This Week In Art: Recent Episodes
Creative City Project
New experiences shape our reality. Let yourself connect with new people in Orlando this week.
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This Saturday, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts hosts PechaKucha Night Orlando v28. See a wide variety of presenters have 20 slides and get 20 sceonds to explain each of them.
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Also this Saturday, the Orlando Book Festival happens at Orange County Library System (FL), including panels, writing workshops, book signings, and more from bestselling authors from all over the country.
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Saturday & Sunday, Harry P. Leu Gardens is having their Leu Gardens’ Annual Spring Plant Sale. Over 50 growers and vendors are selling a variety of plants and outdoor accessories.
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This week is your last chance to experience From Here, an original musical by Orlando's Donald Rupe, at Central Florida Community Arts.
Orlando is so much more than a city for tourists. We're a city for ARTISTS! Connect with Orlando's artistic institutions 'This Week In Art'.
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Friday & Saturday, UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival Concert I, an amazing weekend of jazz currated by UCF professor Jeff Rupert, takes place at the UCF campus.
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Emotions Dance Inc. uses contemporary dance to tell personal stories of courage and perseverance at 'Untold Stories' this Friday & Saturday at Orlando Shakes.
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Opening Friday at Garden Theatre, see the epic Ben Hur like never before ... as a comedy. Struggling actors rehearse the grand tale of the fictional Jewish prince and merchant, offstage rivalries and romances interfere with their chariot races and sea battles.
Get out and experience your city!
Orlando, experience three classics like never before happening 'This Week In Art'.
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Opening Wednesday, Orlando Shakes hosts the classic adventure, The Three Musketeers, running through March 22.
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Friday, lOrlando Ballet Company and School starts their run of the Disney classic Cinderella presented by the Orlando Ballet, running through Sunday.
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This Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs 'Hansel & Gretel' as part of their Symphony Storytime Series at The Plaza Live series.
You've know them all. Now get out and experience a new take on these classics.
Connect with Orlando and its many creative communities. We're here to share just a few of the events happening "This Week In Art"
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Friday & Sunday, Opera Orlando takes you into a western in real saloon at The Girl of the Golden West. Specialty cocktails, appetizers, and desserts will add to the evening with cash bars also available.
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Tuesday, jazz-funk-R&B fusion ensemble The Conglomerate returns to Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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Wednesday, Orlando Story Club tells stories of sleepless nights at OSC: Past Our Bedtime at The Abbey.
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Friday & FREE, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park hear world-class organist Stefan Kiessling, organ.
Get out and see your city and all its creativity this week
Whether you're into art, theater, or orchestra, there's something happening for you this week in Orlando!
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Saturay is Free! Family Day at Orlando Museum of Art.
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Saturday, Orlando Repertory Theatre opens Anne of Green Gables, a play about an orphan girl and her new family living on a farm.
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Saturday & Sunday, revel in the art of over 300 artists at the 45th annual Mount Dora Arts Festival.
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Saturday at Bob Carr Theater, see the world premiere of 'A Fiddle Concerto'.
Go experience something amazing!
We live in an a vibrant city full of creativity. Experience at least one, if not more, of these wonderful events happening 'This Week In Art'.
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Explore the west with a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers led by one-armed Captain John Wesley Powell as they set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. An all female cast of 'Men On Boats' opens Thursday at Mad Cow Theatre and runs through Feb 9.
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Beginning Saturday, ZORA! Festival 2020 celebrates the life of Zora Neal Hurston with public talks, museum exhibitions, theatrical productions, arts education programming, and a 3-day Outdoor Festival of the Arts.
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Thursday, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park hosts Insights & Sounds: The Greatest Composers You've Never Heard Of. Experience compsoers whose talent has escaped notice in modern times.
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This Friday, Garden Theatre opens 'Violet', a folk musical about a woman's cross-country journey to find healing.
It's a beautfiul week in Central Florida. Get out and see your city!
Orlando is buzzing this week with theater, orchestra, and robots(?). Experience all our city has to give before the robot apocolypse.
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Running Friday through Monday, Otronicon allows you to walk on the cutting edge through state-of-the-art gaming and simulation technologies, including military and medical simulators not typically available to the public.
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Friday, Central Florida Community Arts opens 'The Lion In Winter'. Typical family squabbles can’t compare to those of the English monarchy gathering for the holidays, especially with the king’s three sons all vying for the throne.
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Wednesday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra debuts Resonate at The Plaza Live. You will hear the music of Mozart, paired with works by visionary composers of today.
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Saturday, Orlando Repertory Theatre presents Pip-Squeak: An Anti-Bullying Magic Show 2020. Because of his small size as a child, Tony was bullied in the cafeteria, in the gymnasium, on the playground, and generally anywhere there were no adults present. Now using comedy, amazing magic tricks, juggling, and a coat-rack loaded with costumes, Tony gently and humorously teaches children how to cope with being bullied.
Get out and try something new. 😄
Orlando's theater scene is one of the most prominent in the country. This week, we explore 20+ plays happening around the city. No matter what you're into, there's something for everyone to connect to.
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Starting Thursday, enjoy the best of Orlando Fringe at Orlando Fringe Winter Mini-Fest. 22 wildly different plays stretching across genres until Sunday.
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Saturday, Crealdé School of Art hosts the 9th annual Night Of Fire, featuring a variety of art created in-part with fire.
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Becoming Dr. Ruth opens this Wednesday at Orlando Shakes. The play is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth”, Americaʼs most famous sex therapist.
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An extension of 2019's sold out performances, Theater On The Edge presents 'TALK RADIO'.
Get out and see something amazing this week!
2020 is upon us. The question is ... What are you doing for New Years Eve?
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Bring in the new decade at Wall St. Plaza where one ticket gets you into eight venues.
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180 Skytop Lounge are hosting a classy NYE party.
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Over in Winter Park, The Alfond Inn is hosting a live band.
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Enjoy a block party in the Thornton Park District.
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For the kids, Orlando Science Center is hosting Rawr-in' Noon Year’s Eve! during the day.
As we close out this decade, we want to thank YOU, Orlando, for another incredible year. We foresee the city growing a lot next decade and we can't wait to experience it together. See you 2020! 🥂🌐
We don't often remember individual Christmases. It's the Christmas traditions that make the holidays so magical. Start a new tradition this year with one of these Orlando events happening this week!
Friday through Sunday, Opera Orlando presents All is Calm, a poignant and moving musical set during World War I at the Western Front, Christmas 1914.
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Phantasmagoria's "A Christmas Carol" - Orlando Performances opens this Friday and runs through Monday at Orlando Shakes.
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This week is 3rd Thursday Orlando in the Downtown Arts District. There's open galleries all along the streets.
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Saturday, The 502s host their Christmas Special at the Timucua Arts Foundation.
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Sunday, The Buzzcatz Holly Jolly Christmas Show is a Christmas matinee happening at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
Orlando's arts communities are definitely feeling the Christmas cheer. Are you? Get in the spirit by connecting with your city. It's "This Week In Art".
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Friday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, see a holiday classic, The Nutcracker, presented by Orlando Ballet, running through December 23.
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Thursday through Saturday, Central Florida Community Arts hosts Tis the Season! A Holiday Extravaganza. Experience the powerful 300 voice community choir, rockin' musicians of the symphony orchestra, as well as the high-kicking, spectacular members of the CFCArts Dance Company for what has become one of Central Florida's most celebrated holiday traditions!
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Wednesday, enjoy live storytelling at Orlando Story Club: Homecoming at Downtown Arts District Orlando. Anyone with a story can put their name in the hat for a chance to share.
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Hear Christmas classics performed by Bach Festival Society of Winter Park this Saturday and Sunday at Knowles Memorial Chapel.
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Sunday, Orlando's inclusive dance troupe, Chance 2 Dance, hosts The Nutcracker Reimagined: An Inclusive Retelling of a Classic.
Start your week by planning to experience all that Orlando's creative communities have to offer. It's 'This Week In Art'.
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This Friday, the 2019 Tree Lighting Celebration takes place at Lake Eola. Enjoy the annual lighting of the tree, The Daily City's Food Truck Bazaar, and a performance from the Orlando Concert Band.
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Wednesday, Mad Cow Theatre opens The Spitfire Grill, a musical about a restaurant raffled-off and love that sprouts out of this contest.
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Also opening Wednesday, experience the sequel to 'Pride & Prejudice' Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Orlando Shakes.
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Friday, Harry P. Leu Gardens hosts their monthly Movie Night featuring 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
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Sunday, kick-off the holiday season as Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras hosts FSYO's Miracle at Mead Garden.
