The release of Patricia Kirkpatrick’s new collection “Odessa” marks an auspicious beginning for Milkweed’s annual regional poetry prize

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The release of Patricia Kirkpatrick’s new collection “Odessa” marks an auspicious beginning for Milkweed’s annual regional poetry prize

Published November 26, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

This Wednesday evening, Milkweed Editions will celebrate the publication of its inaugural collection from the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, a competitive annual award of $10,000 and a book contract, open to writers currently living in Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The first of the Lindquist...

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Art Public opening night at the Bass Museum

Published November 26, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

Get ready for My Barbarian (horde) to invade the Bass Museum lawn for Art Public Opening Night next week with their kitsch theater antics when they perform an excerpt from “Broke People's Baroque Peoples' Theater.” My Barbarian is a Los Angeles-based performance collective formed by Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon and...

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The “Magic of Christmas” is here!

Published November 26, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

Previous "Magic of Christmas" concert. Courtesy of Charlotte Symphony Orchestra A holiday tradition returns to Charlotte November 29 through December 2: the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s “Magic of Christmas” concert! The CSO (a Knight Arts grantee) will be joined by the Children’s Choir and Oratorio Singers for...

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Christmas concert at Macon’s Grand Opera House to be recorded for public television broadcast

Published November 26, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Renowned violinist Robert McDuffie will serve as master of ceremonies for "A Grand Mercer Christmas" on November 30 and December 1. The Grand Opera House in Macon is nothing short of spectacular. The renovations and upgrades made to the space in the past two decades have...

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Enroll your kids in Living Equality Through Arts & Performance…and save the world.

Published November 26, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

I want to shout it out, leap up and down and tell the whole world, or Miami at least, that everyone should enroll their son and daughter, niece and nephew—and even the neighbor's kids—in Living Equality Through Arts & Performance (L.E.A.P.). L.E.A.P. is six-month GLBTQ youth arts enrichment and mentorship...

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Miami City Ballet’s Ratmansky wrap-up

Published November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Emily Parkinson, Miami City Ballet It was a rigorous but rewarding week at Miami City Ballet’s studios. The renowned choreographer from Russia Alexei Ratmansky visited the company to prepare his work Symphonic Dances for its return to the stage in Program III: The Masters. During his first visit to...

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Knight Foundation trustee Mariam Noland discusses Knight’s $20 million Detroit arts investment

Published November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Host Alex Trajano interviews Mariam Noland, President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, about The Knight Foundation's $20 million investment in Detroit arts.

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Their moves are pure metaphysical energy

Published November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Miami Dade College’s MDC Live Arts series presents the internationally-acclaimed Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) dance company in commemoration of its 20th anniversary. Experience the pure, contagious stage magic on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. at The Colony Theatre,...

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Renaud Capuçon & Stéphane Denève: Unmistakable French charm

Published November 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Two distinguished young representatives of the French tradition took part in a remarkable concert at the New World Symphony this November. Though Honegger was the only Gallic composer on a program that included works by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev, it was the...

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>get >put at Little Berlin conceptualizes the Internet

Published November 20, 2012 by CSchwartz

If you are reading this, there is no doubt that your daily activities typically include the casual uploading and downloading of content on the Internet. At Knight Arts Grantee exhibition space Little Berlin in North Philly, the show “>get >put” explores the sometimes maddeningly complex relationships between input and output,...

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The Art of Recycling: Lincoln Street Art Park & Sculpture Garden

Published November 20, 2012 by Rosie Sharp

Trash turned treasure at the Lincoln Street Art Park & Sculpture Garden The mission of Recycle Here!—Detroit’s grassroots recycling center, which has evolved since its private inception in 2005 into a fully-funded city program—appears to be transparent. Namely, recycling. But even a brief, business-oriented visit to...

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Inside the VocalEssence WITNESS Program

Published November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Elissa Weller, VocalEssence On a Friday morning in September 2012, students from South High School in Minneapolis crowd into the choir room and listen intently as soprano Marlissa Hudson sings for them. Hudson is a lyric coloratura soprano visiting Minnesota from her home in Washington, D.C. Her visit to...

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Walker West Music Academy looks ahead to FY2013

Published November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy At this time of year at Walker West Music Academy, we're amidst planning for our next fiscal year. We're reviewing our annual budget and configuring next year's, forecasting enrollment trends for the year using data from the last, evaluating and reflecting on this...

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Come celebrate Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays

Published November 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Viernes Culturales Join us on Nov. 30, 2012 to celebrate Little Havana's popular arts and culture festival. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th St & SW 15th Ave, visit the many art galleries along Calle 8....

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Arts advocate and former Miss America Neva Fickling passes at 79

Published November 19, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Neva Langley (Fickling) with her Miss America crown and sceptre in 1953. Neva Langley Fickling, a Macon-resident and 1953 Miss America passed away on Sunday, Nov. 18 after a long battle with cancer. Those who knew her were keenly aware of her tireless contributions to the...