Tom Hanks presents an immersive “moonwalk,” a Weekend Update host plays a Boca theater, and a Delray gallery shows Latin American masters. Plus, Wu-Tang’s “Final Chamber” and more in your week ahead.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
What: Kevin Nealon
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Boca Black Box, 8221 Glades Road, Suite 10, Boca Raton
Cost: $48.50-$68.50
Contact: 561/483-9036, bocablackbox.com
Given the unwritten rule that every comedian must have a podcast, we’ve got to hand it to Kevin Nealon for coming up with a novel approach to the common one-on-one interview format. Simply put, he takes his guests hiking. In Hiking with Kevin, the comic and Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” host sports a sun-protective bucket hat and carries a camera on a stick, documenting his sweaty, out-of-breath conversations with celebrities as varied as Tom Hanks, Howie Mandel, Tiffany Hadish, and Zac Brown as they traverse the natural byways of southern California and occasionally pass unsuspecting fellow-hikers. If the series present Nealon delightfully out of his element, the standup stage—which he first professionally plied some 42 years ago, in his Tonight Show debut—is where he continues to feel most at home, combining witty observations about modern life with self-deprecating asides.
WEDNESDAY
What: “Masters of the Matrix: Latin American Printmaking”
When: Appointments from 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: The Annex, 290 S.E. Second St., Delray Beach
Cost: Free with appointment
Contact: 561/808-8587, mocaart.org
The origins of printmaking date back to prehistoric times, and in the modern era, its techniques have helped to democratize art for both its makers and collectors. This has been as true in Latin America as everywhere its technologies found purchase, and “Masters of the Matrix” showcases artists from the region whose embrace of both traditional and experimental printmaking processes allowed their work to flourish across the globe. Artists such as Cuban surrealist Wilfredo Lam, Costa Rican master Francesco Amighetti, and famed Mexican artists Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, and David Alfaro Siqueiros are among the included artists, and their approaches to printmaking are just as eclectic as their oeuvres. Exhibit-goers can expect to encounter intaglio, relief, planographic, and stencil printing, along with a number of experimental techniques that are new to this writer, such as mixographs, piezographs, xylographs, and singular monotypes. Visitors can see the show, which runs through Jan. 30, Wednesdays through Saturdays by appointment through the above website for the Museum of Central American Art.
What: Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach
Cost: $35-$182.50
Contact: 561/795-8883, ithinkflamp.com
Wu-Tang may be forever, but tours are finite. And after this year’s “Final Chamber” jaunt concludes in October, Wu-Tang Clan is evidently calling it quits as a full touring collective, capping a career that changed the face, style, and audience of hip-hop for generations. The Staten Island group’s 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) established the gritty sound, martial-arts mythology, and personalities and interplay of its individual members, all of whom would have fruitful solo careers outside of the Clan. They remain as much a brand as a band, inspiring recent projects from a Showtime docuseries to a scripted Hulu drama about their dramatic formation. The final tour coincides with the group’s induction this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Expect to hear all of Enter the Wu-Tang, plus select cuts from later LPs and from the solo work of GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, in a set list that sometimes runs 30 songs deep. RZA even promised songs fans had never heard before, with the tour’s production team endeavoring to design “a Wu-Tang show unlike anything you’ve ever seen.” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, other seminal figures of ‘90s rap, will open the show.
THURSDAY
What: Opening day of The Moonwalkers: An Immersive Journey with Tom Hanks
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: South Florida PBS, 3401 S. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach
Cost: $22-$45
Contact: 561/274-8309, southfloridapbs.com
Our PBS studio’s latest immersive exhibition salutes one of the most extraordinary moments in human history: Apollo 11’s successful mission to the moon. The Moonwalkers transports attendees to the earth-shaking launch of the Saturn V rocket, to the interior of Mission Control as it guided the intrepid astronauts on their journey, and to the surface of the moon itself, where we join Armstrong and Aldrin on their “small steps”—all without leaving the comfort of an air-conditioned room. The visuals, shot with cutting-edge technology and designed from NASA archives, spring to life in 360 degrees, augmented by narration from Tom Hanks, a longtime space enthusiast. The main experience runs 55 minutes, with an additional 40 minutes left to explore interactive exhibits, including a “chat” with a holographic astronaut and a life-size replica of the Eagle lunar lander.
MONDAY, SEPT. 28
What: “Untitled: An Evening with the Filmmaker”
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Savor Cinema, 503 S.E. Sixth St., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: Free
Contact: 954/525-3456, fliff.com
Ever wonder what it’s like to direct a movie? This rare opportunity allows spectators in on the process, providing a first look at a project in development. Timothy Mark Davis, a veteran actor and producing artistic director for Fort Lauderdale’s New City Players, is also a nonfiction filmmaker, and he’s currently directing and producing a short documentary about Bryan and Danielle Docobo, who lost a child to a rare genetic disorder called Coats plus syndrome, and their efforts to save their second child, who has the same condition. “An Evening with the Filmmaker” features raw, unedited footage from the forthcoming doc, a behind-the-scenes talk about directing and producing, and a candid conversation with attendees.
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