By Margot Helm, Opera San Jose On Saturday, May 7th, over one thousand Bay Area residents will get their first taste of opera by attending a special performance of “the greatest love story ever sung”: Puccini’s beloved classic, La bohème. With support from the Knight Foundation, Opera San José is excited to share the [...]
There’s a beautiful fiber art show currently on view at Wayne State University’s Elaine L. Jacob Gallery in Midtown. “Material Spaces: Veneration Through the Needle’s Eye” includes work by three nationally recognized fiber artists: Carolyn Kallenborn, Beili Liu and Tom Lundberg. Kallenborn and Liu created two stunning, complementary installations that occupy the gallery’s second floor, [...]
Visceral spoken wordplay is in the heart and soul of any poetry slam. Slams are a competitive and fierce battle between fellow poets who rely on their voice and verses to communicate their message to the audience. On Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. the students at TERRA
2010 Knight Arts Challenge winner the South Florida Composers Alliance was awarded $75,000 to create a publicly accessible exhibition space at ArtCenter South Florida on Lincoln Rd to “foster the appreciation and understanding of sound art” in South Florida. The resulting Listening Room, a 24-channel installation, pipes sound art outside the ArtCenter and hosts curated exhibits [...]
Spotlight, a series focusing on women choreographers, takes to the John S. and James L. Knight Theater stage April 28 through 30. Each performance takes place at 7:30 p.m.. This is the first time North Carolina Dance Theatre is devoting a series to women choreographers. The series features three amazing performances, including: ”The Golden Section,” [...]
National Poetry Month is here and the crew at How Pedestrian, a video blog that seeks to make poetry more accessible to the general public, is in town to help the organizers behind O, Miami bring a poem to every person in Miami-Dade county before the end of the month. Knight Foundation president and CEO Alberto Ibargüen added [...]
It’s moving day for Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST). The troupe is debuting its new home in the NoDa building on June 16. Funded in part by Knight Foundation, the move is allowing the troupe to say goodbye to the leaky roof, limited parking and limited signage at its former space on Clement Ave. The [...]
The sculptures and installations of Robert Chambers have become part of the landscape of Miami. His works resemble creations from a scientific laboratory or mechanical creatures; sometimes whimsical, sometimes biomorphic, always interesting. One of his latest public art works
There are three days left of O, Miami, Miami’s first monthlong poetry festival – have you experienced a poem yet? Thousands of people watched poetry fly from the sky Saturday, April 16 as artists Jonathan Lizcano and Ximena Izquierdo dropped poems printed on biologically friendly materials over Sweatstock 2011. Were you there? Comment below & [...]
On April 12, the Macon Syhpmony Orchestra surprised employees at Gieco’s cafeteria with a quintet performing the “Can-Can” from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed and engaged communities. To that end, we strongly believe [...]
