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• El Anatsui at the Akron Art Museum

  
  
  

  By Mitchell Kahan, Akron Art Museum

  The artist El Anatsui, (pronounced Ah-not-schwee) was born in Ghana and taught art at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka for 35 years. But in the past decade his impact and reputation have traveled far beyond those two countries. His large-scale metallic tapestries [...]

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• Mann Center “reaches for the stars” by joining big name talents with orchestral music

  
  
  

  By Laura McPhail, Mann Center for the Performing Arts

  Innovative programming is the name of the game at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts this summer. In an effort to reach out to new audiences while continuing to entertain the loyal Mann attendees, the popular music [...]

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• Locust Projects and O Cinema present “Never Sorry”

  
  
  

  Ai Wei Wei in “Never Sorry.”

  Locust Projects (a Knight Arts grantee) has come up with a neat idea for “art films & food,” together with another Knight grantee, O Cinema. Starting next week and then periodically through November, films about art (not arty [...]

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• OmniCorpDetroit hosts Open Hack Night

  
  
  

  Last night I had the pleasure of being a part of Open Hack Night at OmniCorpDetroit. Taking place the first and third Thursdays of each month, Open Hack Night invites all who are curious and interested to have a look at the inner workings of [...]

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• Martha Graham Dance Company coming to Goodyear Heights Metro Park

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  Whoever would have imagined the famous Martha Graham Dance Company  performing this weekend in a field in east Akron in Goodyear Heights Metro Park? Apparently — and fortunately — Jane Startzman did.

  Startzman, director of the Heinz Poll Dance Festival, which is being held for the [...]

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• Random Acts of Culture™ hits 1,000th performance

  
  
  

  In coming weeks, hundreds of singers, dancers – even roller skaters in Viking helmets – will surprise crowds in four cities across the United States. The pop up performances are all part of celebrating the 1,000th (yep, 1,000th!) Random Act of Culture™, where Knight Foundation [...]

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