“The House on Mango Street” reaches new heights

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“The House on Mango Street” reaches new heights

Published April 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Teatro del Pueblo This weekend (April 26-29) is your last opportunity to see "The House on Mango Street," the latest collaborative production between Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater. You won't want to miss it! For individual ticket sales, please go to www.brownpapertickets.com. For group sales (10+), call...

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Community School of the Arts showcases the joy of music & art in Charlotte

Published April 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Community School of the Arts is delighted to debut this new, ten-minute video showcasing the joy of music and art in Charlotte. We invite you to watch the video, share it with friends and family, and help CSA tell the important story of arts education in Charlotte.

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One Voice visits Gordon Park High School

Published April 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jane Ramseyer Miller, One Voice Mixed Chorus I just spent the morning working with students at Gordon Park High School (University Ave in St. Paul) in preparation for One Voice concerts there next month. This first rehearsal was a little chaotic. When I announced that I conduct a gay,...

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OVation at Twin Cities annual Yom Hashoah commemoration 2012

Published April 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By One Voice Mixed Chorus On Thursday, April 19, OVation (the portable version of One Voice Mixed Chorus) performed at the Twin Cities Annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration service at Congregation Beth Jacob in Mendota Heights, MN. Yom Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as a worldwide day of...

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A memorable Romeo et Juliette caps off Florida Grand Opera’s season

Published April 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer From Bellini to Delius – and counting Prokofiev’s ballet and Bernstein’s West Side Story – the lovers of Verona have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, Svendsen, Stenhammar and Nino Rota are only some of the composers who fell...

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Benefit concert celebrates historic Miami landmark and raises funds for Olympia Theater

Published April 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

This weekend, a Miami landmark takes an important step into the digital future of film. The Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts is hosting a benefit concert Saturday, bringing together local leaders and talent as part of its new campaign to digitally upgrade the 86-year-old theater....

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Hidden City Philadelphia announces its call for proposals

Published April 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

In 2009, Hidden City Philadelphia launched a 5-week site-specific arts festival that activated 9 buildings in neighborhoods around Philadelphia. Now with the help of a Knight Arts Grant, Hidden City Philadelphia is currently planning for its 2013 Hidden City Philadelphia Festival to begin May 2013. Twenty prospective sites have been...

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A peek inside the Philadelphia Orchestra’s iNotes app

Published April 25, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Vincent Geels, The Philadelphia Orchestra The goal of any successful web program, application, or piece of technology is for the end-user’s experience to be seamless when interacting with the technology. When your web browser starts to get choppy or grinds to a halt, it’s almost as if you snap...

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Foreign cinema close to home

Published April 25, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Dubbed the finest state-of-the-art theater in the South in 1926, the Tower Theater is now Miami’s premier art cinema and continues to serve as a historic and cultural gathering place. In fact, USA Today named it one of the “10 great places to see...

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Performing arts take center stage at City Hall

Published April 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Josh Dubin, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy [caption id="attachment_37606" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Philly Youth Poetry Movement kicks off City Hall Presents in an appropriately literary setting -- the building's 6th floor Law Library -- on March 28th. Photo by Josh Pelta-Heller for the City...

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Bringing in THE OUTGOING TIDE

Published April 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

In New London, CT, the Monte Cristo Cottage- the summer home of playwright Eugene O’Neill – provides the setting for two of his best known works, namely AH! WILDERNESS! And LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT. If you visit the cottage, you can actually position yourself in the rooms as they...