A wander through Miami with the art of Adler Guerrier

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A wander through Miami with the art of Adler Guerrier

Published August 8, 2014 by Anne Tschida

"Untitled (br&t - tang)" detail, 2008. Sometimes it is hard to see the forest for the trees, when standing in the middle of fairly dense foliage. Which is what we are doing in the artscape of South Florida today – there is a lot going on...

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“My Sordid Best”: An Interview with Del Shores

Published August 8, 2014 by Roger Durbin

He’s back! So read part of an announcement on the international Gay Games (GG9) website in reference to Del Shores, the iconoclastic writer of the play/movie/TV series “Sordid Lives” and of various episodes of “Queer as Folk,” “Dharma and Greg,” and “Touched by an Angel.” The actor spoke to me...

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Last weekend of “Allure of Flowers”

Published August 7, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

Paul Stankard "Carolina Bouquet Botanical" 2001, glass. Gift of the Charlotte Garden Club. 2001.67. Collection of The Mint Museum August 9th and 10th is the last weekend to enjoy the floral delights at The Mint Museum’s “Allure of Flowers: Botanical Motifs in Craft, Design, and Fashion”...

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Q & A with comedian Sheri Flanders

Published August 7, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

Sheri Flanders studied improv at The Second City Training Center and iO (formerly Improv Olympic) in Chicago, as well at Just The Funny’s conservatory in Coral Gables. She is a director, actor, multidisciplinary artist and cast member of Just The Funny. On Saturday, August 23rd at 9 p.m., join Flanders...

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Last of the Neanderthals get reflective in their final moments at Practice

Published August 7, 2014 by CSchwartz

The décor in Practice right now lies somewhere in that indistinct region between The Jetsons and The Flintstones, featuring an anachronistic, plasticine mix of tapestries, tusks, spears and humanoid parts for the show “Hominine.” Most apparent are the pair of heads stuck to said spears toward one corner of the...

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Student Showcase of Arts Excellence held at The Stage is the apex of artistic expression for inner-city youth

Published August 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Rudy Sablon, The Motivational Edge Rudy Sablon is the Director of Programs for The Motivational Edge, a nonprofit that uses the arts to inspire youth towards academic achievement, increased self-confidence and building essential life skills. Below, he writes about a student performance showcasing many of the lyrical expression and...

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Six stages of live bands at the Down by the Riverside Music Festival

Published August 6, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Down by the Riverside Music Festival poster. Cemeteries seem like the last place you would go to enjoy live music, vendors and food. However, the Riverside Cemetery and Conservancy, a Knight Arts grantee, has changed that perception for many people. First of all, this is...

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Written all over your face: Inside Allison Bolah’s revealing ‘Tell Me About Your Mother’ film series

Published August 6, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Read the title of Allison Bolah’s ongoing video project, “Tell Me About Your Mother,” and you’re bound to think of Freud – of therapists and apron strings that want cutting, the well-worn grooves of habit and personality born in childhood. But Bolah’s not interested in excavating the sins of mothers....

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“Ghost Opera” a GroundWorks DanceTheater masterpiece

Published August 6, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Reviews of GroundWorks DanceTheater (a Knight Arts grantee) over the years (my own included) have talked about how the company has created important contemporary dance pieces. Important doesn’t always mean serious, either, for artistic director David Shimotakahara and associate Amy Miller have made some fun and lively dances. This time,...

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World music at Reading Terminal Market

Published August 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Ann Mintz, Reading Terminal Market Reading Terminal Market is a Philadelphia institution with an international flavor. Market merchants offer food from all over the world—Mexican, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and many more. In June, world music complemented the many ethnic cuisines available every day. Traditionally, performances at the Reading Terminal...

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Inside Cara Rose DeFabio’s DARKNETbeta

Published August 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Serlin Quah, ZERO1 In our brave new digital world, nothing goes unseen, but what happens in the dark? DARKNETbeta challenges the audience to walk the line between public and private self, examining security and anonymity in the digital age. Using audience cell phones and techniques currently employed by retailers...

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Arts Biz blog: Interview with Bernard Zyscovich, CEO of Zyscovich Architects]

Published August 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council of Miami The offices of Zyscovich Architects looks out on the sun flecked waters of Biscayne Bay. In the foreground is renewed Bayfront park and across the bay South Beach. Views of cultural venues like Museum Park and the Adrienne Arsht Center showcase...

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Expanding Bragg Jam in Macon, Ga., features bigger bands, ambitions

Published August 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Roger Riddle, Macon-based writer For 15 years, summer in Macon has been synonymous with Bragg Jam, a music festival that uses multiple stages and venues to celebrate the lives of two local musicians, Brax and Tate Bragg. A tragic car accident in 1999 took the lives of the Bragg...

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Exhibit explores Latin influence in American sabor

Published August 5, 2014 by Anne Tschida

The 1950s 'sabor' of Desi Arnez. The representation of Latin musical influence in American music and pop culture has gone through any number of mutations. At times it has lent a certain panache, such as with Latin jazz, or the smooth sounds of the bossa nova....

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MOCAD closes the books on summer, looks to the fall

Published August 5, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

Sunday, July 27th marked the closing of the MOCAD’s (a Knight Arts grantee) summer program, an eclectic assembly of exhibits with a light-hearted summer feel. The video gallery hosted, Projecting (see video above), a trio of works by video artist Dara Friedman: Musical (2007-2008), Dancer (2011), and PLAY (2013), all...