Have a post Thanksgiving celebration at Viernes Culturales

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Have a post Thanksgiving celebration at Viernes Culturales

Published November 28, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Viernes Culturales Turkey day would not be complete without a night out on the town. The monthly festival that brings art & culture to Miami every last Friday of the month is gearing up for another unforgettable night. November’s Viernes Culturales brings fashion, art and music all wrapped into...

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Schubert’s dark “Müllerin” gets complete performance Monday

Published November 27, 2011 by Gregory Stepanich

Of the more than 1,000 pieces that Franz Schubert composed before his early death at the age of 31, around 600 of them are songs. He was the supreme master of the German Lied in the first decades of the 19th century, and...

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A bike ride across the Central Corridor to plan the future of the arts

Published November 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Blaine Merker, Rebar As a part of a unique artist led public engagement strategy in the Central Corridor Public Art Plan, San Francisco-based art and design studio Rebar led a two-day public bike tour across the Twin Cities to uncover the hidden stories and meet the sometimes unlikely people...

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Celebrate the Hmong New Year in St. Paul this weekend

Published November 23, 2011 by Susannah Schouweiler

Thousands of people from around the country will descend upon St. Paul’s vast downtown RiverCentre complex this weekend for the 36th annual Hmong New Year celebration. A significant majority of the more...

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Woman on woman creative collaboration

Published November 22, 2011 by Anne Tschida

One of the most intriguing exhibits opening up this peak art month involves five works from 10 women, paired in twos, called "Woman to Woman" at the Bakehouse Art Complex. A curatorial committee chose five artists, who were then...

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Books, films and photos at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Published November 22, 2011 by CSchwartz

The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center has a few things going on through the end of November and the beginning of December, even outside of its current Philly Photo Day exhibit. If you haven’t visited Philadelphia Photo Arts Center to check out the nearly 900 photos taken in Philadelphia on Oct....

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Clothing revealed in innovative exhibition

Published November 22, 2011 by vmiller

In an interview on WDET about the latest show at Hamtramcks Public Pool, participating artist and fashion designer...

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Inside Actors’ Summit Bring Your Parents to a Play program

Published November 22, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Neil Thackaberry, Actors' Summit Good things continue to happen as the result of the Knight Foundation’s support of Actors' Summit “Bring Your Parents to a Play” program. We added a special performance of Woody Guthrie’s American Song for 150 students and they all went home with fliers about the...

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A first look at the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance

Published November 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel

The following is crossposted from KnightArts' blog: Charlotte’s arts journalism takes a leap forward this month as the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance launches. Funded by a $100,000 Community Arts Journalism Challenge grant awarded by Knight Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance is a partnership between the Charlotte Observer, public radio station WFAE, television station WCNC, UNC Charlotte, Qcitymetro.com and CharlotteViewpoint.org.

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Why not skip the shopping this weekend and head to a museum instead?

Published November 21, 2011 by Susannah Schouweiler

Why would anyone want to spend the weekend after Thanksgiving shopping? I mean, I know plenty of...

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DANCECleveland presents MOMIX

Published November 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By DANCECleveland DANCECleveland continues to be thrilled with the response from the Akron community for our presentation of MOMIX on October 1! The crowd of 3,000 was wowed by the spectacular beauty of the dancers, costumes and artwork. The critics, including the Akron Beacon Journal, agreed with the rave reviews...

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Luisa Fernanda brings lovely zarzuela times to Florida Grand Opera

Published November 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastián Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer The start of the 2011-12 Miami classical music season is showing a landing of relevant Spaniards artists (Jordi Savall, Javier Perianes, Ramón Tebar, Pablo Heras Casado to name a few), although the most conspicuous presence is the ensemble bringing a zarzuela...

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A first look at TU Dance’s eight season

Published November 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Julie Sand, TU Dance TU Dance's eighth season opens this weekend (Nov 18-20) at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, with a world premiere of Artistic Director/Choreographer Uri Sands' A Subconcious Plastic Nowhere, exploring the nature of a daydream - the potent and sometimes bizarre storytelling...

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‘Tis the season for good music

Published November 21, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday. In addition to the food consumption, it might mean you start humming Christmas tunes or other holiday music. There are so many ways to celebrate this season, but music is often a common shared experience. Memories associated with music around this time...

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Literary Death Match ends in V for Hayden

Published November 21, 2011 by Neil de la Flor

Saturday night's Literary Death Match (LDM) at Bardot did not end in a bloodbath. Instead, it ended with big laughs, hoots and hollers and a linguistic tongue-twister of a spelling bee. Hosted by Literary Death Match founder Todd Zuniga and the Miami Book Fair International, Literary Death Match proved that...