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CONTENTS

Vol. 1 Winter 2007 Issue 4

On the Cover: Tis year, resolve to buy more art by participating in COCA’s FirstFriday Gallery Hops. Local art shoppers Dan aylor, José Rincón,and riends check out the latest masterpieces at Tomas Eads FineArt Gallery. o learn more, read the eature story on page 4.

Photo/Cover Illustration by Tony Archer

Design Assistance by Nathan Archer

Features

4 BonVoyage!AGuide Par ExcellencetotheFirstFridayGallery HopandShuttle

by Achilles Clouseau (a.k.a. Ben Gunter)

8 OntherailoArtorFearlessAgersby Judy Gross

Regular Features

3 FromthePublisher

3 Contributors

Listings

6 Shopping Cover your walls with ne art, accentuate your wardrobe with handmade jewelry,put on some new dancing shoes, or buy what you need to create your own art.

10 Participating While in allahassee, discover the artist or perormer in yoursel. Whatever

your passion, there’s something here or you.

13 AlternativeExpand your horizons with independent music, experimental theatre, avant-garde art, or obeat poetry readings.

14 Entertainment From classical to contemporary, these concerts, plays, musical theatre, lm,

and dance events will entertain, amuse, and inspire you.

16 Exploring Get up, get out, and explore the incredible variety o art galleries, museums,historic sites, and more, right in allahassee’s backyard.

17 DowntheRoadTink you’ve seen and done it all in allahassee? Well, there’s another world

waiting just a ew miles in every direction.

18 Festivals&AnnualEvents

20 FortheKids Give your kids a break and get them away rom the video games with these

un and educational activities.

W i n t e r 2 0 0 7 P r i c e le s s

O n t h e T r a i l o f A r t

O n t h e T r a i l o f A r t ( f o r F e ar l e s s Ag e r s )

Y o u r G u i d e

t o Ar t s &C u lt u r e in F lo r id a ’ s

B i g B e n d P LU S ...O p e r a , T h e a t r e , D a n c e , F i l m , G a l l e r y L i s t i n g s ...An d M U C H M o r e !

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ForCapital Culture Magazine Publisher Peggy Brady Editor Randi Goldstein Creative Director ony Archer

CouncilonCulture&ArtsStaf

Executive Director Peggy Brady ony ArcherRandi GoldsteinLeslie PuckettClint L. Riley opher Sherman

Amanda Karioth TompsonHolly Tompson

CouncilonCulture&ArtsBoardoDirectors

Chair Michael H. Sheridan Vice Chair Ken Winker Treasurer Anne Mackenzie Secretary Kay StephensonExec. Comm.Member At-Large Margo H. Bindhardt

Valliere Richard AuzenneMickey Brady Lydia A. McKinley-FloydLongineu ParsonsNeil St. John RambanaMark RavenscratSusan StrattonMike VasilindaStacey WebbJohanna Williams

Ex-ofcios John Marks, Mayor

Bob Rackle, County CommissionMarge Banocy-Payne, CCValencia E. Matthews, FAMUDonna H. McHugh, FSUPaula P. Smith, PACC ChairDick Fallon, Cultural Ambassador

Capital Culture Magazine is published quarterly by the CouncilonCulture&Arts (address below) with support rom the LeonCountyouristDevelopmentCounciland incooperation with allahassee’s Family Forum Magazine.

Capital Culture Magazine is distributed ree o charge to visitors to and residents o Florida’sBig Bend Area at the Council on Culture & Arts, the ACVB’s Visitor Inormation Center(106 E. Jeerson St.), the allahassee Regional Airport (1300 Capital Circle SW), as well asother partners in the hospitality industry.

Reproduction o Capital Culture Magazine in whole or in part is permitted only with writtenpermission rom the Council on Culture & Arts. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. Back issues o Capital Culture Magazine are available by calling the Council onCulture & Arts at (850) 224-2500 and are subject to availability.

Editorial, art, and photography submissions to Capital Culture Magazine are considered.However, the publisher assumes no responsibility or return o unsolicited manuscripts or art.Capital Culture Magazine reserves the right to publish any letters to the editor.Although COCAmakes every eort to publish accurate inormation, we make no guarantee as to the accuracy,completeness, or timeliness o the inormation in this magazine. All rights reserved.

Capital Culture Magazine is available in large print upon request. Tis publication is availablein electronic ormat at COCA’s website at www.cocanet.org. Te opinions expressed in thismagazine are those o the individual contributors and do not necessarily reect those o theCouncil on Culture & Arts, or Capital Culture Magazine’ s sponsors or advertisers.

Copyright © 2007 Council on Culture & Arts

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

New Year, New Name

Peggy Brady

CONTRIBUTORS

Loca l pa int er Dea n Gioia ’s D e c e mb e r S now , r ecent ly e x hibit ed a t t he Ar t P or t Ga ller y .

Judy Gross is an award-winning reelancewriter o all genres, who ordinarily writeson topics o a more serious nature.Although her work on peace and justiceissues has been published in nationaland regional periodicals and newspapers,

at times Judy enjoys exploring thedimensions o writing poetry and scriptsand short, humorous observations o lieas she sees and lives it. On the business

side, Judy writes proposals and marketing materials or severalnon-proft organizations and edits books or other writers. Sheenjoyed the un she had in discovering the clues to earlessaging by ollowing the trail to art or mature adults.

Judy GrossAchilles Clouseau was born early one Fridayevening in downtown Tallahassee, just asthe frst o the First Friday Trolleys pulled outo the parking lot at Chez Pierre. He springsrom a long line o characters dreamedup by actor Ben Gunter. Achilles’ artistic

ancestors include characters created at BuschGardens Williamsburg, Alaska Cabin NiteDinner Theatre in Denali Park, and touringall throughout the red clay roads o Florida,

Georgia, and Alabama. M. Clouseau’s Tallahassee roots are honestlycome by. His creator is a third-generation native o Florida’s capital city,and grew up immersed in the legacy o Prince and Princess Murat. Heis an honorary card-carrying COCA-Nut.

Achilles Clouseau (a.k.a. Ben Gunter

There’s a whole lotta new going on around here. The Tallahassee

Symphony Orchestra has a new conductor, Leon County has newcommissioners, the Tallahassee Ballet has a new artistic director,

Tallahassee Little Theatre and Lemoyne Center or the Visual Arts have newexecutive directors, and Florida even has a new governor. Your local artsagency has big plans or the new year, beginning with a brand new name. TheCultural Resources Commission is now known as the Council on Culture & Arts– COCA, or short.

In this issue, we eature Tallahassee’s unique and varied arts businesses – placesto shop or fne art, handmade jewelry, music, books, arts supplies, and more. I you’re in town, visit one o these local gems and bring a piece o Tallahassee’sculture home with you. And don’t miss local actor/ musician/ educator/personality Ben Gunter’s (a.k.a. “Achilles Clouseau”) article that gives you aguided tour o the First Friday Gallery Hop and Shuttle.

In our last edition, we ocused on cultural things to do or and with children.(I you missed it, you can download the ull issue online at our new web site, www.cocanet.org.) Thisquarter, Tallahassee writer and arts maven Judy Gross explores the multitude o opportunities or seniors, proving that we’re never too old tocontribute to or beneft rom arts and culture.

I hope you enjoy this issue o Capital Culture Magazine. Whether you are a visitor to our area or a native,the COCA-Nuts o the Council on Culture & Arts and I want to help you make the most o cultural opportunities in 2007.



FEATURE

4 | Winter 2007 www.morethanyouthought.com Capital Culture Magazine

h! I see you are reading Capital Culture Magazine. Say no more,

Madame, Mademoiselle, Monsieur. Already I, Achilles Clouseau,deduce the deepest desire o your heart.

You long to experience the lie o the classique French salon. You wantto gather together with like-minded citizens to celebrate art so resh that

the paint may not be dry, yet so nely rendered that it will stand orever.You wish to be blown away by a tour de orce that mixes painting withsculpture with photography, that puts hand blown glass side-by-

side with handcrated heirloom jewelry.

Desiring it all – the very nest in artul living – you yearn to drink in this artistic ensemble served up with live music to delight the ear,bold cuisine to excite the palate, and conversation sparkling like

Perrier to enlighten the soul.

But where, you ask yoursel? Where could this experience be possible

today? The salon, did she not pass away with Napoleon? La France, is she not anocean away? The cutting edge o culture, is she not the native son o another world?

Moi , I have solved this mystery or you, my riend. The French salon, I havediscovered her, alive and well and up-to-date – and not a world away, in the Paris

o yesterday, but here and now, in Tallahassee o 2007.

You can enjoy this experience antastique not once in a lietime, but regular as

clockwork, every month. This very year, right here in Tallahassee, you can giveyoursel soul-stirring encounters with art or the ages – not in some plodding,

pedestrian mode d’emploi , either, but in a rendezvous that is revolutionary or itszippy pick-up-and-delivery.

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Achilles whistles towelcome you on bothe shuttle!



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First Fridays rom the Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) is the answer. Trust me. Je sais.

Ah! I see the ray o hope strike a spark in your eye, mon petit chou … just beore the shadow o doubt draws a shade across your brow. Who is

this Achilles Clouseau, you ask yoursel, to know so much? The ear that

this news, she is too good to be true, it makes you to wilt.

Allow me to introduce mysel, mes amis. I am the ofspring o twoamous amilies, a rare cross o unique artistic genes. From my mother’s

side, I inherit the imaginative vision o Prince Achilles Murat – a man sovisionary that he wore a stufed owl upon his shoulder when he came

to Tallahassee in 1825, bringing the world o Napoleonic salons withhim.* From my ather’s side comes the inallible instinct or uncoveringart-in-action rst seen in Chie Inspector Clouseau – a detective whose

ndings in the world o Big Art have won celebrity world-wide.**

Nothing escapes Achilles Clouseau’s nose or arts news. And AchillesClouseau tells you that nothing, nowhere, revives the experience o theclassique French salon like First Fridays here in Tallahassee.

Here is how it works. Art surveyors rom the COCA visit creative

establishments o all sorts, all over town – rom museums, to workshops(the studios where artistes transorm sweat into inspiration), to galleriesand shops. Only sites where no less than 60% o the items on display

constitute original objets d’art qualiy or inclusion as First Friday locations.

Then, on the First Friday o every month, participating locations throw

open their doors in the evening rom 6 to 9 pm, so that everyone who isart-starved can east themselves to ullness, absolutely ree.

Guides to First Friday locations are easy to come by. You can logon to www.cocanet.org or a list o openings, then chaufeur yoursel

through a selection o artistic transports. Or on First Fridays, you canreport to Chez Pierre, pay the modest sum o $5, and join the world’s

rst salon on wheels, where one o the COCA’s hand-picked Guidesto the Arts introduces you and a shuttle ull o like-minded savoyants

to a smorgasbord o galleries, museums, studios, and shops, beore

returning you to Chez Pierre tout de suite.

What adventures await you in these visionary excursions on the FirstFriday o the month? Let me treat you to just a peek, the merest sliver

sliced rom a Napoleonic pig-out o ood or the soul.

One Friday in the all, seekers o the salon experience shook hands

with Henry Flores, as he sat side by side in the Pyramid Studios withhis masterul “Sel Portrait.” The eatured artist or National DisabilitiesMonth, Mr. Flores had reproduced himsel, wheelchair and all, in copper,

wrought iron, and barbed wire: barbed wire or the legs, which painhim severely; copper and wrought iron or the head, which he playully

presented as a bobbing cube exhibiting our diferent expressions o perception, persistence, peace, and persnicketiness. This was meeting

great art rst-hand.

One Friday in the winter, a shuttle-ull o art-lovers serenadedthemselves with their avorite Christmas carols as they traveled out tovisit the Explorer’s Club (Helas! Sadly closed but perhaps soon to be

opening in a new location). There, they saw works by over 200 areaartistes, including paintings, sculptures, ne urnishings, and urniture.

Around a re outside the gallery, hot hors d’oeuvres and ne winesattracted devotees o the cuisine arts. Inside, a guitar ensemble addedto the ambience o this total-sensory experience.

One Friday in the spring, art came to lie or visitors at the Riley HouseMuseum. Using paintings by Eluster Richardson, an interactive computer

hookup, the re o the story she had to tell, and the historic beauty o theRiley House, the museum’s curator held visitors spellbound as she showed

us the Arican American experience in Tallahassee, up close and personal,through art.

One Friday in the summer, goose bumps danced down viewers’ spines

as the newly expanded Glasshopper gallery unveiled the results o itssearch or the very nest art-glass made in America. Forty minutes later,the same group was clinking cold beverages at the newly opened Thomas

Eads Fine Art Gallery, where you can chat with the owner and pursue thevariety o ne art in the posh surroundings o this Midtown gem.

What comes next? Ah, mes enants, that is a mystery that YOU are thesolution or. Shall it be the latest creations o the Tallahassee Watercolor

Society at LeMoyne? Could it be beautiul Arican-American quilts atthe Museum o Florida History? Perhaps it should be art rom the avant

garde at the many galleries and studios o Railroad Square?

All these – and more – are coming to you in First Fridays o the

uture, where the spirit o yesteryear’s salons meets the cutting edge o tomorrow’s cultural vision. Be there, mes amis! It will eed the deepest

desire o your heart. Achilles Clouseau, he guarantees it.

Images: Opposite page – Dan aylor, José Rincón, and riends check out the latest masterpieces at Tomas Eads Fine Art Gallery. Tis page – Art lovers im Johnsen and y Andrews peruse the selection o ne art jewelry available at the gallery.

* Editor’s note: more about Achilles Murat is available in Sallie Blake’s Tallahassee o Yesterday, and in the Murat collection at the Tallahassee Museum.

** Editor’s note: you can nd selected adventures o Inspector Clouseau in the Pink

Panther movies at the Leon County Public Library.



Fine Art and Gifts

Artisree,1355 A-3 Market Street, 893-2937, www.bigbendhospice.org. Hours: u-Sa 10 am-6 pm.Filled with local art and unique gits at aordable prices. Owned by BigBend Hospice, which provides compassionate care to individuals with lie limiting

illness, comort to their amilies, and emotional support to anyone who has lost aloved one. Artisree showcases a dierent artist each month.

ASHGallery,438 W. Georgia St., 510-5621, [email protected]. Hours: Sa 9am-4 pm and by appointment. Housed in a historic home built in 1945, eaturingoriginal art and also handcrated jewelry by Annie Harris and other local artists.Also includes unusual accessories or the home and wardrobe, and unique cardsor any occasion.

GadsdenArtsCenterGitShop,12 North Madison, Quincy (25 miles rom allahassee),875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com. Hours: u-Sa 10am-5pm, Su 1-5pm. he shop isdedicated to displaying original work and reproductions by local artists and artisans

with the hope that the visitor will ind items which relect the culture and heritage o the area to take away with them. Posters o each o the Art in Gadsden exhibitions,postcards, note cards, unramed original works and reproductions are available. Artbooks, exhibition catalogues, jewelry and items or children are also or sale.

Glasshopper,he Gallery at Market Street, 1419 Market Street, 668-5007, www.

glasshopperonline.com. Hours: M-F 10 am-5:30 pm, Sa 11 am-3 pm.Features threedimensional ine art created by ire, as well as artglass and jewelry. Works highlighttraditional and contemporary techniques in blown, used, and sculptural aspects o glass; pieces range rom small gits to investments or serious collectors. he gallery alsorepresents unique American jewelry artisans whose works employ unusual material andtechniques that stand out among today’s mass-produced commercial jewelry.

GlassworksbySusan,1661 North Monroe St., 222-5095. Hours: u-F 10 am-6 pm,Sa 10 am-4 pm.Stained glass studio at the Cottages at Lake Ella, eaturing custom

work. Leaded glass windows, iany-style lamps, and supplies.HistoricallyFlorida:Florida’sHistoryShops, Museum o Florida History, R.A. Gray

Building, 245-6396, Old Capitol, 922-2432, he Capitol Plaza Level, 487-2044.Hours vary - consult the website: www.loridashistoryshop.com. A unique opportunity

to purchase mementos o your Florida vacation and gits or those back home.Specializing in Florida-themed gits, the shop oers an outstanding selection o books, postcards, apparel, including Florida ties and jewelry, toys and games, andother souvenirs in every price range. Seminole crats and artwork by Florida artisans

are main eatures at the shop.Imagesoallahassee,1355 Market St., #A10-2, 894-5596, www.RussellGraceImages.

com. Hours: M-F, 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm. Come see the immense beauty o allahassee and the Forgotten Coast in one gallery. At Images o allahassee, alocal photographer/artist has captured hundreds o scenes, beautiully ramed, andare available in most any size you need. We also have a kiosk in Governor’s SquareMall, lower level, Dillards wing.

LeMoyneGitsandArtSupplies,133 N. Gadsden St., 222-2234, www.lemoyne.org.Hours: -Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm. Located in the historic Munroe House (1906),this shop eatures the works o more than 50 local and area artists, including pottery,photography, paintings, prints, greeting cards, candles, soaps, scarves, sculpture, wood,and glass. Also includes books and art supplies.

MGallery, 2533 Greer Road, Suite 1, 531-9925, [email protected]. Hours: M-F 9 am-5:30 pm, Sa 10 am- 2 pm. M Gallery constantly strives to bring un, unique art pieces tothe allahassee area, as well as eaturing local artists with works o regional interest. Our

artists’ media include oils, pastels, mixed media, glass, and metal, and eature originals,limited editions, and ine art prints. Archival custom raming is also available.Muse•3,616 N. Bronough Street, 222-6873, Hours: u- F 10 am -5:30 pm, Sa 10 am-3 pm.

Muse • 3 is both a debut gallery specializing in launching new artistic careers and a gitshop eaturing original and unusual gits and collectibles. Muse • 3’s goal is to provide a

venue or artists that is supportive, riendly, and accessible, and to provide a marketplaceor art consumers that will satisy a wide range o tastes and budgets.

PyramidStudios,1770 homasville Road, 513-1733, www.pyramidinc.org. Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm. A unique gallery located in the Duval Plaza across rom Miracle 5

heater. his art program instructs developmentally disabled adults in perormingand visual arts. he art gallery has artwork rom local artists as well as art created by the students who attend Pyramid Studios.


SHOPPING

Cover your walls with fne art, accentuate your wardrobe with handmade jewelry, or put on some new dancing shoes. Rent anobscure documentary or a musical instrument, or buy what you need to create your own art. And, o course, there’s no place betterto fnd the perect git than at one o these arts-related businesses.

ArtsShoppingFor up-to-date schedules and event inormation, visit www.morethanyouthought.com.

* Tese organizations also carry art supplies.

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- Denotes First Friday participant (see page 7 or back cover or more inormation)

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Sh o p at t h eH o p !

RailroadSquareArtPark,567 Industrial Drive, 224-1308, www.railroadsquare.com.A collectiono World War II-era warehouses that has becomea thriving artist community with more than 80studios, galleries, shops, and a cae. At the entranceis an outdoor sculpture garden; a drive or walk

through Railroad Square is an art experiencein itsel, as the buildings are awash with brightcolors and murals. Hosts open studio days,annual estivals, and is extremely popular on FirstFridays.

SallyRudeAntiquesandFineArtGallery, 1123homasville Rd., 222-4020, www.trocadero.com/mctc. Hours: M-Sa 11 to 6’ish. Appraisals by appointment. Filled with ine antique urniturerom the 18th century to mid-century modern,and paintings rom ine early oils, to abstract intempera, to contemporary. Many beautiul andunusual lamps and abulous “smalls.” Voted “BestAntiques Shop” in the “Best o allahassee” annualballot inallahassee Magazine .

SignatureArtGallery, 2779 Capital Circle NE, 297- 2422, www.signatureartgallery.com. Hours: M-F 10 am-5:30 pm, Sa 10 am-2 pm. A commercialart gallery oering the original works o many ine artists in a variety o media. raditional andcontemporary work is shown, including landscape,igurative, and abstract works. Additionally, thegallery oers an extensive selection o limitededition prints and custom raming services. Artconsultants on sta will bring art to your home oroice and oer installation services.

SouthoSohoCo-opGallery,563 Industrial Drive,Railroad Square Art Park, 907-3590, jzenickmail@ aol.com. Hours: Sa 12-5 pm, Su 12-4 pm. Fresh,proessional-quality art rom nine artists. A rangeo painting styles including realism, abstract art,portraits, geometric art, landscapes, and more.Brush and ink drawings, plus the work o talentedphotographers with beautiul, haunting, ethereal,down-to-earth, landscape, seascape, woodland,animal, portrait photography. Beautiul knitted

work made rom yarn rom all over the world;knit bird nests, purses, boas, scarves and shawls inseason, and much more.

allahasseeProgressiveCenter,1720 S. Gadsden St., 222-1888, www.tallprogcen.com. Hours: M-F 11am-9 pm, Sa 12-5 pm. A collective o galleries, acae, a air trade store, and two museums. Featuresrotating exhibits by local and worldwide artists ina variety o styles and media, including perormingartists and ilm.

enhousandVillages,1415 imberlane Road,Suite 322, 906-9010, www.villagesotallahassee.org.Hours: M-Sa, 10 am – 6 pm.A non-proit, air tradestore that sells handcrated items made by artisansin more than 30 countries. Oers distinctive gitsand decorative olk art, rom home décor to gits,pottery to jewelry, baskets to musical instruments,and hand loomed textiles.

homasEadsFineArt, 1122 homasville Road,Suite 8, 224-1435, www.thomaseadsineart.com.Hours: u-Su 11 am-7 pm. Original painting,photography, and sculpture by superb regional

artists in a sophisticated setting. Styles romrealism to abstract. Also: ine crats and limitededition prints. Events include exhibitions, lectures,demonstrations, and more. Located near inerestaurants and nightlie in Manor @ Midtown,across rom Whataburger. Park ree at Mt. Vernon

Square. VisitorsCenterGitShop&Gallery,106 E. Jeerson

St., 413-9200, www.seetallahassee.com. Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm, Sa 9 am-1 pm. ake home somethingtruly “made in allahassee”! Featuring a variety o art rom local artists including used glass,mosaics, turned wood, olk art, notecards, ramedart, photography, pottery, and more. Somethingor every age and every budget; plus allahasseesouvenir -shirts, ball caps and collectibles.

WildWomenArtGallery,567 Industrial Dr.,Railroad Square Art Park, 224-1308, ubewild@ aol.com. Hours: M-F 11 am-2 pm. Whimsical, unart: hand-painted urniture, antastic plaques andtiles with witty and empowering sayings. Art or

the wild at heart.

MusicBeethovenandCompany,1415 imberlane

Road in Market Square, 894-8700, www.beethovenandcompany.com. Hours: M-F 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm.Sheet music, CDs, gits,instrument rentals, and music accessories.

Gordon’sStringMusic,1903 North Monroe Street,386-7784. Hours: M-F 10 am-6 pm, Sa 12-4 pm.

allahassee’s home or traditional music. Quality acoustic instruments or beginners and advancedplayers, including iddles, guitars, banjos, mandolins,and other. Also eatures an extensive selection o instruction books, and a ull line o accessories and

tuners. Oer lessons or children and adults. Jim’sPianos, 2695-A Capital Circle N.E., 205-5467,www.jimspianos.com. Hours: M-F 10 am–6 pm,Sa 10 am – 5 pm. Serving the Big Bend Area ormore than 40 years. Stocks a large variety o namebrand pianos and keyboards or sale and rental.Features private piano lessons, private theory lessons, and adult and children’s group lessons.Also oers in-home tunings and restoration o heirloom pianos.

MusicMasters,1114 N. Monroe St., 224-6158, www.musicm.com. Hours: M-F 9 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am- 6 pm.One stop shopping or all your musical needs.Proessional sales, service, instrument rental andrepair, and sheet music.

MusicCenter,1221 E. Laayette Street (next to he

Moon), 942-0626. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-6 pm, Su12 pm-5 pm. Music store oering guitar lessonsor all ages, beginner to advanced. Also oers new and used musical equipment.

MusicXchange, 221 East hird Ave., 681-7443,www.themusicxchange.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am- 6:30 pm.A ull-line music store stocking guitars,basses, percussion, PA equipment, keyboards,recording gear, and all the appropriate accessories.Also oers service or most brands o musicalinstruments, sound and recording equipment,and accessories.

Stringest, 4352 Charles Samuel Drive, 668-6896,www.stringest.com. Hours: M-F 5-10 pm, Sa –Su1-10 pm. Repair, restoration, rental, and sales o string instruments. Carries advanced and master

violin lines, as well as student violins and cellos. Alsoavailable are proessional and starter mandolins,acoustic guitars, and banjos.

VinylFever, 2256 W. Pensacola St., 580-2480, www.vinylever.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-9 pm, Su 12-7 pm. A wide variety o new and used CDs andrecords, including a large selection o music by localbands and musicians. Also carries music magazines,posters, videos and DVDs. Purchases used CDs,records, tape and DVDs plus music-related itemsand accessories. Also sells tickets to upcoming

local music events.

Handmade Jewelry

ArtsyPhartsyChics, 2522 Capital Circle, NE. Hours:u-F 10 am – 6 pm, Sa 10 am – 4 pm.Owned andoperated by our local emale artists/cratsmen,eaturing handmade jewelry, purses, scarves,candles, soaps, sundries, and git art collectablesas well as mosaics, used glass wind chimes, handpainted crystal and urniture or the home orgarden. Also includes a selection o paintings,photography, scanography, and origami ramed

wall art. Customized art designed or your homeor oice is also available.

BlueAbacoradingCompany,1690 Raymond

Diehl Road, 325-2323, www.blueabaco.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-6:30 pm, Su 12-5 pm.Represents a variety o local and regional artists whose work includes stained glass, hand-painted abrics,lampwork beads, beaded jewelry, mosaics, metalart, painted urniture, hand-painted notecards,baby gits, and whimsical paintings that change

with the seasons.EtCeterocksGallery, 1038 Commercial Drive,

Railroad Square Art Park, www.et-ceterocks.com.Hours: h-Sa, 11:30 am-4:30 pm or by appointment.Lapidary supplies or allahassee. Rough, inished

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you are ortunate to live long enough, the day will come when youglance into the mirror and scream, “Who let that old lady (or old man)in here?”Suddenly you realize that time is staring you in the ormerlyunwrinkled ace, and your heart begins to race. So much to do! Butwhere to start? Well, jump headlong into the concept o Fearless

Aging!In the last century, 30 years have been added to our lie span. Not at the

beginning, not at the end, but the middle years, where minds are sharp andbodies still under our control. Thirty years! Time to explore and take risks, to insurethat you don’t get to the end, look back with regret, and ask yoursel: why didn’tI take a chance and try it?

Once you’ve let the nine-to-ive grind, then what? Some olks buy RVs andbecome nomads, but others stay closer to home and check out all the un thingsthey put on hold during their working years. Like discovering their inner artist.

I you’re perched in LeonCounty, you have a wealth o art adventures awaiting you.Slap on your Sherlock Holmeshat, and ollow the clues to all

things creative.Local artist Margaret

Hamilton swings open thedoor to the Art Studio at the Tallahassee Senior Center, awelcoming spot or noviceand accomplished painters.I you’re hesitant, begin with“No Fear Art” to learn thebasics. Ready or more? There’s drawing, watercolors,

portraits, oils, acrylic, Asian sumi-e, olk painting, sculpture,even igure drawing with live models.

Senior Center Program Director Hella Spellman has observed when olderpeople engage in art, “they return to a spiritual youthulness o exploration and

discovery, uninhibited by societal roles as they explore their creativity.”

Next, the never-idle Margaret escorts you to the Tallahassee Little Theatre,where she coordinates the gallery lobby that exhibits the work o local artists.But wait! What’s happening there, just inside the lobby? It’s the “Acting Up”classor mature adults!

You say that acting is something you’ve always wanted to do, but were araidto look like a ool? There’s no mystery to unravel here. Director Martha Stewart(she’s heard all the jokes) creates a comortable, sae environment or the mosttimid and inexperienced thespians, and also or those who were active in theatrebut put it on the back burner during working years. You see happy, laughingmen and women engaged in learning how to explore their creativity, and what

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FearlessAgersit takes to put on a play. “Active living dispels the stereotypical notions o agingamong older people themselves as well as younger people,”notes Martha.

The current Acting Up class has two 82-year-olds in it and “they are capableo doing everything we do,”she adds with pride. Graduates o advanced classeshave the option o joining the Acting Up Players, a perorming troupe. And i

the classes make you itch to be onstage, check out Tallahassee Little Theatre’saudition dates. TLT holds open auditions or all its plays, and most have roles ormature actors, experienced or novice.

Ah, accomplished gumshoe, now you’re acting, but you want to put a littleootwork into it, just in case you want to try out or a musical comedy with TheatreA La Carte? Trip the light antastic back to the Senior Center or a Wednesdayaternoon ballet class. Be not araid, no one will expect you to grande jeté acrossthe loor like a prima ballerina, but you will be moving toward a toned andlexible body.

Shoving the detective hat back on your head, you spot ingerprints on anold clarinet or saxophone tucked away in the corner o your attic. Pull it out, dustit o and strike up the band! The Big Bend Community Orchestra welcomesmusicians o all ages. Join them or their Thursday rehearsals and make goodmusic with like minded olks o all ages.

I you have a musical bent but no instrument, you can still pick up the trailo music. Follow it to the rousing and glorious sounds o the Tallahassee CivicChorale and the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Push away those audition bluesand join the non-auditioning singers o all ages who come together in sweetharmony. Each group presents public concerts where you’ll have the chance toshow o your vocal talents.

How you choose express yoursel isn’t nearly as important as inding yourcreative outlet. Dr. Roger Owen discovered the joy o photography and plans tooer a digital camera class at the senior center. “I see photographyas an art orm combining the technical and the creative.”

As a super sleuth, you have a wealth o stories to tell o yourdiscoveries. The Tallahassee Writers’ Association has writers o mysteries, novels, poems – in act, all genres. Hands-on helpwith laying out your plot and plugging in your characters is justwaiting or you, the master detective.

There’s no excuse or anyone to let the ripe years o maturitybe devoid o creative pursuits. Many more activities than canbe listed here can be ound with a little investigation. The pay-o or unraveling the mystery is in dancing, singing, painting,acting, making music, or writing. It’s elementary, my dear - thearts bring lie and vigor to every one o us throughout ourlietimes. Smile into that mirror and ignore the wrinkles. You’relooking at an artist!

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stones, jewelry and more. Located in Railroad Square Art Park.Quincie’sArtJewelry,1325 homasville Road, 222-8411, www.quinciehamby.com.

Hours: , h, F 10 am - 2 pm & 3 -6 pm, W 10 am-2 pm. Art jewelry gallery inMidtown allahassee, eaturing several lines by Quincie Hamby. Jewelry is heavily inluenced by tropical and Hawaiian colors and materials.

Books & Video

BookDen,1836 homasville Road, 980-2989, www.Book-Den.com. Hours: u-h 10 am-9 pm, F-Sa 10 am-10 pm, Su 12-9 pm.A locally owned and operated book storethat oers a large variety o post-market and new literary material in allahassee.

he retail location is also designated as a venue or community activities includingbook club meetings, poetry and other readings, children’s story time, and specializedtopic discussions.

PaperbackRack,1005 North Monroe St., 224-3455. Hours: M-Sa 9 am-9 pm, Su 12noon - 6 pm.New and used books to buy or trade. Look or books rom local presseslike Anhinga Press and FC2.

Video21,1449 E. Laayette St., 878-3921. Hours: M-F 10 am - 11 pm, Sa-Su 11 am- 11 pm. he ilm lover’s video store. he largest selection o oreign, classic, cult,independent and hard-to-ind ilms in allahassee.

Dance & Theatrical SuppliesHalimeda’sOasis, 2609 Glover Road, 421-5151 or (866) 377-5151, www.halimedasoasis.

com. Hours: M-F 6:30 pm-9:30 pm or by appointment. Dance costuming (bothimported and locally sewn) or Middle Eastern and Polynesian Dance, includinghip scarves, harem pants, veils, tribal jewelry, and more. Custom costume design oralmost any other dance orm is also available. Also carries drums, inger cymbals,belly dance CDs and instructional DVDs.

HeadOverHeelsDancewear,1621 N. Monroe Street, 224-5140, www.head-over-heels.com. Hours: u-Sa 10 am - 6 pm. allahassee’s complete dancewear shop, in theCottages at Lake Ella. Shoes, bodywear, legwear and accessories or ballet, jazz, tap,theatre, and ballroom dancing, exercise, cheer, and gymnastics. Also carries books,accessories, and gits.

Magic&FunCostumeShop,1787 W. ennessee Street, 224-6244. Hours: M-F 11 am-7 pm, Sa 11 am-5 pm. heatrical and clown makeup, magic and juggling supplies,costumes, and more.

Art Supplies

ReaverEnterprisesFineArtSupplies,1042 Commercial Drive, Railroad Square Art Park, 561-6285, home.earthlink.net/~trreaver. Hours: W-F 10 am-5:30 pm, Sa 12:30 pm-5:30 pm.Upstairs lot eaturing a complete line o art supplies and materialsor drawing, drating, painting and sculpture or the novice beginner as well asaccomplished proessionals.

UtrechtArtSupplies,1350 East ennessee Street, 877-0321, www.utrecht.com. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa 10 am-6 pm, Su 12-5 pm.Features art supplies including canvas,paints, and a wide selection o specialty drawing and painting supplies, brushes, andarchitecture and drating supplies.


For other places to buy local art and souvenirs, see pages 13, 16 & 17. Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are 850.

Tis may not be a complete listing o all organizations. o see i your organization or event is eligible to be listed, please contact [email protected].

“Tere’s no excuse for anyone to let

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While in Tallahassee, discover the aor perormer in yoursel. Learn to pasculpt, bead, carve, or quilt. Tango night away – bring your own partor meet someone new. Want to mmusic? Here’s your chance to playthe string section or sing with tenors. You’d rather work backstagewrite the script? There’s somethingyou in here, too.

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Beadz,1690 Raymond Diehl Road, 325-2323, www.blueabaco.com. A variety o adult jewelry classes including “Beading 101,” wire wrapping, ornament making, pearlknotting, and more. Hosts “Night Beadz” on hursday nights rom 7-9 pm, wherebeaders are invited to bring a project to work on in the company o others.

BrushandPaletteStudio,1379 imberlane Road, 893-1960, www.brushandpalettestudio.com. he place where creativity begins! Morning and evening adult art classes availablein oil painting, watercolor, drawing, and mosaic. Students provide their own supplies.Classes are limited to 12 students, and advance registration is required.

FSUMuseumoFineArtsArtists’League, Florida State University School o Visual Arts and Dance, 644-1299, www.moa.su.edu.A special artist’s membership o the

FSU Museum o Fine Arts, representing about 130 local artists in diverse disciplines,rom painting and photography to glass, ine urniture making, and more. Hostsexhibitions, which allow artists to show their work in museum-quality spaces year-round. Meetings are held on the irst uesday o every month rom 7-9 pm at theFSU Museum, and eature guest speakers or programs on speciic topics.

CapitalCityCarvers, 562-8460, carvers.mytalweb.com. A club or wood carvers andthose who would like to learn to carve wood. Instruction is provided or beginningcarvers. Membership dues are $20 per year, but visitors are always welcome toobserve or join in the carving. Meets Monday nights, 7-9 pm, in the Arts Centero the Senior Center.

FloridaSocietyoGoldsmiths,NorthwestChapter,1100 North Monroe Street, www. sgnw.com.Dedicated to helping anyone interested in learning jewelry techniques,

regardless o their level o experience. Regular instruction in metalsmithing, preciousmetal, clay, enameling, and beading techniques. Conveniently located metalworkingstudio with all major equipment needed to do your own abrication is available ata reasonable monthly ee.

GadsdenArtsCenter , 13 North Madison, Quincy, 875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com. Weekly classes and one-day workshops in many media, including beginning/intermediate painting, basic drawing, ceramics, and more.

LaayetteParkArts&CratsCenter, 403 Ingleside Drive, 891-3945, www.talgov.com/parks/commcenter/lartscrats.cm. Oers low-cost eight-week daytime classes in

watercolor, oil painting, stained glass, pottery, drawing, and others. Occasional one-day Saturday workshops also available. Part o the City o allahassee’s Award-WinningParks and Recreation Department.

