work with what is being done in the apartment,” she says. “If we hung the art straight across in this room it wouldn’t have the same feeling. You can appreciate each piece separately.” Corredor used the client’s art in this Bay Harbor Islands home. The orange painting in the left is by Manuel Garcia, the two next to it are by Colombian artists. The girl sitting on the bench on the right is La Mona by a Mexican artist.
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Designer: Susan LaChance Photographer: Robert Brantley Back story: The artwork had to be large enough to balance the white floors and high ceilings in the dining room of this Boca Raton home. The Zen garden she created is also an art form. She says it should be something that makes you want to pause, absorb and enjoy. She purchased an oil painting by Michel Pellus for the dining room. In the Zen garden, she used Chit Chat in stainless steel by Ray Karpuska; Grassman, a Fujichrome on Plexi by Robert Bery; and a 3-D wall treatment to evoke ripples in a pond by Dan Daddona. Philosophy for using art: “The artwork should look like you collected it and have different mediums,” she says. “I don’t think that art should look ‘decoratorish’ like a color scheme. It should stand on its own.” Influence of Art Basel: LaChance goes to Art Basel every year to get her creative juices flowing. It has a great influence on what to put in her new jobs and where the trends are. Best advice: “Art is personal,” she says. “Make sure you like it enough to last a lifetime before investing. I have owned art all my life and still love every piece.” LaChance selected a painting of a woman by Michel Pellus as the focal point of this dining room in Boca Raton. The Zen garden features a wall sculpture on the left by Ray Karpuska and a Fujichrome on Plexi by Robert Bery.
SOURCES Jennifer Corredor: J Design Group, 225 Malaga Ave., Coral Gables, 305-444-3957, jdesigngroup.com. Frances Herrera: Frances Herrera Interior Design, 350 SE Second St., Suite 680, Fort Lauderdale, 866-605-8111, francesherrera.com. Susan LaChance: Susan LaChance Interior Design, 1001 Clint Moore Road, Suite 100, Boca Raton, 561-241-3800, susanlachance.com. Steven Zelman: Zelman Style Interiors, 3430 N. Andrews Ave. Extension, Pompano Beach, 954-718-6100, zelmanstyle.com/design.
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Harvest gold South Florida may not look like fall outside, but you can decorate your table to bring back the memories of leaves changing colors and comfortable times in front of a fire. Pier 1 Imports’ Harvest Tablescape includes a Leaf Glass Salad Plate ($12.95), Painted Berries Goblet ($10), Painted Berries Balloon glass ($10) and Layered Maple Leaves Placemat ($5.95). The collection is available on line at pier1.com and in Pier 1 stores in Aventura, Plantation, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Davie, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach and Boynton Beach. Turkey time One of my favorite items for serving pumpkin soup is this Rustic Pumpkin
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Other entertainment districts may dip and climb, but Delray Beach has figured something out By Eric Barton
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appy hour is almost over at Delray Beach’s Cut 432 when a woman pulls out a chair at the end of the bar. She’s in a red cocktail dress, the low neckline embroidered in what looks like 1-ct. pearls. Her hair is long and silver. Her nails were just done up in racecar red. Her heels could chop ice. She’s maybe 70, and totally glamorous. “Did I make happy hour?” “You just made it,” the bartender says, putting both hands on the bar palm down. “Oh good.” The woman orders – get this – a three dollar wine. And it’s good too, a cabernet that tastes of plums and cherries. There’s also a dry merlot that’s a tad chocolaty. The woman doesn’t order food, but if she did she’d score oysters Rockefeller or truffle mac for $5. There are sliders – two per order – that taste like chopped steak. You could quit your job, travel the country searching for the world’s best sliders, and still come back here. CITYANDSHORE.COM
