Cover Art: Jeanne Martin @weirddailydrawings for MOSAIC
“The greater the disparity, the greater the despair.”#GreedKills #FlipThePyramid
5/1
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso
MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN: The Smoogies, Seafoam Walls, DJ Merboots
REVELRY: Live Music Bingo w Smerks & The Nightmares GRAMPS: Blone Noble, Andean Shrine, Rick Guerre, girlcop
5/2-4
STONZEK THEATER: One to One, John & Yoko
5/2
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue
REVELRY: Joel Dasilva Band Rock & Blues Night
GRAMPS GETAWAY: DJ Medley
BANYAN LIVE: Taylor Swift Night, Simulation, Tynan, Phiso, Mongrel
ARTS GARAGE: The Art of Laughter w Mike Rivera ft. Michael Murillo
THE PEACH: Creative Fashion Up-cycling
5/3
HOLLYWOOD ARTSPARK: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Delray GreenMarket
RESPECTABLE STREET: Emo Night
THE PEACH: Gallery Show, Henna Tattoos
BANYAN LIVE: Space Disco
SAVAGE LABS: LoveCats – Tribute to The Cure
REVELRY: The Ricca Project
ARTS GARAGE: The Monkey King: A Kung Fu Musical, The Smoogies
5/4
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Son Del Mundo ft Cortadito w Albita Rodriguez, Lazaro Galarraga, Nestor Torres, Michelle Fragoso, MiamiBloco, Grupo Barrio Abajo, Lula Rios, DJ Le Spam
THE PEACH: Art Walk, YOGA
REVELRY: Revelry Anniversary w Zoo Peculiar
ARTS GARAGE: Notorious, Duran Duran Tribute
TERRA FERMATA: Musicians Relief Fund Picnic
5/6
RESPECTABLE STREET: The Toasters, Matamaska, Fuakata
GRAMPS: Bastardane, Fury In Few, Chained Saint ARTS GARAGE Comedy Open Mic Night
THE PEACH: Come Paint With Me
5/7
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Noah Reid
THE PEACH: Artist Talk & Critique, Pattern Making 101, Play w Clay
5/8
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Gilsons
RESPECTABLE STREET: DECA, Broot McCoy, Mass Hollow, Joe Flow + BH
SWEAT: Sam Prekop
REVOLUTION LIVE: Low Cut Connie, Brittany Brave, Miss Michigan
5/9
RESOURCE DEPOT: GalleRE REmix, Meet the Designers, After the Runway runs thru 6/7
REVELRY: The LoveCats – Tribute to The Cure OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Delray GreenMarket
GRAMPS: Firstworld, Mystercraig, Delusion Bay
REVOLUTION LIVE: GalaxyCon’s Wrestle-A-Go-Go
ARTS GARAGE: The Allman Revival BANYAN LIVE: Soul Rodeo
5/11
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Miguel Mateos
REVOLUTION LIVE: Fitz & the Tantrums, Easy Honey OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Coco Wellness Market, DJ Medley
REVELRY: Ink + Drink Sunday Social: Taurus Edition, Cary Daly, Kelcie McQuaid, ShangriLa Collective ARTS GARAGE: Siempre Flamenco
BANYAN LIVE: Soul Rodeo THE PEACH: YOGA
5/12
THE PARKER: Mat Kearney w Augustana GRAMPS: Murphy’s Law, Total Chaos, Pena Maxima THE PEACH: Comedy Workshop, Open Mic, Drawing & Acrylics Class
5/13
REVOLUTION LIVE: The Damned, The Bellrays BANYAN LIVE: He Is Legend THE PEACH: Come Paint With Me
5/15
REVELRY: Wax On Wax Off REVOLUTION LIVE: BOYWITHUKE, Ethan Bortnick
OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Dave Matthews Tribute GRAMPS: Easterlin, Mind State
5/16
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Nu Deco Ensemble: Four Seasons for the Five Senses THE
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REVELRY: Tasty Vibrations
GRAMPS: Sofia LaFuente, Farayi Malik, Ellie Williams
REVOLUTION LIVE: Emo Night Brooklyn
ARTS GARAGE: Fun-raiser in Paradise
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5/17-18
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HATCH 1121: Open Studios ft Danielle AS4, Emmanuel Gonzales, Kristen Myers, Elizabeth Poole, Lorraine Bowe, Lula Sandra Gover, Quiet Parrot Project, Artists of PBC
5/17
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Nu Deco
Ensemble: Four Seasons for the Five Senses
OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Delray GreenMarket
ARTSERVE: Play-Shop Free Art Workshops, Tina Wright, ShangriLa Collective
REVOLUTION LIVE: Smino, Samara Cyn
REVELRY: Slip & Spinouts
GRAMPS: Sad MCs
ARTS GARAGE: Ultimate Floyd Tribute
BANYAN LIVE: The Widdler
5/18
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Peter London
Global Dance Co.
