It’s an orchid-palooza at Mounts Botanical Garden, a local artist presents a gender-bending solo show, and FAU celebrates Constitution Day. Plus, Matt and Kim and more in your week ahead.
FRIDAY
What: Classic Albums Live: “Rumours”
Where: Amphitheater at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach
When: 6 p.m.
Cost: $25, or $40 for VIP
Contact: 561/243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com
If 1975’s self-titled Fleetwood Mac album signaled an Earth-shaking shift in the band’s direction, its 1977 follow-up Rumours cemented the tectonic plates. The addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks integrated chiming and infectious pop sensibilities into the band’s blues-rock formula, with Rumours spawning at least four singles that have resonated across the decades, finding new fans in every generation. And in 2020 it was ranked by Rolling Stone as the seventh-greatest album of all time. The expert musicians and vocalists in Classic Albums Live, the tribute project formed in 2003, will perform a note-by-note rendition of the album this weekend, performing “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop” and all your other favorites.
SATURDAY
What: Opening night of “Ates Isildak: Pantransitions”
Where: MTN Space, 502 Lake Ave., Lake Worth Beach
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Cost: Free
Contact: 561/285-4883, mtnspace.com
Gender fluidity, obsolete technology, religious fundamentalism and a subversion of the male gaze are just a few of the themes rippling through the rich oeuvre of Ates (pronounced ah-tesh) Isildak, a West Palm Beach artist who has been on a roll since he won a South Florida Cultural Consortium grant in 2020. “Pantransitions,” a wide-ranging showcase of his work, will feature the complete body of his Polaroid series, with its candid captures of a local underground and nonconformist culture; digital portraits of people who defy binary gender roles, and supplemented by shimmering color manipulation; and a new series of experimental photography that comments on Florida’s recent religious and political controversies. Saturday’s opening reception will feature live music from Night Foundation, the electronic solo project of artist and musician Richard Vergez. “Pantransitions” runs through Nov. 4.
What: Matt and Kim
Where: Culture Room, 3045 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $37.50
Contact: 954/564-1074, cultureroom.net
Matt and Kim, the most straightforwardly named band to emerge from the electroclash indie scene of the early aughts—its only members are keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino—has released just six albums, but it’s the duo’s live presence, rather than its studio recordings, that has led to its outsized reputation. Born entertainers, Johnson and Schifino can make any venue heave, whether an intimate midsize club like the Culture Room or the massive grounds of festivals like Bonnaroo and Bumbershoot. Pogoing, sing-alongs and crowd-surfing continue to be encouraged and infectious elements at Matt and Kim’s inexhaustibly high-energy shows. The anticipation will be especially high at this week’s shows, given that they mark the duo’s first tour appearances in two years.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
What: 2023 Plant-a-Palooza
Where: Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $15 adults, $12 seniors, college students and military, $7 children ages 6-17
Contact: 561/233-1757, mounts.org
This weekend offers an embarrassment of horticultural riches at this plant-filled linchpin of the Palm Beaches. More than 50 sought-after growers and vendors of orchids, exotic plants and garden accouterments will be on site with their unique wares—from Bonsai Brothers to Backyard Blooms, Magic Nursery, Freund Flowering Trees, Yellowgreen Exotic Garden, Quest Orchids, Red Hawk Nursery and many more. Not only can visitors avail themselves of the growers’ expert knowledge while shopping for their gardens; they can also attend presentations, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day, from Mike Sands, president of the Tropical Orchid Society, who will speak on issues affecting orchid population and health. The food trucks OMG That’s Good, Meatheads BBQ and Kool Treats by Mama Dukes will be on site as well.
MONDAY, SEPT. 18
What: Monica Crowley
Where: Osher Lifelong Learning Society’s Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium at FAU, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
When: 2 p.m.
Cost: $20
Contact: 561/297-6124, fauevents.com
This coming Sunday marks Constitution Day, honoring the Founding Fathers’ Sept. 17, 1787 signing of the supreme law of the United States. To celebrate and reflect on America’s experiment in democracy, FAU will continue its tradition of welcoming an expert guest to discuss why the constitution is sacrosanct, especially in a time of increasing political incivility. This year, the speaker is Monica Crowley, a conservative whose tenure in politics and media has included a post in foreign policy during the waning days of the Nixon Administration; regular appearances on Fox News Channel as a commentator; membership in the Council on Foreign Relations; an editorship of the Washington Times’ online editorials; and an assistant secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs in the Trump Administration. She will speak on “The U.S. Constitution and the Spirit of America.”
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