Get out and experience your city.
Orlando is booming with arts and culture just waiting for you to join in. Don't miss your opporutinty to connect with your city "This Week In Art".
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This Saturday & Sunday, come celebrate the many cultures that call Orlando home at FusionFest 2019. There will be food, dance, music, fashion, film, and spoken word from all over the world.
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Monday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents Bach & Beyond. Explore the world and music of South America as in demand soloist Bridget Kibbey, performs a World Premiere harp concerto by Brazilian composer João Luiz Rezende.
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Experience some jazz from Jeff Rupert Quartet Wednesday at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents 'Home For The Holidays'. Albert George Schram leads a musical celebration like no other featuring the Holiday Singers and Opera Orlando Youth Chorus, in familiar classics and new surprises.
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The 9th annual Orlando Pottery Festival is this Saturday and Sunday at the Florida Army National Guard Armory.
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Sunday, Messiah Choral Society hosts their 47th Annual Performance at Bob Carr Performing Arts Center.
It's finally cooling off outside and your Orlando is more alive than ever. Connect with your fellow art lovers at one or more of the followig events happening "This Week In Art".
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Friday, jump into the holiday spirit with Central Florida Community Arts at A Christmas Story, running through December 15.
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Enjoy another Christmas classic as Garden Theatre hosts A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas, opening Friday and running through December 22.
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Monday at CityArts, The In-Between Series: Afro-Puerto Rican Rhythms celebrates the musical style with a little bit of history, demonstration of the rhythms and dance, and applications in modern music.
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Wednesday & Thursday, Winter Park Playhouse presents the latest in their "Spotlight Cabaret" series with Opera Orlando's Gabriel Preisser. This event is sold out, but some standing room tickets remain, and they have a wait list for seating.
You don't have to live a life disconnected from your community. Orlando is full of creatvitiy and events waiting for you. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art".
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This Saturday, enjoy an evening of jazz, R&B, rock, and more all along Edgewater Drive at College Park JazzFest 2019.
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Experience "The Greatest Show (& Tell) On Earth" this weekend at Maker Faire Orlando 2019. There will be more than 300 exhibits highlighting technology, sceince, robots, & all things creativity.
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Playing Friday through Sunday, Mister Rogers: The Musician shares the musical side of our childhood friend and Rollins College alumni with special guest musicians and a capella group Voctave.
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Friday at Fierce Entertainment Studios in Fashion Square Mall, OIFW Style Night Out - Sip, Mix, Mingle, Party is a night of makeup, fashion, hair and more!
Get out and do something new.
Experience Orlando's thriving arts communities this week. Don't be ... scared to do something new! 🎃
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Opening on Halloween, Orlando Ballet's Vampire's Ball is a riotous tale of two vampires, told through exquisite dance as only Orlando Ballet can.
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Opening Friday, Opera Orlando & Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra present 'The Marraige Of Figaro' where a blissful day to remember is quickly overrun by a perfect storm of scheming, confusion, and hilarity.
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Tuesday, Orlando Lutheran Towers hosts Spooktacular, an organ concerto in the spirit of Halloween.
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This weekend, enjoy over 300 artists and crafters and 50 food vendors and trucks at Fall Fiesta in the Park Presented By Your Local Ford Dealers.
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Sunday, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras's Jazz Ensemble performs at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts (FSYO’s Jazz Orchestra - Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts).
Connect with your Orlando arts communities and live a more creative life. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art".
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This Saturday & Sunday, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park presents Haydn's "The Creation", described as the “chaos” of a non-existent world, the bliss of Adam and Eve, and the humor of a creeping lowly worm.
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Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents Beethoven's 5th, Rei Hotoda, leads your Orlando Philharmonic in the most iconic piece in all of classical music.
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Friday & Saturday, Central Florida Community Arts performs A Hero’s Journey. Place yourself in the center of the story as we reflect on what it means, how it sounds, and how it feels to be a hero.
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Starting Saturday, Orlando Shakes opens Miss Nelson is Missing!, a musical about a classroom in peril after their teacher goes missing, running through November 16.
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Starting Wednesday, Mad Cow Theatre opens Boesman and Lena. The human need for kindness, hope, and compassion is on display during a particularly violent era of governmental racism and suppression, running through November 17.
Don't forget, IMMERSE's The Worlds Of CORKCICLE & Architects Of Air are open all this week. Get your ticket at creativecityproject.com/corkcicle2019
Orlando is full of artists doing cool stuff. Join the community. Here's what's going on 'This Week In Art'.
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Wednesday, Orlando Shakes opens the classic Macbeth, running through November 24.
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Friday, a two-part Halloween event at Harry P. Leu Gardens. Haunting Tales starts with family-friendly stories then, after intermission, continues with wicked, hair-raising tales.
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All this week at Enzian Theater, the South Asian Film Festival celebrates the Eastern culture with five selected films.
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Opening Friday, Orlando Repertory Theatre hosts How I Became A Pirate, a pirate-themed musical, running through November 10.
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Also opening Friday, Central Florida Community Arts hosts the thrilling musical Sweeney Todd about a barber turned serial killer.
Do something this week! And don't forget Immerse 2019, October 18 & 19.
Cities shouldn’t be defined by theme parks. They should be defined by artists. Get out and enjoy one of the many events happening this week in Orlando's arts communities.
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Wednesday, jump into the scary spirit with Orlando Story Club: Spooked! at The Abbey.
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Thursday, (talented or not) sing your heart out when Opera del Sol & Central Florida Vocal Arts present Celebrity Lip Sync Battle & Fundraising Event! also at The Abbey.
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You have two weeks left to see Mad Cow Theatre's rendition of the literary classic, Pride and Prejudice.
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Friday, Harry P. Leu Gardens hosts Movie Night, featuring the psychological horror film 'The Others'.
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Friday & Saturday, celebrate Latinx culture at ARTE BAJO La Sombrilla, a music, art, dance, and food festival at Center for Fine and Performing Arts at Seminole State College.
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Saturday, celebrate the Woodstock 50th Anniversary with Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra as they remember legends like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Santana, Janis Joplin, The Who, and so many more.
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Sunday, enjoy four classical orchestras at Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras's 63rd Season Opener.
Get out and do something new.
The chill of a thrilling play. The sound of a saxophone. The sweet taste of orange juice. All happening 'This Week In Art'. Get out experience the real Orlando.
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Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra starts their season with Opening Night with Branford and Boléro. See America’s most acclaimed saxophonist, Branford Marsalis, joins the orchestra for an unforgettable performance.
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Wednesday, Jeff Rupert plays Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts. Jeff is a Yamaha performing artist, record producer, recording artist, freelance tenor saxophonist, full-time professor, and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
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Also Wednesday, Timucua Arts Foundation hosts Dones and Devlin’s Millenia. This saxophone duo is known for both their masterful musicianship and their engaging personalities.
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Get a taste of Orlando's citrus industry at Citrus Pop! A Celebration of All Things Sweet, Fresh, & Juicy opening Friday at Art & History Museums - Maitland.
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Friday, get ready for this annual event to go gold. It's La Maschera goes Royal at The Abbey. Live Entertainment by Midnight Mayhem, dancing, silent auction, gourmet food and more!
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The Humans opens Friday at Annie Russell Theatre and runs through. The play is at once a witty domestic comedy, intense family drama, and goose-pimply thriller.
Start your week by planning to experience all that Orlando's creative communities have to offer. It's 'This Week In Art'.
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This Friday, Winter Park Playhouse opens 'Desperate Measures', a musical-comedy-gone-wrong, featuring a nun, a sheriff, a saloon girl, and all the hijinx that insue.
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Stop by Enzian Theater all week for the Global Peace Film Festival.
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Saturday is the CFLSketch - 2019 Central Florida Sketch Comedy Festival, featuring morning workshops and an evening of comedy.
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Saturday at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts, Carol Stein Band are performing a variety of musical genres from jazz to classical or musicals and cabarets to pub songs.
And don't forget, we're one month from Immerse 2019 in Downtown Orlando!
Are you ready to live a life of creativity? Then check out what's happening 'This Week In Art'.
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Orlando Repertory Theatre presents Tuck Everlasting, a story about adventure, starting Saturday and running through the end of the month.
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This Friday, Snap! Orlando Downtown opens their 2019 Florida Showcase with a party featuring cocktails, music, and, of course, Florida art.
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Friday through Sunday, Opera Orlando presents '6 of VIII : The 6 wives of Henry VIII'.
