The Arts Connection Minute lists arts events across Central Florida - it's heard weekdays at 3:04pm

An exhibit of African Art just opened at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland - There’s also a Gallery Talk tomorrow morning at 10:30 on the exhibit SWIMMERS AND FLOATERS sculptures and paintings of boats and snakes by Robert Stackhouse
http://www.polkmuseumofart.org/content/

The 2ND ANNUAL PAPER INVITATIONAL at Harris House Gallery in New Smyrna Beach
http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/hh/hh_of_aca.htm

BILL LORENZEN & THE WORLD OF PUPPETS at the Maitland Art Center
www.maitlandartcenter.org

THE POWERFUL HAND OF GEORGE BELLOWS at the Mennello Museum
http://www.mennellomuseum.org/exhibits.html

WINTER PARK COLLECTS FOLK ART at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center
www.crealde.org

and FOLK ART FOR THE HOLIDAYS at Jeanine Taylor Folk Art in Sanford
www.jtfolkart.com

JIM BRICKMAN will give a holiday concert tonight at the King Center in Melbourne
www.kingcenter.com

The Brass Band of Central Florida will perform tomorrow night at the Royal Highlands Community in Leesburg
http://www.brassbandofcentralflorida.org

A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL comes to the Polk Theatre in Lakeland tomorrow night
http://www.polktheatre.org/

And, Opera Fortunata presents HANSEL & GRETEL tomorrow night at 7:30 and Friday at 8 at the IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora
www.IceHouseTheatre.com

Tomorrow night is the Third Thursday art event in downtown Orlando among the many art receptions is one for Feminati IV at City Arts Factory, with work by local female artists. There’s also a reception for LIQUID THOUGHTS watercolors by John Carollo. It’s from 7 to 11 Thursday night at The Office Gallery & Art Studios.
www.TheOfficeGalllery.com
www.NakedEyeStudios.com

This is the final weekend to see A TUNA CHRISTMAS at The Orlando Shakespeare -Theatre performances are tonight & tomorrow night at 7:00, Friday & Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 2
www.orlandoshakes.org

the musical SHE LOVES ME and IT WAS A VERY GOOD YULE A CHRISTMAS CABARET at Mad Cow Theatre
www.madcowtheatre.com

Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Lakeland Community Theatre
http://www.lakelandcommunitytheatre.com/

And It’s a Wonderful Life at Orlando Repertory Theatre
www.orlandorep.com

Michael Andrew’s Swinging Christmas with the Atomic Big Band is at the Plaza Theatre shows are tomorrow at 2:00 and 7:30 and Saturday at 4 and 8:30
www.theplazatheatre.com
http://www.michaelandrew.com/

Orlando Ballet presents The Nutcracker this weekend at the Bob Carr. Performances are tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30, Saturday at 2 and 7:30 and Sunday at 2
www.orlandoballet.org

THE TEN TENORS is an Australian group that blends comedy with rock, pop, opera and more. They’re at the King Center in Melbourne tomorrow night at 8
www.kingcenter.com

and these films are currently showing at the Orlando Science Center Cinedome….
THE ALPS, MUMMIES SECRETS OF THE PHARAOHS, and GEORGE AND OATMEAL SAVE SANTA
http://www.osc.org/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=358

Central Florida Ballet presents THE NUTCRACKER tomorrow at 2 pm & 7:30 at the Linda Chapin Auditorium of the Orange County Convention Center.
www.centralfloridaballet.com

There’s a Kwanzaa Celebration at the. Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, tomorrow from 1 to 4
http://www.polkmuseumofart.org/content/

A touring production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL will be at the King Center in Melbourne tomorrow night at 7:30
www.producersinc.com
www.kingcenter.com

You can also see A CHRISTMAS CAROL this weekend at the Helen Stairs Theatre in Sanford and at Theatre Downtown in Orlando, tonight and tomorrow night.
http://www.helenstairstheatre.com/
http://theatredowntown.net/

Enjoy a Holiday Big Band and Community Chorus Concert Sunday at 2 at The Osceola Center for the Arts
www.ocfta.com

This weekend is your final chance to see ROCKWELL’S HOLIDAY EXHIBIT at the Orlando Science Center, with Norman Rockwell’s holiday illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. Also at the Science Center is a production of the C.S. Lewis play, THE MAGICIANS’ NEPHEW it runs through December 30^th.
http://www.osc.org/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=357

The fall art exhibits at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum will also be closing at the end of the month, including WINSLOW HOMER JOYS OF THE DAY, A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PAINTINGS, and WONDERS mixed media and digital works by Rollins professor Rachel Simmons.
http://www.rollins.edu/cfam/exhibitions/

and the annual Christmas Eve Open House at the Morse Museum will be on Sunday the 23^rd this year the Winter Park museum is open free from 1 to 4---while you’re there, enjoy Quest of Beauty Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Life and Art
www.morsemuseum.org