ARTS GARAGE: Kent Burnside
5/20
ARTS GARAGE: Spoken Word Open Mic THE PEACH: Come Paint w Me
5/23-25
TERRA FERMATA: Face to Face
5/23
OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Bon Jovi Tribute Band
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Zoso: Led Zeppelin
RESPECTABLE STREET: Disbarred
REVOLUTION LIVE: The Wonder Years & the Little Kruta String Ensemble, Kevin Devine
REVELRY: Mighty Flea Circus Rockabilly Night GRAMPS GETAWAY: DJ Medley
BANYAN LIVE: Blink-182 Deux | Live From 05
ARTS GARAGE: JP Soars and The Red Hots
THE PEACH: Creative Fashion Up-cycling
5/24
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Miamibloco Saideira Social
OLD SCHOOL SQUARE: Delray GreenMarket
REVOLUTION LIVE: Chili Poppers: Red Hot Chili Peppers Trib, Beeline playing 90s Weezer
REVELRY: Tom Petty Tribute with Petty Hearts
ARTS GARAGE: Bob Marley Tribute
5/29
RESPECTABLE STREET: Hijas de la Muerte, Salem Slot Machine, Iliad
5/30
MIAMI BEACH BANDSHELL: Raveena
ARTSERVE: Play-Shop Free Art Workshops, Tina Wright, ShangriLa Collective
REVOLUTION LIVE: NekroGoblikon, Revocation, Ov Sulfur, Brat BROWARD CENTER: Taj Farrant
REVELRY: Glass Blocs 80’s New Wave
CHOLO SOY: Medley & Kranz
THE ABBEY: Emery, ‘68, Flake GRAMPS: Kite Flying Society
ARTS GARAGE: Tito Puente, Jr.
THE PEACH: Creative Fashion Up-cycling
5/31
REVELRY: As You Like It Album Release, Nervous Monks, The Elm Tops, Lindsey Mills, ShangriLa Collective
Tucked into a residential corner of West Palm Beach, The Artwork of Reuben Hale Gallery & Sculpture Garden occupies a Spanish Colonial-style house on South Olive Avenue that’s eyecatching but easy to miss if it’s not on your itinerary. The same could be said of its late owner: The name Reuben Hale might ring a bell, but it doesn’t automatically pop up in conversations about the arts in South Florida.
That could change in 2025. As part of MOSAIC, Palm Beach County’s annual springtime “Month of Shows, Art, Ideas and Culture,” the Hale gallery is offering discounts on scheduled small-group tours of the century-old, art-filled house. Hale lived and worked there until his death in 2018, and his figurative sculptures and vibrant abstract paintings populate the house and grounds.
The Hale gallery joins an expanding roster of organizations that participate in MOSAIC, a public-private venture led by the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County Now in its eighth year, MOSAIC connects locals and offseason travelers alike with the cultural attractions in their midst, and keeps visitors coming to the county’s museums, playhouses, music venues and art studios after most tourists have headed back north.
“We’re helping locals know that they can be tourists in their own backyards,” Lauren Perry, the Cultural Council’s Associate Vice President of Marketing and Cultural Tourism, tells PureHoney. MOSAIC deals and perks in May span visual art, theater, live music, flora, fauna, science, ecology, and DIY arts and crafts.
Several of the county’s anchor institutions are aboard, including Norton Museum of Art, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum. Alongside the bigger names is a very full month’s worth of discounted attractions and activities: getting inked at TBA Tattoos; immersing yourself in regional black history at Spady Cultural Heritage Museum; wandering Mounts Botanical Garden; making candles at Melted Aroma; discovering homegrown talent at the 561 Music Festival (May 3); experiencing dance at Paris Ballet and Dance; or seeing sea turtles up close at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. That’s a partial list; sign up for the full roster and offer details at mosaicpbc.com
MOSAIC also happens in tandem with Open Studios, the countywide weekend art crawl (May 17 and 18) where more than 100 artists open their spaces to visitors, give talks about their work and offer pieces for sale. Tying everything together is a visual theme, beginning with artist Jeanne Martin’s panoramic poster for MOSAIC 2025, “Our County TOONS,” whimsical figures and landscapes conjured in a Japanese Risograph style to represent life in the Palm Beaches. Free collectible pins with Martin’s MOSAIC ‘toons will be handed out at sponsored events.
