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    Fantasy Theatre helps students take a green step forward toward a cleaner world

    Published May 18, 2012 by

    By Mimi Schultz, Fantasy Theatre Factory This year, Fantasy Theatre Factory (FTF) celebrated 30 years of partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Since 1982, FTF has created original quality educational theatre programs for children - reaching 150,000 children annually. Many FTF programs emphasize environmental and literacy education. [caption id="attachment_39344" align="aligncenter"...
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    Miami Lighthouse Better Chance Music Production Program™ students excel in music competitions

    Published May 18, 2012 by

    By Sharon Caughil, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind Four Miami Lighthouse Better Chance Music Production Program™ students recently participated in local competitions. Arantza Espinoza and Eddy Camacho won the group instrumental/vocal category in the Young Talent, Big Dreams competition sponsored by The Children’s Trust and Actors’ Playhouse. Arantza and Eddy,...
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    Watch live performance by Ragnar Kjartansson tonight

    Published May 17, 2012 by

    Below you’ll find a live video stream for Ragnar Kjartansson’s opening night performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, which is holding the artist’s first solo American museum exhibition, “Song.” The performance, of Mr. Kjartansson’s recent work Du Holde Kunstis, is being streamed live via the museum’s website,...
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    A wiry stream of consciousness

    Published May 17, 2012 by

    Sometimes the only poetry we understand is the poetry of love and loss, relationships and sex. We can enter these poems more easily because of their universal themes. We've all fallen in love or we have fooled ourselves at least once that it was love we fell into. As we...
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    Role of abstraction analyzed at LG Tripp Gallery

    Published May 17, 2012 by

    What exactly is the role of abstraction in our contemporary world? This is one of the big questions being posed in the show “Documents: Abstraction, Landscape, Culture” at LG Tripp Gallery. The exhibit features artists Anthony Vega, Paul Fabozzi and Seonglan Kim Boyce, and makes no reservations in dissecting abstract...
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    “Drum strong” to beat cancer

    Published May 17, 2012 by

    There are some individuals and organizations that are, simply put, just awesome. drumSTRONG™ and it’s founder, Scott Swimmer, fall into this category of incredible, inspiring and generous. drumSTRONG™ puts together multicultural musical charity events centered around drumming circles, which also showcase available resources supporting people with cancer and those who...
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    A sneak peek at MOCAD’s summer season

    Published May 16, 2012 by

    By Kelli B Kavanaugh, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit MOCAD’s summer season is now open, and there are two wonderful exhibitions coupled with a full roster of public programs to entice you to come visit the Museum. The first, Post-Industrial Complex, is an exhibition and source book that celebrates the...
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    In vacant St. Paul storefronts, artists fill the void

    Published May 16, 2012 by

    Ask anyone who lives in a neighborhood riddled with foreclosed homes and derelict storefronts, and they’ll tell you: an empty building is much more than just an empty building in hard economic times. These neglected spaces become a locus for petty vandalism and crime, the abandoned commercial and residential properties'...
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    GLADE(S)CAPE at the Listening Gallery

    Published May 15, 2012 by

    By Gustavo Matamoros, the Listening Gallery After a successful run of newly commissioned installations by sound artists like Russell Frehling, David Dunn and Rene Barge, as well as sound art works by Tom Hamilton and Frozen Music, it is now time to turn the attention of the Listening Gallery to...