On Wednesday, Dec 21 the Copper Street Brass Quintet surprised shoppers at Macy’s in downtown Saint Paul with a holiday taste of the Nutcracker and Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Enjoy the video above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed [...]
On Wednesday, Dec 14 resident teaching dance artists from Ordway Center for the Performing Arts surprised travelers and diners at MSP International Airport with four classical performances choreographed to the blues. Enjoy the performances above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on [...]
On Tuesday, Nov 1 a trio of singers from the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University surprised visitors at the Free Library of Philadelphia with four performances of Der hölle Rache from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Enjoy the experience with the video above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts [...]
By Brian Woods, The Schubert Club—a member of The Arts Partnership Random Acts of Culture™ greeted weary travelers, returning and departing from their Thanksgiving holidays on Sunday, November 27. They were surprised by opera arias and duets ringing throughout Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport! The Arts Partnership presented resident artists from the Minnesota Opera singing duets [...]
Random Acts of Culture™ made holiday travel a bit sweeter this year as it spread spontaneous joy at airports in Charlotte, NC and Saint Paul, MN. On November 22, the North Carolina Dance Theatre & the Charlotte Jazz Society surprised travelers at the Charlotte airport with an improvisational dance set to the Nutcracker while the Minnesota Opera [...]
On May 24, Ballet San Jose surprised workers at Intel World Headquarters with performances of Dancing on a Dime. 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 in the potential of the [...]
On Oct 1, Opera San Jose surprised attendees at the Grantmakers in the Arts conference with a performance from Carmen. 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 in the potential of [...]
On Sept 19, 2011 Ballet San Jose surprised attendees at the National Conference on Foundations with a spontaneous ballet performance set to Gershwin. 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 in [...]
In May 2011, Ballet San Jose surprised travelers at San Jose International Airport with performances. Enjoy the video above. 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 in the potential of the [...]
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council During our first year producing Random Acts of Culture™ we have been fortunate to bring opera, dance and orchestral music to venues as diverse as a Belk department store and Charlotte Douglas International Airport. As planning began for the next year we saw a wonderful opportunity to expose [...]
