Articles by

Valerie Nahmad

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    AIRIE honors National Poetry Month

    Published May 7, 2012 by

    By Anne McCrary Sullivan, AIRIE My good people, I guarantee you monster weather events— gargantuan winds of epic proportions— more authentic than anything you’d ever see at Epcot Center. Come aboard the Wilma Tram at Flamingo: You’ll live the hurricane! --from “Step Right Up,” Karla Merrifield April is National Poetry...
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    Random Acts of Culture™ returns to Akron

    Published May 7, 2012 by

    By Joanne Green, Akron Symphony Orchestra The Akron Symphony Orchestra officially kicked off its 2012 Random Acts of Culture™ program on May 1st. Akron Symphony Orchestra musicians enthusiastically performed at several popular and highly visible locations around Akron. Tuesday was a particularly great day to be out and about in...
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    How many people does it take to create a neighborhood?

    Published May 3, 2012 by

    By Arsht Center Staff What will we call it? How will people get there? What needs to happen to encourage people to live, work and play there? As the Adrienne Arsht Center leads an ongoing community-wide discussion about the evolution of its downtown Miami neighborhood, the questions – and possible...
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    The inexorable embrace of Bluebeard

    Published May 2, 2012 by

    By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Last Friday and Saturday, lovers of music and the visual arts were treated to a fascinating interdisciplinary production that showed off the possibilities of Miami Beach’s New World Center and restored the glory of Béla Bartók’s sole, magisterial opera: Duke Bluebeard’s...
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    Inside Janet Echelman’s Dilworth Plaza art commission

    Published May 1, 2012 by

    The 2012 Knight Foundation's Philadelphia Arts Challenge has awarded a $400,000 grant to Center City District to construct the innovative public artwork of artist Janet Echelman to help transform historic Dilworth Plaza (Philadelphia City Hall) into a focal point for the city’s thriving downtown. Echelman created "Pulse", an artwork inspired...
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    The power of children’s theater

    Published April 30, 2012 by

    By Margie Salvante, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia This past winter, the Arden Theatre’s hugely successful production of Charlotte’s Web completed a run of 98 performances. It set records for attendance and revenue—not just for the Arden’s children’s theatre but for all its theatre. Thirty-four thousand people came to see...