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• Picturing Latino life in the U.S.

  A snapshot of Latino life in the U.S., at the CCEMiami.

  CCEMiami (Centro Cultural Español en Miami), the Spanish cultural arm here, too often falls of the radar when it comes to the arts. Since moving into the bustling downtown area on Biscayne Boulevard (from its sometimes forbidding building in [...]

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• Media City Film Festival kick-off & Memorial Weekend preview

  The 19th Media City Film Festival kicked off at MOCAD  (a Knight Arts grantee) on Tuesday, May 21st with a live musical performance featuring Michael Snow/Canadian Creative Music Collective and Wolf Eyes. The international film festival, which has run the last two nights, will continue through Saturday, May [...]

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• Summer in Akron filled with weeknight musical concerts

  This city comes alive with music during the summer. It’s almost as if you have to work at it to miss hearing the strains of rock, jazz, blues and country as you move around town.

  Think of it. The City of Akron provides a series of concerts throughout the summer [...]

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• The 567 Center for Renewal displays the artistry of Macon’s own Daly Smith

  By Erica Simmons, 567 Center for Renewal

  The 567 Center for Renewal has the honor and the pleasure to display the artistry of Macon’s own Daly Smith throughout the month of May. Smith’s exhibit “The American Landscape” showcases his oil paintings of well-known landmarks in Macon and scenes from around [...]

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• What do math, history, and opera have in common?

  By Rebecca Casamayor, Florida Grand Opera

  Florida Grand Opera’s (FGO) in-school educational programs allow students to engage in the art of the opera without having to leave the classroom.  This past Wednesday, May 22, the company’s head of costuming, Camilla Haith, visited Richmond Heights Middle School to talk to students [...]

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• Don’t miss this Queen City musical tradition

  Summer Pops, Symphony Park. Photo by Jeff Cravotta, courtesy of Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

  The Summer Pops Concert Series by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (a Knight Arts grantee) is just around the corner, with the first concert scheduled for June 9 at Symphony Park. Tickets are $10 for adults, [...]

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• Dance Now! Gala with City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower

  Next Friday, May 31, Dance Now! will host its first annual Gala Fundraiser honoring City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower. The proceeds raised from the gala will go towards Dance Now!’s Summer Intensive Program, which offers scholarships for qualified dancers and, most importantly, provides training that fosters the [...]

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• Margarita Cabrera presents “Space in Between”

  Margarita Cabrera burst onto the contemporary art scene a few years ago at Art Basel Miami Beach when she showed a crazy life size VW Bug made out of vinyl (see image below). It was an instant sensation. Cabrera was recently a resident at the Knight Foundation-funded McColl Center [...]

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• Fleisher 24 Hour Photo crash course with Ahmed Salvador

  Have you ever dreamed of being a photographer? And not like the digital Instagram breed, but a real chemistry-and-darkroom Ansel Adams photographer? Well, now is your opportunity to get a crash course in manual photography and developing with “24 Hour Photo: A Crash Course in Darkroom Photography,” courtesy of [...]

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• Dance local: World professor Peter London stage their Arsht Center premiere this week

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  By Arsht Center Staff

  Most local dancers who wanted a career in the arts once had to leave Miami for New York to pursue their dreams. That changed when Peter London, a former principal dancer with Martha Graham and Jose Limon Dance companies, decided to create Peter London Global Dance Company. [...]

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