Viernes Culturales/ Cultural Fridays: Your passport to Latin America and beyond

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Viernes Culturales/ Cultural Fridays: Your passport to Latin America and beyond

Published October 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Yvette Rodriguez Who needs to travel abroad when the sights and sounds of Latin America and the Caribbean can come to you? Little Havana’s monthly arts & culture festival, Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, is ready to take festival-goers on a tour through Colombia, Brazil and Cuba without ever leaving South...

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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia: Last chance to get your questions answered

Published October 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

We’re giving you one more opportunity this week to ask questions before the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia deadline at midnight on Oct. 31. Join our live web chat this Thursday, Oct. 27 from 1 - 2 p.m. at KnightArts.org. Just type in your questions and get real-time answers from Knight...

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@KnightFdn news for 10/21/2011

Published October 22, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller

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Public forum for school board candidates engages Charlotte community

Published October 21, 2011 by Susan Patterson

Charlotte got a taste of a new kind of candidate forum this week and it went down well. Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education is a nonprofit organization that provides information and opportunities for the community to learn about and get engaged with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Tuesday night, it hosted, along with WFAE public radio, a public forum for 12 at-large school board candidates with an important interactive twist. For one thing, it was live-streamed, with an audience of about 50 outside the auditorium. Those inside the hall and elsewhere got to vote on the topics to be addressed by the candidates, and those at home could submit questions to be asked since they couldn't walk up to a microphone.

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Happy 200th, Franz, with love from FIU and UM

Published October 21, 2011 by Gregory Stepanich

On Saturday, the classical music world marks the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt, born Oct. 22, 1811 in the town of Raiding, then in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary and today a town in eastern Austria. Liszt has a complicated legacy, and today it’s...

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Effort to crowdsource radiation information in Japan to expand

Published October 21, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller

Safecast Talk by Joi Ito at MIT Media Lab autumn event from Safecast Japan on Vimeo. Following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi power plant meltdown, information about the affected areas and levels of nuclear contamination has been difficult to find. Today, Knight Foundation announced that citizen scientists and researchers would receive an increased supply of sensors and measurement devices in an effort to increase crowdsourced information about radiation levels. With the new funding, Safecast will also revamp the software used to process and store the data collected.

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Side by side, the emerging and emerged

Published October 21, 2011 by Anne Tschida

The most recent show at the 6th Street Container, a Knight Arts grantee finalist for 2011 through director Adalberto Delgado, was a deceptively simple show, with two posters, a performance video, a soundtrack and glowing tape. It was from...

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Locust Projects’ signature fundraiser event “Smash and Grab” is here

Published October 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Chana Budgazad Sheldon, Locust Projects One part raffle, one part kickin’ party, the Locust Projects celebrates the 9th year of their annual “Smash & Grab” fundraiser. South Florida art collectors will convene at Locust Projects’ Design District gallery space for a slice of the action on October 29 where...

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Daniel Weitzner: “We’ve seen how critical the Internet and mobile networks are for people to realize the goals they have”

Published October 21, 2011 by Robertson.Adams

Daniel Weitzner, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy, The White House This post is one in the series, "The Digital Revolution & Democracy." On President Obama's first day in office, he promised that "transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." Keeping up with the demand for this transparency is an immense task, and Deputy Chief Technology Officer Danny Weitzner is the person in the breech.

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A festive call to action: BME enters phase two in Detroit

Published October 21, 2011 by Rishi Jaitly

Wedding anniversaries and work events aren’t supposed to mix, right? Well, think again. This past Tuesday evening, on our third wedding anniversary, my wife Anuja and I happily joined hundreds of other Detroiters at Ford Field to celebrate the inaugural class of BME. BME (pronounced “Be Me”) is a city-wide initiative we at Knight Foundation launched over the summer to celebrate, connect, and invest in black males who lead our city in big and small ways. Since August 1st, more than 1,000 black men and teenagers stepped up and shared stories of how they strengthen the community.

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New partnership brings opportunity to redevelop Akron community

Published October 21, 2011 by Jennifer Thomas

Marvin J. Suomi from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Exciting news for Northeast Ohio: the University Park Alliance is partnering with international real estate firm KUD to help redevelop the area surrounding the University of Akron. The firm will work on financial and other resource issues to help developers secure financing and reduce risk.

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For the love of bikes

Published October 21, 2011 by vmiller

"Tête de la Course," the newest exhibition at Center Galleries and part of the College for Creative Studies, celebrates the world of the bicycle with photographs by Donald Dietz and custom-built bicycles by Detroit Artists Darrin Brouhard, Stephen Lambers Jr., Wayne Neeley and The EastSide Riders, Larry Parker, Neil Shaddox...

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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia: get inspired by winning ideas!

Published October 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

In just the first of a three-year, $9 million initiative, Knight Foundation has funded 36 winning ideas that are bringing fresh thinking, inspiration and innovation to Philadelphia’s arts scene. Two years remain, but this year’s application deadline is fast approaching. There’s no time like the present to go for the...

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Van Every/Smith Galleries highlight major contemporary artists

Published October 21, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

The Van Every/Smith Galleries of Davidson College (a Knight arts grantee) have a long tradition of collecting and exhibiting some major artists. For more than a decade this reputation has expanded under the leadership of Davidson Galleries Director and Curator Brad Thomas. The Van Every/Smith Galleries play a fundamental role...

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Join Maestro James Judd as he opens the 2011/12 Season of Excellence with the Miami Music Project Honors Orchestra

Published October 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Enide Dufresne, Miami Music Project This dynamic ensemble, comprised of South Florida’s most talented young musicians will delight you with a thrilling performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony. Your opportunity to witness the power of music in the lives of our children and community is not to be missed! Co-presented...