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    More art, more options

    Published April 12, 2013 by

    Brookhart Jonquil at Emerson Dorsch Gallery. Wynwood’s Second Saturdays has become the art world’s favorite punching bag. No one apparently likes the crowded night, not galleries, artists, collectors. Or so you’d think. The night is a circus, no doubt about it, but some people do like...
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    Inside ARTLAB+ Presents

    Published April 12, 2013 by

    By Ryan Hill, Smithsonian – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ARTLAB+’s location in the Hirshhorn Museum uniquely connects it’s afterschool programming to an inspiring collection of contemporary art. It only follows, that Caroline Elliott, the Hirshhorn’s Manager of Adult Programs, saw it as a great opportunity to develop a new...
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    A smash opening night for Art X Detroit 2013

    Published April 12, 2013 by

    The packed crowd at the Art X opening ceremonies at MOCAD. The art grants offered by the Kresge Foundation have supported the careers of some of Detroit’s most dynamic artists, helping to bring them to prominence and thus shape the landscape of arts in the city....
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    Jazz Tango with Pablo Aslan Quintet

    Published April 11, 2013 by

    Miami Dade College’s MDC Live Arts will transport audiences to the heart of Argentina, where tango courses through the country like the Rio de la Plata. The Argentinian-born, Brooklyn-based bassist and producer Pablo Aslan and his quintet will perform Piazzolla in Brooklyn, which is a work that illuminates the intersection...
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    Keith Warren Greiman and Martha Rich at Space 1026

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    Space 1026 is brimming with colorful characters and snippets of contemporary lifestyles in the show “Nothing Is Rather Do” by artists Keith Warren Greiman and Martha Rich. The two artists share a similar palette but diverge slightly in their themes, with Rich focusing somewhat more on language, while Greiman's emphasis...
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    A winning comedy at Weathervane Playhouse

    Published April 10, 2013 by

    “Charley’s Aunt” is a dude. That’s not letting the cat out of the bag, for knowing that ahead of time neither spoils the fun of the play as performed by Weathervane Playhouse, a Knight Arts grantee, nor surprises you, for you’ll have it figured out way in advance of seeing...
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    The Ordway announces the 2012 Sally Award-winners

    Published April 10, 2013 by

    2012 Sally Award-winners. Photo courtesy of Ordway Center for Performing Arts Monday evening, April 8, Ordway Center for Performing Arts (a Knight Arts grantee) recognized the 2012 Sally Irvine Ordway Award-winners for their achievements in visual, performing and literary arts. Sally Awards are bestowed specifically to...
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    The Bearded Ladies Cabaret: April 2013 update

    Published April 10, 2013 by

    By John Jarboe, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret After exploring the iconic legend Marlene Dietrich in our season opener, Marlene and the Machine, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret has traveled even further back in time, all the way to 1861. The Beards newest venture, Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret, presented as...
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    A “Carnival” of arts at MIA

    Published April 9, 2013 by

    Manequins of Carnival. Photo by Carlos Ochoa Dealing with airports can often be a pain. But if you want to arrive early to our own MIA – or just make a trip of it – there is a very special treat awaiting on the fourth floor...
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    Duhamel, Seaton & Wade blow up O, Miami

    Published April 9, 2013 by

    South Florida poets Denise Duhamel, Maureen Seaton and Julie Marie Wade gave brave, cut-to-the-bone, laugh-out-loud, tear-jerking performances from their latest works of poetry at Books & Books last Sunday as part of the O, Miami Poetry Festival. I haven't been to a reading with such an enthusiastic crowd and cadre...