Ramsey Lewis: Still Growing at 75

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Ramsey Lewis: Still Growing at 75

Published August 11, 2010 by Gregory Stepanich

I am assured that “no one’s getting in” who doesn’t already have a ticket to the sold-out Ramsey Lewis show at the Coral Gables Congregational Church on Thursday night. But just in case you are going to be there, or can talk someone out of a ducat, it’s worth noting...

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Brazilian Journalism Association Enhances Skills, Makes Journalists Safer

Published August 10, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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The Growth of the Video Experience

Published August 10, 2010 by Anne Tschida

A woman going through her shoe closet, seeing just how many shoes she has, what to do? -- a pretty '90s Sex and the City scene. But then the woman starts depositing these shoes all across town, at a bus stop, in front of buildings, to the surprise of locals...

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Helping Charlotte Manage Diversity and Education Challenges

Published August 10, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

Levine Museum of the New South currently benefits from two Knight Foundation grants. One provides major underwriting of the exhibit Changing Places: From Black & White to Technicolor which explores Charlotte’s new diversity. The other is helping the Museum re-imagine COURAGE: The Carolina Story that Changed America, an exhibit on...

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St. Paul Opens Library Job Center, Helps Businesses Through Light Rail Construction

Published August 9, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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Knight Chair Michael Pollan Appears on NBC, The Daily Show and PBS

Published August 9, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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Ground Up and Rising Swells with Pillowman

Published August 9, 2010 by Celeste Fraser Delgado

It took me a long time to get around to catching Ground Up and Rising's production of Martin McDonagh's provocative play, The Pillowman. The raw, young company has already presented two versions of the play over the past year, one down in Homestead and the other during the Miami Beach...

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Six Months after the Earthquake, News in Haiti Helps Humanitarian Information Needs

Published August 6, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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An Eye On the Visual: Optic Nerve

Published August 6, 2010 by Anne Tschida

Video holds a unique position in contemporary art. On one level, it is the newest medium, one totally based on technology that was nonexistent a century ago. But it also seems to be the most immediate of vehicles -- a video can express a snapshot of time, and its Zeitgeist,...

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Charlotte Residents Come Together to Build 500 Miles of Trails

Published August 6, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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Young At Art Museum Breaks Ground

Published August 6, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

Marking a new era in arts education and coming at a time when schools are cutting arts classes, Young At Art Museum has broken ground on a new 55,000 square-foot, LEED Certified Museum and Broward County Children’s Reading Center that will span 11 acres at State Road 84 and NW...

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Afro conTempo Parties the Peruvian Way

Published August 5, 2010 by Celeste Fraser Delgado

Ever since I saw a brief performance by the Peruvian dance troupe Afro conTempo the other week, I've been itching to know more about this group. I'd never heard of conTempo or Marcela Díaz before, yet here they were on stage, fully formed. I'd scoured the city for an Afro-Peruvian...

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Audition Announcement: Miami Music Project

Published August 5, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

2008 Knight Arts Challenge winner The Miami Music Project is looking for six musicians to join its string quartet and brass quintet for the 2010-11 season - read below for details and click here for audition information. Auditions will be held Sept 7 and 8, applications must be received in...

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Veteran Social Entrepreneur Joins Knight Foundation

Published August 5, 2010 by marika.lynch

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The Miami Poster Project

Published August 5, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

The Miami Poster Project is not about changing the way people see Miami. People already see Miami in all sorts of ways. The issue is representation. Miami is typecast. It’s stereotyped. It’s got an image issue. Can something be simultaneously stale and moldy? Because that’s what we’re dealing with when...