Saturday February 4, 2017
9am to 5pm Free All weekend. 42nd Annual Mount Dora Art Festival. Downtown Mount Dora.
6pm to 8pm Free. Dr. Deborah Willis Talk. Rollins College 1000 Holt Ave, Box 2720, Winter Park, Florida 32789. This lecture, at Rollins College, is in conjunction with the ‘Posing Beauty in African American Culture’ exhibition at Snap! Space (on view January 13 through February 11) curated by Dr. Deborah Willis.
Professor Deborah Willis is a theorist and historian of African American photography, as well as a photographer herself. Dr. Willis is chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, and has an affiliated appointment as Professor with the College of Arts and Sciences, Africana Studies. She has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Fletcher, and MacArthur fellowships, the Infinity Award in Writing from the International Center for Photography, and recipient of the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award. Named one of the “100 Most Important People in Photography”.
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Free admission. Tickets
7pm to 10pm $35 Trash2Trends. Ports of Call Sea World 7007 Seaworld Drive, Orlando, Fl 32821. Trash 2 Trends is a Keep Orlando Beautiful, Inc fundraiser that brings the fashion and art of local artists together with the environmental community to promote sustainability in an innovative way. The show features local designers who create runway looks from items headed to the landfill. A complimentary dessert and coffee bar will be provided during intermission for all guests. Must be 18 or older to attend.
Sunday February 5, 2017
10am to 4pm Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. South East corner of Lake Eola Park.
7pm to 9pm Free. Erotic Poetry Night V: Smut, Actually. Vinyl Arts Bar 75 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, Florida 32801. The Drunken Odyssey presents its annual live show of erotic poetry, erotic prose, amorous thoughts, and smut, this year in the posh bohemian confines of Vinyl Arts Bar.
The Drunken Odyssey All Stars will feature
Naomi Butterfield
Ephraim Scott Sommers
Diane Turgeon Richardson
Wilson Santos
Stephanie Rizzo
Brian Downes
Rachel Kohlman
Teege Braune
Lisa Roney
Madison Strake Bernath
& your host, John King.
7:30pm to 9:30pm Free. Helena - contemporary vocal ensemble. The Timucua Arts white house 2000 S Summerlin Ave, Orlando, Florida 32806. A sisterhood of six of Central Florida's most dauntless singers, Helena is an ensemble committed to irradiating gems from all genres of vocal music.
Helena will be performing choral and vocal works by David Childs, Gwynneth Walker and John Prine, among others. They will also perform Libby Larsen's song cycle Try Me Good King, in collaboration with pianist Lynn Peghiny Mells.