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Upcoming Events this Month...
Central
The Best of Storytellers 1996–2008
Where: Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Gulf Coast
Quilt Exhibitions
Where: Dunedin Fine Art Center
Miami & the Keys
F(r)acture: divisions in painting.
Where: Dorsch Gallery
North Central
Juror's Choice: 2008 Regional Awards Winners
Where: THOMAS CENTER MEZZANINE GALLERY
Northeast
Paul Jenkins: Works from Jacksonville Collections
Where: The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
Southeast
Summer at The Paramount
Where: Mulry Fine Art
Southwest
Picturing Eden
Where: The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
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American Airlines Presents Symphony of the Americas’ Summerfest
2009
Symphony of the Americas, Fort Lauderdale’s professional
orchestra, announces its Summerfest orchestra schedule presented
by American Airlines. Each summer, Symphony of the Americas (SOA),
under the artistic direction of Dr. James Brooks-Bruzzese, collaborates
with a European chamber orchestra, to present great concerts, master
classes and educational experiences on three continents, as part
of the Michael & Madelyn Savarick Global Outreach initiative.
Summerfest 2009 begins in Budapest, Hungary, where SOA musicians
join the Remenyi Ede Chamber Orchestra for concerts and a CD recording
in early June. The Summerfest orchestra performs next in Panama,
before settling in Fort Lauderdale for a three-week residency from
July 6 – 22. On July 23, Summerfest continues with a performance
residencies in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D., will become the first recipient of
the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) Teaching Award
New Orleans - Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D., will become the first annual
recipient of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) Teaching
Award, based on his lifelong accomplishments in and commitment to
film and television higher education. The award ceremony will take
place on August 8, 2009, at the UFVA conference in New Orleans.
Veteran Theater Producer Shelly Gross Passes Away at Age 88
* June 19th 2009
West Palm Beach - Theatre impresario and Broadway producer Shelly
Gross passed away on June 19, 2009, in West Palm Beach, Florida,
after a long illness. With a career that spanned over fifty years,
he created an unprecedented number of theatre operations around
the country, produced shows for Broadway & National Tours and
presented a who’s who of legendary performers including everyone
from Judy Garland to Bruce Springsteen. He was 88 years old.
SHAKESPEARE OFFERS OPERA SUBSCRIBERS FREE TICKETS
Orlando - The Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with
UCF is making a very special offer to Orlando Opera season subscribers.
For those subscribers who have already purchased subscriptions to
the Orlando Opera's cancelled 2009-2010 season, Orlando Shakespeare
will provide three free tickets for each subscription.
MOSAIC THEATRE JUST RECEIVED 4 New Times "Best of 2008"
Awards!
Best Production: The Seafarer
Best Director: Richard Jay Simon, The Seafarer
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Creaghan, The Seafarer
Best Actor, Gordon McConnell, Wrecks
Miami Teens Compete in International Poetry Slam Festival
MIAMI - Six Miami-area teenagers will travel to Chicago, IL
from July 14-19, 2009 to compete in Brave New Voices Youth Poetry
Slam Festival. The festival includes participants from 50 cities
from across the country participating in workshops and readings
with established poets and performers, open mikes, and the National
Youth Poetry Slam itself, a competitive event. The Miami "team,"
which includes a diverse range of some of South Florida's best young
writers, was selected from participants in the local WordSpeak program
sponsored by the noted arts non-profit Tigertail Productions. The
Miami teens will be accompanied to Chicago by their coach solo theater
artist and director, Teo Castellanos and teen mentor Maxis Madé.
The teens include Erma Lee Butler and Shamoyia Gardiner from North
Miami Beach Senior, Wesley George from North Miami, Rolando Fuentes
from Miami Senior High, Yarminiah Rosa and James Sprang graduates
of DASH.
WPI ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 6th ANNUAL SCRIPT COMPETITION
Two girls from Orange and Seminole counties will be honored with
staged readings of their winning plays
ORLANDO - Women Playwrights’ Initiative (WPI) is pleased to announce the winners of their 6th Annual Script Competition. A variation to past script competitions, this year WPI accepted original plays written by school-age girls residing in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake Counties. The readings of the winning plays took place on Friday, June 19, 2009 at The Stage in Winter Springs.
Jessica Ross, a 12th grade student from Ocoee High School in Orange County, is the winner of the high school script competition (9th-12th grades) for her script Transference. Jessica’s play is inspired by her study of psychology, which she will go on to pursue a major in at University of Florida in the fall. She will also continue her love for writing by studying for a Creative Writing minor. As the winner at the high school level, Jessica is receiving a full scholarship to WPI’s 4th Annual Playwriting Workshop taking place on June 20-21, 2009. From the middle school category (6th-8th grades), Karina Dandashi placed first for her script Destination Reality. Karina is a 7th grade student from Indian Trails Middle School in Seminole County. Karina wrote her winning play in only 30 minutes.
