Weekend Top 6 Picks for April 1st and 2nd.

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Saturday April 1, 2017 (April Fools Day)

1pm to Midnight Donations. Relay for Life. Dr. Phillips High School, 6500 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando, FL. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
One of those people could be you or someone you love. That’s why we Relay. When you join a Relay For Life event,
you’re helping the American Cancer Society fund groundbreaking research, crucial patient care programs, and education
and prevention information. When you Relay, you help save lives.

4:30pmto 6:30pm Free. Market2Park. Shady Park Hannibal Square New England and Pennsylvania Ave. Winter Park FL.

7pm to 10pm Free. Then There Were 4. Gator Grill 9 North Central Ave, Umatilla, Florida 32784. Join The musicians on April Fool’s Day at Gator Grill in scenic downtown Umatilla, TTW4 is coming to Lake County!

A special guest Clyde will be sitting in.

There’s a wine event going on from 5-8pm for $25, and we start at 7pm.. So taste some wine, and/or check out their menu and have dinner, then spend some time with TTW4!

Sunday April 2, 2017

Noon to 5pm. Fresh Squeezed. Morean Arts Center 719 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Performance art you can drink with a straw! March 11 – April 30, 2017 (140 hours over 23 days)As part of the six-artist exhibition “Fresh Squeezed: Emerging Artists in Florida” at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, award-winning performance artist Brian Feldman will be presenting a juicy new project of the same name; his first in Tampa Bay.

“Fresh Squeezed” will be the longest performance art piece in Pinellas County history, as well as of Brian’s career, at 140 hours over 23 days.

During each weekend of the exhibition, Brian Feldman will be in the gallery window meticulously making and serving 100% fresh squeezed Florida orange juice in compostable cups for gallery goers to enjoy, and all for the price of a drawing.Draw him a picture of an orange for a small!

A picture of a glass of orange juice gets you a medium!

Or you can draw Brian making your orange juice and receive a large!

Oranges provided by Maxwell Groves est. 1935.

Colored pencils, crayons, markers, watercolor paint sets and card stock paper will all be provided.

The gallery walls surrounding Brian are envisioned to be filled with over a thousand drawings by the end of the exhibition.

The performance will be live streamed in its entirety at periscope.tv/BrianFeldman.

“Fresh Squeezed” references [1] both parts of the exhibition’s name (literally “Fresh Squeezed,” and “Emerging” [newly created, i.e. orange juice]); [2] the once-proud citrus industry in Pinellas County, 90 years removed from its heyday*; [3] Brian’s lifelong love of fresh squeezed Florida orange juice (that you can chew!), thanks to his grandfather’s daily act of making it for him as a child; and [4] his career-long exploration of durational and participatory performance art.

presented as part of

Fresh Squeezed: Emerging Artists in Florida

Amanda Cooper, Curator of Exhibitions

Kelsey Nagy, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions

But that’s not all! Every weekend during the month of April, when not making 100% fresh squeezed orange Florida juice at the Morean, Brian will be presenting the St. Pete Tour of his acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-submitted “Dishwasher (St. Pete Tour)” performance. Tickets are available at http://dwstp.eventbrite.com/

Friday & Saturdays: 10am-5pm (7 hours)

Sundays: 12-5pm (5 hours)

No performance Friday, March 31 due to The Skill Crane Kid (Gasp! The Gasparilla Fringe Festival 2017).

Modified hours on Saturday, April 1: 1-5pm (4 hours)

*Bonus* Pre-Gallery Talk Day: Thursday, April 6: 2-6pm (4 hours)

Second Saturday Art Walk, April 8: 5-9pm (4 hours)

 2pm to 4pm Free. Colleen Oakley. Writer’s Block Bookstore 124 E Welbourne Ave, Winter Park, Florida 32789. Join Colleen Oakley at Writer’s Block Bookstore on Sunday, April 2nd as she discusses her latest book “Close Enough to Touch,” an evocative, poignant, and heartrending exploration of the power and possibilities of the human heart, perfect for fans of the emotional novels of Jojo Moyes and Jodi Picoult.

