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Knight Foundation’s Dennis Scholl and Miami filmmakers Chad Tingle and Marlon Johnson won a Suncoast Emmy this week for Sunday’s Best, a documentary on the elaborate hats African-American women traditionally wear to church. Commissioned by Knight Foundation, the film... -
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Art Basel has moved off shore, but many remnants -- and good ones -- have been left behind, those created and put up by locals. Fortunately for us, we can have a closer look at this in the... -
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It's short notice but this Saturday, Dec. 11, the innovative and awe-inspiring Hubbard Street Dance Company will take your breath away at the Arsht Center. Their imaginative international repertory includes works by the world's greatest choreographers with repertory pieces by Ohad Naharin, Jirí Kylián and Alejandro Cerrudo with music by... -
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I wonder whether anyone does an annual Handel Count at this time of year, tallying up the performances of Messiah that suddenly appear across the land like the red and green foil that magically appears in bags of Hershey’s Kisses. George Frideric Handel wrote his oratorio in August and September... -
ArticleAfter its grand opening in October that attracted 20,000 people during its first weekend, the Mint Museum Uptown is now the center of attention for visual arts lovers in Charlotte. And it is well deserving of the acclaim. But often lost in the hoopla is the fact that the original...
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United States Artists is closing out 2010 with big news: the group is giving out 50 USA fellowships to artists, which involves a $50,000 unrestricted grant to further their work. The fellows, selected for the impact and caliber of their art, hail from 18 states and Puerto Rico, range in... -
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Holiday travel kicked up a notch this year as Random Acts of Culture ™ arrived at Miami International Airport. On Monday, November 22 (Thanksgiving week), five performers from the Miami Music Project surprised travelers with spontaneous performances of Leonard Bernstein’s Maria and America from West Side Story. MMP performed eight... -
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Dance Now! Ensemble (DNE) launches its 11th season Dec. 17 at its new home in the fabulous Little Haiti Cultural Center. With its wide open spaces and illuminating layout, the Little Haiti Cultural Center is the perfect location for this evocative, thought provoking performance that is set to music from... -
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After 22 years of presenting contemporary, cutting-edge plays, The Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte has definitely established a reputation for being irreverent. Even Christmas is not immune from its slightly askew and whacky view of the world. ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)’ manages to poke fun and satirize...