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“Oooh,” the woman coos after taking a sip of wine, making that sound someone uses only when happy hour has begun to help them forget a rough day. Next to the woman is a man in an old shirt unbuttoned nearly to his stomach. His wife is in a sundress with flip-flops, the kind you buy from a store at the beach when you’ve lost yours. There’s also a guy in a suit with no tie, two guys in T-shirts, and a husband and wife pair that look out of the Versace catalog. It’s Delray Beach in a cross section, a quirky place where the beach bum on a Harley might be a billionaire. It’s an approachable town with arguably South Florida’s best happy hour, the most lively bar crowd, and the most happening restaurant scene. That’s at least true when you figure it’s a town of about 60,000 people – and there’s seemingly a seat at a fancy restaurant for every one of them. It all started back in 1993, when bureaucrats floated the idea of turning Atlantic Avenue into a six-lane hurricane evacuation route. The plan would’ve paved over Delray’s downtown, which, back then, 88
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shut down by five most days and spent summers boarded up. Locals rallied for something better, and Marjorie Ferrer came in to take over the Downtown Development Authority. “Everyone went to the malls back then for the free parking. The first thing we had to do was trick people to come back downtown,” recalls Ferrer, who can take a lot of the credit for the city’s continued success. First, Delray added events, now a mainstay in Delray. Then they attracted high-end restaurants, cultivated retail space, and made sure there was plenty of ample, free parking. Ferrer predicts they’re only halfway there. Class A office space is the next big goal. “We had 11 new businesses open last month,” she said in September. “It’s like Steve Jobs moving out of his garage. We’re just getting going.” Over at the Buddha Sky Bar on that Saturday night, things are about to get hectic, and it’s only 6 o’clock. Private parties have somehow booked up the first and second floors of the swanky barrestaurant-nightclub with the red rope line out front and oomph-
Worth the Trip Artist’s Alley in the Pineapple Grove Arts District 354 NE Fourth St., 561-330-4712, ArtistsAlleyDelray.com. Studios in this slightly more industriallooking side of downtown open up their spaces from 6-9 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month. Delray Affair delrayaffair.com The 2013 Delray Affair attracted artists and crafters from 30 states and a dozen countries, and organizers expect even more April 25-27, 2014. The “Greatest Show under the Sun” stretches 12 blocks, from the Intracoastal to Old School Square Park. If crowded streets aren’t your bag, check out Delray’s smaller art festivals instead (visitdelraybeach.org).
oomph music pulsing. The only place for a drink is, possibly, the third floor, the sky bar portion of the Buddha Sky Bar. The hostess on the lower level radios up to her counterpart on the top floor. “There are no immediate openings, but you can go up and check,” she says with a lovely smile. Sideways ceiling fans spin slowly over the top floor, and a huge statue of a sprawled-out Buddha lounges at the end of the space. Miraculously, four seats open up at the bar, and the mixologist behind it offers to put together some pretty crazy stuff. Like the Asian coconut caipirinha, with cachaça, coconut syrup, lime juice, and ginger liquor. The food is no less daring, like the housenamed rainbow roll, which boasts tempura salmon and Boursin cheese. The aforementioned mixologist is a recent University of Miami grad who plays sax in a jazz band. He says the place recruited him from the bar he was manning in New York City. He had never been to Delray. “I love it, man,” he said. “It’s crazy.” And the odd thing about Delray is that it has stayed consistently crazy for more than a decade, an eternity in South Florida. In that same time, West Palm’s Clematis Street and Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas have had more ups and downs than a winter sail to the Bahamas. Butch Johnson knows why. He’s the owner of 32 East, a place that has stayed consistently packed and reliably good since it opened in ’96. Johnson says Delray has remained a destination because of the quality of the restaurants.