LeMoyneCenterortheVisualArts,125 N. Gadsden Street, 222-7622, www.lemoyne.org.Art courses or students with all ranges o abilities, rom absolute beginners toestablished artists. Classes are available in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography,and others, and emphasize both the process and production o art. Sessions run ourtimes yearly and meet on weekday evenings or Saturdays. All classes are o limitedsize, and enrollment is on a irst-come, irst-served basis.

OglesbyUnionArtCenter,Florida State University Oglesby Student Union, 644-4737,union.su.edu/artcenter.Oers classes or students, aculty, sta, and the general publicin ceramics, photography, painting, drawing, glass using, stain glass, mosaic tile art,and jewelry. Classes are weekly and run or seven weeks each. Also oers ull servicecustom raming.

QuiltersUnlimited,www.quiltersunlimitedtlh.org.An organization o more than 200

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members whose goal is to promote knowledge o and interest in quilting and the art o quilt making.Members display work in annual exhibits at City Hall and the Museum o Florida History.

SwampBuddhaSumi-E,386-5041, [email protected] group that works in the Asian “Sumi-e”

style o ink painting. Members paint and developat their own pace; the group occasionally sponsors

workshops that bring in instructors rom across thecountry. Meets Saturdays rom 10:30 am-1 pm atForest Meadows Park and Athletic Center, 4750N. Meridian Road.

allahasseePolymerClayArtGuild, 656-2887,www.polymerclayart.org. he Guild promotespolymer clay as a medium or art and crat, oerscontinuing education to polymer clay artists andenthusiasts, develops opportunities or local polymerclay artists to show their work, and participates incommunity service activities. Meetings are the irstSunday o the month at 2 pm.

allahasseeSeniorCenterortheArts, 1400

North Monroe Street, 891-4006, www.talgov.com. Ongoing daytime and early evening studio-styleclasses such as “Learning to Draw,” “No Fear Art,”“Oil Painting,” and “Pencil and Pastel.” Classes areopen to all levels, rom beginner to proessionalartist. I you are interested in participating, justshow up! he instructor provides a supply list basedon your level and interest. Cost is $8 per class orseniors and $10 per class or non-seniors.

allahasseeWatercolorSociety , 385-9517, www.tn.net/Watercolor.Sponsors watercolor workshopseaturing nationally known artist/instructors.Holds an annual juried members’ exhibit and theannualri-State Water Media Exhibition, in which

watercolorists rom Florida, Georgia, and Alabamacompete or over $4,000 in prizes. Meets on thethird Sunday o each month rom September untilMay at the LeMoyne Art Educational Annex, 417E. Call Street at 4 pm. Visitors are welcome.

alleonIndependentArtists , 386-7176, www.tn.net/alleon.Membership is open to proessionaland amateur artists in all media. Meetings areheld the ourth hursday o each month at 7 pmat the Brush & Palette Studio on imberlaneRoad. Meetings include inormative programs,rereshments, and door prizes. alleon works arecurrently on display at the Brush & Palette, Jim’sPiano, and the Capital City Country Club.

homasEadsFineArt, 1122 homasville Road,Suite 8, 224-1435, www.thomaseadsineart.com. Learn photography one-on-one rom an

award-winning proessional. Classes are held atthe gallery, scheduled or your convenience. SmartDigital Workshop is or beginners. Learn tomake better pictures with a digital camera, and toenhance and share your pictures in three 2-hoursessions. Intentional Photography is or the moreexperienced. Learn and apply photographic andartistic principles to achieve your goal; interview beore, critique ater.

DANCE

AricanCaribbeanDanceheatre, 539-4087,www.ad.org. Journey into Arica with theArican Caribbean Dance heatre (ACD).

With its year-round classes, workshops andperormances, ACD is your premier source orArican cultural activities in Florida. Its weekly schedule includes Saturday classes in drum, adultdance, and children’s/beginner’s dance at Palmer-Munroe Community Center at 1900 JacksonBlu Road rom 10 am-1:30 pm. Each dance classis taught with the accompaniment o live Aricanpercussion. Prior experience is not necessary toparticipate.

ArgentineangoSocietyoallahassee, 222-3449,www.tangotallahassee.com. Bringing culturalenrichment and enjoyment o the dance, combined

with the passion or its music, to the people in the allahassee area. Holds a Milonga, an open dance,on uesday evenings, a Practica, a practice session,

on Wednesday evenings, and a beginning class on hursday evenings. I you are new to ango, thereis an “Intro to ango” class on the irst hursday o the month. Beginner and advanced dancers

welcome.CorazonDancers,Florida State University, 212-1714,

www.sucorazon.com. Established in 2001, theCorazon Dancers teach, perorm, and hold Salsasocials throughout the year. Salsa dance classes areopen to the entire allahassee community.

FSUBallroomDanceClub,Florida State University,www.suballroomdance.com.FSUBDC is a one o the largest student organizations at FSU, operatingsince 1977. Community members are welcome toattend our unctions, and to come learn to dance in

our Sunday night classes. Some o the dances weteach include oxtrot, waltz, swing, west coast swing,triple-time swing, hustle, tango, cha cha, merengue,rumba, salsa and mambo. Lessons are held in theOglesby Union or Student Services Building,Room 203, on FSU’s campus. Partners are notrequired, nor is any type o dancing experience.

InStepStudio, 2609 Glover Road, www.instepstudio.com, 421-5151. Promotes understanding o cultures rom around the world through dance,exercise, and music. Home to roupe Arabesque(Middle Eastern Perorming Ensemble), theMau’oli’oli Dancers (Polynesian dance), andHalimeda’s Oasis or dance costuming. Adultclasses include Flamenco, Hawaiian Hula, MiddleEastern dancing, and drumming. Private lessons

available.KillearnPerormingArts, 4500 W. Shannon Lakes

#20, 443-7512 or 894-9364, www.killearnpa.com.Home o the allahassee Irish Step Dancers,

allahassee’s own “Riverdance” perorming group.KPA oers a variety o dance and drama classesor all ages. Instruction in Irish dance, tap, ballet,modern, hip-hop, creative drama, musical theatre,and social dance (ballroom type) are available.

MountainDewCloggers, 386-1263, www.nettally.com/mountaindew. Clogging classes andperormances or all ages and levels. he instructors

teach both the steps and the routines. Many and varied routines to many types o music, althoughcountry and top 100 current tunes are the mostpopular. he Mountain Dews perorm all over thesoutheast at amusement parks, estivals, concerts,and charity events.

ProphecySchoolotheArts, 2312 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 10, 222-8085, www.prophecyarts.net. Creative movement and dance classes or allages. Oers beginning ballet, beginning tap/jazz,hip hop, Arican movement with live percussionaccompaniment, and more. he curriculum atProphecy is enhanced by videos, lectures, guestartists, perormance invitations, and an annualdance showcase.

RhythmRushersBahamianJunkanooGroup,Oice o Black Diasporan Culture, Florida A&M University, 412-7087, [email protected] to share Bahamian culture as it is expressedthrough Junkanoo by oering educationalprograms and hands-on workshops. Begun in

1997, Rhythm Rushers perorms in a variety o locations throughout allahassee and thesurrounding counties.

heallahasseeBallet, 224-6917, www.tallaballet.com. Community classes on weekday evenings.Intermediate/advanced ballet and Pilates mat. Signup in advance on the web site.

allahasseeCommunityFriendsoOldimeDance,421-1559 or 421-1838, www.tallydancer.com. Supports and encourages the promotionand growth o old time dance and music in the

allahassee area. Sponsors a regular “2nd Friday Dance” each month, and hold workshops,concerts, and special dances. Previous experienceis not needed or expected; the callers teach eachdance beore it is begun. In the tradition o the oldAmerican barn dances, all ages participate.

allahasseeSwingBandDances,894-3789, etoole@ aol.com. Dance to a ull-sized big band at theAmerican Legion Hall on Lake Ella every uesday night at 7:30 pm. Enjoy the music o Glenn Miller,

ommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Count Basieand Duke Ellington. It’s a ballroom dancer’s delight

with waltzes, cha chas, polkas, bosa novas, includinga whole range o latin dances, plus some tunes outo the ities and sixties, and music rom the moviesand Broadway stage.

allahasseeZydeco&CajunAssociation(AZACA), 212-0431, [email protected]. Formed in 2000 to bring bands and danceinstructors to allahassee rom Laayette and

the surrounding towns o southwest Louisiana, AZACA holds Zydeco and Cajun music anddance events at the American Legion Dance Halland Bradordville Blues Club. Members receivediscounts to sponsored dances.

USADance, 562-1224, homepage.mac.com/ mweininger/tallusabda. Promotes competitiveballroom dancing and holds monthly socialdances at the Senior Center, 1400 N. MonroeStreet. Beginner dancers and singles are welcome.Free dance lessons oten available prior to eachsocial dance.


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ApalacheeBluesSociety , 668-5863, www.apalacheebluessociety.org. Brings special Bluesconcerts and shows to the allahassee region andsupports allahassee’s many venues that presentBlues music. Holds a monthly membershipmeeting ollowed by an acoustic Blues jam. hese

jams enable novice musicians and singers to learnrom more experienced musicians and singers.Membership beneits include discounts at mostABS and most Bradordville Blues Club shows,and periodic newsletters.

BarbershopHarmonySociety, 562-3876, www.capitalchordsmen.org. A male chorus that enjoysour-part a capella harmony and preserving thistruly American art orm. Perorms or the publicseveral times a year, and orms several quartets toserenade sweethearts on Valentine’s Day each year.Meets every hursday evening at 7:30 pm at theSteinway Gallery, and welcomes congenial men

o good character who love harmony in music orhave a desire to harmonize.

BigBendCommunityOrchestra,893-4567, www.bbco.org.An all-volunteer organization open to allorchestral musicians in the Big Bend area. Each

hursday evening more than 60 talented musiciansmeet to rehearse and enjoy making music ina supportive atmosphere o sel-ulillment,encouragement, and enthusiasm. Members o the orchestra include teachers, retirees, businessleaders, proessionals, students, and individualsrom many other walks o lie. Presents ree Sunday aternoon concerts.

ClassicalGuitarSocietyoallahassee , 521-0700 or 668-1643, www.istal.com/cgst/index.html.

Provides perormance and learning opportunitiesor guitarists o all ages, experience, and ability levelsin a un, sae, and relaxed atmosphere. Also presentsguest artist concerts in partnership with the FSUCollege o Music Guitar Department, and hasa Community Outreach program consistingo educational and perormance opportunitiesat schools, churches, retirement homes, and atother local non-proit undraisers. Newcomers

welcome!Gordon’sStringMusic , 1903 North Monroe Street,

386-7784. allahassee’s home or traditionalmusic. Quality acoustic instruments or beginnersand advanced players, and lessons or childrenand adults.

Jim’sPianos, 2695-A Capital Circle N.E., 205-5467,

www.jimspianos.com. Features private pianolessons, private theory lessons, and adult andchildren’s group lessons. With all lessons, studentslearn to read music, play songs by ear and romsheet music, ind the right harmony to melodies,and experience playing many styles.

SouthernBlend,907-2034 or 385-7219, www.southernblend.com. he allahassee Chapter o Sweet Adelines International, Southern Blend

Women’s Barbershop Chorus eatures vocaltraining and education in the distinctive barbershop

style. Prior musical training is not necessary orlearning, loving and perorming this excitingmusic. Rehearsals are Monday Evenings rom6:30-9 pm at Capital Regional Medical Center,2626 Capital Medical Blvd, in the CommunicareBuilding, Classroom #2.

allahasseeChapter,NashvilleSongwriters Association,509-2695, www.nashvillesongwriters.com. Provides aspiring songwriters with lessons,song evaluation, networking, seminars, perormanceopportunities, and more. Part o an internationalorganization solely dedicated to helping aspiringsongwriters become better at creating songs.Monthly workshop normally meets on the irst

uesday o the month. allahasseeCivicChorale, 878-2711, www.

civicchorale.org. A 45-50 member chorus madeup o local community members and students,that perorms three major concerts annually. Noauditions are required or membership; soloists areauditioned. Meets or rehearsals in Room CH 161

in the Communications and Humanities Buildingat allahassee Community College on uesdaysrom 7-9 pm.

allahasseeCommunityChorus , 668-5394,www.tcchorus.org. Seeking enthusiastic singersto perorm the world’s greatest music. A non-auditioned group o 200+ singers that drawsmembers rom all walks o lie and musical ability in the Big Bend community, and includes many proessional musicians. Repertoire ranges romthe large masterworks o Handel and Beethovento Broadway show tunes to spirituals and gospelsongs. Whatever your musical background andinterest, you will ind something you will enjoy during the season. Rehearsals are held Mondaysrom 7:30-9:30 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Churchin the Alriend Hall.

allahasseeCommunityCollegeJazzBand, 567-6336 or 201-8360. A non-auditioned group thatoers musicians an outlet to learn and perorma variety o stage band music. Local community musicians make up the core o the band; all youneed is an instrument, the ability to read music, anda desire to have un. Meets in the Communications& Humanities building, Room 165, Wednesdaysrom 7:30-9:30 pm.

allahasseePipe Band, 576-0708, www.saintandrewtallahassee.org.Holds an open practiceeach Monday except or holidays at 7:00 pm atRobert Butler Lodge #305, 1361 E. LaayetteStreet. Pipe and drumming instruction is available.