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Enjoy an evening of dance at A Magi Temple Belly Dance School for Hafla Celebrating 30 Year Belly Dance Orlando Anniversary.
We're here to connect you with Orlando's creative communities. It's 'This Week In Art'.
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Wednesday, Orlando Shakes opens 'Evita'. Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony Award-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as the wife of military leader-turned-president Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America. It runs through October.
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Tuesday, Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Floridaopens 'Let Me Be Myself', an exhibit covering the life of Anne Frank.
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Friday is Movie Night at Harry P. Leu Gardens. This month they're showing 'Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom'.
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Saturday & Sunday, Orlando Science Center opens Bubble Bash! Love Mess Fest at Orlando Science Center? Then you’ll love the squeaky clean sister event.
Get out and do something new!
Connecting you with Orlando's many cultural scenes, it's 'This Week In Art'.
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Tuesday, Enzian Theater shows Wes Anderson's second film at Cult Classics: Rushmore.
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Head over to Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts for some free jazz. It's Thursday Night Hang: Eddie Marshall Trio.
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Opening Friday, Central Florida Community Arts host Next to Normal, a contemporary musical about a bipolar woman and her suburban family as they cope with mental illness.
Get out and do something creative!
The intimacy of theater when you can see every detail is something you're missing out on if you've only ever seen productions in huge rooms. "This Week In Art" is here to connect you to Orlando's many artistic scenes.
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Friday, Ragtime the Musical opens at The Garden (through Sept 15). At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing… and anything is possible. In New York City, a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician are brought together by the promise of the future.
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Thursday & Friday, CFCArts Presents Into the Woods. Classic fairytale characters collide in Sondheim's fairytale masterpiece.
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Opening Wednesday, Mad Cow Theatre hosts Fade. A true-to-life new comedy, Mexican-American Lucia is hired to write for a Latina TV character in a cutthroat Hollywood TV studio.
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Cornell Fine Arts Museum hosts their monthly Saturday Highlights Tour, a free docent-led tour of works currently on view at the museum.
If you're not connecting with Orlando's creative scenes, you're missing out on inspiration, awe, and the meaningful experiences. Get out and enjoy one of these events!
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This Saturday, enjoy some science projects and have a beer! It's Adults-Only Science Night Live ft. TMNT! at Orlando Science Center.
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Hear both legendary works and new orchestral pieces at Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center for OCCO presents Locals and Legends.
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This week is 3rd Thursday Orlando in Downtown. Tons of open galleries including the hub of the event, CityArts Factory.
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Wednesday, UCF Jazz professor and piano savant Richard Drexler performs at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
Connect with your community through creativity. Orlando hosts movies, theater, and more 'This Week In Art'. 🎨
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Enjoy a free evening and movie in Winter Park Central Park. Enzian Theater presents Popcorn Flicks in the Park: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Friday, Theater at St. Luke's opens the classic musical Mary Poppins at St. Luke's UMC.
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Three arts organizations team up for a celebration of Japanese culture. Friday through Sunday, it's The Mikado, A Concert Version from Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, Opera del Sol, and Central Florida Vocal Arts.
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See it before it's gone. You have four more chances (Thur - Sun) to see Central Florida Community Arts's Twelve Angry Jurors.
Connecting you with Orlando's cultural communities, it's "This Week In Art".
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A unique feat in theater, Central Florida Community Arts takes over a courtroom at Orange County Regional History Center for their production of Twelve Angry Jurors.
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As a part of First Thursday, Orlando Museum of Art opens three new exhibits.
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Friday, Harry P. Leu Gardens will show Mission Impossible as part of their Movie Night series.
Is Orlando more than a city full of theme parks and tourists?
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Florida Prize 2019 is running at Orlando Museum of Art through August 18. Our favorite exhibition every year, come see emerging Florida artists from throughout the state.
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(UPDATED) Thursday, Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts hosts Thursday Night Hang: Eddie Marshall Trio. Admission is FREE.
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Sunday at The Alfond Inn, take a docent-led tour of the works on view at Sunday Tour at The Alfond Inn.
Get out and experience something new.
Orlando is a vibrant city full of creativity. Don't miss one of the events happening 'This Week In Art'.
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This Friday, Orlando music venue Blue Bamboo Center For The Artscelebrates Blue Bamboo's 3rd Anniversary feat. the Orlando Jazz Orchestra.
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Central Florida Community Arts is currently hosting Bye Bye Birdie, a musical about a 60s rockstar being drafted to war, showing through the 28th.
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Garden Theatre hosts Flashdance: The Musical through the 28th. This classic tells the story of a welder by day and ‘flashdancer’ by night.
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Opening Friday, Newsies at Osceola Arts, tells the invigorating tale of a band of young "newsies".
Get out and take advantage of what your city has to offer.
Don't let your kids sit home all summer! Orlando is full of summer camps to keep their brains and bodies active while school is out.
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Orlando Repertory Theatre hosts theater camps for the little actor/actress in your life.
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Orlando Science Center has a ton of science and technology summer camps to keep your kids thinking.
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Have a little artist on your hands? Orlando Museum of Art hosts camps teaching them about the visual arts.
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Orlando Ballet Company and School teaches a wide variety of dance at their summer camps.
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Enzian Theater hosts camp for budding filmmakers.
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Art & History Museums - Maitland presents even more visual arts camps.
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Central Florida Community Arts has a wide variety of options, from music to theater.
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Orange County Regional History Center hosts history and cultural camps.
They need something to do this summer! Get your kid interested in the arts!
Orlando is booming with events this Fourth of July week! Don't miss out on celebrating with your city! 🎆🍊
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Fourth of July celebrations start on Wednesday with Red Hot & Boom 2019. Come enjoy fireworks, pop music, & food!
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On July 4, head over to Winter Park for a performance from Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Choir & Brass Band.
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After, head down to Lake Eola for the annual Fireworks At The Fountain.
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Starting Wednesday, Celebration Theatre Company presents 'A Chorus Line'.
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Running Thursday through Saturday, Footlight Theatre at the Parliament House presents 'Mean Gays'.
Get out and enjoy your Orlando summer!
It's 'This Week In Art', here to keep you connected to the best in arts & culture in Orlando.
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This week is your last chance to catch 'Once' at Mad Cow Theatre. This classic musical tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music.
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Thursday, a unique show comes to Timucua Arts Foundation. At Jeremy Seghers: Three Stories, watch three different short stories play out, one at a time on each level of the house.
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Saturday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, PechaKucha Night Orlando v26 gives a host of speakers 20 images, 20 seconds each to tell their whatever story they wish.
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Also Saturday, it's Liberty Weekend with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, a free concert getting us ready for The Fourth Of July.
Get out and do something new and exciting.
Beat the heat. Miss the rain. And enjoy Orlando. It's 'This Week In Art'.
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The Third Thursday Gallery Hop is this week! CityArts functions as the hub for the event and they will be opening a new exhibit, Metamorphosis.
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A new play 'Outside Mullingar' opens at Mad Cow Theatre and runs through July 14.
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There's even more theater at the Florida Festival of New Musicals, happening at Winter Park Playhouse.
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This Friday, East End Market hosts Evening Exchange at East End, a monthly event with tons of local makers, food, and fun.
Get out and do the thing!!!
Orlando is home to a burgeoning music scene. This week, catch at least one of these performances before their done. Let us know which one you can't miss. 🎵
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You have four opportunities this week to catch some amazing, local jazz at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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Friday & Saturday, the Central Florida Community Arts orchestra presents Symphonic Broadway, a one-of-a-kind performance featuring new renditions of classic Broadway tunes.
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Saturday afternoon, Timucua Arts Foundation hosts 'Four Hands', a piano performance featuring two players on one piano!
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Running Tuesday through Sunday, Come From Away is at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This musical takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them.
Get out and support your city's music!
Into dance? Theater? Museums? Farmers markets? Food trucks? No matter what you're into, there's something happening in Orlando this week for you. And better yet, a lot of it is free!
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This Wednesday, Cornell Fine Arts Museum presents Happy Hour Art Tours at The Alfond Inn, a free tour of the Museum’s Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art.
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Also Wednesday, Mad Cow Theatre opens Once, a powerful love story, underscored by emotionally charged music.
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Friday & Saturday, Emotions Dance presents Blur at Orlando Shakes, a performance that examines social media, pop culture, and asks the question, "Are we really connected?"
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Sunday, The Daily City presents the Indoor Farmers Market, featuring many local creatives selling their goods.
