Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company coming to Playhouse Square for DANCECLEVELAND

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Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company coming to Playhouse Square for DANCECLEVELAND

Published October 29, 2014 by Roger Durbin

After a very successful performance at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall with the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company, DANCECLEVELAND, a Knight Arts grantee, is going to be continuing in that stellar vein by presenting the internationally acclaimed Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) in the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square. One...

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“Camp X-Ray” at the Coral Gables Art Cinema

Published October 28, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

Kristen Stewart stars as a Guantanamo Bay guard in "Camp X-Ray," an official selection for the Sundance Film Festival. "Camp X-Ray." "Camp X-Ray" is a drama that takes the viewer inside the mysterious labyrinthine world of Gitmo through the eyes of a female guard. Originally written...

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It’s all about Nick Cave: “20,000 Days on Earth” at the Detroit Film Theatre

Published October 28, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

"20,000 Days on Earth," a highly-staged documentary that follows the quasi-fictional persona of the real musician Nick Cave through a day or so of his various experiences, raises the question of whether legends are born or made. It seems that from the start, Nick Cave was convinced of the inevitability...

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Amber Art presents community meals for SPACES at The Village of Arts and Humanities

Published October 28, 2014 by CSchwartz

At The Village of Arts & Humanities on Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia, the four square blocks of converted row houses and reclaimed parks have been serving as home base for a number of artists and community-minded makers. The SPACES Artist Residency Program, a Knight Arts grantee, has just completed...

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“Great art changes lives:” Inside the inaugural MIFFecito

Published October 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF) debuted MIFFecito, a mid-season “Film Festival Fix,” at MDC's Tower Theater Oct 16-19. The four-day event showcased world cinema in a concenatrated weekend of 10 red-carpet premieres, parties and in-person appearances with filmmakers. Knight Foundation VP/Arts Dennis Scholl participated in the festivities by guest moderating...

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Don’t miss the world premiere of “Miami Sites Project”

Published October 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

Join us for the world premiere of Hattie Mae Williams- The Tattooed Ballerinas presents, “Miami Sites Project” a site specific Dance film captured at the historic Miami Marine Stadium in Virginia Key. Also see the Miami premiere of dance film “Bloom” set in New York City’s Highline, a linear park...

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“The Merry Wives” at UNC Charlotte

Published October 27, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

"The Merry Wives" by UNC Charlotte's Department of Theatre. Shakespeare’s hilarious and witty satire, “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” gets a new twist in an updated staging by the UNC Charlotte Department of Theatre this coming weekend, October 30 through November 2. This play was adapted...

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Battle of the Bands shows off Middle Georgia’s high school marching bands

Published October 27, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Cherry Blossom Festival presents Battle of the Bands 2014 poster. Since 2013, the Cherry Blossom Festival, a Knight Arts grantee, has hosted the Battle of the Bands event. If you're imagining band members transforming their instruments into weapons and fighting on the football field, you have...

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Terrific exhibition called “Transtions” on display at Summit Artspace

Published October 24, 2014 by Roger Durbin

An artist friend not too long ago lost her father. She dealt with the intense feelings she was having by (of all things) making art. It was not just therapy for her; it was also a way to embody the experience, to capture such a monumental change in her life....

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Weekend preview: a bag full of October treats!

Published October 24, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

"The Spirit Post," an ofrenda by yours truly, Knight Arts blogger rsharp. Photo courtesy of Carrie Morris Tonight, Friday, October 24th, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. is the opening for the second annual exhibit of "Ofrendas" for Día de los Muertos, a group show hosted by the DIA....

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Little gems of history of the last 100 years

Published October 24, 2014 by Anne Tschida

Koizumi Kishio Kanda Myojin shrine 1937. The Wolfsonian-FIU is in a transition period, awaiting to see what imprint the new director will have after the departure of longtime head Cathy Leff; with the downtown expansion; and anticipating the big Art Basel-timed exhibit “Myth and Machine: The...

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Design, dialogue and modular ceramics by Bobby Silverman

Published October 23, 2014 by CSchwartz

Bobby Silverman at The Clay Studio presents an extensive body of work composed of the industrially produced ceramic tiles made commercially popular by his company Alsio Design. This Knight Arts grantee showcases Silverman’s work, which resides in a multitude of creative domains including painting, design, philosophy, language and, of course,...

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“Moment Mile”: a unique panorama of the urban core

Published October 23, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

The Light Factory, organizer of "Moment Mile." On November 1, 2014 at 6:15 p.m. in Uptown Charlotte, a groundbreaking photograph will be taken. One hundred and fifty photographers will gather on Tryon Street and line up every 36 feet to take simultaneous photos that will capture...

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Italian superstar Ligabue comes to Grand Central

Published October 23, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

The Rhythm Foundation's 27th Season opens with Italian superstar Luciano Ligabue, one of Italy's most popular contemporary musicians (and filmmakers) who broke a European concert attendance record when 165,264 diehard fans showed up. Ligabue comes to Grand Central on Sunday, October 26th to celebrate the release of his 10th studio...

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All Aboard! For Motionpoems’ “Arrivals and Departures” public art project

Published October 22, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Saara Myrene Raappana, Motionpoems When I first saw a motionpoem, I’d been out of graduate school for a year or two; I was working a lot of hours at a demanding office job; and I was tired. I was sure I loved poetry. I’d spent years reading and studying...