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    Rock and roll with Wilco at Akron Civic Theatre

    Published August 27, 2014 by

    Follow up the Labor Day weekend with rock and roll by going to see the group Wilco (with warm-up act Bahamas) at the Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee. Wilco is an award-winning Chicago sextet led by founder and singer/songwriter and guitarist Jeff Tweedy, with bassist John Stirratt ,...
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    Free from labor, free to visit PAMM

    Published August 26, 2014 by

    Mark Handforth, "Western Sun." The forecast for Labor Day: still pretty hot and humid. It may be best to make plans indoors during the day and delay the picnic till evening. So it would be a good day to take advantage of PAMM’s Labor Day special....
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    Curator profile: art hero Andrew Thompson

    Published August 26, 2014 by

    I recently met up with artist Andrew Thompson (a.k.a. Andy T) during a visit to Paint Creek Center for the Arts in Rochester, where he was in the process of hanging and lighting “Break With Tradition,” a show curated by Thompson and featuring an array of local artists. Besides this...
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    Paint parties for all ages

    Published August 25, 2014 by

    Whimsy & Wine Art Party supplies. It doesn't matter what kind of occasion is going on, Shelly English and Virginia"Ginny" Walker will find a way to incorporate paint into the program. They are a daughter and mother force dedicated to making sure people of all ages...
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    Inside WetLand

    Published August 23, 2014 by

    By Mary Mattingly, FringeArts.com Mary Mattingly and a group of artists, engineers, and environmentalists have been working together for the past two months constructing the floating, mobile habitat, and public art installation, WetLand. A completely autonomous ecosystem, WetLand has rainwater collection and purification, greywater filtration, dry compost systems, outdoor vegetable...
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    Exciting opportunity for young composers

    Published August 23, 2014 by

    By Austin, Next Notes intern The title of “composer” immediately evokes images of men in powdered wigs writing a strictly formulated sonata for the harpsichord. While this scenario does demonstrate the role of some composers, it all too often pushes young adults from this activity that defies the myriad assumptions...
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    Detroit Drumline Academy: Impacting Detroit with education and entertainment

    Published August 22, 2014 by

    This month, five Detroit arts groups are vying for the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award, a $20,000 prize the winner can use for a project of their choice. The award is one of the ways Knight aims to bring attention to small arts organizations and their impact on the city. Here, KnightArts.org has a quick word with Robert Gordon of nominee the Detroit Drumline Academy, a group that wants to prepare the next generation of percussionists by teaching and mentoring middle and high school students.To vote for them, text Detroit5 to 22333 and learn about the other nominees at knightarts.org/peopleschoice. Q. What do you love most about your arts group? A. What I love about my organization is our ability to affect our community using education and entertainment that gives our youth life skills and experiences they'll never forget. Q. What would you do with the $20,000 People’s Choice Award? A. If I win the $20,000 I am going to do three things: pay a portion of it to a few other music mentorship programs, develop an alternative music instructors group to provide instruction throughout Detroit, and throw the first Music Education Production & Business seminar at COBO Hall sponsored by my company Artisthead.