Through May 31: Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum. “Africa’s Living Arts: From Kingship to Kitchen”
Through May 28: Ultra Flight aviation exhibit. Museum of Science & History.
Through June 21: Planetarium Spring shows begin at MOSH. Shows Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Through Sunday: Jacksonville Watercolor Society Spring Show. Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
Through April 19: Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art exhibit The Consuming Image: New Painterly Pop continues.
Through May 26: “First Encounters: Chief Sturiba & Florida’s Timucua People.” Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
Through June 30: Black History Manuscript Exhibit. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum.
Today: Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art’s Evenings on Hemming Plaza, Artists Talk Back. 7 p.m.
Through Friday: Very Special Arts Festival for special-needs children. All day. Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Call 355-0630 to volunteer.
Thursday: Symphony Guild/ASID Showhouse guest lecture & book signing. World Golf Village. 6:30 p.m. Spoken Word night. Ritz Theatre. 7 p.m. Free.
Theatreworks. “King Arthur” at the Florida Theatre. 10 and 11:45 a.m.
Great American Jazz Series: Eddie Palmieri, The Sun of Latin Music. UNF Robinson Theatre. 7:30 p.m.
Through April 14: FCCJ DramaWorks Spring Musical Production “Honk!” at Wilson Center for the Arts. Call for show times.
Friday: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents The Tchaikovsky Letters. T-U Center. 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Through May 17: Opening of Roberto Juarez art exhibit. J. Johnson Gallery. 6 p.m.
Friday Musicale evening concert. 645 Oak Street. 8 p.m. Free.
“Art From Her Heart” female artists opening and reception. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum. 6:30-8:30. Runs through April 26.
Amateur Night at The Ritz Theatre. 7:30 p.m.
Jacksonville Watercolor Society Artists of the Year present their works. Gallery 1037 in Reddi-Arts. Show runs until June 27.
Saturday: Author Ron Miller speaks on America’s pre-Civil War cotton kingdom. World Golf Village. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Metropolitans (formerly The Big Orange Chorus). Florida Theatre. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts benefit performance of “Rags.” 7:30 p.m. in the theatre.
Sunday: Movie Scores Worth Listening To. Jacksonville University Community Orchestra presents music from Fantasia. Terry Concert Hall. 3 p.m.
Monday: Volunteers for Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art (JMOMA) are hosting Art Day-Away, a trip to Appleton Museum in Ocala. Call 733-3497 or 488-0542 for info.
VOJAM (Volunteers of Jacksonville Art Museum) luncheon, silent auction and installation of officers. San Jose Country Club. 10 a.m.
Florida Theatre’s 75th Anniversary.
Tuesday: Jacksonville Watercolor Society meeting with watercolor demo by Paul George. FCCJ South Campus, Bldg M2, Rm 2222. 7-9 p.m.
4/10: VOJAM meeting, tour and luncheon. Mussallem Fine Art Gallery. Starts at 10:30 a.m. Call 733-2837 for info.
4/10-12: Paul George Plein Air Workshop at various locations around Jacksonville. Workshop filled but waiting list available. Call 277-1553 for fees and locations.
4/11: Amateur Night auditions. The Ritz Theatre. 5 p.m. Closed to spectators.
Gallery opening for Jacksonville Watercolor Society Artists of the Year Show. Gallery 1037 in Reddi-Arts. 6-8 p.m.
Annual Volunteer Jacksonville Awards. Florida Theatre. 7 p.m. Call 398-7777 for info.
4/11-13: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series: Ravel’s Boléro. T-U Center. 8 p.m.
4/12-14: Contemporary version of “Antigone.” Studio Theatre, JU Philips Fine Arts Building. 8 p.m. with Sunday matinee at 3 p.m.
4/13: 25th Annual Cummer Ball & Auction. Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Call 356-7530 for more info.
Ms. Parade of States, African-American Style Teen Essay Contest. Ritz Theatre. 7 p.m. Call National Coalition of 100 Black Women at 724-6141 for info.
4/13-14: Buckler’s Craft Fair. Osborn Center.
4/14: Songfest by Les Chanteurs du Comminges choral group at JU Terry Concert Hall. 8 p.m.
Eastertide Choral Concert. JU Chamber Singers and the Concert Choir. Terry Concert Hall. 3 p.m.
French Pyrenean Choir. JU’s Terry Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
4/18: “Wine Down the Hill.” Tree Hill — Jacksonville’s Nature Center. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
4/19: St. Johns River City Band Out to Lunch! Friday Jazz Series. Hemming Plaza. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.
Friday Musicale members gala luncheon. 645 Oak Street. 11:30 a.m. Free.
Kids’ Amateur Night at The Ritz. 7:30 p.m.
Douglas Anderson Spring Vocal Concert. 7:30 p.m. in the school’s theatre.
FCCJ Dance Concert. Wilson Center for the Arts. 8 p.m.
4/19-20: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s Pops Series with Sandi Patty. T-U Center. 8 p.m.
4/19-21: Contemporary version of “Antigone.” Studio Theatre, JU Philips Fine Arts Building. 8 p.m. with Sunday matinee at 3 p.m.
4/20: Families Understanding Nature. Tree Hill — Jacksonville’s Nature Center. 10 a.m. to noon.
Earth Day at MOSH. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
4/22: Showhouse Designers’ Sale. World Golf Village. noon.
Theatreworks. “Lyle Lyle Crocodile” at the Florida Theatre. 10 and 11:45 a.m.
4/23: African Film Festival. Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Museum.
6:30 p.m.
“Jazz Night” with LaVilla. 7:30 p.m. in the Douglas Anderson School of the Art’s theatre.
FCCJ Symphonic Band Concert. Wilson Center for the Arts. 7:30 p.m.
4/25: Douglas Anderson School of the Arts visual arts gallery opening. 6-8 p.m. in the galleries.
Douglas Anderson Spring Instrumental Concert. 7:30 p.m. in the school’s theatre.
Marc Chagall in Russia: The Birth of a Genius.
exhibition opening all day. Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.
4/26: St. Johns River City Band Out to Lunch! Friday Jazz Series. Hemming Plaza. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.
River City Youth Band. 11 a.m. Metropolitan Park. Free.
Jazz concert featuring Dave Weckl. JU Terry Concert Hall. 8:30 p.m.
Douglas Anderson senior vocal recital. 2 p.m. in the school’s theatre.
Jacksonville Master Works Chorale & FCCJ Chorale. “Beethoven’s Mass in C Major.” Wilson Center for the Arts. 8 p.m.
4/26-28: “Collected Stories” by Donald Margulies. Theatre Jacksonville. 8 p.m. and 2:30 Sunday matinee.
“Stomp” FCCJ Artist Series. Moran Theater in T-U Center. Call for show times.
World of Nations Celebration. Metropolitan Park.
4/27: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra presents Mstislav Rostropovich. T-U Center. 8 p.m.
River City Youth Band at FCCJ Jazz Festival. Wilson Center, South Campus. 6:30 p.m. Free.
4/27-28: 28th Annual Spring Tour of Homes. Riverside Avondale Historic District. Call RAP at 389-2449 for info.
4/28: Ritz Chamber Players. Ritz Theatre. 6 p.m.
Tomás Kubínek, Master of the impossible. Florida Theatre. 2 p.m.
4/30: African Film Festival. LaVilla Museum. 6:30 p.m.
Coffee reading. 7 p.m. Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Media Center.
“Scooby Doo” FCCJ Artist Series: Moran Theater at T-U Center. 7 p.m.
Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Piano concerto competition finals. Date, time and location TBA.
— by Monica Chamness