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Top 5 Get out this season for a Tony-winning musical and a Grammy-winning rapper
JD Danner
AARON BRISTOL
“Flowers, Italy” by Joseph Stella
“Life in a Song: The JD Danner Story”
WHEN: Oct. 14, 8 p.m. WHERE: Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach COST: $20-$25 CONTACT: 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org Like in a homegrown version of “Springsteen on Broadway,” local singer-songwriter JD Danner will spelunk her own biography in this explorative and heartfelt concert, comprising both her original tunes and the cover songs that have shaped her. It is an eclectic shape: Danner’s punky bangs and shoulder-length black hair instantly conjure one of her major influences, Joan Jett, but crunchy rock anthems are only part of her diverse oeuvre. Across four albums of original material, Danner also hopscotches between country, folk and blues. Expect to be immersed in her variety of influences, supplemented by anecdotes from her eventful life story, from playing USO tours and being invited to perform at Nashville’s legendary Bluebird Café to coming out as a lesbian after 25 years of marriage.
WHEN: Oct. 15-Jan. 15 WHERE: Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach COST: $15 seniors, $18 general museum admission CONTACT: 561/832-5196, norton.org It’s easy to lose yourself in the singular visions of artist Joseph Stella, whether the painting depicts a garden paradise or an industrial urban landmark. While he is best known for the latter— such as his dazzling Futurist representations of the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island—this survey explores his earthier contributions. Fusing natural settings with a spiritually transcendent sense of surrealism, Stella’s bold interpretations of flora and fauna were unlike the work of other artists. They were places where the quotidian and the magical shared bucolic real estate, and where familiar imagery took on an aching beauty. A contemporary of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, Stella died in 1946, but his legacy, as this touring exhibition indicates, is ripe for rediscovery.
WHEN: Sept. 30-Oct. 14 WHERE: Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth Beach COST: TBA CONTACT: 561/586-6410, lakeworthplayhouse. org The “Fun Home” of the title of Alison Bechdel’s extraordinary memoir-turned-musical is short for “funeral home;” she grew up in such a typically solemn place, in a business operated by her father. Growing accustomed to mortality at a young age would benefit Bechdel later in life, as this tragicomic masterpiece of love and death explores. In the show, actors play Bechdel at three stages of her life: As a young girl, as a college student discovering her lesbianism, and as an adult memoirist reflecting on these formative times. Lyricist Lisa Kron and composer Jeanine Tesori weave these temporal strands together in a sad, funny and exhilarating tapestry of modern life that would break ground as the first Broadway musical with a lesbian protagonist, and would go on to win five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 2015.
September/October 2022
The Mission (U.K.), the Chameleons and Theatre of Hate
WHEN: Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach COST: $35 CONTACT: 561/832-9999, themissionuk. eventbrite.com Occasionally, Respectable Street, one of the Palm Beaches’ most historic and industrious rock clubs, will book a show from a landmark band, often of a European vintage, that seldom tours. In this embarrassment of post-punk riches, the venue has scheduled three such acts—a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Mission (U.K.), formed by two members of the foundational British goth act Sisters of Mercy, has not performed in Florida for 23 years, and has not toured the U.S. at all in nearly a decade. Manchester’s twisty, atmospheric Chameleons live up to their name with a shifting and dynamic sonic palette. Theatre of Hate, the cult-iest of these three cult bands, takes a more punk-rooted approach, and is lauded as a riveting live act. All follow in the musical path blazed by forbears Joy Division, the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen, and will easily excite their black-clad followers.
Nas and Wu-Tang Clan
WHEN: Sept. 20, 8 p.m. WHERE: iTHINK Amphitheatre at South Florida Fairgrounds, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach COST: $29-$409 CONTACT: 561/795-8883, livenation.com Though remembered fondly as a ‘90s rapper— his stirring 1994 debut Illmatic is one of the foundational albums of this influential decade of hip-hop—Nas has never gone away, remaining in the popular-music firmament while staying true to his conscious East Coast rap vernacular. So potent, in fact, is the music of the middle-aged Nas that he took home his first Grammy for Best Rap Album in 2021, and in 2022 his rhymes helped the character of Ruth Langmore, in “Ozark,” grieve the murder of her cousin. The son of a jazz cornet player, Nas is known as a “rapper’s rapper,” but he’s also a musician’s musician, performing with generous horn and string sections. In this “NY State of Mind” tour, he’ll co-headline with equally important rap royalty, the Wu-Tang Clan, whose own auspicious debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2021, and launched solo careers for all nine of its original members.
Nas
September/October 2022
A METAL BAND’S SWAN SONG, A WITCHY RIDE FOR CHARITY, AND GOLDEN GIRLS IN DRAG
NOW-SEPT. 25: “BEYOND THE WALL” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; $9-$15 museum admission; 561/495-0233, morikami.org. In this dynamic survey of the work of five young American artists of Asian descent, outdoor walls are their medium of choice. Explore the eye-popping murals of Boy Kong, Elena Øhlander, Casey Kawaguchi, Hiromi Mizugai Moneyhun and Juuri.
