March/April 2023

Now-April 2:

“Washi Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; $9-$15 museum admission; 561/495-0233, morikami.org. Japan has been a leader in paper art for centuries, and “Washi Transformed” connects the past to the present, highlighting nine contemporary paper artists of sculptures and installations as well as two-dimensional works.

Now-April 2:

“Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud” at Society of the Four Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach; $10; 561/655-7226, fourarts. org. This broad survey of portraiture from the 18th century to the present day features 81 works on paper by 68 artists. In addition to the major portraitists of the title, the exhibition includes works by Alfred Hitchcock, William Merritt Chase, George Wesley Bellows and many more.

March 3-12:

“Dial M for Murder” at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth Beach; 561/586-6410, lakeworthplayhouse.org. Before it became an immersive and 3D cinema spectacle from Alfred Hitchcock, “Dial M for Murder” enjoyed considerable success as a play. This original stage version by Frederick Knott centers on a vengeful husband who suspects his wife of infidelity, and whose actions set off a tense web of blackmail and murder.

March 7:

Neave Trio at Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $75; 561/655-2833, flaglermuseum.us. This compelling chamber trio, praised for its cuttingedge performances and innovative concert presentations, will close the Flagler’s 2023 music series with piano trios by Josef Suk, Dame Ethel Smyth and Maurice Ravel.

March 23-24:

Mark de Clive-Lowe at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $29-$49; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. This New Zealand-born dropout of Berklee College of Music would go on to combine jazz’s freeform polyrhythms with electronic, funk and worldmusic flourishes. His 2022 release MOTHERLAND plumbs Japanese mythology and folklore into a sonic tapestry supplemented by multimedia projections.

March 24-26:

Palm Beach Opera: “Falstaff” at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; $25-$170; 561/832-7469, kravis. org. Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera takes inspiration from Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” A fizzy comedic opera, the work focuses on the title character as he attempts to woo two married women in an effort to access their husbands’ wealth.

“Falstaff” marks a company premiere for Palm Beach Opera.

March 28:

Sally Mann at Society of the Four Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach; 3 p.m.; $50; 561/655-7226, fourarts.org. Most famous for her spare, uncompromising black-andwhite portraits and landscapes, this “Best Photographer in America,” per Time magazine in 2001, will discuss the thousand different ways stories can be told through the gripping power of images.

April 2:

Tal Cohen Trio at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 7 p.m.; $30-$35; 561/450-6457, artsgarage.org. In “Songs From a Childhood in Israel,” Grammy-winning pianist Cohen will present an eclectic evening of Jewish jazz spanning from traditional klezmer to funky grooves and classic Israeli folk music, accompanied by bassist Dion Kerr and drummer David Chiverton.

March 17:

The Jimmy Vivino Band at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $40-$45; 561/450-6457, artsgarage.org.

Impressively bearded blues guitarist Vivino spent 26 years as Conan O’Brien’s dedicated musical director, guitarist and bandleader. It was the most public facet of a nearly fivedecade career that has included collaborations with Bob Weir, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello and a laundry list of others. He brings his stellar blues-rock trio to Arts Garage.

March 17:

Clan of Xymox at Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $30; 561/8329999, sub-culture.org/respectablestreet. This performance by the Dutch post-punk legends Clan of Xymox marks the band’s first South Florida appearance in 31 years. Formed in the heady alternative-rock vanguard of the early 1980s and featuring a sound rooted in gothic and industrial rhythms, the group makes music for brooding and dancing alike.

March 17-April 2:

“Plaza Suite” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; various show times; $42; 561/272-1281, delraybeachplayhouse.com. One of the jewels in prolific playwright Neil Simon’s theatrical crown is a triptych of comedies all set in the same suite of New York’s Plaza Hotel, and featuring various couples’ relationships being tested.

March 18:

Jerry Seinfeld at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 7 and 9:30 p.m.; $80-$210; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. The veteran observational funnyman, whose eponymous 1990s sitcom is regularly ranked among the best television series of all-time, will take some time away from completing his latest movie project—a film that, in the “entertainment about nothing” tradition, is inspired by the Pop-Tart—to debut a new slate of material.

April 14-16:

Delray Affair in downtown Delray Beach; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri.Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun.; free; 561/278-0424, delrayaffair.com.

Delray Beach’s massive annual art show celebrates its 61st year, offering a diverse array of traditional and modern art, one-of-a-kind handicrafts and funky artisanal products from around the world, with artist tents spanning 10 city blocks.

April 14-16:

“Tuesdays With Morrie” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; various show times; $33-39; 561/272-1281, delraybeachplayhouse.com. In this adaptation of Mitch Albom’s poignant memoir, a workaholic sportswriter learns that a former college professor has contracted Lou Gehrig’s disease. Sixteen years after graduating, he meets up with his former teacher, kindling a relationship that becomes a weekly, transformative pilgrimage.

April 21:

Screening of “Wife of a Spy” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; 7 p.m.; $7; 561/495-0233, morikami.org.

Part of the Morikami’s “Cinematic Journey Through Japan” series, master director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s elegantly crafted Hitchcockian thriller from 2020 centers on the spouse of a prominent businessman, who suspects that her well-connected husband may be a spy for the United States.

April 27:

Authors Speak: Dr. Traci Baxley at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 6 p.m.; free with online registration; 561/4506457, artsgarage.org. The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum’s ongoing speaker series on the impact of race on American society welcomes Dr. Traci Baxley, an educator, author and mother to five children, who will present about “Social Justice Parenting.”

Samuel Dong dress, $225, Vismaya scarf, $75, Mary Frances bag, $215, Julie Vos necklace, $395, all from Unique Boutique; Artesano hat, $240, from One Door North; La Vida Loca sunglasses, $440, from Grove Optical