/tags/artburst Artburst en-US WLRN Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-21/baileys-back-cellist-played-first-south-florida-symphony-concert-25-years-ago Grammy award-winning Cellist Zuill Bailey is set to perform with the South Florida Symphony Orchestra as part of its 25th anniversary. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-21/baileys-back-cellist-played-first-south-florida-symphony-concert-25-years-ago Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /arts-culture/2023-01-20/the-gaze-africana-showcases-work-by-21-international-black-artists For Black History Month 2023, AfriKin is presenting “The Gaze Africana,” an art exhibit showcasing the work of artists inspired by the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., the African American icon and civil rights movement leader. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-01-20/the-gaze-africana-showcases-work-by-21-international-black-artists Jonel Juste | Artburst /news/2021-11-23/tribute-to-josephine-baker-coming-to-miami-beach-70-years-after-her-stand-for-civil-rights In 1951, Baker made history in Miami Beach when she refused to perform at a swanky nightclub unless Black guests were welcomed there. On Jan. 10, 1951, Baker became the first known entertainer to perform at a prominent Miami Beach club before an integrated audience. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:26:17 GMT /news/2021-11-23/tribute-to-josephine-baker-coming-to-miami-beach-70-years-after-her-stand-for-civil-rights Deborah Ramirez | Artburst Miami /news/2021-03-29/gablestage-to-begin-new-chapter-with-bari-newport-at-the-helm Starting April 1, the new leader at the helm of GableStage will be Bari Newport, who has served for the past nine years as producing artistic director of the Penobscot Theatre Co. in Bangor, Maine. Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:23:33 GMT /news/2021-03-29/gablestage-to-begin-new-chapter-with-bari-newport-at-the-helm Christine Dolen / Artburst Miami /news/2021-03-22/rare-works-at-the-center-of-pamms-the-artist-as-poet “The Artist as Poet: Selections from PAMM’s Collection” delves into the time period of the “Poème-Objet” (poem-object), a very particular moment in the 1930s and ’40s where Surrealist artists used found objects and mixed them with text. The exhibition opens March 25 at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:58:28 GMT /news/2021-03-22/rare-works-at-the-center-of-pamms-the-artist-as-poet Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /news/2021-01-22/knight-foundation-grants-aim-to-foster-togetherness-through-the-arts The Bookleggers Library was one of nine nonprofit beneficiaries of a $2.2 million investment by the foundation, which has been creating grants to support arts groups during these unusual times. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:01:31 GMT /news/2021-01-22/knight-foundation-grants-aim-to-foster-togetherness-through-the-arts Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /2020-10-15/new-world-symphony-takes-its-wallcast-to-the-drive-in NWS will open its 33rd season at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 with a special WALLCAST Concert at North Miami’s Dezerland Park Drive-In Theater. Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:30:27 GMT /2020-10-15/new-world-symphony-takes-its-wallcast-to-the-drive-in Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /2020-09-18/1-million-miami-beach-relief-fund-helps-arts-groups-look-to-the-future In an effort to help keep one of the city’s most valuable assets viable, the mayor and City Commission - in partnership with the Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council - approved distribution of $1 million in funds to 13 arts groups. Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:57:08 GMT /2020-09-18/1-million-miami-beach-relief-fund-helps-arts-groups-look-to-the-future Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /2020-08-20/miami-writer-tells-pandemic-story-in-the-decameron-project Edwidge Danticat was one of 29 authors (and one of two from Miami) tapped to write a short story for the magazine’s project, a 21st century pandemic bookend of sorts to Giovanni Boccaccio’s almost 700-year-old “The Decameron,” which was written in the midst of a global epidemic of bubonic plague that hit Europe and Asia. Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:19:27 GMT /2020-08-20/miami-writer-tells-pandemic-story-in-the-decameron-project Michelle F. Solomon | ArtburstMiami /news/2020-08-07/miami-city-ballet-returns-to-lincoln-road-roots-with-pop-up-studio-space Framed by retail mirrors, masked Miami City Ballet dancers Taylor Naturkas and Benjamin Lepson stretched out at barres placed 20 feet apart in the former… Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:51:18 GMT /news/2020-08-07/miami-city-ballet-returns-to-lincoln-road-roots-with-pop-up-studio-space Sean Erwin - ArtburstMiami