Bumblefest buzzes into WPB with another eclectic indie-rock slate, an FAU art exhibition goes with the flow, and a comic with a starry parentage performs in Delray. Plus, the Australian Pink Floyd show and more in your week ahead.
WEDNESDAY
What: Sheba Mason
Where: Movies of Delray, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $20
Contact: moviesofdelray.com
Sheba Mason has been performing since she was in diapers—as a stage prop, of sorts, drinking from a bottle in a high chair, in a work written by her mother, playwright Ginger Reiter. But it’s her father Jackie Mason profession’s that has most imprinted itself on Sheba, who is now in her late ‘30s and is a fixture in the New York City comedy scene. (Though in a cyclical turn of events, Sheba has begun portraying her mother in the recently developed “The Jackie Mason Musical,” expressing the stage acting chops from her mom’s side of the family.) For this one-night-only performance, Mason, who leans into relatable material with a likeable delivery, headlines a stacked standup bill hosted by David Sadman, with opening acts Nick Macik, Jim Patterson and Nadeem Awad.
THURSDAY
What: Opening reception for “Overflows”
Where: Ritter Art Gallery at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
When: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: 561/297-2661, fau.edu/artsandletters/galleries
Delray Beach artist Michelle Drummond makes three-dimensional fiber art whose bright hues echo the Pop Artists of yore—Kandinsky, Lichtenstein, Warhol—while occupying a space between representation and abstraction. Her piece “Navigating the System,” for example, with its swirls of teal and white bands converging into a vortex, resembles both a question mark and a river—an endless flow of uncertainty, a metaphor perhaps for life itself. So it makes perfect sense that Drummond would be selected to participate in “Overflows,” a three-artist exhibition (alongside Evelyn Politzer and Andrea Spiridonakos) of artists whose tactile works conjure the non-tactile element of water. Thursday also marks the opening reception of “Threads, Folds and Rabbit Holes,” a solo exhibit by Kristy Deetz at FAU’s nearby Schmidt Center Gallery. If you can’t make it Thursday evening, “Threads” runs through Sept. 23, and “Overflows” runs through Oct. 28.
What: The Australian Pink Floyd Show
Where: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale
When: 8 p.m.
Cost: $39.50-$80.50
Contact: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org
Honing its Pink Floyd chops since 1988, this tribute act from Down Under is known for its immaculate re-creations of the progressive/psych rockers’ dense material, dating all the way back to the Syd Barrett years and all the way beyond Roger Waters’ exodus. As with other Pink Floyd tributes, you can expect no expense spared in terms of video projections and a dazzling light and sound show, to say nothing of a robust band of perfectionists, including three guitarists, a bassist, a keyboardist, a drummer, two saxophonists and six vocalists. But the Australian Pink Floyd show also integrates animal inflatables into its act, from Pink Floyd’s iconic pig to the group’s original creation, a pink kangaroo. This tour will open with a performance of The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, in celebration of the LP’s 50th anniversary.
FRIDAY
What: Opening day of three new exhibitions
Where: Arts Warehouse, 313 N.E. Third St., Delray Beach
When: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: 561/330-9614, artswarehouse.org
Friday marks the DDA’s latest beloved First Friday Art Walk, and to celebrate the occasion, Arts Warehouse is rolling out three new exhibitions, all of which will remain open after dark. In the main gallery, “Containment and Boundlessness” features the work of two artists—and frequent collaborators as part of Miami’s all-women art space Collective62—Giannina Dwin and Nina Surel, whose works explore similar themes and mediums. In the East Gallery, Autumn Kioti and Kim Rae Taylor join their talents in “Absent Referent,” in which the artists deconstruct and reconstruct book pages into wall-mounted pieces rich in metaphorical meaning. In the Back Room Gallery, Veronica Pasman’s solo exhibition “Agua De Mar” dives into a water theme through the mediums of painting, collage and photography.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
What: Bumblefest
Where: 500 Block of Clematis Street, downtown West Palm Beach
When: 6 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Cost: $30 in advance, $40 at door for single-day tickets, $50 for two-day passes
Contact: bumblefest.com
Now in its seventh year, Bumblefest—the annual festival presented by the industrious South Florida music and art zine PureHoney—offers another curated lineup of electronic and indie rock organized by some of the scene’s most discerning tastemakers. Los Angeles-based headliners Death Valley Girls, which hired Iggy Pop to star in one of its recent videos, indeed channel some of the Stooges’ protean energy, while also evoking Sleater-Kinney and a timeless back-to-the-garage ethos, with more than a touch of the cosmic in their lyrics and songwriting. Other top acts include fellow L.A. artist Al Lover, an electronic musician with an omnivorous approach to scavenging, who describes his sound as “Neu!-Age Spiritualized Repetition”; the shimmering acoustic-guitar driven bedroom pop of Canada’s Dusted; the throwback hardcore sludge of New York’s Gnarcissists; SoCal singer-songwriter Gal Musette, who marries classic chanson singing to an indie-folk aesthetic; and some 37 more bands spread across two nights of revelry across five stages in West Palm Beach’s hippest street. Visit bumblefest.com for the complete schedule.
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