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.
The Orlando Fringe Festival continues this week shows run tonight from 6 until midnight. The POSTSECRET exhibit opened this weekend at the Brevard Art Museum, which is the only Florida museum that will host this exhibit. It features over 400 postcards created anonymously—the cards share a true secret never before revealed. Also at the Melbourne museum is the 2008 Juried Exhibition A new exhibit just opened at the Orlando Museum of Art it’s another in the museum’s picture book series….The World of William Joyce features more than 60 original works of art created for Joyce’s popular children's books, including the "Rolie Polie Olie" series. And This Wednesday from 1-4, the museum has a special Home School event based on the William Joyce exhibit its for home-schooled students in grades 3 through 8.
Tuesday, 5/20 The Southeast Museum of Photography will have an Opening Reception Tuesday night from 6 to 8 for two exhibits one by Ed McDonald, an award-winning alumni of the photography program at Daytona Beach College. The other is the first juried exhibition by graduates of the program. Also at the museum, Z O N A a portrait of Siberian Prison Camps will close Friday Other exhbiits closing soon are The Annual Juried Student Show at Valencia Community College’s East Campus Gallery. Three exhibits close Sunday at the Museum of Florida Art in Deland - CONTEMPORARY PRINTS FROM THE DOROTHY MITCHELL COLLECTION; THE ART OF CLARENCE VAN DUZER; and EQUUS 4: CELEBRATING THE ART OF THE HORSE and closing next Monday, May 26th is AMERICAN CHRONICLES: THE ART OF NORMAN ROCKWELL at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Wednesday, 5/21 You can enjoy Florida singer/songwriters up close and personal tonight when JD Smith, Ennis Pruitt, and Rog Lee perform a songwriter’s roundtable at the Plaza Theatre it starts at 7:00 tonight at the Plaza Theatre, presented by Central Florida Folk www.theplazatheatre.com These plays close this weekend The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Orlando Repertory Theatre The Mikado at the Sands Theater Center and Jester Theater’s production of MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS at the Garden Theatre www.wgtheatre.org and there’s an Opening Reception tomorrow night for an exhibit by Judy Gilmer. Her kimono sculptures and Oriental monoprints are on display in 2 locations the Lake Eustis Museum of Art and Eustis City Hall there are receptions in both locations form 6 to 8
Thursday, 5/22 Sharon Badal, author of SWIMMING UPSTREAM A LIFESAVING GUIDE TO SHORT FILM DISTRIBUTION is in town tonight for 2 events. She’ll do a booksigning from 5 to 6:30 tonight at Urban Think Bookstore, and then the Orlando Film Festival will have a Reception for Badal at 7 plus a screening of a short film from the Tribeca Festival. A new film opens tomorrow at the Enzian Theatre in Maitland CONTROL is the story of the English rock band Joy Division. There’s an Opening Reception tomorrow night from 5 to 7 for an exhibit by contemporary artist Rob Pruitt. It’s at the Pabst Visitor Center Gallery at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, where Pruitt is currently a master artist-in-residence. and The Witnesses is at the Plaza Theatre this weekend the musical is part two The Rock & The Rabbi trilogy. Performances are Friday at 7:30 and Saturday at 3 and 7:30
Friday, 5/23 The Brevard Children’s Chorus will present their annual Spring Concert tonight at 7:30 at Rockledge Presbyterian Church. Enjoy 3 harps in concert tomorrow night at the Dr. Philips Center on North Orange Avenue. Jazz and contemporary harpist Meko will be joined by 2 harpists from the National Symphony of Caracas, Venezuela. http://mekomusic.com/ The Center for Contemporary Dance presents A Tribute to Martha Graham, a free learning program tomorrow night at 7pm. The evening includes a performance, Graham’s filmed works, and a discussion. and with just 3 days left to see the Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art, a 2nd Loch Haven Park organization has added a special Rockwell exhibition. The Orlando Science Center presents ROCKWELL’S AMERICA, opening tomorrow, which features 20 theatrical, interactive dioramas. Discounts are available to see both Rockwell exhibits Saturday, Sunday and Monday http://www.osc.org/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=488
Saturday, 5/24 This is the final weekend for the Orlando International Fringe Festival shows run until midnight tonight, from 11am to 11pm tomorrow, and Monday, the line-up includes the most popular shows of the festival. The Center for Contemporary Dance presents A Tribute to Martha Graham tonight at 7 it’s a free learning program that includes a performance, Graham’s filmed works, and an open-forum discussion. The Witnesses is at the Plaza Theatre the musical is part two The Rock & The Rabbi trilogy. Performances are this afternoon at 3 and again at 7:30 and you can enjoy TWO exhibits featuring the work of Norman Rockwell today, tomorrow and Monday. Paintings and the complete set of Saturday Evening Post covers are at the Orlando Museum of Art, and a new exhibit just opened at the Science Center, with 20 theatrical, interactive dioramas. Discounts are available to see both Rockwell exhibits this weekend, the art exhibit at OMA closes Monday http://www.osc.org/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=488
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