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Also Sunday, The One Orlando Alliance hosts Love and Kindness on the Lawn, a free event to enjoy local music, food trucks, share some hugs and create happy memories while remembering those who continue to need our love and support.
Get out and do something new and exciting!
The Orlando heat is in full effect, so here are some inside events happening this week to keep you cool. 😎
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This Saturday, a new exhibit opens where artists from all over the country respond to the Pulse Tragedy. Stop by Orange County Regional History Center between then and September 22.
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This Friday, Florida Prize 2019 opens at Orlando Museum of Art. This annual celebration of Florida artists showcases a wide variety of fascinating works. The Florida Prize Exhibition Preview Party is that evening.
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Saturday, AAHC Asian Cultural Festival 2019 takes place at Enchanted Nights Banquet Hall. It features food, music, and dance from a host of different Asian cultures.
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Also Saturday, Art & History Museums - Maitland hosts Culture POP | A Celebration of Printmaking, featuring printmaking activities for all ages, live performances, a maker's market, a pop-up exhibition with our Artists-in-Action, and more.
Get out and experience something amazing.
Groundbreaking theater, this week only. Orlando Fringe continues this week in Orlando Loch Haven Park. Hundreds of shows including :
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Are you lovin' it? : A surreal romp with dancing Japanese businessmen, everyone's favorite Krazy Kitty, many Poos and delicious WacDonalds for all.
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Spare the Rod : The story of Crayton, an LGBTQ+ man, navigating life with an abusive mother, a loving father, and the art that wouldn’t let him go.
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Shakespeare's Terminator the Second : A 17th-century version of the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, constructed solely of lines from the plays of William Shakespeare.
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Also, it's your last week to see Billy Elliot: The Musical at the Garden Theatre.
Whether you're a theatre buff or newbie, get out and see some plays!
Orlando, do not let mom miss out on all things happening "This Week In Art". She'll never forgive you if you do.
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Let mom stop and smell the roses at Harry P. Leu Gardens annual Mother's Day event where mom gets in free!
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On Wednesday, Professor of Jazz Studies at UCF, pianist, bassist, vocalist and composer/arranger Richard Drexler performs at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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Thursday & Friday, Central Florida Community Arts presents 'Spectacle!', combining show-stopping production numbers from stage and screen, selections from classical music’s greatest composers, and timeless songs from the past 100 years.
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Saturday, 38 artists present at Orlando Pottery Festival: Spring Festival & Arts Market.
Get out and do something new and exciting!
It's never been a better time to get involved with one of Orlando's man artistic communities. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art."
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This Sunday, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras have their 62ND Season Finale Concert at Bob Carr Performing Arts Center.
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An 11-year old boy journeys from the boxing ring to a ballet class in Billy Elliott The Musical, continuing through the month of May at Garden Theatre.
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Thursday at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts, experience Orlando's jazz scene at Thursday Night Hang: Marco Bojorquez Band.
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Fun for the little ones, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents the Symphony Storytime Series.
What'd we miss? Post more Orlando events in the comments!
There's a lot going on in Orlando this week and if you miss all of it, you will regret it. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art".
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This weekend, catch one of the four performances of Arcadian Broad's Wonderland: Mad Tales of The Hatter performed by the Orlando Ballet Company and School.
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Friday at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts, experience a fusion of Appalachian old-time, Balkan folk music, Swing Manouche, and early New Orleans Jazz at Resonant Rogues with opening act Beth McKee.
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Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates France and its renowned classical composers at "French Soiree."
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Saturday & Sunday, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park presents Power of Romanticism and Resurrection.
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Sunday, a new show by a local playwright, Joseph Hayes presents "A Slow Ride" at Timucua Arts Foundation. Three generations of women — the eccentric, hold-out-hippie grandmother, her conventional daughter, and the Goth granddaughter who is fed up with both of them — take a Sunday ride.
Springtime in Orlando means one thing, events, events, events. Don't let the heat of summer arrive without enjoying your city!
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This weekend, Orlando Repertory Theatre opens Suessical The Musical, an homage to the children's literature genius, Dr. Suess.
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UCF Celebrates the Arts 2019 continues this week and, this weekend, the Flying Horse Big Band performs the music of Ray Charles.
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Friday, the Florida Film Festival opens at Enzian Theater, featuring 180+ films over 10 days.
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Saturday, Harry P. Leu Gardens hosts the Spring Jazz'n Blues Concert.
Get out and experience something new!
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This weekend, UCF Celebrates the Arts 2019 kicks off at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, including dance, installations from us, and Titanic the Musical.
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Friday & Saturday, Central Florida Community Arts presents Spring Swing at Mead Gardens, featuring CFCArts' Big Band in their first-ever featured concert!
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Friday, FAVO Faith Arts Village Orlando hosts FAVO First Friday 90th Art Show with open studios and sales on local art.
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Sunday, Maitland Stage Band hosts a free concert at Art & History Museums - Maitland. More info : Maitland Stage Band at MAC.
Get out and see your city.
Orlando is a city rich with culture. Culture that you should experience. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art."
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This Sunday, celebrate Florida Cowboy Heritage Day at the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens.
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Friday, Opera Orlando opens Pagliacci/Pulcinella, an emotionally charged show that ranges from high comedy to intense tragedy. It runs until the 26th and features Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Friday and Saturday, UCF Jazz presents the UCF Orlando Jazz Festival, featuring clinics, master classes, and performances by internationally acclaimed artists.
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This is your last week to see Hamlet & Gertrude and Claudius at Orlando Shakes.
There's a ton happening this week. Go out and experience something amazing!
Orlando! Do you like plants? Ballet? The circus? Orchestra? We're breaking down all the local events happening "This Week In Art."
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This Saturday & Sunday, take home a new friend at Leu Gardens' Annual Spring Plant Sale!
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Tuesday, get up close and personal with the Orlando Ballet Company and School at Uncorked at The Abbey.
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Thursday, the circus marvel returns with Cirque du Soleil in Orlando at The Florida Mall.
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Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" at Bob Carr Performing Arts Center.
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Sunday, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras presents FSYO POPS in the Garden, an orchestral take on hit songs and Broadway tunes.
Orlando, we're here to make your week a little more creative. It's "This Week In Art".
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Thursday, artwork comes to life with sound at Guillermo Galindo Performance - Sonic Borders III. See this musician/conceptual artist perform for FREE at Cornell Fine Arts Museum.
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Also Thursday, Alterity Chamber Orchestra presents “Reveries”, their first full chamber orchestra concert of the season, at The Abbey.
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Beat Bugs: A Musical Adventure at Orlando Repertory Theatre is fun for the whole family! Hear The Beatles' classic songs while insect pals embark on a mission to save Strawberry Fields.
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George Orwell's classic '1984' is brought to the stage starting this Friday at Garden Theatre.
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This Saturday & Sunday, the Windermere Fine Arts Show presents over 150 artists displaying their artwork.
Go! Enjoy your week! Enjoy your city!
Are you into classical music? How about rock bands? Dark comedies? Shakespeare? No matter what you like, Orlando has a creative event you need to attend "This Week In Art."
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This Friday & Saturday, experience the four season through classical music with Concertos by Candlelight: Four Seasons Around the Globefrom Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.
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Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs the classic Beethoven's 7th at Bob Carr Performing Arts Center.
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Also Saturday, Vienna Boys Choir perform at Community Presbyterian Church in Celebration.
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ALSO Saturday, see tons of local musicians at Rockin' Robinson in The Milk District.
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Saturday & Sunday, stuff your face at Lake Eola for the Downtown Food & Wine Fest 2019.
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Opening Wednesday, Orlando Shakes hosts Gertrude and Claudius, the prequel to the classic 'Hamlet'.
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Opening Thursday, Mad Cow Theatre hosts Gloria, a dark comedy about the opportunistic culture of modern media.
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Opening Friday, Central Florida Community Arts presents My Favorite Year, the story of Benjy Stone, and his dream to be TV writer.
Get out and experience something new!
Be part of Orlando’s vibrant arts and culture scene. Connect through one of these experiences. It's "This Week In Art."
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This Friday, Saturday, & Sunday is Winter Park Weekend of the Arts. Downtown Winter Park will serve as the location for family-friendly art activities. The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is free all three days and Bach Festival Society of Winter Park presents Voctave: Orchestral Debut.
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Also on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, Bailamos! Presented by Orlando Ballet, a night of latin dance, at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Saturday at The Mennello Museum of American Art, Indie-Folkfest hosts vendors, food, and, of course, lots of folk music.
