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

To find more cultural events, visit The Red Chair Project, Central Florida's official guide to arts and culture.

Monday, 4/14

There are several concerts at area colleges this week the Seminole Community College Jazz Ensemble perfoms tonight and SCC’s symphonic band plays tomorrow night.
www.scc-fl.edu/arts/2007-08arts-calendar.htm

At Valencia Community College, there’s both a jazz & symphonic concert tomorrow night at the East campus.
407-582-2332

and a concert by UCF Choirs will be at Winter Park Presbyterian tomorrow night at 7:30
http://music.ucf.edu/news_events.php

Young children can enjoy ARTHUR LIVE! At the King Center in Melborune there’s a daytime show tomorrow morning at 10:30, and a family show tomorrow night at 7
www.kingcenter.com

This is the last week to see an exhibit of ceramic musical instruments by BRIAN RANSOM it closes Sunday at the Brevard Art Museum. And also at the museum, Robert Marx will give an illustrated lecture Thursday night on The Mediterranean - The World’s Greatest Underwater Maritime Museum
www.brevardartmuseum.org

 

Tuesday, 4/15

The Voices of Valencia choral ensemble is visiting all campus with a Homecoming concert of music inspired by the famous Rat Pack. The choir will perform tonight at the Osceola campus, and Friday night at the west campus
407-582-2332

Tomorrow is UCF Guitar Night at the main campus music rehearsal hall…
http://music.ucf.edu/news_events.php

There’s an Opera Workshop Thursday night at Valencia’s east campus
407-582-2332

the play ART will be staged this weekend at Stetson University’s Stover Theatre it opens Thursday night.
(386) 822-7525

And these plays close this weekend -

MID-LIFE! THE CRISIS MUSICAL at the Winter Park Playhouse
www.winterparkplayhouse.org

THE GLASS MENAGERIE at the Sands Theater Center in Deland
www.sandstheatercenter.com

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at the Wayne Dench Arts Center in Sanford
www.helenstairstheatre.com

THE DINING ROOM at The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach
www.NsbPlayers.org

TARTUFFE at Seminole Community College
www.scc-fl.edu/arts

 

Wednesday, 4/16

Enjoy a concert under the stars with the UCF Symphony, tomorrow night at the university reflecting pond
http://music.ucf.edu/news_events.php

There are several plays you can see this weekend …

JOHNNY GUITAR opens tomorrow at the Plaza Theatre, featuring Michael Andrew and broadway star Melissa Minyard; there’s also an opening gala Friday night with the off broadway show’s creators
http://theplazatheatre.com/

Empty Spaces Theatre continues its beckett festival at the Shakespeare center there are also free readings this Saturday at Rollins College, Seminole Community College And Valencia Community College
http://emptyspacestheatre.org/

and this is the final weekend for the play I HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY FROM RWANDA it closes Sunday at Mad Cow Theatre in downtown Orlando
www.madcowtheatre.com

 

Thursday, 4/17

THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue opens tonight at Valencia Community College’s Osceola campus it’s presented by the Platform Theatre Company
407-582-4124

C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe opens tomorrow night at Orlando Repertory Theatre
www.orlandorep.com

The musical STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW opens at the Harrison School for the Arts in Lakeland, and runs thru Sunday
www.harrisonarts.com

and Rollins College presents MURDER WE WROTE: THE IMPROVISED WHODUNIT, created and directed by David Charles, a faculty member and performer at Sak Comedy Lab. The audience will randomly select the victim, the killer and the murder weapon.
http://www.rollins.edu/theatre/

The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach welcomes the new master artists-in-residence tomorrow afternoon with a reception and a program by choreographer Susan Marshall. The program is at 4:00 and the reception runs from 5 to 7
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

and The Bach Festival Society presents The Waverly Consort tommorrow night at theTiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins College
www.bachfestivalflorida.org

 

Friday, 4/18

ADAM PASCAL, the original star of Broadway’s RENT and AIDA performs tonight at the King Center in Melbourne
www.kingcenter.com

There’s an Opening Reception tonight for a new exhibit at the Anita Wooten Gallery at Valencia Community College
www.valenciacc.edu/gallery

The Orlando Philharmonic invites you to the Cabaret as Grammy-Award winning soprano Sylvia McNair returns to perform with the orchestra at the Bob Carr Saturday at 2:00 and 8:00
www.orlandophil.org

The Asian Cultural Association presents a sitar concert tomorrow night by 2 leading Indian musicians it’s at the Tiedtke Concert Hall at Rollins college
www.aca-florida.org

 

Saturday, 4/19

The Orlando Concert Band will perform tonight at 7 at the Avalon Town Center’s Food and Wine Festival
http://www.orlandoconcertband.org/joomla/

Jay Pickens and his HEART AND SOUL SOLO CABARET is tonight at 8 at the Johnny Holloway Theatre, located at Harwood-Watson Dance Studio in Orlando
http://www.hwdancestudios.com/theaterevents.htm

ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN recreates the greatest rock band of all time. You can see it tonight at The King Center in Melbourne
www.kingcenter.com

The Bel Canto Singers will perform music of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Anton Bruckner, tomorrow at 3:30 PM at the News Journal Center in Daytona Beach
(386) 767-2268

and the UCF Concert Band gives a free concert Sunday night at 8 in the Visual Arts Auditorium
http://music.ucf.edu/news_events.php