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    Voting is open for the South Florida Peoples Choice Award!

    Published October 20, 2014 by

    Starting today, all you need is a cellphone to help a local artist’s dream project come to life. We just launched the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award in South Florida, where you, the public, helps decide which of six local arts organizations receives $20,000 for their idea. It’s a...
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    Voting is open for the South Florida Peoples Choice Award!

    Published October 20, 2014 by

    Knight Arts Challenge South Florida 2014 People's Choice Awards nominees are live - Vote now via text message on your mobile device!  Starting today, all you need is a cellphone to help a local artist’s dream project come to life. We just launched the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award in South Florida, where you, the public, helps decide which of six local arts organizations receives $20,000 for their idea. It’s a text-to-vote campaign: pick your favorite group, and text their code to 22333. You may know some of the nominees, others are newly launched. Our goal with the People’s Choice Award is to bring attention to the small and emerging groups that make South Florida such a vibrant place to live. Here’s a bit on each of the nominees:
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    A burst of new painting from Glexis Novoa

    Published October 17, 2014 by

    "Se Vende" 2014 from Glexis Novoa. Glexis Novoa is one of Miami’s more prominent and well-known artists. His black-and-white graphite constructs of a utopian metropolis gone wrong – cold, otherworldy, bereft of emotion – often site-specific to gallery and museum walls, have become part of the...
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    What Knight Foundation funding opportunities are open now?

    Published October 17, 2014 by

    This post has been updated.  Knight Foundation uses challenges to find great ideas across its program areas. In addition, a few opportunities are available year round. Here are the opportunities open now: If you have a news or information idea you want to develop and test, the Knight Prototype Fund may be for you. This Media Innovation initiative provides $35,000 to turn ideas into prototypes. There are several cohorts of winners each year; the most recent winners can be seen here. The next application deadline will be in early 2015. Follow #PrototypeFund on Twitter for more. If you have a new idea to make one of the 26 Knight communities more successful, the Knight Cities Challenge is an option. The current round closed Nov. 14. The challenge is a new program from Community and National Initiatives, and winners will share $5 million. The initial application is simple, and reviewers will look for innovative ideas that can help our communities attract and retain talented people, create economic opportunity, or foster a culture of civic engagement. Finalists will be announced in January 2015, and winners in the spring. The second round of the challenge will open later in 2015. #KnightCities
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    Fundación Educative Carlos M. Castañeda presents an evening of Latin American classics with Martha Marchena

    Published October 16, 2014 by

    Fundación Educative Carlos M. Castañeda (FECMC) proudly presents an Evening of Latin American Classics with lauded pianist Martha Marchena. Marchena’s unique repertoire, captivating performances and innovative discography has engaged listeners for decades. Born in Cuba, she has performed as a soloist with orchestras and chamber music ensembles worldwide. She takes...
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    The new jewel of Hialeah

    Published October 16, 2014 by

    When I was a boy, my grandmother would take me the the Hialeah Park Race Track—a.k.a., the "Jewel of Hialeah." She'd bet on the horses, and I would, too. I'd eat hot dogs and sip on Coke while she hooted and hollered for X or Y horse to cross the...