The Arts Connection Minute lists arts events across Central Florida - it's heard weekdays at 3:04pm
Monday, 2/18 Tonight is your last chance to see 'The Little Dog Laughed' at the Footlight Theater at the Parliament House. Showtime is at 8. www.wanzie.com Oviedo's Artistic Hand Gallery's featured artist for February and March is Rebecca Wilkinson, and the exhibit will highlight paintings and prints from her Rain Forest Collection. www.rebeccawilkinsonstudio.com Tomorrow morning at 10:30 join the Curator of Art at the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland for a walking tour of an exhibition African Art from the Permanent Collection as part of the museum's Gallery Talk series. www.polkmuseumofart.org See Lerner & Loewe's CAMELOT, starring Lou Diamond Phillips, at the King Center this week, with performances tomorrow at 8, and Wednesday at 2 and 8. www.kingcenter.com And this is your last week to see PERSEPOLIS at the Enzian Theater. Based on a bestselling graphic novel, PERSEPOLIS is equal parts coming-of-age story, history lesson, and an animated adventure tale. Showtimes are 6:30 and 9:15. www.enzian.org Tuesday,, 2/19 Seminole Community College will feature its music students in a recital tomorrow at noon in the Sanford/Lake Mary Campus Fine Arts Concert Hall. This free concert will feature solos from students trained on piano, woodwind, brass, guitar, and voice. 407-708-2040. The Brevard Cultural Alliance presents an opportunity to meet Palm Bay Photographer Anthony Guidone, as part of iPhotographers: Sharing Work and Experience, tomorrow from 5:30 to 7:30. www.artsbrevard.org The Daytona Beach International Festival will showcase two unique groups, The Dukes of Dixieland & BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet, as part of the festival's Mardi Gras Celebration. Enjoy this sound of New Orleans tomorrow at 7:30 at the Peabody Auditorium. www.dbif.com And the Southeast Museum of Photography continues its lecure series tomorrow night at 7 with PERSIAN VISIONS EXHIBITION CURATOR, GARY HALLMAN. www.smponline.org Wednesday, 2/20 Central Florida Folk presents Songwriters in the Round tonight at The Plaza Theatre from 7 to 9. www.cffolk.org There will be an artist's reception for Cheryl Turner, tomorrow at Dexter's in Thorton Park from 7 to 9. http://www.dexwine.com/ Stetson University's Stover Theatre continues its 102nd season with Alan Aychbourne's "How the Other Half Loves." Performances will be at 8 Thursday through Saturday, with a matinee at 3 on Sunday. http://www.stetson.edu/home// See ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK on his 40th anniversary tour, tomorrow at 8 at the King Center in Melbourne. www.kingcenter.com/ The Lake Wales Arts Council presents STRATA tomorrow at 7:30 at the Updike Hall. This trio of Juilliard graduates, performing together since 1988, use the violin, viola, clarinet, and piano in trio and duo combinations of classical and modern sound. www.lakewalesartscenter.org The 11th Annual Mount Dora Music Festival begins tomorrow, and runs through Sunday. The festival will feature five showcased concerts, plus nine free concerts, beginning with the Raintree Chamber Players, tomorrow morning at 11 at the Mount Dora Community Church. www.mountdoramusicfest.com Thursday, 2/21 The third season of the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra continues tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 with the program Evening at the Opera, featuring moments from famous operas and guest soloists. Tonight the concert is at the St. Patrick Catholic Church of Mount Dora, and tomorrow it will be held at the Montverde Academy. www.lakecountyfl.gov/hometown_highlights/florida_lakes_symphony_orchestra.aspx Theatre Downtown presents Neil Simon's comedy Biloxi Blues, opening this Friday and running through March 15. Performances are Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8, with Sunday Matinees on March 2 & 9 at 2:30. http://www.theatredowntown.net THE MUSIC MAN opens tomorrow at the Osceola Center for the Arts in Kissimmee. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2. www.ocfta.com The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre presents IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE, opening Saturday and running through March 16. Showtimes are 2 on Saturday and 4:30 on Sundays. www.orlandoshakes.org And Canada's I Musici de Montreal, a 15-piece orchestra, led by cellist and conductor Yuli Turvosky, will perform a multimedia concert at the News-Journal Center tomorrow night at 7:30 as part of the Daytona Beach International Festival. www.dbif.com Friday, 2/22 Jeff Rupert will direct the UCF Jazz band in a concert this evening at 8 in the UCF Visual Arts Auditorium. http://music.ucf.edu/news_events.php The King Center in Melbourne hosts the Brevard Symphony’s presentation of An Evening with Marvin Hamlisch tonight at 8. There will be a meet and greet reception following the performance. www.brevardsymphony.com Valencia Community College will host a free literary event with guest speaker, poet Billy Collins, as part of Valencia’s Kerouca Festival. The event will take place at Valencia's East Campus Performing Arts Center tomorrow from 1-6. http://kerouacproject.org/kerouac_festival The FOURTH ANNUAL ORLANDO DOWNTOWN ART & LIVING EXPO begins tomorrow and will run through Sunday at Lake Eola. The expo includes an art show running from 11 till 6 each day, and concerts at the Lake Eola Amphitheater on Saturday from 1 till 10, and on Sunday from 1 till 6. http://www.downtownorlandoproperties.com/downtown_expo.htm The Museum of Florida Art begins its annual exhibition of THE ART OF CHROME AND LEATHER today. The museum will feature artists using motorcycles as a primary focus of their creations, as well as showcasing motorcycle designs and concepts. www.delandmuseum.com And Cherish the Ladies, the Irish traditional music and dance group led by whistle player and flutist Joanie Madden, will perform tomorrow at 2 and at 8 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center. There will be a pre-concert "Conversation" with the group held one hour before the performance. www.orlandophil.org Saturday, 2/23 Enjoy a free screening for Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival, held at Stetson University tonight at 7:30. The event will showcase films created by students, faculty and staff. www.stetson.edu On Sunday at 2 the Central Florida Ballet will present 9/11 AN AMERICAN MOMENT, as their annual Children's Ballet Series. This will be a narrated performance in their studio-theater, followed by a meet and greet reception. www.centralfloridaballet.com Central Florida Folk will present an indoor Folk Music Concert at 2:30 on Sunday at Leu Gardens, feating Acoustic Eidolon, with opening performers Patty Crago and Mike Wetzel. www.cffolk.org The 73rd Annual Bach Festival will welcome Leon Fleisher tonight at 8 and tomorrow at 3 performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12 in the Knowles Memorial Chapel. Fleisher recently recieved the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award for his life-long contribution to the arts. www.bachfestivalflorida.org The Orlando Philharmonic Darden Family presents its next concert, PETER AND THE WOLF, tomorrow at the Bob Carr Performing ARts Centre. Pre-concert activities begin at 2 with the concert at 3. www.orlandophil.org And the Daytona Beach College Civic Orchestra, directed by Norton Christeson, will present a concert of favorites from the classical repertoire tomorrow at 3 in the J. M. Goddard Center on the DBC Daytona Beach Campus. www.dbcc.edu |
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