Random Acts of Culture™ hit Aventura last month as the Frost School of Music performed six spontaneous jazz performances on a busy Saturday afternoon. There was shopping, snacking and lots of smooth jazz — all three big crowd pleasers. Random Act of Culture ™ – Aventura, FL from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP Arts/Miami Program Director I love a good top ten list, and this year has been a year of transformative experiences for the Knight Arts program. So I thought I’d take a minute and list some of the amazing cultural events that took place this year in the eight cities […]
Random Acts of Culture™ met the Tango this week as musicians from the Charlotte Symphony partnered with two Tango dancers to perform at the Charlotte Douglass International Airport. This was the fourth RAC performed in Charlotte – click the video below to see the RAC and crowd reactions.
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP/Arts and Miami Program Director We’re just one week into 2011 and it’s already promising to be a banner year for arts, particularly in the eight communities in which Knight Foundation concentrates its arts funding. Here are some signature events in the eight cities, that I am looking forward to in […]
The Random Acts of Culture™ continue to roll along in Charlotte! We had performances in two more venues this month. On Monday, October 18, we took a string quartet from the Charlotte Symphony and two very talented tango artists to concourses D and E at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Using lessons from our first airport […]
This week, Knight Foundation awarded $3.8 million to the newest winners of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami – and the ceremony at the Knight Concert Hall was imbued with art. Singers from the Florida Grand Opera, dressed as regular attendees, surprised the audience with a performance Toreador Aria, from Bizet’s Carmen ‘ a nod to […]
Who loves Random Acts of Culture? You do! Knight Foundation’s national initiative to bring the classics out of the performance halls and onto the streets has caught your eye ‘ to the tune of over 1 million YouTube hits, most notably for the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s performance of Hallelujah (included below). Here’s a snippet […]
Who loves Random Acts of Culture™? You do! Knight Foundation’s national initiative to bring the classics out of the performance halls and onto the streets has caught your eye – to the tune of over 500,000 page views on KnightArts.org and three million YouTube hits, most notably the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s performance of Hallelujah […]
The biggest Random Act of Culture® yet took place in Philadelphia Saturday – with more than 650 singers bursting into Hallelujah from Handel’s Messiah in the middle of a downtown Macy’s. The world’s largest pipe organ – with 28,000 pipes – accompanied them. I could go on, but the video tells the whole story. You […]
The biggest Random Act of Culture yet took place in Philadelphia Saturday – with more than 650 singers bursting into Hallelujah from Handel’s Messiah in the middle of a downtown Macy’s. The world’s largest pipe organ – with 28,000 pipes – accompanied them. I could go on, but the video tells the whole story. You […]
ASC is hard at work planning our ninth Random Act of Culture (RAC). Though the location will remain a closely guarded secret until that date, the upcoming RAC will feature two musicians from the Charlotte Symphony. This is our second RAC with symphony musicians and their third performance for the initiative. We’re looking forward to […]
It has been a very long time since any Christmas carolers came to my door, and even longer since I went myself, as a youngster. But I remember distinctly walking the frozen streets of our northern Illinois hometown, singing along with a group of people I think were from church or high school, or a […]
Wow it’s been a busy month around the Arts and Science Council! Since our first Random Act of Culture at the Atherton Mills Market located in historic South End in late August we’ve already been able to do two more. On September 17, our friends at Wachovia/ Wells Fargo hosted ASC and Opera Carolina at […]
Crossposted from KnightArts.org By P. Scott Cunningham This past November 19th I was introducing Patti Smith at the Miami Book Fair when I was unexpectedly interrupted by’ Patti Smith. The crowd saw her first’she’d walked on stage behind me’and some people began cheering as soon as they saw her long hair and cowboy boots. Others […]
By P. Scott Cunningham/ Founder O,Miami On Nov. 19th, I was introducing Patti Smith at the Miami Book Fair when I was unexpectedly interrupted by…Patti Smith. The crowd saw her first—she’d walked on stage behind me—and some people began cheering as soon as they saw her long hair and cowboy boots. Others looked as confused […]