Delray Marketplace 9025 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-865-4613. Nightlife options used to end once you drove west from downtown. Now the Delray Marketplace offers dining, movies, and shopping at a downtownlike development anchored by the buzz around Burt & Max’s Grille. First Night Atlantic and Swinton avenues and parts east, Delray Beach, mydelraybeach. com/calendar/event Delray expects 40,000 people at its New Year’s Eve celebration this year. But if you’re thinking of the drunken revelry of Himmarshee, this is something else entirely. This booze-free event is all about families, with a kick off time at 4 o’clock and entertainment throughout the night. Ten bucks gets you in with advanced purchase; $15 at the door. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, 561-495-0233, morikami.org. It’s hard to imagine a more zen spot east of, well, the East. The expansive gardens and museum, a Japanese-style villa, were built to feel in harmony with nature, right down to exact placement of trees and stones. Go during a weekday to experience the calm, or check out the demonstrations, tea ceremonies and lantern festival for a lively look at Japanese culture.
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If You Go 32 East 32 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-276-7868, 32east.com. Buddha Sky Bar 217 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-450-7557, buddhaskybar.com. Cut 432 432 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-272-9898, cut432.com. Pineapple Grove Northeast Second Avenue and Northeast Fourth Avenue, Delray Beach, downtowndelraybeach.com/ pineapple-grove-arts-district-shopsand-resturants. Puppetry Arts Center of the Palm Beaches 94 NE Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561-243-4330, puppetcenter.org.
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“There’s a high standard on this avenue,” Johnson says. “When the economy dropped, a lot of places elsewhere dropped the quality of the product so they could lower prices. Not here.” He ticks them off, the three good gastropubs, countless Italian joints, the casual dining spots. Every year, it seems there’s a new collection of hot places. “Think about the gastropubs,” Johnson says. “You wouldn’t think a high-end customer in Delray would go to a bar and eat burgers and hot dogs. But it’s a high-quality product, and when your quality is good, you’ll get them to come back.” Atlantic Avenue’s success has spread north lately, down to an area off Northeast Second Avenue called Pineapple Grove. There are trattorias and art galleries. There’s an adult puppet theater. And at the end, in a fancy strip mall, is a tapas place where people wait for a table for two storefronts in both directions. 90
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By 9 o’clock, every restaurant on the avenue seems to have filled every seat, including the fairly new Racks Fish House + Oyster Bar. The space spans both inside and out, with accordion windows left open nearly always. There’s an appetizer that’s not much more than incredibly fresh tomatoes and crispy hearts of palms, and it goes well before the well-seared scallops that sit on sweet-savory creamed corn. Racks is one of the newer hotspots, but there are many more. People on Atlantic are walking quick as they head for them. Cars are cruising; valets are running full speed to wherever they hide the cars. Twinkle lights illuminate courtyards, and kids work off ice cream by playing tag in Old School Square. It’s Delray, the town that’s unendingly trendy. ❍
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Complete Bollywood Experience, Nov. 9 at the Miramar Cultural Center.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Nov. 16, Broward Center, BrowardCenter.org The Estonians, with heralded cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, open the 2013–14 Classical Series at the Broward Center, curated by the inventive James Judd. The ENSO’s concert in the Au-Rene Theater will be followed by the New York-based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii) and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. The series also will include Amaturo Theater performances by violinist Daniel Hope and pianist Jon Kimura Parker. —Ben Crandell Opera @ the Waterfront, Dec. 14, Palm Beach Opera, Meyer Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, pbopera.org Opera for the people! At a free first-ofits-kind happening at Meyer Amphitheatre, the Opera presents arias and ensembles featuring tenor James Valenti with opera orchestra and chorus. —Greg Carannante “Up Close & Personal” with Leona Mitchell, Feb. 21-22, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale/Nova Southeastern University, 954-262-0249, gvilone@moafl.org A leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera for nearly two decades, Mitchell will share songs and memories in the Venetian Art Society’s Up Close & Personal series in the intimate Horvitz Auditorium at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale. The evening, a partnership with Classical South Florida radio (89.7 FM), will be followed Saturday morning by a master-class gathering 10 a.m.-noon in the auditorium, which is open to all ($20), and free for students and educators. —Ben Crandell Aisha Syed, March 11, Symphony of the Americas, symphonyoftheamericas.org Legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin is no mere inspiration for the Dominicanborn Syed, the first Latin American admitted to his prestigious school. She also plays a Menuhin violin and recently recorded her Pasión Latina at Menuhin Hall. She solos on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto at the Amaturo Theater. —Greg Carannante
