The Festival Beat

Long before she served as health minister of Rwanda (2011-2016), Agnes Binagwaho tried to lock a fellow pediatrician in a hospital room. Dr. Agnes had spotted the doctor in an exam room with a mother who was cradling her sick daughter. The doctor was asleep.

Who is Paul Winter? A seven-time Grammy-award winning musician whose performances, accomplishments and travels are too numerous to cover in this short space. But we'll try anyway...

Arturo Sandoval’s incredible life story would be reason enough to come hear him perform. But of course his life story is only the half of it.

Paul Whiteman asked George Gershwin to compose the piece that would become Rhapsody in Blue, but Gershwin declined, saying there would not be enough time...

While screening a film accompanied by live music may seem like a new thing, it is actually as old as film itself. But that doesn't mean it is easy...

Festival of the Arts Boca designer Eileen Shine saw Constantine Kitsopoulus conduct the NJ Symphony in a performance of Star Wars: A New Hope, the show that will be coming to Boca on March 1, 2019. We asked her to tell us what it was like.

"Occasionally, you see and hear something that blows your mind." Nu Deco Ensemble is that thing.

On September 1st, Festival of the Arts BOCA was selected as the benefiting not-for-profit organization for Comic Cure’s last show of its summer series featuring world renowned comedian D.J. Demers. Next Wave members showed up to support our fundraising effort. 

Festival of the Arts BOCA, in collaboration with the talented duo behind J&D Cakes, Joel and Daniela, produced a table that was out of this world at this year's Wine & All That Jazz event at the Boca Raton Resort.

In mid-July, we attended a reception held at the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum centered around Addison Mizner, the world-renowned resort architect who placed Boca Raton on the map.

Most of the country has to wait for the summer to enjoy an outdoor music festival and there is a large number of them. Many of these Festivals are well worth a trip.

It was another evening to remember under that now famous Swank Farm pole barn out in Loxahatchee. This annual fundraiser benefitting the Festival of the Arts BOCA is truly one of a kind.