The May flowers are
in bloom and so are things at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. Take a look at the upcoming events and make
your plans to attend a few enjoyable events for May.
Florida Blue Free Tuesday - Every
Tuesday Evening from 4 to 9 p.m. | Free | No registration required. Every Tuesday, enjoy free admission to the
Cummer Museum and its historic gardens, thanks to the generous support of
Florida Blue. Guests can enjoy admission
to the galleries. Each Tuesday evening, the Cummer Café is also open for Tapas
Tuesday sponsored by Vystar Credit Union.
Tapas Tuesday - Each Tues. Evening from
5 to 8 p.m. | The Cummer Café | Reservations recommended. Take in the sunset while listening to local musicians with
beer, wine, or artfully inspired tapas for sale at the Café. Reserve your table
by calling 904.899.6022.
Weaver First Saturday
Free For All - Sat., May 4 | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Free | No registration required. The first Saturday of each month at the
Cummer Museum is FREE FOR ALL, thanks to the generous support of J. Wayne and
Delores Barr Weaver. Guests can enjoy free admission, as well as art-making
activities for all ages in the Cummer Gardens, live music, and a Docent-led
tour at 2 p.m. For further information,
please call 904.899.6038.
Bank Of America And Merrill Lynch Museums On Us - Sun., May 5 | Noon
to 4 p.m. | Free to Cardholders | No registration required. The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens offers
free admission on the first Sunday of the first full weekend of the month to
all Bank of America or Merrill Lynch cardholders through the Museums on Us
program. Each cardholder receives one
free general admission to the Museum. For further information, please call
904.899.6038.
Ritz Chamber Concert - Wed., May 8 | 2 to 3 p.m. | Members Free,
Non-Members $10 | Registration required.
Enjoy a special performance by the world-class musicians of the Ritz
Chamber Players, an organization that seeks to foster the appreciation of
chamber music through performances and educational outreach featuring
preeminent African-American musicians and composers, with an emphasis on
building audiences and arts inclusion that reflects our diverse society. For further information or to register, please
call 904.899.6038.
PDL Lecture and Luncheon – The Art Of
The Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, And Forgeries In The Art World With
Anthony Amore. Thurs, May 9 | 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. | PDL Members Free (up to 2 tickets), Additional PDL Tickets $30
| Registration required. Art scams,
cons, and forgery! Anthony Amore, Director of Security at the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum, will share fascinating stories and insights regarding stolen
and plundered art, art thefts, and how fraudsters are using online and
television auction sites. Mr. Amore
heads the ongoing efforts to recover 13 works of art stolen from the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990. With more than 15 years of national security,
law, intelligence, and crisis management experience with federal government
agencies, you will not want to miss the opportunity to hear from this
celebrated security expert. The lecture
is at 11 a.m., followed by a luncheon, and ends with a book signing of Mr.
Amore’s book, “The Art of the Con: The
Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World.” The Cummer Shop will have the book available
for purchase the day of the event. For further information or to register,
please call 904.899.6028.
The Art Of The Con: The Most Notorious
Fakes, Frauds, And Forgeries In The Art World – An Evening With Anthony Amore. Thurs., May 9 | 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.|
Members $20*, Non-Members $40 | Registration required | Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Art scams, cons, and forgery! Anthony Amore, Director of Security at the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, will share fascinating stories and insights
regarding stolen and plundered art, art thefts, and how fraudsters are using
online and television auction sites. Mr. Amore heads the ongoing efforts to
recover 13 works of art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on
March 18, 1990. With more than 15 years
of national security, law, intelligence, and crisis management experience with
federal government agencies, you will not want to miss the opportunity to hear
from this celebrated security expert! The
evening will begin with beer, wine, and small bites, then Mr. Amore’s talk and
question and answer session, and ends with a book signing of Mr. Amore’s book,
“The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art
World”. The Cummer Shop will have the
book available for purchase the night of the event. For further information,
offer code, or to register, please call 904.899.6038. * Membership card is
required at the door to receive member pricing.
