View Article  Smack Down in the Square

 

 

The Doctors take on The Lawyers in Dexter's 2nd Annual Battle of the Bands this Saturday.   Who will prevail? Come find out at the Hannibal Square Street Party, November 15, 4 - 10 p.m.

View Article  Crealde Holiday Art Sale

 

If you are looking to get your holiday shopping out of the way, then come to Crealde this weekend for the Crealde Holiday Art Sale.

 

The Crealde faculty will be selling a selection of personal paintings, drawings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture and more!

 

 

The sale begins this weekend, November 15 - 16. 

 

View Article  Classic Accordionist Comes to Maitland Art Center

 

The Maitland Art Center and the Consulate of Mexico in Orlando are proud to announce the special presentation and free concert of classic accordionist Antonio Barberena. 

 

 

His music is well known in Mexico City. He has performed with the Opera Orchestra of Bellas Artes and as a soloist with the Classical Orchestra of Mexico. 

 

The free concert is Sunday, November 16, 6 p.m. in the Maitland Art Center's Mayan Courtyard. 

For information or directions to the Maitland Art Center call 407.539.2181 or visit this website.

 

 

 

View Article  Forget dinner and movie...it's picnic and jazz night!

 

Pack your picnic basket and blanket for an evening of music and romance in Orlando’s most beautiful garden. 

It's the Leu Gardens' annual Jazz Stroll Satuday, November 15, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

 

Candlelit paths will illuminate under a starry Florida sky to some of Central Florida's best jazz and blues musicians: Dr. Otto Gomez Group, Saxophonist Erly Thornton and Matt "the saxman" with Cornucopia.

 

Tickets cost $17.00. Purchase tickets by phone 407-246-2620.

 

 

 

View Article  Mark Miller Gallery announces New Curator

Deltona Arts & Historical Center proudly announces the appointment of Kathleen Steinis as curator of their Mark Miller Gallery.

 

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Mrs. Steinis' sculpture was exhibited in Lever House Museum, New York.

 

One of her achievements as a curator includes bringing an exhibit by internationally renowned Chinese artist “Sophia” to Volusia County, Mark Miller Gallery.

 

Steinis is also the Children's Art Class Instructor at Deltona Arts & Historical Center.

 

For more information click HERE

 

 

 

View Article  A NUTCRACKER TEA PARTY!

You're cordially invited to join the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Nutcracker friends for the 1st annual Sweet Tea Party, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 2:00 p.m at Suntree Country Club.

 

It will be a delightful way to spend a family-friendly afternoon, complete with an array of tea, sweets, Nutcracker characters, photos with Santa, and a preview performance of Brevard Ballet Theatre's "The American Nutcracker."

 

Don't be late for this VERY important date!

 

 Tickets cost $20.00 and proceeds benefit Brevard Ballet Theatre, a non-profit organization with 501(c)3 pending.

 

For tickets call the Brevard Ballet Theatre office at 321-634-5466 or email info@brevardballettheatre.org.

 

For more information visit www.BrevardBalletTheatre.org.

 

 
View Article  Artsy Happy Hour tomorrow at Taste in College Park

The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Central Florida has been sponsoring these "get –togethers" every month and it really is a great way for the arts community to gather and just talk about … well everything!

Autumn Shaeffer, executive director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Central Florida will be there of course; this one is going to be held at the College Park restaurant Taste (717 W. Smith Street) Wednesday November 12th and the party kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with plenty of wine and tapas that are sure to inspire your conversations.

For more information on Taste visit www.tastecp.com or for the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Central Florida visit: www.artsandculturalalliance.org

View Article  Anti*Pop Music Festival is coming to town ...

This will be the 4th year that the Anti*Pop Music Festival will celebrate good music in downtown Orlando. It’s a 4-day concert starting Thursday night November 13th. Indie bands from all over the nation will flood downtown Orlando playing at venues including, The Social, The Plaza Theater, Club Firestone, Will’s Pub, AKA Lounge, and more!

 

This festival is really getting big and there are too many bands to list so check out the website:

http://www.myspace.com/antipopmusicfest Here you can check out the latest updates, listen to the artists who will be performing, check out music videos and buy your tickets to the festival.

 

Everything you need to know about the Anti*Pop Music Festival is at:  http://www.myspace.com/antipopmusicfest

View Article  Artist of the Month

 

Emily Neale Doyle, a local fine art photographer is The Museum Shop’s Florida Artist of the Month at the Orlando Museum of Art.

 

What does this mean? Well the Orlando Museum of Art offers this great opportunity to Florida artists to help them with exposure. At each 1st Thursday the program selects two candidates and after review they are invited to participate in the program where their work is displayed in the Museum Shop with everything available for purchase.

 

This month’s artist, Emily Neale Doyle, has a lot to say with this collection showing over 20 images inspired from her favorite themes of architectural, travel, and nature photography.

 

Take a look for yourself!

 

 


                                                                                                                                                    Abstract Beach

 

                                                                                               Moon Over Clearwater

 

                                                                                                                              Orchid Three

 

If you want more information on Emily Neale Doyle, visit her website: www.endphotography.com

 

And you can always find out more about the Orlando Museum of Art at www.omart.org

View Article  Gallery at Avalon Island showcases

Gallery at Avalon Island presents “Return to Forever;” paintings and drawings of Edson Campos and Kathleen Brodeur on display until Friday, December 12, 2008.

 

‘Return to Forever’ will showcase their individual works as collaboration pieces inspired by stained glass works of Louis Comfort Tiffany. 

 

The opening reception is Thursday, November 20, from 6-10 p.m.

 

For more information on the artists, call (407)310-2317 or visit online at

 

www.GalleryatAvalonIsland.com

www.edsoncampos.com

www.kathleenbrodeurfineart.com

 

View Article  NY TIMES best-selling author takes the stage at Embry-Riddle

The Honors Program Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes prolific author, historian and activist Pete Earley to the podium, Monday, November 10, 7.p.m. 

 

 

 

Earley will take you ‘Inside the Mind of a Traitor’ for a look at how espionage threatens the United States today. A former Washington Post reporter and New York Times best-selling author, historian, and activist, Early has spent hundreds of hours interviewing notorious U.S. spies.

 

Let him take you ‘Inside the Mind of a Traitor’ November 10, 7.p.m. in Embry-Riddle’s Gale Lemerand Auditorium, Willie Miller Instructional Center.

 

For more information click here

View Article  All Nunsense here...

Come One, Come All! If you haven't seen a Nunsense show yet, you will love the hilarious antics these 'sisters' bring to the stage in NUNCRACKERS: A Nunsense Christmas Musical!

 

 

Opening night is Friday, November 7, 7:30 p.m. at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center.  

 

Buy One Ticket, Get Another 50% Off!

 

Call the Box Office Now at 407-321-8111 and have a nothing but Nunsense time!

View Article  2008 Orlando Film Festival

The 2008 Orlando Film Festival kicks off tonight Wednesday November 5th with the VIP preview party. Don’t worry if you weren’t invited to this one there are many more to come that are free and open to the public. For a complete list of all the parties and promotions click here.

But the real point of this festival is the films. The Orlando Film Festival team has worked very hard to provide a totally FREE festival, that’s right all the screenings are free and open to the public. This way you can’t make any excuses to not make it. And there are some really great world/Florida premiers that are going to be right here in Orlando.

 

Coutring Condi - November 6th at 7 p.m. in the Gallery at Avalon Island

 

This Man's Life - November 8th at 2 p.m. at the City Arts Factory

 

 

And don’t forget about all the opportunities to meet the filmmakers. There are plenty of Q & A Sessions after the screenings. Click here for the complete schedule.

 

If you want to find out more about the Orlando Film Festival, and you do!, visit the website www.orlandofilmfest.com.

 

And we have to give special congratulations to the local crew of This Man's Life, especially our very own editor Phil Tripoli! Congratulations! If you would like to find out more about the film This Man's Life click here.

 

 

View Article  Inspire your ears as well as your eyes …

 

This Friday night, November 7th, why not chill with the Brevard Art Museum with Jazz Friday.

 

Starting at 5:30 p.m. local favorite Don Soledad & World Element will be performing live in the galleries so that you can enjoy the exhibits along with great local music.

 

This will be one of your last chances to get out and view the fall exhibits including, Family Ties: Three Generations by Judy Gelles and Opinions: Political Cartoons by Pat Oliphant, Doug MzcGregor, and Don Adams. Both of these exhibits close November 9th.

 

Jazz Friday is a part of the Eau Gallie District’s “First Friday” so once you’ve toured the museum you can step right out and stroll through the shops and galleries that stay open late.

 

The Brevard Art Museum Jazz Friday event is free for members and just $10 for non-members.

 

For more information visit the website: www.brevardartmuseum.org

View Article  The Florida chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) returns to SCC

 

Thursday November 6th through Saturday November 8th over 350 choral musicians will gather at the Sanford/Lake Mary campus of Seminole Community College for a 3-day conference that brings the best in the state together.

 

This annual fall conference provides the opportunity for choral musicians to come together and learn from best in the choral field through workshops, clinics, performances and networking.