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra with Joshua Bell, March 16, Kravis Center, kravis.org. The Regional Arts Concert Series, in its 39th year, welcomes the perennial South Florida favorites with acclaimed violinist and conductor Bell making his first series appearance in his role as music director. The program is a showcase for Bell’s renowned solo work: Brahms (Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77), Mozart (Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492) and Beethoven (Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55, Eroica) —Ben Crandell
POPULAR MUSIC Kenny G, Nov. 11, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, coralspringscenterforthearts.com Love him or loathe him, you can’t have smooth jazz without him. He’s sold over 75
million records and singlehandedly turned the soprano sax into a sex aid. He’ll turn the lights down low with selections from the Grammy-nominated Heart and Soul. —Greg Carannante The Eagles, Nov. 22, American Airlines Arena, Miami, ticketmaster.com The band’s History of the Eagles tour is just that: A nearly three-hour cavalcade of hits along with rarities that established the original template for their West Coast country-rock sound. So, Hotel California, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Already Gone and New Kid in Town are spiked with the lesserknown Doolin Dalton, Pretty Maids All in a Row and Train Leaves Here This Morning. Most reviews so far point out that Joe Walsh is in particularly fine form. —Ben Crandell
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Wynton Marsalis and Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dec. 20, Arsht Center, Miami, ArshtCenter.org The renowned orchestra and Marsalis, its famed artistic director, can be counted on to deliver a rich blend of swinging sounds of the season during this December concert, but the more anticipated gifts may come from Salvant. The young Miami-born singer who found popularity in Paris and won the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz vocal competition in 2010, just released the ambitious WomanChild, a critically lauded album of jazz and blues standards by Fats Waller, Bessie Smith and others. Not to be missed. —Ben Crandell Darlene Love, Feb. 14, Parker Playhouse, BrowardCenter.org A session singer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Sam Cooke before hooking up with Phil Spector on such hits as He’s a Rebel and the Ronettes’ Be My Baby, Love has witnessed a renaissance this year with a profile on NPR’s Fresh Air and a documentary about unsung backup singers, 20 Feet From Stardom. Love, a 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, gets a warm tribute in the film from Bruce Springsteen, who credits her for creating “a sound we tried to capture for many, many years.” —Ben Crandell
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county with new conductor Brett Karlin. Forget the phones, hearts will be glowing all over the BB&T Center. —Greg Carannante Michelle Amato, March 9, Sunrise Symphonic Pops Orchestra, sunrisepop.org The precociously polished UM grad has sung with almost everyone from Liza to Yanni. She’ll add the 65 players of the Pops Orchestra to her credits at Sunrise Civic Center Theatre. —Greg Carannante
THEATER Diverse Duos, Nov. 10, New Presbyterian Church, newpres.org Two husband-and-wife teams share this musical bill. The first is Adam and Eve, stars of the Mark Twain-penned first act of The Apple Tree. The other is John and Rita Wilson, church music directors who hook up on Hooked on Classics and other keyboard duets. —Greg Carannante
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Christmas Pageant, Nov. 30-Dec. 15, First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale, firstfortlauderdale.com It’s such a holiday tradition that this year it’ll even snow – and not just onstage. The enchanted evening of caroling and nativity musical drama has sweetened the pie for over 25 years by casting high-schoolers on down to newborns – in the starring role! —Greg Carannante
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Once, Feb. 4-9 at the Arsht Center, Miami, ArshtCenter.org For the unfamiliar, Once was the hot show of the 2012 Broadway season and is based on the hot movie of 2006, which won an Oscar for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly. Like the film, the stage musical tells the story of an Irish street musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their love of music, which evolves from friendship to collaboration to romance – all in one week. —Rod Stafford Hagwood
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The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Jan. 7-12 at Kravis Center, kravis.org/ broadway The highly touted Broadway show (a 2012 Tony winner for best revival) sparks a road tour of the masterwork musical, with such gems as Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So and I Got Plenty of Nothing. —Rod Stafford Hagwood
