Articles by

Valerie Nahmad

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    It’s a bird, it’s a plan, it’s a poem!

    Published March 30, 2013 by

    By Elizabeth R. Miller, Knight Foundation Just in time for National Poetry Month a new report chronicles the rise of Miami’s art scene and the unorthodox ways it brought the art form to life. Exploring how festival organizers dropped poems from helicopters, sewed them into clothes and even shouted them...
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    Abhinaya Dance company: Spring 2013 update

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    By Mythili Kumar, Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose Abhinaya Dance company productions for Spring 2013 start off this weekend with the restaging of Gandhi on Sunday, March 31st at Ohlone College at 4pm and on Saturday April 6th at Cabrillo College at 7pm. This repeated performance of our fall...
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    Puzzle Piece Theatre spring 2013 update

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    By D.B. Schroeder, Puzzle Piece Theatre You know that moment when you have something really important you want to share, or you've had a hellish day and need to vent- what do you do? You reach for the phone. Since I left my home town of St. Louis to begin...
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    Early Music Festival 2013

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    By Katherine Bergman, Zeitgeist With their third annual Early Music Festival, Zeitgeist examines the profound impact of the electronic signal on music-making, revealing electricity’s transformative power with regard to how we create, how we listen and how we perform. The festival will include influential works from Steve Reich, Karlheinz Stockhausen,...
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    Opera Carolina’s Art to Poetry to Music

    Published March 26, 2013 by

    By Brandon A. Stanley, Opera Carolina Opera Carolina brought a new cultural event to the Charlotte community with Art to Poetry to Music on January 20, 2013. This event, presented in collaboration with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University, explored Chinese cultural arts...
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    Roofless Records March 2013 update

    Published March 22, 2013 by

    By Roofless Records Now that Roofless has reached the halfway point of raising money to match our grant, our wheels are greased like never before and there is seemingly no end to the momentum. Everything described below is either the direct product of The Knight Foundation's support, or was greatly...
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    Drumming up support

    Published March 20, 2013 by

    By Steven S. Klotz, Embrace Music Foundation Big Brother Big Sister of Miami’s annual fundraising gala attracts over 700 guests committed to improving the lives of at-risk youth in their community. Going in, guests know the heartbreaking stories, the odds of survival, the yeoman efforts needed. But what they don’t...