ANTONIN DVOŘÁK 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON FEBRUARY 8, 2014 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 20 MIN The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young […]
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NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- MET OPERA COSTUME SHOP & HD TRUCK TOUR
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The MET Opera team organized an unforgettable experience for The Posse which included a visit to The Costume Shop and a walkthrough of the AMV Titan HD Mobile Production Unit Truck to see where the magic happens for the movie theatre viewing public. POSSE PHOTOS: Cathy and Judith in the Costume Shop Sewing station
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- MOMS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN (WHILE THE GIRLS ARE AT HI ART!)
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Ok- we have 4 hours! Nicole wants to go to the Dannijo showroom, Judi needs jewelry, Fashion Queens is taping down the street if we can get there, Nicole needs a coffee, everyone needs hosiery and tights, and Leslie has finally landed! The phrase of the day…”WE HAVE TO GO!” POSSE PHOTOS:
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- DO HWA DINNER
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A table for 13, an amazing Korean feast, and belly-splitting laughter! A fantastic dinner was had by all… POSSE PHOTOS:
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- HI ART! CAMP: RUSALKA
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The Posse enjoyed a 5 1/2 hour Rusalka Art Camp. Cyndie and her daughter Zoe led the kids through an exploration of the libretto, viewed portions of a very contemporary production of Rusalka, and taught them how do a Watercolor and Manga piece featuring Rusalka. The camp was supposed to be 4 hours, but […]
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- THE TENEMENT MUSEUM: MEET VICTORIA CONFINO
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The Tenement Museum tells the stories of 97 Orchard Street. Built on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1863, this tenement apartment building was home to nearly 7000 working class immigrants. The museum preserves and interprets the history of immigration through the personal experiences of the generations of newcomers who settled in and built lives on Manhattan’s […]
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- SUSHI NADA DINNER
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After a long day of sightseeing and travel, Lexi, Layla, and Grace got together for a leisurely evening of food, fun and laughter. POSSE PHOTOS:
NYC OPERA TRIP SPRING 2014- SIGHTSEEING
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Breakfast at the Marriott, a visit to the American Girl Shrine on Fifth Avenue, and a floor by floor walkthrough, a visit to Henri Bendels, a surprise visit to Grandma’s school, lunch at Island on the Upper East Side, a surprise haircut for Lexi at Frederic Fekkai with Enrique, a stroll down Fifth Avenue, a trip […]
THE HIGH- GO WEST!
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The dust of the Civil War had barely settled when Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, famously urged America’s youth to turn from the rubble and go west. America’s future was anchored in the frontier. Between 1800 and 1900, the nation more than tripled in physical size. With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory […]
CONJURING BEARDEN: RICHARD J. POWELL
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 7:30PM-8:30PM MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM RECEPTION HALL LEVEL THREE The idea of the conjurer – someone who, through a combination of spiritual interventions, psychology, and herbalism, transforms the world – was a recurring theme in the work of artist Romare Bearden (1912-1988). “A conjur woman,” wrote Bearden, “was an important figure […]
THE HIGH- TUILERIES GARDENS
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The Tuileries, a major Parisian tourist attraction, is one of the greatest public gardens in the world. The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden brings Paris to Peachtree Street, with picturesque boxed holly trees on the piazza, sculpture drawn directly from the grounds of the Tuileries, Impressionist paintings, and a three screen video of a stroll through […]
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: FALSTAFF
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GIUSEPPE VERDI 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON DECEMBER 14, 2013 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 20 MIN An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio […]
THE HIGH- THE BUNNEN COLLECTION
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SEPTEMBER 7-FEBRUARY 2 HIGH MUSEUM Thirty years ago, the High unveiled the establishment of the Bunnen Collection – a major group of photographs put together on behalf of the Museum by Atlanta photographer and philanthropist Lucinda W. Bunnen. Working in collaboration with a small group of peers in the community, Bunnen had assembled a world […]
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: TOSCA
