The Arts Connection - March 27, 2008

Learn more about Central Florida's arts community at The Red Chair Project, Central Florida's official guide to arts and culture.  Also, follow the link above for Cultural Links to many arts organizations and county arts councils.

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 The Florida Film Festival

The 17th Annual Florida Film Festival begins Friday and continues for 10 days around Central Florida. Sponsored by FullSail and presented by the Enzian, the festival will include film premiers, food and wine receptions, industry parties and special events in several locations, with many A-list celebrities in attendance. The 160 films comprising this year's Festival were chosen from approximately 1400 submissions and represent more than 20 countries. 

We will have an interview with UCF film professor Lisa Millsabout the documentaries included in this year's festival. She was one of the judges who chose the line-up, and she'll provide an in-depth look at the festival highlights, as we discuss the documentaries Intimidad, My Olympic Summer, Land of Confusion, and Grand Wheel.   

  Listen Online to Lisa's other recommendations:
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer; Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story; and Operation Filmmaker
Fish Kill Flea
The Frozen City and A Table in Heaven
Salim Baba
Wesley Willis's Joyrides

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Normal Rockwell Exhibit Symposium

The Orlando Museum of Art will host a special Norman Rockwell Symposium at the museum on Sunday from 1 to 4, offering the chance to delve deeper into the exhibition American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell. The Symposium will include guest speakers Professor William Foster and Dr. Kurt Young, as well as a tour of the exhibition with Jan Clanton, associate curator of adult programs. The symposium will address civil rights as seen in the works of Norman Rockwell, and is presented in partnership with the University of Central Florida Center for the Humanities. We will take a look at the Rockwell exhibit with the curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts. 

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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS

An Evening with Jack Kerouac and Jazz Poetry
David McElroy will present his 1-man play, An Evening with Jack Kerouac - The End of the Road - Saturday at the Holiday Inn Altamonte springs, beginning with lunch at 11am and the show at Noon.  Co-presented by the Kerouac Project in College Park, David Amram. and his jazz quartet will perform following the play, commemorating the 1957 first-ever jazz poetry concert with Kearouc and Amran.

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin at the Bach Festival
Enjoy the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin Friday night at 8pm and Saturday at 11am as part of the Fred Rogers Family Series; both concerts are a Rollins College.

The Orlando Repertory's I Never Saw Another Butterfly

The Orlando Repertory Theater will open I Never Saw Another Butterfly, by Celeste Raspanti, Friday night at 7:30. It tells the story of Irena Synkova, a woman who educated and inspired children in Terezin, a Holocaust camp. The performances will run through April 13.

The Orlando Gay Chorus's "Diva By Diva" concert

The Orlando Gay Chorus, a vital part of the Orlando arts community, has been performing locally, statewide, nationally and internationally for 17 seasons. This all-volunteer, non-profit arts organization will perform its next concert, "Diva by Diva," at the Plaza Theater this Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 4:30. 

UCF Guitar Series

The University of Central Florida continues its Guitar Series. The next performance will be Wednesday, April 2 at 8 in the UCF Music Rehearsal Hall, with classical guitar virtuoso, Remi Boucher.

 CASTING CALL -
Auditions and other artist opportunities can be found at the Arts & Cultural Alliance website.   Auditions are also listed on Elizabeth Maupin's blog, Attention Must Be Paid.  Elizabeth is the theatre critic for the Orlando Sentinel.