Friday November 13, 2009

Addition: The Moment of Clarity

All Out Repertory Company presents Addiction: The Moment of Clarity, tonight November 13th at 8pm in the Mainstage Theater of HCC Ybor Campus Performing Arts Building.

Come at 7:30 for light refreshments and to see the gallery installation. This is the first full installment in the Addiction Series, a collection of performance, visual and written art that focus on the journey into and out of addiction.

Addiction : The Moment of Clarity features choreography by Shana Perkins, Melissa Torres, Brian Fidalgo and Christina Acosta. Students from Orange Grove Middle Magnet School will perform at the top of the show.

Conceived by Artistic Director and Managing Director, Shana Perkins and Ami Sallee Corley, The Addiction Series has many components. In July, Perkins began working with Lynn Norton from the Hillsborough County Arts Council to create an outreach project with a local halfway house for recovering female addicts to teach them and encouraging them to share their stories.

Perkins and Corley worked with the women for two months, recording their stories and working with them to create a very heartfelt and cathartic dance theater performance that the women shared with their family and friends on a visitation day. Perkins also employed the skills of photographer Jyl Hawver and visual artist Debbie Gadtke to photograph the tattoos of the women, tattoos acquired as a right of passage, and turn them into the scenic design for the November performance as well as an art gallery installation for the lobby. Actor and illustrator Joel Gennari will also contribute to the gallery display. All Out is currently working with the Hillsborough County Arts Council to set up the Gallery Installation.

The November performance will include an infusion of words from the Women of Rose Manor as well as local poet and writer, Lori Karpay, and original music from local bands, Grey Market and Geri X.

Corley has been working with the dancers-who-can-act to bring a dramatic plot line into the performance and a small handful of actors-who-can-dance to act initially as spoken word talent for the November performance and be the actual characters in the Spring performance, which hopes to be featured in the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image in March.

All Out Rep's 1st Tampa-grown production, The Agreeable Husband, had a successful debut performance in April at the 2009 Ybor Festival of the Moving Image and followed up with a fundraiser performance at The Ritz in Ybor in June.

Future performance include a school performance for Blake High School (where Corley and Perkins will work with students to create their own Addiction Series performance piece inspired by the cautionary tale, Go Ask Alice), The Eleanor Dempsey Performing Arts Center in Hudson in February 2010, and The Willow Theatre in Boca Raton in April 2010.

All Out Rep is collaborative production company, mixing and merging art forms: Dance, Theater, Music, Visual and Media Art. All Out is dedicated to expanding Tampa's arts resources and arts audiences through collaboration and touring. www.alloutrep.org

General Admission tickets are $15, for Students (any school) $10, and HCC students, staff, faculty are FREE.

Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus will be taking place at The Ritz Ybor on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 from 7pm to midnight, and will feature live performances by Bella Danza (Artistic Director: Maria Capitano Pardo), Enigma Dance Kru, Kinetic Dance Group, HEMISPHERE Dance, Wear To The Tear Fashion (with the Bentley Salon), Disco Dolls, Anye Cole and Jeremy Gloff at 8pm and 10pm.

An album release party for singer-songwriter Jeremy Gloff's 21st Century Love Songs will take place in the side Royal Room at 9pm.

Over 80 local artists and vendors will be on display with all artwork and merchandise available for purchase. Magnum Opus is open to the general public of all ages. An optional $1.00 donation will be accepted at the door. http://www.squareoneflorida.com/

Arnold Martinez at the Tampa Bay History Center tomorrow

Join local artist Arnold Martinez on Saturday, November 14th from 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Museum Store in the Tampa Bay History Center.

Martinez brings his signature style - a mixture of Cuban coffee, tobacco, tea and acrylic - to the History Center where he'll set up his easel, paint, and visit with customers throughout the afternoon. www.tampabayhistorycenter.org

Impromptu Players present The God of Isaac

As a benefit for Stageworks Outreach Programs for At Risk Kids, The Impromptu Players of Stageworks Theatre present a staged reading of The God of Isaac, an hysterical comedy written by James Sherman (Beau Jest and Jest a Second), directed by Andrea Graham and starring Dahlia Legault, Kristy Kilgo, Janet Scaglione, Tom Scarritt, Elaine Shimberg, Scott Shimberg, Jerry Slutzky, and Marisa Welles.

There are two performances this Saturday, November 14th at 6:30 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. at the Dolce Vita Lounge, located at Channelside Cinemas 601 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL 33602 (813) 221-0700.

Bring your parking garage “chip” to the show and you pay only 50 cents for parking! Come early or stay late and eat at a wonderful Channelside restaurant!