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Sunday, 2019 Dragon Parade Lunar New Year Festival happens in Mills50, starting with a parade at 11.
Get out and experience your city.
ORLANDO! Whether you're a fan of plays, painting, photography, orchestra, big bands, or musicals, there's something going on for you "This Week In Art."
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Orlando Shakes opens the classic, Hamlet, this Wednesday.
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Friday, Snap! Orlando opens Snap! Space presents: 'Duane Michals: The Portraitist', featuring more than 125 portraits from his 60-year career.
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Also this Friday, award-winning artist Donna Dowless opens the 15th Annual Heart & Soul exhibition at Grand Bohemian Gallery.
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Saturday is SAM FLAX Wall Project 2019. The Orlando art supply store gives their walls to the city's artists. There will be food and music to celebrate Sam Flax of Orlando's new look.
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See one of the country's most popular jazz bands this Friday at the Flying Horse Big Band Concert.
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Monday, Central Florida Vocal Arts opens A Tale of Two Cities, the musical, based on Charles Dickens's classic novel.
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Sunday, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park presents Spiritual Spaces: A Musical Retreat.
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Sunday, see Maitland Stage Band Free Concert at Art & History Museums - Maitland.
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Sunday, guitarist Bill Mize performs at Timucua Arts Foundation.
There's too much happening this week to stay home. Get out and enjoy your city.
Orlando! 🍊There's so much going on in your artistic communities. Get out experience it! Here's what's happening "This Week In Art".
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This Thursday, Opera Orlando opens a special version of The Barber of Seville. In these performances, actors will move from room to room in the Casa Feliz estate as the story progresses.
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Saturday & Sunday, head out to Mount Dora for the 44th-annual Mount Dora Arts Festival, 2019. Artists from around the country compete at this juried fest.
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Saturday, orchestra and sketch comedy collide at The Second City Guide To The Symphony with Colin Mochrie from Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Sunday, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras hosts FSYO Presents: Spring Classics Concert at Edgewater High School.
Make this week full of creativity!
Orlando is bursting with creativity and excitement and you need to be a part of it. Here's what's happening "This Week In Art."
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This Friday, The Mennello Museum of American Art unveals their new exhibit "The Unbridled Paintings of Lawrence H. Lebduska." Come see the American folk artist's dreamlands and invented gardens.
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Experience another new exhibition at Orlando Museum of Art when "Louis Dewis: A Belgian Post-Impressionist" opens this Friday. Over 70 of the artist's paintings will be on display, many of which were lost for years.
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Tuesday night, Orlando Ballet Company and School presents Uncorked at The Abbey, an up-close-and-personal performance with the dance company.
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Thursday, hear and discuss classical music at Bach Festival Society of Winter Park's Insights & Sounds: Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans.
Get out and experience something amazing.
2019 is already proving to be an eventful year for Orlando's creative communities. Here's what's happening 'This Week In Art'.
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Art and technology combine at Otronicon. Stop by Orlando Science Center and explore the interactive and creative STEM exhibits, Friday through Monday.
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Also at the Science Center, adults 21+ can experience Otronicon in a different way at Adults-Only Science Night Live Featuring Otronicon.
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Saturday, Orlando Repertory Theatre hosts Pip Squeak: An Anti-Bullying Magic Show.
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Opening Friday and running through Feb. 10, Hand to God is an adult comedy about a not-so-nice puppet. Go see it at Mad Cow Theatre.
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Finally, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents their take on the Argentinian style of music, Tango!, this Saturday at Bob Carr Theater.
Get out and experience something new!
Start 2019 off right by getting out and experiencing all that Orlando's arts communities has to offer. Here's what's happening 'This Week In Art.'
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Orlando Shakes opens A Doll's House, Part 2 this Wednesday, running through February 3. The play is a sequel to the classic A Doll's House, happening concurrently at Central Florida Community Arts.
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Theatre nerds rejoice! This weekend, Orlando Fringe hosts the third-annual Orlando Fringe Winter MIni-Fest. Take a look at their Events Page for a list of all the performances involved.
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See some local music! Timucua Arts Foundation has two shows happening this week : Duo Beaux Arts Piano & Monroe Crossing.
2019 is looking to be a bright year for the Orlando arts community! Here's what's happening 'This Week In Art.'
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A NYE for the whole family, Noon Year's Eve Celebration, is this Monday at the Orlando Science Center. There will be lights, activities, and even a ball drop!
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Central Florida Community Arts and Orlando Shakes are teaming up for A Doll's House & A Doll's House, Part 2. The original is a timeless play from the 1800s with Part 2 being a modern sequel to the original. The two are running concurrently, starting January 2.
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This Saturday, Valencia College's President takes the Garden Theatre stage at Sandy Shugart in Concert. Come see Sandy perform folk-influenced, acoustic coffeehouse-style music and share personal stories.
Happy New Year everyone! Get out and enjoy something new!
As the family comes together, you have a great opportunity to bond over Orlando's bright cultural communities. Happy Holidays from 'This Week In Art' and Creative City Project!
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It's the last week to experience Nick Cave's exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art, and you can experience in the classiest way possible at Nouveau: A Glamorous New Year’s Eve.
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Friday, enjoy the expansive collection and live music at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art for FREE as part of their Holidays at The Morse event.
Orlando's theater scene is bursting with creativity this week. Be sure to catch at least one of these three spectacular shows!
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It's your last week to catch The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Mad Cow Theatre, starring Cole himself. This interactive play allows the crowd to pick the ending.
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You have until December 30 to see the timeless holiday classic, A Christmas Carol at Orlando Shakes.
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And don't miss this modern classic brought to the stage as Orlando Repertory Theatre hosts Elf The Musical.
Get out and support your local arts community!
It's December! Which means Orlando is filled with festive events that you need to know about! 🍊🎄
Here's what's happening "This Week In Art" :
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This Friday, Orlando Ballet Company and School opens The Nutcracker, presented by Orlando Ballet. It runs through December 16 so don't miss out on this holiday classic.
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Saturday and Sunday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Opera Orlando performs Hansel & Gretel.
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You have three chances to experience a unique musical event, Messiah Sing-Along, by Central Florida Vocal Arts and Space Coast Symphony Orchestra.
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Thursday, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art hosts the 40th Annual Christmas in the Park with the lighting of its Tiffany windows and a performance by Bach Festival Society of Winter Park's choir.
Get out and experience the holidays the Orlando way!
It's a big week for jazz, theatre, and holiday concerts. Orlando has gone overboard with the events happening "This Week In Art."
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Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts is Orlando's hub for some of the best jazz in the country. Here's two happening this week to get you into their world : Wednesday is Jeff Rupert Quartet at Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts and Sunday is Central Florida Jazz Society Presents Scott Silbert.
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This weekend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood opens at Mad Cow Theatre; Orlando Shakes presents A Christmas Carol, and Central Florida Community Arts hosts On Golden Pond.
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Two FREE holiday concerts : Brass Band of Central Florida at the 21st Annual Holiday Craft Fair and Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras play News 6 Holiday Concert at Lake Eola.
There's no excuse to not do something this week!
Stuff your face with your family then take them to one of the many great events happening this weekend in Orlando!
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Orlando's inaugural multicultural festival FusionFest is happening this Saturday and Sunday. There will be food, music, fashion, dance, and film representing cultures from all across the world. And it's FREE!
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Also on Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra presents their annual Christmas event Home for the Holidays.
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Opening this weekend at Garden Theatre, the holiday classic A Christmas Story, running through December 23.
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Sunday, Messiah Choral Society presents 46th Annual Performance of Handel's Messiah. Go see it. It's FREE!
There's so much going on this Thanksgiving Weekend! Get out and enjoy Orlando!
The Orlando arts community doesn't stop! Here are three events happening 'This Week In Art.'
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Cole is reporting from the Knowles Memorial Chapel where this Saturday and Sunday the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park's orchestra will be performing the music of Mendelssohn and Mahler.
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Friday, the Asian Cultural Association presents (SOLD OUT) Suron Ki Bahar: A Musical Journey of Bollywood.
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Lastly, get in the holiday spirit with Orlando Repertory Theatre's Elf The Musical.
Get out and enjoy your city!
This Week In Art : the biggest show-n-tell on earth, rapid-fire public speaking, the festival of trees, and beer!
What are you doing this week? Share it with us in the comments!
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This Friday begins the Festival of Trees 2018 at the Orlando Museum of Art. See the museum transformed into a wonderland of designer trees, holiday music, tree lighting, children's events, music, and holiday gifts.
