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    Opera at the Museum: Random Act of Culture® Philly

    Published April 5, 2011 by

    On Saturday, April 2, 2011, 45 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia's official children's choir, the Keystone State Boychoir, spontaneously performed "Avec la garde montante" from Georges Bizet's Carmen for delighted children and parents at the Please Touch Museum, a favorite Philadelphia destination for children of all ages. Why...
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    Sweatstock 2011

    Published April 5, 2011 by

    By Lauren Reskin, Sweat Records In April of 2008, Record Store Day was launched as a way to celebrate the role of the independent music store in society. These days record stores are often multi-faceted–acting as portals to discover new bands and music, hubs of information, event spaces, and places...
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    The FUZE! Series continues with the Alfredo Rodriguez Jazz Trio

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    By Vanessa Bordo, Tuesday Musical Association Friday, March 4th’s second installment of the FUZE! concert series collaboration between Tuesday Musical Association and the Akron Art Museum brought the Alfredo Rodriguez Jazz Trio to a lucky Northeast Ohio crowd. Living up to the FUZE! series mission of fusing classical and contemporary...
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    O, Miami: Abe’s Penny Live

    Published April 4, 2011 by

    We’re less than one week into the Knight-funded O, Miami poetry festival and the impact is already being felt throughout the city. The countywide festival aims to give every single person in Miami-Dade County a change to encounter poetry this April. The festival got one step closer to that goal...
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    Wuthering Heights arrives in Minnesota

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    By Minnesota Opera On April 16, Minnesota Opera will unveil its highly anticipated new production of a gothic romance by a Hollywood legend: Bernard Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights. You may not recognize his name, but you know Bernard Herrmann’s work. His first film score was for Orson Welles’ iconic masterpiece, Citizen...
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    Wolfsonian-FIU opens rare book vault during O, Miami

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    What do evangelical alphabet primers, National Socialist toothpaste pamphlets, Czech photo-texts, motocar marketing booklets, poems comprised on nonsense sounds, and end-of-the-world scenarios filmed by the angel of Notre Dame have in common? The Wolfsonian-FIU. In Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion, which will be on...
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    Art takes the stage

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    More and more, we are seeing interesting collaborations among various artistic forms, mixing and mashing visual arts, performance, dance and music. Not a new concept obviously, but increasingly common in Miami's scene, which is a good thing. Not only does it allow...
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    New Music Detroit at the DIA

    Published April 4, 2011 by

    It’s no secret that it’s a troubling time for classical music in Detroit. The nearly six-month old Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians’ strike continues, leaving the Max M. Fisher Music Center largely silent. But as the avant-garde composer and philosopher John Cage spent much of his life and career insisting, there’s...
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    O, Miami: Michael’s Genuine & Poetry

    Published April 3, 2011 by

    O, Miami's month of poetry is upon our community with a vengeance. The Knight-sponsored project seeks to impact all 2.5 million Miamians with a poem in the month of April. Here's a great start – one of Miami's best restaurants, Michael's Genuine Food and Drink, has kicked off the festivities...
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    Everyone in Miami-Dade County to Encounter Poem in April

    Published April 3, 2011 by

    O’Miami, a county-wide poetry festival, is under way. Its ambitious goal: for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April. Produced by the University of Wynwood and funded by Knight Foundation, O, Miami is a month-long series of events and projects with the simple goal of every person in Miami-Dade County finding a poem. Mixing traditional readings with innovative poetry-in-public-places projects, the festival will weave poetry into the fabric of the city’s existing infrastructure and cultural life. Events will be conducted in multiple languages, sometimes simultaneously, often in collaboration with other cultural organizations. O, Miami culminates in a four-day series of readings from April 27-30, 2011 at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Symphony Hall on Miami Beach. Read a Knight Arts interview with O'Miami founder Scott Cunningham. Or read this Miami Herald story about O'Miami. For more information, check out its Web site.
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    Exploring Hmong culture in the Twin Cities

    Published April 1, 2011 by

    By Randy Reyes, Community Liaison and Artistic Associate of Mu Performing Arts I have learned more in the last 2 years about the Hmong culture than I've ever had living in the Twin Cities for 6 years. And I don't know if I ever would have gone on this journey...
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    Contest for original songs against impunity announces winner

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    The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has announced Juliana Castro of Argentina as the winner of the "Lend your Voice to the Voiceless" contest against impunity in the Americas for her song, "No Temas (Don't Be Afraid)." The ballad beat out original songs from the contest's 22 finalists - including runners-up, Laura Vargas from Uruguay and the duet, Javier Vargas and Liliana Jiménez, of Colombia - and will serve as the organization's anthem against anti-press violence in Latin America.  For her contribution, Castro will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and the opportunity to produce the piece professionally. Castro, who wrote the song on her cell phone, describes her music as "a song for life which shows you how to defend an ideal." She sings, "If somebody silenced your truth, it is because they were afraid of the impact it could have...  I sing for the dreams you might accomplish - no one can keep you from dreaming!  Don't fear, keep moving forward, let's unite our voices against impunity.  Let's put our pride aside - who's silencing us?  Don't fear, keep moving forward against impunity." Listen to a full recording or watch her on video at www.donatuvoz.com. Knight Foundation has been a major supporter of the the Inter American Press Association since its inception.  To see how Knight is helping to put an end to crimes against journalists visit www.knightfoundation.org/programs/journalism.