Cultural Events this weekend

St. Johns County Cultural Council, the county’s designated local arts agency, periodically reports upcoming cultural events to local Historic City News reporters for the benefit of our readers.

GRAND OPENING
214 San Marco Ave, St.Augustine, Florida Phone: 904-824-0664

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Event Pricing: Free
Come celebrate the Grand Opening of St.Augustine Community School of Performing Arts (SACSPA) Directly across the street from the Florida School of The Deaf and The Blind. Live performances all day from 10am-5pm. Art gallery represented by the American Pen Women, Art Breakers and local artists. Fun games and activities for the youth.Drawings! Spring May classes and summer camp registration.More Info visit www.sacspa.org or call SACSPA at 904-824-0664.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
10am-5pm

André Desjardins – Premiere Exhibition at Brilliance in Color
25 KIng Street, Saint Augustine Phone: 904-810-0460

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Event Pricing: Free
The essence of life emerges with every stroke of Desjardins’ brush. His thoughts are made real and hidden faces break free from the chaos of life. André’s passion for life and the stories he tells continue to evolve. Today, he devotes his time, energy, and passion to translating emotions into images. Desjardins has embraced the freedom that pigment and canvas provide, to develop his “Visual Emotionism” style (simultaneously expressionist and humanist) that fuses the figurative with the abstract. Join us in the gallery for Desjardin’s Premiere Exhibition on Friday & Saturday April 16 – 17, 2010 at Brilliance In Color located on 25 King Street in downtown St. Augustine, FL, Featuring: Painting Demonstrations, Sculpting Demonstrations and Catalog Signing Events.
Friday, April 16, 2010 to Saturday, May 01, 2010
11:00am – 10:00pm

The Smell of the Kill at the Limelight Theatre
11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine Phone: 904-825-1164
http://www.limelight-theatre.org
Event Pricing: $20
THE SMELL OF THE KILL is a comedy by Michele Lowe.Performances are Thurs through Sat at 7:30pm and Sun matinees at 2pm. through May 9th. The Terrific Tuesday performance on April 27th offers two for one ticket pricing.The play revolves around three husbands (whom we never see), three exasperated wives and a potential accident with a walk-in freezer. Portraying the roles of the three wives are Cathy O’Brien, Lizzie Solms, and Beth Lambert and is directed by Gary Cadwallader.
Friday, April 23, 2010 to Sunday, May 09, 2010
Th-Sat: 7:30p.m. Sunday: 2:00p.m.

Documentary: “Life is a Banquet,” The life of Rosalind Russell
828 Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine Phone: 904 824 8244

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Event Pricing: $25 plus tax and tip
The 2009 documentary by producer/writer, Jonathan Gruber about the life of actress, Rosalind Russell.A delicious buffet dinner begins at 6p.m.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Dinner starts at 6p.m.

Local Natives w/Suckers at Cafe Eleven
501 A1A Beach Blvd., St. Augustine Phone: 904) 460-9311
http://cafeeleven.com
Event Pricing: $12
Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can dance to almost as well as you can swoon to them. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk and Afro-beat, this California five piece have communally crafted a brand of indie rock all their own.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
8:30p.m.

Gamble Rogers Folk Festival
Various Downtown St. Augustine venues, St. Augustine Phone: 904-471-1965
http://www.gamblerogersfest.org
Event Pricing:
Ralph Stanley, Greg Brown, Janis Ian, Loudon Wainwright, Antje Duvekoi, Cheryl Wheeler, David Wilcox, Danny Sschmid, Farewell Drifters, Michael Smith, Patty Larkin, John Cowan, Pierce Pettis, Sam Pacetti, and more.
Friday, April 30, 2010 to Sunday, May 02, 2010
Times vary, consult website for complete schedule

Blockbuster Spring Concert features pianist Thomas Pandolfi
25 Granada St., St. Augustine Phone: n/a
http://saco-fl.awardspace.com
Event Pricing: $10.00 at the door; children under 12, free
With blockbuster film music as the theme for their Spring concert, Conductor John Bush and the St. Augustine Community Orchestra will treat audiences to a musical menu taken from classic James Bond films in a “James Bond Medley” by John Barry, along with music from “Mission Impossible” by Hans Zimmer; “Peter Gunn”, by Henry Mancini; and “The Pink Panther” also by Henry Mancini. These are just some of the elegant movie music composers’ most exciting contemporary works.
Friday, April 30, 2010
8p.m.

Art Attack at St. Augustine Amphitheatre
1340C A1A South Phone:547-7560
http://www.sjcef.com/ArtAttack!
Event Pricing: $3 for 18 and under, $5 adults, after 6p.m. Kids $7, adults $10
The 3rd annual Art Attack! is May 1, from 3 p.m.-9 p.m., at the St. Augustine Amphitheater. A feast for the eyes and ears! Art Attack! showcases performing and visual art students in the St. Johns County School District. This year there will be a special performance by the St. Johns County Center for the Arts students from Murray Middle and St. Augustine High Schools. Additionally, the visual art classes are hard at work painting and designing stools/chairs that will be available for purchase. We will also have a contest for the best stool/chair!
Saturday, May 1, 2010
3p.m. to 9p.m.

Northeast Florida Gathering of Storytellers
106 North Sixth Street, Jacksonville Beach, Florida Phone: 904-285-1561
Event Pricing: Free
The Beaches League of Storytellers will host the third annual Gathering of Storytellers together with Northside Storytellers League, The Tale Tellers of St. Augustine and the Gainesville Story Group. A program of historic, humorous and personal stories for an adult audience will be shared. The program is free and donations are appreciated.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
1 to 3 PM

25th Hugh Shaw Memorial Longboard Classic at Anastasia State Park
300 Park Road, St. Augustine
http://www.flagler.edu
The contest, a part of Flagler College Alumni Weekend, is open to students, faculty, staff and alumni of Flagler College. The public is welcome to come and view the contest, purchase commemorative t-shirts, posters of the event and raffle tickets.Shaw and Masters’ parents, McLaurin and Charlotte Shaw, set up the endowed scholarship to honor their son. Each year, it’s awarded to a student studying philosophy/religion with a strong grade point average.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
8:30a.m.

FIRST annual Environmental Educational Fair at Marineland
9600 Oceanshore Blvd., St. Augustine Phone: 904 425-8055

Event Pricing: Free for the whole family.
Beach clean-up, science fair,vendors, music, food, pirates, face painters, nature exhibits, kids science lab and 14 educational seminar will all be available.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
8:30a.m. to 4:00p.m.

Blockbuster Spring Concert features pianist Thomas Pandolfi
2179 State Route 13,, St. Johns Phone: 904 287-0330
http://saco-fl.awardspace.com
Event Pricing: $10.00 at the door; children under 12, free.
Blockbuster Spring Concert features pianist Thomas Pandolfi at Switzerland Community Church. With blockbuster film music as the theme for their Spring concert, Conductor John Bush and the St. Augustine Community Orchestra will treat audiences to a musical menu taken from classic James Bond films in a “James Bond Medley” by John Barry, along with music from “Mission Impossible” by Hans Zimmer; “Peter Gunn”, by Henry Mancini; and “The Pink Panther” also by Henry Mancini. These are just some of the elegant movie music composers’ most exciting contemporary works.
Sunday, May 02, 2010
3p.m.

For information on the local music scene visit: http://oldcity.com/musicnews

For additional details on the cultural events reported to Historic City News by St. Johns Cultural Council, visit their website at www.stjohnsculturalcouncil.org