YEPAW presents The Wiz at Akron Civic Theatre

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YEPAW presents The Wiz at Akron Civic Theatre

Published April 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Garrick R. Black II, Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop On April 6, 2013, the day was filled with anticipation and excitement as we heard from each character of Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop’s (YEPAW) encore presentation of The Wiz at the Akron Civic Theatre. Under the direction of Mr....

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Borscht Corp’s “Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse”

Published April 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Chris Quinn, Borsht Corp Starting today, we are going to be posting videos from the Borscht vault online for the world to see. We will release a new one every few weeks or so for the rest of the year. Most will be accompanied by an essay from someone...

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Meet Jacqueline Johnston, student at St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts and contributor to Cherry Spoon Collective

Published April 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Taylor Bakken, American Composers Forum Alongside having some of the most virtuosic musicians in St. Paul's music scene, Cherry Spoon Collective has been lucky to utilize the help of some incredibly talented students from the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists. One of these students is Jacqueline Johnston, a...

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Cherry Spoon Collective launches spring mini-season in St. Paul

Published April 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Bonnie Marshall, Cherry Spoon Collective Cherry Spoon Collective announces its inaugural ‘mini-season’ in St. Paul with two performances. On Friday, April 26 at 7pm and 9pm Cherry Spoon Collective will perform at Studio Z (275 East Fourth Street, Suite 200) during the St. Paul Art Crawl and will include...

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the news

Published April 18, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's efforts to engage the community are making headlines. The Detroit News reports on the Symphony's efforts this week. Click here to read the complete article and scroll below for an excerpt. "Two years after a debilitating strike pushed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to the brink of...

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Jewelry-Making with Cheri Lesauskis

Published April 17, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Melissa Macker, The 567 Center for Renewal, Inc. Cheri Lesauskis will teach a beginner’s jewelry-making workshop at The 567 Center for Renewal (a Knight Arts grantee) on Thursday, April 18. Lesauskis is a highly skilled jewelry artist whose work has been featured in galleries and boutiques alike. Most recently,...

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Summer music enrichment program 2013

Published April 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy Walker West Music Academy is gearing up for summer and the Summer Music Enrichment Program, the Academy's annual 3-week summer day camp! Even though the Minnesota weather has kept us bundled up and covered in snow, we know that sunny summer days are...

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Last Days: “Tony Allegro: Recent Experimental Films and Photography”

Published April 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Janet Batet, Miami Arts Journalist Anthony (Tony) Allegro is one of the local artists who have worked mostly in this field of video art. His long and sustained development began towards the late 1960s, right in the center of the algid New York avant-garde scene that was the leading...

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HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center: April 2013 update

Published April 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Robert Harkins, HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center The HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center is proud to feature Joe Zeytoonian as the Heritage Spotlight artist-in-residence for April-June 2013. While growing up in Boston's Armenian community, Joe learned to play the oud, a Middle Eastern guitar-like instrument. An oud master, he...

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Knight Fellows in the news

Published April 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Knight Fellows Marci Calabretta and Jennifer McCauley are earning their master's degrees in English from FIU while gaining hands-on work experience in the fine arts via a $150,000 2010 Knight Arts Challenge grant. This month, FIU News reports on the program. Click here to read the complete piece and read...

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Leadership Gulf Coast class of 2013 tours the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

Published April 12, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce hosts the Leadership Gulf Coast program designed to prepare the area’s current and potential leaders for the future. The goals of the program are to understand real problems, as well as opportunities in the community, and...