On the Town

Scott Blankenship
On the Town with Scott Blankenship highlights some of the best and unique events around South Florida. You can listen to this 5-minute weekly segment Thursdays at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and again on Fridays at 8 a.m.





June 2, 2011

2nd Annual Key West Bacchanalia

Next weekend is the second annual Key West Bacchanalia, 4 days celebrating the best chefs, mixologists, wine and food, benefitting the Darrel Gwynn Foundation. In addition to the food and drinks and the chef competition, there’s also dive-n-dine outings, rum tastings, and a closing night party. June 9th-12th. keywestbacchanalia.com.

Click here to listen to the interview with KWB founders James and Aga Hilferty.

Brahms’ Requiem
Johannes Brahms’ Requiem is a touchstone work that leaves listeners breathless. Seraphic Fire, South Florida’s professional chamber choir, joins the Professional Choral Institute to perform this musical offering that is, in a word, sumptuous. Sunday June 5th at 6pm at All Saints Episcopal Church in Ft. Lauderdale. seraphicfire.org.

Better than Damn Good
Zoetic Stage, South Florida’s newest theatre company, will host a fundraising reading of a comic play by  Artistic Director Stuart Meltzer. It’s a moving, insightful show about renewal and rebirth that actually makes divorce seem funny. Monday June 6th at Gable Stage in Coral Gables.  The reading starts at 7pm. zoeticstage.com

Voice of a Poet
Voice of a Poet is Bles Chavez-Bernstein’s interpretation of the vision of her life.
The soprano will bring an evening full of music and inspiration as she sings romantic
arias, art songs, and sacred music as well as contemporary music at the Aventura Art and Culture Center on Saturday, June 4th. browardcenter.org.