American Idiot, March 25-April 6 at The Broward Center, BroadwayAcrossAmerica. com/fortlauderdale American Idiot is based on Green Day’s multiplatinum album and marries thrashing punk rock with Broadway visuals. The story is of three friends in a post-9/11 world trying to find their way as a neo-Lost Generation. The hits include 21 Guns, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends and the title track. —Rod Stafford Hagwood
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Feb. 27-March 16, Lake Worth Playhouse, lakeworthplayhouse.org Thanks to super anti-hero McMurphy, the inmates run the asylum in the play based on Ken Kesey’s ’60s-ethos novel. Kirk Douglas played the role in the 1963 Broadway premiere and a 2001 production won the Best Revival Tony. —Greg Carannante
SPAMALOT, March 5-30, Actors’ Playhouse, actorsplayhouse.org Living up to its showstopper, the zany spoof is Not Dead Yet – in fact, it’s still slaying. The Monty Python and The Holy Grail knockoff won the 2005 Best Musical Tony and will help the Coral Gables company celebrate its silver anniversary in hysterical style. —Greg Carannante
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Dividing the Estate, March 28-April 27, Palm Beach Dramaworks, palmbeachdramaworks.org It may not sound like the stuff of comedy – tough times, greedy kids and a mama who’ll be damned if she’ll divvy it up – but it’s LOL in the hands of Horton Foote, the late Oscar-winning screenwriter and Broadway playwright. This one earned two 2009 Tony nominations, including Best Play. —Greg Carannante
CULTURAL EVENTS Complete Bollywood Experience, Nov. 9, Miramar Cultural Center, miramarculturalcenter.org The Indian extravaganza celebrates the country’s film industry and culture with 65 dancers from hip-hop to authentic folk, acrobats, 1,000 costumes, special effects and plenty of curried favor.
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November 15-19, 2013 Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings Barber: Cello Concerto, Opus 22 Clancy Newman, cello Schubert: Symphony No.9 “The Great”
DOUBLE SPEAK AND HIDDEN MEANINGS January 30 - February 3, 2014 Liszt: Hamlet: Symphonic Poem No. 10 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 Christopher Taylor, piano Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
January 10-11, 2014 Blue Door String Quartet Piano Trio TBA Karl Goldmark: String Quartet in B Flat, Opus 8 Ellen Zwilich: Septet for String Quartet & Piano Trio
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BLUE DOOR STRING QUARTET CHAMBER SERIES MURDER IN THE CHAMBER May 4-6, 2014 Bernard Hermann: Echoes Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 The Kreutzer Sonata Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor
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March 27-31, 2014 Mozart: Symphony No. 35 Haffner Zwilich: Shadows for Piano and Orchestra Jeffrey Biegel, piano Schumann: Symphony No. 1 Spring
March 12-15, 2014 Zuill Bailey, cello Natasha Paremski, piano Debussy Sonata Britten Sonata Franck Sonata
July 14-16, 2014 Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade Amy Beach: String Quartet in One Movement Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor
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— Greg Carannante Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Nov. 20, Ovation Speaker Series, ovationspeakerseries.com A real-live Kennedy comes to town – the environmental one. Named one of Time’s “Heroes for the Planet,” he brings that famed family charm to Broward Center for the Broward College series’ inaugural season. —Greg Carannante Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Jan. 20-25; Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, Delray Beach; PalmBeachPoetryFestival.org Nick Flynn may be the marquee name for the festival’s 2014 edition, but the Another Bull---- Night in Suck City author tops a list of poets that also includes FIU professor and MacArthur “genius grant” fellow Campbell McGrath, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Carolyn Forche and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. These and other poets will participate in readings, panel discussions and workshops throughout the event. Tickets are available on the festival’s website. —Jake Cline CITYANDSHORE.COM
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ART Phyllida Barlow: Hoard, Dec. 3-Feb. 23, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, norton.org Barlow’s sculptures are towering testaments to recycled scrap, but don’t say the 68-year-old British artist belongs on an episode of Hoarders. Her massive monuments, composed of cardboard, chicken wire, tarpaulins, wood pallets, cement and polystyrene, usually harvested in her own neighborhood, don’t really resemble anything. In fact, they’re anti-sculptures, as she views “the monument as a kind of absurdity.” Barlow is the third artist at the Norton’s ongoing Recognition of Art by Women (RAW) series. —Phillip Valys Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 5-8, artbasel.com/miamibeach In December the high-brow-iest dignitaries of the international art
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The NSU Museum of Art is pleased to present Spirit of Cobra, a major exhibition tracing the roots and influences of the avant-garde Cobra movement of European poets, painters, and sculptors that also highlights key works from the museum’s preeminent Cobra collection.
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Agustina Woodgate: The Skin Rug Collection, March 28-May 25, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, artandculturecenter.org For Woodgate’s solo survey at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, the Argentina-born artist turns the pelts of stuffed teddy bears – teddy bears! – into homemade mosaic rugs. This is hardly the most experimental thing she’s done, not after a career that has included handweaving 3,000 bricks of human hair into medieval watchtowers, sewing poetry into tags of thrift-store clothing and turning sanded-down shavings from a 515-page world atlas into a mural. —Phillip Valys
DANCE 42nd Street, Jan. 9-Feb. 9 at the Wick Theatre, Boca Raton, TheWick.org Who can resist a big ol’ Broadway nostalgic tribute with tap dance number after tap dance number? The inaugural season of the newly minted Wick Theatre in Boca Raton (where the Caldwell Theatre Company was housed) includes the musical 42nd Street where hoofers and showgirls show off their terpsichorean talents in hit tunes such as Lullaby of Broadway, We’re in the Money, Shuffle Off to Buffalo and, of course, the title song, 42nd Street. —Rod Stafford Hagwood 713 Lake Ave. Lake Worth, FL 33460 561-586-6410
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Miami City Ballet, Feb. 14-16 at Arsht Center; Feb. 21-23 at the Broward Center; Feb. 28-March 2 at Kravis Center; MiamiCityBallet.org The company will give a bravura performance of Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite. This will be the first time the MCB dancers act, sing and dance. “I don’t think people appreciate how much of a big deal it is that the Jerome Robbins Foundation is allowing us to do this,” says artistic director Lourdes Lopez. “We started by letting them know in no uncertain terms that we had the dancers and the characters to play the parts. So we had to cast it and send them a tape. We had to get them into a room without conductor to see who could sing. Then we sent them home for two or three weeks for practice. Then we brought them back, filmed them and sent the tape to the Robbins Foundations. Only after they saw the tape did they say yes.” —Rod Stafford Hagwood
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Near ArtsPark at Young Circle, Hollywood Kilwin’s Hollywood, 1907 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-367-2872, kilwins. com/Hollywood. Not to be missed – particularly for the kids and the kid in you. Ice cream, taff y, fudge, chocolate, toffee and caramels and everything under the sun double-dipped in chocolate. (RC) Kussifay Argentinean Restaurant, 2050 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-8422396, Kussifay.com. Owner Yanina Arias now has two Kussifay locations. This second outpost doesn’t serve the pizza and calzones of the original, but offers excellent Argentine beef dishes and outstanding gnocchi and risotto. Be sure to start with the house-made sangria. (JT) Mickey Byrne’s Irish Pub, 1921 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, 954-9212317, mickeybyrnes.com. Go for a pint, stay for the bangers and mash and if you’re lucky, you’ll catch one of the many special events and live entertainment. (RC) Palate Party Food Truck, 954-495-8385, palateparty.com Call ahead to check the whereabouts or simply keep an eye out for this brightly decorated food truck that lives up to its claim of providing a party for your palate. Chef Robyn Almodovar aims to please with delicious gourmet dishes and an everchanging menu. Not only is her truck the first female-owned, non-dessert food truck in South Florida, it’s also the only one
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with a built-in stage for live entertainment. Don’t miss the meatball sliders, aptly named “Pockets of Love.” (RC) The Tipsy Boar, 1906 Harrison St., Hollywood, 954-920-2627, TheTipsyBoar. com. An impressive beer selection along with inventive gastropub fare such as pork-belly sliders, goat cheese and thyme croquettes and lobster mac-and-cheese. (JT)