 

The American Choral Directors Association hosts this annual events all over Florida but according to Dr. Burt Perinchief, who was SCC’s Director of Choral Activities for 30 years and a co-founding member of the Florida Chapter of the (ACDA) they feel SCC is the most popular location due to its concert hall. Dr. Burt Perinchief, will be hosting a seminar on music reading, “Gems from the Classics” this weekend.

 

To find out more about the music program at SCC visit www.scc-fl.edu/arts/music, or call 407.708.2039.

 

Or if you want to know more about the (ACDA) visit: www.flacda.org

View Article  Would you like some cheese with your wine?

 

 

Indulge your taste buds at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater Wine Tasting, November 13 from 6 – 8 p.m at Total Wine & More (located near Colonial Plaza Mall.)

 

 

 

The private event will feature wine, spirits, and beer stations in addition to tasty appetizers and food demonstration.

 

Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased here or email

joann@cosmeticpromotions.com.

View Article  The Doobie Brothers will be "Taking it to the Streets" of Daytona!

 

"Listen to the Music" of The Doobie Brothers at the Daytona Beach Peabody Auditorium.  The American rock group will bring their greatest hits to the stage Sunday, November 16; 7:30 p.m.

 

The Doobie Brothers have sold more than 50 million records worldwide, and have earned multiple grammy awards, 27 chart singles, 16 top 40 hits, 11 multiplatinum albums, 13 Gold albums and The Diamond Award. 

 

Purchase tickets online at www.Ticketmaster.com, Charge-by-Phone 407-839-3900.  For more information call (386) 671-3462 or visit online at www.PeabodyAuditorium.org.  

View Article  Sketch Comedy at Stardust Video and Coffee

If you are in the mood for some sketch comedy, try this event on!

 

 

Saturday November 1st at 9 p.m. you can find ‘Night of the Nightwolf’ presenting a night of sketch comedy that is sure to fulfill your post-Halloween cravings.

 

This multimedia event will take place at Stardust Video and Coffee in Winter Park and will include sound, light, music, armature surgery, and of course humor!

 

So check out the website for more details notnw.com or for Stardust Video and Coffee visit www.myspace.com/stardustvideoandcoffee

View Article  A few ideas for Halloween!

Here are a few ideas for Halloween tonight!

 

Mount Dora Ghost Walk

Wander the spooky streets, back alleys and buildings of Old Mount Dora on a lantern led narrated ghost walk. You’ll hear the tales and legends of Mount Dora told from eye witnesses of these eerie happenings. Visit www.hauntedmountdora.synthasite.com for more information.

 

Little Shop of Horrors at the Plaza Theatre

Step into Skid Row at the Plaza Theatre tonight for Gramercy Theatre’s performance of Little Shop of Horrors. Featuring a 10 foot tall man eating plant! They even had to extend the show one more weekend due to the popularity! Visit www.theplazatheatre.com for more information.

 

Psycho playing at the Garden Theatre

Tonight the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden will be playing the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho at 10:30 p.m. Visit www.wgtheatre.com for more information.

 

The Passion of Dracula at the Melbourne Civic Theatre

Spend your night with Dracula at the Melbourne Civic Theatre with the performance The Passion of Dracula. It’s a classic Dracula tale set in 1911 England and is sure to spook up your Halloween. Visit www.mymct.org for more information.

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

View Article  Seaside Music Theater shuts the doors for the last time ...

The Board of Directors announced Thursday that Seaside Music Theater, Inc. is permanently closing its doors!

 

Since the death of its founder, Tippen Davidson, SMT has struggled financially, due to litigation with the Daytona News-Journal Corporation and its minority stock holder Cox newspapers.

 

There were several attempts this past summer to re-fuel the sinking theater with fundraising concerts, plus talks with Daytona State College to take over the theater but they all proved to be unproductive.

 

Over the past several months the staff has been the similar to a David Copperfield show, a disappearing act, desperately trying to salvage this 32-year-old institution and staple to the Daytona community.

 

One of the major issues that came to light earlier this year was the frustrated ticket holders who found themselves out of money and out of the entertainment that they have looked forward to the last 32-years. According to the press release, this is the primary focus, “Our first responsibility is to those community members who purchased tickets for the '08 summer season.  We felt this was the best way to see that their money was returned to them," said Tara Bryan, the Chairman of SMT's Board of Directors.”

 

If you do have any business related to the theater you should contact Mike Phelan, Moecker & Associates, 6861 SW 196th Ave., Suite 201-204, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33332, (954) 252-1560.

 

Earlier this year we did a feature on the status of the Seaside Music Theater, if you would like to take a look click here.