Locust Projects is pleased to invite young artists, aged 6-13, to participate in Little LAB event on Saturday, March 22nd from 11am-1pm, where they can create a project among our current exhibition at the gallery. Please RSVP: [email protected] or 305-576-8570
Article · March 13, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Avery Maehrer, Philadelphia Film Society Joe Lee was horrified to make the call. An idea had sprung in his head for a documentary about Sue and Ron Witman, whose family made headlines after their son was found guilty of brutally killing his younger brother. But for Lee’s vision to come to fruition, he had […]
Article · March 13, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Karla Arguello, Big Night in Little Haiti The March 21st edition at Big Night in Little Haiti launches a very cool national initiative at the Little Haiti Cultural Center: Little Free Libraries. This “take a book, return a book” gathering place is a community spot where neighbors can share their favorite literature and stories. […]
Article · March 13, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando González, Miami-based arts & culture writer Photo credit: Flickr user Ines Hegedus-Garcia. As much an idea as a city, Miami has long established itself as a place of opportunity and reinvention. Now the MIA Music Summit wants to expand on Miami’s growing reputation as a place for innovative startups. The weekend-long event, which […]
Article · March 11, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lisa Mallette, City Lights Theater Company of San Jose “Why?” “To what end?” If you are not asking yourself that, you should. I have recently become a huge fan of “strategic thinking.” I personally do a lot of what I do from instinct, or “gut feeling,” trusting that my accumulated experiences continue to strengthen […]
Article · March 10, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Anne Younan, City Lights Theater Company of San Jose I can’t tell you how excited I am about Amadeus at City Lights. I underestimated the size and scope of the overall project, but experience tells me that the projects that are the hardest – that pose the most challenges, are ultimately the most fun and fulfilling. […]
Article · March 10, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Bill Powell, Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation Imagination games were the first seeds which spread throughout the eighty one sites in Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation (PPR) afterschool programs. Watching the children interact with one another in a series of three to five minute games quickly led to laughter, movement & unexpected quirks and twists that […]
Article · March 7, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Satori Shakoor, The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers Satori Shakoor, creator, producer and curator, was caught off guard when Dana Lynn Cleveland presented The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers with a “Spirit of Detroit” Award on November 15, 2013. We thank the City of Detroit for acknowledging our event as worthy. We are eternally […]
Article · March 7, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Satori Shakoor, The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers Thanks to the Detroit Knight Arts Challenge grant, The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers is continuing to fulfill its mission to connect humanity, heal and transform and provide an uplifting, thought-provoking, soul-cleansing entertainment experience that is unique through the art and craft of storytelling. In November […]
Article · March 7, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Andrew Simonet, Artists U I’m a choreographer. And I run a program called Artists U, a grassroots, artist-run planning program. And I have two sons. So I started an Artists Raising Kids project. The Artists Raising Kids Compendium is a collection thoughts and tactics from artist parents. We surveyed 130 artist parents, interviewed a group […]
Article · March 5, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Cinetopia Festival Staff This story is cross-posted from CinetopiaFestival.org. Read an excerpt below & click here to read the complete story. Planning for the 2014 Cinetopia Film Festival is well underway. Today, we met with the volunteers of the Detroit Film Theater at the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts) to discuss the expansion into […]
Article · March 5, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad