The A/C finally stops running, the doors and windows open to let in a cooler breeze – and we let fragile hope build that summer’s finally letting up around here.
Well, maybe not yet. The A/C just popped back on, the thermometer reads 89 degrees and the humidity’s back up to 61 percent. It was just a moment of wishful thinking.
But can the season be far off, this first week of October? A season not just of cooler air and less humidity but of outdoor dining and boat parades and out-of-state guests calling to oh-so-casually ask if the guest room might be available around the holidays.
And of the arts in South Florida.
We’re here to help build hope with the annual Arts Issue, in which our critics take in the season ahead and take note of some not-to-be-missed shows, concerts and exhibitions coming to South Florida screens and stages. We can almost feel the temperatures coming down, and the curtains going up.
We’ll preview the Norton Museum of Art’s blockbuster new show, “Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection,” featuring 75 paintings by 27 Dutch Golden Age artists, including 17 by Rembrandt himself. We’ll meet the reigning champion of NBC’s “The Voice,” Adam David, a Broward singer-songwriter with a biblical name and a redemption story all his own. We’ll get the story behind the artsy panther statues popping up around town; preview Glazer Hall, which is giving long-dormant Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach a gleaming new life; and look back on the star-studded history of Fort Lauderdale’s venerable Pier 66, the 17-story landmark whose story from gas station to glamorous resort is still revolving.
We have calendars and venue lists to make the season easier to find and enjoy – plus profiles of significant figures in South Florida arts, the story of a mystery lost photograph – maybe it’s yours? – and much more. We also ask – and answer – the ageless question, is Wordle good for you?
All this and more in the Arts Issue, coming this weekend in popular print, online and digital.
Cool as the season’s first cold front – which should be here any day. We hope.
