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    Ka Blog Bam

    Published December 14, 2011 by

    Dancer Silas Riener is currently on tour with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Legacy Tour, a Knight Arts granteee. Today he checks in with a report from Paris. By Silas Riener, Merce Cunningham Dance Company We have arrived in Paris. Final city on our 2-year legacy tour. Ten performances of...
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    Supporting NPR’s digital transition

    Published December 14, 2011 by

    Today Knight Foundation is announcing a $1.5 million grant over two years to support NPR’s digital transition.  The grant will enable NPR to provide deeper training to journalists in its newsroom and to expand the program to include staff at public radio stations. The grant builds on an investment we made in 2007 to help NPR staff become “more competitive and effective" in the digital age.
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    Why journalists should weigh in on FCC disclosure rules — while there’s still time

    Published December 14, 2011 by

    Steven Waldman was Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the FCC and the lead author of the report "Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age." He is now Visiting Senior Media Policy Scholar at the Columbia Journalism School. The following is crossposted from Poytner. Steven Waldman With little fanfare, the Federal Communications Commission has issued rules that could greatly help the cause of journalism – if they’re not watered down in the next two months. Why these rules matter These rules are important and people who care about journalism and the public’s right to know can weigh in effectively by December 22. In response to the report on Information Needs of Communities (INC), of which I was the lead author, the FCC in October approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the nondescript title of “Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations.” The Commission (appropriately) requires broadcasters to disclose certain information as part of the compact that resulted in them getting these valuable licenses. Mostly, this “public inspection file” sits, ignored, in filing cabinets.
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    The House on Mango Street

    Published December 13, 2011 by

    By Teatro del Pueblo Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater are continuing their unprecedented collaboration project by working together to bring the beloved children’s novel, The House on Mango Street, to life on the stage in Minneapolis spring of 2012. The House on Mango Street is the powerful coming-of-age...
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    National Jewish Theater Foundation journeys to Washington

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    By National Jewish Theater Foundation The National Jewish Theater Foundation (NJTF) and its Holocaust Theater Archive (HTA) is pleased to announce that President and Founder Arnold Mittelman has been invited to speak at the Winter Seminar of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) in Washington, D.C. The conference will be...
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    Marilyn Holsing at Gallery Joe

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    Gallery Joe opened up its newest solo show of works by Marilyn Holsing on Dec. 10. The show is entitled “Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette” and involves narrative scenes showing the infamous French monarch in different imagined stages of her youth and engaging in a number of activities. [caption...
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    Tools, tips and strategies for making media mobile

    Published December 13, 2011 by

    Over the summer, MobileActive.org released its Mobile Media Toolkit, a Knight News Challenge winning project to advance the use of mobile technology to produce and distribute news and information. Melissa Ulbricht, toolkit project manager, wrote this post about how the toolkit is making media creation more participatory and portable.  Understanding how mobiles are and can be used for media production and dissemination is now more important and relevant than ever before.
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    Miami launches new fundraising platform for the arts

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    Free Gospel Sundays at the Adrienne Arscht Center in Miami, just one of the cultural projects individuals can contribute to on power2give.org Wednesday, Dec. 14 marks a new beginning for Miami’s arts community, as power2give.org launches its new, online fundraising platform. Developed in partnership with the Charlotte-based Arts & Science Council, power2give.org enables individuals to connect directly with arts organizations to help support individual projects. Cultural organizations list projects on the site (i.e. instruments for children in a youth orchestra, costumes for an upcoming theater production) and interested individuals can contribute to help meet fundraising goals. power2give.org debuted in Charlotte this August and has raised over $200,000 to date. 
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    “Trill-ogy” thrills

    Published December 13, 2011 by

    Generally, I don't like to believe the hype. I like to formulate my own opinions on things. Which is possibly why I feel so blown away by Ryan Trecartin's exhibit "Trill-ogy Comp” currently running at Center Galleries inside...
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    Knight Commission on Athletics’ Executive Director to receive recognition from the NCAA

    Published December 12, 2011 by

    The NCAA will honor the Knight commission’s Amy Perko with an award that celebrates former student athletes. Perko will be one of six to receive the Silver Anniversary Award, which recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletic careers. Perko is the executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.
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    NoDa’s history captured in photos

    Published December 12, 2011 by

    Ever driven through a place and said “Wow, this neighborhood has changed. I remember when …” Change can be bittersweet, watching the old get replaced with new. That can also be said about Charlotte’s oldest arts district, NoDa. NoDa is the North Davidson Street historic neighborhood that was turned into...