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

Monday, 1/7

There’s an Opening Reception & Gallery Talk tomorrow from 5 to 7 for a new exhibit at Seminole Community College the artists are Victoria Nanos and Anita Flejter
http://www.scc-fl.edu/arts/art/exhibition.htm

Larry Unger & Eden MacAdam Somer will play music ranging from Celtic and Jazz to Old-time folk this Thursday night at the Lakeside Music Room reservations are required for this House Concert see the Arts Minute page of wmfe.org/artsconnection for details
Reservations Required: (863) 293-1510

And this is the final week to see these exhibits

HOLIDAYS AT THE WATERHOUSE at the historic Waterhouse Residence in Maitland
www.maitlandhistory.org

LIQUID THOUGHTS watercolors by John Carollo at The Office Gallery & Art Studio
www.TheOfficeGalllery.com

and FEMINATI IV at CityArts Factory in downtown Orlando
www.cityartsfactory.com

 

Tuesday, 1/8

BLAST is the Tony-award-winning theatrical celebration of drum & bugle corps it comes to The Peabody Auditorium tomorrow night
www.BroadwayinDaytonaBeach.com

A lecture about Iranian photographer and filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami is tommorow night at 7 at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona
www.smponline.org

The Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra presents a Centennial Celebration of composer Leroy Anderson this week - the Lake County based group will perform Thursday at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Mount Dora and Friday at Montverde Academy
www.lakecountyfl.gov/hometown_highlights/florida_lakes_symphony_orchestra.aspx

and there are public performances of Orlando Opera’s touring family presentation of PIRATES it’s this Friday at 10am and 2pm at the Dr. Phillips Center on North Orange Avenue
www.orlandoopera.org

 
Wednesday, 1/9

AS YOU LIKE IT opens tonight at The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
www.orlandoshakes.org

The Swingtime Jazz Band gives a concert tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Melbourne Auditorium
321-635-2050

BOWFIRE comes to the King Center in Melbourne, tomorrow night at 8, with string music in many styles, including bluegrass, Celtic, and rock
www.kingcenter.com

The Fisk Jubilee Singers from Nashville will perform this Friday night as part of Seminole Community College’s Heritage Jubilee, celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
http://www.scc-fl.edu/crm/article.php?newsid=873

and, The Lake Wales Arts Center presents "Flute on Fire" featuring Jose’ Valentino and his Latin Band, tomorrow night at 7:30
http://www.josevalentino.com/index.html

 

Thursday, 1/10

An Evening with William Bartram with actor JD Sutton can be seen tomorrow night at Historic Bok Sanctuary in Lake Wales
www.boksanctuary.org/event.html

The Melbourne Chamber Music Society presents the Guarneri String Quartet, tomorrow at 8 at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Indialantic
www.MelbourneChamberMusicSociety.com

And these plays open this weekend

THE SUGAR BEAN SISTERS opens tonight at Theatre Winter Haven
http://www.theatrewinterhaven.com/season38/Sugarbeansisters.asp

GUYS AND DOLLS opens tomorrow with The Moonlight Players in Clermont
www.MoonlightPlayers.com

and HOT BED HOTEL, a farce by Michael Park, also opens tomorrow at the Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach
www.NsbPlayers.org

 

Friday, 1/11

The George & Ira Gershwin musical, Crazy For You, opens tonight at the IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora
http://icehousetheatre.com

Also opening this weekend is --

THE LAST TOUCHY FEELY DRAMA ON THE AMERICAN STAGE at Melbourne Civic Theatre
www.mymct.org

MAN OF LA MANCHA at Surfside Playhouse in Cocoa Beach
www.surfsideplayers.com

Nunsense at the Hennegar Center for the Arts in Melbourne
www.henegar.org

and THE ROCK AND THE RABBI returns to the Plaza Theatre in Orlando with performances tonight at 8:30 and tomorrow at 2 and 8:30
http://theplazatheatre.com/



Saturday, 1/12

There’s a Reception tonight for the 58th Anniversary Fine Arts Exhibition at the Ridge Art Association in Winter Haven. This juried show runs through the end of the month
www.ridgeart.org

The 18th Starry, Starry Night gallery walk in Ormond Beach is tomorrow night from 6 to 8pm, along Granada Boulevard there will be art exhibitions, entertainment and refreshments at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, the Casements Cultural Center, the Metropolitan Gallery, and the Ormond Beach Historic Trust
The new exhibit at the Ormond Art Museum features work by Orlando artist Karen Carasik and Brian Taylor of Georgia.
www.ormondartmuseum.org

Other art exhibits that opened this week include

Art International at the Comma Gallery in Orlando
www.commagallery.com

An exhibit by Thomas Brooks and David Price at Polk Community College
http://www.polk.edu/

and Winter Park artist Carol Bechtel has a new exhibit at the Maitland Art Center.
www.maitlandartcenter.org