This Week In Art Creative City Project

New experiences shape our reality. Let yourself connect with new people in Orlando this week.
- This Saturday, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts hosts PechaKucha Night Orlando v28. See a wide variety of presenters have 20 slides and get 20 sceonds to explain each of them.
- Also this Saturday, the Orlando Book Festival happens at Orange County Library System (FL), including panels, writing workshops, book signings, and more from bestselling authors from all over the country.
- Saturday & Sunday, Harry P. Leu Gardens is having their Leu Gardens’ Annual Spring Plant Sale. Over 50 growers and vendors are selling a variety of plants and outdoor accessories.
- This week is your last chance to experience From Here, an original musical by Orlando's Donald Rupe, at Central Florida Community Arts.

Orlando is so much more than a city for tourists. We're a city for ARTISTS! Connect with Orlando's artistic institutions 'This Week In Art'.
- Friday & Saturday, UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival Concert I, an amazing weekend of jazz currated by UCF professor Jeff Rupert, takes place at the UCF campus.
- Emotions Dance Inc. uses contemporary dance to tell personal stories of courage and perseverance at 'Untold Stories' this Friday & Saturday at Orlando Shakes.
- Opening Friday at Garden Theatre, see the epic Ben Hur like never before ... as a comedy. Struggling actors rehearse the grand tale of the fictional Jewish prince and merchant, offstage rivalries and romances interfere with their chariot races and sea battles.
Get out and experience your city!

Orlando, experience three classics like never before happening 'This Week In Art'.
- Opening Wednesday, Orlando Shakes hosts the classic adventure, The Three Musketeers, running through March 22.
- Friday, lOrlando Ballet Company and School starts their run of the Disney classic Cinderella presented by the Orlando Ballet, running through Sunday.
- This Saturday, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs 'Hansel & Gretel' as part of their Symphony Storytime Series at The Plaza Live series.
You've know them all. Now get out and experience a new take on these classics.

Connect with Orlando and its many creative communities. We're here to share just a few of the events happening "This Week In Art"
- Friday & Sunday, Opera Orlando takes you into a western in real saloon at The Girl of the Golden West. Specialty cocktails, appetizers, and desserts will add to the evening with cash bars also available.
- Tuesday, jazz-funk-R&B fusion ensemble The Conglomerate returns to Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts.
- Wednesday, Orlando Story Club tells stories of sleepless nights at OSC: Past Our Bedtime at The Abbey.
- Friday & FREE, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park hear world-class organist Stefan Kiessling, organ.
Get out and see your city and all its creativity this week

Whether you're into art, theater, or orchestra, there's something happening for you this week in Orlando!
- Saturay is Free! Family Day at Orlando Museum of Art.
- Saturday, Orlando Repertory Theatre opens Anne of Green Gables, a play about an orphan girl and her new family living on a farm.
- Saturday & Sunday, revel in the art of over 300 artists at the 45th annual Mount Dora Arts Festival.
- Saturday at Bob Carr Theater, see the world premiere of 'A Fiddle Concerto'.
Go experience something amazing!

We live in an a vibrant city full of creativity. Experience at least one, if not more, of these wonderful events happening 'This Week In Art'.
- Explore the west with a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers led by one-armed Captain John Wesley Powell as they set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. An all female cast of 'Men On Boats' opens Thursday at Mad Cow Theatre and runs through Feb 9.
- Beginning Saturday, ZORA! Festival 2020 celebrates the life of Zora Neal Hurston with public talks, museum exhibitions, theatrical productions, arts education programming, and a 3-day Outdoor Festival of the Arts.
- Thursday, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park hosts Insights & Sounds: The Greatest Composers You've Never Heard Of. Experience compsoers whose talent has escaped notice in modern times.
- This Friday, Garden Theatre opens 'Violet', a folk musical about a woman's cross-country journey to find healing.
It's a beautfiul week in Central Florida. Get out and see your city!