For tickets call Andrea: 813-784-6832 or email impromptustageworks@gmail.com

$25 contribution - general seating and $35 contribution – reserved seating

Cafe Cuple at the Centro Asturiano

The Spanish Lyric Theatre has been keeping musical heritage alive for over 50 years. Not only have they preserved and presented the classic zarzuelas but through their mini concerts they have also perpetuated the "pop" music of Spain and Latin America. The concerts are narrated in BOTH Spanish and English.

This Sunday November 15th they present Cafe Cuple at the Centro Asturiano, located at 1913 Nebraska Avenue.

Call 813.936.0217 to order tickets or visit http://www.spanishlyrictheatre.com/ for more information!

Just a few of the Events Happening THIS WEEKEND

All Weekend

• 100 Saints You Should Know at USF
• An Evening of Opera Scenes at USF

Friday

• All-Florida SCI Student Composers Chamber Music Concert at USF
• Jazz with Jim - Finger Popin' Be Bop at Carrollwood Cultural Center
• Venue Night - Live Music at Music Showcase
• Gulf Coast Youth Choirs Fall Concert
• UT Music Festival with Samuel Adler at University of Tampa
• All Out Repertory Company - Addiction: The Moment of Clarity by All Out Rep

Saturday

• All-Florida SCI Student Composers with the USF Wind Ensemble
• Square One Event - Magnum Opus at The Ritz Ybor
• The Art of Giving at The Creative Native Gallery
• Ybor City Saturday Market at Centennial Park
• Santa's Holiday Workshop at Center Place
• Stageworks / Impromptu Players Staged Reading: The God of Isaac
• Temple Terrace Arts Council 36th Annual Arts Festival
• 2nd Annual "Arty" Ornaments at the Creative Native Gallery

Sunday

• Upstairs Downstairs at the Tampa Bay Hotel at the H.B. Plant Museum

For more information about any of these events or many others, please visit the EVENTS section of our website at http://www.tampaarts.com/

Thursday November 12, 2009

Broadway in Concert

The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Salerno Theatre Company are proud to present Broadway In Concert from November 20 to December 6, 2009.

Now in it’s 4th consecutive year of touring, Broadway in Concert features the return of 5 of the original Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center premiere!

Join them as they perform a retrospective montage of 50 years of Broadway’s biggest hits! From Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and Chicago to Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Wicked, all your favorites are here!

This musical phenomenon is dazzling Fortune 500 corporations and performing arts venues across Florida, been endorsed by Broadway’s biggest composers and stars Florida’s most critically-acclaimed performers! Featuring Jorge Acosta, Nicole Allegretto, Catherine Davis, Kyle Davis, Jaime Giangrande-Holcom, Hilary Kraus and Michael Matthews star.

Show Dates and Times:

Friday, November 20 at 8 pm

Saturday, November 21 at 3 pm and 8 pm

Sunday, November 22 and 18 at 3 pm

Friday, December 4 at 8 pm

Saturday, December 5 at 3 pm and 8 pm

Sunday, December 6 at 3 pm

Tickets $15 for Carrollwood Cultural Center members, $20 for non-CCC members
The Carrollwood Cultural Center is located at 4537 Lowell Road Tampa FL 33618 (813)269-1310
For more information about the Salerno Theatre Company: www.Salernotheatre.com

Artist Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson at The Kotler Gallery

The Kotler Gallery John F. Germany Public Library is pleased to announce that it will present a new exhibition of Russian artist Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson.

Tatyana Hankinson will present a collection of more then 40 new pieces. The exhibition will cover a wide range of media including oil, pastel, watercolor and photography.

The exhibit will be from November 2nd through November 30th, 2009.

The Reception is on Thursday November 12th from 5:30 - 7:00 PM.
No charge, refreshment served. The public is encouraged to attend.

Tatyana was born in former Soviet Union, graduated from the Kubyshev Art School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with a major in drawing and fine art. She came to the United States in 2002 and settled in Tampa where she is active in the local art scene.

"A lot of my paintings are of different places around the world. I paint what touches me, what I fall in love with. I work in oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor because I see future paintings in different media depending what I am going to paint. Come to see my recent projects which center on landscapes of places I have visited like Aspen, Colorado; New York, Baltic Countries and of course my favorite, Florida."

Tatyana invites you to come and see the exhibit and you will fall in love with her subjects too!

The Kotler Gallery at the John F. Germany Public Library is located at 900 N. Ashley Drive in Tampa, Fl 33602

www.hcplc.org

Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson www.igumnova-art.com

Today at the University of Tampa

A reading by writer, poet and translator Judith Ortiz Cofer today, Thursday, November 12, in Reeves Theater at the University of Tampa.

Also happening today..........