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8 presenters. 20 slides for 20 seconds each. It's the rapid-fire presentations of PechaKucha Night Orlando v24, this Friday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Saturday, Orlando Beer Festival 2018 comes to the Milk District. Sample 200+ craft beers!
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Lastly, Maker Faire Orlando 2018 is a community-organized, family-friendly celebration featuring local do-it-yourself science, art, rockets, robots, crafts, technology, music, hands-on activities, and more. Experience it Saturday and Sunday!
Get out and do something amazing.
An astrological orchestra, a three-story photo experience, a Halloween classic, and an augmented reality tour through Downtown Orlando. It's "This Week In Art."
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Snap! Orlando has been working on an AR app that allows you to walk the streets of Downtown Orlando and see 3D renderings of art on your phone. It debuts at City Unseen - A New [AR]t Experience : Opening nightis this Friday with City Unseen : Guided tour happening on Saturday.
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The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will take their audience on astrological journey Saturday at The Planets. This is a unique orchestral experience that anyone can enjoy.
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IMMERSE 2018 may be over, but The Worlds of Corkcicle and The Giant Ball Pit are open every Friday & Saturday through November 10.
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Dress up and be prepared for flying rice, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Experience happens this Wednesday at the Garden Theatre.
Get out and get your spooks this week! 👻
IMMERSE 2018 has come and gone, but don't fret because Orlando has the best artistic events throughout the year. It's "This Week In Art," where we break down what's happening in Orlando over the next seven days.
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This Wednesday at Mad Cow Theatre, see four women from very different walks of life get together in the comedic play, Rapture, Blister, Burn.
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IMMERSE 2018 may be over, but two of our large installations are open every Friday & Saturday through November 10. Play in our 3,200 sq ft ball pit and wander around our three-story photo installation "The Worlds of CORKCICLE.
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This weekend, the Central Florida Community Arts Orchestra play the works of Micheal Jackson, Led Zepplin, Tchaikovsky and more as a part of Our Greatest Hits at Calvary Assembly in Winter Park.
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Lastly, hear an amazing jazz/funk/R&B hybrid this Saturday at The Conglomerate at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
There's a ton happening in your backyard. Get out and see it!
This Week In Art ... IMMERSE!! 🌐And not only are we hosting our annual arts event, but it's bookended by two incredible nights of local art also happening in Downtown Orlando.
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This Friday and Saturday, 1,000+ artists take over downtown for Immerse 2018 from the Creative City Project! Performances. Installations. Projections. The Worlds of CORKCICLE. A 3,200 sq ft ball pit. And SO SO much more!
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Thursday, Downtown Arts District Orlando presents 9th Annual Dia De Los Muertos & Monster Factory Event. It showcases Day of the Dead and Halloween inspired art from artists all over the country.
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Sunday is the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras 62nd Season Opener. See four orchestras composed of incredibly talented young people rock Bob Carr Theater.
Have you seen our installations in partnership with OUC - The Reliable One lighting up Orlando? Cole is bringing you "This Week In Art" from the one in front of Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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This weekend, the Orlando Ballet Company and School opens their season with Carmina Burana, presented by Orlando Ballet.
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Also happening downtown, the Orlando Story Club: Down to the Wire is Wednesday at The Abbey.
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Get in the Halloween spirit with Phantasmagoria. Friday through Monday, they're bringing their Victorian horror stories to the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center for Phantasmagoria IX "Homecoming" - Orlando Dates.
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Get extra freaked out at The Birds, showing at the Garden Theatre all this month. If you've ever seen Alfred Hitchcock's classic film, you know you're in for something scary.
Don't miss Immerse 2018 from the Creative City Project, happening October 19 & 20!
It's October! 🎃Dont' be spooked. Get out and experience one of the amazing art events happening this week!
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This Thursday, you can see one of the most accomplished jazz saxophonists in the world cover another legend. Timucua Arts Foundation presents Time Is of the Essence: A Tribute to Michael Brecker.
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Beer + the library?! It's true! This Friday is Booktoberfest 2018 at Orange County Library System (FL).
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Saturday, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is playing a FREE concert at St. Luke's Lutheran Church from 7 to 9 p.m.
Go enjoy your community!
It's a new week in Orlando, which means a new week full of artistic events. Here's what's happening in your arts community!
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This Thursday, The More Q Than A Film Series Presents Head at the newly renamed Rogers Kiene Building formerly the Gallery at Avalon Island. Check out the latest exhibit while you're there!
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Friday, Flying Horse Big Band brings their award-winning sound to UCF. Flying Horse is actually the bang band of the Jazz Studies program at UCF.
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This Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra opens their season at Bob Carr Theatre with Opening Night: Pines of Rome as well as Latin American and Scotish music.
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The International Food and Drink Festival Orlando, FL is at Lake Eola this Sunday. It's free and you can taste food and drink from around the globe.
Get out and experience something new!
There's so much happening in the Orlando arts community!
It's 'This Week In Art.'
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Tuesday is Uncorked at The Abbey. Watch performances from ballet dancers and hear from Robert Hill, Artistic Director for Orlando Ballet Company and School.
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This Thursday, get to know classical music at Bach Festival Society of Winter Park hosts Insights & Sounds: Harp and Strings.
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Friday, Central Florida Community Arts opens Noises Off, a comedic play about plays going all wrong.
And don't forget Immerse 2018 from the Creative City Project, happening October 19 & 20 in Downtown Orlando
Go experience something new!
Orlando is a hub for artists from all over the globe. This week, you can experience three art events that will leave you stunned.
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This Friday is the opening of Vibrant Vision a collection that features work from African American artists from 1930 to today. There are two opening receptions: Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora Opening Reception at Crealdé School of Art and Vibrant Vision: African Diaspora Heritage Center Reception at Hannibal Square Heritage Center.
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Also Friday, Nick Cave. Feat. opens at Orlando Museum of Art. The exhibit will feature sculptures and video installations tackling themes of social justice.
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Saturday, The Mennello Museum of American Art presents Our Orlando: Artists Panel. Artists will talk about their work and stories.
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Running until the end of September, go see A Year With Frog and Toad at Orlando Repertory Theatre.
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Finally, don't forget about Immerse 2018 from the Creative City Project, happening October 19 & 20 in Downtown Orlando.
Go out and experience something amazing!
There is SO SO much going on in the Orlando area this week. Get out and experience something new!
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This Wednesday, the Latin American Musical In the Heights opens at Orlando Shakes. Fun fact, this musical was written by Lin Manuel Miranda before he crafted 'Hamilton'.
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Running through September 24, go see Shrek the Musical at Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park where the green one invites you to "Stay off my swamp!"
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Get your salsa shoes. Bachata Downtown is Friday night at The Balcony Orlando. Dance classes start at 8!
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Lastly, the award-winning Gypsy is at Garden Theatre continues its run until September 16.
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Enjoy Star Wars: Return of the Jedi like never before. This Saturday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing the music live, while the scifi fantasy classic is projected above them.
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In a jazzy mood? Thursday, The Tal Cohen Trio presents “Gentle Giants” at Timucua Arts Foundation White House.
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Friday, the Central Florida Community Arts Orchestra & Choir presents "We The People," featuring performances of patriotic songs.
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Finally, burlesque musical "Gypsy" opens this weekend at Garden Theatre.
Get out and experience something amazing.
ORLANDO! There's so much art to experience this week. Don't let it go unappreciated. (Art gets sad when it goes unappreciated.)
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This Saturday, UCF Flying Horse Editions: The Art of Collaboration opens at Atlantic Center for the Arts. Flying Horse Editions is a collaborative research studio for visual artists at the University of Central Florida. It offers visiting artists the opportunity to work with FHE technicians to push the boundaries of their work.
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This Thursday is 3rd Thursday Orlando. Get out and experience tons of free art all thorughout Downtown Orlando.
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Friday, Snap! Orlando opens their Summer / Fall 2018 Exhibition at the 420 East location. This year 40+ Florida artists are showcasing their work.
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Lastly, have you been to Adults-Only Science Night Live? Every second Saturday, Orlando Science Center throws a 21+ event where visitors can do experiments, stargaze through telescopes, and watch movies in their theater all while enjoying adult beverages.
There's no excuse to stay home this week. Get out and experience something!
The Orlando arts community has never been stronger. Now is the time to get out and experience something amazing!
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You do not want to miss 'The Pirates of Penzance' from Central Florida Community Arts. It's a musical comedy about pirates and runs through August 26.
