It’s been just over a year since over 650 singers burst into Hallelujah from Handel’s Messiah in the middle of a downtown Macy’s in Philadelphia. The world’s largest pipe organ – with 28,000 pipes – accompanied them and millions of fans have enjoyed the performance since. Our biggest Random Act of Culture® to date took place on Saturday, October […]
Article · December 15, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs This is a great month for the arts in Miami! The way that non-profit arts groups approach fundraising and the tools they have traditionally employed have fundamentally changed just before we end this year with the launch of power2give.org in Miami. By tapping into the growing micro-giving trend in […]
Article · December 15, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By DANCECleveland DANCECleveland is pleased to be presenting one of Israel’s premier dance companies, Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company at the Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. From the Innovative minds of Israeli choreographer Inbal Pinto and director […]
Article · December 14, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Dancer Silas Riener is currently on tour with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Legacy Tour, a Knight Arts granteee. Today he checks in with a report from Paris. By Silas Riener, Merce Cunningham Dance Company We have arrived in Paris. Final city on our 2-year legacy tour. Ten performances of two programs now separate us from […]
Article · December 14, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Teatro del Pueblo Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater are continuing their unprecedented collaboration project by working together to bring the beloved children’s novel, The House on Mango Street, to life on the stage in Minneapolis spring of 2012. The House on Mango Street is the powerful coming-of-age story of Esperanza, a young […]
Article · December 13, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By National Jewish Theater Foundation The National Jewish Theater Foundation (NJTF) and its Holocaust Theater Archive (HTA) is pleased to announce that President and Founder Arnold Mittelman has been invited to speak at the Winter Seminar of the Association of Holocaust Organizations (AHO) in Washington, D.C. The conference will be hosted by the United States […]
Article · December 13, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance director Every generation has its toy manias from Troll Dolls to Ninja Turtles to Beanie Babies to Hello Kitty. Now the rage is Munny, a blank, white vinyl doll with moveable parts that challenges its owner to create a personality. Guest curator Rob Lehr, a BFA graduate from […]
Article · December 12, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Miami International Film Festival The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), produced and presented by Miami Dade College, announced today a powerhouse line-up of ten Ibero-American premieres that will compete for $45,000 in jury prizes at its 29th annual event, March 2 – 11, 2012. The Festival’s signature category, The Knight Ibero-American Competition boasts its strongest […]
Article · December 12, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Quinlan, Rhythm Foundation The December 16 edition of Big Night in Little Haiti – free every Third Friday at the Little Haiti Cultural Center – offers a double gift. The free concert in the plaza features one of Miami’s most respected Haitian musicians, Jan Sebon and his group Kazak International. The night also […]
Article · December 12, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Wednesday, Dec. 14 marks a new day in Miami’s arts community as power2give.org launches its online fundraising platform. Developed in partnership with Charlotte-based Arts & Science Council, power2give.org enables individuals to connect directly with arts organizations to help support individual projects. Cultural organizations list projects on the site (i.e. instruments for children in a youth […]
Article · December 10, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Dennis Leyva, Art in Public Places coordinator, City of Miami Beach Starting in December 2008, the City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places (AiPP) Committee was given direction by the Mayor and City Commission to do a Call a to Artist with a project budget of $500,000, for an iconic, large format work […]
Article · December 9, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad