Week Ahead: 'Elf' musical, 'Rocky Horror' live, stand-up showcase, GNV Market, more
Week Ahead: Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2022
HAPPENING NOW
“Elf: The Musical”: 2 p.m. Sundays, 7 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays through Dec. 11, Buchholz High School, 5510 NW 27th Ave. Tickets: $15 general admission, $12 students, $10 group rate, free for BHS faculty. (buchholzdrama.com) “Elf” is a musical based on the motion picture of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The book is adapted by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan from the 2003 film. The musical ran on Broadway and tours annually in the U.S.
"Rocky Horror Picture Show" Live: 8 p.m. Tuesday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $13 in advance, $15 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)
Local Stand-Up Comedy Showcase: 8 p.m. Wednesday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (highdivegville@gmail.com) Ages 18 or older unless accompanied by parent or guardian.
GNV Market: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Heartwood Soundstage, 619 S. Main St. Free entry; items for sale. (258-8557) More than 40 vendors, fresh produce, live music and craft beer.
"Chicago": 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $45-$85 general admission, $20 UF students. (392-2787) After 25 years, "Chicago" is still the one musical that makes Broadway shimmy-shake -- a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz with one show-stopping song after another with astonishing dancing.
Truth Value, Saturn Lights and Running from Prom Queen: 8 p.m. Thursday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com) Ages 18 and older unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian.
Fast Fashion and Pet Detectives: 8 p.m. Friday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $10 in advance, $13 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)
Pop Punk Emo Night: 9 p.m. Saturday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day of show. (highdivegville@gmail.com)
UPCOMING
Level 6, Daydreaming and Chasing Trends: 7 p.m. Dec. 4, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com) Ages 18 and older unless accompanied by parent or legal guardian.
Sounds of the Season: 7 p.m. Dec. 4, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Free. (performingarts.ufl.edu) Presented by UF School of Music.
Sloththrust, Xarisa, C.B., Carlyle and Desert Angels: 7 p.m. Dec. 6, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)
tenThing Brass Ensemble: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $20-$40 general admission, $10 UF students. (performingarts.ufl.edu) Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing will be your tour guide on this journey through the musical traditions of the Christmas season. Featuring songs from Norway, Germany, Italy, England and Ukraine, as well as modern classics from America, tenThing helps spread holiday cheer the only way they know how — with fantastic new arrangements and masterful performances.
High Springs Art Walk: Noon-5 p.m. Dec. 17, downtown High Springs. Free entry. (facebook.com/HighSpringsDowntownMerchants) Seasonal monthly event featuring local artists gracing sidewalks and storefronts with some locations featuring live painting and demonstrations.
Sunday Assembly: 11 a.m. Dec. 18, Pride Center located in the Liberty Center, 3131 NW 13th St. Free. (SundayAssembly32601@gmail.com, sagainesville.weebly.com) Sunday Assembly will host guest speaker Dr. Abby Powell, an avian ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. The title of her talk will be “Masters of Migration: Amazing Shorebird Journeys.” Music will be provided by Sunday Assembly musicians with the opportunity to sing along. Vaccinations, boosters and face masks are recommended and encouraged. It also is possible to attend via Zoom.
EXHIBITS
"Wandering the Milky Way – A Tour of the Solar System": On display through Jan. 1, 2023, Cade Museum, 811 N. Main St. Tickets: $12.50, $10 seniors and college students, $7.50 ages 5-17, free ages 4 and younger. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. (371-8001, cademuseum.org) From Jupiter’s swirling red spot to the icy geysers on Neptune’s moon Triton, our corner of the Milky Way is full of wonders just waiting to be explored. Meet the inventors who’ve used robots, rockets and rovers to take the people of Earth on a tour of the planets. Discover how a new generation of innovators is sending us out of the solar system into the space between the stars.
"Speechless: Text & Image in Global Culture": On display through Dec. 30, Harn Museum of Art, Southwest 34th Street and Hull Road. Fascinating look at how words, aesthetics and materials have supported religious, political and socio-cultural agendas for millennia.
"At First Flush": Noon-4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. (cademuseum.org) The permanent exhibit explores the history of the invention of toilets and how they made modern cities possible. It ponders the science of soap and introduces visitors to NASA’s Zero-G toilets, which help astronauts go boldly where no human has gone before.
"Science Up Close: Fantastic Fossils": Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road. Admission: $7 adults; $6.50 Florida residents, seniors and non-University of Florida college students; $4.50 ages 3-17; free to museum members, children ages 2 and younger and UF students with a valid Gator 1 Card. (floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit/plan, floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/fantastic-fossils, 846-2000) The exhibition is a collaborative endeavor linking the museum’s exhibits and collections staff, giving people a look at never-before-seen specimens and real fossils. Researchers from the vertebrate paleontology, invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany collections will be in the exhibit as part of its working lab, providing a glimpse into the daily life of curators, collection managers, students and volunteers.
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Week Ahead: 'Chicago,' concerts, art exhibits, more
