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Theatre Critic Christine Dolen Will Be Missed

Posted by on Jan 28, 2025 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Theatre Critic Christine Dolen Will Be Missed

Theatre Critic Christine Dolen Will Be Missed

CHRISTINE DOLEN, the Miami Herald’s theater critic for almost four decades passed away at the age of 74 from a progressive lung disease.

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Maya Wiley: Activist, Author, Academic

Posted by on Jan 19, 2025 in Interviews, Literary Arts, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Maya Wiley: Activist, Author, Academic

Maya Wiley:  Activist, Author, Academic

MAYA WILEY is the author of “Remember You Are A Wiley.”  She is a nationally known civil rights attorney and activist who has dedicated her life to the fights for justice, equality, and fairness.

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Michelle Cann: Music In Her Blood

Posted by on Jan 19, 2025 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Michelle Cann: Music In Her Blood

Michelle Cann:  Music In Her Blood

Recognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price, MICHELLE CANN performed the New York City premiere of Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in February 2021.

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Orlando Jacinto Garcia Creates “prohibido”

Posted by on Jan 12, 2025 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Orlando Jacinto Garcia Creates “prohibido”

Orlando Jacinto Garcia Creates “prohibido”

On Sunday, January 26, 2025 (2 pm) at the New World Center in Miami Beach, the Fellows of the New World Symphony will perform the world premiere of Cuban-American composer Orlando Jacinto García’s “prohibido” for string orchestra, conducted by Aram Demirjian, choreographed by Ariel Rose, with dancers Lucy Nevin and Alexander Kedan.

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Broadcast Journalist Jan Fox: From Shelbyville to D.C.

Posted by on Jan 5, 2025 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Broadcast Journalist Jan Fox: From Shelbyville to D.C.

Broadcast Journalist Jan Fox:  From Shelbyville to D.C.

JAN FOX is a 4-Time TV Emmy Award Winner and holds the prestigious National Consumer Affairs Reporter Award for her work on life-saving Protective Child Car Seat Checks. That long term series of reports also netted her the Annual Total Station Community Service Award for the Washington, D.C. CBS affiliate, WUSA -TV 9.

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Jay Critchley: Performance Artist, Activist

Posted by on Dec 15, 2024 in Interviews, Performing Arts, Visual Arts | Comments Off on Jay Critchley: Performance Artist, Activist

Jay Critchley:  Performance Artist, Activist

JAY CRITCHLEY’s visual, conceptual and performance work and environmental activism have traversed the globe, showing and/or performing in Argentina, Japan, England, Holland, Germany, Columbia and the United States.  He was featured in the LOGO channel’s “Ptown Diaries”, and interviewed by BBC/UK. His solo exhibition at Freight + Volume Gallery in Chelsea, New York City received exciting reviews from the New York Times, The New Yorker and the Village Voice.

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Bill Schwartz for Dummies

Posted by on Nov 17, 2024 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Bill Schwartz for Dummies

Bill Schwartz for Dummies

BILL SCHWARTZ is an actor, playwright, ventriloquist, and retired police officer. He served as Commander of the Miami Police Public Information Office for 14 years.

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Tony Kahn: Public Broadcasting Pioneer

Posted by on Nov 9, 2024 in Interviews, Literary Arts, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Tony Kahn: Public Broadcasting Pioneer

Tony Kahn:  Public Broadcasting Pioneer

TONY KAHN has written, produced, narrated and hosted more than fifty radio and television programs and series for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), Nickelodeon, A&E Cable, Monitor Radio, CBS Cable, and Boston television stations WGBH and WCVB. 

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Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya

Posted by on Nov 5, 2024 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya

Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya

LIDIYA YANKOVSKAYA (b.1986) is a Russian-born conductor and a fiercely committed advocate for Slavic masterpieces and contemporary works on the leading edge of classical music. She has conducted more than 40 world premieres, including 17 operas, and her strength as a visionary collaborator has guided new perspectives on staged and symphonic repertoire.

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Hannah Baumgarten: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Dance NOW! Miami

Posted by on Oct 12, 2024 in Interviews, Performing Arts | Comments Off on Hannah Baumgarten: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Dance NOW! Miami

Hannah Baumgarten:  Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Dance NOW! Miami

HANNAH BAUMGARTEN grew up between Santa Cruz, California, and Jerusalem, Israel where she began her dance training. She co-founded Dance NOW! Miami (DNM) with Diego Salterini in 2000, and with DNM has toured the US, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Europe.

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