Walker West Music Academy youth jazz rnsemble at the University of Minnesota’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute

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Walker West Music Academy youth jazz rnsemble at the University of Minnesota’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute

Published January 28, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy The Academy's youth jazz ensembles have the privilege of performing throughout the Twin Cities on a regular basis. Student group performances have included events for Wells Fargo, General Mills, the City of Saint Paul, the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and the Twin Cities...

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Arts checklist: 13 for 2013

Published January 28, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Laura Bruney, The Arts & Business Council If you are like the dozens of business professionals I meet each month, you want to get involved in the arts, attend events and programs and make 2013 art-mazing! The Arts & Business Council created the Arts Checklist: 13 Arts Highlights for...

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2013 at the Miami Lyric Opera

Published January 28, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Raffaele Cardone, Miami Lyric Opera The recent year end recess has given the opportunity to reflect with maturity on MLO’s upcoming challenges and how to face the in moments of economic uncertainty. Needless to say that our tenacity and enthusiasm has been reinvigorated by the artistic success of the...

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The Writers Room at The Betsy Hotel– a respite for writers on South Beach

Published January 25, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Deborah Briggs, Betsy Writers Room Many Miami pre-war hotels had ‘Writing Rooms’ for travellers and guests. In a continuing effort to link past and present through the arts, The Betsy-South Beach opened a ‘Writers Room’ in Spring 2012 during National Poetry Month; poets Tom Healy, Billy Collins, Daniel Halpern,...

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Eduardo Marturet led The Miami Symphony Orchestra in a Viennese musical new year with a Miami twist

Published January 25, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Matthew Marshall, The Miami Symphony Orchestra Eduardo Marturet and The Miami Symphony Orchestra added a new twist to the Viennese New Year tradition with “Ocean Drive in Vienna” on Sunday night before a large and very enthusiastic audience at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Knight Concert Hall. Thanks to the...

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Explore an arts journalism funding opportunity from NEA

Published January 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

The National Endowment for the Arts is hosting a webinar next week to answer questions on how to prepare a strong application for arts journalism project grants. The webinar is January 29, 4-5pm ET on arts.gov. Click here to join or listen to the archive. There will be an overview...

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Celebrate Carnival with Viernes Culturales/Cultural Friday

Published January 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Pati Vargas, Viernes Culturales Join us Friday, January 25th from 7 pm to 11 pm for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana's popular art and culture festival is a great event for the whole family. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic...

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Looking Forward to the HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center 2013 Heritage Spotlight series

Published January 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Robert Harkins, HistoryMiami The first year of the HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center’s Heritage Spotlight series was a resounding success! We hosted three artists-in-residence: Ezequiel Torres, an Afro-Cuban batá drummer and drum maker; James Kelly, an Irish fiddler; and Mieko Kubota, a practitioner of ikebana, the Japanese art of...

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WEIRD MIAMI presents: Tyson Reeder – Beach Painting Club

Published January 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Naomi Fisher, Bas Fisher Invitational Living in Miami, the idea of painting at the beach perhaps is corrupted by legions of Sunday painters whose work populate doctor's offices and cruise ships with crude representations of a tourist’s dream. Contemporary Art in Miami often comments on the perpetually-under-construction shifts of...

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The Project [theatre]: January 2013 update

Published January 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jackie Rivera, Project [theatre] The last six months have been a whirlwind for The Project [theatre], we know with only two months out from the announcement of our incredible and challenging gift from Knight Foundation the four months prior should be moot. However, it is important for us to...

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First Night Akron 2013 is a celebration of the arts in Downtown Akron!

Published January 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sharon Gillberg, Downtown Akron Partnership On Monday, Dec. 31, from 6 p.m. - midnight, thousands of revelers enjoyed enjoy entertainment and fun throughout Downtown Akron. 2013 was the 17th year for First Night Akron, a New Year’s Eve event unlike any other. This family-friendly, alcohol-free celebration of the arts...