On Saturday, Jan. 21, The Blockley, near University City, hosted three bands of rather different styles: Impressionist, West Philadelphia Orchestra and The Sun Ra Arkestra. Although their configurations are fairly similar in regards to large bands and horn sections, their varied musical styles are dynamic, danceable and deep in outer space, respectively. First onto the stage [...]
The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) sits as the sole remaining building on its block at Warren and Rosa Parks, in a seemingly abandoned neighborhood in a city that, until very recently, had been all but forgotten beyond its borders. A fitting venue for “The Apocalypse Show,” a wild assortment of media and performance-based [...]
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director Summit Artspace Gallery opened its 10th anniversary season with Unmonumental Landscapes, an exhibition by emerging artists Debra DeGregorio, Coe Lapossy, Sommer Tolan and Chelsea Blackerby. The young women explore personal understandings of the contemporary world through landscapes created from collections of ideas, objects and images. The group [...]
By Tessa Retterath, Theori On January 10, the Theoroi group attended its fifth event of the season. Theoroi is a group of young individuals who attend local cultural performances together and spread the word about their experience using interactive media. This event was a Schubert Club International Artist Series recital featuring mezzo soprano Susan Graham [...]
DANCECleveland, a Knight Foundation grant recipient, is thrilled to be presenting Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company this weekend at Playhouse Square. In addition to the main stage performances, we are hosting: Pre-performance lecture: Saturday, January, 28 at 7:15 pm or Sunday, January 29 at 2:15pm. Join us in the Ohio Theatre for a [...]
By Mosaic Theatre Mosaic Theatre is excited to produce its first world premiere play, as the theater has commissioned famed playwright Joe Calarco. A Measure of Cruelty (April 19-May 13) is inspired by actual events of 2009, when a 15-year-old boy was doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by four teenagers, a tragic event that impacted South Florida’s [...]
By Naomi Fisher, Bas Fisher Invitational The Bas Fisher Invitational is excited to present a talk by Dr. David Lee, author of Nature’s Palette: the Science of Plant Color about the connection between Nature, Science, and the Arts. He is interested in exploring with artists how that relationship is experienced and presented creatively, to help [...]
By Alejandra Sans, Florida Grand Opera Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most beloved works, not only for its iconic music, which includes the well-known “La donna e mobile,” but also for its twisted tale of revenge. For Florida Grand Opera’s (FGO) production, the company is taking a step further in designing the famous, deformed court [...]
A fascinating selection of work from master costume designer Jack Edwards’ storied career — sketches, photographs, news clippings and theatrical ephemera, window displays and couture, as well as 30 complete costumes — is now on view at the University of Minnesota’s Goldstein Museum of Design in the exhibition, “Character in Costume: A Jack Edwards Retrospective.” [...]
By Elizabeth Miller, Knight Foundation Nearly 4,000 people will have a chance to enjoy their first-ever opera performance in Charlotte this week – for free. In effort to bring opera to new audiences, last fall Knight Foundation announced it would reserve all the seats to Opera Carolina’s Jan. 28 performance of Madama Butterfly and distribute [...]