11/12/09 Music Notes - at the Carrollwood Cultural Center

11/12/09 Sleep of Reason Cinema Series: Turkish Delightat Gallery [5] Art
11/12/09 Native American Inter-Tribal Festival at the HCC, Dale Mabry Campus

11/12/09 starts today! UT Music Festival with Samuel Adler at UT

11/12/09 Little Red Riding Hood Presented By: Bits 'n Pieces Puppet Theater
11/12/09 starts today! 100 Saints You Should Know @ USF

Visit the EVENTS section of our website for detailed information on this event and many others! www.tampaarts.com

Happy Veteran's Day! November 11, 2009

100 Saints You Should Know

The School of Theatre & Dance presents Kate Fodor’s 100 Saints You Should Know, in the Southeast premiere of this “play about human longing.”


Developed at the Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago and given its world premiere production at New York’s Playwrights Horizons in 2007, this poignant, sometimes humorous, look at five very different people grappling with questions of faith, meaning and desire provides a potent vehicle for an intrepid company of student actors.


There will be two opportunities for audience members to speak with artists involved in the production. A talkback with the actors and TheatreUSF director Kerry Glamsch will follow the November 14 performance.


On November 19, Kate Fodor, who is a Macy's Visiting Artist this term, will attend the performance and anchor a question and answer session following the show. She will also speak to theatre classes during her visit. Her take on the work is simple: “The play is really about two people: a priest and the woman who cleans the rectory...and her journey toward faith and his away from it.” Directed by TheatreUSF professor Kerry Glamsch.


The play contains adult themes, language and nudity.


Performances are Fridays and Saturdays November 12-14 and 18-21 at 8pm, with 3pm matinees on Sundays November 15 and 22.


Tickets and information may be found at the College of The Arts box office by calling 813-974-2323 or online at www.arts.usf.edu.

Finger Popin' Be Bop Jazz with Jim at the CCC

Enjoy a relaxing evening at the Carrollwood Cultural Center with Jazz with Jim - Finger Popin' Be Bop featuring noted Tampa jazz musician Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions, with Ron Delp on the Keyboard, Jeff Henson on the percussions, Jim Burge on the saxophone and Mike Ruvin on the double bass.

The group will explore the exciting music of the Be Bop era with tunes from Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and more.

The concert will take place this Friday, November 13 at 7:30pm at the Carrollwood Cultural Center located at 4537 Lowell Road Tampa 33618 (813) 269-1310. Tickets can be purchased at the door. $7 per person.

Jim Burge received the B.M.E. and M.A. in performance from the University of Denver. After teaching in Denver area schools, he moved to Las Vegas to perform in show bands, backing many of the stars of the ‘60s and ’70. He moved to Orlando for the opening of Walt Disney World where he was a staff musician and assistant conductor of the Walt Disney World Band. While in Orlando, Mr. Burge taught at Seminole and Valencia Community Colleges and performed with the Florida Symphony Orchestra. In 1976, he joined the faculty of Hillsborough Community College and remained there until retiring in 2005. He became the Director of Music at HCC, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Band among other responsibilities. He is a founding member of the Bay Area Saxophone Quartet and performs in various jazz and show bands around the Tampa Bay area.

[5]art Call to Artists Deadline approaching: Friday November 13

[5]art invites you to submit artwork for consideration in this year's all-media Black and White REDUCED exhibition.

Select works will also be featured on the [5]art website, www.five-art.com and a black & white mini-zine.

This exhibition runs from Friday, December 11, 2009 through Monday, December 28, 2009.

An Opening Reception will be held on Friday, December 11, 2009 from 7:00 -10:00 p.m.

Gallery hours are by appointment. Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated.

Visit http://www.tampaarts.com/ CALL TO ARTISTS section for more information.

Leto & Blake HS Students Perform Spoken Word at Jaeb Theatre TONIGHT
Students from Leto and Blake high schools are joining forces tonight Wednesday November 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. in TBPAC’s Jaeb Theater for a spoken word/dance/art design performance and exhibit that is free for the public.

Students from Leto (who have been working with the comedian, Ranney) will be performing and showcasing their spoken word pieces and students from Blake will display their scenic design projects in the lobby that same day. It should be eye-opening!

Just spoke with Ranney, who said the teens are focusing on the theme Where I Choose to Be and about “how they find the positives and keep themselves and each other going. It’s not all gloomy, but it also doesn’t turn a deaf ear to what going on in their community (such as violence),” he said.

Tuesday November 10, 2009

UT to hold Music Festival with Samuel Adler November 12 - 13
The University of Tampa Music Festival with Samuel Adler will present free concerts that will feature music by the world-renowned composer.