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This past weekend, Orlando Museum of Art opened a new exhibit, 'Zen Tales', featuring the work of comic and children's book illustrator Jon J Muth.
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The Central Florida Community Arts Classical Choir has a concert this Friday at 7 p.m. at Maitland Presbyterian Church.
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Lastly, Timucua Arts Foundation hosts Argentinian Music for Flute and Piano this Sunday.
Don't let the week go to waste. Go explore your local arts scene.
Black Panther, an American family drama, and a secret to get FREE admission to the Orlando Museum of Art and the Orlando Science Center. Here's what's happening 'This Week In Art'.
Are you putting on an artistic event this week in Central Florida? Drop it in the comments below!
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Starting this Wednesday and running through August 26 at Mad Cow Theatre, The Little Foxes is a production tackling clashes over inheritance, business schemes, and domestic abuse set in The South at the turn of the 20th century.
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This Friday is Movie Night at Harry P. Leu Gardens. The movie for this month, none other than the superhero blockbuster of the year, 'Black Panther'.
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Do you want to go to the Orlando Museum of Art and Orlando Science Center for free this weekend? If you're a Bank Of America cardholder you can do just that - the first weekend of every month.
Get out and experience something amazing!
Whether it's jazz, dance, or opera, Orlando is home to some of the most flourishing creative scenes. Experience them all 'This Week In Art'.
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Experience one of the best jazz player's in the country, this Wednesday, when Jeff Rupert Quartet plays the Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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National Dance Day Orlando begins this Friday at noon with the NDDO Kickoff Event at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Then all day Saturday, National Dance Day Orlando 2018 continues with all different types of dance classes for all experience levels.
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This Sunday, Opera Orlando hosts Opera on Park featuring Alex Mansoori.
Get out and enjoy your local art scenes!
'This Week In Art', we focus on two beautiful Winter Park buildings, Cornell Fine Arts Museum and The Alfond Inn, and the historic art that is held within them. Enjoy.
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If you haven't been to The Cornell yet, now is the time to explore. This Thursday, they're conducting a guided museum tour.
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Also in Winter Park, The Alfond Inn features works from the Cornell's contemporary art collection. This Thursday is Bach at The Alfond | Chuck Archard - Classical Jazz.
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Wednesday at The Abbey, Orlando Story Club: What a Mess! features true stories being told by regular Orlandians.
'This Week In Art' we're bringing you a wine walk, a play from a local legend, and an important exhibit at the Holocaust Center.
There's so much going on in Central Florida this and every week. Know and event that needs to be covered? Share it with us in the comments.
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All this summer, the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida is hosting an impactful exhibition exploring scientific knowldege and personal freedom called 'Deadly Medicine'.
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This week in Thornton Park, enjoy the Second Thursday Art & Wine Walk. For $15, you can try food and drink from 25 restaurants and bars.
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July 14 & 15, see Destination Moon, a play by Joseph Reed Hayes at Timucua Arts Foundation. “Destination Moon” tells the story of a young woman coming back to health, attempting to deal with the consequences of her new reality by forming a relationship with a disembodied voice in the night; a veteran late-night radio personality.
Get out and experience something interesting!
This Independence Day week, the Greater Orlando Area is celebrating its freedom with several amazing creative events. Don't miss out!
How are you spending the 4th? Drop your festivities in the comments!
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Monday, indie rock promoters Ugly Orange Presents: Hala, Boyo, Lexi Long at Will's Pub. Keep an eye on Ugly Orange because they're always showcasing the best in up-and-coming local and national music.
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On Tuesday, let the Fourth of July festivities with Red, Hot & Boom - Cranes Roost Park. It's fun for the whole family!
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July Fourth, there's a ton going on! The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park host the 23rd Annual 4th of July Celebration, featuring FREE admission to the The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. City of Orlando - Government hosts Fireworks at the Fountain at 9:30 p.m at Lake Eola Park.
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Friday, Garden Theatre starts their run of Xanadu with shows happening all month long.
This Week In Art, we're covering our upcoming projections night as well as a unique, rapidfire speaking event. Enjoy!
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This Friday, is Projected : A Creative City Project Special Event, an immersive night with six projection artists creating mind-blowing works through light and sound. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door. But admission is limited, so reserve your ticket today : bit.ly/ProjectedTickets
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Saturday, speaking series PechaKucha Night Orlando v23
is at the Dr Phillips Center. Each speaker will be go through a presentation of 20 slides for 20 seconds each.
Central Florida is booming with creative expression. Go out and absorb some of it for yourself!
Summer is the best time to get out and explore your city. Here's three events happening ... "This Week In Art".
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You do not want to miss the Mr. Rogers documentary, Won't You Be My Neighbor?, at the Enzian Theater.
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Currently at Orlando Museum of Art, artists from all over the state are on display at the 5th annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art Exhbition.
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This Thursday, is Third Thursday all across the Downtown Arts District. There are more than a dozen galleries and museums you can check out for free.
Get out and experience something new!
Cole delivers three art events happening this week in Orlando with a little help from William Shakespeare.
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This Saturday, The Little Mermaid opens at Orlando Shakes (not the Disney classic, but the Hans Christian Andersen original).
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Hear iconic music from Jurassic Park, La La Land, and more this Friday & Saturday as Central Florida Community Arts Orchestra presents Symphonic Cinema: The Sequel.
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Finally, Wells' Built Museum of African American History and Culture celebrates Immancipation Saturday with the 2018 Juneteenth Jazz Jam.
Did we miss anything? Drop other events happening this week in the comments.
Unless we support our arts community, people will continue to think of Orlando as theme parks inhabited by tourists. As always, we're here to break that stigma by highlighting the events happening "This Week In Art."
TRIVIA QUESTION : Who is the artist of the mural pictured in this week's video? Bonus points if you can name the piece.
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This Friday, Snap! Orlando opens Snap! Space presents : Couture Culture II, featuring fashion and cinematic photography. The opening is from 7-10 and is FREE.
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Tuesday, the musical classic returns for the RENT: 20th Anniversary Tour opens at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Friday, Orlando Gay Chorus presents A Lotta Night Music, an evening full of pop music you know and love.
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Orlando indie dance party Body//Talk celebrates their 5 year anniversay this Saturday at Blackstar.
Get out and experience Orlando!
We're back with four Orlando events happening this week. Musicals, big bands, movies, and dance. There's something for everyone.
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This Friday, the Tony-winning musical Fun Home opens at Mad Cow Theatre.
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Thursday, Vivacity Cd Release Party! at Timucua Arts Foundation. Orlando big band Vivacity Music features musicians on horns, saxophone, and even xylophone.
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Friday, Harry P. Leu Gardens hosts it's first Friday movie night featuring 'Jumanji'. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for kids.
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Lastly, this Friday & Saturday Emotions Dance Company present Twist- The Color Wheel at Orlando Shakes. Twist is a fun and funky performance using contemporary, jazz, modern, and ballet dance.
Got your own event coming up? Let us know in the comments.
Get out and experience something new!
Week 2 of Orlando Fringe Theater Festival 2018 is underway. With over 700 shows, you might be having some trouble finding the one for you.
Here are our must see Fringe shows:
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'Gorgeous' : A musical for middle-America based on "Drop Dead Gorgeous".
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'To Be Happy' : An endearing show about two brothers finding love in their own way.
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'Meet The Replacements' : A scifi about a man trying to get closer to his family by building them.
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'El Wiz' : A Latin American version of "The Wizard Of Oz".
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'An Excruciatingly Ordinary Toy Theater Show' : A show where the main actor projects scenes built into cardboard boxes to immerse the audience in the story.
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'AquaDance' : Orlando's first water ballet.
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'Nashville Hurricane' : A story of the rise and fall of a country musician.
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'Falling Awake' : A surrealist show where the actors use their bodies to tell the story.
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'James & Jamesy In The Dark' : Human lampstands present their story in the dark.
There are so, so, so many more shows to check out. Get more information at orlandofringe.org.
Which of our picks pulled you in?
Orlando Fringe, the world's longest running fringe theater festival, opens May 15 and runs through May 21 and features 700+ shows across Orlando.
Here's what you need to know:
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Fringe buttons are $10 and get you into the festival.
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From there, each show is individual ticketed, the average price being $10.
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Create your Fringe schedule with, Fringe-O-Matic, a tool that helps you see what shows are playing at times you're available. Try it at FringeOMatic.com
There's a Fringe show for everyone. Kids, adults, music lovers, comedy fans, ballet enthusiados, technology geeks, EVERYONE needs to get out and experience Orlando Fringe. See more info at OrlandoFringe.com
Got a show picked out? Share it with us in the comments!
