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2024

November 1 Palm Beach Post Festival Boca listed as one of The Seasons Best Outdoor Fairs & Festivals

March 7 Sun Sentinel Ben Crandall does a deep dive with Isaac Mizrahi about his concert on Saturday night, and about much, much more...

March 4 Palm Beach Arts Paper Designer-entertainer Mizrahi to bring cabaret show to Boca fest

March 1 Boca Magazine Isaac Mizrahi Speaks on Destiny and Festival of the Arts BOCA Performance.

March 1 City and Shore A conversation with Renée Fleming who, as with her appearances at Festival of the Arts Boca, is living up to her reputation as “the people’s diva” in ways that transcend music.

February 29 Palm Beach Post: Three to See The The Palm Beach Post gets it right in its 3 To See feature for this weekend: "Clear your schedule for the next two weekends, because Festival of the Arts Boca is here and ready to delight audiences of all ages!"

February 1 Ten Days of Distinction, in City and Shore The South Florida Sun Sentinel's City and Shore magazine calls Festival of the Arts Boca 10 Days of Distinction. Indeed!

February 14 Modern Boca Mom Interviews Daisy Dowling

February 14 Boca Raton Tribune Interviews Isaac Mizrahi

February 1 Festival Boca on the Cover of Boca Magazine

February 27 Mizrahi Talks Boca The louche and loquacious Brooklyn native is best known as a fashion designer and TV personality, but he is coming to Boca Raton in the guise of dapper cabaret singer, backed by a six-piece band.

February 27 Festival Boca Among Top Recommended Festivals in March

February 27 Sun Sentinel Interview with Renée Fleming In its 18th year, Festival of the Arts Boca serves up the sort of distinctive program that has distinguished each of its previous iterations. This year, however, the 10-day festival arrives with the added prestige of hosting two appearances by the recently anointed Kennedy Center honoree, Renée Fleming.

February 1 City and Shore Magazine The magazine highlights this year's festival as 10 Days of Distinction.

2023

March 12 Water, Water Everywhere: Charles Fishman's Festival Discussion Nice article on Charles Fishman's talk at Festival Boca, by John Thomason, in Boca Magazine.

March 9 Fran is Not Coming to Dinner Diane Feen offers a review of Fran Lebowitz's talk at Festival Boca.

March 9 Sun Sentinel Weekender The Sun Sentinel section highlights the March 11 appearance of Nicole Henry.

March 7 Charles Fishman Interview in The Coastal Star

March 1 City and Shore Magazine In an interview with Greg Carannante, Fran Lebowitz shares her unique take on the world.

March 2 Palm Beach Florida Weekly A full roundup on the Festival's 2023 program.

February 1 Arts and Culture Winter 2023 Issue “The high caliber of participants at Festival of the Arts Boca never ceases to amaze…”

January 27 Cover Story in Boca Magazine Festival Boca is the cover story in the February issue of Boca Magazine!

2022

August 3 Boca Raton Observer covers Summer Sips and Sounds

March 4 CBS 12 Live report during the 6pm news hour.

March 4 CBS 12 Live interview with Joanna Kaye at the Festival.

March 4 CBS 12 Live Broadcast From the Festival tent on opening night.

March 4 CBS News Joanna Kaye is interviewed on the morning news broadcast.

March 7 Boca Magazine Focusing on the festival's coming events in "The Week Ahead"

March 4 Palm Beach Post TGIF Festival Boca ranks among the top items to do this weekend.

March 3 Palm Beach Post Festival Boca makes the Post's "3 to See" ranking.

March 3 Palm Beach Florida Weekly "It has jazz. It has classical music. And it has art. Festival of the Arts Boca is back." So began this roundup of the season.

March 1 Boca Magazine The week in review gives Festival Boca top billing.

Palm Beach Arts The newspaper featured a lengthy biographical article on Terence Blanchard, who is opening Season 16, and a fantastic interview with him.

March 1 Boca Magazine A great interview with Authors & Ideas speaker, Astronaut Donald Pettit.

February 28 Livestyle does an in-depth interview with speaker Bill McKibben

February 27 Sun Sentinel: Festival Boca Makes You Smarter Read the article on the Sun Sentinel website, or download the PDF here.

February 9 Social Magazine names Festival Boca Top Event for 2022 Festival ranks #3 in things of Top 10 Florida Events in 2022: "The annual Festival of the Arts BOCA is guaranteed to deliver for culture enthusiasts."