Near Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale Cheese Culture, 813 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-533-9178, cheeseculture.com. Wine and gourmet cheese pairings (and charcuterie!) are the specialty of the house and if owners Mitch and Susan are there you’re in for a treat. The perfect pre- or après-show stop to round out a great date night. (RC)
The Chimney House Grill & Cafe, 701 W. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-9005352, TheChimneyHouse.net. Ceviche, churrasco, lomo saltado plus burgers and salads are served out of this remodeled house built in 1924. Seating is limited, but it’s just half a block west of the Broward Center. (JT) Grille 401, 401 E. Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, 954-767-0222, grill401.com. Sushi rolls, crispy crab fritters and grilled artichokes for starters set the tone for fresh and innovative entrées such as curry snapper with rock shrimp or the New Orleans pasta with a Cajun cream sauce. Sip on a specialty cocktail, perhaps the gluten-free “greyhound” made with Tito’s homemade vodka, and save room for one of the housemade desserts. (RC) Lobster Bar Sea Grille, 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-772-2675, BuckHeadRestaurants.com. Downtown Fort Lauderdale now has the striking seafood/steak restaurant we’ve been waiting for. Be sure to start with chargrilled Mediterranean octopus, pickled red onion and Santorini capers. (JT) Rok:Brgr, 208 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-525-7656, rokbrgr.com. Start with the fried pickles and then prepare your senses for one of the handcrafted specialty burgers. This burger bar and gastropub is best for adults, but the kids have enjoyed the mac & cheese bar. (RC) Wild East Asian Bistro, 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-828-1888, wildeastbistro.com. Asian fusion in a pretty waterfront setting. Curry shrimp fried rice, spicy tuna sushi rolls and entrées such as beef l’orange and ancient Rok:Brgr's Southern Hospitality Burger: pimento cheese, tomato jam, fried green tomato and maple pepper bacon.
chili pepper chicken keep Wild East on the list of go-to spots on Las Olas. (RC)
Near Coral Springs Center for the Arts BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, 1580 N. University Drive, Coral Springs, 954-2277055, BJsRestaurants.com. Open since late August, this is the 13th Florida location for the California-based chain featuring deep-dish pizza, handcrafted beer and the famous Pizookie, a warm cookie topped with ice cream. (JT) Cherry Smash Ice Cream Parlour, 8000 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, 954-346-0999, cherry-smash.com. You’ll feel like a kid in a candy store at this old-time ice cream shop, and the kids will as well. Every treat is something special, from sundaes to old fashioned malts and candy jars galore. (RC) Khana Kh’zana, 10345 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, 954-227-9344, khana-khzana. com. Originally only for take-out, this little Indian spot now offers 5-6 tables for patrons lucky enough to savor their Lamb Rogan Josh and garlic naan on site. (RC) Tavolino Della Nonna, 10181 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs, 954-509-0046, TavolinoRestaurant.com. Soulful Italian home food is on the menu. For the authentic experience, sit in Grandma’s Room, where you’ll find a Formica-topped table, a four-burner gas range, circa 1940, and vintage wedding photos. (JT)
Imoto, 350 S. County Road, Palm Beach, 561-833-5522, ImotoPalmBeach.com. Peking duck tacos, sushi plus wood-fired small plates such as Wagyu beef short ribs and tuna and foie gras sliders. Imoto means “little sister” in Japanese, as it is the smaller relative of chef Clay Conley’s būccan next door. (JT) PB Catch, 251 Sunrise Ave., Palm Beach, 561-655-5558, pbcatch.com. Champagne and oyster happy hours, raw bar and basically everything fresh and from the sea make this a perfect pre- or post-show spot. (RC)
