Macon theaters to showcase ‘Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Sound of Music’ in December

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Macon theaters to showcase ‘Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Sound of Music’ in December

Published November 20, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Macon Little Theatre's poster for "The Wizard of Oz" As the end of 2013 approaches, there are only a couple of chances left this year to enjoy local, live theater. In December, Theatre Macon and Macon Little Theatre will both present familiar musicals for the holidays....

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A tweet & a dream: Opera star invites teenage fan backstage at the Arsht

Published November 19, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jodi Farrell, Adrienne Arsht Center Dropped off at the Dadeland South Metrorail station four hours before acclaimed dramatic soprano Deborah Voigt’s concert at the Arsht Center last Friday, Paule Jackson, an 18-year-old aspiring opera singer from Richmond Heights, decided to stop at a Starbucks in downtown Miami. “Going to...

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Meta miniatures, poetry-inspired objects captivate at two Philly galleries

Published November 19, 2013 by CSchwartz

One of the smallest galleries in Philadelphia – Napoleon – has teamed up with one of the largest work spaces – the Traction Company – for Citywide Philly, a Knight Arts grantee, to present a pair of exhibits that bridge the two wildly different spaces with a pairing of objects...

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Film ‘Detroit Unleaded’ speeds toward realism

Published November 19, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

Director and co-writer Rola Nashef introduces her film. Tonight (Nov. 19) is your last chance to see the first release of “Detroit Unleaded,” a small, independent film co-written and directed by Rola Nashef. The filmed premiered in the United States on Wednesday, Nov. 13, for a...

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Take a peek at PAMM

Published November 19, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Hew Locke "For Those in Peril on the Sea;" photo: Daniel Azoulay. It’s finally happening. The Pérez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM) will officially open soon. On a recent walk-through, we still had to wear hard hats inside and outside, but the building is almost there....

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New artistic experiences at Miami City Ballet

Published November 18, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Emily Parkinson, Miami City Ballet Photo credit: Miami City Ballet dancers Tricia Albertson and Reyneris Reyes in Polyphonia. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. Miami City Ballet recently completed its first program of the 2013-2014 Season. Christopher Wheeldon's breakthrough contemporary work Polyphonia was one of the featured...

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‘Anna in the Tropics’ comes to the Colony Theatre

Published November 18, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

"Anna in the Tropics" Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Anna in the Tropics,” comes to the Colony Theatre on Miami Beach Nov. 22-24. The play is presented by FUNDarte and Teatro El Público, in collaboration with the Cuban Theater Digital Archive and University of Miami's Departments...

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‘Memphis’ coming to Macon’s Grand Opera House

Published November 18, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

"Memphis" at The Grand Opera House in Macon The touring Broadway production of "Memphis" will arrive at The Grand Opera House in Macon next month. "Memphis" was critically acclaimed during its Broadway run, winning four Tony awards, four Drama Desk awards and four Outer Critics Circle...

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UNC Charlotte’s hosts Fall Student Dance Concert

Published November 18, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

UNC Charlotte Fall Student Dance Concert. The University of North Carolina Charlotte Department of Dance’s Fall Student Concert is here. Four new works by dance faculty will be performed in the Anne R. Belk Theater from Nov. 21st through the 24th at 7:30 p.m. The varied...

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TU Dance’s rousing 10th anniversary season shows a company at the top of its game

Published November 18, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

TU Dance (a Knight Arts grantee) marked its10th anniversary season last weekend with an evening of four works, two of them world premieres, in the grand performance hall of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in Minneapolis. The St. Paul-based company began with an elegant new contemporary...

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Love that kills: Mourning Becomes Electra at FGO

Published November 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer The columns frame neither a Greek palace nor an antebellum mansion, but a dollhouse. A more intricate dollhouse than Henrik Ibsen’s, but nevertheless a dollhouse – and a tomb as well - lies at the heart of the production of Mourning...

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“Cut Paste Borrow Burn” at Public Pool shreds and torches expectations

Published November 15, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

The opening party for "Cut Paste Borrow Burn" at Public Pool. Saturday, November 9th marked the opening of "Cut Paste Borrow Burn," a show of new work by two artists, collagist Christina Galasso and multimedia artist Anne Harrington Hughes, at Public Pool in Hamtramck. [caption id="attachment_61314"...

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Life reflections from Enrique Martinez Celaya

Published November 15, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Detail of installation of Enrique Martinez Celaya at Snitzer Gallery. Here’s an interesting turn of events: Fred Snitzer will now be representing Enrique Martinez Celaya. They were once neighbors in the heart of Wynwood: the sprawling, slate-gray Whale and Star studio and exhibition/lecture space of Martinez...

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GroundWorks DanceTheater brings new dances to Akron-Summit County Library

Published November 15, 2013 by Roger Durbin

GroundWorks DanceTheater, a Knight Arts grantee, is in the dance making business. Regularly (maybe yearly) there is a new work on the horizon, if not from artistic director David Shimotakahara or associate artistic director Amy Miller, then from a contemporary choreographer brought in to create a commissioned work for this...

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“The Art of the Steal”: moving the Barnes Collection

Published November 15, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

One hundred and eighty-one Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos and seven van Goghs, not to mention countless Old Master paintings by Veronese, Dürer and Rubens, and 125 African art works–overall a collection worth more than $25 billion. You might be wondering who amassed such an impressive collection of...