By Val Renner, Akron Civic Theatre The month of February was extremely busy. The Festival of Nations 2012 was a top family pleaser. This was the third year for this event and it include performances by The German Family Society Tanzgruppe Dancers, Pura Salsa, The Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Cultural Association Performance Troupe, The St. Nicholas Russian [...]
By Michael Knoll, South Florida Folklife Center, HistoryMiami Earlier this year, HistoryMiami’s South Florida Folklife Center launched its Heritage Spotlight series, an artist-in-residence program featuring Miami-area tradition bearers. Our very first resident artist is Cuban drummer and drum-maker Ezequiel Torres who has been featured in two recent programs, which have proven to be a successful [...]
It’s taken more than 20 years, but at last Carson Kievman is going to get his premiere. The founder of the SoBe Institute of the Arts spent four years writing an opera based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” for the legendary director Joe Papp, only to have Papp’s untimely death from cancer in 1991 leave the work [...]
Way before The Black Keys, Akron gave birth to another pop culture icon: Chrissie Hynde. Last weekend, GroundWorks Dance Theater recharged the gritty ‘70s rock of Hynde and the Pretenders in “Hindsight,” an irresistible work by veteran choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett. GroundWorks rocked out in “Hindsight“ with a teasing bad-girl/bad-boy attitude that had the audience at [...]
By Randy Bobst-McKay, Symphony Silicon Valley Valentine’s Day brought Carmen to the San Jose International Airport. Nine Random Acts of Culture™ performances featured Symphony Silicon Valley’s concertmaster on violin and two singers from Opera San Jose bringing to life Bizet’s most familiar music. The performances at various gates while passengers waited for their flights and at the baggage [...]
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council On August 17, 2010 we set out on a two-year journey with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to bring arts and culture to the people of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County through Random Acts of Culture™. On that day, 11 performers from Opera [...]
By Teatro del Pueblo Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater are proud to have been chosen to receive the prestigious 2012 Joyce award to commission artists of color to create new works that reflect the intersections between the Latino and Asian communities. The Joyce award comes with a $50,000 grant to commission three playwrights. [...]
Miami is a Latin American capital, including being a hub for Latin American art. So it is fitting that the arteaméricas fair is returning this weekend for its 10th anniversary showing. This year, the huge fair will feature a special tribute to the works coming out of Argentina, with galleries such as Galleria Rubbers and [...]
Shelley Spector’s show “Dreck Groove” in the Esther Klein Gallery at University City Science Center is as much a statement about the environment and consumption as it is a study in abstraction and fiber art. The name is a take on the Yiddish word “dreck” which generally means rubbish, while “groove” hints at what someone [...]
Last November, Miami City Ballet received a Knight Arts Challenge grant to support the ballet’s new works fund. Knight recently interviewed Pamela Gardiner, Executive Vice President, Artistic Affairs, at the Miami City Ballet to learn more about why it’s important to commission new works and how they’re approaching their efforts to match Knight’s grant. Knight Foundation: [...]
