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Central
Fruit Tramps: Documentary Photography by Herman LeRoy Emmet
Where: Anita S. Wooten Gallery at VCC East Campus

East Coast
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Where: The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach

Gulf Coast
32nd Annual International Miniature Art Society Exhibition
Where: The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art

North Central
FIRST SATURDAY COFFEEHOUSE
Where: Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

Northeast
The Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
Where: The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Northwest
Dance Repertory Theatre
Where: Nancy Smith Fichter Dance Theatre, FSU

Panhandle
Apalachicola River: An American Treasure
Where: VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Panama City

Southeast & Keys
Southern Crossings II
Where: The Gallery at Eissey Campus

Southwest
The British Invasion
Where: FST’s Goldstein Cabaret

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Museum Reciprocity Month Coming in February; Sixteen Miami-Dade Museums to Participate
MIAMI - Join the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and you will join fifteen other museums in the Miami-Dade County area as part of the newly developed Museum Reciprocity Month, to be launched this month. Initiated by The Wolfsonian-FIU, the program will kick off with a party at The Raleigh Hotel on February 8. The goal of Museum Reciprocity Month is simple: join one museum, and you will have the ability to enjoy them all, during the month of February. Membership at any of the participating museums listed below grants the member a free pass for any of the other museums. Whether a person has been a longtime museum supporter or has just signed up, the program enables everyone to museum-hop and experience the Miami cultural scene. The month will be marked by a wide range of members-only programs at each institution, including exhibition openings, cocktail hours, family days, and educational lectures. Participating institutions include: Art Center/South Florida; Bass Museum of Art; The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum/Florida International University; Haitian Heritage Museum; Historical Museum of Southern Florida; The Jewish Museum of Florida; Lowe Art Museum/University of Miami; Miami Art Museum, Miami Children’s Museum; Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium; Museum of Contemporary Art; Vizcaya Museum and Gardens; and The Wolfsonian-FIU. For more information, please call 305.375.1492 or email membership@hmsf.org.

Orlando Opera Gears Up For 50th Anniversary Celebration!
ORLANDO – It’s an achievement ready to be added to Orlando’s history books while setting the stage for future vibrancy for the arts and cultural scene in Central Florida. Orlando Opera announces its 50th Anniversary celebration, a new design for its website, and an exciting new logo! Orlando Opera’s history includes a humble beginning as a project of the Junior League of Greater Orlando when in 1958 it hosted the first Opera Gala at the Orlando Municipal Auditorium. Over the years the company has brought in such notables as Plácido Domingo, Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Jessye Norman, and Cecilia Bartoli to thrill local audiences with their talents. In March of 1979, Orlando Opera became a professional opera company upon its entrance into OPERA America, the service organization of full professional opera companies. It is currently a $2.7 million company with performances and education programs that reach over 125,000 people throughout the state of Florida.

Caldwell Theatre Company Receives Million Dollar Pledge From Henrietta, Countess de Hoernle
BOCA RATON – Countess Henrietta de Hoernle has made a pledge of $1 million toward the construction of a new home for Caldwell Theatre Company. The pledge will be the pace-setting gift of a $7 million capital campaign that will soon be launched to complete financing of the Theater just north of its present location. The Countess de Hoernle’s commitment was solidified this past month with her payment of more than half the pledge during her visit to the construction site. The facility is expected to open later in 2007. Clive Cholerton, Chair of Caldwell Theater Company’s Board of Trustees, will lead the campaign. Joining him on the campaign committee are Helen Ballerano and Randy James. The committee is in process of formation. The Countess, who refers to Caldwell Theatre Company as “The pride of Boca Raton,” has been a long-time friend of the Theater. She asked that all friends of Caldwell Theatre Company, as well as lovers of theater in south Palm Beach County, use the campaign as an opportunity to make gifts in honor of family and friends. Caldwell Theatre Company will name the new facility The Count de Hoernle Theatre, in honor of the Countess’ late husband Adolph. Michael Hall, one of Caldwell’s founders and its Artistic Director for the past 32 years, said, “this campaign, energized by the magnificent gift of the Countess, will assure that Caldwell Theatre Company will remain an integral and powerful force in the artistic life of the community.” When completed in Fall of 2007, the new Caldwell Theatre Company will be the anchor of North Boca Village Center, a thriving mixed-use lifestyle development that includes housing, restaurants and shopping venues.

This month's featured artist is UCF Associate Professor, Steven Chicurel. Although trained as a concert pianist, "Doctor Steve" has chosen to make his career in musical theatre. Musical theatre has been his chief passion, and to that end, Dr. Steve has been a part of nearly 100 theatrical productions as musical director, conductor, pianist, and vocal arranger.
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