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

Monday, 10/1

This is the last week to see CRATE APPEAL an exhibit of FLORIDA CITRUS LABELS it closes Sunday at the Orange County Regional History Center
http://www.thehistorycenter.org/

Grammy Award winning violinist Mark O’Connor performs tomorrow night with the Imperial Symphony in Lakeland
http://www.imperialsymphony.org/about/

Latin Grammy winner Nestor Torres will be at Stetson University tomorrow night the jazz flutist will perform with the Stetson University Chamber Orchestra at 7:30 at Elizabeth Hall Chapel
http://www.stetson.edu/music/calendar/october.php

 

Tuesday, 10/2

SAK Comedy Lab celebrates its 30th anniversary with SAKtoberfest the weeklong festival begins tonight at 9 with shows featuring alumni of the improv comedy lab. It culminates with an outdoor Saturday afternoon, with Toxic Audio and the original members of Sak perofrming the first audience participation show Romeo & Juliet
407.648.0001 or
www.sak.com

There’s an Opening Reception tonight from 5 to 7 for an exhibit of Islamic-themed mosaics by Katy Bergman. It’s at the Fine Arts Gallery at Seminole Community College. And at 7:30, there’s a Recital by SCC Faculty member, tenor David Whitehead
407-708-2040 or
http://www.scc-fl.edu/arts/2007-08arts-calendar.htm

There’s a children’s production of AESOPS FABLES tomorrow morning at the King Center it’s recommended for children in kindergarden thru 4th grade and showtimes are 10am and 11:45
Group Reservations (321) 433-5718 Single Tickets (321) 242- 2219 or
www.kingcenter.com

 

Wednesday, 10/3

The Orlando Poetry Troupe will present nature poetry tonight at Infusion Tea in College Park, and on Saturday at 10am as part of the First Baldwin Park Arts Festival
http://orlandopoetrytoupe.wetpaint.com

These plays close this weekend
COMEDY OF ERRORS at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
www.orlandoshakes.org
MOON OVER BUFFALO at the IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora -
http://icehousetheatre.com/
And PETER PAN at the Moonlight Warehouse Theatre in Clermont -
http://www.moonlightplayers.com/

Opening this weekend is UCF’s production of ROMANCE/ROMANCE performed by the graduate program in residence at Seaside Music Theatre it runs this weekend and next at the News Journal Center in Daytona Beach
www.ucftheatretickets.com, 407-823-1500 (UCF box office in Orlando) or 386-252-6200 (News-Journal Center box office)

 

Thursday, 10/4

There’s an opening reception tonight from 5 to 7 for the fall Municipal Fine Art Show in Lake Wales. This quarterly juried show is at the Municipal Building on Central Avenue
(863) 676-8426

Eighties street culture is the theme for tonight’s First Thursday event at the Orlando Museum of Art it’s from 6 to 9 and features urban art and graffiti
407-896-4231 or
www.omart.org

and these plays OPEN this weekend
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET a campy sci-fi spoof of Shakespeare’s The Tempest with rock and roll music it’s at Theatre Downtown
www.theatredowntown.net

Something’s Afoot at the Sands Theater Center in DeLand
386-736-7456 or
www.sandstheatercenter.com

and, Noel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit at the Heneger Center for the Arts in Melbourne
www.henegar.org

 

Friday, 10/5

The 1st Winter Garden Music Fest is tonight, tomorrow and Sunday in the historic downtown area
www.myspace.com/wintergardenmusicfest

The first Baldwin Park Arts Festival is Saturday from 10am to 5, with local artists, and entertainment by Orlando Ballet, the Philharmonic, and Orlando Opera
http://www.baldwinparkartsfestival.com/

The Fall Dance Festival at Daytona Beach Community College is Saturday night at 7:30
(386) 506-3042 or
http://dbcc.edu/

The first Orlando Philharmonic Focus Series concert is The Mozart Family Grand Tour - performances are Saturday at 7 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Oviedo, and Monday at 7 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center.
407-770-0071 or
www.orlandophil.org
407-365-3408 or
www.stlukes-oviedo.org

The Brevard Symphony opens the concert season with A Musical Kaleidoscope works by the full orchestra, as well as small ensembles and soloists. It’s Saturday night at 8 at the King Center, Melbourne
321-242-2219,
www.king.center.com or www.brevardsymphony.com