Become an amateur 007 at Cox Science Center, remember Jimi Hendrix with psych and metal legends, and enjoy a silent horror classic like never before. Plus, new art at the Cornell and more in your week ahead.
TUESDAY
What: “Top Secret: License to Spy”
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Cox Science Center, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach
Cost: $22-$26
Contact: 561/832-1988, coxsciencecenter.org
If you’ve ever dreamed of being your own James Bond or Ethan Hunt or Jason Bourne, this immersive exhibition at Cox Science Center offers the opportunity to play a secret agent by engaging with the tools of spycraft while attempting to solve a mystery. Upon entering the exhibition, visitors are presented with a fictional scenario and six suspects. Using a “Spy File,” they’ll explore exhibitions to gather intelligence and uncover information about the suspects, ruling out the innocents until they land on the culprit. Geared to all ages, the exhibition opened this past weekend, and it runs all the way through April 26.
WEDNESDAY
What: The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach
Cost: $43.70-$94.30
Contact: 561/832-7469, kravis.org
Classical and rock music may not share the same radio dial or record-shop real estate, but in this inventive project, formed in 2020 by events impresario Nathan Reed, they go together like power chords and cadenzas. Surrounded by candles and clothed in gothic or Day of the Dead-style costumes, the musicians of the Rock Orchestra by Candlelight bring top-tier orchestral talent to three or four decades of rock and metal favorites. The collective has played some 400 shows and entertained half a million guests in four short years, and returns to the Kravis just weeks ahead of the Halloween release of its debut album, Classics Vol. 1. Expect to hear its selections and plenty more, including fan favorites from Metallica (“Nothing Else Matters,” “Enter Sandman”), Rage Against the Machine (“Killing in the Name Of)”, System of a Down (“Toxicity”) and the Cranberries (“Zombie”).
FRIDAY
What: “We Remember Hendrix”
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Boca Black Box, 8221 Glades Road, Suite 10, Boca Raton
Cost: $48.50-$58.50
Contact: 561/483-9036, bocablackbox.com
Jimi Hendrix, praised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,” is beloved by musicians across vast spectrums, from jazz and classical virtuosi to punk rockers, metal icons, and stars from funk to R&B to reggae to electronic. The musicians comprising this unique tribute attest to his depth of his fanhood. “We Remember Hendrix” features Vince Martell and Pete Bremy of Vanilla Fudge, the psychedelic rockers long admired for their epic covers of popular favorites, and who opened for Hendrix in 1967 and 1968; and drummer T.C. Tolliver, who helped shape punk shock-rockers the Plasmatics into a more metal direction, and who also played with KISS and Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. Together, these longtime Hendrix heads will perform a night of Jimi’s music in their own inimitable styles.
SATURDAY
What: “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Terror”
When: 1 and 7 p.m.
Where: Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton
Cost: $12
Contact: 561/393-7700, myboca.us/2469/sugar-sand-park-community-center
Much of the public’s awareness of the vampire mythos owes a debt to “Nosferatu,” the groundbreaking 1922 silent film from German director F.W. Murnau, long considered the movie that established the genre of the horror film. Still creepy after all these years—and multiple remakes—this unauthorized riff on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” centers on a land clerk who visits Count Orlok’s castle, only to find his wife falling under the bloodthirsty creature’s spell. In this special event, organized as part of the City of Boca’s monthlong “Boo-ca Boca Days,” longtime movie pianist and composer David Drazin will perform live piano accompaniment to these two screenings of “Nosferatu,” adding improvisational touches inspired by 1920s jazz and blues.
What: Opening night of “Dorothy Gillespie: Color in Motion”
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Cornell Art Museum, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach
Cost: Free, with $5 suggested donation
Contact: 561/654-2220, delrayoldschoolsquare.com/cornell
Artist Dorothy Gillespie once said, “I love color. It goes back to the things I saw as a child—a Christmas tree, a ball bouncing, a kite.” That enthusiasm for the color spectrum in all its vividness would inform the work for which she’s most known: enamel-covered aluminum sculptures, many designed for public spaces, that suggest a sense of motion. A realist artist in her early years, Gillespie eventually found her voice in abstraction, creating motley assemblages that resemble ribbons and double helixes, starbursts and fireworks and confetti—optically cofounding metal sculptures that appear as crinkly as paper. She designed commissions for venues such as the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, the Epcot Center in Orlando, and the Delta Terminal here at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Gillespie became a champion of the arts in South Florida, ultimately dying as a nonagenarian in Coral Gables in 2012, and leaving a legacy of colorfully kinetic art that takes center stage in this Cornell Art Museum retrospective. The exhibition runs through March 15; Saturday’s opening will include live music and refreshments.
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