Band and band members are available or publicand private unctions.

allahasseeWinds, 668-7109, tallahasseewinds.org.An adult symphonic band that plays challenging

wind band literature in ormal concert settings. Itis designed to bring together talented musicians inthe Big Bend area in a musical environment that isenjoyable, stimulating, and rewarding. he groupis auditioned, and holds our rehearsals and a dressrehearsal prior to each ormal concert.

ocamos, Railroad Square Art Park, 212-0325,www.tocamos.com. allahassee’s own Aro-Cuban

drumming group. ocamos plays Latin dancegrooves, traditional olk songs rom Cuba, Brazil,and Puerto Rico, as well as traditional Aricanrhythms and instruments. ocamos can be seen atLake Ella on most Sundays rom 5 pm-8 pm, andholds a community drum circle each First Friday

in Railroad Square. Voces Angelorum , 942-6075, www.

voicesoangelstallahassee.org. An auditioned, all- volunteer women’s choir dedicated to masterully perorming classical music o excellence. Suchrarely-heard music is challenging but very rewarding to perorm. he choir gives our allconcerts and our spring concerts each year. woconcerts per season take place in allahassee, andtwo are given out o town.

ACT UP

CuriousEchoRadioheater , 228-2473, www.curiousecho.org.Dedicated to spreading the art andenjoyment o audio theater to allahassee andbeyond. For samples, perormance dates, and more,

visit the web site.FSUFilmSchool, University Center Building A,

Florida State University, 644-0453, ilmschool.su.edu.I you have you ever wanted to grace the silverscreen, here’s your chance! FSU Film Schoolholds open casting twice a year or its all andspring graduate and undergraduate ilms. his isa wonderul opportunity to work with some o the brightest up-and-coming ilmmakers in thecountry. No experience is necessary. Directors look or actors o all ages, experience, and type. Volunteercrew members also needed.

MickeeFaustClub, 623 McDonnell Drive inRailroad Square, 224-3089, www.mickeeaust.com.

allahassee’s tongue-in-cheek answer to a certainunctuous rodent in Orlando. he Faustkateers area wild and wily group who write, direct, perorm,and produce cabaret-style shows, plays, radioshows, videos, and special projects. Oten billed as“community theater or the weird community,” thegroup is open to all, and especially committed tocreating opportunities or people with disabilities.

QuincyMusicheatre, 118 East Washington St.,Quincy (25 miles rom allahassee), 875-9444, www.qmtonline.com. Just minutes rom allahassee,the Quincy Music heatre is North Florida’slargest all-musical community theatre. Many castmembers, directors, choreographers, musicians,and audience members migrate rom the Capital

City and surrounding area to assist or attendproductions. allahasseeLittleheatre,1861 homasville

Road, www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org, 224-4597. Your Community heatre hasprovided quality theatrical experiences to localartists and audiences or more than 50 years.Volunteer onstage—auditions are open to everyonein the community. Volunteer backstage—helpmove sets, stage manage, or organize costumes.Volunteer o stage as a scenic painter, assistantdirector, lighting designer, ticket taker or seamstress.




621Gallery , 621 Industrial Drive, 224-6163,www.621gallery. com. Hours: W-F 11 am-2 pm,Sa-Su 12-4 pm.Featuring eight contemporary art exhibitions per year.

AnhingaPressPoetryReadings, 442-1408,www.anhinga.org.Small press poetry publisherthat sponsors Wednesday night literary readingseries.

AmericanLegionHall, 229 Lake Ella Drive,recorded event inormation 222-3382. Featuresdance lessons on Wednesday nights, allahasseeSwing Band on uesday nights, and Country/

Western dance nights. DJ with a variety o dance music Monday nights.

ApalacheeBluesSociety , 668-5863, www.apalacheebluessociety.org. Brings special bluesconcerts to the allahassee region and supports

allahassee venues that present blues music. AtlantisClub&Grill, 2712 Mahan Drive, 224-

9711. Live music Fridays rom 5 pm until 2am, dancing on Saturday rom 6 pm to 2 am.On special Latin Night Saturdays, lessons areoered rom 8-10 pm.

BackalkPoetryroupe, 459-7399, www.blackonblackrhyme.com.Sponsors a weekly poetry

jam eaturing an open mic plus live music. Bannerman’s, 6800 Tomasville Road, 668-8800.

Hours: M-T 11am-midnight, F-Sa 11 am- 2am, Su 12 noon-7 pm. Live music every week,

with acoustic music on Wednesdays, classicrock on Fridays, and swing on Saturdays.

TeBetaBar , 809 Railroad Avenue, 425-2697,www.thebetabar.com. Oers a selection o livemusic in a variety o genres, including punk,metal, hip-hop, and indie music.

BradordvilleBluesClub, 7152 Moses Lane,906-0766, www.bradordvilleblues.com.Unique location and atmosphere, hosting adierent blues artist each weekend.

heBrink , 284-5753, [email protected] and undergraduate students at FSUperorming new and alternative theatrical works.

BrothersNightClub, 926 W. harpe St., 386-2399,

Tired of th T & True?

Expand your horizons with independentmusic,experimental theatre,avant-garde art,orobeat poetry readings.Expect to be surprisedand delighted when you venture o thebeaten path to the world o the alternative.


www.brothersnightclub.com. Features everythingrom improv comedy to drag shows to AmateurEntertainers Night.

CaeCabernet, 1019 N. Monroe St., 224-6158, www.caecabernet.com. Hours: M-Sa5 pm-2 am. Oers a variety o live musical

entertainment our nights a week, including jazz, R&B, pop and rock artists.

ClubDownunder , Oglesby Union, Florida State University, 644-6673, union.su.edu/edu. Oersperormances throughout the week by nationally recognized bands and comedy shows.

FictionCollectivewo(FC2)Readings , 644- 2260, www.c2.org. Sponsors periodic readingso innovative, challenging, and sophisticated

writing ollowed by book signings. Floyd’sMusicStore, 666-1 West ennessee St.,

www.oydsmusicstore.com, 222-3506.Hosts anarray o live music concerts.

FSUOglesbyGallery , FSU Oglesby Student Union, 644-3898, www.union.su.edu/artcenter.

Hours: M-F 8 am-10 pm, Sa-Su 12 pm-10 pm.Features art collections rom students, aculty and the community, oering resh interpretations,engaging themes, and varying perspectives.

Maggie Allesee National Center orChoreography(MANCC), MontgomeryHall, FSU Campus, 645-2449, www.mancc.org.An artist-centered environment that acilitatescreativity, research, training, documentation anddissemination o new knowledge in dance.

MickeeFaustClub, 623 McDonnell Drive, 224-3089, www.mickeeaust.com.Perormscabaret-style shows, heavy on political parody,in a lime green and purple barn at the lip o Railroad Square.

heMoon, 1105 E. Laayette St. 878-6900, www.moonevents.com. Box oice hours: M-F 12-6 pm.Hosts major concerts eaturing country, rock, R&B,rap, reggae, jazz, and other popular ormats.

OStreetPlayers, 907-5743, [email protected]. Produces work by new playwrights or

newer plays by established authors. Oncomingraic, 445-8076, www.oncomingtrac.

net.An experimental comedy troupe specializingin short orm improv comedy.

Potbelly’s, 459 W. College Ave., 224-2233, www. potbellys.net. Features national, regional, andlocal live music at least our nights a week.Includes large outdoor deck area.

RailroadSquareArtPark , 567 Industrial Drive, 224-1308, www.railroadsquare.com. A collectiono World War II-era warehouses now used as artgalleries, studios, and small businesses.

allahasseeLittleTeatreCoeehouseSeries,1861 Tomasville Road, oces 224-4597, boxoce 224-8474, www.tallahasseelittletheatre.

org.Alternative and challenging contemporary theatre perormed in the intimate atmosphereo a 70-90 seat exible space.

allahasseeProgressiveCenter , 1720 S. GadsdenSt., 222-1888, www.tallprogcen.com. Hours: M-F 11 am-9 pm, Sa 12-5 pm.A collective o galleries,a caé, a air trade store, and two museums.

TeWarehouse, 706 W. Gaines Street, 222-6188.Features acoustic music, improv jazz, traditionalIrish and bluegrass music, as well as literary andpoetry readings.

Waterworks, 1133 Tomasville Road, 224-1887.Hours: M-F 5 pm-2 am, Sa 8 pm-2 am, Su 9 pm- 2 am. Live jazz club with a Polynesian décor,also eaturing Latin salsa on Tursdays.


ALTERNATIVE

LocalbandTeVinylhaveperormedatFloyd’sMusicStoreaswellasvenuesinOrlandoandGainesville.TeirlatestCD, Addition,isavailableoniunes.



MUSIC heArtistSeries, 224-9934, www.theartistseries.com. Visiting artist

classical music series eaturing nationally and internationally renownedperorming artists rom around the world.

FAMUMusicDepartment, Florida A&M University, 599-3334, www. amumusic.com. Includes student perormances, aculty recitals, guestlecturers and artists o international reputation, estivals, and eaturesthe acclaimed “Marching 100.”

FloridaStateOpera, FSU College o Music, 644-5248, box oce 644-6500, www.music.su.edu/opera.htm. Provides the allahassee community with perormancesand activities designed to oster an interest in opera and theatre.

FSUCollegeoMusic, Florida State University, 24-hour concert line 644-4774, box oce 644-6500, www.music.su.edu. Oers more than 430concerts each year, many o which are ree.

MusicontheLawn, Chez Pierre Restaurant, 1215 Tomasville Road, 222-0936,www.chezpierre.com. Music on Friday nights rom March through May, 6-10pm, eaturing jazz and other styles such as swing, samba, Latin & pop.

allahasseeBachParley , 942-6075, www.bachparley.org. Provides a threeto our concert season o high quality perormances o the music o Bachand the Baroque period, held at various venues around allahassee.

allahasseeLeonCountyCivicCenter , 505 West Pensacola Street, 487-1691, box oce 222-0400, www.tlccc.org. Box oce hours: M-F 10 am-5:30 pm. A multi-purpose convention and entertainment arena, hosting a

variety o events including top musical artists, allahassee BroadwaySeries, sporting events such as FSU basketball, and more.

TeallahasseeSymphonyOrchestra, season tickets 224-0461, individual concert tickets 644-6500, www.tallahasseesymphony.org. Providing the voiceo classical orchestral music to the allahassee community, eaturing aMasterworks Series, holiday concert, young people’s concert and more.

allahasseeSymphonyYouthOrchestra(SYO) ,1345 Tomasville Road, 224-9232, www.tallahasseesymphony.org. SYO’s ve orchestras, our chamberensembles, and the allahassee Fiddlers present our concerts at OppermanMusic Hall, plus additional perormances throughout the year.

eatimeConcertSeries, Brokaw-McDougall House, 329 North MeridianStreet, 222-7358, www.teatimeconcertseries.com. Aternoon classicalconcerts paired with an artist/audience tea reception.

VocesAngelorum, 942-6075, www.voicesoangelstallahassee.org. Women’schoir dedicated to masterully perorming classical music o excellence.

DANCEEssenceDanceTeatre, Florida A&M University, 412-7525, [email protected].

