By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love) is a song cycle by Robert Schumann with lyrics taken from the poems of Heinrich Heine. A peak achievement of the Romantic Movement, the Lieder join poetry and music in an inseparable embrace. The 16 brief poems on which they are based capture the […]
Article · March 30, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mary Chapman, Detroit-based freelance writer The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit is now accepting applications for the best local ideas for the arts. Here, writer Mary Chapman catches up with past winner Mitch McEwen. Mitch McEwen Many areas of Detroit, including downtown and Midtown, are flourishing. New eateries and other businesses are opening at a pace unseen in […]
Article · March 26, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Anita Marron, HSNA Explore the positive impact of PorchRokr on the Highland Square neighborhood, with interviews and music samplings throughout the day. With more than 90 bands and performers playing on residential porches and stages throughout the 8 block festival area, Highland Square Neighborhood rocked 2014. Over 7000 residents turned out to walk their […]
Article · March 26, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Verena Faden, The Miami Film Development Project On Saturday, March 28, the Miami Film Development Project will be presenting as part of it’s Film Education Initiative the award-winning screenwriter, film director and producer Verena Faden at the Coral Gables Art Cinema to lead “The Business of Filmmaking”; a workshop delving into the challenges of […]
Article · March 26, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer “How, when and where?” to applaud at a classical music concert is an eternal subject of heated controversy. Everyone has an opinion backed by good reasons, but what do musicians themselves, the younger generation in this case, think? As part of the series Inside the Music, 13 talented […]
Article · March 26, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jacomo Bairos, Nu Deco Ensemble What will live symphonic music look like in the future? What are the trends in the music world that will eventually find their way onto the classical stage? Can a classically-trained group influence the popular music world? These were questions my friend Sam Hyken and I asked ourselves routinely […]
Article · March 25, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lindsay Mauck, Philadelphia Young Playwrights The Philadelphia Young Playwrights and InterAct Theatre Company have partnered to bring you this production of 17 winning monologues. Enjoy this video featuring winning writer Samira Dawan and her monologue “Love-Trouble,” then come see the festival March 12-21, 2015. Tickets are $10, click here to purchase.
Article · March 21, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephen Sokolouski, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra This week, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is heading west to the Bay Area for a three-day residency at Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley. The SPCO will be the first chamber orchestra to participate in this program, joining the ranks of such world-renowned orchestras as the Vienna Philharmonic, […]
Article · March 20, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julie Edgar, Detroit-based freelance writer Staging Shakespeare is a challenge for the most serious of thespians, but somehow you know the teenagers of the Mosaic Youth Theatre in Detroit are going to nail it. Quip by quip, observation by observation, the young actors showed their considerable chops during a lively, sometimes noisy, read-through on […]
Article · March 20, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julie Edgar, Detroit-based freelance writer The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit is now accepting applications for the best local ideas for the arts. Here, writer Julie Edgar catches up with past winner Broadside Press. Amid the social upheaval of the 1960s, when protests were brutally quashed, Detroit’s Broadside Press was quietly turning out the works […]
Article · March 20, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Anne Tschida, Miami visual arts journalist Photo by Balasz Gardi. Too often we put arts and culture into a box, where we view it as a confined activity, something that happens for a couple hours on a stage or in a museum. That is far too limiting: Cultural expressions define us, and indeed can […]
Article · March 19, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad