New year brings live music, comedy, circus acts to Gainesville area
HAPPENING NOW
Venardos Circus: Today, The St. Augustine Amphitheatre,1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets: $17-$47. A Broadway-style animal-free circus.
Open Auditions: "The Full Monty": 7-9:30 p.m. Today-Monday, Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, 619 S. Main St. jeisner68@gmail.com, 865-323-1252
Red Letter Day, Lo-Minds, Mason Pace: 8 p.m. Thursday, 210 SW Second Ave., Suite A. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 at door; pay-what-you-can livestream tickets. highdivegville.veeps.com
Hamlet in 75: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets: $23. A retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy set in the backwoods of Northeast Florida.
Carolanne Miljavac’s Baby On Board Tour: 8 p.m. Friday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave., Suite A. Tickets: $35 VIP, $25 general admission, $20 standing in back. highdivegville.veeps.com
Bob Saget: Live Comedy: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets sold in person at St. Augustine Amphitheatre box office, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine, and ticketmaster.com.
Newberry Garden Club’s Soup, Sandwich & Sweets Supper: 5-7 p.m. Saturday, 25520 W. Newberry Road, Newberry. Donations: $10 per person. Homemade yummies, prizes, fellowship and fun. Proceeds support community projects and scholarship funds.
Leah Rando, Bobby Jidd, Madwoman and Shane Malone: 8 p.m. Saturday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave., Suite A. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 day of show. highdivegville.veeps.com
LAST CHANCE
"Between Heaven & Earth, The Paintings of Alyne Harris": Now through Jan. 15, part of the city of Gainesville’s "Of This Place" permanent art collection. This exhibit is a community cultural asset and features 200 paintings by Gainesville native Alyne Harris, who paints to express both her lived experiences and her profound spiritual life. Harris' work draws heavily from African American traditions, including jumping the broom in her wedding scenes. Her paintings call on viewers to travel the paths of their own recollections, an exchange that becomes part of the work itself. Her work reminds the viewer that revisiting the past can connect us with the present and the future.
Gainesville Modern Quilters: Now through Jan. 30, Hotel Indigo, 4949 Celebration Pointe Ave. More than 20 quilts created by the members of the guild will be on display. Attendees will have the option to purchase some of the quilts. Gainesville Modern Quilters is the local chapter of the international Modern Quilt Guild. The group meets monthly to learn new skills, plan projects and events.
Todd Snider and Chicago Farmer: Thursday, St Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets sold at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Box Office, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach, and ticketmaster.com.
UPCOMING
"Hamlet in 75": 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7-8, Backyard Stage, St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A S., St. Augustine. Tickets: $23. Apex Theatre Studio’s Bard Bus presents a retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy set in the backwoods of Northeast Florida.
Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame Gala: 5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner Jan. 9, Gateway Grand Hotel, 4200 NW 97th Blvd. Tickets: $100 each; must be purchased in advance. Tickets will not be sold at the door. 376-2442
A Healthy Dose of Comic Relief: 11 a.m. Sunday service, 1 p.m. concert Jan. 16, Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Tickets: $15. Guest speaker Greg Tamblyn, NCW (No Credentials Whatsoever), weaves together a sacred lesson experience with funny, award-wining songs, stories, a meditation and powerful group meditation music. Congregants get filled up with a healthy dose of music and laughter, plus a profound experience of the sacred. 373-1030, unitygainesville.org
King Celebration Commemorative March: Noon Jan. 17, MLK Memorial Gardens, 1100 NE 14th St. 376-2442
National Holiday Gospel Program: 2 p.m. Jan. 17, Citizen’s Field, 1100 NE 14th St. Free. Featuring national recording artist Helen Miller. 214-1044
Music at Holy Trinity Series: 4 p.m. Jan 23, Holy Trinity Church, 100 NE First St. Free; donations accepted to The Holy Trinity Music Fund. Performance by the Ben Rosenblum Trio, New York City jazz artists on tour. Hors d'oeuvres following. Livestreaming begins five minutes before the concert. holytrinitygnv.org
"Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest": 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Jan 28-Feb. 20. Directed by Andrea Young. carolyne@acrosstown.org, 275-7790
ONGOING
GFAA GALLERY: Smaller original artworks for sale in the gift shop. Gallery Hours: 1-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 1314 S. Main St.