Boca Magazine Cover Story Festival of the Arts Boca was the cover story of the Feb 2022 issue of Boca Magazine, with lots of space inside devoted to the 16th season.

January 30 Sun Sentinel Gives Festival Boca Top Billing ...in its Spring/Summer Arts Guide

Sentinel Arts Guide In its First Look, The Sun Sentinel singles out two Festival Events.

2021

November 1 Coastal Star Philanthropy Article The paper's article on philanthropy in the region gives many inches to the Festival's Virtual Gala in 2021.

April 3 Boca Voice On the Festival's virtual pivot

April 1 Boca Raton Tribune A great recap of the Festival's 15th Anniversary Season and going virtual.

March 11 Palm Beach Post Offers a shout out to this year's closing concert, Nestor Torres.

March 9 Sun Sentinel The paper covers the Festival's Authors & Ideas events in its roundup of March book events.

March 3 Boca Magazine Summarizes the Year's Offerings

March 2 Palm Beach Post The Palm Beach Post placed an article on our Bruce Feiler event on page 1.

February 25 Boca Mag Devotes Five Pages to Festival The magazine's March issue was overflowing with information about Festival Boca's 15th Season.

February 4 Boca Voice Announces Festival Events

February 1 Wendy Larsen featured A very nice short profile piece on Festival Co-Founder Wendy Larsen in the February issue of Boca Raton magazine.

February 1 Las Olas Lifestyle Cover Story on Nadine Sierra A stunning cover story on the stunning Nadine Sierra, who is performing at Festival Boca 2021.

2020

December 13 Sun Sentinel Front Page

March 27 Delray Newspaper Festival of the Arts BOCA reports 11,000 people attended 10-day event

March 19 Palm Beach Arts Paper: Postmodern Jukebox warms up chilly Boca Fest finale

March 1 City and Shore: Boca Festival's Heart of the Arts

March 4 Palm Beach Post: Postmodern Jukebox is a surefire hit for audiences young and old!

March 6 Boca Magazine: Amy Walter Brings Much Needed Long View to Today's Political Disruptions

March 5 CBS 12: Eroica Trio performs in studio

March 5 Palm Beach Post features Postmodern Jukebox

March 4 Boca Magazine: Article on Roz Chast's Talk

March 5 Sun Sentinel: Top Things to Do this Weekend

March 3 Boca Magazine reviews Jesmyn Ward Author and Ideas talk

March 3 Palm Beach Post features Dr. Laurie Santos

March 2 Palm Beach Post: Interview with Jesmyn Ward

February 29 Sun Sentinel: Yoda versus Beethoven

March 1 Sun Sentinel features Authors and Ideas

February 28 Growth Spotter

February 28 Palm Beach Post

February 26 Sun Sentinel: Ben Crandall's Weekend Preview

February 13 Palm Beach Arts Paper: The Moth StorySLAM

February 27 Florida Weekly: The Artists as Hero

February 27 Sun Sentinel: Author & Ideas Series

January 28 Boca Newspaper: 10 Things

February 14 Boca Magazine: Full Festival Rundown

February 25 Boca Magazine: 5 Questions to Jesmyn Ward

February 24 Boca Magazine: The Week Ahead

February 24 Sun Sentinel covers Authors and Ideas

February 24 Sun Sentinel "As superhero showdowns go at this year’s Festival of the Arts Boca, you’d be hard-pressed to find a stronger marquee bout than Beethoven versus Yoda."

February 17 Boca Voice: Tent Going up in Boca Boca Voice starts a countdown to the festival.

February 14 Boca Magazine Boca Magazine devotes a long feature to the festival's 14th season.

2019

October 4 Boca Magazine Festival Preview

March 2 Boca Magazine Video Recap of Opening Night

June 27 Pink News: "The Festival of the Arts BOCA brings world-renowned jazz, opera and classical performers to Boca Raton and The Palm Beaches for a weekend of music, dance and culture."

May 1 City and Shore Magazine

April 1 Goodwin, Pink Martini Draw Largest Audiences (Boca Newspaper)

March 6 Boca Magazine on Robert Pinsky

March 5 Sun Sentinel interview with Robert Pinsky

March 4 Boca Newspaper

March 4 Boca Magazine interview the David Sanger

March 4 Sun Sentinel

March 2 Boca Magazine on Doris Kearns Goodwin Talk

March 1 Miami Herald

March 1 Palm Beach Post: Boca Fest to Entertain, Enlighten, Inspire

March 1 Palm Beach Post: Top 5 Things to Do

February 28 Sun Sentinel: Clash of the Titans