There’s so much beauty in the world, boys and girls

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There’s so much beauty in the world, boys and girls

Published September 10, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

I never thought that in a million art walk years, an evening wandering through Wynwood on a hot and humid second Saturday in September would remind me of the blue skies and butterflies in Macy Gray's all-too-happy song: “Beauty in the World.” “Listen to the sound," Gray sings, “and lose...

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All’s well that starts well for the art season

Published September 7, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Mark Diamond's "bart bakes batter boy" at Swampspace. September has arrived with a tropical-storm force of art openings. Really, can everybody be opening so many shows at the same time? It is pretty exciting, though. The DWNTWN Art Days is an experiment to highlight the art...

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Community Supported Art harvests 2012 season in St. Paul

Published September 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Delta Giordano, Knight Foundation St. Paul Program Assistant I confess that I have put off writing this blog because it would mean admitting that summer is officially over! In St. Paul, the markers for the end of the season are the Minnesota State Fair which runs through Labor Day,...

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Workshop for teens and mentors dazzles with drums

Published September 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Steve Klotz, Embrace Music Foundation Excitement ripples through the room when teenagers and their mentors -- the “Littles” and “Bigs” in the lexicon of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, which organized the workshop -- as soon as they enter. Greeting them is a selection of over 60 percussion...

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Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic Wanda Sykes coming to Akron

Published September 7, 2012 by Roger Durbin

Wanda Sykes, star of "The New Adventures of Old Christine." Photo via www.tacomaweekly.com My new best friend Wanda Sykes and I had a short tête-à-tête recently on the phone. Actually, I simply had the privilege of an interview before Ms. Sykes' appearance at the Akron Civic...

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Library of INCA at the Institute for Neo Connotative Action

Published September 7, 2012 by Rosie Sharp

When it comes to support of the artistic process, there are few institutions as useful as the residency. A great deal of energy is spent maintaining the functions of day-to-day life, and having a managed living space available for artists allows a tremendous amount of freedom for the artist-in-resident to...

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“A Taste of Music” open house – Saturday, September 15th

Published September 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy On Saturday, September 15th, Walker West Music Academy will open its doors to the community of Saint Paul for “ A Taste of Music” its annual open house to usher in a new season with students, their families, friends and supporters. This year's...

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Nouveau Swing featured at the Sunset Jazz Festival

Published September 6, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

Courtesy of the Sunset Jazz Festival Donald Harrison, known as “The King of Nouveau Swing,” will kick off this year’s Coca-Cola Sunset Jazz Festival on September 8th from 2-9 p.m. According to CBS Sunday Morning, Harrison is one of the most important musicians of the new...

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Love Life Music & Arts Festival

Published September 6, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

I'm sitting at Hartsfield International Airport thinking about love and life while looking at the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. Delta Airlines dominates the landscape here, just like love seems to dominate the landscape of life. Possibly in honor of this all-too-human fact, The Love Life Foundation has created...

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Kate Perkins and her “Girls On Film”

Published September 6, 2012 by CSchwartz

Kate Perkins took over the Project Space at the Crane Arts Building along with the curARTorial LAB to show a series of her latest works entitled “Girls On Film.” The exhibit is a colorful and culturally inquisitive look at the differences between still and moving-image media, as well as femininity...

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Detroit Institute of Arts scores big with free summer admission

Published September 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Kathryn Diamond, Detroit Institute of Arts Summertime in the museum is ordinarily a quiet place with visitors coming to wander the quiet galleries to escape the summer heat. Not so this year! On the heels of a positive vote for the tri-county millage on August 7th, a blockbuster exhibition...

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Opera, chorale see changes at the top

Published September 5, 2012 by Gregory Stepanich

Susan Danis. After Labor Day, it gets to be season around here, and as if to clear the decks before everything gets hopping, the last week or so has some important leadership announcements. Over at Florida Grand Opera, the successor to longtime general director Bob Heuer...

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Akron Art Prize voting has begun

Published September 5, 2012 by Roger Durbin

Voting for winners of the first Akron Art Prize has begun. Beginning with the Downtown Art Walk on September 1, votes started rolling in. According to Rich Hoselton, director of events for the Downtown Akron Partnership, 200 people had registered within the first hour of competition. There are 150 artists,...

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‘Becky’s New Car’ opens at Theatre Macon Friday

Published September 5, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Theatre Macon and the Riverside Ford Youth Performing Arts Center is located on Cherry Street in downtown Macon. On Friday, September 7, Theatre Macon will open "Becky's New Car," a comedy by Steven Dietz. According to his biography, Dietz is one of America's most widely-produced and...

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Concrete and Grass music festival hits Lowertown’s Mears Park

Published September 5, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

St. Paul music lovers are spoiled for choice in the summer months, particularly when you consider that much of this season’s live performances are not only plentiful, but free, in the form of outdoor concerts: Minnesota History Center has “Nine Nights of Music;” there’s the Twin Cities Jazz Fest and...