Composer and conductor Samuel Adler will visit the University of Tampa to perform, teach and observe during a two-day festival devoted to his music November 12-13.

Adler, who is often compared to Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, is known for his work as a composer and conductor and has written compositions for the Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony,American Brass Quintet, Ying Quartet, and the American String Quartet, among many others.

The festival will feature three public events, all open to the public and free of charge:

· On Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Fletcher Lounge in Plant Hall, UT music faculty will perform Adler's chamber music.
· On Friday, November 13, at 4 p.m. in the Ferman Music Center on campus,Adler will lead an orchestration seminar.
· On Friday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Fletcher Hall, the UT Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Glee Club, and Collegiate Chorale will perform Adler's music.

Libor Ondras, UT professor of music, said Adler's visit is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for students and the public to see Adler perform and teach first hand.

"Adler is one of contemporary American music's giants, and we are lucky that he is willing to come to UT to perform for the public and teach our students," Ondras said.

Adler, a professor emeritus of the Eastman School of Music and current member of The Juilliard School's composition faculty, has served in a variety of positions, ranging from conductor of the U.S. Army's Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, music director of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas, and professor of composition at the University of North Texas.

His catalog includes more than 400 published works in all media, including five operas, six symphonies, eight string quartets, works for wind ensemble and band, and chamber music.

Adler's visit and the festival are sponsored by The University of Tampa's College of Arts and Letters and the Department of Music.

For more information, contact Libor Ondras at (813) 257-3762.

Additionally, the UT Department of Music will present two other concerts this fall celebrating Adler's work. The public is invited to all concerts, and admission is free.

· On Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Salon, the Quartet deMinaret's fall concert will feature Adler's Quintet for Piano and Strings. Nancy Chang, guest violinist from the Florida Orchestra, will join the quartet for the performance.
· On Monday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Salon, Ondras will present a viola recital, which will feature Adler's Sonata for Viola.
Web site: www.ut.edu

MOSI offering $5 Admission in Honor of Veterans Day
In celebration of Veteran's Day, November 11 - 15, 2009, the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) will be offering $5 admission* to all active and retired military personnel,EMTs, firefighters and police officers.

Admission includes MOSI exhibit galleries and one standard IMAX Dome Theatre film.

MOSI, Museum of Science & Industry is located at 4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida.

*Must present Military Photo ID to receive offer. Cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts. Excludes special engagement exhibitions and films.


WMNF presents Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles - Tickets on Sale NOW!
On Friday November 20th, WMNF will present Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles with The Eileen Jewell Band opening.

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles' members claim influences as far-reaching as Mahalia Jackson, Sid Vicious and Merle Haggard, so it's no surprise that the band boasts a unique sound. The group's 2005 debut, Silver City, showcased an unusual knack for mixing alternative rock with country, earning an impressive assortment of critical raves. Some folks make music because they want to -- others do it because they have no choice. Sarah Borges clearly falls into the latter category, the kind of person whose DNA would read like a musical chart if you mapped it out on paper. Diamonds in the Dark, Borges’ second album -- and first for Sugar Hill -- spells that out in lush detail, with every plaintive vocal twist and every rollicking guitar turn offering up proof that the Massachusetts native knows her way around American music’s roots (and has her own roots planted firmly in some mighty fertile soil). While Borges readily acknowledges devouring songs from recordings made decades before she was born -- Wanda Jackson, Bob Wills and vintage Merle Haggard have all been in heavy rotation on her stereo -- she has always offset those influences with the music of the here-and-now. www.sarahborges.com


The Eileen Jewell Band will open. Boise-born and Boston-based, Eileen Jewell has quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots, country, folk-blues musicians. Her first two albums, Boundary County (self-released, 2006) and Letters from Sinners and Strangers (Signature Sounds, 2007) were astonishingly assured efforts, which matched Jewell’s understated yet insightful songs with a rugged blend of Americana styles. They were met with a great deal of acclaim, with No Depression raving that “Jewell is showing she can wander with the best of them, and write riveting song-stories about her adventures along the way.” Indicative of Jewell’s strong following in Europe, The Word in the UK described her as “A voice of real distinction [that] manages to transcend some powerful influences and pierce the fog long enough for her own point of view to emerge.” www.eileenjewell.com

Two of the outstanding acts at the 2009 Tropical Heatwave come back for a powerful double bill of roots rock. November 20, 2009 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit www.wmnf.org.

