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    Celebrating Juneteenth Weekend

    Published August 19, 2011 by

    It’s Juneteenth Weekend at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the community has come out to celebrate! Ned Hector, a Revolutionary War soldier with a musket slung over his shoulder, stands in the museum lobby, engaging families with stories of his life and war service in the late 1700s....
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    In art, the end of the analog age

    Published August 19, 2011 by

    Last March, the "New York Times" lamented in a commentary from David Pogue the demise of the sounds of the analog age. That scratching of a record as the needle leaves the vinyl, signaling the end of an album; the fast forward/rewind...
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    Northeastern Students Produce Impactful Investigations with Local News Organizations

    Published August 19, 2011 by

    For local journalists, journalism students and communities, the Initiative for Investigative Reporting has been a win-win endeavor. The Knight-supported program, which pairs Northeastern University journalism students with community news organizations to produce local investigative news stories, has so far published 19 in-depth pieces. For students, the program provides the opportunity to collaborate with journalists and professors on hard-hitting local pieces; for the news organizations, the program offers quality, in-depth stories fit for publication. For communities, the program has shed light on important local issues, including the Dorchester local government’s plans for crime-ridden properties and Cambridge’s lax inspections of school cafeterias.
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    Ana Albertina Delgado: The paths of the soul

    Published August 18, 2011 by

    By Janet Batet, Arts Journalist The Farside Gallery, a quiet blue house located in the suburban Westchester area, far away from trendy art districts, offers the propitious environment for the intriguing artworks of the Cuban-born Miami-based artist Ana Albertina Delgado. The show is a survey on Ana’s drawings production from...
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    Split personality

    Published August 18, 2011 by

    In "Rise of the Basement Dweller" at the 323East gallery, legendary Detroit graffiti artist Fel3000ft shows a much more conceptually sophisticated and politically charged side. The paintings on canvas share some similarity to his street murals: bright colors, round-shaped figures and an air of comical jest. Still, he confronts some...
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    Miss Rockaway Armada floats into Philly

    Published August 18, 2011 by

    This weekend, Aug. 20 and 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Walnut Street Dock, there will be a flotilla journey and performances on the Schuylkill River as part of The Miss Rockaway Armada’s “Let Me Tell You About a Dream I Had.” [caption id="attachment_22684" align="aligncenter" width="599" caption="The Miss...
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    Optic Nerve Film Festival opens at MOCA

    Published August 18, 2011 by

    Short films are magical. They are complete worlds unto themselves, but they are also windows into larger universes. On Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a Knight Arts grantee, opens its doors to these short wonders when it presents its annual...
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    Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art: Wine, Women & Song

    Published August 17, 2011 by

    By Holly Zinner, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art On Saturday, August 13, over 200 people came to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art to celebrate Mississippi Women Artists at the museum's Wine, Women & Song event. The Museum hosted 11 female artists from the great State of Mississippi who gave demonstrations of...
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    A “gathering of gypsies” in Lowertown

    Published August 17, 2011 by

    One of the things I love best about my job is that, years and years into covering the arts beat around here, I still regularly get the delightful surprise of stumbling onto new-to-me cultural enclaves. For example, I’ve long favored the arts-friendly Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar for lunch...
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    Let’s cross that bridge

    Published August 16, 2011 by

    There is an unmistakable quality that often emerges from exhibitions of Cuban artists; serious, intellectual, with a mastery of craft that can be missing from those educated in looser educational systems. Such is the case with the excellent solo show that just...
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    Creed C. Black, 1925-2011

    Published August 16, 2011 by

    Creed Black, editor and newspaper publisher and the former president of Knight Foundation, has passed away. He was a courageous journalist who will be remembered at Knight Foundation as a leader, in the field of intercollegiate athletics as a visionary and in our hearts as a great friend.