Week Ahead: Swan Lake, live music, exhibition, theatre, Reader Palooza, Art Sale on tap

Week Ahead: May 29-June 4

HAPPENING NOW

Drunken Shakespeare: "A Midsummer’s Night Dream": 8 p.m. Wednesday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day of show. (Highdivegville.veeps.com)

GNV Market: 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Heartwood Soundstage, 619 S. Main St. Featuring Gosi and Ali, a duo playing music spanning multiple genres and languages. In addition, there will be 40 vendors, live music and craft beer.

Truth Value, Housing Crisis, Staircase Spirit and Clay Dixon: 8 p.m. Thursday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (Highdivegville.veeps.com)

“American Idiot”: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through June 12, Gainesville Community Playhouse, 4039 NW 16th Blvd. Tickets: $23 general admission, $19 seniors, $12 students. (gcplayhouse.org) Green Day’s powerhouse album is brought to life in this electric-rock musical of youthful disillusion.

"Between Heaven and Earth: The Paintings of Alyne Harris" Closing Reception and Art Sale: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Thomas Center Galleries, 302 NE Sixth Ave. In addition, an art sale featuring 200 paintings by Harris will be offered 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Prices range from $50 to $500. The majority of the pieces are framed, and all pieces are ready to be hung.

"Light of Swan Lake": 6:30 p.m. Friday; 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $16. (392-2787) Doxa Dance School recital.

Passerine: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Heartwood Soundstage, 619 S. Main St. Tickets: $12. Passerine offers a fresh take on traditional folk and bluegrass music with original songs.

Fast Fashion: 8 p.m. Friday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $10 in advance, $13 day of show. (Highdivegville.veeps.com) A Depeche Mode experience.

"The Line": 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, Actors’ Warehouse, 2512 NE First Blvd. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 students and ages 65 and older. (actorswarehouse.org) A play that centers on the experiences of first responders at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reader Palooza: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Depot Park, 200 SE Depot Ave. Hosted by the Library District. Have fun playing games with community partners including SF College Teaching Zoo, Fun 4 Gator Kids, The Harn Museum, Giggles Magazine and more.

Shadow the Earth, Defy the Tyrant, Divided Truth and Northwood: 8 p.m. Saturday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (Highdivegville.veeps.com)

UPCOMING

Charles Bradley: Soul of America documentary/music: 7 p.m. June 10-11, A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center, 1013 NW Seventh Ave. Bradley died of cancer at age 68. His debut album rose to The Rolling Stone magazine's Top 50 albums in 2011.

EXHIBITS

"Painting St. Augustine": On display through May 2023, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Southwest 34th Street and Hull Road. Featuring works by more than 20 artists who captured vibrant landscapes and city views of St. Augustine. The 36 paintings on display date from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries and cover a broad range of themes from views of coastlines and waterways to depictions of historic landmarks, picturesque streets and courtyards. Collectively, these paintings comprise a visual record of Florida’s oldest city.

"At First Flush": Noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, 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.

"She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China": On display through March 24, 2024, David A. Cofrin Asian Wing. (harn.ufl.edu/exhibitions/current) Exhibition unravels the intersecting roles women played as subjects, artists and consumers of art in traditional, modern and contemporary China. Features a wide range of works -- paintings, calligraphy, textiles, ceramics, bronzes, photographs, and lacquer and silver wares, some of which have never been on view before. Organized around four themes -- "Representing Femininity," "Anonymous Beauty," "Female Artists" and "Beyond the Boudoir" -- this exhibition not only realizes a full spectrum but also provides a more nuanced view of women’s dynamic engagements with and contributions to the arts of China throughout history.

This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Week Ahead: Swan Lake, live music, exhibition, theatre, Reader Palooza