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GIACOMO PUCCINI 2013-2014 HD OPERA SEASON NOVEMBER 9, 2013 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 35 MIN Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi. George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia. Text […]
THE HIGH- AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS & AMERICAN GENRE PAINTING
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American Encounters: Genre Painting and Everyday Life provides a close look at three major genre paintings, each of which offers a unique perspective on 19th century America. American genre painting, or scenes of everyday life, flourished during the first half of the 19th century, when the young nation sought images and narratives to define and bolster […]
THE HIGH- WITNESS: THE ART OF JERRY PINKNEY
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NOVEMBER , 2013 Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, touches on themes such as the African-American experience, the wonders of classic literature and the wisdom in well-loved folk tales. The works in the exhibition celebrate small, extraordinary moments, as well as significant historical events, reflecting the […]
PAULA DIETZ: TIME AND TIMELESSNESS IN THE TUILLERIES GARDEN
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HIGH MUSEUM OF ART OCTOBER 24, 2013 6:00PM Paula Deitz, Editor of the Hudson Review, is a writer and cultural critic in the fields of art, architecture, and landscape design. Deitz contributed an illuminating essay for The Art of the Louvre’s Tuileries Garden exhibition catalogue on her early days as a student and of the Tuileries as […]
ATLANTA PRESERVATION CENTER- LUCINDA BUNNEN: GEORGIA PORTRAITS OPENING RECEPTION
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OCTOBER 18- DECEMBER 13 6-9PM 327 ST. PAUL AVENUE SE ATLANTA, GA 30312 Atlanta Preservation Center’s Drawing Room Gallery will be the site of an important photography exhibit celebrating the work of Lucinda Bunnen. This exhibit, curated by Constance Lewis and Jerry Cullum, presents 27 portraits of Atlantans and others who have and continue to […]
SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART- POSING BEAUTY IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
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SEPTEMBER 5-DECEMBER 7 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is the first institution in the Southeast to present the nationally touring exhibition, “Posing Beauty in African American Culture.” Featuring more than 75 photographs by leading, emerging, and amateur photographers, “Posing Beauty” explores ways contemporary understanding of beauty has […]
ACP LECTURE SERIES: DEBORAH WILLIS. PH.D. – REFRAMING “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL” CONVERSATION WITH THE CURATOR
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OCTOBER 17 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART 7PM Deborah Willis, Ph.D. is one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography and curators of African American culture. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an […]
ATLANTA OPERA: TOSCA
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Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giacomo Puccini and Luigi Illica Conducted by Carl and Sally Gable Music Director Arthur Fagen Directed by Tomer Zvulun Sung in Italian with projected English translations Lies, lust and corruption turn a tale of love into a struggle for survival in Puccini’s Tosca. Amid the bloodshed of revolutionary Rome, the […]
SPELMAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART: REFRAMING “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL”
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OCTOBER 17 SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART Deborah Willis, Ph.D. is one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography and curators of African American culture. She is currently the Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and has an affiliated […]
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: EUGENE ONEGIN
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON OCTOBER 5, 2013 @ 12:55 PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 45 MIN Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Deborah Warner’s new production, set in the late 19th century, moves episodically from farmhouse to ballroom, with a […]
FLUX NIGHT 2013
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OCTOBER 5, 2013 7PM-MIDNIGHT – ONE NIGHT ONLY! CASTLEBERRY HILL ARTS DISTRICT WALKER & NELSON STREETS SW ATLANTA, GA 30313 Atlanta’s 4th annual night of art + experimentation returns to the Castleberry Hill Arts District on Saturday, October 5. For one night only the streets and empty spaces of the neighborhood will be filled with […]
ACP LECTURE SERIES: ALISON WRIGHT
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OCTOBER 3, 2013 PACE ACADEMY AUDITORIUM 7 PM – 8:30 PM Journey around the world with National Geographic photographer, Alison Wright, as she captures the universal human spirit through her photographs. Ms. Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. A recipient […]
PACE ACADEMY FINE ARTS CENTER- “FACE TO FACE: PORTRAITS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT”: ALISON WRIGHT
