By PAM HARBAUGH Riverside Theatre begins its new season with “Ring of Fire.” Opening Oct. 25 and running through Nov. 13, the professional show features the music of Johnny Cash and tells the story of “love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family.” It includes classic...
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GET OUT! June 17 to 19
By PAM HARBAUGH It’s hard to think of celebratory, fun things to do when pain persists over the massacre in Orlando last Sunday. So join hearts and hands at a special candlelight vigil from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight in Eau Gallie Square when the Space Coast Pride presents a vigil...
GET OUT! June 3 to 5
By PAM HARBAUGH Here are some cool ideas for this hot weekend. As always, we start with a darkened theater because you don’t need sun screen. And really…for something totally different, check out the item below about Riverside Theatre’s Comedy Zone. We start, though, with a one-time only playreading at Melbourne...
GET OUT! May 20 to 22
Chihuly Ceiling at the Makers Mark Distillery visitors center. Photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH Tonight, y’all! It starts with the private opening of the “POPULATION” exhibition at the Foosaner Art Museum, then progresses to MUSCLE MEMORY: DANCE/ART/FLOW happening at Derek Gores Gallery, then crescendos with the opening of THE...
YUCK IT UP at Riverside’s COMEDY ZONE
By PAM HARBAUGH So I’m writing this again, hoping to convince you what a great stand-up comedy experience Riverside Theatre has for you. It’s called the COMEDY ZONE. Riverside has been running this program for years, bringing in stand up comics on the circuit, so to speak. You get there a...
GET OUT! April 15 to 17
By PAM HARBAUGH Soothe those tax-paying nerves with some artsy outings this weekend. Here’s what’s up: Final Weekend FRENCH FILM FEST has its final film and discussion Saturday at the Foosaner Art Museum with “LE MYSTÈRE PICASSO” (MYSTERY OF PICASSO, 1956) Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Post-film discussion led by Anne Smith, Humanities...
REVIEW: Riverside Theatre SISTER ACT
By PAM HARBAUGH When a theatrical production’s scenery, lighting and costumes get as much attention as the characters, chances are the story is a bit slim. You see that clearly with Riverside Theatre’s eye-popping “Sister Act,” a co-production with the venerable Walnut Street Theatre. Stained glass windows lining a false proscenium...
GET OUT! April 1 to 3
A drag show at Hamburger Mary’s in Orlando. Photo by Pam Harbaugh. By PAM HARBAUGH No question to it…the place to be this evening is the Eau Gallie Arts District which is action central for not only a gallery stroll and free jazz music in the Foosaner Art Museum, but also...
GET OUT! March 25 to 27
By PAM HARBAUGH Rushed again to get to all the goodies for Culture Vultures out there. So here’s the quick hits to get your juices flowing for this weekend: SATURDAY ONLY: “WOMEN OF SURREALISM: EMBRACING THE IRRATIONAL” lecture exploring art by photographer Lee Miller, fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli and painter Frida...
Review: FREUDS LAST SESSION at Riverside Theatre
By PAM HARBAUGH Riverside Theatre chose an intriguing time to mount its handsome and exquisitely well performed production of Mark St. Germain’s play, “Freud’s Last Session.” Indeed, opening it between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, a time that challenges the Christian faithful to relinquish rational thought for spiritual belief, mirrors the...