Monday November 9, 2009

The Circus is Coming to Town-Tickets go on sale SOON!
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus will come to the St. Pete Times Forum from January 6 - 10, 2010.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® is roaring into town with Barnum’s FUNundrum, a celebration of P. T. Barnum so big, it is an event 200 years in the making! Hop aboard and go on an unbelievable excursion that brings together performers and characters from exotic countries all over the world - even from places for which there are no geographic borders. From the moment that you arrive, the momentum explodes as The Greatest Show On Earth® comes to life in a way that can only be inspired by the greatest showman who ever lived.

Thrill-seekers may pay for the entire seat, but will only need its edge as a rip-roaring motorcycle troupe performs an incredible feat where seven motorcyclists brave fear and physics in the 16-foot Spherical Miracle. Height-seeking high-wire artists perform atop a wire no wider than your thumb 40 feet in the air, all while at a 45 degree angle. Masters of Musculature use their bodies in the ultimate test to see how far the human body can be pushed in a mind-blowing world of distortion and contortion.

And what would Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey be without the funomenal animals leading the way? Barnum’s FUNundrum features fangtastic tigers, esteemed elephants, prancing ponies, horses and goats that authenticate the affinity between animals and humans.

At Barnum’s FUNundrum, the funtastic and funbelievable experience answers the conundrum so get your tickets today before this train leaves the station!

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets go on sale starting November 20 at 10 a.m.

Ticket Prices: $15, $20, $25, $35, $55 (VIP), $85 (Circus Celebrity)Ages 0-23 months admitted free on ticket holder's lap (no ticket required). If child has celebrated their 2nd birthday, they MUST have a ticket to enter.

Author Judith Ortiz Cofer at UT this Thursday
Writer, poet and translator Judith Ortiz Cofer will present a reading on Thursday, November 12 in Reeves Theater on the University of Tampa campus. All readings are at 8 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Cofer’s book The Latin Deli was selected for the Georgia Center for the Book’s Top 25 Reading List. The Meaning of Consuelo was selected as one of two winners of the Américas Award in 2003 and was included on the New York Public Library's "Books for the Teen Age 2004" list. Her young adult short story collection, An Island Like You, received the inaugural Pura Belpré Prize from the American Library Association in 1996.

Florida Conversations lecture tomorrow at the Columbia in Ybor
On Tuesday, November 10th at 7:00 p.m. the Tampa Bay History Center will present a Florida Conversations lecture featuring USF historian Andrew Huse and Columbia Restaurant owner Richard Gonzmart. The two will discuss Huse's new book, The Columbia Restaurant:Celebrating a Century of History, Culture and Cuisine.

Although the Florida Conversations Lecture Series is normally hosted at the TampaBay History Center, this special installment will be held at the Siboney Room at the Columbia Restaurant's Ybor City location.

Huse, a librarian with the University of South Florida Libraries Special and Digital Collections, worked closely with the Gonzmart family to write this new centennial history of the famed Tampa restaurant. With a historian's eye for accuracy and a storyteller's ear for anecdotes, Huse traces the fortunes of the Columbia from the founder, Casimiro Hernandez Sr., to his great-grandson, fourth generation restaurateur Richard Gonzmart.

Florida Conversations features authors presenting on the history, culture and people of Florida and is a partnership with the University of South Florida Libraries Florida Studies Center.

The event is free and open to the public. For additional information or to find out about upcoming lectures, visit our website or call (813) 228-0097.

The Quartet de Minaret - To Perform Tuesday November 10
The Quartet de Minaret will present a concert titled Quartet de Minaret and Friends, on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Salon at The University of Tampa.

The public is invited, and admission is free.

The program includes Quintet for Piano and String Quartet by Samuel Adler, the world-renowned composer and conductor, as well as the world premiere of Of Prayers and Praises for soprano, violin, viola, cello and piano, by UT Professor David Clark Isele, and the Quintet in E flat Major, Opus 44, by Robert Schumann.

UT's quartet-in-residence will be joined by special guests Hein Jung, soprano and a UT assistant professor of voice, and Nancy Chang, violinist and associate concertmaster of the Florida Orchestra.

The quartet, returning from successful performances in Europe this summer,is comprised of UT faculty members: Libor Ondras, violist; and Grigorios Zamparas, pianist; and Florida Orchestra members Lei Liu, assistant concertmaster; and Lowell Adams, assistant principal cellist.

For more information, contact Ondras at (813) 257-3762.

Friday November 6, 2009

Bovarnick, Comellas, Neri UT Alumni Show
Three University of Tampa alumni will show their provocative work atan art show in the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery on The University of Tampa campus starting tonight Friday November 6 through December 10, 2009

Rob Bovarnick '85, a well-known local photographer; Chalet Commellas '01, apainter and mixed-media artist; and, a New York painter; will display recent work.

There will be an opening reception and gallery talk with the artists on Friday, November 6, from 7-9 p.m., with an experimental dance by Susan Taylor Lennon.