The Cultural Council’s Perry says that 4,300 people are employed in the county’s arts economy. Martin is one of them, a former brand and marketing manager for the Palm Beach Post who now produces commercial and fine art on commission. The Cultural Council tapped Martin for this year’s campaign after seeing her work with Urban Sketchers and recruiting her for exhibitions and promotions — just one example of the networking that helps sustain local culture. “There’s really a lot of great artists here,” Martin tells PureHoney.
Part of Perry’s job is acquainting Palm Beachers with that creative energy and making them “aware of the opportunity to have so many cool experiences within a few miles of where they live.”Which brings us back to Reuben Hale, an artist, professor, local college humanities chair, early Cultural Council member, and advisor on construction of the Kravis Center. The former Lannan Museum in Lake Worth, whose collections Hale oversaw, is now the historic deco headquarters building of the Cultural Council.
The Hale gallery is not the only landscaped art oasis opening its doors for MOSAIC. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, one of the county’s best-known attractions, is also participating. But it’s not an exaggeration to say that MOSAIC and the active cultural scene it supports are indebted to Hale’s artistic and civic labors. Gallery founder and president Irma Hale certainly hopes you’ll think so. “My goal in doing all of this is to build a name for Reuben Hale,” his daughter tells PureHoney. Sign up for MOSAIC 2025
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OPEN STUDIOS
by tim moffatt
We begin by stipulating that when it comes to the visual arts, Miami-Dade County is king, regionally speaking. Between Art Basel, the Wynwood Arts District and an archipelago of fine-art museums stretching from Coral Gables to Miami Beach, the southernmost of the big three South Florida counties has more art clout than its neighbors.
But Broward and Palm Beach aren’t just coasting on their proximity to an art capital. Both are home to highly regarded museums, juried biennials and art expos that represent investments in culture and competition across county lines for recognition as arts communities.
Consider Open Studios, a two-day event (May 17 and 18) presented by Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Now in its third year, Open Studios spotlights art, artists, and the creative process by focusing on Palm-based creators in multiple media: painting, sculpture, illustration, photography, mixed media, installation, glass blowing, ceramics, apparel, and tattooing.
If one is inquisitive or brave enough to interrogate an art form and audit the process behind it, Open Studios has dozens of participating venues from Boca to Tequesta, and more than 100 artists available to match the question to the right practitioner. Everything is free and open to all ages.
Artists and artisans will be demonstrating their crafts and offering guidance on how to get stared. While many artists are return hosts for Open Studios, the talent pool is growing. One look at the roster of participants tells you that the Palm Beaches have no shortage of creativity.
Think of Open Studios as a day trip to see what this arts community has to offer. Studio and gallery staff will be in their work and display spaces all day on that Saturday and Sunday, showing their wares, answering questions, and offering pieces for sale. It’s an opportunity not just for residents to marvel at Palm Beach County’s thriving art economy, but also for artists themselves to get their names out into the world and be recognized among the region’s very best.
Open Studios runs 10am-3pm Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18. Find a downloadable artist lineup, location map and app at palmbeachculture.com/open-studios
Ensemble:
Umphrey’s McGee
ROSEGARDEN FUNERAL PARTY
by erik kvarnberg
I had a chance to see Rosegarden Funeral Party at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach last August, and I have never before or since seen a line form as swiftly for selfies with the band after a show. Even before the entire audience synchronized its admiration, Leah Lane and Dean Adams put on a performance that left no one standing still. If post-show pictures are a must for you when the band returns to Respectable Street this month, you might already be enough of an admirer to know how to join the queue.
Emerging in 2018 with a well-received EP, The Chopping Block, the goth-pop combo from Dallas, Texas, are, by their own account, advocates for kindness and self-love in a harsh and unforgiving world, with “relatable lyrics about heartbreak and healing,” as they say in their bio. That approachability, draped in goth’s somber tones, has produced a bond with RFP fans that expresses itself avidly at their live shows.
