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    North Carolina Dance Theatre delivers a stunning “Sleeping Beauty”

    Published March 8, 2012 by carmella.jarvi

    "Sleeping Beauty’s" timeless tale of a beautiful princess, a dashing prince and the triumph of good over evil with a single kiss has delighted audiences for years. North Carolina Dance Theatre (a Knight arts grantee) is performing the entire “Sleeping Beauty” for the very first time. "Sleeping Beauty" is a...
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    Minnesota Orchestra, Vanska, Midori — and Beethoven

    Published March 8, 2012 by Gregory Stepanich

    This weekend marks the arrival at the Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall of the Minnesota Orchestra, one of the nation’s finest, along with its conductor Osmo Vänskä. They’ll be joined by the Japanese-American violinist Midori, who told me...
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    On display through spring at the Ohr-O’Keefe

    Published March 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    By Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Among the permanent exhibitions, George Edgar Ohr: Selections from Gulf Coast Collections highlights work of “The Mad Potter of Biloxi” with pottery from Gulf Coast collectors and from the collection of the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art. The Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center provides...
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    Ray Turner and Reverend Howard Finster at Akron Art Museum

    Published March 7, 2012 by EGuregian

    The Reverend Howard Finster once said that God commissioned him to create his "Paradise Garden,"...
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    A roundup of events for young cultural explorers

    Published March 7, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

    Spring break is coming up next week, and that’s got me scrambling to find things to keep my elementary schooler occupied in the coming days. Poking around various arts calendars and press releases, I’ve particularly noticed a number of intriguing activities for families looking for a bit of cultural adventure....
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    Fela & his “musical” inspiration

    Published March 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    By Gregory Lucas-Myers, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Hit Broadway, Tony Award-winning musical “Fela!” came through Detroit on February 17, 2012 to March 4, 2012. In conjunction, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History welcomed a new exhibit, “Moving to His Own Beat - Fela:...
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    Little Berlin starts a “Flash Flood”

    Published March 6, 2012 by CSchwartz

    Philadelphia has been hit by a flood, and this time not the Hurricane Irene variety. The Little Berlin collective in North Philly has just initiated a semi-secretive project called "Flashfl00d," in which artists, hackers and just about anyone can participate by exchanging digital data in the physical world. Based on...
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    A new passage in the portrait of a young artist

    Published March 6, 2012 by Anne Tschida

    When Michael Vasquez paints a canvas, he brings to dramatic life a vibrant, kinetic world outside our door; a street life filled with young men, mostly gang members, representing, giving off hand signals, decked out in...
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    Leopold’s Books hosts poets from Portland, Germany and Detroit

    Published March 6, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

    This past Sunday, Leopold’s Books hosted a poetry reading organized by local poet and former Kresge fellow Rachael Harkai. The reading brought together three Portland-based poets — Drew Scott Swenhaugen, Marshall Walker Lee and Zachary Schomburg — along with the Bonn, Germany-based poet Rebecca Farivar. [caption id="attachment_34439" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Kresge...
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    Inside MOCA’s 15th anniversary

    Published March 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    By Donna Fields, Museum of Contemporary Art The Museum of Contemporary Art’s 15th Anniversary Celebration attracted some of the biggest names in the art world. Leading collectors and arts patrons were joined by many of the renowned artists who are part of MOCA’s history, among them: Frank Stella, Tracey Emin,...
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    The Bass Museum probes the intersection of contemporary art & the Renaissance

    Published March 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    By the Bass Museum of Art Last week, as part of The Bass Museum’s continuing research and programming at the intersection of contemporary art and the art of the Renaissance, Steven Holmes led a conversation about his project CREDIT, joined by fellow Bass Adjunct Curator and former director of the...
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    Todd Boss’ second poetry collection, “Pitch,” strikes a resonant chord

    Published March 5, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

    Todd Boss often describes his poems as “simple.” And it’s true, the St. Paul-based poet draws from the unpretentious terrain of hearth and home in his work: married life, parenthood, walking with dogs in the woods, his childhood spent on the family’s Wisconsin farm. And Boss’s poems are warm and...
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    Miami Lyric Opera has a new Home at Gusman Arts Center

    Published March 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    By Miami Lyric Opera Miami Lyric Opera begins its performances at Olympia Theater of Gusman Arts Center with Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor April 14-15. This important step is a milestone in providing accessible quality opera productions to our community. The cast includes:: Karin White, Jorge Pita, Oscar Martinez, Diego Baner,...
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    Charlotte Art League partners with Goodwill Industries for annual exhibit

    Published March 5, 2012 by carmella.jarvi

    March is “National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month” and once again art is helping to heal. Charlotte Art League is highlighting its partnership with Goodwill Industries with its fifth annual “Color My Dreams” art exhibit through March 30. A dream is something close to our hearts. It may complete us. In...
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    Sleepless Night engages Miami residents with 12 hr fete

    Published March 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

    In 2010, the City of Miami Beach received a Knight Arts Challenge grant to inspire and unite South Florida with a third annual Sleepless Night festival, featuring indoor and outdoor art and performances at dozens of Miami Beach venues. The City of Miami Beach also won a Challenge grant for...
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