Noel Paul Stookey’s return to the Palladium is marked by humor and some great new songs

Lot of performers who made their names and fame in the 1960s tour the country recycling the old hits. Noel Paul Stookey, one-third of the legendary folk trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, certainly has plenty of hits to recycle. But Stookey keeps writing great songs and pushing himself as a solo artist. His Palladium show last [...]

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Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul and Mary, returns for another magical night at the Palladium this Saturday

I’m going to be talking this week with Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul and Mary. His solo show two years ago was a highpoint of my four plus years running this wondeful theater. I’ll be posting a new blog interview this week in advance of his show on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m. But until then, [...]

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Jeffrey Siegel celebrates his fifth anniversary at the Palladium with the music of the Russian masters

When I was hired to run the Palladium in the summer of 2007, I was lucky enough to “inherit” Jeffrey Siegel from my predecessor, Dar Webb. Jeffrey, the renowned concert pianist, had performed the previous March. The show had been a celebration of the hand-over of the Palladium to St. Petersburg College. I wasn’t around [...]

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My buddy, Ferdie Pacheco, the fight doctor, remembers his pal, Angelo Dundee, boxing’s “brightest light.”

Normally, I’m writing about something related to the Palladium in this blog. But my buddy, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, sent me this remembrance of his friend – the famous boxing trainer Angelo Dundee. Angelo and Ferdie were in Muhammad Ali’s corner for all the famous fights. Angelo died last week in Clearwater. – Paul Angelo Dundee an [...]

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