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    Inside Reading Terminal Market’s October performances

    Published November 5, 2014 by

    By Ann Mintz, Reading Terminal Market An exciting mixed bag of performances took place at Reading Terminal Market during October including a popup dance performance, the winner of Philadelphia Magazine’s award for “Best of Philly” street singer, the 30th anniversary celebration of the longest running free jazz performance series in...
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    Epic percussion takes root in Miramar

    Published November 5, 2014 by

    By Steven S. Klotz, Executive Director, Embrace Music Foundation The musical journey known as Rhythms of Africa / Music Around the World has found its way back to Miramar, where 50 children from Somerset Academy, all musical novices, embrace the intricacies of African-based rhythms and the varying cultures, customs, and...
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    Choreographer Uri Sands, ready for his homecoming dance in South Miami-Dade

    Published November 5, 2014 by

    Photo courtesy TU Dance.  To dance. Uri Sands has carried that desire deep within his heart since he was a kid in South Miami-Dade. As he grew up, he transformed the great passion of his youth into a way of life. Like so many other burgeoning artists from South Florida looking for opportunities, though, he left home to find his place in the world. His talent flourished in New York, where he would meet his future wife, Toni Pierce, at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Later on they moved to the Twin Cities, where they opened the TU Dance (TU for Toni and Uri) studio and school in 2004. On Nov. 8, Uri Sands returns to South Florida as an internationally renowned choreographer and dancer for the debut of TU Dance at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. “The visit to Miami is the start of the company’s 11th season, and it’s a homecoming for me,” says Sands, who lives in St. Paul, Minn. “After that, we have our season here in St. Paul, and then we go on to a regional tour. So this is the first performance of a number of performances that will be leading up to the holiday season.”  
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    Design that fosters civic engagement

    Published November 5, 2014 by

    Reena Agarwal is the policy director at the Center for Active Design, which Knight Foundation supports to advance civic engagement. Photo above: New York City.  Four years ago, a partnership among several New York City agencies, the private sector and academia yielded the publication “Active Design Guidelines.”  Because of that work, along with industry research, we know that the design of our communities has a large impact on our daily lives, often affecting issues related to health, security and access to services. Many legislative and design decisions, such as those dealing with land use, zoning and transportation, can affect residents, influencing and often determining access to items such as public spaces and civic institutions. The Center for Active Design was created to foster the use of “Active Design” strategies, which we see as essential to building strong and active communities. We have promoted “Active Design” implementation as a new approach to solving current health epidemics, and now we would like to offer a fresh approach to fostering civic engagement.
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    Advisers review semifinalists in Knight News Challenge: Libraries

    Published November 4, 2014 by

    Photo by Jessica Hodder. Eighteen advisers arrive in Miami this week to help us review the semifinalists in Knight News Challenge: Libraries. Forty-two ideas moved forward in the challenge, which asked the question, How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities. You can learn more on the News Challenge site. With the help of these technologists, thought leaders, strategists and library professionals, we expect to identify a group of finalists that we’ll examine more closely over the next few weeks and submit to Knight’s board of trustees for approvals. We’ll announce the winners of Knight News Challenge: Libraries in January.
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    Art holds ground all over town

    Published November 4, 2014 by

    Lisa Sanditz, "If you didn't know it's the Swiss Alps, you might believe you're there;" The Girls' Club. It’s that time of the year: too much too see, too little time, only so many days in a week. November will be stuffed with openings, talks, happenings,...
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    Moore departs on the exhibition without end

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    What would happen if an art exhibition didn't come to a definitive end? Now, better yet, what would happen if a piece of art would continually change based on the interpretations of many minds across time and space? One could say that many artworks, once let loose in the public...