Dedicated to putting on proessional-quality and high-energy productions.FSUDepartmentoDance, Florida State University, 644-1023, www.su.

edu/~dance. Oers a wide variety o dance concerts throughout the yearin the Nancy Smith Fitcher Dance Teatre, and throughout allahasseeand the Southeast Region.


From classical to contemporary, romdowntown to midtown, on campusor o, these concerts, plays, musicaltheatre, flm, and dance events willentertain, amuse, and inspire you. There’s something new to do almostevery day o the year.

Stick with the arts,and you’ll never be bored.

YOU

Let UsEntertain

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Please note: listed here are activities or adults. See the “For the Kids” section on pages 20–21 or children’s classesand activities.

Unless otherwise indicated, all area codes are 850.

Tis may not be a complete listing o all organizations.o see i your organization or event is eligible to be listed, please contact [email protected].

KollageDanceroupe , Florida State University, 645-1385, kdt.tripod.com. Aco-ed hip-hop based dance organization,

whose objective is to unite artists romdierent cultures and backgrounds or thepurpose o dance.

M a h o ga n y D a n c e h e a t re, Fl or i d a A & M U n i v e r s i t y , 5 6 1 - 2 3 1 8 ,mahoganydancetheatre@hotmail .com.Produces and perorms two yearly concertsat various events throughout allahasseeand the southeast.

OrchesisContemporaryDanceheatre,Florida A&M University, 599-8678.Presents arepertory encompassing a variety o movementstyles with an emphasis on presenting elementso the black experience through dance.

TeallahasseeBallet, 224-6917, box oce 644-6500, www.tallaballet.com. Presentstwo ull-length productions each year, as

well as perormances rom proessional

guest artists, and a traditional productiono Te Nutcracker each December.

THEATRE & FILM

CapitalCityShakespeareinthePark , 386-6476,[email protected]. Studies and perormsShakespeare’s plays or the enrichment o the

allahassee community.


ENTERTAINMENT

FAMUEssentialheatre, Florida A&M University, Charles Winter Wood heatre,599-3430, box oice 561-2846, www.essentialtheatre.us. Produces a variety o classical and contemporary plays, with a majoremphasis on Arican-American culture.

FSUFilmSchool, University Center Building A,Florida State University, 644-0453, lmschool. su.edu. Sponsors ree public screenings o BFA lms each December and MFA thesislms each August.

FSUStudentLieCinema, Student Lie Building, FSU Campus, 113 S. Wildwood Drive, 644-4455, movies.su.edu. Featuringve to six nights a week o everything romthe most recent blockbuster movies todocumentaries, indies, and oreign lms, andrestored cinema classics.

IMAXheatreattheChallengerLearningCenter , 200 S. Duval Street, 645-SAR, www.challengertlh.com. he region’s only IMAX

Teatre, as well as one o only 15 all-digitalPlanetarium Teatres in North America.

heSchooloheatreatFloridaState, Florida State University, Fine Arts Building, 644-6500, theatre. su.edu.Produces an annual season o classic plays,musicals, and new works in the Fallon heatre, Lab

heatre and Conradi Studio heatre. allahasseeFilmSociety , 386-4404, www.

tallahasseeilms.com. Presents oreign,independent, and documentary lms on alimited-showing basis.

For other perormance groups, see pages 10, 11 & 15.



Images: Opposite page (clockwise) - Teatre A LaCarte’s production o Seussical, the allahassee Ballet,Te School o Teatre at FSU ’s production o Amadeus,the allahassee Civic Chorale.

allahasseeLittleheatre, 1861 homasville Road, 224-4597, box oce 224-8474, www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org.Produces a wide

variety o plays and musicals, as well as intimateCoeehouse shows on a second stage.

heatreALaCarte, 385-6700, www.theatrealacarte.org. North Florida’s premieremusical theatre company, oering all andsummer musicals annually at allahasseeLittle Teatre.

TeatreCC!, allahassee Community College,444 Appleyard Drive, 201-8608, box oice 644-6500, theatre.tcc..edu. Produces quality theatre appropriate or the entire amily ataordable prices in the beautiul and spacious

urner Auditorium. YoungActorsTeatre, 609 Glenview Drive,

386-6602, www.youngactorstheatre.com. Anon-prot youth theatre and school or theperorming arts.

No previous experience is required. he perect venue to explore your own creative side as aperormer or a volunteer.

heatreALaCarte, 385-6700, www.theatrealacarte.org. Always looking or energetic people to assist

with productions. Musicians: open recruitmentor electric guitar, electric bass, keyboard, strings,

winds, brass, percussion. Stipend is usually oeredto musicians. Actors: please see website orinormation on upcoming auditions. Stage Crew:backstage helpers able to work under pressure (inthe dark). Front o House: house management,box oice, ushering, grant writing, undraising. Noprevious experience necessary to volunteer.

WRITE ApalacheePress, 942-5041, [email protected] the Apalachee Review, a literary magazineproduced in allahassee since 1973, with aninternational distribution and subscription list.Part o the mission has always included eaturingFlorida writers, and as part o allahassee’s writingcommunity the press also continues to publishlocal authors.

DigitalPulp, 297-1373, www.digitalpulp.org.Member-driven website dedicated to helping

writers o short iction perect and promote their

crat. An oasis or creative writers strugglingacross the long desert o rejection slips andlost manuscripts that ace every writer seekingpublication. Anyone can join or ree and submittheir work. New stories are posted on the irst o each month, reviewed by other members, andloated on these reviews into the website’s opStories o the Month spotlight.

LeRoyCollinsLeonCountyPublicLibrary , 200 West Park Avenue, 606-2665, www.leoncountylibrary.org. Library’s author series“Booked or Lunch” on the third hursday o themonth oers local authors the opportunity to meetreaders, talk about, and read rom their books. Callto discuss scheduling.

SocietyoChildren’sBookWriters&Illustrators ,

656-3410, [email protected]. For publishedand non-published authors and artists serious abouttheir work in children’s literature. Sponsors a “CuppaCritique” at 7-8:30 pm on the irst uesday o themonth rom September to May at Books-A-Million, 3531 homasville Road.

allahasseeContemporaryPoetsSociety , 1-888- 248-3495, www.myspace.com/tcpoetssociety. Wherethere’s a word, there’s a way! he CPS is a brandnew group whose goals are to orm an open local

workshop environment, host scheduled readings,and work together to create an eventual publication.

We will meet bi-weekly to listen to guest speakers,actively edit, and o course, enjoy sharing many styles o contemporary poetry.

allahasseeWriters’Association, 671-3731,www.twaonline.org. A dynamic organization o both published and aspiring writers o all agesin all genres. Meetings are held monthly on theourth hursday at 6:30 pm at the allahasseeSenior Center. Meetings eature speakers, panels,

workshops, and discussions about all acets o thecrat and business o writing. WA also sponsorsthe Seven Hills Writing Conerence each spring,a celebration o Big Bend authors during theholidays, and mini-workshops throughout the

year. WA also sponsors nationally recognizedcontests or writers:he Seven Hills Contest (iction,

non-iction, memoirs), Penumbra (poetry, haiku),and Project Stagelight (stage plays).

PARTICIPATING (cont.)(continued on page 15)



Don’t just sit on the couch watchreruns o Deal or No Deal! Get up, out, and explore Tallahassee’s incred

variety o art galleries, museums, histsites, and more.

You never know what you’ll disco– all you have to do is lo

621Gallery , 621 Industrial Drive, 224-6163, www.621gallery.com. Hours: W-F 11 am-2 pm, Sa-Su 12-4 pm.Media such as painting, sculpture, photography, installation, andperormance art are eatured in eight contemporary exhibitions per year.

AlredB.MaclayGardensStatePark , 3540 Tomasville Road, 487-4115, Ranger Station 487-4556, www.oridastateparks.org. Hours: Daily 8 am-sunset. Home tobreathtaking oral gardens, eight miles o trails or biking, hiking and horseback riding, a boat launch, swimming beach, picnic areas and playgrounds, as well as theMaclay House museum.

ArsMagna@theNHMFL, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at FSU, 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive, Innovation Park, 644-8053, www.magnet.su.edu. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm. Features local 2-D, 3-D and mixed media artists exploring the scienceo art and the art in science.

ArtGalleriesatallahasseeCommunityCollege, 444 Appleyard Drive, 201-8713,www.tcc..edu/dept/cohu/art/artgallery.htm. Hours: M-F, 12 noon-4 pm. Features

changing exhibits by aculty, students, and local and regional artists. ArtPortGallery , allahassee Regional Airport, 3300 Capital Circle SW, 224-2500, www.

cocanet.org. Hours: Daily 8 am-11:30 pm. Managed by the Council on Culture & Arts, this gallery exhibits the work o local artists in all media with shows changingevery ve to six weeks.

ArtsLearningGallery , 500 South Bronough Street, 245-6480, www.orida-arts.org/ programs/learninggallery.htm. Hours: M-F, 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am – 4:30 pm, Su 12-4:30 pm. Features the artworks o students, teachers, and lielong learners.

TeBlackArchivesCapitolComplexattheHistoricUnionBank , 219 Apalachee Pkwy., 561-2603, www.amu.edu/acad/archives. Hours: M-F 9 am-4 pm. Exhibitsocus on the experiences and contributions o Arican Americans throughout thestate, with special emphasis on amous Black Floridians.

TeCapitolBuilding-22ndoor , Downtown, S. Duval St., 488-6167, Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm. One o our tower Capitols in the U.S., eaturing a panoramic view rom22nd oor observatory/art gallery.

CapitolComplexGalleries , 245-6480, www.orida-arts.org. Six galleries, rotatingexhibits every three months, designed to showcase Florida artists and artsorganizations.

CityHallArtGallery , City Hall, 2nd Floor, 300 South Adams Street, 224-2500, www.cocanet.org. Hours: M-F 8 am-5:30 pm. Managed by the Council on Culture & Arts,this gallery oers a diverse selection o works by both regional and local artists.

ClaudePepperMuseum, 636 W. Call Street, FSU Campus, 644-9311, www.claudepepper.org/museum. Hours: M-F 8:30 am-5 pm. Exhibits dramatically portray the personal and political experiences o U.S. Senator Claude Pepper, one o themost inuential and longest serving members o Congress.

FosterannerFineArtsGallery , Florida A&M University, Foster anner Fine Arts

Building, 599-3161. Hours: M-F 10 am-noon, 1-4 pm. Exhibits and events ocus onthe richness o visual art as an expression o material culture, history, and creativegenius, eaturing artists rom the Arican Diaspora.

FSUInternationalCenterArtGallery , 107 South Wildwood Drive, FSU Campus, 645-4793, www.internationalcenter.su.edu. Hours: M-F 8 am-5 pm.An exhibition spaceor international artists rom the FSU and allahassee communities.

FSUMuseumoFineArts, Florida State University, Fine Arts Building, 644-1254,www.moa.su.edu. Hours: M-F 9 am-4 pm, Sa-Su 1-4 pm, closed weekends during the summer. A lively mix o exhibitions rom new and nationally known artists.

GoodwoodMuseum&Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Road, 877-4202, www. goodwoodmuseum.org. Hours: Main House ours M-F 10 am-4 pm, Sa 10 am-2 pm;Garden M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa 10 am- 2 pm.Antebellum plantation house situated onsixteen acres o sprawling lawns, gardens and centuries-old oaks.


GET UP,Get Out &

EXPLORE

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JohnG.RileyCenter/MuseumoArican AmericanHistoryandCulture , 419 E. JeersonStreet, 681-7881, www.rileymuseum.org. Hours:

M, W, F 10 am-4 pm, Saturdays by appointment.Featuring a variety o exhibits based on the history and heritage o Arican American culture.

TeKirkCollection, Te Public Broadcast Center, 1600 Red Barber Plaza, www.wsu.org. Hours: M-F 9am-5 pm.A 300-piece collection o antique radios,televisions, musical instruments, microphones, and

other sound equipment. KnottHouseMuseum, 301 East Park Avenue, 922-

2459, www.museumoloridahistory.com. Hours:W-F 1-4 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm; closed August. Historichome dating back to the 1840’s, reecting a uniqueperspective on the evolution o allahassee.

LeMoyneCenterortheVisualArts, 125 N. GadsdenSt., 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org. Hours: u-Sa10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm. One-and-a-hal acresite including the main galleries in the historicMeginiss-Munroe House, the LeMoyne GitShop, and a lush sculpture garden.

