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    Detroit’s Sphinx Virtuosi plays in Miami

    Published September 30, 2014 by

    The Magic City enjoys the sounds of the Motor City as Detroit's Sphinx Virtuosi plays at the New World Center Tuesday, Sept 30. Sphinx Virtuosi is a chamber orchestra dedicated to diversity in the performing arts, programming well-known repertoire together with works by African-American and Latino composers. Experience this year's...
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    Michael Scoggins “Chalk”

    Published September 30, 2014 by

    By Elizabeth Shannon, Bass Museum of Art If you happened to be strolling around near the Bass Museum of Art about a month ago, you might have seen a man in Walgreens’ storefront windows drawing vigorously on an unusually long chalkboard. This industrious gentleman was the artist Michael Scoggins, the...
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    Christopher Hogwood, 1941-2014

    Published September 30, 2014 by

    By Stephen Sokolouski, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Former SPCO Director of Music Christopher Hogwood passed away last week at age 73. By the time he first conducted the SPCO in 1986, he had established himself as one of the leading forces in historically-informed performance—the idea that the music of...
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    42 projects win Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul

    Published September 30, 2014 by

    Photo: Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul winner Aaron Dysart and friends will project video art on to steam from a plant in downtown St. Paul.  Today, we are excited to announce the 42 winners of this year’s St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge. Our first year of the contest in St. Paul saw the highest per capita response for any arts challenge in history, with 868 submissions! Ideas poured in from all corners of the community and across all disciplines. We are grateful to all who participated and trusted us with their ideas and passion for the arts in St. Paul. Related Link "42 Winners Named in First St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge" - Press release (09/29/14) Each application submitted was carefully reviewed by a group of ten local readers and Knight staff. The team narrowed the list to 69 finalists, each of whom submitted a more detailed proposal and project budget. Again, our talented panel of reviewers read through each proposal and collectively recommended a list of grantees. Those recommendations were presented to our Board of Trustees earlier this month and we are honored to now share the winners.
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    The Light Factory grand re-opening

    Published September 29, 2014 by

    Richard Renaldi "CHRIS & AMAIRA" from the series "Touching Strangers" The Light Factory celebrates its grand re-opening with an exhibition of Richard Renaldi’s photographic series, “Touching Strangers,” on Friday, October 3rd. After rebounding from a dire financial situation in 2013, the Light Factory is ready to...
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    “The Cuban Spring” opens at SMDCAC

    Published September 29, 2014 by

    The South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center (SMDCAC) opens its doors for the world premiere of “The Cuban Spring,” a new play by Miami-based playwright Vanessa Garcia. Vanessa Garcia. A generational rift has emerged within the the Cuban exile community. The rigid views of the past, which...
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    The bursting ‘Jardim’ of Beatriz Milhazes

    Published September 26, 2014 by

    Beatriz Milhazes: Santo Antonio Albuqueque. Several of the main galleries upstairs at PAMM have been transformed into a semi-abstract botanical garden, thanks to more than 40 works created over the last 25 years from Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes. Her exhibit is, in fact, titled that, Jardim...