Young at Heart Chorale receives funding from the Community
Foundation of Central Florida
Winter Park - The Bach Festival Society is pleased to announce that
it has received a grant from the Community Foundation of Central
Florida to fund publicity efforts and the purchase of new sheet
music for the Young at Heart Chorale. The Young at Heart Chorale
is a group of seniors who share a love of singing, meeting weekly
to rehearse and socialize. Led by long-time Central Florida resident
and music educator Jodi Tassos, the Young At Heart Chorale specializes
in favorite standards and show tunes but covers many other styles
and ranges as well. The Chorale has been in need of new music, and
this grant will allow the Society to purchase music for the next
four years.
Cultural Council Creates Arts Education Integration Grant
Exciting New Program is Partially Funded by the NEA and Kenan
Trust
The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is excited to announce
a new pilot grant, Building Learning Communities through the Arts
(BLCTA). The goal of this project is to expand and advance outcome-driven
arts and cultural education programs for middle school children
and their teachers. The Cultural Council will award three matching
grants of $17,500 each to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations
to partner with a middle school and a teaching artist. Partnerships
must develop and integrate 10 social study lessons over one semester.
The lessons must use performing or visual arts as a teaching tool
and result in a final performance or exhibit.The grant will also
provide teaching artists and classroom teachers three half-day professional
development workshops taught by a university arts education professor.
The workshops will feature instructions about arts curriculum development,
building artist-teacher teams and how to document and assess art
education programs. This pilot grant program is being funded by
a $25,000 grant from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust,
a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and $57,500
from the sale of “State of the Arts” license plates. The
program’s total budget is $92,500 and includes allocations
for a workshop facilitator, an evaluator and management costs.
County Stimulus Funds Earmark the Arts and Fuel Innovative
Tourism Marketing Campaigns
Among the campaigns to attract Palm Beach County visitors
is Culture Key, a new 2-for-1 ticket promotion
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners unanimously
approved a $3 million stimulus package that Tourism Development
Council (TDC) agencies will use to help attract tourists and raise
the short-term bed tax receipts. In an innovative step to help fuel
the tourism industry, the board of county commissioners approved
using the funds from a bed-tax reserve account. Of the $3 million,
$2 million will go to the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and
$1 million will be divided among four TDC agencies: the Palm Beach
County Cultural Council, Sports Commission, Environmental Resource
Management and Film and Television Commission.
InterACT Studio, Inc. of Jupiter is pleased to announce that
it has earned full accreditation as an Outstanding Arts Education
Institution for 2009-2010. InterACT operates InterACT Summer Theatre
Camp, now in it’s 12th season.
Jupiter - The recognition was given by the National Accreditation
Agency, which examines private schools and education programs and
awards accreditation based on the curriculum offered, the number
of teachers or counselors, the building and space given to classes,
and other factors.
The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to announce new Board
Chair, Marty Borell.
St. Petersburg - Marty is a retired managing partner of Accenture
Ltd., the global techology and management consulting firm. He has
almost 25 of experience in providing consulting services to Fortune
500 companies and large public organizations. He has extensive management
and operation experience as well as expertise in the areas of organizational
development and large scale change implementation. During his retirement,
Marty has volunteered his time by helping local non-profits with
strategic and business planning. Marty is married with four children
and is originally from East Meadow, NY. He received his bachelors
degree from S.U.N.Y. Cortland and his master's from the University
of Maryland.
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECENTLY HONORED WITH ANNE FRANK
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
St. Petersburg - The Florida Holocaust Museum recently honored 86
high school juniors from Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Manatee
and Sarasota counties with the eighth annual Anne Frank Humanitarian
Award. The two award presentations were held at the Museum on May
27 and 28, and were followed with dessert receptions. Dr. Judy Genshaft,
President of the University of South Florida , and Gayle Sierens,
co-anchor for WFLA-TV News Channel 8 and the AFHA program's Honorary
Co-Chairman, attended as special guest speakers on May 27 and May
28, respectively.
President Obama appoints Stetson University alumnus Max Cleland
to federal post
DeLand – President Barack Obama has appointed Max Cleland,
an active Stetson University alumnus who has served his country
for 40 years, as secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission.
A 1964 graduate of Stetson who earned a master’s degree from
Emory University, Joseph Maxwell “Max” Cleland is a decorated
veteran of the Vietnam War. While serving in the U.S. Army from
1965 to 1968, Cleland attained the rank of captain. He was seriously
wounded in combat in Vietnam and, after a long recovery and rehabilitation,
he began a career in politics.