SEPT. 3-JAN. 22: REGINALD CUNNINGHAM: “BLACK PEARLS” at Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; $10-$12 museum admission; 561/392-2500, bocamuseum.org. Washington, D.C.-based photographer and activist Cunningham traveled to Pearl City, Boca Raton’s first settled district, to honor the majority-Black residents of this historic community. “Black Pearls” highlights these contributions, including 10 to 20 large-scale photographs and collected oral histories in audio form.
SEPT. 8-10: TONY HINCHCLIFFE at Palm Beach Improv, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach; various show times; $25-$35 with a two-drink minimum; 561/833-1812, palmbeachimprov.com. The comedy innovator behind the 2016 Netflix special “One Shot”—so named because the entire special was filmed in a single camera take—Hinchcliffe is a millennial throwback to the classic insult comic. He has written for the Comedy Central Roasts of James Franco, Justin Bieber and Rob Lowe. SEPT. 10: GUEST ARTIST WORKSHOP: HIROMI MONEYHUN at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; 10 a.m. or 1:30 p.m.; $80 plus $10 materials fee; 561/4950233, morikami.org. Moneyhun, a master artist in the medium of cut paper and a participant in the Morikami’s current “Beyond the Wall” exhibition, leads this course in her intricate style, instructing participants to create a kyo uchiwa, or traditional Japanese paper fan.
SEPT. 10: NESTOR TORRES at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $45-$50; 561/450-6457, artsgarage.org. A Grammy nominee and Latin Grammy winner, Torres has brought his mellifluous mastery of the jazz flute to a range of genres, collaborating with artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Gloria Estefan and Dave Matthews. SEPT. 16: THE SMOOGIES at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $25-$30; 561/4506457, artsgarage.org. This feel-good, infectiously groovy jazz-funk quartet from Miami, whose multi-instrumentalist musicians have played with Lauryn Hill, Snarky Puppy and others, will perform selections from its 2022 sophomore album People Music.
SEPT. 16: DAUGHTRY at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $35-$349; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. Earning notoriety as a finalist in the fifth season of “American Idol,” post-grunge rocker Chris Daughtry has established one of modern rock’s most popular acts, with his namesake band selling more than 9 million albums on the strength of charttopping, emotionally charged singles like “It’s Not Over,” “Home” and “Over You.”
SEPT. 17: RESPECTABLE STREET’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY BLOCK PARTY at the 500 Block of Clematis Street, West Palm Beach; 7 p.m.; free; 561/832-9999, sub-culture. org/respectable-street. Belgium’s Front 242, a hard-edged quintet that helped pioneer the subgenre of electronic body music, headlines Respectable Street’s annual anniversary party, alongside dozens of additional bands spread across several venues, street vendors and free pizza for early attendees. SEPT. 21: KISS at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $26 and up; 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com. Twice-postponed due to COVID, the swan-song “End of the Road” tour from the legendary theatrical hard rockers finally commences, with a send-off full of pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, a light show and nearly 50 years of roof-rattling music.
SEPT. 23: BOLD CITY CLASSICS at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $35-$40; 561/450-6457, artsgarage.org. Three vocalists, each with their own tenor and flavor, join a drummer and complete string and horn sections to capture the music that “made cities across America come alive”—in this case the Motown favorites and funk-soul classics of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, Sly & the Family Stone, the Jackson 5, James Brown and others.
SEPT. 24: DO IT AGAIN—FEATURING THE MUSIC OF STEELY DAN at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $37-$45; 561/272-1281, delraybeachplayhouse.com. Virtuoso guitarist Walter Becker departed
this world in 2017, but his presence is all but reborn in the work of Do it Again, a tribute act that fastidiously re-creates the music Becker performed with Donald Fagen in Steely Dan. Expect to hear the band’s polyrhythmic jazz-rock favorites expertly performed by a 12-piece ensemble.
SEPT. 30: LUKE BRYAN, RILEY GREEN AND MITCHELL TENPENNY at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 7 p.m.; $42-$504; 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com. Bryan, one of country music’s preeminent artists—his 2013 release Crash My Party scored Album of the Decade from the Academy of Country Music—leads this twang-y, rural triple bill with formidable openers Green and Tenpenny.