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OCTOBER 3-OCTOBER 31 PACE ACADEMY FINE ARTS CENTER Journey around the world with National Geographic photographer, Alison Wright, as she captures the universal human spirit through her photographs. Ms. Wright, a New York based documentary photographer, has spent a career capturing the universal human spirit through her photographs and writing. A recipient of the Dorothea […]
DIANA ROSS CONCERT
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OK- I was definitely the only kid in the entire crowd- but I had an amazing time- it was an incredible concert! My mom and I screamed at the top of our lungs with some other people around us for an encore. After a long time screaming for more- she came back out and sang […]
THE HIGH- GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING: DUTCH PAINTINGS FROM THE MAURITSHUIS
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The High Museum of Art in collaboration with the Mauritshuis, The Hague, will present a major exhibition of Dutch masterworks in 2013, including Johannes Vermeer’s iconic “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” which has not been on view in the U.S. for more than 15 years and has never been seen in the Southeast. Drawn from […]
ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY: NICHOLAS NIXON
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Lecture: Thu, Sep 26, 7pm – 9pm Since the 1970’s, Boston-based photographer Nicholas Nixon (born Detroit, 1947) has practiced large format portraiture and documentary photography, forging a rich and varied body of work celebrated for its humanistic approach and meticulous detail and its exploration of the familiar and impermanent. J Nixon’s best-known series, “The Brown Sisters” is […]
THE HIGH- DRAWING INSIDE THE PERIMETER
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Drawing Inside the Perimeter June 29-September 22, 2013 Drawing Inside the Perimeter includes more than 45 drawings from the High’s permanent collection, as well as two wall drawings by HENSE and Rocio Rodriguez created exclusively for the exhibition. Artists in the exhibition include: Sean Abrahams, Alejandro Aguilera, Tristan Al–Haddad, Radcliffe Bailey, Philip Carpenter, Don Cooper, Brian […]
FUNDRAISER: 1ST ANNUAL KAOP RING CYCLE ENDURANCE WALK 5K
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013 CHASTAIN PARK, ATLANTA, GA 9:00 AM – 10:45 AM This is the 1st Annual Kids Opera & Art Posse Ring Cycle Endurance Walk to benefit MET Opera: HD Live in Schools Program. Course Length: 5K Member Attendees: Layla, Lia, Isabel, Lucy, Grace, Esme Pet Attendees: Pushkin, Poncho & Carmen Adults: Alicia, […]
MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL
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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is the true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson and so many more. Featuring classic songs such as “My Girl” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” MOTOWN THE MUSICAL tells the story […]
MOMA – CLAES OLDENBURG
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JULY 25,2013 Claes Oldenburg’s audacious, witty, and profound depictions of everyday objects have earned him a reputation as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. This exhibition examines the beginnings of Oldenburg’s extraordinary career with an in-depth look at his first two major bodies of work: The Street (1960) andThe Store (1961–64). During this intensely […]
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART – PUNK: CHAOS TO COUTURE
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JULY 24, 2013 The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Met’s spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include […]
MOMA: LE CORBUSIER: AN ATLAS OF MODERN LANDSCAPES
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MoMA presents its first major exhibition on the work of Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), encompassing his work as an architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer. Conceived by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, the exhibition reveals the ways in which Le Corbusier observed and imagined landscapes throughout his career, using all the artistic […]
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: ARMIDA
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI 2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON JULY 10, 2013 @ 7PM RUN TIME: 3 HRS 5 MIN This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvorˇák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite […]
LES NUBIANS- CECELIA FAUSSART CABARET
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JUNE 27, 2013 @ 7:00 PM REFINERY HOTEL, NYC POSSE PHOTOS:
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: IL TROVATORE
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GIUSEPPE VERDI 2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON JUNE 26, 2013 @ 7 PM RUN TIME: 2 HRS 40 MIN David McVicar’s stirring production of Verdi’s intense drama premiered in the 2008–09 season. This revival stars four extraordinary singers—Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky—in what might be the composer’s most melodically rich score. Text […]
WICKED THE MUSICAL
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WICKED is the untold story of the witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends […]
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