UCF’s Studio 500 Brings Big Names, Bigger Opportunities
to Orlando New Hannah Montana game highlights a string of successful
projects
ORLANDO - Just down the hall from their classrooms,
UCF students and faculty helped to choreograph and create the new
Hannah Montana video game and have worked alongside celebrities
such as Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter. The University of Central Florida’s
Center for Emerging Media in downtown Orlando features one of the
largest motion-capture studios on the East Coast, an adjacent sound
stage, production offices and editing
suites. Collectively known as Studio 500 -- a play on the building’s
500 W. Livingston St. location -- the facilities have attracted
a steady stream of entertainment companies from around the continent
in the first
18 months of operation and have hosted more than 25 UCF student
film shoots. The complex provides students with invaluable production
experience rarely offered on a university campus while bringing
name recognition to
Orlando’s booming simulation and entertainment industry. Working
with studio partner Vicon Entertainment’s House of Moves, faculty
and staff from UCF’s graduate game-development program, the
Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), typically operate
the
cameras and sensors in the motion-capture studio with assistance
from students.
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is updating their
Admission prices effective July 1, 2009.
Sarasota - The new prices are as follows:
Adults: $25
Seniors (65+) $20
Children ages 6-17 $10
Children under 6 No Charge (no change)
Members: Free (no change)
- The cost of admission will continue to include entrance to all of the venues including Cá d’Zan, Museum of Art and special exhibitions, Circus Museum and Tibbals Learning Center, grounds and gardens. Also included in the price of admission are children programs on the weekends and docent-led tours of the Museum of Art and Circus Museums. Parking in the FSU Cultural Center will remain free to visitors.
- Children age 5 and under will continue to be admitted free of charge. School tours will also remain free. Students on assignment are still welcome for free through the education voucher program (available at www.ringling.org).
Swar Samrat Ali Akbar Khansaheb passes away.
For us, as a family, music is like food. When you need it, you don't
have to explain why, because it is basic to life."
- Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
Ustad Ali Akbar Khansahib passed away at his home in San Anselmo, California after a prolonged kidney ailment on Friday, June 19th 2009. One of the most accomplished of Indian musicians in the Classical tradition, Ustad Ali Akbar Khansahib has been designated a 'Living National Treasure' in India, he is admired by both Eastern and Western musicians for his brilliant compositions and his mastery of the sarod.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood Receives $10,000
From The Community Foundation of Broward for Summer Camp Scholarships
Hollywood - The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood has been awarded
a $10,000 grant from The Community Foundation of Broward, to provide
scholarships for qualifying children who would like to participate
in the Center’s Summer Arts Camp. This grant will give children
ages 6 to 19 from low income families the opportunity to take part
in a fun and structured educational summer program in the visual
and performing arts. Children can choose between a series of theater
and arts programs, including the “Young Actors” and “Young
Artists” series, “Young Artists Advanced,” “Broadway
Actors,” “Broadway Actors Advanced” and “Specialty
Weeks.” Parents can enroll their young artists or actors in
full-day or half-day sessions. Each program has a duration of one,
two or three weeks, culminating with a special presentation for
family and friends. Camp sessions will run through Friday, Aug.
21.
BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA – ORLANDO ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP
WITH FAIRWINDS CREDIT UNION
Orlando – Broadway Across America – Orlando, presented
by Florida Theatrical Association in partnership with the City of
Orlando is proud to announce its new naming sponsor, FAIRWINDS Credit
Union. The sponsorship will commence immediately. “We are extremely
excited to have a new partner in FAIRWINDS Credit Union. National
touring Broadway in Orlando has never been stronger and this new
partnership with FAIRWINDS only strengthens our ability to bring
the best touring Broadway has to offer to Orlando,” said Ron
Legler, president and CEO of Florida Theatrical Association. FAIRWINDS
Broadway Across America - Orlando will present six shows in its
2009 – 2010 season, featuring the triumphant return of The
Phantom of The Opera, as well as productions of Fiddler on the Roof
starring Topol, The Color Purple, In the Heights, Xanadu and Spring
Awakening. Per company policy, the terms of the deal will not be
disclosed.
FLORIDA THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Over $1 million in grants distributed and 30,000 tickets donated
Orlando – Florida Theatrical Association, the non-profit
presenter of FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America – Orlando, Broadway
Across America – Ft. Lauderdale and Broadway Across America
– Miami, celebrated its 20th Anniversary on June 30, 2009.
Florida Theatrical Association was originally founded on June 30,
1989 with the purpose of educating and developing new audiences
and to encourage and preserve the presentation of touring Broadway.
[5]art available for private receptions and events
Tampa - [5]art will not be hosting an exhibition from July 10 to
August 28 and will be available for private receptions and events.
Please inquire about reserving this venue at art.five@gmail.com.
Also please check our website periodically for details on an upcoming
summer film series. www.five-art.com
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