A NEW APPROACH TO ARTS-INTEGRATED LEARNING
The last five years have been particularly challenging for the 400,000 pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students enrolled in local public schools. The pandemic disrupted their chance to learn classroom behaviors, advance social skills and develop emotional resilience. The process of leaving traditional classroom spaces and adjusting to virtual home-schooling environments created a set of never-before-seen challenges […]
THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCERS: THREE LEGENDARY PROFESSORS
These days, almost anyone can watch (or, sometimes, become) a social-media influencer. Our look-at-me culture and ubiquitous smart technology supports achieving such instant fame, for better or worse. That wasn’t always the case. There was a time when we carefully curated our influencers as mentors and thought leaders—and when influencers were more impactful than teachers. […]
Growing Awareness
4Roots Farm is all about health, sustainability, and changing the way consumers think about food By Beth Kassab Soon after the onset of COVID-19, local restaurateur John Rivers found a way through his “Meet the Need” program to bring hot meals to people who gathered for weekly giveaways at the Plaza Live in Orlando’s Milk […]
Doctor’s Orders
The Phillips family loved music. So they made sure that their wealth would nurture the arts just as it had their citrus groves. By Randy Noles From their grand Victorian home on Lake Lucerne in downtown Orlando, citrus magnate Dr. Philip Phillips—his friends called him “Doc”—and his golden-haired wife, Della, routinely hosted community musicales featuring […]
United Arts Awarded The Dr. Phillips Leadership Award
United Arts was awarded The Dr. Phillips Leadership Award at the “Celebrating 150 Years of Dr. Phillips’ Legacy” gala held October 17, 2024, at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center. This award recognizes nonprofit organizations that demonstrate outstanding community leadership, financial stewardship, and sustainable, life-changing programs. The award comes with $150,000 As we celebrate 150 […]
Making Strides
Arts Organizations Are Celebrating Milestones, Changing Executives and Planning Expansions. By Randy Noles At the risk of stating the obvious, it has been a busy year for local arts groups. Not only are most bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels of support and attendance, many are also celebrating anniversaries, welcoming new leaders and planning major moves. The downside: […]
Defiant Requiem
Verdi’s masterwork was life itself at Terezín. Now the world needs it again. By Catherine Hinman First performed in 1874, Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is today one of the most widely performed choral masterworks anywhere. The very aspect of this Catholic funeral mass that made it controversial among clergy in the latter part of the 19th […]
Spooky Nights
Looking for a ghoul time? Get your fear factor Fluttering with these haunted happenings. By G.K. Sharman Make no bones about it! Halloween has shocked and slashed its way to cultural celebratory superiority. Candy and costumes help. But events—those bonding experiences that we share with family, friends and perfect (or perfectly creepy) strangers—help make the […]
After the Fair
Tiffany’s chapel made a long, strange trip to Winter Park. By Randy Noles The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago—also known as the Chicago World’s Fair—saw the debut of the Ferris wheel. Less over-the-top (but not by much) was a small jewel-box of a chapel interior designed by an artist named Louis Comfort Tiffany. The […]
