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Random Acts of Culture ™ arrived with a bang in San Jose last week as Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale surprised audiences with spontaneous performances of Amazing Grace, Simple Gifts and Shenandoah. -
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The Minnesota Opera closed its production of Rossini’s Cinderella on November 7, 2010 to great critical and popular acclaim. Romanian mezzo-soprano Roxana Constantinescu made a triumphant American debut to standing ovations and packed houses. Only 167 seats went unused for the run, with standing room tickets sold to those willing... -
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Thanks to a grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC, is recruiting nationally renowned artists to elevate the Center’s visibility in the Charlotte community, nation and world. Foundation support helped the Center convene a national Curatorial Advisory Board. The... -
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Joshua Habermann This weekend’s performances by the Master Chorale of South Florida of Haydn’s epic oratorio The Creation mark the welcome return to area concert halls of a great Classical-era masterwork. But they also are significant for another reason. The concerts are part of a unique resource-sharing move that involves... -
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The iconic Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC) returns to the Arsht Center December 2-4, 2010, with the Legacy Tour, a performance installation that pays homage to the ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary collaboration between Cunningham and visual artist Robert Rauschenberg. Exclusive to the Miami engagement, dancers will wear original Rauschenberg costumes for every... -
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The Adrienne Arsht Center continues forging its successful path to becoming the town square for artistic programing -- not just for performing arts, but all disciplines -- with the unveiling of the year-long exhibit, "The Lincoln Center List Collection in Miami." Over 30 prints from some of the most important... -
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By Alan Rapp, Managing Editor for New City Reader For the past six weeks, a weekly newsprint publication, the New City Reader, has been produced on the gallery floor of New York’s New Museum. One of several projects installed in the context of the exhibition, “The Last Newspaper,” the New... -
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Here in Minnesota we are busy preparing for November 16th, which is “Give to the Max Day.” During last year’s Give to the Max Day, more than 38,000 donors logged on to GiveMN (a new online fundraising platform initiated by the Minnesota Community Foundation.) The result: over $14 million for... -
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By Bechtler Staff Open less than a year, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, in Charlotte, North Carolina has garnered national and international attention. Though a small museum, the Bechtler possess a stellar collection of modern art created by major figures of 20th-century modernism. Making a private art collection public...