January 6, 2011
Knight Arts Challenge
The Knight Arts Challenge has funded 27 ideas for a total of 3.8 million dollars to bring South Florida together through the arts. The 2010 winners include individual artists, emerging groups, and some of the county’s largest institutions. For a complete list of award recipients and their winning ideas for the arts in South Florida, plus more information on how to submit your idea for this year’s challenge, log on to knightarts.org.
Click here to listen to the full interview with Dennis Scholl.
James Ehnes
Violinist James Ehnes says his current tour with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra is like a U.N. sanctioned event: a Canadian ensemble with a Canadian violinist and conductor touring the U.S. playing a violin concerto by an American composer. Ehnes and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra will play Barber’s Violin concerto Tuesday the 11th at the Broward Center and Wednesday the 12th at the Kravis Center. Both concerts start at 8pm. Tickets are available at browardcenter.org and kravis.org.
One woman, many masks
The members of World and Eye Arts Theater offer up a new play this weekend, called Beneath the Hood. Its a one-woman show that deals with the fringes in our society; marginal characters in a fictional community where relationships develop through gossip and poetic narration. All the while actress Jean Minuchin slips in and out of different archetypal masks. Beneath the Hood starts at 8pm Saturday night at the World and Eye Coffee House in Ft. Lauderdale. Visit worldandeye.com for more information.
Rapunzel
Lots of fairy tales have evil witches and Prince Charmings…but only one has a real long-haired beauty…Rapunzel. This comedy shows how a possessive mother, a tentative prince, and a young girl each growing up in a rather surprising way.
Rapunzel, part of the Family Fun series at the Broward Center, has two performances coming up at the Miniaci Center for the Performing Arts: Sunday the 16th at 11am and 1pm. Browardcenter.org has all the details you need, browardcenter.org.