OCT. 1: ALICE IN CHAINS & BREAKING BENJAMIN at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 5:30 p.m.; $35-$385; 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com. Nineties grunge royalty Alice in Chains (“Man in the Box, “Rooster”) join 2000s alt-metal standard-bearers Breaking Benjamin (“Breath, I Will Not Bow”) on this tour through the heavier side of modern rock history. English alt-rock staples Bush (“Glycerine,” “Everything Zen”) open the show. OCT. 6: RICH ARONOVITCH at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $30; 561/4506457, artsgarage.org. From dancing with Charo on “The Tonight Show” to opening for nu-metal rockers Limp Bizkit, Rich Aronovitch’s politically incorrect but self-deprecating humor has appealed to a wide swath of comedy consumers. He concludes Arts Garage’s “Art of Laughter” series, with openers Seetharaman Radhakrishnan and Angela Bellonio Nacca.
OCT. 8: ZAC BROWN BAND at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 7 p.m.; $40-$565; 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com. It’s been a tumultuous two years for the American country rocker Brown, who contracted COVID twice and had to cancel or postpone two years of concerts. He is calling this jaunt his Comeback Tour, a musically eclectic bill that includes young multi-instrumentalist Caroline Jones and gospel-rockers the Robert Randolph Band. OCT. 8-FEB. 3: “A PERSONAL VIEW ON HIGH FASHION & STREET STYLE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE NICOLA ERNI COLLECTION, 1930s TO NOW” at Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach; $15-$18 museum admission; 561/832-5196, norton. org. Making its museum debut, this collection from devoted enthusiast Nicola Erni includes more than 300 works documenting the intersection of fashion and street photography, by artists such as Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon and more.
OCT. 14-30: “4000 MILES” at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; various show times; tickets TBA; 561/514-4042, palmbeachdramaworks.org. Playwright Amy Herzog delved deeply into her own family history to craft the characters for this 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist, about a 21-year-old athlete who suffers a loss while on a cross-country bike trip, and finds a respite in the West Village apartment of his blunt 91-year-old grandmother Vera, an avowed Communist.
OCT. 19: BOOK DISCUSSION: “THE WAR NURSE” at Society of the Four Arts, 240 Cocoanut Row, Palm Beach; 1:30 p.m.; free but reservations required; 561/655-2766, fourarts.org. Join a spirited discussion of The War Nurse, a historical novel from best-selling author Tracey Enerson Wood, about a superintendent of nurses caring for British troops in World War I France who is forced to confront a potentially career-ending decision.
OCT. 21: “THE GOLDEN GAMES: THE GOLDEN GIRLS MUSICAL GAME SHOW” at Lake Park Black Box, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park; 8 p.m.; $21.50-$31.50; 561/328-7481, lakeparkblackbox.com. Dorothy, Blanche and Rose must traverse America to find their missing compatriot Sophia in this interactive production from a “Golden Girls”-themed drag trio. Audience members will become contestants in games such as “Grab That Dough” and “Love Connection.” OCT. 23: SWEDE FEST PALM BEACH at Lake Park Black Box, 700 Park Ave., Lake Park; 7 p.m.; $12; 561/328-7481, lakeparkblackbox.com. Celebrating its eighth year, this festival showcases often-hilarious, no-budget, short remakes of Hollywood films, borrowing its name from the concept launched in the 2008 cult comedy “Be Kind Rewind.” Arrive at 6 p.m. for the “red carpet.”
OCT. 25-NOV. 13: “JERSEY BOYS” at Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter; various show times; tickets TBA; 561/575-2223, jupitertheatre. org. One of the foundational productions in the era of the jukebox musical, this four-time Tony winner charts the historic rise of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons through two decades of the vocal group’s indelible hits, including “Sherry” and “Walk Like a Man.”
OCT. 27: JIMMY DORE at Palm Beach Improv, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach; 7 p.m.; $35 with a two-drink minimum; 561/833-1812, palmbeachimprov. com. This comedian and political commentator’s YouTube show has attracted more than a million subscribers on the strength of its host’s scabrous personality and populist niche as a self-described progressive who is critical of the Democratic Party.
OCT. 29: WITCHES OF DELRAY ride in downtown Delray Beach; start time TBA; donations accepted to benefit the Achievement Centers for Children & Families; witchesofdelray. org. Celebrating 11 years of “casting a spell on Delray Beach,” this one-of-akind community bike ride welcomes teams dressed in their favorite witchy, paranormal or other themed costumes as they pedal through historic Delray Beach for charity.
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Marie and Steve Bedner have an evergrowing relationship with Baptist Health’s Bethesda Hospital - these local leaders in agriculture and owners of three Palm Beach County farmer’s markets have supported the hospital since 2011. The Bedners were part of the initial campaign to build Bethesda Hospital West, and have chaired several of its fundraising events. “Now we’re reaching a level where the western community is growing rapidly,” says Marie, who is a former Foundation board member and current hospital trustee. “With the new demand, we need to continue to make sure that the support is there from the community.” Marie and Steve also support the hospital’s frontline staff involved in patient care, donating fresh vegetables to them since the beginning of the pandemic. “It says a lot about the system that people want to stay there, and they’re well taken care of,” says Marie. “As a business owner, I know that having long-term employees really makes all the difference in the world.”
