Many voices “Pretend the World” in a collaborative new audio poetry project led by Kathryn Kysar

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Many voices “Pretend the World” in a collaborative new audio poetry project led by Kathryn Kysar

Published July 7, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Some of the many voices behind Kysar's just-released "Pretend the World" CD. Photo: Steve Peterson When I first encountered the poems in Kathryn Kysar’s 2011 collection, “Pretend the World,” I was struck, most of all, by the expansiveness of her voice and vision. Here’s a thumbnail...

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Baba Israel leads MDC Live Arts Lab

Published July 7, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

I locked myself out of my house yesterday. I had woken up and decided to wash my clothes before morning coffee. This led me directly to the laundry room in the garage when, for some magical reason, the door locked behind me. Wearing nothing but dirty clothes I dug out...

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Behind the scenes at The Nightlight Cinema Theater

Published July 4, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Ok, what’s it going to be like? Did you ever have that reaction when you want to go to some place brand new and don’t quite know what to expect? You might if you’re wanting to take in an indie film at the brand-new The Nightlight Cinema, a product of...

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Artist profile: hard at play with Mary Fortuna

Published July 4, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

"She Towers Above," the titular piece from Fortuna's solo show at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center in May of 2013. In artist Mary Fortuna’s own words, she’s had the habit of "making stuff" for as long as she can remember. Playing, for her, was mostly making...

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The McColl Center for Art + Innovation

Published July 4, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

The McColl Center for Visual Art. Almost a month ago now the McColl Center for Visual Art underwent a partial transformation, changing its name to the McColl Center for Art + Innovation. “As part of our 15-Year Anniversary Celebration, we are recalibrating, recreating, and reimagining….We are...

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Creative Capital’s Professional Development Program (PDP) Partners with Philadelphia’s Taller Puertorriqueño to offer a workshop for Spanish-speaking artists

Published July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Mary Kerr, Creative Capital Taller means “workshop” in Spanish, so it was fitting that Creative Capital offered Taller profesional de desarollo para artistas at Taller Puertorriqueño in April in Philadelphia. Known as “The Cultural Heart of Latino Philadelphia,” Taller Puertorriqueño is a community-based multidisciplinary arts organization whose work bridges...

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Celebrating the arts at Roosevelt and Connections Gallery’s groundbreaking

Published July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Kirstin Wiegmann, Forecast Public Art Roosevelt High School, a public school located in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood of South Minneapolis, has been quietly working on plans for a large scale outdoor sculpture for the school and the larger community. In collaboration with Forecast Public Art and artist Randy Walker, the...

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Inside CEZ’s pop-up park

Published July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art After months of planning with dozens of artists and creative business leaders in the neighborhood surrounding Forecast Public Art, the Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ) was transformed on June 14 into a one-day pop-up cultural park to celebrate the launch of the new Green Line...

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Get ready for the 29th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival

Published July 3, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

Next week, the 29th annual International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) returns to Miami with a tribute to Argentina. The Festival, which runs from July 10-27, features leading theater companies from Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and the United States. "Caligula" by Cibrián Campoy and Ángel Malher....

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Concert bands bring us back to old American tradition

Published July 3, 2014 by Gregory Stepanich

The Greater Miami Symphonic Band. Independence Day is a splendid occasion for a good old-fashioned cookout, with hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, and all the usual patriotic gustatory suspects. But it might be that at some point during the day, you find yourself pretty...

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Don’t miss Big Night in Little Haiti on July 18

Published July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By The Rhythm Foundation One of Haitian music’s true ‘super groups’, Nu Look, headlines an evening full of big news. Celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Caribbean Marketplace, adjacent to the Cultural Center’s plaza, and enjoy music and specialty crafts vendors in Little Haiti’s iconic building. In the gallery, enjoy...

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Announcing 2014 LAB High School & LAB MFA Artists

Published July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Angelica Arbelaez, Locust Projects Locust Projects selects twenty-five South Florida high school students to participate in the 2014 LAB (LOCUST ARTS BUILDERS) program: LAB 2014Image courtesy of Locust Projects, MiamiImage Credit: Marilyn Loddi Kristen Baldaccini, TERRA Environmental Research Institute, David Baptiste, Miami Beach Senior High,...

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Second year of Girl Power Camp teaches art, economics and education

Published July 2, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Second Annual Girl Power Camp at the Ruth Hartley Mosley Women's Center. During the summer, many kids’ minds fall into a lazy and relaxed mode. However, some guardians and parents make it their duty to enroll such happy-go-lucky children into summer programs. Many of these summer...

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“A Prairie Home Companion” celebrates 40 years on air with a three-day festival at Macalester College

Published July 2, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Over the holiday weekend, Garrison Keillor and the gang behind “A Prairie Home Companion” are returning home to Macalester College, the site of the show’s very first broadcast nearly 40 years ago on July 6, 1974. Over the course of its hugely successful four-decade run, the locally produced public radio...

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Dilworth Plaza artist Janet Echelman receives major Boston commission

Published July 2, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Melissa Henry, Studio Echelman Janet Echelman, the internationally-renowned artist who has been commissioned to create an original artwork for Dilworth Plaza, has been selected for a major commission in Boston. The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy selected Echelman from a field of nearly 100 artists to create a monumental aerial...