Dangerous Productions: April 2014 update

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Dangerous Productions: April 2014 update

Published April 20, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Dangerous Productions Things are hopping in Frogtown, Saint Paul. Dangerous Productions has teamed up with a consortium of other local arts organizations and individuals to turn the once-troubled Saint Paul neighborhood into a unique and thriving cultural destination. How? By any means possible. For the past two years, Dangerous...

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Christina Pettersson’s great ghost ride

Published April 20, 2014 by Anne Tschida

Pettersson's work is inspired by Southern Gothic. When Christina Pettersson’s solo show opens at the new Primary Projects space in downtown Miami, it will launch much more than the intriguing “The Castle Dismal” exhibit itself. She joins up with O, Miami poetry month, creates special events...

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Motionpoems unveils the results of a year’s work by major pop musicians, moviemakers, and mad men on May 22 at the Walker Art Center

Published April 18, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Todd Boss, Motionpoems Think poetry is for nerds and old ladies? Some of the world’s most trend-forward hipsters are saying, “no way.” Last year, we challenged some of America’s hottest advertising, production, and design companies to turn contemporary poems into short films. Several of the companies we contacted work...

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”The Wizard of Oz” is coming to the Akron Civic Theatre

Published April 18, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Years ago it seemed like close to every Easter season the movie version of “The Wizard of Oz” would be on television. Nowadays you can see a live take on the movie and Frank Baum book in dance form when Ballet Theatre of Ohio (BTO) brings artistic director Christine Meneer’s...

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Paula Schubatis and Dessislava Terzieva wax art-domestic with FIBER UTIL

Published April 18, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

An open-house exhibition by the two artists features installations within their Hamtramck living/working space. Mini-installations ranged all over the apartment. In an open house event much in the spirit of the Hamtramck Neighborhood Art Festival, painter and fiber artist Paula Schubatis and...

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Los Angeles executive producer Dan Fauci concludes the 2013-14 Hot Topic series at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

Published April 18, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jane Hart, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Dan Fauci was the Center’s fourth and final speaker in the 2013/14 Hot Topics Artist series held on Saturday, April 5. Hot Topics has been funded in part by an Arts Challenge grant by the John S. and James L. Knight...

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Chick Corea comes to the Queen City

Published April 17, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

Blumenthal Performing Arts brings renowned pianist-composer and 20-time Grammy winner Chick Corea to the Queen City. Corea will perform April 19th at 8 p.m. in the Knight Theater at the Levine Center for the Arts. Playing with musical greats the likes of Sarah Vaughn, Blue Mitchell and Miles Davis, Corea...

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Jillian Sokso forges swords into prints instead of plowshares

Published April 17, 2014 by CSchwartz

A series of monograph prints provide layers of allusion and outlined images in the show “Grafting Ammunition” by artist Jillian Sokso at the Painted Bride Art Center. The work, created along with Kevin Shook in 2013, is presented by InLiquid in the Café Gallery as an examination of how opposing...

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Support independent film in Akron

Published April 17, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

The Akron Independent Film Festival was awarded a $120,000 Knight Arts grant to launch Akron Film+Pixel, Akron's first and only digital art house cinema. Executive director Steve Felix is attracting buzz and local support. Cleveland Business Connects recently wrote about Felix and Akron Film+Pixel, writing: "Felix, a former wedding videographer...

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Verb Ballets’ “Elements” a notably strong performance at Akron Civic Theatre

Published April 16, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Sometimes it’s hard for dance companies to get reviewed, since they generally only get to have a single performance, or a couple performances in one day or weekend. Still they should get a chance to show potential audience members what they missed, so that they might show up the next...

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Fresh Produce Records celebrates Record Store Day

Published April 16, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Fresh Produce Records logo. Most of us would like to think the world has pushed analog to a dark basement and replaced it all with digital. Nevertheless, that’s not the case. Compact CDs and mp3s could never take the place of the crackling sound of the...

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Minnesota Opera’s “Magic Flute” is a delightfully trippy, multimedia marvel

Published April 16, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

At the start of Minnesota Opera’s “The Magic Flute,” my friend leaned over to whisper in my ear: “I didn’t expect Mozart to be so psychedelic!” And trippy it is – this production, created by director Barrie Kosky and British theater group 1927, mines the richness of Mozart’s eccentric work...

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Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers & Invincible collarborate on “Social Jusitce”

Published April 15, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Satori Shakoor, The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers Detroit Rapper and Activist, Invincible and I met last September 2013, when it was announced we were both Knight Arts Challenge Winners. We talked about our projects, The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers and Complex Movements. Invincible suggested a possible collaboration...

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“Life is Happening to Us Again” at Play House, and you don’t want to miss it!

Published April 15, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

The piece runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 8 p.m., from April 10th-26th. Experimental theater, like all experiments, can sometimes yield disastrous results, but I’m happy to report that “Life is Happening to Us Again,” staged by A Host of People and hosted by Hinterlands...

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Philadelphia Public History Truck fights fire at Little Berlin

Published April 15, 2014 by CSchwartz

By most accounts, the Kensington area of North Philadelphia is a tumultuous one, and there are plenty of depictions and descriptions on display this month at Little Berlin to back up this claim. This Knight Arts grantee is currently host to stories and artifacts of a diverse and sometimes dangerous...