By Megan O’Connell, Signal-Return, Inc “Begin anywhere”, instructs American composer John Cage. In compiling an overview of the goings-on at Signal-Return, the swath of what we are actualizing looks so wide and seamless, it is challenging to know where to start. As a crossroads and meeting place, Signal-Return is thriving. Taking Cage’s words to heart, [...]
Expect to be floored, and ceiling-ed, when visiting the Farside Gallery and the accompanying art space in the lobby of Mosquera Orthodontics. But don’t expect to be overwhelmed with color and dramatics. The two architecturally based interventions are subtle and simple in their presentations, but not uncomplicated. In the Farside space, which is a casita, [...]
March was a busy month for the Cleveland Orchestra Miami delivering educational activities throughout Miami-Dade County. The centerpieces of the Cleveland Orchestra’s comprehensive array of educational activities presented in Miami each season are the Education Concerts at the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Nearly 4,000 second grade [...]
By Matthew Jaber Stiffler, Arab American National Museum The first full of week of March 2012 was a week of VIPs and discussions of democratic ideals at the Arab American National Museum (AANM). Among the events was a talk by internationally acclaimed Egyptian-born filmmaker, Jihan El-Tahri; a tour of the museum with Bothaina Kamel, a female [...]
To say the drive-in is a dying institution gives too much credit to the handful still in operation (including the nation’s largest remaining — the Ford Drive-In, in Dearborn). Ours is the last generation that knows what a drive-in is, or even remembers watching a movie with feet kicked up on the dashboard, hearing the [...]
“Stop! Convince me that those shoes are magic.” It could only be one pair of famous shoes that director Myron Lewis is talking about: Dorothy’s. On a recent weeknight in the gymnasium of Akron’s Arlington Church of God, Lewis rehearsed the students of YEPAW (Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop) as they prepared for two performances [...]
By Delta Giordano, St. Paul Program Assistant Knight Foundation congratulates TU Dance on their Sally Award, presented on March 26 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul. Since 1992, the Sally Ordway Irvine Awards have honored individuals and institutions that strengthen and enrich our entire state with their commitment to the arts and arts education. [...]
If you love poetry, then you probably know that April is National Poetry Month. In honor of the magic of poetry. In Miami, we’re celebrating with O, Miami, a biennial poetry festival created by the University of Wynwood and Knight Foundation, which aims for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during [...]
Earlier this month, the Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä came to South Florida with his Minnesota Orchestra and the violinist Midori, who played the Sibelius Violin Concerto. They played the Knight Concert Hall, but I caught them in West Palm Beach, and it was sensational. Vänskä is without any doubt one of the finest conductors working [...]
If the FiberPhiladelphia 2012 festival had a crown jewel it would almost certainly be “Outside/Inside the Box.” This massive exhibit at “The Icebox” room of the Crane Arts Building in Fishtown showcases fiber work in many mediums, including fabric, glass, leaves and newspaper, to name only a few. There are nearly 70 artists demonstrating their skills [...]
