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    Who should get $20K for the arts in Detroit? You decide!

    Published July 9, 2013 by

    Detroit People's Choice Awards - Teaser from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Here we go, Detroit! Starting today, you decide who will win the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award. Five up-and-coming organizations are competing for $20,000. Voting via text is open through Aug. 9. We launched the People’s Choice Award...
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    Parisian fashion at the Mint

    Published July 8, 2013 by

    "Dior, Balmain, Saint Laurent: Elegance & Ease" at the Mint Museum of Art Randolph. “Elegance & Ease” explores the fashions of Dior, Balmain and Saint Laurent to be found in the Mint Museum’s fashion collection. This new exhibition at the Mint’s Randolph location opened on April...
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    Nearly 2,000 first graders experience the joy of opera

    Published July 8, 2013 by

    By Julie Todaro, Producer The Young Patronesses of the Opera was thrilled to bring the art of music and theater rolled into one – OPERA, to elementary school children this year. Almost 2,000 first graders experienced the performance of “Papageno”, a take off of Mozart’s “Magic Flute” at the Joseph...
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    A lyric summer in Glimmerglass

    Published July 8, 2013 by

    By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Summer is here, and the opera buff’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cool, refreshing, music-filled getaways. The most ambitious head for European bastions of the arts like the Salzburg, Glyndebourne and Bayreuth festivals. But you don’t have to cross the...
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    A perfect summer read: “Vacationland” by Sarah Stonich

    Published July 8, 2013 by

    I’ve got a perfect summer read for you – atmospheric and witty, satisfying and emotionally resonant. Twin Cities-based Sarah Stonich’s new book, “Vacationland,” is a novel in stories, all of which revolve around characters connected somehow to Naledi, a fading lakeside vacation getaway in Northern Minnesota, spitting distance from Ontario....
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    The life force of Michelle Grant-Murray

    Published July 8, 2013 by

    Teachers matter. Dance artist Michelle Grant-Murray is just one of those teachers who've had a transformational impact on our community. What makes Grant-Murray so important is that she is more than just an associate professor and coordinator of dance at Miami Dade College's Kendall campus. She is also a student...
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    Hopscotch brings iPad programming to kids

    Published July 6, 2013 by

    By Maris M. Bish, The Wolfsonian FIU On July 26th and 27th, Jocelyn Leavitt and Samantha John present Hopscotch, their new iPad programming language for kids. With Hopscotch, users drag and drop blocks of code to build routines for fun characters. Aimed primarily at kids age 8 and up, Hopscotch...
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    July 4th Weekend Preview: INCA & Concert of Colors

    Published July 5, 2013 by

    With Detroit’s firework festivities already behind us, many folks head out of town for the 4th of July holiday. For those staying close to Detroit, there is no shortage of arts and cultural events taking place over the long weekend. What began with a tune-up concert on June 29th, and...
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    After the Fourth, it’s all chamber music

    Published July 3, 2013 by

    Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival founders, left to right: Michael Forte (clarinet), Michael Ellert (bassoon) and Karen Dixon (flute). Although July Fourth usually signals a slowdown in cultural activity as everyone takes a breather to celebrate the holiday, this week actually marks the beginning of one...
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    Polka night at the Ordway’s summer dance series

    Published July 3, 2013 by

    By Dayna Martinez, The Ordway Everybody Polka! It was Polka night in Rice Park on Thursday night, June 27th for the Ordway’s Summer Dance Series, and the summer air was filled with the festive sounds of polkas and waltzes. Seasoned dance instructors, Stan and Dar Wandersee, taught some lively steps...