John Michael Foster invites artists to the Creative Blender:Networking for Artists event Friday evening at The Downtown Gallery. By PAM HARBAUGH One of the most “git-er-done” people I know in the area arts scene is Michael John Foster. He’s the man behind the delightful and beautifully sung “Into the Woods” —...
Audition Notice
By PAM HARBAUGH AUDITION: Melbourne Civic Theatre will hold auditions 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday for “The Fox on the Fairway,” a farce by Ken Ludwig. Needed are three men and three women ages 20 to 60. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. The comedy runs Aug. 7...
Lomazzo’s Retro Cinerama: ‘Gammera the Invincible’
“Can Plan Z stop Gammera the Invincible?” By PAM HARBAUGH Artist Steven Lomazzo — he who loves “the retro” — will present the black and white 1965 flick, “Gammera the Invincible” Saturday evening in Cocoa Village. You thought Godzilla was a bad boy…as the poster says “The super monster even the...
Keepin’ Up: Allison McKay
By PAM HARBAUGH Allison McKay’s still at it. Some of you will remember the comedienne, who lived in Brevard for a long time. A professional actress, she did a lot of commercials back in her day, as well as appear on vintage TV shows with luminaries like Sid Caesar, Red Skelton...
Gabby Links: Cultural Amuse Bouches
By PAM HARBAUGH Here are a couple of artsy tidbits to keep you going, at least for a few minutes. First, is a very cool video where an artist uses lighting and space to puts us visually into a Bach prelude and fugue. It is playful and uplifting and soulfully inspiring....
nFOCUS: Alan Selby, scenic designer for ‘Picnic’ at MCT
By PAM HARBAUGH Anyone who’s ventured into Melbourne Civic Theatre to see the superb scenic design for “Picnic” knows that scenery sets a sublime mood for the excellent production, I sat down with Alan Selby for a chat about his work on “Picnic.” Here’s what he had to say. And, if...
John Cleese & Eric Idle coming to Dr. Phillips
Left to right: Eric Idle, a cartoon rendering of Eric Idle and John Cleese which had wrong dimensions for major “art” in this post hence the smooshed together graphic, John Cleese By PAM HARBAUGH Two comic legends — John Cleese and Eric Idle — are coming across the pond to tour...
Titusville Playhouse cancels ‘Grand Night’ fundraiser
By PAM HARBAUGH Due to the sudden illness of a major player in “A Grand Night for Singing,” Titusville Playhouse has had to cancel its big annual fundraiser, scheduled for tomorrow night, Sat. May 30. The event is not being postponed. TPI’s summer schedule is already jam packed with children’s programming...
Brevard at the Fringe, NOW…’Jaws: The Movie: The Musical’
By PAM HARBAUGH You still have one and a half chances to see Brevard’s own entry into this year’s Orlando Fringe Festival. It’s “Jaws: The Movie: The Musical” and I say “one and a half” chances because tonight’s curtain is in just less than 2 hours from the posting of this...
nFOCUS: Steven Heron and ‘Parade’
By PAM HARBAUGH I am starting a new video series for BrevardCulture.com. It’s called “nFOCUS.” The series will include discussions with area artists about their work. First up is Steven Heron, who discusses his direction of the Titusville Playhouse production of “Parade.” When I wrote for the paper, I yearned to...