Foundations that focus on a place are eligible for the Knight Community Information Challenge

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Foundations that focus on a place are eligible for the Knight Community Information Challenge

Published January 25, 2012 by Michele McLellan

The 2011 Knight Community Information Challenge Winners The Knight Community Information Challenge is open to all community foundations in North America. It is also open to geographically-oriented foundations that have a place-based focus similar to a community foundation. That’s because place-based foundations are in the best position to meet the core needs of their communities, including critical news and information needs.

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Up for the future: ArtCenter/South Florida

Published January 24, 2012 by Anne Tschida

ArtCenter/South Florida (a Knight Arts grantee) made it official that it is embarking on a new journey with the appointment of Maria del Valle as executive director, starting off the Year of the Dragon with a roar. Del Valle...

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The Sun Ra Arkestra, West Philly Orchestra and Impressionist at The Blockley

Published January 24, 2012 by CSchwartz

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...

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Staring down the apocalypse

Published January 24, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

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...

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Women create ethereal landscapes for Summit Artspace show

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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,...

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The Theoroi group mingles with the Schubert Club International Artist Series

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company make their Ohio debut

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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Mosaic Theatre’s Stop! The Violence video contest

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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The Bas Fisher Invitational presents a talk by Botanist Dr. David Lee about Nature, Science and the Arts

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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Movie Makeup Brings Rigoletto to Life!

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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Costume designer takes center stage at the Goldstein Museum of Design

Published January 23, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

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...

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Bringing opera to new audiences in Charlotte

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

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...

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Knight Community Information Challenge – A way to promote community engagement with news, info

Published January 23, 2012 by Michele McLellan

The Community Foundation of New Jersey, a 2011 Knight Community Information Challenge winner, on how it is meeting local information needs by investing in the nonprofit news site NJ Spotlight. The following is written by Michele McLellan and cross-posted from Knight Digital Media Center. The Knight Community Information Challenge provides unique opportunities for community foundations and news innovators to partner in creating or improving projects that engage their communities in local news and information. Here are three things to consider if you have an idea for a challenge project: Round V of the Community Information Challenge just opened, and applications will be accepted until Feb. 27. (Disclosure: I am a Knight circuit rider and consultant to this initiative. I help foundations and partners hone their projects but have no role in assessing applications.) Keep these points in mind:

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On Q Productions’ “The Amen Corner” is unforgettable

Published January 23, 2012 by carmella.jarvi

On Q Productions’ “Season 3: The Sound of Music” gets better with every show. “The Amen Corner” is a poignant and unforgettable story about human nature, suffering and our relationship with God — or one could say religion. Watching the performance, you realize it is set in another time, but...

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Tenor Michael Fabiano: “Opera is my job, my love and passion: I choose music”

Published January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastián Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Michael Fabiano, a 27-year-old lyric tenor on the brink of mega-stardom, is making his debut with the Florida Grand Opera. To hear Fabiano in the upcoming production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, singing the arias of the libertine Duke of Mantua – the...