Last summer RFP were touring in support of their third full-length album, 2024’s From the Ashes. Learning further into post-punk than traditional goth rock, and venturing into some new territory, this album is the long-lost friend of anyone looking for artists with a fresh reading on either of those well-trod genres. Lane’s velvety voice floats above an unexpected variety of arrangements, and pairs beautifully with Adams’ rhythmic sense.
“A Different Kind of Carnage” channels flamenco with claves, and even a dash of John Coltrane on Miles Davis’ “Flamenco Sketches” with tenor sax flourishes. The video presents Lane as a queenly, sword-wielding knight in a snowy landscape, her intense gaze reflecting both sorrow and strength. The title track, a post-punk power ballad, ends the album on a note of true spectacle. With lyrics reflecting the band’s belief in recovery — “And out of your reaching hands/I will break and I will stand” — the song builds to a melancholic, determined chorus. It’s the sound of a band that is still growing, on an album that artfully conveys healing.
Rosegarden Funeral Party, with Astari Nite and Summore, play an 18-and-over show 7pm Saturday, May 10 at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach.
NERVOUS MONKS
by david rolland
Formed way back in 2016, Broward County’s Nervous Monks are putting out a collection of new songs that also happens to be the band’s first-ever full-length album. As You Like It hits differently than some of the Monks’ previous, more jangly indie-rock singles and EPs. But singer-guitarist Brady Newbill tells PureHoney that writing and recording “the album that’s probably our most ambitious to date“ felt a lot like it always does — at least at first.
“This album began like our other work has; assembling material in the garage until we have enough to hit ‘record,” Newbill says. “But during the process, some interesting things began to develop. Not only had our chemistry of playing and writing collaboratively evolved into fresh territory, but I had also been working on some songs that are a bit more theatrical and focused on the history and ecology of Florida, and what it means to remain creative in an environment that’s increasingly inhospitable to the creative process.”
Working with guitarist Vitek Benton, bassist Tim Hicks, and drummer Adam Camarena, Newbill says the stellar sonic results stem from the band members’ mutual ease. “We have been really lucky throughout the history of the band to have a comfortable place to play, write and record at Adam’s house,” he says. “We always get some amazing takes and improvisational magic on days when we aren’t even ‘tracking’ that become highlights of what we release.”
Some tracks for As You Like It were recorded during a rainstorm with the garage door open. “I did my best to mix out the sound of the rain drops,” Newbill says, “but the takes are so good that I don’t think many people would notice even if I hadn’t.”
They’ll celebrate with an album release show at Revelry, joined by indie comrades The Elm Tops and Lindsey Mills. Newbill promises new tracks and sturdy favorites and a good vibe at Revelry. “And of course,” he adds, “we’re super excited to finally have an album like this to share on vinyl.”
Nervous Monks, The Elm Tops and Lindsey Mills play the release party for “As You Like It,” 8pm Saturday May 31 at Revelry in Pompano Beach.
AMITAI PLASSE
by kelli bodle
When the Texas legislature is in session, there is a notsmall chance of running into artist Amitai Plasse. He’ll be inside Austin’s capitol building, drawing on an iPad from a seat in the public gallery while nearby lawmakers spar over bills. The finished piece will be a picture of democracy in action: comic-style portraits of legislators at work, surrounded by their own words from the day in the artist’s energetic hand-lettering.
“I’ve always been politically aware, but there was an opportunity to be more politically engaged when I came to Austin,” Plasse, originally from New York, tells PureHoney. “Maybe it’s because the capital is here, and you can walk into a committee meeting or a floor hearing and sit, draw, and observe.”
It’s a marked change of setting and subject matter for our artist of the month, a commercial illustrator and animator who used to sketch people on New York City subway trains. While Plasse received a formal art education from Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, he found daily inspiration and a stylistic niche in his 30-minute subway rides to and from school.
“I’d look around and see who caught my eye,” Plasse recalls. “How do I get this down as quickly as possible? What’s interesting about what I’m seeing right now?” With riders coming and going at every stop, “You have just moments to catch people interacting or an interesting character sketch,” he adds. “It’s about capturing the essence of that quickly, its energy.”
After leaving Brooklyn for Austin in 2011 to accommodate his growing family and chart a new course for himself, Plasse first turned to his adopted city’s world-famous music scene for new material.
