Monthly Archive for February, 2009

The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival invites you to show your love for Fringe by attending I Heart Fringe, this year’s Fab Fringe Fundraising event, at 6:00 pm on Monday, February 16th at the Lowndes Shakespheare Center in Loch Haven Park.

The event will feature performances by veteran Fringe favorites, including VarieTEASE, Voci Dance, CineDance Jazz Dance, Pepe, Jeff Jones, and Checkerboard Productions, and will be hosted by the always-hilarious Wayburn Sassy. Catering is generously provided by the Funky Monkey Wine Company. Wine is sponsored by Tastings of Orlando: A Wine Experience, and Beer is sponsored by City Beverages of Orlando.

The event also features a silent and live auction featuring artwork by Lynn Whipple, Brice Stephens, Anna McCambridge, a vintage stole from Orlando Vintage and more, as well as a variety of gifts, spa and getaway packages, services and dining experiences from Orlando’s fun-nest and most Fringe establishments.

Tickets can be purchased by emailing Genevieve@OrlandoFringe.org, or by calling 407-648-0077.

Held May 15th to 26th, 2009, the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is the longest running Fringe in the United States. It is part of the CAFF (Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals) circuit, which allows Fringe artists to tour many different Fringe Festivals throughout North America and which requires all of its festivals to follow the original Fringe philosophy (100% unjuried, 100% uncensored, 100% accessible for artists and audiences alike, 100% of ticket sales given back to the artists). The Title Sponsor for 2009 in Cirque du Soleil La Nouba.
Orlando Fringe brings artists from diverse and disparate mediums together for twelve days for what many consider to be Central Florida’s premiere arts event. For more information, visit www.orlandofringe.org or call 407-648-007.

From the United Arts of Central Florida group on Facebook:

Now is the time to let members of the Orange County Public School Board know that arts education matters for our children and should be maintained even in difficult financial circumstances. Over the next five weeks, each school board member will hold a town hall meeting in their district to discuss funding challenges in light of next year’s projected shortfall in state revenue.

Please remind them that it’s essential to maintain arts and music specialists in the schools, and let them know that the curriculum-based extended learning experiences our children receive through local arts organizations contribute to academic success.

Whether you’re a parent interested in providing your children with a first-class education, an artist or arts organization working to share the creativity and history of your art form and build future audiences, or a community member who recognizes that arts education helps develop the future innovators and creators in business, medicine, the humanities and other fields that will continue to make Central Florida a vital and thriving region - please act now.

Ask Orange County Public School Board members to continue to support arts education for our students!

Town hall meetings will be from 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m

Mon. 2/2/09 - District 7 - Christine Moore
Apopka Middle Auditorium, 425 N. Park Ave, Apopka

Thurs. 2/5/09 - District 5 - Kat Gordon
ELC, Downtown Board Room, 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando

Wed. 2/11/09 - District 3 - Rick Roach
Pine Castle Elementary Auditorium, 905 Waltham Ave., Orlando

Thurs. 2/12/09 - District 4 - Vicky Bell
Hunters Creek Middle Cafeteria, 13400 Town Loop Blvd., Orlando

Wed. 2/18/09 - District 2 - Daryl Flynn
Legacy Middle Media Center, 11398 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando

Thurs. 2/19/09 - District 1 - Joie Cadle
Union Park Middle Café, 1844 Westfall Drive, Orlando

Mon. 2/23/09 - District 6 - Nancy Robbinson
Lee Middle Cafeteria, 1201 Maury Road, Orlando

Wed. 3/4/09 - District 4 & 7 - Vicky Bell & Christine Moore
West Orange High, 1625 Beulah Road, Winter Garden

As always, thank you for your advocacy efforts. Your voice does make a difference.

Margot H. Knight
President & CEO

Minda Logan
Director of Grants & Government Affairs

View all the free events during ArtsFest

83 organizations in 75 venues across 4 counties.
All Arts, All Week, All FREE!
ArtsFest is a celebration that kicks-off the United Arts fundraising campaign. Presented by Bank of America ArtsFest includes free arts and cultural events in various locations throughout Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. ArtsFest provides you with a taste of everything the arts community has to offer in your own backyard!

VIEW ARTSFEST EVENTS:

1.) Download our ArtsFest Interactive PDF Schedule of Events. If you see an event with a “Tickets Are Limited” icon next to it, simply click on the “Tickets Are Limited” icon to make your reservations beginning February 3 at 10 am. You will need to have Adobe Reader to view the interactive schedule. Don’t have Adobe Reader? Click HERE to download it for FREE

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2.) Search by Genre - To search by organization type, click on an arts or culture genre link on the upper left side of redchairproject.com. Look for events with an ArtsFest icon.

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3.) Search by Date - To search by date, use the calendar on the upper right side of redchairproject.com. Click on a day between Feb. 6 - Feb. 15, 2009 and look for events with an ArtsFest icon. (Classes/Workshops are not in the calendar, they are only in the class/workshop genre section.)

Click here for more information, including ArtsFest Frequently Asked Questions