Gainesville's entertainment week ahead — Nov. 21-27, 2021

HAPPENING NOW

Black C Art Gallery is currently transformed into a black box theatre for the duration of a new performance piece called "Journal Entry”, running now through December 11. Conceived and created by dancer/choreographer Ani Collier, director/writer Lauren Warhol Caldwell and actress Sara Morsey, "Journal entry” incorporates text, poetry, music, and movement. The story revolves around a mystery text found inside a journal. What lies inside? What lies on the other side?….

GFAA GALLERY: Smaller original artworks for sale in our gift shop. Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 1 - 6 p.m. and Saturday 11 am - 4 pm. 1314 S. Main Street.

Florida Impressions" exhibition: New exhibit, Harm Museum or Art, 3259 Hull Road Hull Road. https://harn.ufl.edu/linkedfiles/pressrelease-floridaimpressions.pdf 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.

Lione Bart’s Oliver: Consider Yourself At Home: Thursday - Sunday through Dec. 19, The Gainesville Community Playhouse (GCP), Vam York Theater, 4039 NW 16th Blvd. (.gcplayhouse.org) GCP invites you to “Consider Yourself At Home” with Lionel Bart's classic musical, Oliver! Based on the novel, Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, the show, set in Victorian London, follows the trials and tribulations of young orphan Oliver, as he seeks safety and to be loved. Masks will be required of all patrons.

UPCOMING

Ring in the holidays with Jane Lynch (Glee), Kate Flannery (The Office), and Tim Davis (Glee)! 7:30 Nov. 29, Phillips Center. 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $10-$60. Box Office 352; 392-2787. This heartfelt, hilarious performance of A Swingin’ Little Christmas! will feature lively, finger-snapping takes on classic holiday tunes as well as nostalgia-steeped originals. This performance may contain content not suitable for children under 10.

Christmas Tree Lighting: 6-8 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave. Back this year with wagon rides, and light refreshments.

Comedian Mitch Fatel: 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1 High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. Tickets, $13 ADV, $15 DOS (352-872-5949, highdivegville@gmail.com)

Valley Maker (Austin Crane): Dec. 18, High Dive, 210 SW 2nd Ave. When The Day Leaves Released via Frenchkiss Records earlier this year and making a stop here in Gainesville for his North American tour.

Dance Alive National Ballet presents the 55th year of the Nutcracker at three regional venues — the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Legacy Park Multipurpose Center in Alachua, and the Reilly Arts Center in Ocala. (www.dancealive.org) Phillips Center: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18-19, 352-392-ARTS. Nutcracker in Alachua 7 p.m. Dec. 9, Free at amphitheater at Legacy Park Multipurpose Center. Nutcracker in Marion County, 7 p.m. Dec. 14, Reilly Arts Center in Ocala. Tickets, www.reillyartscenter.com/events

2021 UF Poinsettia Sale: Dec. 9 - 11, Greenhouse #1363 behind Field Hall adjacent to the Plant Science Facility. Thursday shopping by appointment only, with no appointment - open to everyone Friday -Saturday.

A Peter White Christmas: 8 p.m. show, 7 p.m. doors open Dec. 8, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, in partnership with The Florida Theatre. (Ticketmaster .com $66.00-- $116.50) Tickets for A Peter White Christmas go on sale at 10 a.m. now at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre Box Office Ticketmaster.com)

LAST CHANCE

Between Heaven & Earth, The Paintings of Alyne Harris: On exhibition through Jan. 15, 2022 are 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.

ONGOING

The Harn Museum: Plural Domains: 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 at the Harn Museum of Art from now through April 24, 2022 and the University Galleries from now to Dec. 3, 2021.

Library District monthly reading suggestions: Anyone can subscribe at www.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: collaborates with local, regional, and national artists to provide creative education opportunities, exhibitions, and cultural programming to the community. Good News Arts serves as a community center, free and accessible to all. Located in High Springs at the First Avenue Centre, 23352 W HWY 27, Suite 80.

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens: 9 a.m.- 7 p.m. or dusk today, Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, 4700 SW 58th Drive. Admission, $10 adults, $5 children ages 5-13, free for children under 5 years old accompanied by parents. (kanapaha.org) Dogs on a leash and up to date on vaccines with no history of aggression are allowed in the park. Garden hours: 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, and Friday, closed Thursday. 9 a.m.- 7p.m. or dusk Saturday and Sunday.

Afternoon Adventure Camp: 2 - 5 p.m. Wednesdays at the Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. This mid-week opportunity will focus on challenges that boost kids' creativity and imagination. Cade Museum educators help children ages 5-11 engage in a broad range of hands-on STEAM experiments and activities. In the Creativity Lab and Fab Lab, children will explore and improve skills in 3D design, coding, robotics, and more. Cade’s educators will be available to help children in kindergarten through 5th-grade address homework challenges. Registration is open. Members receive a discounted rate.

Matheson Museum: “When Johnny Came Marching Home: Outdoor exhibition, located on the westside of the main Matheson building behind the set of flags along Sweetwater Branch. (378-2280, mathesonmuseum.org)This sculpture was designed by Ken Mc Gurn and fabricated by Matthew Pollard. The exhibit honor all of those who served. McGurn served in the Army and Army Reserves from 1963- 1979. He was deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and Germany from 198-1970. 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. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 513 E. University Ave.

CASTING CALL

Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest," directed by Andrea Young. Auditions 7 - 9:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5. Performance dates: January 28-February 20, 2021, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. (carolyne@acrosstown.org, 352-275-7790). This is the second round of auditions to replace those people cast way back in February, 2020, who are no longer able to commit to our new show dates.

This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Gainesville's entertainment week ahead — Nov. 21-27, 2021