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    Circ X cabaret holds fundraiser

    Published November 19, 2014 by

    Photo from Circ X on Kickstarter. Diana Lozano is founder and artistic director of Circ X, a traveling performance troupe and production company based in Miami, and a 2013 Knight Arts Challenge winner. When we first set out to create the Circ X cabaret, we strived to make a production that was entertaining, provocative and affordable. Thanks to Knight Foundation, Miami Beach Cultural Affairs and all of our Kickstarter supporters, we were able to do just that.   We offered tickets at just $15 and sold out our first set of shows at the Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater to rave reviews.  Now, with Give Miami Day, the communitywide 24-hour online giving campaign just around the corner, we are holding our second fundraiser tonight in Wynwood!  Join us at the House of Art from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. where you will get to meet our fabulous cast and enjoy complimentary cocktails from our sponsors.  
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    Give Miami Day should be good for arts, too

    Published November 19, 2014 by

    The South Beach Chamber Ensemble. The Miami Foundation’s Give Miami Day hopes to top last year’s $3.2 million total of giving in this year’s 24-hour donate-a-thon that begins Thursday. A lot of worth nonprofits are competing for dollars in this event, and that includes arts groups:...
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    Launching Symphony in D: A collaborative symphony by and for Detroit

    Published November 19, 2014 by

    MIT Media Lab composer Tod Machover. Photo by Priska Ketterer. What does Detroit sound like? Today, Knight Foundation is announcing a new partnership with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Composer Tod Machover of MIT to find out by creating a collaborative symphony by, for and with the people of Detroit. Below, Machover writes about the process that will be unveiled today at an event in the city. "Announcing 'Symphony In D' " on YouTube I can’t tell you how excited I am to be starting on the Symphony in D project, which proposes to create a musical portrait of Detroit using both notes and noises, and created by me in collaboration with everyone in Detroit who wants to participate…and I hope that means you! The project starts this week, will develop over the coming year, and will be premiered by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra almost exactly one year from now (all thanks to the support of Knight Foundation). One year seems like a long time, but I promise you that it will go by very quickly. So I invite you to join me as soon as you can in this adventure to create Symphony in D together. I have learned a lot while working on four such collaborative symphonies over the past two years – for Toronto, Edinburgh, Perth, and currently Lucerne– and will build on these other projects to make our Detroit collaboration even more fun and satisfying. And it is so very exciting to bring the City Symphonies project to the U.S. for the first time, and especially to Detroit. No city in the world has such an opportunity to study its proud past, to reflect on current possibilities and to boldly build a different future.
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    Charlotte Ballet invites everyone to show their #PattiPride

    Published November 18, 2014 by

    By Logan McSwain, Charlotte Ballet Charlotte Ballet is incredibly proud of Associate Artistic Director Patricia McBride’s 2014 Kennedy Center Honor. To help celebrate, Charlotte Ballet is inviting the community to show its #PattiPride on social media. To participate, connect with Charlotte Ballet on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #PattiPride. This...
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    Happy 30th, ArtCenter

    Published November 18, 2014 by

    Time for a look at the art created at ArtCenter through the years. Photo by Leila Leder Kremer This is a year of big birthdays for South Florida’s art world. The Bass Museum had the major one – 50 years; but others too. Margulies has been...