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JACKSONVILLE performing arts guide Hellzapoppin • St. Augustine Seafood Fest • The Great Guitar Gathering • Gus Cooper’s Copiii free monthly guide to entertainment & more | february 2013 | eujacksonville.com Performing Arts Guide Eat, Shop, Tap Your Toes. We’re Havin’ Fun Now! March 1st to 3rd In Historic, St. Augustine! t'SJ .BSDITUQN 8$BTUJMMP%SJWF t4BU .BSDIOEBNUPQN #FIJOEUIF7JTJUPS*OGPSNBUJPO$FOUFS t4VO .BSDISEBNUPQN Feast On Seafood! You’re sure to nd something you love. Chefs have come from as far as Maryland to claim the title of “Best of e Festival!” 100 Arts & Cra s Exhibitors! A ordable gi for everyone. e Music Gets Better Every Year! You’ll nd some of the most talented performers on our stage. It’s an eclectic mix of musical acts popularly known as Americana. Kid Zone Featuring Pirate Landing. Tons of fun for kids of all ages. Win! Groceries, prizes and cash! 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We cannot assume responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. For in- formation concerning advertising phone 904-730-3003 or email [email protected]. eujacksonville.com | FEBRUARY 2013 3 PErformiNg artS gUidE In the next six months the First Coast offers a smorgasbord of performances. With opera and string quartets to bawdy farces, serious drama and ethnic dance, you’ll be able to fill some of those holes in your calendar. Jan 25-Feb 10 Clarinda, The Musical This is the Feb 6-Mar 17 Driving Miss Daisy The simple and U.S. premiere of a play based on the passionate moving story of Daisy Werthan, a well-to-do widow letters between Robert Burns and his lover. Atlantic in Atlanta, and her driver, Hoke Coleburn. Starring Beach Experimental Theatre Michael Learned (from The Waltons). Alhambra The- atre & Dining Jan 25-Feb 17 Lost in Yonkers After a tumultuous VENUES Feb 7 at 6 pm Strawberry Shortcake with The teenage year, Jay must learn to accept his comically (VENUE DETAILS AND CONTACT INFORMATION LISTED HERE dysfunctional family. Limelight Theatre, St. Augustine Doodlebops! An all-new musical production starring a spirited, red-haired girl, Strawberry Shortcake. $38 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN LISTING.) Feb 1-16 Conversations After A Burial When a fam- / $33 / $28, Florida Theatre ily gathers for a funeral, you can be sure of old griev- ances re-surfacing, rueful remembrances and, if it’s Feb 8 at 8 pm New Directions Veterans Choir The a French family, love-making. The ”conversations” New Directions Veterans Choir is an award winning Alhambra Dinner Theatre, 12000 Beach Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 of the title provide humor, insight, romance and hope a cappella group that sings renditions of doo-wop, Blvd., 641-1212, alhambrajax.com A1A North, Ponte Vedra, 471-1965, for the future. Players by the Sea soul, traditional gospel and popular music. Riverside pvconcerthall.com Fine Arts Atlantic Beach Experimental Theatre, 716 Feb 1-10 Fences In this staged play, Troy Maxson, a Feb 8 at 7:30 pm Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, 249-7177, Ritz Theatre and LaVilla Museum, former star of the Negro baseball leagues now works as a garbage man. Excluded as a black man from Jungle Jack’s live show features many of his favorite abettheatre.com 829 N. Davis Street, 632-5555, the major leagues during his prime, Troy’s bitterness animal friends, as well as fascinating and humorous ritzjacksonville.com takes its toll on his relationships with his wife and his stories and footage from his adventures around the Beaches Fine Arts Series, St. John’s son. Stage Aurora world. The Artist Series, Times-Union Center Cathedral, 270-1771, beachesfinearts.org Riverside Fine Arts, 1100 Stockton February 9 from 