LeRoyCollinsLeonCountyPublicLibrary , 200 West Park Avenue, 606-2665, www.leoncountylibrary.org.Hours: M-T 10 am-9 pm, F 10 am-6 pm, Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-6 pm. Oers monthly exhibits onthe walls and in glass exhibition cases, eaturing

artwork, collectibles, and rare books.LichgateonHighRoad, Laura Jepsen Institute,

1401 High Road, 383-6556, www.lichgate.com.Hours: u 10 am - 2 pm, F 11:30 am - 3:30 pmand by appointment. A lovingly built enchantedcottage reminiscent o the airytale cottages o childhood stories.

TeMaryBroganMuseumoArt&Science , 350 South Duval Street, 513-0700, www.thebrogan.org.Hours: M-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm. Featuringpermanent hands-on and traveling scienceexhibits, and a multitude o ine art exhibitshighlighting sculpture, painting, photography,multi-media and olk art.

MissionSanLuis, 2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711,www.missionsanluis.org. Hours: -Su 10 am-4 pm.See history come alive at the only reconstructed

17th century Spanish mission in Florida..MuseumoFloridaHistory , R.A. Gray Building,

500 S. Bronough Street, 245-6400, www.museumoloridahistory.com. Hours: M-F 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am-4:30 pm, Su and holidays12-4:30 pm.; extended hours rom 5 pm-8 pm onthe 3rd Tursday o each month. Permanent andtemporary exhibits that highlight signiicantperiods and individuals that have helped to shapethe Sunshine State.

TeOldCapitol, 400 South Monroe Street, www.museumoforidahistory.com, 487-1902. Hours: M-F 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am-4:30 pm, Su 12-4:30

pm. Provides an intriguing look into the world o Florida politics, and the people and events thathave helped shape the Sunshine State.

SoutheasternRegionalBlackArchivesResearch

Center&Museum, Carnegie Library, Florida A&M University, 599-3020, www.amu.edu/ acad/archives. Hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm. Specialty museum and archives that collects, preserves, anddisplays inormation about the history o Aricansand Arican Americans rom ancient times tothe present.

allahasseeAutomobileMuseum, 3550-A MahanDrive, 942-0137, www.tacm.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su noon-5 pm. A vast selection o rareantique cars that date as early as the 1860’s.

allahasseeMuseum, 3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org. Hours: M-Sa

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AnnetteHowellurnerCenterortheArts ,527 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA, (229)247-2787 (84 miles rom allahassee), www.lvac.org. Hours: M-T 10 am-6 pm, F-Sa 10 am– 4 pm, Su 1-4 pm.

BainbridgeLittleTeater , 220 roupe Street,Bainbridge, GA(42 miles rom allahassee), (229)246-8345, www. bainbridgelittletheater.com.

BoniayGuildortheArts, 1695 Highway 177,Boniay (90 miles rom allahassee), 547-3530,[email protected].

Dixieheatre, 21 Avenue E, Apalachicola(75 miles rom allahassee), 653-3200, www.dixietheatre.com.

FirstStreetGallery , 204 First Street NW,Havana (15 miles rom allahassee), 539-5220,

www.rststreetartgallery.com. Hours: F-Sa 10

am-5 pm, Su 12-5 pm.GadsdenArtsCenter , 13 North Madison,

Quincy (25 miles rom allahassee), 875-4866, www.gadsdenarts.com. Hours: u-Sa 10 am-5pm, Su 1-5 pm.

GulSpecimenMarineLaboratories , 222 Clark Drive, Panacea, FL(30 miles rom allahassee), 850-984-5297, www.gulspecimen.org. Hours: M-F 9am-5 pm, Sa 10 am-4 pm, Su 12 pm-4 pm

It’saJEMFineArt, 307 North Main St., Havana(15 miles rom allahassee), 539-0335, www.itsajem.com. Hours: M-Sa 10 am-6 pm, Su

12-6 pm.

MonticelloOperaHouse, 185 W. Washington

Street, Monticello (30 miles rom allahassee),997-4242, [email protected].

PebbleHillPlantation, U.S. Highway 319, Tomasville, GA (30 miles rom allahassee),(229) 226-2344, www.pebblehill.com. Hours:

u-Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-5 pm.

QuincyMusicTeatre, 118 East Washington St.,Quincy (25 miles rom allahassee), 875-9444,

www.qmtonline.com.

SanMarcosDeApalacheHistoricStatePark , 148Old Fort Road, St. Marks(20 miles rom allahassee),922-6007. Hours: h-M 9 am-5 pm.

SpiritotheSuwanneeMusicPark , US 129north o Live Oak (80 miles rom allahassee),(904) 364-1683, www.musicliveshere.com.

SwampGravy , Cotton Hall, Colquitt, GA (64 miles rom allahassee), (229) 758-5450, www.swampgravy.com.

TomasvilleCulturalCenter , 600 E. WashingtonSt., Tomasville, GA (35 miles rom allahassee),(229) 226-0588, www.tccarts.org. Gallery hours: M-F 9 am-5 pm, Sa-Su 1-5 pm.

TomasvilleEntertainmentFoundation, (229)226-7404, www.teconcerts.com.

EXPLORING

9 am-5 pm, Su 12:30-5 pm. Featuring the NaturalHabitat Zoo, historical buildings, hands-onexhibits, the Natural Science Building, and arecreation o a 19th century Big Bend Farm.

allahasseerustorHistoricPreservation, 423 E.Virginia Street, 488-7100, www.taltrust.org. Hours:

M-F 9 am-4 pm. Contains an extensive library o books, reports, periodicals, photographs, and mapsrelating to allahassee, the region, and the state.

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JANUARYChildren’sDayattheMuseum,1/27, Museum o Florida History, R.A. Gray

Building, 500 South Bronough Street, 245-6400, www.museumoforidahistory.com. Activities include hands-on crats, music, dance, story telling, specialexhibits, and more.

OtherWords:AConerenceoLiteraryMagazines, 1/26-27, Independent Publishers,and Writers, Florida State University, 442-1408, www.anhinga.org. Conerenceaddresses all o the aspects o the literary arts. Events include panel discussions,readings, talks, multimedia perormances, and a book air. Jointly sponsored by Anhinga Press, the Florida Literary Arts Coalition, and Fiction Collective wo.

RattlesnakeRound-Up,1/27, Whigham Fairgrounds, Whigham, GA, 229-762-3774.Attracting approximately 50,000 visitors each year, this 40-year old event

includes arts and crats, concessions, snake handling demonstrations, snakecooking, snake hunting, entertainment, children’s rides and a 5K Run/Walk.

FEBRUARYBlackHistoryMonthFestival, 2/1-2/28, 877-0453, BlackHistoryMonthFestival@

comcast.net. A month-long series o events coordinated in partnership withcommunity organizations to honor the nationally-recognized Black History Month. Includes a Kicko Reception, Cultural Festival, theatre perormance,Festival Finale and many other events.

RomanticReadings, 2/14, Knott House Museum, 301 East Park Avenue, 922-2459,www.museumoforidahistory.com. An evening lled with romantic readingsrom Mrs. Luella Knott’s collection, plus music and an open microphonesession or local poets to read rom their works.

SevenDaysoOpeningNights, 2/12-27, Florida State University, 644-7670,box oce 644-6500, www.sevendaysestival.org. A estival o the ne andperorming arts eaturing nationally and internationally recognized artistsand perormers, as well as campus and community arts events. Presents music,dance, theatre, creative writing, lm, and exhibitions o ne art in various

allahassee venues. Each year the estival eatures an opening art exhibitionand a series o ticketed marquee perormances. Series tickets go on sale eachNovember; individual tickets available in January.

ValentineSerenadesby theBarbershopHarmonySociety, 2/14, 228-0311,[email protected] your sweetheart with a singing valentine at herhome or oce. A Barbershop Quartet in tuxedos, singing romantic songs,and leaving her with owers, candy, and a photo o the event–what could bemore romantic on Valentine’s Day?

MARCH ArtistsinBloomFestival,3/23-24, Florida A&M University, 599-3430.Annual

community event that celebrates the arts, promotes literacy, and encourageshealthy living. ABF displays the talents and skills o artists and practitionersrom allahassee and the surrounding areas, as well as artists with state, regional,national, and international reputations.

CivilWarBattlefeldRe-Enactment, 3/2-4, Natural Bridge Battleeld State Historic Site, 1022 DeSoto Park Drive, Woodville, 922-6007. Featuring authenticuniorms, Conederate and Union encampments, antique muskets, cannonrings, and costumed villagers.

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FESTIVALS & ANNUAL EVENTS

RedHillsHorserials, 3/8-11, Elinor KlappPhipps Park, Miller Landing Road, 893- 2497, www.rhht.org. Nationally recognizedequestrian competition and horse trialssanctioned by the U.S. Combined rainingAssociation with over 200 competitors romthe U.S. and abroad, many o Olympic caliber.Includes avenue o shops, exhibitions, andood court.

RiversideArtsest, 3/17-18, Bainbridge, GA, 229- 243-1010. Features evening entertainment, juried ine art exhibit, student art show,literary contest, speakers, workshops, children’sactivities, street dance and more. Each year theBainbridge-Decatur Chamber o Commerceeatures the art and culture o a dierent state,culminating in a grand nale concert held

with a nationally known recording artist onthe banks o the Flint River.

Springtimeallahassee, 3/30-31, 224-5012,www.springtimetallahassee.com. One o thebiggest annual parades and crat shows in theSoutheast, attracting over 200,000 visitors.

Springtime allahassee eatures horse-drawncarriages, elaborately clad characters, andspectacular mechanical oats rom all over thesoutheastern United States. Te Jubilee in thePark eatures a combination o arts, crats, exhibits,ood and entertainment throughout the day.

allahasseeJazz&BluesFestival,3/24-25,allahassee Museum, 3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org. Featuresnon-stop jazz, blues, and gospel. Showcaseslocal musicians.

APRILCarrabelleRiverrontFestival,Marine Street

along the Carrabelle Riverwalk, 697-2585,

www.carrabelleriverrontestival.com.ChainoParksArtFestival,Chain o Parks, Park Avenue and Monroe Street, 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org.

FloridaWineFestival, he Mary BroganMuseum o Art and Science, 350 S. DuvalStreet, 513-0700, www.theoridawineestival.com.

FSUFlyingHighCircus, Haskin CircusComplex, corner o West Pensacola Street& Chietan Way, 644-4874, www.circus.su.edu.

RoseShow&Festival, Tomasville, GA, 229-227-7099, www.downtownthomasville.com.

SouthWoodstockMusic&ArtsFestival, JohnPaul II Catholic High School, 5100 errebone

Drive, 201-5744, www.southwoodstock.org. WormGruntin’Festival,Downtown Sopchoppy,

850-962-2020, www.wakullacounty.org/ worm_estival.htm.

MAYBlueCrabFestival, Wooley Park, Panacea, 984-

CRAB, www.bluecrab-estival.com.EmancipationCelebration, Knott House

Museum, 301 E. Park Ave., 922-2459, www.museumoforidahistory.com.

FloridaFolkFestival, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, White Springs,1-877-6FL-FOLK, www.oridastateparks.org/olkest.

HumanateeFestival,San Marcos de ApalacheState Historic Site, St. Marks, 925-6216.

JazzorJustice,Chez Pierre Restaurant,1215 homasville Road, 385-9007, www.

jazzorjustice.org.Quincyest,Gadsden Arts Center and courthouse

square, Quincy, 627-7681, www.quincyest.com. allahasseeWildlieFestival,386-6296, www.

stranciswildlie.org.Zydeco&CajunMudbugBash/Crawish

Festival,Bradordville Blues Club, 212-0431, www.mudbugbash.com.

JUNEFloridaAricanDanceFestival, allahassee

Community College, 444 Appleyard Drive,539-4087, www.ad.org.

JeersonCountyWatermelonFestival,Downtown Monticello, 997-5552, www.

monticellojeerson.com.

JULYBastilleDayCelebration,Chez Pierre Restaurant,

1215 homasville Road, 222-0936, www.chezpierre.com.

CelebrateAmerica, om Brown Park, o ConnerBlvd., 891-3866, [email protected].

