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A first look at Miami Lyric Opera’s The Barber of Seville

Published July 31, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Raffaele Cardone, Miami Lyric Opera The production of Madama Butterfly recently performed at Olympia Theater and Colony Theatre has resulted in a genuine success in both houses. Lots of emotions, great attendance and beautiful reviews from all paper and electronic media. Daniella Carvalho in the role of Cio Cio...
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The Schuylkill Center and CFEVA’s “Out of Bounds”

Published July 31, 2012 by CSchwartz

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is one of the first urban environmental education centers in the country. Founded in 1965 by sisters Eleanor Houston Smith and Margaret Houston Meigs from former family land in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia, the Schuylkill Center provides an island of green and accessible...
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Unconstrained performances prevailed at the inaugural Miami Performance Festival

Published July 31, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Colombia's Gabriel Montero. There is always a bit of trepidation when entering into an all-performance art event. When hastily produced and not well-thought-out, these can be straining – unlike a visual art show of similar (non) quality, it’s hard to just leave if you don’t like...
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The Nana Projects comes to the DIA

Published July 31, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

The Detroit Institute of Art (a Knight Arts grantee) recently hosted The Nana Projects’s "Alonzo’s Lullaby" as part of the museum’s Family Sunday programming. It was a very unique shadow puppet performance, as well as a technical feat, performed by three puppeteers (aka lanterneers) using three overhead projectors and cutouts...
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Recapping Walker West’s first Young Artist Professional Training Program

Published July 31, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy Walker West Music Academy launched its first Young Artist Professional Training Program in Feb 2012 to enable young artist to compose, record and promote their own original music. The first program concluded in June and its emerging group, the Reflective Hues, celebrated the...
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Mu Goes Into the Woods

Published July 31, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Rick Shiomi, Mu Performing Arts One of the basic premises of Mu is giving voice to Asian American culture and artists. At first glance, one might not think that our production of the musical Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine would serve that purpose. And yet...
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YEPAW at EJ Thomas Hall

Published July 31, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Garrick R. Black II, Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop YEPAW’s 23rd year lands them center stage at the University of Akron’s EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall. Sunday, July 22, 2012, well over 300 young people demonstrated their amazing talents in choral music, mime, dance, step, orchestra, sign language, drum...
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Dilworth Plaza sculpture pays homage to first citywide water system

Published July 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Linda Harris, Center City District Philadelphia Janet Echelman determined to create moving columns of atomized water for her public sculpture Pulse after delving into the history of Philadelphia’s Centre Square, one of William Penn’s original five squares. Echelman’s unique work, to be showcased in the $50 million transformation of...
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Meet the Queen City’s “Silent Heroes”

Published July 30, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

If you are dragged down by the divisive headlines, stories of violence and all the political clap trap running 24 hours a day, take a moment to visit the newest exhibit, "Silent Heroes," at the Levine Museum of the New South (a Knight Arts grantee). This exhibit, running through December...
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Reflections on Same Stage, a night of multicultural dance

Published July 30, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

When I entered the Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC) for Same Stage, a night of multicultural dance organized by Afua Hall during the Discover Art! Family Festival, I felt numb and listless, blue and exhausted from the real and imagined burdens of life. The little green boogeymen in our heads...
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Toby Sisson’s new paintings on view for one last week at Air Sweet Air

Published July 30, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

Toby Sisson moved from the Twin Cities to Massachusetts a few years ago, but she returned home this month, as Air Sweet Air's visiting artist, with a solo show of new encaustic paintings, “Into the Black,” now on view at the gallery. Toby Sisson, "Natural History,"...
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Bragg Jam fills Macon stages with variety of music

Published July 30, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

The Kopecky Family Band performed on the Macon State College Main Stage at The 567 Center for Renewal. Bragg Jam, held annually on the final Saturday of July, is Macon’s ultimate music festival. This year the Concert Crawl featured 46 bands and DJs on 12 stages...
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Meet the Community Arts Journalism Challenge 2.0: Deadline to enter is Aug 9

Published July 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Michael Killoren, director Local Arts Agencies / Challenge America Fast-Track National Endowment for the Arts Early on in the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge, it became abundantly clear that the local arts agencies (LAA) in each of the Knight cities were well-positioned to scan the local environment for potential...
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“Things” in art that are worth seeing

Published July 27, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Anton Kannemeyer's "Very, Very Good." The Fredric Snitzer Gallery has decided on an unorthodox way to deliver its summer group show. The works of 19 artists, some of whom are the most prominent names in contemporary art today, have been fashioned together under the title “Things...
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Heavy Feather Review brings “Big Smoke” to Leopold’s Books

Published July 27, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

On Wednesday, July 25, Heavy Feather Review brought a literary reading featuring both poets and novelists to Leopold’s Books. The standing room-only event, called “Big Smoke,” featured nine area readers, including Heather Abner, Matt Bell, Russell Brakefield, Francine J Harris, Sean Kilpatrick, Tom McCartan, Robert James Russell, Jeremy Schmall (the...

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