Art For Two: Ancient Cups - Sat.,
May 11 | 10:30 a.m. to Noon | Members $15 per pair, Non-Members $20 per pair |
Registration required. Ages 4 & 5
with an adult. Make art with your little one and enjoy gallery and garden visits on the
second Saturday of each month. In this class students will look at Greek art in
the permanent collection, and then return to the studio to make kylix cups with
air-dry clay. They will imagine their
own hybrid animals and decorate the surface of their cups. Class size is
limited. For further information, please email or
call 904.355.0630.
Talks & Tea – Kota Ezawa: The Crime Of Art - Wed., May 15 | 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. | Members Free,
Non-Members $10 | Registration required.
You are invited to the Museum to enjoy an insightful talk on Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art over a cup
of tea and a sweet treat. For further
information or to register, please call 904.899.6038.
Art Adventures: Carlos Rolón - Sat.,
May 18 | 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Members $10, Non-Members $15 | Registration
required. Ages 6 through 12. Join the Cummer on the third Saturday of each
month for studio classes. In this class
students will view the work of Carlos
Rolón: Lost in Paradise and then return to the studio to make a project of
their own. Class size is limited. For further information, please email or
call 904.355.0630.
Family Open Studio: Carlos Rolón - Sun.,
May 19 | 1 to 3 p.m. | Free with admission | No registration required. Free art-making activity in the Art
Connections studios for all ages! Visitors
will create a mixed-media mosaic of their native landscape inspired by Carlos Rolón.
For further information, please email or
call 904.355.0630.
Tween Museum Day Hosted By The Junior
Docents - Sun., May 19 | 1 to 3 p.m. | Free | No registration required. Rising 6th-graders youth (and their adults)
are invited to tour the Museum with current Junior Docents and learn more about
this exciting youth program. For further information, please call 904.899.6005.
Art For Tots: Circles And Sea Of The Ear
Rings - Sat., May 25 | 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. | Members $15 per pair,
Non-Members $20 per pair | Registration required. Ages 2 & 3 with an adult. Join
the Cummer Museum for this monthly program that helps develop a child’s sensory
and motor skills through art, movement, music, and storytelling. In this class children will view Sea of the Ear Rings by Takashi Soga and
try to create circles with their bodies and friends, possibly seeking to defy
gravity as Soga does in his work. Back
in the studio, children will create art inspired by this unique sculptor. Entry is through Art Connections. Class size is limited. For further information, please email
or call 904.355.0630.
For more than 50 years, the Cummer Museum of Art
& Gardens has been committed to engaging and inspiring through the arts,
gardens, and education. A permanent
collection of more than 5,000 objects and historic gardens on a riverfront
campus offers nearly 150,000 annual visitors a truly unique experience on the
First Coast. Nationally recognized
education programs serve adults and children of all abilities. For further information, including hours,
visit below.
Cummer Museum of
Art & Gardens
829
Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida 32204
(904) 356-6857
Hours
of Operation & Admission
If you’re looking for some great entertainment
this weekend, why not come out to Orange Park and make an afternoon of
family fun. “Pete the Cat”, based on the beloved Pete the Cat series of books
by James Dean and Kimberly Dean, will be appearing live at the Thrasher-Horne
Center Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m.
When “Pete the Cat” gets caught rocking out after bedtime, the cat-catcher
sends him to live with the Biddle family to learn his manners – and boy are
they square! But for the groovy blue
cat, life is an adventure no matter where you wind up, so the minute Pete walks
in the door, he gets the whole family rocking. The whole family that is, except for young
Jimmy Biddle. As the end of 2nd grade
approaches, the last thing he needs is some groovy cat in his life, changing
his family and turning everything upside down. But when Jimmy draws a blank in art class
during the last week of school, it turns out Pete is the perfect friend to help
him out. Together, they set out on a
mission to help Jimmy conquer second grade art, and along the way, they both
learn a little something new about inspiration. Join Jimmy and Pete on an adventure of
friendship, all the way to Paris and back in a VW Bus.
