Celebrate The Arts In Winter Park

Winter Park Mayor Steve Leary

Mayor Leary’s Message – February 2020

Central Florida may be the place you’ve called home for five days, five years, or 50+ years. In this time, how much of it have you spent in Winter Park visiting one or more of our arts & culture venues? In the city’s 10 square miles, you can watch a live musical or theatrical performance, participate in a lecture or educational class, or view the finest art collections at one of our museums, galleries, and/or festivals – all in one day or one culture-filled weekend.

In its third year, the city’s annual “Weekend of the Arts” will be held from Valentine’s Day Friday, February 14, through Monday, February 17, 2020. Each of the non-profit entities involved will offer a unique experience for its attendees.

As you plan your date nights with your loved one(s), here are just a few of the special arts & culture opportunities to consider:

Live performances

• “Beehive: The 60s Musical” and “Spotlight Cabaret featuring Faith Boles” at the Winter Park Playhouse
• “The Buzzcatz Valentine’s Concert: Recipe for Love” and “Eddie Marshall’s Blue Bamboo Big Band” at Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts
• 85^th annual Bach Festival Brahms’ Ein deutches Requiem & Dovrak’s Symphony from the New World
• Annie Russell Theatre’s “The Good Person of Setzuan”

Exhibitions

• Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art “Iridescence – A Celebration”
• Crealdé School of Art
  • Power, Myth & Memory in Africana Art
  • Director’s Choice VIII
• Cornell Fine Arts Museum
  • African Apparel: Threaded Transformations across the 20^th Century
  • 2020: Action, Freedom, Patriotism
  • Arte y Café con la Curadora-Puerto Rican Artists: New Acquisitions
• Winter Park History Museum’s “Wish You Were Here: The Hotels & Motels of Winter Park”
• Winter Park Public Library’s “Smith Grant Series – Across the Tracks: A Collective History of Black Churches of Winter Park”

Tours/Open Houses

• Alfond Inn Tour
• “Best of the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival” Tour at the Winter Park Public Library
• Capen House Tour
• Cornell Fine Arts Museum Tour
• Valentine’s Day at the Polasek
• “Weekend of the Arts Open House” and “Friday Nights at the Morse” at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art 

Educational

• Winter Park Institute Speaker Series: Jeffrey Brown “On the Value of the Arts & Culture in a Global Community”
• “Central Florida Romance Writers Group” at the Winter Park Public Library

Little Valentines

• “Be My Neighbor Day” in Central Park
• “Penelope, Princess of the Peacocks Children’s Show” at the Winter Park History Museum
• “Pajama Time” and “Angel Paws to Read” at the Winter Park Public Library

Every day is extraordinary in Winter Park and the city’s Arts & Culture Alliance of the Public Art Advisory Board invites you to be inspired by enjoying something new and exciting this upcoming year.

To learn more about this weekend of entertainment beyond expectations, please visit wpinspires.org.

Sincerely,

Steve Leary, Mayor

City of Winter Park

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