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- CULTURAL AGENDA - Today's Zaman
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- Palm Beach County Cultural Council gathers for Muse ... - Palm Beach Daily News
- ASIAN Ministers To Enhance Cooperation On Cultural ... - BruDirect
| CULTURAL AGENDA - Today's Zaman Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:38 PM PDT
It runs until April 28, featuring performances by three Turkish State Theater companies, one municipal theater, three private companies and 10 theater companies from abroad. | İstanbul's fifth Mountain Film Festival will kick off Tuesday and run until April 4, offering 44 films on mountaineering and nature in admission-free screenings to be held at the French Institute and the Muammer Karaca Theater in Taksim. PERFORMING ARTS "Pianoforte Sabri ile Stradi Ceren'in Maceraları" (The Adventures of Pianoforte Sabri and Stradi Ceren), a mini musical by pianist-composer Sabri Tuluğ Tırpan, will make its Turkey premiere next week at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum's The Seed performance hall. The show, aimed at kids aged 5-12, will be staged on March 31 and April 4. The İstanbul State Opera will stage "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (The Tales of Hoffmann), an opera in three acts by Jacques Offenbach, on March 30 and April 1 at 8 p.m. and on April 3 at 4 p.m. at the Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy. The Ankara State Opera and Ballet will present its production of Johann Strauss' three-act operetta "Eine Nacht in Venedig" (A Night in Venice) on Monday at the Opera House. A performance of the two-act ballet "The Three Musketeers" is scheduled for Thursday and "Aida," the grand opera in four acts by Verdi, will be staged on April 4 at 7 p.m. EXHIBITIONS "Opus," the newest collection of work by Paris-based contemporary Turkish artist Sarkis, is on view until April 10 at the Galerist art gallery in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district. An exhibition titled "Picasso -- Suite Vollard Engravings," featuring the Spanish artist's most important engraving series from the first half of the 20th century, continues until April 18 at the Pera Museum in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district. "Türk Resim Sanatının Bir Asırlık Öyküsü II" (A Centennial Tale of Turkish Painting), a selection of paintings by 20th century Turkish artists from the private collection of Ahu and Can Has, is on display until April 30 at the Rezan Has Museum in İstanbul's Cibali quarter. Visiting hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. every day. "The Garden of Forking Paths," a group exhibition featuring the works of Lara Almarcegui, Jordi Colomer and Guillaume Leblon, is on view until May 8 at the Akbank Art Center in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district. The İstanbul Museum of Modern Art's photography gallery hosts an international photography exhibition titled "Time Within Us" until May 16, featuring the work of 15 photographers from Turkey, Greece and Russia. The museum is closed on Mondays. "From Traditional to Contemporary: Cultural Memory in Modern Turkish Art," an exhibition featuring works by modern and contemporary artists from Turkey, runs until May 23 at İstanbul Modern. A collection of artifacts dating to the 16th and 17th centuries from Moscow's Kremlin Palace Museum is on display at the "Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin at Topkapı Palace" exhibition until June 7 at the palace's Imperial Stables section. FILM SCREENINGS The Piramid art center in İstanbul's Taksim hosts film screenings every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in its theater. Next on the program is "Persepolis," a 2007 animated film directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, based on Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. Tel.: (212) 297 3120 The Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center in İstanbul's Kadıköy district is screening films by British director Mike Leigh throughout March. The last film on the program, "All or Nothing" (2002), will be shown on Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Cultural organizations for advocacy group - Buffalo News Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:17 PM PDT Share this story: Amid a growing movement to pin Western New York's identity to the arts, several cultural organizations have banded together to create a broad new arts advocacy group. The Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance, which is slated to hold its first public meeting Monday in Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, will focus on promoting the region's arts and cultural assets as an economic engine. The efforts of the new coalition, which announced its existence this week after months of private meetings, will focus on promoting the arts and advocating for funding and policy on the local, national and state levels. The alliance grew out of informal talks among a small group of cultural organizations, including MusicalFare Theatre, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Road Less Traveled Productions, the African American Cultural Center and several others. Though it currently consists of 12 organizations, it is hoping to quickly enlist the membership of nonprofit arts groups of all sizes. As opposed to similar projects