By Arsht Center Staff Can a poet pack the house? We’ll find out Friday, when the Adrienne Arsht Center throws a Miami homecoming in the Knight Concert Hall for Richard Blanco, the Cuban-American poet who was tapped last month as President Obama’s 2013 Inauguration Poet. Raised in Miami, Blanco is the youngest and the first [...]
By John Jarobe, Bearded Ladies Cabaret “Fueled by a Knight Arts grant, The Bearded Ladies are delivering on their promised cabaret revolution.”- Mark Cofta, City Paper “[The Bearded Ladies Cabaret] are at the forefront of what is becoming a thriving cabaret scene in Philly.” Lewis Whittington, Edge Philadelphia The Bearded Ladies closed out 2012 with [...]
By Abdo Sayegh, TU Dance In early January, TU Dance travelled to New York City to showcase several works for the APAP conference. Toni and Uri brought the company to The Alvin Ailey Studios where a crowd of more than 100 people -amongst them some presenters- filled the space. Enriched by the New York energy, [...]
Philadelphia-based curator, video director, and new media artist Sean Stoops was awarded a $20,000 Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia grant to “support an innovative form of 3D storytelling by creating a series of outdoor video art events screened on local buildings.” This week Philadelphia online magazine Flying Kite reported on Stoops’ project, noting that the 3D [...]
By Alejandra Serna, Florida Grand Opera As we move closer to March, things are gearing up for an innovative new project at Florida Grand Opera. As part of the Knight Arts Challenge, the company is getting ready to present the first installment of Unexpected Opera in Unexpected Places, a program designed to reach new audiences [...]
As an author, blogger, educator and CEO of Canada’s Academy of Stage and Studio Arts, Lisa Phillips has spent years bringing arts education and leadership development to children. She recently wrote about the top 10 skills children learn from the arts for ArtsBlog. Click here to read the complete list and continue below for an excerpt. [...]
Scott Harrison, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 2013 is already off to an exciting start with our Beethoven Festival – five webcasts in three weeks featuring all nine symphonies at dso.org/live. We’re also recording all the performances for release as mp3s in our Beethoven Digital Box Set – available for pre-order for only $19.99 at dso.org/Beethoven – [...]
The Miami City Ballet has had its share of difficult headlines of late. Artistic director Edward Villella announced his final season, the organization ran out of cash and its executive director left. But, things seem to be turning around, as Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser noted in the HuffPost. Kaiser notes: “Recently I went to [...]
By Pati Vargas, Viernes Culturales Join us for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular art and culture festival is a great event for the whole family. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th St and SW 15th Ave, and visit the many [...]
By Melissa Henry, Janet Echelman, Inc Artist Janet Echelman, who designed the public artwork for Philadelphia’s Dilworth Plaza recently shared her words for a feature on the The Huffington Post. Echelman’s TED Talk and accompanying article headlined their curated TED Weekend program themed “Imagination Innovation.” A Knight Arts Challenge Grant is helping to construct Echelman’s [...]
