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hotlist BoB adelman: PhotograPhs of the Civil rights movement Where: Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale When: Jan. 18–May 4, 2014 Details: There’s Malcolm X, middle finger poised against his cheek, his hand clutching a folded newspaper that screams “TO UNITE!” in loud type. Here are white construction workers, Confederate flags emblazoned on their hard hats, staring down at a young African-American girl. Nearby, Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march, and a black child sits on the wheel of a stagecoach next to a torn banner reading “I Have a Dream.” These are just a few of the images photographer Bob Adelman shot during his six years chronicling the American Civil Rights movement for magazines such as Look, Life and Newsweek. If there was an iconic image from the movement that would eventually burn into our collective retina, chances are Adelman shot it, all the way through to MLK’s funeral in 1968. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Museum of Art will present a retrospective of Adelman’s gripping photographs, many of them never exhibited before. tickets: $7–$14 contact: 954/525-5500, moafl.org
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Paula Poundstone Where: Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach When: Jan. 11, 2014 Details: “There’s so many difficult decisions you make now, as a family. My kids, for example, have decided to cremate me, and I am begging them to wait.” That’s an example of Paula Poundstone’s humor, as black as it as observational, and brimming with sarcasm and surprises. The Massachusetts native dropped out of high school to pursue a comedy career, working as a busgirl and bicycle messenger until she embarked on a cross-country comedy tour on a Greyhound bus. In the decades since, she’s earned her place on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 best stand-ups of all time. Poundstone has become as known for her onstage getups—usually a pinstriped business suit and tie—as her acute observations on life, politics and social issues. tickets: $50 contact: 561/243-7922, delraycenterforthearts.org
december/january 2014