initiated by local foundations or non-arts groups, organizers said, the cultural alliance is an attempt by arts groups to have a larger voice in decisions about public policy and arts funding. "This is a bottom-up group as opposed to a top-down group," said Randall Kramer, artistic and executive director of MusicalFare Theatre and one of the group's original organizers. "We need to have a group that represents the culturals that is from the culturals." The formation of the alliance comes amid a period of growth for Buffalo's cultural scene. The past decade has seen a proliferation of new art galleries, festivals and theater companies, as well as a boost to the region's national profile provided by the construction of the Burchfield Penney Art Center and renovation of the Darwin D. Martin House and renewed attention to the region's historic architecture. But, to date, that heightened profile has not been matched by heightened funding. One of the group's goals, as stated in its invitation to Monday's 8 p. m. meeting in Hallwalls, is "to be active participants in determining our collective funding destiny." But trying to wring more money out of the already stretched budgets of local, state and federal government isn't the only goal of the group. Mark Mortenson, director of the Buffalo Museum of Science, characterized the cultural alliance's mission as concerned at the outset with promoting what its members see as the value of the arts and culture to the local community. Maria Morreale, marketing and public relations director for the Albright-Knox, agrees. "Part of the thinking behind the organization is this idea that we need to make arts and culture a part of the ongoing dialogue in this community," she said. Advocacy had been a key part of Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County's multifaceted mission, but since Executive Director Celeste Lawson was dismissed amid accusations of mismanagement, the group's future effectiveness is in doubt. But Kramer stressed that the new alliance is not an attempt to replace the Arts Council's efforts, but merely a different "grassroots" approach to advocating for a change in cultural policies and funding. Kramer views the alliance as a natural progression in an art scene that seems to grow and coalesce more by the year. cdabkowski@buffnews.com  Log into MyBuffalo to post a comment Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | ||
| Palm Beach County Cultural Council gathers for Muse ... - Palm Beach Daily News Posted: 27 Mar 2010 05:31 PM PDT By Jan Sjostrom Daily News Arts Editor The elite of the Palm Beach County cultural community gathered Feb. 27 at the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion for the annual Muse Awards ceremony. The Palm Beach County Cultural Council awards recognize outstanding contributors to the county's cultural scene. About 350 people attended the event, which benefited the cultural council's education programs. The evening began with cocktails in the foyer, then guests moved into the ballroom, where dinner was served on tables decorated with oversized floral arrangements. Between acceptance speeches, musicians from the Bak Middle School of the Arts, dancers from Street Beat, operatic soprano Madison Marie McIntosh, members of the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches and other young performers entertained. Palm Beach residents Jean Sharf and Irene Karp were the chairwomen of the gala. Among the guests were Kathleen Klein, Victor Trebino, arts educator award-winner Jeff Fessler, Jamey Young, Michael McAuliffe, Herbert Hoffman, Harry and Gigi Benson, cultural council board chairman Michael Bracci and Colleen Bracci, Phil Whitacre and Helen Persson, who won the civic leader award. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | ||
| ASIAN Ministers To Enhance Cooperation On Cultural ... - BruDirect Posted: 27 Mar 2010 04:41 PM PDT Bandar Seri Begawan - The 4th meeting of Asean Ministers responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) including China, Japan and Korea was held on March 25-26 March at Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. Present at the meeting was the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Dr Awg Hj Ahmad bin Hj Jumat; the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry, Dato Paduka Hj Jemat bin Hj Ampal as well as senior officers. During the meeting, they agreed to hit diet enhance the cooperation among Asean member countries in the field of culture and arts especially in human resource development, maintenance and Asean cultural heritage development as well as the development of small and medium cultural enterprises. The meeting also approved senior officials meeting (in culture and arts working group work plan. At the AMCA meeting, they agreed to step tip the cooperation between Asean member countries, China, Japan and Korea in shaping Asean +3 work plan and to set up Asean + Fund. To mark the AMCA meeting, the host country also organised 4th Asean festivalof arts where every country including Brunei showcased its local cultural and arts presentation including singing, traditional music, dancing, arts and cultural history. The 5th AMCA and AMCA +3 will be held in Singapore in 2012. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin  Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | ||
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