HAPPENINGS

By Staff | on August 31, 2023

The cast for MNM Theatre Company’s production of “Five Guys Named Moe” is: (Back row) Desir Dumerjuste, Michael Wallace, Leo Jasper Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley. (Front) Doriyan Caty, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long.n CLIFF BURGESS / COURTESY PHOTO

The Kravis Center will take on a jazzy vibe as Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre Company present “Five Guys Named Moe.”

The show, playwright Clarke Peters’ tribute to jazz master Louis Jordan and his music, will run Sept. 8-Sept. 24 in the Rinker Playhouse.

“Five Guys Named Moe” offers a life lesson for a man named Nomax, who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues.

Five guys named Moe — Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe and Four Eyed Moe — seemingly emerge from nowhere in Nomax’s apartment with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” and others to help him get his life back on track.

Directed and choreographed by Dreyfoos School of the Arts alumnus Jacquez Linder-Long, with musical direction by Bobby Peaco, the show will star James White III as Nomax, Don Seward as No Moe, Doriyan Caty as Eat Moe, T.J. Pursley as Little Moe, Michael Wallace as Four-Eyed Moe, and Leo Jasper Davis as Big Moe. Desir Dumerjuste is the show’s swing.

“Mangrove Forest,” painting by Sarah LaPierre COURTESY PHOTO

The Kravis Center is at 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach.

Tickets: $45-$55. Available at mnmtheatre.org, kravis.org, 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471. Group rates available: 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.

GardensArt to feature paintings by LaPierre

GardensArt is presenting ‘Florida Feeling’ impasto acrylic paintings by Sarah LaPierre. This exhibition is on display through Nov. 16, at the Palm Beach Gardens Tennis & Pickleball Center, 5110 117th Court N. Exhibit hours are 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.- 7 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Sarah LaPierre is a painter based in West Palm Beach. She has been exhibiting with fine arts festivals and galleries throughout the state for over 10 years. Her heavily textured and vibrantly colorful paintings are inspired by her love of local flora and fauna and spending time outside, viewing each painting as an act of discovery, appreciation, and celebration of the subject.

As a second-generation artist, LaPierre’s late father, Joseph LaPierre, remains one of the biggest influences on her work, having passed down the love of palette knife techniques which has become a principal characteristic of her “thick paint” impasto style.

An art reception will be held 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. Light brunch bites and refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information on the GardensArt program, visit www.pbgrec.com/ gardensart, call Amy Stepper at 561-630- 1116, or email [email protected].

Fright Night seeks cast members for this year’s haunted house at the South Florida Fairgrounds. COURTESY PHOTO

Fright Nights seeks “family of freaks”

Feeling freaky?

Fright Nights is looking for a “family of freaks” to inhabit what it bills as the largest haunted house event in West Palm Beach, with four full haunts, carnival rides, live music, and food and entertainment.

Casting call begins at noon Sunday, Sept. 10. Participants must be at least 16 years old, unless they have a parent who will volunteer to work alongside them. Both paid and volunteer positions are available with all levels of experience. Two forms of ID are required. Event organizers also are seeking makeup artists and makeup helpers.

Fright Nights at the South Florida Fairgrounds starts the season with a Behind The Scenes Tour on Oct. 5 and will open on Friday, Oct. 6, and continue to be held on Oct. 7,12,13,14,19, 20, 21, 26, and 28. The midway will open at 6 and the haunted houses will open at 7 p.m. The carnival of terror offers four new haunted houses along with scare zones, midway carnival rides, live entertainment, video games and virtual reality.

For the casting call, enter through the main gate at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansbury’s Way, West Palm Beach. Info: www.myfrightnights.com.

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