You can have Sochi. I’ll take “Tonya and Nancy: The Opera”

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You can have Sochi. I’ll take “Tonya and Nancy: The Opera”

Published February 17, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

I have a confession. I’ve been following the peripheral shenanigans coming out of Sochi – the security concerns and journalists’ hotel horror stories, funny Putin-in-triumph photos – with far more relish than I have the actual games. But when news of a one-night-only performance of “Tonya and Nancy: The Opera”...

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More art-fair fun in Wynwood

Published February 14, 2014 by Anne Tschida

Gustavo Acosta at Pan American Projects booth. Think Miamians (and visitors) are sick of art fairs? Think again. This President’s Day Weekend, the second Art Wynwood opened up to huge crowds in a tent in Midtown. It was joined by a new fair, MA+D Miami Art...

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Tosca’s Kiss: The beauty of live theater

Published February 14, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Max Kellogg, Florida Grand Opera One of the beauties of live theater is its unpredictability, and when you are dealing with one of the most-performed operas in the world, unexpected things are bound to happen. Some things are minor incidents that are easily covered up, sometimes without anyone in...

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Local talent at Blumenthal’s Open Mic night

Published February 14, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

A new initiative by Blumenthal Performing Arts called Whirl is bringing local artists to Blumenthal’s stages as it encourages greater public participation in the performing arts. Parts of this initiative are bi-monthly Open Mic nights, giving Charlotte’s local talent a chance to take the stage. Open Mic nights are free...

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“ART AS ANTI-ART IS ART” gets things straight at Public Pool

Published February 14, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

The latest at Public Pool is a group show, “ART AS ANTI-ART IS ART” that tackles one of the fundamental questions of contemporary art practice: “What makes that art?” The pieces on display at Public Pool seem largely to employ commonplace materials in the making of objects that, in the...

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Dance Theatre of Harlem played before large crowd at Akron Civic Theatre

Published February 14, 2014 by Roger Durbin

The Dance Theatre of Harlem has relaunched itself, and a stellar orbit is in the making. Begun 44 years ago through the efforts of Arthur Mitchell, principal dancer for New York City Ballet, and Karel Shook, with the idea of invigorating the Harlem neighborhood with the best of classical dance,...

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A new residency program for ArtCenter/South Florida

Published February 14, 2014 by marika.lynch

ArtCenter/South Florida resident Hisae Ikenaga displays her work in the window of the Lincoln Road Walgreens By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie Seems hard to believe nowadays, what with all the artistic and cultural growth in South Florida, but at one point, a three-building contemporary art exhibition space...

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Public Art Review investigates the ” Art of Healing”

Published February 13, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art Art heals. Whether it's a creative chance to focus away from pain or to communicate suffering that has no words, art offers healing to both artists and audiences. Art that heals is not restricted to hospitals or medical centers; it's happening everywhere, all the...

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Fjord figures itself out through traditional mediums and social media

Published February 13, 2014 by CSchwartz

The second installment of the Fjord show “To Fade And Spill Out And (And Look At Another's Whole)” is hanging in the Frankford Avenue gallery's exhibition space throughout the month of February. In this part of the curatorial project by Jamie Felton and Zachary Rawe, the focus is that of...

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Hollywood iconography at the Jewish Museum of Florida

Published February 13, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

On March 3rd, the Jewish Museum of Florida - FIU opens (for members only) "Cinema Judaica: The War Years 1939-1949." The exhibition, which comes from the Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion, features iconic Hollywood film posters from the war years and illustrates how some Hollywood studios complied with Nazi...

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Detroit HYE Times begins Kickstarter fund raising campaign – contribute until March 18th

Published February 12, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Ara Topouzian, Detroit HYE Times After months of preparation, I have launched my Kickstarter campaign to fund raise for my Detroit HYE Times film documentary project. Detroit HYE Times will be a 60-minute film documentary that highlights the history of Armenian musicians and music in Detroit, Michigan. The documentary...

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Double bill at Balch Street Theatre: “I Dreamed of Rats” and “Medea”

Published February 12, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Want some seriously good drama? Go to the Balch Street Theatre and see New World Performance Lab's offerings of two one person shows: "I Dreamed of Rats" and an adaptation of the classic tale of "Medea." You won't be disappointed, for the two actors holding forth on the intimate stage...

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Macon natives form a group that fuses country, hip hop and rock called The Stixxx

Published February 12, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

The Stixxx: l-r Syn Soundz, 9th Gutta and Creeper Loc. There used to be a time when artists would box themselves into one genre. However, The Stixxx members are setting new parameters of what’s considered the norm of recording artists from Macon by mixing up three...

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More painting like this, please

Published February 11, 2014 by Anne Tschida

“New Vibrations For An Old Galaxy” by Kerry Ware at Edge Zones. The two rooms in the spacious building on North Miami Avenue that houses Edge Zones Projects this month is just right for the large-scale paintings that are hanging there for “Clean Dressed, Dirty Mouth,”...

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MOCAD’s winter opening: Byars, backpacks and Buddha

Published February 11, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

"I Cancel All My Works at Death": art of James Lee Byars by Triple Candie and the MOCAD. Friday, February 7th marked the opening of several new exhibits within the winter season for the MOCAD (a Knight Arts grantee). The headliner is a pseudo-retrospective of Detroit-native...