By Pati Vargas, Viernes Culturales Join us on October 26, 2012 for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular arts and culture festival. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th St and SW 15th Ave, and visit the many fine art galleries along […]

By Chana Budgazad Sheldon, Locust Projects One part raffle, one part kickin’ party, the Locust Projects celebrates the 10th year of their annual “Smash & Grab” fundraiser. South Florida art collectors will convene at Locust Projects’ Design District gallery space for a slice of the action on October 27 where participants buzz with anticipation as their […]

By Caroline Murray, Miami City Ballet On October 13, Wynwood Art Walk goers were minding their business at popular spot, the Wynwood Walls. No one expected a ballet dancer in street clothes to strike a pose right smack in the middle of the crowd as the DJ changed her tune to tango! That dancer was […]

By Mayur Patel and Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation Five years ago, Knight Foundation took a leap of faith and launched the Knight Arts Challenge, a $40 million initiative to accelerate the momentum in South Florida’s cultural community. We called it a leap of faith because the arts challenge was one of Knight Foundation’s first contests. […]

By P. Scott Cunningham, co-founder and director of O, Miami Poetry Festival The idea of making recordings of poets reading their work is as old as records themselves. Ezra Pound, Vachel Lindsay, T.S. Eliot, and many others poets put voice-to-vinyl in the early days of the technology; Sylvia Plath’s voice has survived thanks to the […]

By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer The New World Symphony embarked on its 25th season with The Russian Soul as motif and figurehead. The festive atmosphere that permeated opening night posed an invitation to play with meanings and coincidences at a concert that was simultaneously conventional and wisely programmed. Stravinsky’s Circus Polka at the New World […]

By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College International music sensation Yemen Blues will dazzle Miami audiences with an eclectic brew of West African grooves, American jazz, blues, and funk one night only at 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Ave., downtown Miami. This special performance is presented by Miami Dade College’s MDC Live Arts series. […]

By Hannah Sampson, The Miami Herald The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts wants you to come for the show and stay for the art. With the help of a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the center has launched a permanent art collection and plans to sell limited edition prints […]

By Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council Why do successful business executives join arts boards and support the arts? The Arts & Business Council of Miami asked that question of Miami’s very own dynamic duo, Dennis Edwards and Mark Steinberg. They define what it means to be good corporate citizens. For more than two and […]