La Famiglia Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, 11655 Red Road, Miramar, 954862-7499. A great Italian and pizza spot for the whole family. Everything from the fried calamari to the garlic rolls, chicken marsala and pizza is fresh and tasty. Save room for the gelato. (RC) VooDoo BBQ & Grill, 151 N. Hiatus Road, Pembroke Pines, 954-443-8406, VoodooBbqAndGrill.com. Barbecue meets the big Cajun-Creole flavors of New Orleans at this franchise where you can have classic slow-smoked meats and gumbo, po’ boy sandwiches and burgers. (JT)
Near Miramar Cultural Center ArtsPark Brimstone Woodfire Grill, The Shops at Pembroke Gardens, 14575 SW Fift h St., Pembroke Pines, 954-430-2333, BrimstoneWoodfireGrill.com. On Fridays and Saturdays, Brimstone serves its steaks, seafood and burgers until 11 p.m. The bar is an inviting place to sit in this gorgeous restaurant that takes its design inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright. (JT) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, 11338 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, dickeys.com. The fall-offthe-bone ribs and chopped beef sandwiches washed down with sweet tea make this franchise worth the visit. The kids will love the free self-serve soft-serve ice cream. (RC)
Rock Shrimp Tempura with spicy aioli at Imoto in Palm Beach.
Near Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill, CityPlace, 700 S. Rosemary Ave., Upper Level, West Palm Beach, 561-366-0071, CityCellarWPB.com. Pizza, pasta, steaks and seafood. For post-show snacks, try the charcuterie plate or choose from the daily changing cheese selection. The bar stays open until 1 a.m. (JT) HMF at The Breakers, 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach, 561-290-0104, hmfpalmbeach. com. The glamorous era continues at HMF, where you’ll feel like a movie star as you sip a champagne cocktail and nibble on a spectrum of small plates that include everything from Korean short ribs to artisan salumi. (RC) 110
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raft beers are booming, and a number of breweries are springing up in South Florida. Beer lovers can now talk to brewers in person here, as well as take tours and sample the different styles offered. Here are some that welcome tasters: Saltwater Brewery, opening soon at 1701 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-450-9519, saltwaterbrewery.com. Five surfing and fishing buddies built this brewery in an old feed and grain store. Their beer concept revolves around a South Florida lifestyle of sun and sea. The brews range from the lighter South End Extra Pale Ale to Screaming Reels IPA to a high alcohol Flying Scotsmen Scotch Ale. A bar and lounge with rec area and stage offers entertainment. Homebrew classes here are in the works, too. Due South Brewing Co., 2900 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach, 561-463-2337, duesouthbrewing.com. Jodi and Mike Halker opened Due South Brewing Co. in 2012, and are now producing 500 gallons a week. Caramel Cream Ale is their biggest seller; it contains real vanilla as only natural flavors are used here. Brews vary, but their Category 3 IPA and CafĂŠ Ole Espresso Porter are typically on tap. Visitors can watch the brewers from the lounge area in the tank room. The Funky Buddha, 2621 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561-368-4643; 1201 NE 38th St., Oakland Park, 954-440-0046, funkybuddhabrewery.com. The Funky Buddha expanded from its first brewing facility and lounge in Boca Raton to a second plant in Oakland Park. With a large following for his beers, owner Ryan Sentz produces a number of styles. Look for Floridian Hefeweizen and Piiti Porter, as well as flavored beers like Mango Chili Wheat and Passionfruit Berliner. The Buddha serves other craft brews from around the country. Live music is available here, too. Other breweries in the area include Tequesta Brewing Co. in Tequesta (287 S. U.S. 1, Tequesta; 561745-5000); and Organic Brewery Co. in Hollywood, organicbreweryhollywood.com.
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