“I’ve always loved music, and I used to see a lot of live music when I was younger, but it’s so much more accessible in Austin,” he says. Touring and local bands provided constant and varied opportunities for Plasse to work in his preferred creative style: the “quick sketch” of people and surroundings in constant flux.
”It’s the same, catching the vibe of the motion,” he says of his transition from commuters to bands. “The whole idea about drawing live music is like, I call it ‘gonzo.’ The idea is that you’re in the midst of what’s happening, not a disconnected observer. It’s about how you feel when you’re there. I’ll try to be in the midst of what goes on. I’ve been kicked in the head, and people have landed on me. All sorts of stuff happens. But you get a certain energy from being in the middle of everybody that you can’t get anywhere else.”
He’s still sketching live shows. But after raising three kids, Plasse has developed an interest in Texas education spending. “I feel like many people aren’t connected with what goes on in our government,” he says. “For example, people who get mad at certain issues go to a protest. Usually, protests happen after legislation occurs. People would say they went to the protest, and I’m like, ‘The bill has already been passed. You sitting out there and screaming — like, our governor does not give a shit.’ “
Plasse’s sketches transform run-of-the-mill hearings into entertaining, informative tableaus. ”People who wouldn’t pay attention to how the government works can see my sketches and become more engaged,” he says. “I think a lot of us grew up watching Schoolhouse Rock! That connection between art and the workings of government has been gone. Maybe I can illustrate a 30-second excerpt of a meeting and affect change instead of blasting out on social media – after the fact – that I’m angry but not really doing anything about it.”
Lately, as he’s thought about politics, this longtime punk, rap and metal fan has been listening to old Reagan Youth albums. The interest in public proceedings grew out of a panel he sketched at SXSW featuring former CBS News anchor Dan Rather talking about distrust of the news media.
“Rather said that people don’t understand civics anymore. They don’t learn it,” Plasse says. “How can you make a decision and be connected if you don’t understand how the government is supposed to work? To me, that was a call to action: How I can help facilitate the understanding of how government works.”
HAPPY HOUR
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Youth and businesses leading the way towards a sustainable future
BluEco SWAPS
BluEco Swaps is a new initiative in West Palm Beach connecting young leaders with local businesses to champion sustainable swaps replacement practices such as reuse, recycling and alternative materials that can dramatically reduce a workplace s environmental impact. Our goal is to stem the tide of microplastics and other toxins that harm our life-giving oceans. Our name tells who we are: advocates for an ocean-friendly Blue Economy powered by sustainable swaps
The Blue Economy is the “sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, and jobs while preserving the health of the ocean ecosystem” In essence through the Blue Economy there is a goal of establishing business practices that exist in harmony with the ocean and inspiring solutions to address such operational challenges With science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity there have been many great examples worldwide that are spearheading the way towards building a Blue economy-centered future!
Businesses have close ties to the residents of Palm Beach Florida, giving them the power to be part of the change towards shifting to a Blue Economy! There are so many ways to shift your business towards a Blue Economy while meeting your standards and keeping customers happy!
With becoming a partner with BluEco Swaps not only will you become a leader in this movement and help your business achieve many benefits such as:
Reducing packaging costs
Becoming a community role model
Fostering customer loyalty and enrich their experience
Getting ahead of regulations
Additionally, as a partner in our project your business will:
Be featured in a one page article (just like this one!) in PureHoney
Receive a plaque to display in your workplace
Recognized by the City of West Palm Beach on their weekly newsletter and website
Highlighted on our BluEco Swaps website
Through our efforts, we hope to bring attention to the importance of sustainable use of resources to protect our ocean planet If you are interested in learning more about BluEco Swaps, how to get involved, benefits, and how we can help your business, visit us at bluecoswaps com or write to us at leaders blueswaps@gmail .com
We look forwards to expanding our initiative and reaching all sorts of types of locals businesses and cannot wait to work with you!
This project would not be possible without the support and mentoring from the City of West Palm Beach Office of Sustainability, Youth for Climate funds from Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Camila Rimoldi Ibañez
BluEco Swap Founder
Youth Ambassador, Caroline McCarthy, with her article highlighting Rust & Wax record Store
BluEco Swap Ambassadors at the October training workshop held at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) with guest speakers Diana BuhlerFounder/President of Friends of Palm Beaches- and Val Tovar- Conservation Manager at LMC
