Neos Dance Theatre delivers accomplished, engaging performance in Heinz Poll Dance Festival

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Neos Dance Theatre delivers accomplished, engaging performance in Heinz Poll Dance Festival

Published August 14, 2013 by Roger Durbin

One of the finest things about Neos Dance Theatre – and there are a growing number of laudable traits – is the perfect fusion of classical ballet technique with a decidedly fresh and modern impulse. The result in performance, as happened when the company danced on August 9-10 for the...

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Rising stars, veteran players on bill for Miami’s Friends of Chamber Music series

Published August 14, 2013 by Gregory Stepanich

The Ehnes String Quartet. The Friends of Chamber Music of Miami series is one of the oldest continually operating such series in the country, not to mention South Florida, where nothing else really compares with its longevity. For the 57th season, organizer Julian Kreeger, an attorney...

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“Twin Cities Noir” gets an updated, expanded edition

Published August 14, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

In "Twin Cities Noir (The Expanded Edition)," crime scenes and stories are set across the cities' neighborhoods. Image courtesy of Akashic Books Indie press-made-good Akashic Books just released an expanded version of the Twin Cities installment in its globe-spanning, city-by-city Noir anthology series. In publication since...

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Berry Oakley suite unveiled at the Allman Brothers Band Museum

Published August 14, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

The Berry Oakley Suite at The Big House. The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House held a grand opening reception yesterday to unveil the Berry Oakley suite to the public. The newest addition to the museum is a remodel of the room by Oakley’s...

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With “Factory Setting,” textile manufacturing looms large at 2739 Edwin

Published August 13, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

The newest installation at 2739 Edwin takes on a topic that is of great interest to me as a former Garment District worker. Artist Tsz Yan Ng draws upon her firsthand childhood experience in textile manufacturing, as well and her more recent experience in architectural production, to create "Factory Setting:...

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Art that turns you ’round

Published August 13, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Franky Cruz at Spinello Projects. Photo by Peter Vahan The world starts to spin when you walk into Franky Cruz’s two-room trip, staged at Spinello Projects new space in what is being called West of Wynwood, called “The World Is Yours.” In the first room, there’s...

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Modern Misfits pop-up shop at Goldilocks Gallery

Published August 13, 2013 by CSchwartz

Goldilocks Gallery held the second pop-up shop for the Philadelphia-based Modern Misfits Art & Fashion Collaborative. Entitled “AS IF,” the show featured a variety of art, handmade objects, collected trinkets and altered fashion by 10 female artists and designers. Participating in the show were: Maddie Highland, Nora Quinn, Camille Diana...

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Taste of the Arts fundraiser to be held benefiting the programs of Macon Arts Alliance

Published August 12, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

On Saturday, August 17, Macon Arts Alliance will host the 17th Annual Taste of the Arts, a fundraiser benefiting its programs. MAA is the 501(c)3 that functions as the umbrella organization for arts and cultural non-profits in Central Georgia, as well as the local arts agency for Macon and Bibb...

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The Scottish play comes to Charlotte

Published August 12, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

This year’s Charlotte Shakespeare Festival will wrap up with murder, mayhem and blood in the post-apocalyptic world of Elise Wilkinson’s reinterpreted “Macbeth.” Performances run from August 15-25 at the Booth Playhouse in Founder’s Hall. In its eighth season, the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival will continue its pre-show series and admission by...

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Catch Bedlam’s Collective Noise, a youth-driven summer concert series at the Union Depot

Published August 12, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

Bedlam Theatre’s eagerly anticipated Lowertown location isn’t yet open for business – but soon! According to manager Lucas Koski, a grand opening party is scheduled for this fall, and will be announced soon*. In the meantime, Bedlam is in the middle of a six-week-long, live music series at the newly...

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Jai-Alai release & (un)filtered open-mic series at Panther Coffee

Published August 12, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

When I was a little boy, my grandmother took me to Jai-Alai. She gambled and I would help her pick the winners (or losers). The sport confused me. Think racquetball. However, instead of a racquet, the players scoop the ball up with a cornucopia-like hand basket and then slam the...

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Jump in the residency with Cannonball

Published August 10, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Take a look at a Cannonball residency. Get your act together by Aug. 12. That’s when the residency application process for the 2014 year closes, at midnight, for Cannonball (formerly LegalArt, and a Knight Art Challenge Grant winner). Both local and visiting artists, curators, writers and...

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August biketacular: Slow Roll and KGD garden tour

Published August 9, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

It was a great week for bike riding, with a continuation of the unfathomably cool July weather extending into August. Accordingly, there were a number of fantastic bike-based events available for two-wheeling Detroiters who like to bike with a purpose. Monday's Slow Roll crowd assembled outside...

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“Cymbeline” comes to Ohio Shakespeare Festival

Published August 9, 2013 by Roger Durbin

This will sound like heresy, but Shakespeare needed an editor when he wrote his “Cymbeline.” It’s a convoluted play that repeats the Celtic/Briton history, underlining it (several times, it seemed in watching it) along with repeated chronologies of how all the characters were going to get/or had already gotten to...

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Discovering dance and personal identity at AileyCamp Miami

Published August 8, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jodi Farrell, Adrienne Arsht Center As far as summer camps go, six weeks spent dancing, getting into deep discussions and learning the art of self-expression inside one of the biggest cultural centers in the country is a pretty awesome experience. It’s been an intense summer for 100 young Miamians,...