This event is presented by
Thrasher-Horne Center& Sponsored by the Orange Park Mall.
“Pete
The Cat”
DATE: Sat., May 4, 2019
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: The
Thasher-Horne Ctr.
St. Johns River State College
283 College Drive
Orange Park, FL 32065
TICKETS: Prices are $19 with family 4-packs available
(buy 3 get 1 free)! They and may be
purchased in person, online at THcenter,
or by calling (904) 276-6815 between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Monday – Friday. The Thrasher-Horne Center is a performing arts
venue and conference center owned and operated by St. Johns River State
College. It is located on the Orange
Park campus at 283 College Drive in Orange Park, Florida.
On the heels of a 20-year residency in Las
Vegas, Purple Reign, the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Prince tribute show, started a North American tour
beginning in May 2019. Purple Reign’s
talented cast, including Jason Tenner as Prince,
seamlessly recreates the blistering performances and energy that made Prince an
international superstar. Purple Reign
visits Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center for one show only on Friday, May 3,
2019
Routinely recognized as the world’s number one Prince tribute show, Purple
Reign was crowned “Best Tribute Act”
by the Las Vegas Review Journal. In
2008, the group became the first ever tribute act to appear as a musical guest
on The Late Show with David Letterman. In
2014, the show won “Best
Impersonator” in the Las Vegas Review Journal and was chosen
as the season three opener for “The
World’s Greatest Tribute Bands” on AXS
TV.
“Purple Rain”
Prince Tribute
DATE:
Fri. May 3, 2019.
TIME: 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Times
Union Center Performing Arts
Moran Theater
300 West Water St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
TICKETS: start
at $46, plus applicable fees, and may be purchased at their box office, by calling (904) 632-5000 between 10 a.m. – 5
p.m., Monday – Friday, or online 24/7 at fscjartistseries.org. Discounts
for groups of 10+ may be available by calling (904) 632-5050. Performance schedule, prices and cast are
subject to change without notice.
Whether you're searching or you’re already with
that hunk-of-burning-love, you can't miss The Spouse Whisperer,
coming to Jacksonville’s Times-Union Center on May 3, 2019 at 8 p.m. for one
performance only.
Presented by the FSCJ Artist Series in association with Entertainment Events,
Inc., award-winning comedian Mark Cordes delivers his critically acclaimed
one-man show, The Spouse Whisperer, a comedic journey that starts
with 'love at first sight' 'til death do
us part' and all of the funny stuff in between. The Spouse Whisperer is cool,
it's hilarious, and there is never a dull moment. King of comedy Robin Williams said "The Spouse Whisperer is hilarious! I
never stopped laughing."
"Impeccable timing, charm and
innovative, intelligent material." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Charming, clean, cleaver. Never
misses a beat. It's the perfect ANYTIME gift - a gift that truly does keep-on-giving. Enjoy a hilarious peek into the real world of
relationships, a decidedly positive view of 'sweet togetherness.' Whether you're searching or already with that
hunk-of-burning-love, you can't miss with The Spouse Whisperer.” - Denver
Post
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice.
“The Spouse Whisperer”
DATE:
Fri. May 3, 2019
TIME: 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Times
Union Center Performing Arts
Terry Theater
300 West Water St.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
TICKETS: start at $44, plus applicable fees, and may be
purchased at their box office, by
calling (904) 632-5000 between 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday, or online 24/7 at fscjartistseries.org. Discounts
for groups of 10+ may be available by calling (904) 632-5050.
All prices reflect applicable facility fees and
service charges. Everyone, including
infants and toddlers, must have a theater ticket for admission. Tickets may be ordered online as late as 4 to
5 hours (based on curtain time) before each show. Tickets can be purchased at the theater one
hour prior to the show time.
