By Nannette Zapata, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is a proud participant of the inaugural O, Miami festival. O, Fairchild is celebrating works by O, Miami poets who were inspired by the Garden’s horticulture, beauty and nature. We welcomed O, Miami poets to the Garden for the day so they could experience the […]
Article · April 11, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Last May, Knight Foundation granted the Tuesday Musical Association $50,000 to expand the educational outreach component of its FUZE! classical music series. Throughout the past three years, the Tuesday Musical Association and the Akron Art Museum have collaborated on the FUZE! series and the final concert this season is slated for April 14 and will […]
Article · April 8, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
On April 16, the Minnesota Opera will unveil its production of Bernard Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights. Until then, Patrick Dewane, vice president of advancement at the Opera, will be publishing a daily “Bernard Herrmann Fun Fact.” Knight Foundation is sponsoring the HD recording of the opera and will publish Dewane’s fun facts as excitement builds. April […]
Article · April 8, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
A few months ago, Arianna Huffington published a piece on the Huffington Post questioning the role(s) social media should play in the museum experience. “The danger of social media becoming the point of social media — connection for connection’s sake, connection to no end — is one museums need to particularly guard against,” Huffington writes. […]
Article · April 6, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan Williamson, Palm Beach Poetry Festival During National Poetry Month, The Palm Beach Poetry Festival will co-sponsor a reading by poet, Mary Oliver, Saturday April 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm at Lynn University’s Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, Florida. The reading, Q&A and book signing is presented by the Palm Beach Poetry […]
Article · April 6, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
On Saturday, April 2, 2011, 45 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s official children’s choir, the Keystone State Boychoir, spontaneously performed “Avec la garde montante” from Georges Bizet’s Carmen for delighted children and parents at the Please Touch Museum, a favorite Philadelphia destination for children of all ages. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random […]
Article · April 5, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lauren Reskin, Sweat Records In April of 2008, Record Store Day was launched as a way to celebrate the role of the independent music store in society. These days record stores are often multi-faceted–acting as portals to discover new bands and music, hubs of information, event spaces, and places to simply interact with the […]
Article · April 5, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Keith Freund, Akron Art Museum Early in the process of beta testing the Akron Art Museum’s new Online Collection website, many testers have commented on how much they enjoy being able to look at detail shots of the art. While a straight-on image provides an overall view of an object, it often doesn’t give […]
Article · April 5, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Vanessa Bordo, Tuesday Musical Association Friday, March 4th’s second installment of the FUZE! concert series collaboration between Tuesday Musical Association and the Akron Art Museum brought the Alfredo Rodriguez Jazz Trio to a lucky Northeast Ohio crowd. Living up to the FUZE! series mission of fusing classical and contemporary styles, the jazz ensemble wowed […]
Article · April 4, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Minnesota Opera On April 16, Minnesota Opera will unveil its highly anticipated new production of a gothic romance by a Hollywood legend: Bernard Herrmann’s Wuthering Heights. You may not recognize his name, but you know Bernard Herrmann’s work. His first film score was for Orson Welles’ iconic masterpiece, Citizen Kane. He wrote the music […]
Article · April 4, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Randy Reyes, Community Liaison and Artistic Associate of Mu Performing Arts I have learned more in the last 2 years about the Hmong culture than I’ve ever had living in the Twin Cities for 6 years. And I don’t know if I ever would have gone on this journey if I wasn’t directing/developing Katie […]
Article · April 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad