By Ryan Schirmang, Signal-Return Press Summer is just beginning to break, and at Signal-Return in Detroit’s Eastern Market, we have all hands on deck and all irons in the fire. I don’t recall market crowds ever being this big, this early in the season. It’s really exciting. With several new faces around the market (Devrie’s […]
Article · May 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Miami’s renowned downtown venue, the Olympia Theater at Gusman Center celebrated this past Memorial Day weekend with an exciting Red Curtain Series presentation from the city’s most-promising emerging ballet company, Florida Classical Ballet (FCB). On Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27, Miami’s downtown arts community welcomed FCB to the Olympia Theater at the Gusman […]
Article · May 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Beth Stewart, Michigan Philharmonic Bollywood in the D – a wondrous cross-cultural fusion of the music of Bollywood films with orchestral accompaniment by the Michigan Philharmonic rocked the Music Hall in Detroit last weekend. This concert fusion of “East meets West “was totally unique as the improvisational style of Indian music melded together with […]
Article · May 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer It could not have been otherwise. In keeping with his unmistakable style, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died on May 18, on the same day as his championed Gustav Mahler. In May, as in Schumann Dichterliebe’s In the Marvelous Month of May, the song with which that baritone opened up an undreamed-of universe […]
Article · May 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Scott Boberg, Detroit Institute of the Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Inside|Out program, now in its third year, brings 80 reproductions of masterpieces from the DIA’s collection to the streets and parks of metro Detroit, pleasantly surprising residents of the participating communities. Where possible, the works are clustered within walking or biking distance […]
Article · May 25, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Frances Alban, The Education Fund The Education Fund’s annual charity auction, “The Art of Found Objects,” will take place at the Moore Building May 24, from 6-10pm. The event will showcase more than 150 one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork created by Miami-Dade County public school students and teachers representing nearly 50 schools. Since its inception, the annual auction has raised more than […]
Article · May 24, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lucas Leyva, Borscht Film Festival There is just one week left to submit your project to be considered for a commission in the form of funding or production assistance from the Borscht Film Festival! It’s quick, free and easy to apply on our website the deadline is June 1st. There are no limits on applicant age […]
Article · May 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Craig Coogan, One Voice Chorus Last week was a spectacular week! One Voice performed collaborative concerts at five St. Paul schools with its OUT in Our Schools program. Artistic Director, Jane Ramseyer Miller, rehearsed individually for three weeks with each of the schools, preparing a group of students to perform with One Voice. At […]
Article · May 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kate Durnan, The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) “When the company tours the world—it was most recently in Macedonia—it’s as an art ambassador from the City of Brotherly Love.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer Among the praise PHILADANCO received for its sold-out spring season at the Kimmel, The Philadelphia Inquirer reminded Philadelphians of the role the company […]
Article · May 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Victoria Galan, MDPS The Miami-Dade Public Library System is looking for 20 teens, ages 13-18, who are interested in working alongside award-winning young adult author Kekla Magoon. Ms. Magoon is the recipient of the America Library Association’s Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award for New Talent and is the author of The Rock and […]
Article · May 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By ZERO1 staff ZERO1 officially unveiled the 2012 ZERO1 Biennial, Seeking Silicon Valley, early this month with two bi-coastal press launch events. Hosted by Boyd Level and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in New York City and San Francisco respectively, ZERO1 is happy to report that attendance was robust and filled with our media friends, […]
Article · May 21, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad