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, 3/17 Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins will give a lecture and reading tonight at 7:30 at Stetson University’s Elizabeth Hall Chapel The Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland is offering a walking tour and gallery talk tomorrow morning at 10:30 The Imperial Symphony Orchestra also in Lakeland will give a concert tomorrow night with works by Delibes, Samuel Barber and the Planets by Gustav Holst THESE ART EXHIBITS OPENED RECENTLY THE CLOSET couture fashion from renowned Central Florida philanthropist Harriet Lake is at The Mennello Museum of American Art The Space Between by Jeff League is at Millenia Fine Art the exhibit features works that mix photography with encaustic or wax techniques And 2 exhibits just opened at the Brevard Art Museum - Paintings by James Michaels and ceramic musical instruments by Brian Ransom AND THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO SEE
Tuesday, 3/18 The Valencia Character Company gives a world premiere tonight by South Florida playwright Michelle Rosenfarb her play, THE GATES OF CHOICE, won the college’s 16th Annual Florida Playwright Competition. It runs at Valencia’s East Campus theatre tonight through Saturday The Melbourne Chamber Music Society presents a concert by the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin tonight at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Indialantic. The orchestra will return to Central Florida to perform at the Bach Festival in Winter Park on March 28th and 29th www.bachfestivalflorida.org Camerata Ireland with pianist and conductor Barry Douglas will perform at the News Journal Center in Daytona tomorrow night, presented by the Daytona Beach International Festival And in Orlando, percussionist Jeff Moore will give a faculty recital at the UCF Music Rehearsal Hall, tomorrow night at 8
Wednesday, 3/19 Central Florida Folk presents an Invitational Open Mic, tonight at the Plaza Theatre from 7 to 9. It features several Florida singer/songwriters www.CFFolk.org There will be a presentation by photographer Carl DeKeyzer, tonight at 7 at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona. De Keyzer’s exploration of Siberian prison camps is at the museum thru May There will be a Poetry Reading & Book Signing by Rick Campbell tomorrow night at 7 at Arts on Douglas in New Smyrna Beach. He’s won several major poetry awards and teaches at Florida A&M Art Galleries in downtown Orlando will participate in the city’s 3rd Thursday event tomorrow night, including City Arts Factory, and galleries inside Orlando City Hall, the Grand Bohemian Hotel, and others
Thursday, 3/20 THESE PLAYS CLOSE THIS WEEKEND I HATE HAMLET at the Sands Theatre Center in DeLand and STELL MAGNOLIAS, presented by The Vine Theatre at the new Garden Theatre in Winter Garden The Grammy award winning vocalist STEVE TYRELL will perform this weekend in Melbourne, at the King Center Studio Theatre. The UCF Guitar Series opens tonight with a recital by faculty member Eladio Scharron. There are 4 concerts in the series the next will be March 25th Pianist Alpin Hong will perform at Rollins College tomorrow night at 8 And the 2nd concert in the Baraka World Music Series is tonight with Claudia Calderón, a master of Colombian Joropo Music. The concert starts at 8 at the Baraka Warehouse in Winter Park, a new art gallery where there is an exhibit of work by Kurdish artist Abdulhamid Abdalla, which runs through the end of the month
Friday, 3/21 Rollins Dance 22 is tonight and tomorrow night at the Annie Russell Theatre. The State Symphony of Russia will perform tonight at the Bob Carr, presented by the Festival of Orhcestras Violin superstar Joshua Bell will perform with the Orlando Philahrmonic tomorrow night at 8 Orlando Theatre Project presents the Central Florida premiere of DOUBT: A PARABLE. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play opens tonight at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center and Mad Cow Theatre presents the Central Florida Premiere of I HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY FROM RWANDA the play is based on the author’s experiences working with survivors of the Rwandan genocide
Saturday, 3/22 KENNY G comes to the King Center in Melbourne tonight www.kingcenter.com A Hannibal Square Portrait is a new exhibit at Crealde School of Art the Plein Aire Painting by Tom Sadler and His Students feature moments in time from Winter Park’s historic Hannibal Square The Classical World is a new exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona it features over 200 rare Greek and Roman antiquities and there are several films at the Orlando Science Center’s Cinedome. The giant screen films include Roar: Lions of the Kalahari , as well as THE ALPS and HURRICANE ON THE BAYO a look at New Orleans both pre and post Katrina
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