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    By Kathleen, Carignan, LegalArt The LegalArt Residency, supported by a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has been up and running for six months. LegalArt’s residency includes five local artists who work and live in Miami as well as a visiting residency for national and international artists, writers, and curators. […]

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    The Saint Martha – Yamaha 2010 – 2011 Concert Series and the John L. and James L. Knight Foundation will present the Italian Saxophone Quartet at 7:30 Saturday evening, March 12 at St. Martha in The Shores, 9301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Shores. The Italian Saxophone Quartet was formed in 1982, bringing together four of the […]

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    By Vanessa Bordo, Tuesday Musical On Friday, February 11, 2011 at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday Musical Association and the Akron Art Museum presented the latest installment of their FUZE! Concert Series. The collaboration is an ongoing program dedicated to bringing together different artistic styles and audiences. Tuesday Musical describes the series as “cutting-edge performances by classically trained […]

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    By Liana Cole, Florida Grand Opera From the Brady Bunch to the Von Trapps, the myth of musical DNA has always been a curious topic. A group of brothers known as Hanson became a teen pop sensation in the 90s while the Jackson 5 had already proved the power of musical genetics when they took […]

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    By Florida Grand Opera On Friday, Feb 18 the Florida Grand Opera hosted its first FGO Teacher’s Day. Created by new education manager Cerise Sutton, the event’s goal was to further FGO’s mission to educate the community about the art of opera. We received nearly double the amount of expected participants and welcomed 100 teachers to […]

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    By Miami City Ballet Dancers have often expressed how amazing it is to have live music during performances again! There’s a special relationship that develops between the dancers and the orchestra that makes a world of difference, not only for the performers but for the audience as well. It changes everything. Some of the dancers […]

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    By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council February was a busy month for the Arts & Science Council (ASC) as we kicked off our 2011 Annual Fund Drive and brightened up Charlotte with two more Random Acts of Culture (RAC).  Opera Carolina was in top form on Saturday, February 12 as it wowed the crowds […]

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    By Locust Projects Attention South Florida artists! Locust Projects is pleased to announce the second year of Out of the Box, a new initiative that will increase exposure to contemporary art by sponsoring projects in public locations throughout Miami. The program launched with the Billboard Project in December 2010, for which internationally renowned artist Liam Gillick was […]

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    Participants from over 25 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and England attended the 7th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival in Delray Beach for six days of poetry workshops, craft talks, readings and social events. Public events at this year’s festival sold out two reading events including Robert Pinsky, past poet laureate of the United States, who […]

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    By Miami Light Project Longtime MLP fans are familiar with our signature commissioning program, Here & Now. Miami Light Project launched Here & Now in 1999 as the first of its kind program dedicated to the commissioning of South Florida based performing and multi-media artists. Since its inception, Miami Light Project has commissioned work from […]

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    The Akron Art Museum, a Knight Arts grantee, welcomed its new exhibit this weekend. The exhibit, titled “M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities,” strives to shed light on the linear perspective of Dutch artist M.C. Escher and runs through May 29. Barbara Tannenbaum, the museum’s director of curatorial affairs, calls Escher’s prints are “intimate, deep and rich.” Both Cleveland.com […]

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