8 to 9:30 pm Traces Of Blue Traces Street, 389-6222, riversidefinearts.org Feb 2 Jazz Jamm Presents Nick Colionne With a jazz style that is both urban and contemporary, Nick Of Blue (formerly Afro Blue Vocal Band) come to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, 2445 San Colionne combines jazz, R&B, blues and funk. He Jacksonville from their smashing success on NBC’s Diego Road, 346-5620, da-arts.org Stage Aurora, 5164 Norwood Ave., has an unmistakable sound and vibe that is instantly reality vocal competition “The Sing Off.” These 765-7372, stageaurora.org recognizable, and his rich baritone vocals delight his young vocalists bring the very best in vocal talent. Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., 355- audiences. Two Shows at 7 & 10 pm. Tickets $25. $16. Ritz Theatre 2787, floridatheatre.com St. Mary’s Little Theatre, 1100 Ritz Theatre Feb 9 Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Performances Osborne Road, St. Mary’s, GA, 912- Feb 4 at 12:30 pm Austin“Walkin’ Cane” A blues by The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus, Tuskegee Friday Musicale, 645 Oak St., 355-7584, 729-1102, stmaryslittletheatre.com singer, songwriter and slide guitarist who performs University Golden Voices Concert Choir, and numer- fridaymusicale.com acoustic solo, duo and electric band sets. Free. FSCJ ous local choirs. Times-Union Center’s Jacoby Sym- Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts, Kent Campus G-Stage, www.fscj.edu/mydegree/ phony Hall, jaxchildrenschorus.org Jacksonville Main Library, 303 N. Laura St., 283 College Drive, Orange Park, 276- campuses/kent/index.php Feb 9 at 8 pm Verdi’s Otello This brings the exploits 630-2665, events.jacksonville.com 6815, thcenter.org Feb 5 at 7:30 pm Concerto Showcase Concert Dr. of Shakespeare’s legendary Moorish general to the Simon Shiao, conductor. Free. UNF’s Robinson The- opera stage. Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, 300 A. Times Union Center: Terry Theater, ater, www.unf.edu/fineartscenter Philip Randolph Blvd., 630-3900, jaxevents.com Moran Theater, Jacoby Symphony Feb 9 at 7:30 pm Turandot Puccini’s Final Operatic Masterpiece. $25, $30. Students with ID $10. Sung Hall; 300 W. Water St., 633-6110, Feb 5-10 The Capitol Step The Capitol Steps puts the “mock” in democracy with political satire and in Italian with English subtitles. First Coast Opera, JU’s Terry Concert Hall and Swisher jaxevents.com songs like, ‘Take the Money and Run for President’ Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, 14 Granada Theater, 2800 University Blvd N, 256-7677, and ‘Desperate Housemembers’. The Artist Series, Street, St. Augustine, www.firstcoastopera.com, arts.ju.edu UNF’s Fine Arts Center: UNF Recital Wilson Center for the Arts (904) 417-5555 Hall, Lazzara Performance Hall, Feb 10 at 3 pm Chris Kahl Solo musician and Orange Park Community Theatre, 2900 Andrew A. Robinson Theater; 1 UNF Feb 6 at 9 am 25th Annual Koger/Matteson Jazz Festival Dr. Clarence Hines, director. Free. UNF’s songwriter who presents musical performances in Moody Ave., Orange Park, 276-2599, opct.org Dr., 620-2961, unf.edu/fineartscenter Robinson Theater, www.unf.edu/fineartscenter a folk style that highlight Florida’s history through songs and storytelling. Suitable for all ages, A Players by the Sea, 106 6th Street Wilson Center for the Performing Feb 6 at 7:30 pm Enduring Love: Stories Drawn Musical Journey Through Florida transports the North, Jacksonville Beach, 249-0289, Arts, 11901 Beach Blvd., 646-2222, from Cupid’s Quiver Tale Tellers of St. Augustine audience on a journey through the state and fea- tures songs that cover a wealth of history, char- playersbythesea.org fscj.edu.mydegree/campuses presents Theater Of The Mind: Storytelling.