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    A chat with La sonnambula’s Rachele Gilmore

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    By Alejandra "Alex" Serna, Florida Grand Opera One of the rarely performed and most beautiful examples of the bel canto genre return to Miami this coming weekend with the opening of Bellini’s La sonnambula on Saturday, February 9, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Florida Grand Opera...
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    Welcome Wynwood Ways

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    By Miami Biennale Team Residents and visitors of Wynwood can now enjoy the neighborhood’s first permanent artistic crosswalk, marked by a work that seeks to transform the intersection of Northwest Second Avenue and 25th Street. The effort is part of the Miami Biennale and WADA’s ‘Wynwood Ways’, a collaboration to...
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    Moreno and Oroza explore urban creation

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    Some of what Gean Moreno and Ernesto Oroza are trying to get at in their collaborative works are a little hard to comprehend, but usually they are interesting and intellectually challenging contemporary explorations. This should hold true for “Drywood,” opening up at Wynwood’s Alejandra von Hartz Gallery on Thursday. Like...
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    Just “One More Day” at Napoleon

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    At Napoleon throughout February, two artists explore the earthly as well as the otherworldly through a variety of media for the show “One More Day." Napoleon member Tamsen Wojtanowski and artist Christina Roth share the space in an exhibit that is at once grounded and lofty; mystical but not gratuitous....
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    Ivonne Batanero: Here & Now

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    Ivonne Batanero grew up a shy girl in a cruel world where dance became here preferred mode of communication. Through dance, Batanero reveals the world of extremes by pushing the limits of human comprehension and tolerance. She uses humor and fear to simultaneously connect and provoke the audience to see...
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    Work with University of Wynwood and Coral Morphologic

    Published February 4, 2013 by

    By P. Scott Cunningham, University of Wynwood Ever considered working for a fake university? How about a scientific lab? How about both? University of Wynwood and Coral Morphologic are searching for qualified candidates for a full-time Operations Manager. The new Operations Manager will be someone who has a passion for...
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    Race, history and community in “Black and White,” with work by Ta-Coumba Aiken, Joseph Norman and Gordon Parks

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    Gordon Parks, "American Gothic, Washington D.C.", 1942, silver gelatin print. There’s a small but noteworthy exhibition on view now in Metropolitan State University’s Gordon Parks Gallery. “Black and White” includes work by three artists – the gallery’s namesake, Gordon Parks, St. Paul-based artist and community activist;...
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    South Florida – we want your best ideas for the arts!

    Published February 4, 2013 by

    Today, we’re excited to begin accepting applications for the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge Miami.  Each year, we’re in awe of what South Florida comes up with - innovative ideas, truly Miami ideas, ideas to engage our neighborhoods in the arts. Because of the quality of your submissions, we recently decided to extend the contest for three more years, through 2015. Applying, though, continues to be as easy as ever. In this first stage, we need just a 150-word description of your project. We have been inspired too by the geographic reach of our recent winners, who are helping to weave culture into neighborhoods stretching from Delray Beach to Opa-locka and Hialeah. So this year, we’ve decided to host small Q & A sessions in four neighborhoods: South Dade, North Central Dade, Hollywood and Downtown Miami. Knight Foundation staff will be there to answer questions. Dates and times  for these community roundtables are below. Sign up for our eblasts and follow us @knightarts to find out more.  
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    The Human Need to Know and To Tell

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    On April 12, 2012, Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president of the Knight Foundation, posted an article on the Knight Foundation website titled, “Why we need new models for arts journalism.” The article coincided with the launch of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge that we’ve written about recently...