The Project [theatre]: Nov 2013 update

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The Project [theatre]: Nov 2013 update

Published November 3, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jackie Rivera, The Project [theatre] (Gasp!) Please believe us when we say this is the first breath of air we've been able to take since July. I know we were irresponsible and left you guys out in the cold to forage our facebook page for whatever crumbs we were...

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Author Chenjerai Hove speaks at ArtCenter/SouthFlorida

Published November 2, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

Politics and poetry don't always mix even though the art of politics depends upon the keen oratory skills of the poet. Under threat of death from the Mugabe government, Zimbabwean author Chenjerai Hove is coming to Miami Beach to speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6th at ArtCenter/SouthFlorida on...

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Transcending the mundane

Published November 1, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Peggy Levison Nolan's "Untitled (glass)." “Tales in the Ground Glass: Adventures of a Badass Grandma” is one of the best titles for an exhibit. Ever. The solo photography show at Dina Mitrani Gallery from Peggy Levison Nolan has a lot to say about a lot of...

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“Metropolis” (2001) a stunning spectacle at the DFT

Published November 1, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

Tima is the robot girl at the center of Metropolis (2001). On Sunday, October 27th, the Detroit Film Theatre screened the 2001 anime version of Metropolis, loosely based on the original 1927 German silent film of the same name, directed by Fritz Lang. Aside from the...

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“Papercuts” exhibit at UA shows modern working of old art form

Published November 1, 2013 by Roger Durbin

Remember back when you were a kid you used to make snowflakes by folding paper and taking scissors to them? Or maybe as an adult you taught others how to perform this little nip-and-cut artistic miracle. Things are different in the upper artistic realm. as a current art exhibit at...

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Cross platform storytelling is focus of Indie Film Club, a People’s Choice Nominee

Published November 1, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Now through Nov. 15, five small South Florida arts organizations are vying for the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award, offering a $20,000 prize. Below, Diliana Alexander talks about why the Indie Film Club should get your vote. To see the other nominees and to text to vote, visit knightarts.org/peopleschoice....

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THE SPECIMEN DRAWER, 2013

Published November 1, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Susan Silas, AIRIE Fellow The South Florida Collections Management Center is tucked inside Everglades National Park at the end of Research road. Inside its temperature controlled and darkened drawers, birds that inhabited the park as far back as the 1960’s are laid out, each with a handwritten tag carefully...

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Art and history collide: an interview with Samantha Hill

Published October 31, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

"The Kinship Project" Samantha Hill. Photo courtesy of the McColl Center The McColl Center for Visual Art is regularly a haven for talented and innovative artists, but current artist in residence, Samantha Hill, occupies a particularly unique space as she blends art and history in her...

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Beijing-born puppeteer Hua Hua Zhang at Asian Arts Initiative

Published October 31, 2013 by CSchwartz

This Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, the Asian Arts Initiative of Chinatown North will be hosting Beijing-born, Philadelphia-based sculptor and puppeteer Hua Hua Zhang. Asian Arts Initiative, a Knight Arts grantee, will present the opening of “Dream Journeys,” a solo exhibition of new works by Hua Hua, on...

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Cultural center promoting Haitian arts is up for People’s Choice Award

Published October 31, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Now through Nov. 15, five small South Florida arts organizations are vying for the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award, offering a $20,000 prize. Below, Jan Mapou talks about why the Mapou Cultural Center should get your vote. To see the other nominees and to text to vote, visit knightarts.org/peopleschoice....

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Arcade Fire performs at Little Haiti Cultural Center

Published October 31, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Laura Quinlan, Rhythm Foundation Last Thursday, October 24th, Arcade Fire – one of the most popular rock groups in the world today - played a secret show at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. For real! Of course it wasn’t so secret because thousands of people turned out, even though...

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Detroit’s Sphinx Virtuosi heads to Macon

Published October 31, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Steve Murray, critic-in-residence with Art Matters: Engaging the Community through Embedded Arts Journalists Holding the neck of his cello in hand, Karlos Rodriguez explained to his young audience where they might have heard “The Goldberg Variations” before. You know the music during the opening credits for that gruesome, cannibal-psychiatrist...

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Theatre Macon has a hit on its hands

Published October 30, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

"To Kill A Mockingbird" has been held over through Nov. 2 at Theatre Macon. Photo by Amy Maddox-Nicholson Theatre Macon's current production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" was set to close on October 26, but due to overwhelming demand, the show has been extended for two...

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Akron Civic hosted killer party

Published October 30, 2013 by Roger Durbin

Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, gave a killer masquerade party on Saturday, October 26, and not only because the theme of the event, Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death,” has as its plot a masquerade party in which the host, Prospero, and all the guests...

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Beyond trick-or-treating and zombie crawls: some grown-up Halloween fare

Published October 30, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

Jessie McNally, mixed media, 2013. McNally's will have work on view in Sweet 317's Day of the Dead celebration. Looking for some grown-up alternatives to trick-or-treating and scary movies this week? I have some ideas for you. Tonight, get yourself in the mood at Amsterdam Bar...