“Jagged Little Pill” (Evan Zimmerman pictures)
A creative string quartet performs at the Flagler, Alanis Morissette’s musical tours the Kravis, and the Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival is underway. This week’s highlights include folk icon Steve Forbert and more.
The February Ahead
TUESDAY
What: String Quartet Beo
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, 1 Whitehall Way
Price: $75; 561/655-2833, flaglermuseum.us
The Beo String Quartet was established in 2015 “on a lark” by the gifted brothers Jason and Sean Neukom, who play the violin and viola, respectively. Since then, the group has been a major force in both modern music and the preservation of the classical canon. During its eight-year tenure, the quartet—which also includes cellist Ryan Ash and violinist Andrew Giordano—has premiered no fewer than 65 compositions and learned 145 concert works by composers such as Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart. The daring quartet has even been known to incorporate live sound processing, electronics, and drums into their performances, bridging the gap between string music’s past, present, and future.
What: “Jagged Little Pill” premiere night
When: 8:00 p.m.
Where: West Palm Beach’s Kravis Centre, 701 Okeechobee Boulevard
Price range: $35–$96
At 561/832-7469, kravis.org, make contact
With over 33 million copies sold, Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album “Jagged Little Pill” is more than just a Gen-X classic. The cheerful but angst-filled pop-rock sound continues to draw in new listeners. After realising that Morissette’s lyrics might be used for more than simply an album, she and Glen Ballard, the LP’s producer, rewrote the songs into a jukebox musical, which features a script written by Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”). This national tour of the 15-time Tony-nominated musical, which explores the underbelly of suburban America, centres on a family divided by addiction to opioids and pornography, as well as conflicts over gender identity and sexuality. Morissette’s well-known songs bring depth, colour, and a rock pulse to the story.
TUESDAY via MARCH 4
When: Various presentation times for the Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival
Where: Delray Beach’s Movies of Delray, 7421 W. Atlantic Ave.
Cost: $14 for most tickets
Reach them at brjff2024.eventive.org.
The Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, which takes place in Delray but is still relatively close, is one of the biggest celebrations of Jewish cinema in the nation, taking place over more than three weeks. It’s a terrific way to find new titles in special, one-time theatre screenings. The documentaries “The Third Man,” which explores the extraordinary career and dual identities of Palestinian-Israeli actor Makram Jamil Khoury, and “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre,” which presents eye-opening footage and first-hand narratives from the October 27 massacre, are among the highlights.
7 attack on the Nova music festival at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and “Silent,” a political drama that takes place in real time and is evocative, about an Israeli TV anchor covering a national election, whose family members and sources abruptly stop talking (7 p.m. on February 26). Visit brjff2024.eventive.org to view the whole programme.
THIS THURSDAY (February)
What: Sleaze and Thelma together
When: 8 p.m.
Where: 518 Clematis St., Respectable Street, West Palm Beach
Expense: $10 to $15
Despite having a sound rooted in decades of bluesy, anthemic southern rock and having opened for some heavy hitters like Jack White and the Eagles of Death Metal from the beginning, Nashville’s Thelma and the Squeeze seemed destined for success from their first appearances and recordings. Nevertheless, they have remained a stubbornly underground outfit. Maybe they just want to keep it that way, playing to a niche audience at somewhat smaller venues. Thelma and the Sleaze is an all-female, queer-defined act (the name is a pun on “Thelma and Louise”).
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The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist Lauren “LG” Gilbert, who has been the core of the group through multiple lineup changes since 2010. Thelma and the Sleaze could be your favourite new band that you haven’t heard February yet. They are a captivating, hard-hitting live act with a sound that evokes Led Zeppelin, the Black Keys, and even traces of the traditional country music of their chosen city.
SUNNDAY
What: Steve Forbert and Friends
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Arts Garage, Delray Beach, 94 N.E. Second Ave.
Cost: $40–$45
(561) 450-6357; artsgarage.org
Folksinger Steve Forbert, who was just getting started in the music business in 1978, was one of several guitar-strumming troubadours to be dubbed “the new Bob Dylan” by the Village Voice. This title came with a lot of pressure. Although Forbert dismissed the analogies, Dylan’s rich storytelling from the 1970s is evoked in his only megahit, “Romeo’s Tune,” which was published the following year and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard singles chart. After twenty-one albums, Forbert and the Band are acknowledged as the founding fathers of Americana, a hybrid genre that blends folk, rock, blues, and country music to create a unique soundscape for the country.
Moving Through America (2022), whose well-worn title track feels like a spiritual heir to Simon & Garfunkel’s “America,” is the album that Forbert is now touring in favour of February. George Naha on electric guitar and Rob Clores on keyboards will accompany him on his small-scale Arts Garage comeback.