Articles by

Valerie Nahmad

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    FGO’s Magic Flute inspires student art exhibit

    Published February 11, 2013 by

    By Justin Moss, Florida Grand Opera On January 24, 2013, students and invited donors filled the Ziff Ballet-Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. It was dress rehearsal night and excitement filled the hall as everyone prepared to take their seats for a...
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    The Project [theatre] February 2013 update

    Published February 10, 2013 by

    By Jackie Rivera, The Project [theatre] It seems that everything happens at a pace in February, the weather gets inexplicably warmer, only 28 days, and The Project [theatre] has exactly 3 weeks to put up a show in a hotel. Wait…wait…what?? TRUTH! We are delightfully challenged to stage a one...
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    How can creative placemaking transform communities

    Published February 8, 2013 by

    By Carol Coletta, ArtPlace How can creative placemaking strategies drive vibrancy and diversity powerful enough to transform communities? Last week saw a gathering of nearly 200 creative placemakers dedicated to exploring exactly that. ArtPlace, a national initiative for creative placemaking supported by the Knight Foundation, gathered grantees and funders together...
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    The Schubert Club’s Arts Ambassadors: Theoroi

    Published February 6, 2013 by

    By Tessa Retterath, Theoroi A program of The Schubert Club, Theoroi is a select group of arts ambassadors ages 21-35 who attend a curated series of arts events and spread the word through social media. Theoroi had a busy couple months in December and January. On December 3, the Theoroi...
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    Springboard for the Arts featured on ArtsFwd

    Published February 6, 2013 by

    By Laura Zabel, Springboard for the Arts ArtsFwd provides a nice profile of Knight grantee, Springboard for the Arts. This story and video details Springboard's experience in the EmcArts Innovation Lab and the changes and new programming that resulted, including a partnership with the Knight Foundation to bring the Community...
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    A one-two mayoral punch on behalf of the arts

    Published February 6, 2013 by

    By Adrienne Arsht Center Staff Opera stars. Prima ballerinas. Legendary violinists. Mayors? Two of the biggest government rock stars of our time – former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz – stepped into the spotlight usually reserved for gifted artists on the grand stage of the...
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    A chat with La sonnambula’s Rachele Gilmore

    Published February 5, 2013 by

    By Alejandra "Alex" Serna, Florida Grand Opera One of the rarely performed and most beautiful examples of the bel canto genre return to Miami this coming weekend with the opening of Bellini’s La sonnambula on Saturday, February 9, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Florida Grand Opera...
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    Welcome Wynwood Ways

    Published February 5, 2013 by

    By Miami Biennale Team Residents and visitors of Wynwood can now enjoy the neighborhood’s first permanent artistic crosswalk, marked by a work that seeks to transform the intersection of Northwest Second Avenue and 25th Street. The effort is part of the Miami Biennale and WADA’s ‘Wynwood Ways’, a collaboration to...