4pm to 6pm Free. Outdoor Concert. Rotary Plaza at art and history center 231 Packwood Ave Maitland Fl. Maitland Stage Band.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for March 18th and 19th.

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Saturday March 18, 2017

9am to 6pm. Free. Saturday and Sunday Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. Central Park in Winter Park. By City Ordinance, no pets are allowed in Central Park at any time
nor on Park Avenue between New England and Canton Avenues during regular Festival hours. Also by City Ordinance, no artists may create while on the merchant side of Park Avenue sidewalks during the festival or at any other time.

10am to 4pm. Free. Commander’s Call. Museum of Military History 5201 West Irlo Bronson Highway Kissimmee, FL 34746 This ongoing program is held on the 3rd Sat of each month is designed to appeal to families, military memorabilia collectors, history buffs, re-enactors and others interested in military history. In addition, persons interested in displaying, trading or selling their military items such as honor coins, swords, photographs, military buttons, scale model boats & planes, military art, uniforms or other equipment register in advance by calling the museum to reserve a spot. Re-enactors & veterans are welcome to come in uniform to add to the history & authenticity of the military experience. Non-military booths such as health care providers, home improvement, local attractions or other businesses are invited to be vendors for minimal donation. 

INFO and Register: 407-507-3894 or to register your table space.

4pm to 8pm Free.  Cruisin’ Downtown DeLand Car Show! East Indiana Ave Downtown DeLand, Deland FL. Classic cars & rods.  Live DJ, giveaways, shopping & dining. Fun for the family! Every 3rd Saturday night!

INFO: & for showing your car 386-738-0649

Sunday March 19, 2017

10am to 4pm Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. South East corner of Lake Eola Park.

9am to 5pm. Free. Saturday and Sunday Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. Central Park in Winter Park. By City Ordinance, no pets are allowed in Central Park at any time
nor on Park Avenue between New England and Canton Avenues during regular Festival hours. Also by City Ordinance, no artists may create while on the merchant side of Park Avenue sidewalks during the festival or at any other time.

10pm to midnight Free, but get a coffee. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out & laugh, or give it a try yourself.

Weekend Top 6 Picks January 28th and 29th.

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Saturday January 28, 2017

9am to 5pm. Free. Renningers Steampunk and Industrial Show. Renningers.Mount Dora FL. ARE YOU READY……5th Year for
Renninger’s Steampunk & Industrial Show…time flies when you
travel….we are planning the best Steampunk Show for our Time Travelers
October 15 & 16, 2016 from 9AM – 5PM Admission is FREE, Parking is
FREE…over 100 vendors with fabulous finds created and specially
collected for this event….music performed by some of the best
“Steampunk” musicians, Cog is Dead, Clockwork Knotwork, Sideshow
Drummer, Florida Tribal Dance, Jig to a Milestone, John Babcock, all
hosted by Phantasmagoria….delicious
food including “High Tea”…and the 3rd Annual Splendid Teapot
Race…steampunk horse & carriage rides, magic, giant kaleidoscope,
Best Dressed Award, and all the special sights and sounds when Victoria
and Albert collide with the Industrial Age!

Noon to 3pm Free.  USk Chinese New Year Sketchcrawl. Wat Florida Dhammaram of Kissimmee,FL 2421 Old Vineland Rd, Kissimmee, Florida 34746. Urban Sketchers International is going global on January 28th in celebrating the Chinese New year, Lunar year and highlighting the Asian culture.
We – the Orlando Urban Sketchers – are going to be there too! taking part in this Worldwide sketchcrawl Event! The participating USk chapters so far are: São Paulo; Singapore; Boston; Orlando; Japan; Hong Kong; Melbourne; Sydney; Beijing; Seattle ; Canberra; Los Angeles; Kuala Lumpur; Taiwan; Austin; Gran Canaria; Fredericksburg, VA; Raleigh; Cleveland; Charleston, SC; Cairns, AUS; Ilocos; Kuching, Malaysia; Waterloo Region, Canada and NYC.