From orchestras to punk bands, it's an incredible week of music in the Greater Orlando Area, and we are here to break it down for you!
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Tuesday at the Bob Carr Theater, the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestracelebrates with their 25th Anniversary Concert Featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Colin Jacobsen.
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Thursday & Friday, Central Florida Community Arts presents Icons: A Salute to the Kings & Queens of Music, featuring 300 voices singing the music of Madonna, Elton John, and so many more.
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Running Thursday through Saturday, the Florida Music Festival at Blackstar showcases 20+ bands and is free for everybody 18+.
Get out and hear what your music community has to offer!
ORLANDO! We're back breaking down a trifecta of artistic events happening this week. There's no excuse to be bored.
Know of anything else happening this week? Drop it in the comments.
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Art Gallery at Mills Park has a new show opening Monday.
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Friday through Sunday, Orlando Ballet presents, Contemporary Wonders, a night with three distinct performance: NY-based choreographer Jessica Lang’s From Foreign Lands and People, Arcadian Broad's Mad Hatter’s Wonderland, and Robert Hill and Sisaundra Lewis's Love Is.
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Friday, listen to your own currated playist while watching improv dance at Coby Project presents Unspecified at The Orange Studio.
Get out and experience someting new!
Our Orlando arts community continuously proves we're more than our theme parks. And Creative City Project is here to break down this week in art, music, and more.
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This Friday at The MEZZ, Opera del Sol presents Mozart's Muses: An evening of Opera & Burlesque, a mashup of two beautiful artforms.
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This week (Wednesday - Sunday) is your last chance to see The Luckiest People from Orlando Shakes.
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UCF Director of Jazz Studies and huge talent Jeff Rupert and his quartet perform at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts this Thursday.
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Saturday, the Orlando Science Center hosts Science of Wine Fundraiser! 150 different wines and bites from restaurants throughout Central Florida.
Get out and live a life of creativity and adventure!
There's way too much happening in the Greater Orlando Area this week to stay home. We're breaking down four art, ballet, and music events happening in your backyard.
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The 3rd Thursday Gallery Hop is happening this week. The Gallery at Avalon Island,Gallery Eola,Orange County Regional History Center, CityArts Factory, and many other art hot spots are open to the public.
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Tuesday, Uncorked at The Abbey, Orlando Balletwill let you get up close and personal with some of the performers from the Orlando Ballet Company and School.
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Saturday and Sunday, the African American Masterpieces: Symphonic Spirituals, in collaboration with The Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale, performers work by three of the 20th centuries most influental black composers.
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Lastly, Saturday is the 9th Annual Hannibal Square Folk and Urban Art Festival. 25 folk artists showcasing their skills. Free for the entire family!
Get out and experience your community.
Cole is live from the Enzian Theater to walk you through this year's Florida Film Festival and three other events happening this week in Orlando.
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The Florida Film Festival is running through April 15 and features 180+ films of all genres.
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Starting Thursday, come celebrate the art of storytelling at the Florida Storytelling Festival in Mount Dora with workshops, storytelling concerts, story swaps, and story slams.
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Friday, UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018 continues with The Flying Horse Big Band and UCF Orchestra, featuring special guests T-Bone, Veronica Swift, and The Jazz Professors.
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On Sunday, the Asian Cultural Association presents An Evening of Indian Music at the Orlando Museum of Art.
Get out and enjoy your city!
Looking to overcome a mundane life? Try one of these art/music events happening this week in Orlando.
Don't see your event? Post it for us in the comments!
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Starting this Friday, UCF Celebrates the Arts 2018 kicks off two weeks of performances at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with Leonard Bernstein's MASS, featuring 200 performers from UCF chorus, theatre department, and orchestra.
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Also Friday, Central Florida Community Arts opens Company, and WPRK 91.5 FM Presents Frequencies: A Benefit for WPRK and IDEAS for Us at Blackstar.
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Saturday, Orlando Museum of Art hosts its FREE Family Day.
Get out and experience something new!
There's tons going on this week in the Greater Orlando Area, and two of our three featured events our F-R-E-E!
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Mad Cow Theatre presents A View From the Bridge, continuing this Thursday with performances through April 22.
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On Thursday, the UCF New Music Ensemble plays new compositions at UCF. It's FREE!
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This Friday, the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens is FREE for Good Friday!
Go out and experience something creative!
Exhibition openings, operas, and orchestras - oh my! Cole is live from The Mennello Museum of American Art to tell you about three art events happening this week in the Greater Orlando Area.
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Friday at The Mennello, don't miss the Julie Heffernan Opening Reception & Gallery Talk, featuring a tour from Heffernan herself.
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Running Wednesday through Sunday, Opera Orlando presents Gioachino Rossini's Cinderella at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Thursday night, Alterity Chamber Orchestra featuring Ariadne Greif is performing in Loch Haven Park.
As always, let us know what you're doing this week. And your own events in the comments for a chance to be featured on a future "This Week In Art."
Cole takes center stage at the Orlando Repertory Theatre to bring you three events happening this week in the Greater Orlando Area.
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Running every Saturday & Sunday through April 8, the Orlando Rep presents Madagascar - A Musical Adventure.
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This weekend only, a classic love story is given new life in Orlando Ballet presents Arcadian Broad's, Beauty & the Beast at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Starting on Friday, the 85th Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival showcases 225 artists all across Winter Park's Central Park.
What are you doing this week? Let us know which of these events you cannot miss, or better yet, share even more art events in the comments.
Spring has sprung, so 'This Week In Art' is bringing you three outdoor events happening in the Greater Orlando Area.
Help get others outside! Let us know your favorite local outdoor activity.
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Saturday & Sunday, come pick up a new friend at Harry P. Leu Gardens' annual Plant Sale.
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Also Saturday, Rockin Robinson in The Milk District shuts down the street to bring you 18 bands for $10.
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Sunday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is hosting a FREE concert in Winter Park's Central Park.
Get out and experience Orlando!
It's "This Week In Art", breaking down the creative events happening over the next seven days in the Greater Orlando Area.
If you know of other events happening this week, post them in the comments below! Now get out and experience something new!
Here's what's happening "This Week In Art":
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Thursday through Monday, the Orlando Indie Comedy Festival 2018showcases 70 comedians from across the country. Headliners include Sam Tallent, Janelle James, Rhea Butcher, and more.
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This Friday, Art & History Museums - Maitland presents Culture Pop! opening Art31:Fiber.
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Friday at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, PechaKucha Night Orlando v22 is eight Orlando speakers presenting on the topic "Rising Up."
Live from the Orlando Science Center, Cole brings you this weeks can't miss events.
Keep the conversation going by dropping the events your attending this week in the comments.
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This Friday and Saturday, OSC hosts Star-Studded Evenings. Peek into the universe through Florida's most powerful telescopes.
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Also in Loch Haven Park, Orlando Shakes is hosting two concurrent plays, Shakespeare in Love and Twelfth Night.
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Sunday, be a part of a cultural celebration at Dragon Parade Lunar New Year Festival, happening all day in the MIlls 50 district.
Get out and experience something creative!
"This Week In Art" : The Winter Park Weekend of the Arts Edition
Here’s what’s going on:
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The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art is free all weekend with live music Friday night from 5 to 8 p.m.
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Experience more visual arts at Crealdé School of Art, the Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, and the Winter Park Public Library.
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Art tours at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum and The Alfond Inn.
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The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park is hosting a series of concerts:
- Friday : Stephen Tharp Organ Recital (FREE)
- Saturday : Insights & Sounds
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Sunday : Spiritual Spaces: Musical Meditations
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Enjoy theatrical performances at Winter Park Playhouse and Annie Russell Theatre.
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The Mead Botanical Garden is hosting activities for the whole family.
More info at cityofwinterpark.org
Get out and experience something creative!
Had enough football? Central Florida is booming with art-centric events this week, and we're breaking them down for you!
Need help spreading the word about your upcoming event? Drop it in the comments and we might cover it in our next "This Week In Art" video!
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Beginning this Thursday, it's the second weekend of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, a dark comedy about an Irish terrorist, at the Garden Theatre.
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Friday, see jazz master Kid Dutch and His New Orleans Music at Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
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Saturday, don't miss the opening of Smithsonian exhibition "Things Come Apart" at the Orange County Regional History Center. Learn about the design of the technology you carry with you every day.
Make sure you find something interesting and go do it!