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1 day ago | 
wlrn.org | Miguel Sirgado |Artburst Miami
Not all orchestras sound the same—and few sound quite like Nu Deco Ensemble. Since its debut in 2015, the Miami-based group has transformed the city’s music scene with a vibrant, genre-blurring concept that’s both versatile and visionary: a fusion of classical tradition with popular styles such as pop, jazz, funk, and electronica.
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miamitimesonline.com | Jonel Juste |Artburst Miami
Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s Dranoff 2 Piano Fusion “Piano Slam.”The music-poetry mashup is at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, April 23. Since its inception in 2007, Piano Slam has been a platform for young poets in Miami-Dade County to merge their creative writing with classical and contemporary music.
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2 weeks ago | 
wlrn.org | Michelle Solomon |Artburst Miami
Artist José Bedia’s work, symbolic and rooted in ancient traditions, blends anthropology, storytelling, and Afro-Caribbean influences. In fact, his personal art collection is that of tribal and ethnographic art. His practice, he says, his grounded in investigation and search doing “field work” journeys to other countries that inspire and inform the work. It is these qualities that gained him a $75,000 award as part of Oolite Arts’ The Ellies Awards.
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3 weeks ago | 
miamitimesonline.com | Douglas Markowitz |Artburst Miami
Philip Lique, an artist and designer based in South Florida, remembers the first time he attended the Miami Zine Fair. Originally from Connecticut, he says the independent publishing convention was “the first real community event that I got involved in” when he moved to Florida about a decade ago.
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1 month ago | 
socialmiami.com | Carolina del Busto |Connie Ogle |Artburst Miami |Artburst Miami Artburst
A Poem Will Find You During O, Miami’s 14th Annual Poetry Festival By Carolina del Busto for Artburst Miami “Poetry is a revolutionary force for good,” says poet Rio Cortez. The New York-based writer will be in Miami as part of the annual O, Miami Poetry Festival that takes place all month long in April.
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1 month ago | 
miamitimesonline.com | Jonel Juste |Artburst Miami
Black policing in Miami was not always as integrated as it is today. Black officers were once marginalized. The Black Police Precinct & Courthouse Museum proposes to tell the story and imprint it into collective memory through its various exhibits, such as the recent “This Woman’s Work: The Power of A Woman’s Touch,” an exhibition honoring Black women in the judiciary and law enforcement in South Florida.
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1 month ago | 
wlrn.org | Carolina del Busto |Artburst Miami
Karen Peterson dancers’ Forward Motion Festival: Champions of iWeeks before the sixth annual Forward Motion Dance Festival, Karen Peterson and a group of her dancers gathered for a rehearsal in her studio space in Kendall. One dancer set up a white partition while the others settled into place. As the music started, violinist Polina Mahova emerged first from the folded screen. Slowly, more dancers appeared and suddenly, chair dancer Adam Eckstat rolled onto the scene.
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1 month ago | 
wlrn.org | Sean Erwin |Artburst Miami
Sixty-year anniversaries call for diamonds—gifts celebrated for their endurance and brilliance—and few legacies shine brighter than that of Twyla Tharp Dance, founded in 1965. As the company marks this milestone, Tharp’s influence continues to redefine contemporary dance by pushing the envelope of movement and meaning. Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Tharp, 83, has choreographed more than 160 works, spanning dance, television, film, Broadway, and even figure skating.
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2 months ago | 
socialmiami.com | Artburst Miami |Brett Graff |PreEvent Excitement
An Evening With Brooke Shields in Conversation With Laurie JenningsBrooke Shields discusses her new book: Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed To Get Old. Every full-price ticket includes a signed copy. If you’d like one…
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2 months ago | 
wlrn.org | Josie Gulliksen |Artburst Miami
Two Miami natives, Justin Long and Amanda Keeley, have joined forces to send Miamians on a treasure hunt of epic proportions and the goal is to ensure Miami’s hidden gems/treasures are not forgotten.
