“A Proper Marriage” between two or three stars

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“A Proper Marriage” between two or three stars

Published February 25, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

Co-dependence is like a binary star-system where two stars orbit one another around their center of gravity. They can't escape, and they're stuck in an almost eternal dance until they exhaust their nuclear reactors. However, if the two stars are close enough, they can exchange mass and even tear one...

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Head to Minneapolis this week for “The St. Paul Show” by Salon Saloon

Published February 25, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

Andy Sturdevant, writer, arts administrator and artist, and host of Works Progress' monthly Salon Saloon. Photo courtesy of Works Progress Salon Saloon is a monthly “live action arts magazine” put on by the interdisciplinary collaborative team at Works Progress and hosted by Springboard for the Arts...

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Macon’s First Friday offers gallery openings and Broadway musical numbers

Published February 25, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

First Friday Macon logo. February is the shortest month of the year. The 28 days seem to fly by, and before one even realizes four weeks have passed, March arrives. In Macon, the beginning of the month brings one of the community’s most treasured events—First Friday....

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A site-specific night and day to remember

Published February 22, 2013 by Anne Tschida

"Luminous" by Alex Trimino. For the second year in a row, the Deering Estate has taken a chance with an outdoor (and some indoor), site-specific sculpture, part of its Festival of the Arts. It’s well worth the jaunt down south. On opening night, the works were...

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GTCYS alumnus and Minnesota Orchestra violinist Michael Sutton performs with students

Published February 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Megen Balda, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Students in the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies have unparalleled opportunities to collaborate with professional musicians, and at the upcoming Concertino and Philharmonic Community Concert, audiences will enjoy the fruits of a collaboration with Minnesota Orchestra Violinist Michael Sutton who will perform...

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Three cheers for spring 2013

Published February 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Taylor Thomas, Community School of the Arts It isn’t easy being February. Despite the various celebrations—of love, of presidents, of our nation’s rich black history—January is simply a tough act to follow. This first month is like caffeine, loved by all for its ability to jolt us into a...

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DANCECleveland collaborated on sold-out workshop dedicated to helping the Parkinson’s population in Ohio

Published February 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Tom Sarago, DANCECleveland Last weekend , DANCECleveland, a not-for-profit presenter of modern and contemporary dance, hosted a very special sold-out, two-day workshop dedicated to helping the Parkinson’s population. The event took place February 16-17 at Cleveland State University. The workshop, conducted by David Leventhal, manager for Dance for PD,...

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Weekend preview: EXCHANGE brings Chicago to Detroit

Published February 22, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

Holding up our end of the bargain: Detroit to host Chicago in a month-long exhibition, which will run through March 16. This weekend marks the double-opening of EXCHANGE, an art event that invites a cadre of nine Chicago-based artists to exhibit here in Detroit, fair trade...

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STOMP lives up to its name in E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall appearance

Published February 22, 2013 by Roger Durbin

When we were leaving a performance of STOMP at the E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, we were walking behind a woman whose high heels were clicking steadily on the sidewalk. I started using my playbill as a kind of counter rhythm to her constant beat by tapping it on my...

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Jenny Larsson looks to voice

Published February 21, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

A few months ago, I saw Jenny Larsson's “Look at how you're looking at me when I'm telling you this,” featuring performers Celeste Fraser-Delgado, William Rey, Fernando Landeros, Oscar Fuentes, Matthew Taylor and Larsson. “Look at how you're looking” is Larsson's thesis project for her MFA in Performing Arts from...

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Guare’s “The House of Blue Leaves” coming in March

Published February 21, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

Spirit Square Uptown Charlotte. The Charlotte Shakespeare theater company goes beyond the Bard this March to delve into 20th-century American theater with John Guare’s “The House of Blue Leaves.” Opening Thursday, March 7 this production promises to be a zany riot. It will be performed in...

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Walter Dunnington’s “Rocks”

Published February 21, 2013 by CSchwartz

Some of the most vibrant geology in Philadelphia can right now be found at the Crane Arts Building. In the Archive Space, Walter Dunnington takes a closer look at the stuff the earth is made of with his many views of stones and sediment. Walter Dunnington,...

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Knight Foundation’s Tatiana Hernandez joins the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

Published February 20, 2013 by Dennis Scholl

We’re living in a time of incredible change. In 2011, the nation’s Hispanic population reached 52 million, an increase of 48% from 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis. Now more than ever we have the chance to engage our country’s diverse people in helping build more inclusive local...

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Behold None Too Fragile’s “A Behanding in Spokane”

Published February 20, 2013 by Roger Durbin

None Too Fragile’s “A Behanding in Spokane” isn’t in the “gotta see” category of one-act dramas, but it certainly is in the “worth seeing” group, especially because of the stellar performances by the cast – Michael Regnier (Carmichael); Nick Yurick (Mervyn); Kelly Strand (Marilyn); and Brian Kenneth Armour (Toby). As...

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An astonishing night of Cage at the New World

Published February 20, 2013 by Gregory Stepanich

Jessye Norman and New World fellows in John Cage’s "Song Books." Photo by Rui Dios-Aidos There are concerts and there are concerts, and then there are explosions of art, bursts of concentrated, disciplined energy that sweep in like a wind and leave everything leveled and changed....