Before digital alteration became common, Rob Bovarnick created many complexcomposite images on film, images that appeared to have been done digitally. That skill blended seamlessly with the possibilities of the currenttechnology says his former professor Lew Harris.

As a student, Chalet Comellas embraced the challenge of using symbolic imagery in her artwork. She began using motifs that are still evident in herwork today, exploring the use of "feminine" pattern and design elementscoupled with isolated symbols or objects. The larger image tells a storywhile a variation of touch, transparency or layers of images create adeeper, secondary story.

The recent work of Perri Neri is rich in surface, texture, color, motion, expression and symbolism. Flat dark voids are juxtaposed against round warm solids, and vigorous forms harmonize with figures that inhabit several ofthe paintings.

The Gallery is located on North Boulevard on the UT campus. The Gallery is open 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 1-4 p.m. on Saturday. Admissionis free.

Where The Wild Things Are at MOSI's IMAX Dome
MOSI's IMAX Dome Theatre is the only large screen in town to host the film Where The Wild Things Are!

On November 7, fans of all ages will experience one of the most cherished adventure stories of all time when the highly anticipated Where the Wild Things. Are opens at MOSI's IMAX Dome Theatre.

Innovative director Spike Jonze collaborates with celebrated author Maurice Sendak to bring one of the most beloved books of all time to the big screen in Where the Wild Things Are, a classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out the world we live in.

For show times visit www.mosi.org or call 813-987-6000.

New Weather:Diana Al-Hadid, Robyn O’Neil and Iva Gueorguieva at USF CAM New Weather brings together the monumental sculptures of Diana Al-Hadid, the turbulent paintings of Iva Gueorguieva, and the enigmatic drawings of Robyn O’Neil. Their works explore the atmospheres and forces, which characterize our time, presenting us with an apt metaphor for the unpredictability of a rapidly changing world. Curated by IRA Chief Curator David Louis Norr; organized by USFCAM.

New Weather opens November 6, 2009 and runs through March 6, 2010 at the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

Today Friday, November 6, 2009:
Symposium at 2pm at USF Marshall Center, Plaza Room 2708
Artists Opening Reception at 7pm at USF CAM
USF CAM Events are free

New Weather is sponsored in part by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, and The Nimoy Foundation.

Contemporary Art Museum Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CAM101, Tampa, FL 33620-7360

(813) 974-2849 caminfo@arts.usf.edu

Gallery [5]art: GEORGE ANDERTON Recent Works and ROBB FLADRY
Opening Reception TONIGHT Friday November 6, 2009 7pm -10pm.

In the main gallery: [5]art presents GEORGE ANDERTON Recent Works, a solo exhibition featuring new work from Tampa-based artist George Anderton. Anderton, a painter trained both in Budapest and in London and presently living in Tampa, re-assesses the everyday with a mixture of the abstract and the representational.

This exhibition will debut at Gallery [5]art in West Tampa located in the Old Santaella Cigar Factory on the second floor-Suite 210. More on Anderton will soon to be posted at www.five-art.com

In the reception area for one night only: current work from Robb Fladry. Fladry holds a BFA in studio art from Austin Peay State University, and a MA in theatre from the same institution. Robb is currently a graduate teaching assistant at the University of South Florida where he is earning an MFA in studio art. More on Robb Fladry can be found at www.robbfladry.com

The [5]art Opening Reception for both exhibitions will be held on Friday November 6, 2009 from 7pm till 10pm at 1906 N. Armenia Ave. Suite 210 Tampa, FL 33607 with refreshments and light hors d'oeuvres including brew provided by Cigar City Brewing. DJ Brian Oblivion spins at 7pm.

The event is free and open to the public but donations are greatly appreciated. The exhibition in our main gallery runs through November 27th, 2009 with gallery hours by appointment. Classes and groups are encouraged and welcomed.

For more information please contact: Tracy Midulla Reller, Gallery [5]art Director, www.five-art.com, art.five@gmail.com, 813.340.9056

Vicky Colmbet: Terres de Brume / A New Geography at Bleu Acier
The exhibit, Terres de Brume / A New Geography, recent drawings and small paintings by Vicky Colombet opens Friday, November 06, 2009 and runs through Saturday, January 16, 2010.

The opening reception is tonight, Friday November 6, 2009 from 6 - 9 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Bleu Acier is located at 109 W. Columbus Drive in Tampa.

Gallery Hours: Saturday from 12 - 5, otherwise, please call 813.272.9746 for an appointment. www.bleuacier.com

Jazz Singer Rose Bilal at That's Amore
Enjoy a delicious meal or a glass of wine and listen to the talented local singer, actor and author Rose Bilal at That's Amore. Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 p.m. 12:00 midnight. Rose's rendition of At Last will make you fall in love!

