By Connie Shaver Kick up your heels and lasso up a posse of friends, Circus Juventas, North America’s largest youth circus, proudly presents 20 performances of their all-new production Showdown. With a rip-roarin’ cast of characters, it’s the most foot-stompin’ hair-raisin’ high-ridin’ spectacle East—and West—of the mighty Mississippi. The Wild West adventure gallops into non-stop […]
Article · July 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kelli Belich, SPCO From July 9-20, the SPCO will take online registrations for a random drawing to distribute free tickets to all of the orchestra’s popular concerts for children. This is the fifth year the SPCO has been able to make its children’s concerts free, thanks to generous support from Target. The SPCO anticipates […]
Article · July 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stefanie Hew, Florida Grand Opera Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artist Studio has gained worldwide recognition as one of the leading operatic training programs in the nation. The highly competitive program accepts only 6-10 artists from over 600 applicants each year and has trained more than 150 young professionals, who now appear on the stages […]
Article · July 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Amy Poulson, Teatro del Pueblo The collaboration between Teatro del Pueblo (Teatro) and Pangea World Theater (Pangea) led to our second combined board-staff retreat. In addition to the team-building and integration inherent in off-site retreats, Teatro and Pangea used this time together to further efforts on three initiatives established at the first retreat: 1) […]
Article · July 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Locust Projects Locust Projects is pleased to announce its third year of LAB (Locust Arts Builders), a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, sixteen local high school students experience the invigorating and arduous process […]
Article · July 3, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kristin Korolowicz, Knight Curatorial Fellow As the first Knight Curatorial Fellow, I spent a year exploring the ecology of the Miami art scene. It was a unique opportunity to be a part of the evolution of the Bass Museum and growing local art community. I found that Miami—through the generous support of organizations such as Knight Foundation—advocates for experimentation and […]
Article · July 2, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Bradford Frost, Detroit Revitalization Fellow How would you Reveal Your Detroit? That question, through the support of an innovative grant opportunity with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, empowered the DIA to partner this past spring with 55 of Detroit’s community based organizations and hundreds of Detroit residents to share their perspectives of the […]
Article · June 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Jill Overacker, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival The 2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival featured world-renowned musicians and up-and-coming ensembles shared their talents performing works by Russia’s greatest composers. Due to the support of a $20,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Festival was able to bring rich artistic collaborations to Metro […]
Article · June 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gregory Lucas-Myers, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History This past March, I attended “Black Women Rock!” at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Wearing its title proudly, the evening was filled with rock n’ roll music that expressed the energy, passions, and stories of the ensemble of black women behind every […]
Article · June 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Viernes Culturales Join us on June 29 at Domino Plaza starting at 7:00 PM in celebrating another Viernes Culturales/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular art and culture festival is a great event for the whole family. Enjoy music and discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th […]
Article · June 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Joseph Adler, GableStageGableStage has been touring Miami-Dade County Public Schools with productions of Shakespeare’s plays since our inception. We estimate that we have played to close to 1 million students. Last year, we brought Julius Caesar to thousands of high schools, presenting over 40 performances around the County. Last November and December, we were privileged […]
Article · June 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad