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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, 4/28

The Orlando Fringe Preview show is tonight from 7 to 10 at the Shakespeare Center, with a 3-minute sneak peek at 30 of this year’s shows.
http://orlandofringe.org

The Orange County Regional History Center will host the premieres of a new PBS documentary on the life of Zora Neale Hurston. It will be shown at the center Wednesday night starting with a reception at 6:30
www.thehistorycenter.org
www.pbs.org/zorasroots

The juried Student Exhibit at Seminole Community College closes tomorrow
www.scc-fl.edu/arts/2007-08arts-calendar.htm

and an exhibit of fiber art by Lauren Austin closes Wednesday at Harris House in New Smryna Beach
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org



Tuesday, 4/29

LYRA: THE RUSSIAN VOCAL ENSEMBLE OF ST. PETERSBURG performs tonight at 7:30 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in College Park.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/ajwsmmd/musdepframeset.htm
www.lyra-online.org/

Sak Comedy Lab has its own improv training school graduates of the school perform every Tuesday night at 9pm and the best of them perform Wednesday nights at 9
http://www.sak.com/

1st Thursdays at the Orlando Museum of Art is this Thursday from 6-9 the theme is Rock, Paper, Scissors: Art of Assemblage & Collage
http://omart.org

Enjoy outdoor sculpture in 2 locations in Polk County the winners of the 8th Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition can be seen in downtown Lakeland and Winter Haven.
http://polkmuseumofart.org/content/interior.asp?section=exhibitions&body=outdoorsculpture.htm

 

Wednesday, 4/30

The Florida Lakes Symphony will give 2 concerts in Lake County this week tomorrow night at St. Patrick Catholic Church of Mount Dora and Friday night at Montverde Academy www.lakecountyfl.gov/hometown_highlights/florida_lakes_symphony_orchestra.aspx

THE COUNTERFEITERS is playing at the Enzian Theatre in Maitland it won this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Also at the Enzian this Friday and Saturday is a 10th anniversary screening of FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.
http://enzian.org/

On the giant screen at the Orlando Science Center, you can see ROAR LIONS OF THE KALAHARI and THE ALPS
http://www.osc.org/InDash_Display.aspx?PGID=358

and The Orlando Museum of Art invites you and your children to drop in anytime between 2 and 3:30 each Thursday for CREATION STATION -- art projects for young children. The museum is open free of charge each Thursday afternoon for residents of Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake counties.
http://omart.org/edprograms/Family/ed.family.creationstation.html



Thursday, 5/1

THESE PLAYS CLOSE THIS WEEKEND

THE MIRACLE WORKER with the Bay Street Players in Eustis
www.baystreetplayers.org

CLUE THE MUSICAL, with the Moonlight Players in Clermont
www.MoonlightPlayers.com

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden it’s presented by Orlando Theatre Project
www.otp.cc
http://www.wgtheatre.org/

The Orlando Cabaret Festival opens tonight, with over 40 performances in 18 days. Headliners include Toxic Audio and The Broadway Boys, a New York-based vocal group whose members are veterans of several hit broadway musicals. The festival is at Mad Cow Theatre in downtown Orlando and runs through May 18.
www.orlandocabaret.com

and throughout the month of May, the Mount Dora Theatre Company presents 2 shows in repertory -- A Little Moonlight…Jacqueline Jones Celebrates Billie Holiday opens tonight and will alternate with Darlin Barry in Always…Patsy Cline. Showtimes are Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 2 at The IceHouse Theatre in Mount Dora.
www.icehousetheatre.com

 

Friday, 5/2

Tonight is Jazz Friday at the Brevard Art Museum in Melbourne it runs from 5:30 to 7:30 in with music by the Ron Pirtle Quartet in the galleries. It’s held on the 1st Friday of each month.
www.BrevardArtMuseum.org

There’s an Opening reception and gallery talk tonight at Crealde School of Art for THE ART OF TEA - Vincent Sansone curated this exhbit of ceramic teapots.
www.crealde.org

Enjoy a concert under the stars with the Imperial Symphony Orchestra it’s tomorrow night at Historic Bok Sanctuary.
http://www.imperialsymphony.org

and the Space Coast Flute Orchestra gives its annual spring concert this Sunday at 3 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Indialantic. The program includes the complete "L’Arlesienne Suite" by Bizet and a collection of Strauss waltzes, all performed on the standard flute and piccolo, as well as alto and bass flutes.
www.scfo.org

 

Saturday, 5/3

The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center in Maitland will mark Yom Hashaoh the annual commemoration of the holocaust with keynote speaker Dr. Gregg Rickman. It’s tomorrow starting at 4:00
http://holocaustedu.org/yomhashoah/index.htm

The Maitland Art Center is bringing its Fresh Art Stand to tomorrow’s Farmers Market in Maitland, from 10am to 2
www.maitlandartcenter.org

The Sands Theater Center in DeLand presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, opening tonight and running through May 24th
www.sandstheatercenter.com

and the Orlando Museum of Art is open 7 days a week this month to give you more opportunities to see the Norman Rockwell exhibit. The museum is open today until 5, tomorrow from 11am to 5 and Monday-Friday from 10 until 5.
http://omart.org

 

 

 

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