Have you heard anyone slip up and say “the hurricane in Haiti,” when they meant to say “the earthquake”? Hurricanes and earthquakes are both disasters, but could these words become interchangeable? Under the Sun, a new public radio series on WLRN takes a closer look at the linguistics and implication behind the language. Click here […]
Article · June 25, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Thursday’s announcement of a $717,500 Knight Arts grant is front-page news in today’s Akron Beacon Journal. Read below for the highlights and click here for the full article. Akron’s arts community got a financial boost Thursday courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The foundation announced eight grants totaling $717,500. The city’s […]
Article · June 25, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
A classic returns to the stage this summer as the Miami Lyric Opera presents La Boheme. The opera in four acts takes the stage at The Colony Theater July 15 & 17. Get a sneak peak with this video clip and show preview from the MLO… In their Latin Quarter garret of Paris in 19th […]
Article · June 21, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The Knight Foundation’s new nationwide arts initiative kicks off this week as six arts groups in Charlotte receive the program’s first round of grants to enrich and engage their community. Recipients range from the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art to WDAV Classical Public Radio (see complete grantee list below.) The grants aspire to spark conversations, celebrate the region’s […]
Article · June 9, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
2009 KAC Winner the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind heads west next week (May 19) as one of its alum is featured at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Music producer & former Lighthouse client Henry Stone is participating in the museums’ monthly program, “From Songwriters to Soundmen: The People Behind the Hits.” Stone, […]
Article · May 14, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
You’ve just witnessed a Random Act of Culture®. On Friday, May 14, The Miami Music Project, the Arsht Center & the Knight Foundation joined forces to bring orchestral music to the masses. In fact, we brought it smack dab to the middle of Government Center at the height of lunchtime. 4 musicians, 2 violins, 1 […]
Article · May 14, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Finalists in the 2010 KAC will be announced shortly and they’re in luck. The Knight Arts Challenge has partnered with the University of Miami’s LaunchPad to help guide finalists in creating their detailed budgets, projections and complete applications. One of last year’s finalists reached out to LaunchPad on her own last year and became a […]
Article · April 26, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
2009 KAC winner The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind recently received a visit from Grammy award-winning musician Jose Feliciano. Communications and marketing coordinator Kristina Pham checks in with a report from the experience… José Feliciano, who has received a total of eight Grammy Awards, delighted blind and sighted students in our Music Inclusion Program when […]
Article · April 17, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Budding artists and the people who love them should head to the Arsht Center Saturday, May 15. YoungArts Miami is hosting an Open Call community kick-off celebration to introduce the national program to Miami. Get all the details here, but the quick overview is: YoungArts is the ultimate crash course for artistically-inclined high school juniors […]
Article · April 16, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
A very happy birthday to Sweat Records as it celebrates its fifth anniversary this weekend. The 2009 KAC winner has overcome hurricanes, theft and homelessness in its tenure, but co-founder Lolo Reskin has emerged victorious, now hosting at least 10 live events a month, including standup comedy, storytelling, art exhibits and film screenings. Sweat is […]
Article · April 14, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The 2010 Knight Arts Challenge is officially in phase 2, as our application period closed March 15. Thanks to all our applicants! Up next: the seven-person reader panel is currently reviewing all the applications and narrowing them down to a list of finalists (exact number tbd). Finalists will be announced in early May and invited […]
Article · April 8, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad