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In Your Backyard: Where Newcomers Meet the Arts
Arts and culture is all around us in Central Florida, but some of us just don’t know where to look. Join Smooth 103.1 WLOQ and United Arts of Central Florida for “In Your Backyard: Where Newcomers Meet The Arts.” It happens Wednesday, October 13 at The Maitland Art Center located at 231 West Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL 32751. The event is from 8-9:30 a.m. This event will highlight all that Central Florida’s arts and cultural community has to offer. Register to win prizes and discounts to arts events in your backyard. For more information, please call 407.628.0333 x29 and speak with John.
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Citrus Club Backstage
United Arts continues its partnership with Citrus Club Orlando with Citrus Club Backstage. This event gives attendees an opportunity for a behind the scenes look at various artistic disciplines. Food, drink and conversation come together while the guest artist of the month performs and offers some insight into their world as a professional artist in Central Florida.
Citrus Club Backstage happens the 2nd Thursday of each month, through October. Our next event will be on September 9 from 6 - 7:45 pm and will feature a musical theatre performance by Heather Alexander from The Winter Park Playhouse. Ms. Alexander will present excerpts from her one-woman show "I Was Born to Entertain." In addition to being the founder and Executive Director of the Winter Park Playhouse, Heather has performed locally at The Mark II Dinner Theatre and Mad Cow Theatre and has also been see in many commercial, industrial and television credits including co-host of The Florida Lottery’s Flamingo Fortune Game Show.
Non-members of the Citrus Club can RSVP by clicking HERE. Citrus Club Members RSVP directly with the club. For more information, contact Cory Warren @ Events@UnitedArts.cc or call 407.628.0333 x28. The event costs $15 for the public and is $10 for Citrus Club members. Admission includes performance, wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
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A.L.I.G.N.
A.L.I.G.N. was created as an opportunity for arts leaders in the seven-county region to discuss advocacy and awareness for the arts. This meeting occurs twice annually in order to develop a region-wide action plan to follow up on the myregion.org economic impact study and educate local arts organizations on how to speak and present to local government officials. Attendees represent local arts agencies and cultural organizations in Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia counties.
Our next event will take place on Friday, October 8, 2010 in The Cooper Memorial Library at Lake Sumpter Community College located at 2525 Oakley Seaver Drive, Clermont, FL 34711. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. To RSVP for this event or for more information, please contact Cory Warren @ Events@UnitedArts.cc.
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All Arts, All Week, All FREE!
In February 2010, ArtsFest was responsible for providing over 43,578 FREE arts and cultural experiences through its 205 events in 75 different venues across 4 counties in Central Florida!
Save the date for ArtsFest 2011: February 4-13, 2011.
Please click HERE to visit the official ArtsFest website for the most up-to-date event information, to find out how you can volunteer, become a sponsor, access our ArtsFest blog, and MORE!
