Verb Ballets kicks off Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

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Verb Ballets kicks off Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival

Published July 19, 2013 by Roger Durbin

Verb Ballets has been part of the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival since its beginning eight years ago. It seems like the contemporary dance group has been in all the participating metro parks where troupes perform, but this year Verb will headline at west side Akron’s Hardesty Park. The venue...

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SPCO’s Liquid Music series closes with a world premiere

Published July 19, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Kelly Belich, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra The inaugural season of the SPCO’s Liquid Music series wrapped up on June 18 and 19 at SPCO Center with the world premiere of The Rough Mixes by Minnesota-native Reid Anderson. The piece featured Anderson (who is perhaps best known as the...

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Lori Vrba to lecture at the Light Factory

Published July 18, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

Lori Vrba "Self Portriat" “I was raised in a small, back-woods Southeast Texas town. I did not grow up with an exposure to art. I did not have an uncle with a darkroom. I did not hold a camera until I was a grown woman.” These...

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Rodger LaPelle Galleries summer show

Published July 18, 2013 by CSchwartz

Stop by Old City's Rodger LaPelle Galleries to cool off with their “Summertime” 2013 group show. Consisting of work by two dozen artists, the heavily painting-based exhibit highlights Philadelphia talents from mid-career artists to well-established painters and even a couple tiny interior dioramas. Paul Kane, "Wine."...

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Looking ahead: Upcoming Festival Miami looks like classical standout

Published July 18, 2013 by Gregory Stepanich

Cecile Licad. Photo by Sarah Black The season is a few months away, but it’s during the summer that the various presenting organizations start to tell us what will be on their programs in the winter months. Several major Miami music series announced their seasonal lineups...

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“Shade’s Brigade” is a rollicking homage to the joys of old-time radio

Published July 17, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

Here’s a delightful bit of theater that may have flown under your radar: “Shade’s Brigade,” a staged “radio thriller” in the style of classic '30s and '40s broadcast serials. The show is the creation of Twin Cities theater stalwart Eric Webster and is presented by the Producing House. Each episode...

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Akron’s “plein air” tradition takes to the streets

Published July 17, 2013 by Roger Durbin

“Plein air” or “open air” painting has been around for some time now, but it's getting a nationwide revival, and along with it, a penchant for using the genre for competition among artists. The form usually or traditionally involves an artist setting up his or her easel, pulling out the...

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Can artists really make the world a better place?

Published July 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Knight Foundation's Dennis Scholl recently spoke at two sessions of the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival. First, Scholl joined artist Leo Villareal, Mayor Bloomberg's Art Czar(ina!) Kate Levin, and Pulitzer Prize-nominated conductor Tod Machover to discuss the impact of art and technology on cities. Then, Scholl joined a panel debating if...

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An art film that fills the summer void

Published July 16, 2013 by Anne Tschida

From Yael Bartana's second in the trilogy, "Mur I Wieza." The Miami Art Museum’s summer offerings are labeled “Lights Out.” It’s appropriate for several reasons. First, the lights are indeed out in the museum’s now former space on Flagler Street for the summer, as it transitions...

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Unholy Water rising fast at the MOCAD

Published July 16, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

In a Dr. Sushi Matinee at the MOCAD (a Knight Arts grantee) on Sunday, July 14th, the band Unholy Water turned in an eclectic and experimental/ambient music performance that featured wind chimes, glassware and a homemade digiridoo, among other things. Unholy Water performs within their motley...

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Video Pirates “Video Party” at PhilaMOCA

Published July 16, 2013 by CSchwartz

The Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA) – the epicenter for all things weird in Philadelphia – hosted a free night of VHS relics as part of curator Eric Bresler's Video Pirates project on Monday, July 15. This first run of the new PhilaMOCA “Video Party” event takes a trip...

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Ray Covington & The Maxx Band visit the Ordway’s Summer Dance stage

Published July 15, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Dayna Martinez, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Wow – what a night! On July 11th, the Ordway’s Summer Dance stage was graced with the talents of Ray Covington and The Maxx Band for an evening of R&B and Soul that we won’t soon forget. The evening started out with...

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Saturday at the McColl

Published July 15, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

At least one Saturday a month, artists in residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art (a Knight Arts grantee) open their studio doors to the public, offering visitors the chance to learn about the creative process. With the goal of making contemporary art more accessible, Open Studio Saturdays help...

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Looking for heroes, finding them close to home at the Bindery Projects

Published July 15, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

At the entry of the Bindery Projects’ new exhibition of work by Los Angeles artist Nery Gabriel Lemus, the first thing you see is a small cotton tapestry, a textile rendering of a dark photograph of an urban underpass. The tapestry image is emblazoned with the title of the show...

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Don’t miss the International Hispanic Theatre Festival

Published July 15, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

The 28th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) of Miami, presented by Teatro Avante, the Adrienne Arsht Center and Teatro Prometeo of Miami Dade College, showcases some of the best theater throughout the month of July. The festival takes places in several locations around Miami-Dade County and this year honors...