That's Amore is located at 700 Harbour Post Drive, Harbour Island in Tampa, FL 33602 813.221.9889. www.rosebilal.com jazzyrosebilal.blogspot.com

Chamber Music on the HCC Ybor Campus this Weekend!
Chamber Music Ybor presents the Bay Area Saxophone Quartet at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday November 8th at the HCC Ybor Campus, Mainstage.

A wonderfully eclectic program with works from such diversecomposers as Scarlatti, Dvorak and Gershwin! To find out more about this event and many others, please visit the EVENTS section of our website www.tampaarts.com

Courtney Jaye at the TBPAC this Monday November 9th
Singer-songwriter Courtney Jaye performs live for one night only on Monday November 9 at 7:30 p.m. Regularly priced tickets start at $25.50.

Courtney Jaye's self-released album, Queen of Sabotage, shows off the sweet, gorgeous voice of the singer/songwriter and the catchy melodies and alternately impressionistic/heart-on-sleeve lyrics of her "tropicountry" music.

Visit Courtney Jaye's MySpace page and http://www.tbpac.org/ for tickets.

Pianos in Ybor
The GaYBOR District Coalition, inspired by artist Luke Jerram, will be hosting a Very Interesting & Fun Public Musical Art Installation this Holiday Season in Ybor City called "Pianos in Ybor" .

Working together with volunteers (both individuals & groups), YCDC, HHC, Ybor Chamber of Commerce & the Ybor Businesses have collected ten upright pianos. The pianos will be move to Gallery Live where local artist are welcome to come & paint them up!

On Saturday, November 7 there will a preview exhibit of the pianos at Gallery Live. Over the next 6 days the pianos will be moved to 10 outside public locations throughout Ybor City.

The official exhibit will commence on Saturday November 14th and coinside with MAGNUM OPUS: a Square One Event at the Ritz Ybor.

At this time, the public will be invite to "Please Play Me" at any time. The 10 locations are:

1) Hillsborough Community College Ybor
2) Streetcar Charlie's
3) The Ritz Ybor
4) New York, New York Pizza
5) L'Olivier's & Teatro Hallway
6) Muvico Centro Ybor 20
7) Rock-n-Sports & Hamburger Mary's
8) La France
9) Suntrust Bank
10) The Mermaid Slipper

The Musical Art Installation will end on Jan 9, 2010. At that time all 10 pianos will be donated to charities.


PCE's Love, Sex and the I.R.S. starts TONIGHT
Love, Sex and the I.R.S. is a wild farce with twists of fate, sight gags, mistaken identities and hilarious comic lines. Written by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, Directed by Clint Shepherd and assistant director Dodie White.

For more information call 813-754-4929.

Love, Sex and the I.R.S. will run from November 6 through November 14th in the new home of PCE, located at 101 N. Thomas Street in Plant City.
Be sure to visit the Plant City Entertainment, Inc. website at:
www.plantcityentertainment.com

Thursday November 5, 2009

Independents’ Film Festival Starts TODAY
A Treat for Your Eyes, A Feast for Your Imagination - The Education Channel’s 16th Annual Independents’ Film Festival (IFF) promises the audience a party every night! Each themed screening night begins with a reception, complimentary food, drink and socializing before the films, followed by coffee and dessert – all included in the $15 admission price.

Events include:
November 5th – Gangsters and Groove: documentaries with a Florida focus. Back by popular demand,the award winning Ghosts of Ybor: Charlie Wall explores one of Ybor City’s most famous crime residents and Florida’s first crime boss. Screens with The Tempo of Tampa Bay, exploring Tampa’s rich tradition of jazz and blues.

November 6th – Emerging Directors: sponsored by the University of Tampa. Amazing short films and animations created by college and graduate students. Filmmakers on hand.

November 7th – Junior Showcase: films by students in grades K-12, most from high school students,including Blake High senior Garrett Brown, already a local filmmaking legend. Followed by a Young Producers Panel discussion with current college students. Find out how to make it in film in higher ed.

November 11th – Going to Xtremes: Award winning documentary FRAG, true story of professional videogaming and the young cyber-athletes who dream of stardom in gaming tournaments.

November 12th – Art of Film: An evening of beautiful, inspiring films revealing the artistic vision of the filmmaker, and celebrating IFF special guests Dorothy Fadiman and Todd Thompson, plus a selection of films from the festival.

November 13th – Florida Short Film Showcase: Wonderful films by some of Florida’s best filmmakers. Come early and stay late to meet the creative forces in the local film scene.

