Stories of pain and resilience: Collecting Arab American conversations for the 10 anniversary of 9/11

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Stories of pain and resilience: Collecting Arab American conversations for the 10 anniversary of 9/11

Published September 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Matthew Jaber Stiffler, PhD, Arab American National Museum From Sept. 8–10, 2011, StoryCorps, the award-winning non-profit that has already recorded 30,000 oral history interviews, set up shop at the Arab American National Museum (AANM), a Knight Arts grantee, to record remembrances of September 11, 2001, and its impact on...

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Take this art to The Bank

Published September 20, 2011 by Anne Tschida

Downtown Miami is still an undiscovered treasure. For most, it has been a fairly no-go zone, at least in terms of actually strolling its sidewalks. That's a real shame, as the architecture and history in the Art Deco buildings are truly amazing....

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Bodega and its baffling bounty

Published September 20, 2011 by CSchwartz

Bodega’s show “Mobile Device” is one that meets at the intersection of absurdity, crudely constructed DIY work and conceptual process. Much of the show, which runs from Sept. 2 until Oct. 2, is difficult to wrap your head around, but the challenge in this case is half the fun. The...

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Ideas that “Mind the Gap”

Published September 20, 2011 by vmiller

The autumn chill is not the only thing September is bringing to Detroit this year. Along with it comes the excitement and buzz associated with the first-ever Detroit Design Festival. The Detroit Design Festival (DDF), brought to you in part by the Detroit Creative Corridor Center, is a citywide celebration...

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Inside look: Rhythms of Africa: Music Around the World

Published September 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By LeToya Stairs, Rhythm of Africa Music Program & 2010 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Meet Andy. One of 60 special students from Lauderdale Lakes Educational Complex that will perform at Rhythms of Africa: Music Around the World on October 15, 2011 at Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale because of John...

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Opening night: Park Square Theatre

Published September 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Park Square Theatre Friday, Sept 16 was opening night of the new season—and August: Osage County roars to life on Park Square’s stage. We’ve just finished a week of previews, with solid houses and great audience response. I saw two of the three dress rehearsals, which were powerful. Yet...

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power2give 3 weeks in – over $100K raised

Published September 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Scott Provancher, Arts & Science Council Three weeks ago the Arts & Science Council (ASC) launched power2give.org, an innovative new way for people to give to arts, science and history/heritage projects in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The launch was the culmination of more than a year of work by...

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Festival in the Park makes for art and family fun

Published September 19, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

With more than four decades behind it, Festival in the Park brings art, crafts and family fun to Charlotte. Though it has changed and grown over the years, the festival provides art to feed the soul, performances to inspire, lots to make you laugh and one cannot forget the many...

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Looking through other people’s things at St. Paul’s College of Visual Arts

Published September 19, 2011 by Susannah Schouweiler

The College of Visual Arts has a small gallery space, but really makes the most of it. Situated in the middle of the vibrant Selby/Dale area of St. Paul's Cathedral Hill neighborhood, in addition to its main exhibition galleries inside the building, the college capitalizes on its corner location and...

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Tigertail season kickoff party at Wynwood Walls

Published September 19, 2011 by Neil de la Flor

Mary Luft, Tigertail's executive director, who will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Miami Beach Arts Gala, is super busy. She is so busy ,we only had time to exchange a few words via e-mail about Tigertail's upcoming season before she had to head out to...

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The reviews are in: Opera San José’s 28th season

Published September 16, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Margot Helm, Opera San José Opera San José, a Knight Arts grantee, proudly opened its 28th Season on September 10th, with the company premiere of Mozart’s Idomeneo. Made possible by the generous support of David...

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Bursting out in contemporary baroque

Published September 16, 2011 by Anne Tschida

A lush, beautiful, ornate, strange world awaits at Praxis International Art. Imagine towering portraits — Or are they really landscapes? — with layers of photographs as the base; they are then decorated, as there is no better word for it, with found jewelry, porcelain...

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“Wallcasts” provide at-home sonics in the outdoors

Published September 16, 2011 by Gregory Stepanich

When the New World Symphony was building its new home on 17th Street in Miami Beach, officials at the orchestral academy had high hopes for the park outside, where they hoped...

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Exploring a new partnership: SPCO & GTCYS

Published September 16, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Earlier this week, we at the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, together with our colleagues at Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, were pleased to announce a $100,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to support our new strategic alliance. We are extremely grateful to Knight Foundation...

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The “in” crowd

Published September 16, 2011 by vmiller

I've always been friends with people who are in bands. Eventually, these people return from touring, full of inside jokes I do not understand. While listening to their “hilarious” stories, sometimes I try to laugh along just because, but usually I...