We checked around town for local celebrations or the best location to highlight this amazing culture and found this gem nestled among Kissimmee countryside not too far from Lake Buena Vista.

The Wat Florida Dharmmaram Buddhist Temple will provide an exciting challenge to us sketchers. Bring on your gold and red paints, markers, pens or pencils, your sketchbook and your curiosity.
Gather your sketching friends to make this a terrific Worldwide sketchcrawl event!

Let us share with the World our take of this global event.
Post your sketches on Facebook at;
Urban Sketchers (group)
and at
Orlando Urban Sketchers (group)
or Instagram at #urbansketchers and
Instagram at #urbansketchersorlando

If you will be busy celebrating the holiday with friends and family, any sketch reflecting your special traditions would be a lovely way to share art about the beginning of a New Year! 

There is a meditation class at the Temple right after our sketching session if any of you wish to join. 3:00 to 5:00 pm directed by Than Chao Khun Sunan, Abbot of the Wat Florida Dhammaram.

8:30am to Midnight $25 DRIP 80’s Night. DRIP 8747 International Dr Suite 102 (Behind Denny’s and Senor Frogs), Orlando, Florida. Grab your legwarmers and head over to DRIP! We’re taking it back to the raddest decade in history – the 80s! Come re/discover some of the greatest fashion statements and musical influences of the time. Neon Paint Bar, 80s themed drink specials, dance party, Tye-Dye station, full DRIP show, classic movies, and a Thriller dance along! Squeeze into spandex and layer on that aquanet for a special discount ticket ($25)!

Doors Open at 8 PM
Age Requirement: 18+


January 29, 2017

10am to 4pm Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. South East corner of Lake Eola Park, Orlando, FL, United States. 

Noon to 3pm Donation. Music at the Casa Violinist Lisa Ferrigno & Friends. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789.

2pm to 4pm Free. Yoga. Lake Eola Park, 195 N Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL near red pagoda. Every week.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for January 7th and 8th.

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Saturday January 7, 2017

10am to 4pm Free. Sanford Farmers Market. Sanford, First & Magnolia.

5:30pm to 11:30pm Free. Doc Ellis Orchestra. Tin House Ranch 3300 Stone St, Oviedo, Florida.

8pm to 10pm Free, but order food and drink. Music Mount Dora. One Flight Up 440 N Donnelly Street, Mount Dora FL 32757.

Sunday January 8, 2017 

Noon to 4pm Free Family Funday: Mare Run. The Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E Princeton St, Orlando, Florida 32803. The make-and-take craft table is open from noon-2:30 p.m., and docents are available to give mini-tours of the museum. Then it’s open house in the galleries until 4:30 p.m.

Noon to 2pm. Donation based community YogART class: 7 Chakra series. Artegon Marketplace 5250 International Dr, Orlando, Florida 32819. Every 2nd Sunday of the month YogART will be hosting FREE Color Therapy Yoga classes for the community at Artegon Marketplace (located in the community room across from section B6 – use movie theater entrance)

We are excited to bring you our “7 Chakra Series” that will focus each class on each individual chakra: breaking down it’s color, meaning, location and function. This particular class will revolve around our second major energy point known as “The Sacral Chakra”.

Color Therapy glasses will also be provided for those who wish to experience the effects of color therapy. Orange will be the primary focus for our Root Chakra but you may wear any color you want to work with.

This is an ALL LEVELS class which incorporates stretching, breathing exercises and light yoga poses geared around the Sacral Chakra.

We also have a color wheel on our site that explains the benefit of each color (glasses) Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. http://www.yogartinc.com/color-therapy-chart/

Please bring your own yoga mat and prepare to unwind

Check out our lovely YogART instructor’s website for more info on her, and some great articles:

Any children who attend must be able to participate in the session quietly to respect the space of other guests. If your child is unable to partake without disruption we ask that you please refrain from bringing them. Thank you! Namaste ~

For more info contact us at:

info@yogartinc.com

2pm to 4pm Free. Script Reading Workshop. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show, 8267 International Drive, Orlando, FL. Read and workshop plays