November 14th – Educational Seminars at 10 AM & 12 PM: Producing with Passion: Making Films That Change the World presented by Dorothy Fadiman, and Telling Stories with Heart presented by ToddThompson.

November 14th – Best of the Fest: A selection of award winning films, followed by an awards ceremony and wrap party for all attending. Help us wind it up and close it down in style!

The festival dates are: November 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2009. All events held at The Education Channel, 703 N. Willow Ave, Tampa.

Seating is limited! Tickets available online only at www.indiefilmfest.us
(813) 254-2253, ext. 211lucy@tecc.tv

Last FMOPA Flashback Happy Hour!
Tonight, Thursday, November 5th, don't miss Steve Grant. The man who opened concerts for The Wallflowers, Lonestar and Bo Diddley is said to be able to make one guitar sound like a full band while singing the "lowest notes from the likes of Johnny Cash to the bird-like highs of Led Zepplin's Robert Plant."Playing along with Steve Grant (on guitar and vocals) will be Joe Lala (on congas). Joe graduated from Tampa's Jefferson High School in 1965 and has played with Stephen Stills' Manassas (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), The Eagles, The Bee Gees, Jackson Browne, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Barbara Streisand, John Couger Mellencamp, Eric Clapton, Dr John, and Herbie Hancock just to name a few. Steve and Joe will be joined by Brent Radamaker on bass and vocals. Brent is Sub-Pop recording artist in a band called Beachwood Sparks.

Saturday, November 7th is the last day to say good-bye to Burk Uzzle's Woodstockand Other Americana. http://www.fmopa.org/

More Public Art in Downtown Tampa
Downtown Tampa will be home to yet another unique component of public art, thanks to a collaborative effort led by the Glazer Children’s Museum.

Commissioned by the Glazer Children’s Museum and Voices for Children in conjunction with J.O. DeLotto & Son’s, Inc. and Gould Evans, a wall mosaic will be installed on the south side exterior of the museum.

The mosaic will be composed of mirror, glass and stained glass fashioned by hand into a design that compliments Tampa’s downtown culture, and use vibrant colors to reflect the region’s cultural diversity. This project is slated to be completed in February 2010.

Ferdie Pacheco To Visit History Center
Painter, fight doctor and Tampa native Ferdie Pacheco will be at the Tampa Bay History Center on Friday, November 6th for a reception celebrating the selection of his Mahatma Gandhi portrait by the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) for inclusion on a new stamp.

The UNPA released the stamp designed by Pacheco on October 3rd, marking the International Day of Non-Violence, which is also Gandhi's 140th birthday.

The stamp and various other works will be on display in the Museum Store and the Lykes Atrium during the day. An artist's reception for the stamp unveiling will begin at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served at the reception.

UT Department of Speech, Theatre and Dance Announce Spring 2010 Performances
The University of Tampa, College of Arts & Letters, Department of Speech, Theatre and Dance have announced their Spring 2010 Performance Season schedule - be sure to mark your calendars!

Spring Dance Concert: Feb. 18-19 at 8pm and Feb. 20 at 2pm and 8pm in the David Falk Theatre
Play: Debt March 25-27 at 8:00pm and March 28 at 2:00pm in the David Falk Theatre
Musical: Candide April 22-24 at 8:00pm and April 25 at 2:00pm in the David Falk Theatre
Spring Dance Happening April 28-May 1 at 8pm
Cabaret/Revue April 30-May 1 at 8pm in the Reeves Theatre (2nd floor, Vaughn Center)

For Information:Dance Susan Taylor Lennon, (813) 257-3745 or staylor.lennon@ut.edu

Theatre:Michael Staczar, (813) 257-3987 or mstaczar@ut.edu

Attention Poets!
The University of Tampa Press, Tampa, FL, announces its 2010 Tampa Review Prize For Poetry. The annual prize includes hardcover and quality paperback book publication, $2,000 cash (plus royalties on sales of the book) and a portfolio of selected work to be published in the award-winning hardcover literary journal Tampa Review. The 9th annual competition is open to unpublished book length manuscripts from new or established poets. $25 reading fee.
Deadline: 12/31/2009
For guidelines and further information, visit: www.tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html

To Do TODAY:
Poetry Slam finals at HCC tonight - 7:30 p.m. in the HCC Ybor Theatre

Businesses & Individuals in the Arts Awards @ Gala Florida Aquarium

Concert: Brand New, Thrice with Crime in Stereo The RITZ Ybor

The Writers at the University Series: Rhett Iseman Trull @ University of Tampa

FMoPA Woodstock Concerts Steve Grant @ Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

Artist Reception: Student School Exhibit @ South Shore Regional Library