Swamp Stomp, allahassee Museum,3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

AUGUSTCaribbeanCarnival, Downtown allahassee,

878-5148, www.carnivaltallahassee.com.

PossumFestivalandFunDay, Highway 77, Wausau, 638-1781, www.thewtdc.com.

SEPTEMBERDowntownGetdowns,Friday nights beore FSU

home ootball games, Adams Street betweenPensacola Street and Park Avenue, 487-8087,

www.uwbb.org.ExperienceAsiaFestival, E. Peck Green Park,

Park Ave. across rom the LeRoy CollinsLeon County Public Library, 906-9321, www.asiantlh.org.

OCTOBER Antiques&reasuresShow,Goodwood

Museum & Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Road,877-4202, www.goodwoodmuseum.org.

BlessingotheAnimals,Mission San Luis,2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711, www.missionsanluis.org.

FallFever,Railroad Square Art Park, 224-1308, www.railroadsquare.com.

GreekFoodFestival,Holy Mother o God Greek Orthodox Church, 1645 Phillips Road, 878-0747, www.greece.org/HolyMother/estival.

HalloweenHowl, allahassee Museum,3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

HavanaBead,Jewelry&ArtExtravaganza, Te Planter’s Exchange, 204 Second Street,Havana, 539-6343, www.havanaextrav.com.

MonarchButteryFestival,St. Marks National Wildlie Reuge, 1255 Lighthouse Rd., St.Marks, 925-6121, saintmarks.ws.gov.

NexttotheLastArmageddonShow,621Gallery, 621 Industrial Drive, 224-6163,

www.621gallery.com.PumpkinFestival,Downtown Havana, 539-

1544, www.havanaorida.com.Zoobilee, allahassee Museum, 3945 Museum

Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

NOVEMBERFlorida SeaoodFestival, Battery Park,

Apa l ach icho l a , 653-9419 , www.oridaseaoodestival.com.

MuleDay,Calvary, GA, 229-377-MULE, www.caironet.com/mule.htm.

NorthFloridaFair, North Florida Fairgrounds,441 Paul Russell Road, 878-3247, www.northoridaair.com.

BigBendFolklieFestival, allahassee Museum,3945 Museum Drive, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

Bookest,LeRoy Collins Leon County PublicLibrary, 200 West Park Avenue, 606-2665,

www.leoncountylibrary.org.Bradley’sCountryFunDay,10655 Centerville Road,

893-1647, www.bradleyscountrystore.com.DownontheFarmFestival,Spanish Moss Farm,

1300 Ball Farm Road, Quincy, 850-875-3862, www.downonthearmestival.com.

PlantationWildlieArtsFestival, Tomasville

Cultural Center, 600 East Washington St., homasville, GA, 229-226-0588, www.pwa.org.

Punkin’Chuckin’, Mickee Faust Clubhouse,623 McDonnell Drive, 224-3089, www.mickeeaust.com.

SwineimeFestival,Climax, GA, 229-248-8850, www.swinetimeestival.com.

DECEMBER AnnualOld-FashionedHolidayOpenHouse,

Lichgate on High Road, 1401 High Road,383-6556, www.lichgate.com.

ArtsandAntiquesFair, FSU Museum o FineArts, Florida State University Fine ArtsBuilding, 644-1254, www.moa.su.edu.

CamelliaChristmas,Maclay Gardens StatePark, 3540 Tomasville Road, 487-4115, www.oridastateparks.org/maclaygardens.

CandleLightouroGoodwood, GoodwoodMuseum & Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Rd.,877-4202, www.goodwoodmuseum.org.

CommemorativeHolidayMass,Mission SanLuis, 2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711, www.missionsanluis.org.




AricanCaribbeanDanceTeatre, 539-4087, www.ad.org. ArtsLearningGallery , 500 South Bronough Street, 245-6480, www.orida-

arts.org/programs/learninggallery.htm. Hours: M-F, 9 am-4:30 pm, Sa 10 am – 4:30 pm, Su 12-4:30 pm.

Boys’Choiroallahassee, 528-2403, www.boyschoirtlh.org.BradordvilleFineArtsAcademy , 6494 Tomasville Road, 893-0893,

www.b-bc.org. BrushandPaletteStudio, 1379 imberlane Road, 893-1960, www.

brushandpalettestudio.com. CapitalCityShakespeare’sYoungCompany , 386-6476, Ccshakespeare@

aol.com. ChallengerLearningCenter , 200 S. Duval Street, 645-SAR, www.

challengertlh.com. CommunitySchoolothePerormingArtsandCulture, 614 Osceola

Street, 574-2237 .FloridaArtsandCommunityEnrichment(F.A.C.E.), 644-8533, aceart@

aol.com. GadsdenArtsCenter , 13 North Madison, Quincy, 875-4866, www.

gadsdenarts.com. Gordon’sStringMusic, 1903 N. Monroe Street, 386-7784. HomeMusicEducators, 656-7613, www.homemusiceducators.com.

Jim’sPianos , 2695-A Capital Circle N.E., 205-5467, www.jimspianos.com.

KillearnPerormingArts , 4500 W. Shannon Lakes #20, 443-7512 or 894-9364, www.killearnpa.com.

KnottHouseMuseum , 301 East Park Avenue, 922-2459, www.museumoforidahistory.com.

LaayetteParkArts&CratsCenter , 403 Ingleside Drive, 891-3945, www.talgov.com/parks/commcenter/lartscrats.cm.

LeMoyneArtFoundation, 125 N. Gadsden St., 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org.

LeRoyCollinsLeonCountyPublicLibrary , 200 West Park Avenue, 606- 2665, www.leoncountylibrary.org. Hours: M-T, 10 am-9 pm, F 10 am-6 pm,Sa 10 am-5 pm, Su 1-6 pm.

heMaryBroganMuseumoArt&Science,350 South Duval Street, 513-0700,www.thebrogan.org.

Mason’sSchooloMusic, 19 North Calhoun Street, 412-0102, www.masonsmusic.com.

MissionSanLuis, 2021 W. Mission Road, 487-3711, www.missionsanluis.org.

MontgomerySchoolsoDance, 1369 E. Laayette Street, 877-4874. MuseumoFloridaHistory , R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough Street,

245-6400, www.museumoforidahistory.com. MusicCenter , 1221 E. Laayette Street (next to Te Moon), 942-0626. Musikgarten, Best Beginnings, 1415 imberlane Road in Market Square, 668-

2119, www.best-begin.com/musikgartensignup.html. PerormingArtsCenteroallahassee, 562-1430, 3244 N. Monroe Street,

perormingartscenterotallahassee.com. ProphecySchoolotheArts, 2312 Apalachee Parkway, Suite 10, 222-8085,

www.prophecyarts.net.


For up-to-date schedules and event inormation, visit www.morethanyouthought.com.

-SummerCamp - Bir thdayParties -Peror mances &Events to Attend -Classesand/orPrivateLessons

Give your kids a break and get them awayrom the video games with these un andeducational activities. Dance classes, theatre,music, or art or vacations, ater school,weekends, and more. There are some greatbirthday party ideas here, as well.FOR

KIDS THE




Note: the preceding listings are or programs designed especially or children. Many places in other sections,like the “Get Up, Get Out, & Explore” section, are great or kids, too.



Images: Opposite page - Teatre A La Carte’s production o Seussical,allahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra, students at MissionSan Luis, student art rom the recent Winter Festival YouthArt Exhibition, a budding artist rom COCA’s recent Arts inEducation Expo. Tis page - students engaged at Mission San Luis.


CHILDREN

-SummerCamp - Bir thdayParties - Peror mances&Events toAttend -Classesand/orPrivateLessons



FESTIVALS & ANNUAL EVENTS (cont.)

RibitsEnchantedCottage, 215 Lake EllaDrive, 671-5859, www.ribitsceramics.com.

RossierProductions,Inc.(RPI), 224-0372,www.rossierprod.org.

heSchooloheatreatFloridaState ,Florida State University, Fine Arts Building,644-6500, theatre.su.edu.

SharonDavisSchoolsoDance, 1232imberlane Road, 893-5900.

SouthernAcademyoBalletArts, 1704-C Capital Circle NE, 222-0174.

StubbsMusicCenter , 1260 imberlane Road,893-8754, www.stubbs.org.

heallahasseeBallet , 224-6917, www.tallaballet.com.

allahasseeGirls’ChoiroCHOICE ,576-7501.

allahasseeLeonCountyCivicCenter , 505 West Pensacola Street, 487-1691, box oce 222-0400, www.tlccc.org.

allahasseeMuseum, 3945 Museum Drive,575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

ElNight,Dorothy B. Oven Park, 3205

Tomasville Rd., 891-3915, www.talgov.com.HolidayExhibition&LightedSculpture

Garden, LeMoyne Art Foundation, 125 N.Gadsden St., 222-8800, www.lemoyne.org.

HolidayMagicConcert,Ruby DiamondAuditorium, FSU Campus, 224-0461, tickets644-6500, www.tallahasseesymphony.org.

HolidayOpenHouse, Knott House Museum,301 East Park Avenue, 922-2459, www.museumoforidahistory.com.

“JustOneMore”InvitationalArtFestival,Poncede Leon and Bloxham Parks at Monroe Street,980-8727, www. downtownmarket.com.

LatinoFest,St. Tomas the Apostle Catholic

Church, 27 N. Shadow St., Quincy, 875-3806,[email protected].

heLaughingStock:Florida’sMusically wistedPoliticalCabaret,841-4063, [email protected].

MakingSpiritsBright,Goodwood Museum & Gardens, 1600 Miccosukee Rd., 877-4202,

www.goodwoodmuseum.org.

MarketDays,North Florida Fairgrounds,441 Paul Russell Road, 575-8684, www.tallahasseemuseum.org.

MusicattheOldCapitol,400 South Monroe

Street, 487-1902, www.museumoforidahistory.com.

TeNutcracker, Ruby Diamond Auditorium,FSU Campus, 644-6500, www.tallaballet.com.

Rock-a-Ton,Culture to Culture, John G. Riley Center/Museum, 419 E. Jeerson Street, 681-7881, www.rileymuseum.org.

SugarplumFairandNutcrackerCharacterBreakast,Goodwood Museum & Gardens,222-1287, www.tallaballet.com.

WinterFestival:ACelebrationoLights,Music,andtheArts,Downtown allahassee,891-3860, www.talgov.com.

allahasseeSymphonyYouthOrchestras(SYO), 1345 Tomasville Road, 224-9232,www.tallahasseesymphony.org.

allyPiano&KeyboardStudios , 2933 KerryForest Parkway, 386-2425, www.tallypiano.com.

TomasvilleRoadAcademyotheArts,3131Tomasville Road, 422-7795 x210 or x216,www.thomasvilleroad.org/academy.htm.

Wind&Grace, 3620 Shamrock West, 894- 2888, www.windandgrace.homestead.com.

YoungActorsTeatre, 609 Glenview Drive,386-6602, www.youngactorstheatre.com.

Images: Kris Kristoerson is scheduled to perorm at Seven Days o Opening Nights.



Cn,t waiT fo yo nxt ss of ?

Join us on the rst Friday o every month when museums and galleries stay open rom 6p.m. until at least 9 p.m. with no admission charge, oten eaturing openings, receptions,and special events or the public. Check the allahassee Democrat’s Limelight or COCA’s web site or a complete list o who’s open each month.

For an exciting and diverse season o exhibitions, visit the City Hall Art Gallery and the ArtPortGallery at the allahassee Regional Airport. Both galleries are ree and open to the public. Teexhibition season eatures painting, sculpture, collage, ber art, photography, and other ne crats.Additional group shows highlight youth art and ne art photography. For each exhibition, COCAholds a ree reception as an opportunity or members o the public to meet the exhibiting artists.

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Looking to buy a piece o artwork or nd an artist? Check out the online Artist Directory – a virtual listing o the allahassee area’s talented visual artists, musicians, dancers, authors, andtheatre personnel. People are listed both alphabetically and by discipline, many with sampleimages and links to their own web sites. Tere’s also an online orm you can use to get yoursel listed in the directory!

What is there to do in allahassee? MoreTanYouTought.Com! Check our calendar or

upcoming exhibits, shows, concerts, tours, lectures, auditions, rehearsals, meetings, lms,estivals, special events, and more. While you’re there, add your own organization’s events!

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