The Orchestra at the Opera House (1870), by Edgar Degas. The return of James Judd to area concert stages, which will occur in early December when the former Florida Philharmonic conductor leads three performances (one of them at Miami’s Trinity Cathedral) of Handel’s Messiah with the Master Chorale of South Florida and the Boca Symphonia, [...]
For those who missed it, the Hungarian-born NY-based artist Rita Ackermann gave a refreshingly inarticulate lecture at the MOCA last Saturday. Yes I know, English is not her first language, but I also believe that her body of work said all that needed to be said. As she clicked on slide after slide, chronicling [...]
We’re about two weeks away from the start of the new season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County — and I’m not exactly counting down the days. Not that this looks to be a bad season. Oh, no. There is absolutely, 100 percent, no risk that this season will [...]
More favorably than anticipated, county commissioners recently voted to cut only 30% of the funding for county arts grants, making the county’s contribution to the arts $8.6 million for the coming year. However, until October 6th arts grantees remain uncertain as to exactly who gets what of the remaining balance. Public funding that will be [...]
University of Wynwood founder & director Scott Cunningham checks in with an update on the project… “Welcome to the University of Wynwood. We’re not a real university, but we do a lot of things that universities do, like organize lectures and panels, host visiting speakers and poets, and publish local writers. This summer, thanks to [...]
Tonight at 7 p.m. is Pivot Points 3 at MOCA. This exhibition is MOCA’s third in the series of seminal works from the museum’s permanent collection, each of which denote either pivotal shits in an artist’s career or in the contemporary art world at large.
Head to Lincoln Road tonight or Saturday night as the Miami Lyric Opera presents Carmen. Set in Seville around 1830, the three-act opera follows the Carmen, a beautiful Gypsy with a fiery temper, through the highs, lows and shocking consequences of love. Carmen @ the Colony Theater: Sept 24 & 26 8-10:45pm; Tickets: $25-$30; 1040 Lincoln [...]
We take so many things for granted. Like the Spam Allstars. The local Latin funk jam outfit has been playing among us so often for so long, it’s easy to forget how damn good the band is. And like Cuban music. It’s everywhere, with more killer musicians arriving from the island seemingly everyday. So big [...]
2009 has seen the Miami City Ballet and the Cleveland Orchestra join forces in a rare artistic collaboration between a major orchestra and a major ballet company. Step backstage with Miami City Ballet Artistic Director Edward Villella, Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster William Preucil and others to explore the collaboration, its influences and its implications. The Miami City [...]
Melissa Wagner Telford, director of development at Young at Art Children’s Museum, checks in… Young At Art Children’s Museum has received a prestigious one-year Museums for America “Engaging Communities” research grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to prototype exhibits for its new, 55,000 square-foot museum and children’s reading center. The project, [...]