Dave Matthews Band has announced
the dates for its 2019 North American summer tour. The headline run kicked off on April
30th in Pensacola, FL and will come to Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
on May 1st. The tour also includes:
two-night stands in Camden, NJ; Noblesville, IN; Elkhorn, WI; Saratoga Springs,
NY; Dallas, TX; Charlotte, NC; San Francisco, CA; and Rio de Janeiro. The band will return to the Gorge Amphitheatre
for its traditional three-night Labor Day run August 30-September 1, pushing
its total number of performances at the scenic venue above 60. Dave Matthews Band will also perform at the New
Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4 as part of the festival’s
50th anniversary celebration. The
band will conclude its North American tour on September 22 at the 2nd annual Sea.Hear.Now
Festival in Asbury Park, NJ.
Dave Matthews Band will embarked on a month-long European tour on March
6 in Munich, Germany. The headline trek included
two nights in London and the band’s first-ever shows in Oslo, Warsaw and
Bologna. The band’s fall 2018 North
American arena tour wrapped up in December with two hometown shows at John Paul
Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA. A
portion of the proceeds from the Charlottesville shows will be included in the
$5 million that Dave Matthews Band, Dave Matthews and Red
Light Management have committed towards the redevelopment of the city’s
deteriorating public housing. To learn
more about the housing project, read THIS recent Billboard article.
The GRAMMY® Award-winning band has sold more than 24 million
tickets since its inception and a collective 38 million CDs and DVDs combined. With the release of 2018’s Come Tomorrow, Dave Matthews Band became the
first group in history to have seven consecutive studio albums debut at No. 1
on the Billboard 200. The
New York Times, in a Critic’s Pick review, observed, "willed optimism fills the songs on
'Come Tomorrow,' while cynicism and irony are nowhere within earshot."
It’s not too late to check and see if Dave will be in an area near you. Watch the “Bill Board Music Awards on Wednesday,
May 1, 2019 and watch to see if Dave Matthews and his band will win the award
for Rock Album of the year - “Come Tomorrow”.
There's plenty of exciting entertainment to keep
the whole family enthralled at the opening weekend (May 3-5) of the 2019
Romanza Festivale, in St. Augustine, Florida.
Friday, May 3 features concert pianist and Chopin expert Juana Zayas
- it's FREE thanks to generous underwriting by Winter Properties, Robert
Silverman and EMMA. It takes place at 7
p.m. at the Basilica Cathedral, Cathedral Place, downtown St. Augustine.
May 3-5, there's a weekend-long Gamble Rogers Music Festival at
the Colonial Quarter, 33 Saint George St.
Saturday, May 4 presents an all-day Latin American music, dance and food
festival with Unidos en la Música Latin American Festival at Francis
Field, 29 West Castillo Drive downtown from 10 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
For Sunday, May 5 there's a Cinco de Mayo Latin music celebration
with Caribeno Tropical and Mariachi Garibaldi from 5 – 9 p.m. in the Plaza de la Constitución. It's FREE, just bring your chairs and dancing
shoes.
There are many more special events all weekend long, like the St. Augustine
Arts Association Awards Ceremony, Art Walk, Aviles Street Fair, The Gainesville
Brass Concert by the North Florida Women's Chorale, and more.
Celebrate the Arts at Romanza Festivale: The Romanza celebration of
music and the arts takes place from May 3-12 with daily events throughout St.
Augustine, including 75+ concerts, shows, exhibits and more at venues
throughout the area. Many events are
free.
St. Augustine's Romanza Festivale of Music & the Arts is produced by
Romanza-St. Augustine and funded in part by St. Johns County Tourist
Development Council, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of
Cultural, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and by Visit Florida.
For a calendar of events and further information, go to: RomanzaFestivale.com.