"Florida Impressions": Harm Museum of Art, 3259 Hull Road. Permanent exhibition includes more than 50 paintings depicting the state's environment, people and history, and celebrates the transformative gift of 1,200 works of art from Sam and Robbie Vickers. Includes works by Martin Johnson Heade, Thomas Moran and Louis Comfort Tiffany. harn.ufl.edu/linkedfiles/pressrelease-floridaimpressions.pdf
“Our Changing Climate: Past and Present”: Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road. Permanent exhibit that uses large-format graphs showing major historic events to present the story of Earth’s changing climate over geologic time. It also highlights how Earth’s climate fluctuates and what global trends are affecting life today. floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/our-changing-climate
"Plural Domains": Harn Museum of Art, Southwest 34th Street and Hull Road. Selected works from the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Collection. The exhibition aims to advance cultural understanding and educational dialogue among Latin American artists and global audiences. Plural Domains will span both venues, with works on view through April 24.
Library District monthly reading suggestions: Anyone can subscribe at aclib.us/acldreads to receive a monthly email with book suggestions linking directly to the Alachua County Library District’s catalog, where patrons can reserve titles for pick up or check out digital books. Choose from 25-plus categories based on genre, age or popularity, including general fiction, romance, mystery, teen and New York Times Best Sellers. ACLD Reads suggests titles in all formats, including print, digital and audiobooks.
"Shadow to Substance": Now through Feb 2022, The Melvin and Lorna Rubin Gallery, The Harn Museum, 3259 Hull Road. The exhibition creates a chronological arc from the past to the present into the future using historical photographs from the Harn and Smathers Library collections and through the lens of Black photographers working today.
Good News Arts: 23352 W. U.S. 27, Suite 80, High Springs. Venue collaborates with local, regional and national artists to provide creative education opportunities, exhibitions and cultural programming to the community.
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. or dusk Saturday-Sunday, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Admission: $10 adults, $5 children ages 5-13, free for children 4 and younger accompanied by parents. Dogs on a leash and up to date on vaccines with no history of aggression are allowed in the park. kanapaha.org
Afternoon Adventure Camp: 2-5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. This mid-week opportunity focuses on challenges that boost kids' creativity and imagination. Cade Museum educators help children ages 5-11 engage in a broad range of hands-on STEM experiments and activities. In the Creativity Lab and Fab Lab, children will explore and improve skills in 3-D design, coding, robotics and more. Cade’s educators will be available to help children in kindergarten through fifth grade address homework challenges. Registration is open. Members receive a discounted rate.
Little Sparks ages 0-5: 12:15-1 p.m. Saturday, Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. Children will receive a personal Little Sparks kit with all of their own supplies, plus make-and-takes that extend the fun and learning at home. The BRAIN and Sweat Solution exhibits also are open for Little Sparks until 5 p.m.
Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: Noon-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday general admission. Schedule a group tour Thursday, Friday or Saturday. 811 S. Main St. info@cademuseum.org
Matheson Museum: 1-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 513 E. University Ave. “When Johnny Came Marching Home," an outdoor exhibition located on the west side of the main Matheson building behind the set of flags along Sweetwater Branch, was designed by Ken McGurn and fabricated by Matthew Pollard. The exhibit honors all of those who served. Current exhibits in person and online include “Trailblazers: 150 Years of Alachua County Women,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the U.S.; "McCarthy Moment: The Johns Committee in Florida," on display online and in person. 378-2280, mathesonmuseum.org
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Things to do in Gainesville area: Bob Saget live comedy, MLK events
