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FEB. 2

Calling all former educators! The Orange County Retired Educators Association is inviting anyone who has worked in education to come watch a musical presentation by the Winter Park High School Men’s Chorus and enjoy a pot luck luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, at the College Park United Methodist Church located at 644 W. Princeton St. For more information, call 407-677-0446.

FEB. 3

The Centre for Aging and Wellness presents Dr. Kenneth Krumins, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in arthroscopic knee surgery. On Friday, Feb. 3, Dr. Krumins will speak about the important role of bone health for total knee replacement and robotics. The event starts at noon inside the conference room at the Centre for Aging and Wellness at Florida Hospital, located at 133 Benmore Drive. To RSVP, call 407-303-1700.

Blue Bamboo’s own founders Mark Piszczek and Chris Cortez will take the stage on Friday, Feb. 3, as Bamboo Philharmonic, a recreation of a group they were a part of in the ’80s. Bamboo Philharmonic will be performing mostly original music and will feature Piszczek on sax and oboe, Cortez on guitar, Ed Krout on piano, Doug Mathews on bass and Marc Clermont on drums. The concert starts at 8 p.m. at the Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts located at 1905 Kentucky Ave. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 407-636-9951 or visit bluebambooartcenter.com

FEB. 4

Arts for All Day is a new, must-see event for all Central Floridians with a focus of introducing new communities to local arts and cultural organizations throughout Central Florida. The event was created by United Arts of Central Florida and will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Loch Haven Cultural Park in Orlando. Arts for All Day is a free, family-friendly, taste-of-the-arts style event, taking place in Loch Haven’s multiple theaters and indoor and outdoor exhibit spaces, throughout the Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Orlando Science Center and Orlando Shakespeare Theater venues.

On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Dommerich Elementary PTA will host their ninth annual Chiefs on the Run 5K and Dommerich Dash. The family-friendly race will begin and end at Dommerich Elementary School, and a safe race route will extend through the Dommerich neighborhood in Maitland. Endurance Sports Timing will be the official timekeepers for the race. All registrants affiliated with an organization or school are encouraged to list the group’s name when registering online. The organization or school with most participants will be awarded $100. For more information about the race and to register online, visit dommerichpta.com/programs/chiefs-on-the-run/

The second annual Saturday Soup Sampler, presented by CSHD and Marc Monteson Promotions, will take place during Super Bowl weekend on Saturday, Feb. 4, from noon to 4 p.m. Enjoy sampling soups from a dozen eateries in the Canal Street Historic District in downtown New Smyrna Beach. Tickets are $8 until Feb. 3 and $12 the day of the event at the information booth only. You may purchase your tickets now on Canal Street at Rosey Wray’s Roost (227), Southern Trends Home Furnishings (334), and Allstate Insurance (512) as well as at Publix Liquor beachside on Third Avenue. For more information on the sampler or to get tickets by mail, call 386-423-9760.

24 Hour Fitness landed in Winter Park at the recently renovated shopping center now called The Grove at Winter Park, bringing the physically active community a new fitness club. The club offers an indoor option to the many parks and trails Winter Park residents enjoy, offering the latest in training equipment and studio-style classes that are usually only found in boutique studios. The community is invited to the grand opening event scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 4270 Aloma Ave., Suite 164. This free celebration includes club tours, prize drawings, group training demonstrations, innovative group exercise studio classes and more.

Come and listen to The Festival Singers of Florida perform in seven different languages during the Florida premiere of Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo.” Movements will be sung in liturgical Latin, Mandarin Chinese and intertwined Hebrew and Arabic to name a few. The concert is on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Winter Park Presbyterian Church’s sanctuary located at 400 Lakemont Ave. The concert is free, but donations are accepted. For more information, visit fsof.org

FEB. 5

The Hoedowners Square Dance Club is hosting a free introductory dance at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Casselberry Recreation Center in Secret Lake Park, located at 200 N. Triplet Lake Drive in Casselberry. Families, couples and singles age 10 and up are welcome. Classes start on Feb. 12 and are $6 each. They will be accepting new students through Feb. 19. Square dancing in fun exercise for your body and your mind! For more information, please visit hoedowners.net, email [email protected], or call 407-339-2359 or 407-273-2561.

FEB. 7

Premier Pointe is a host for businesses specializing in services for seniors and their families. They will be celebrating a new location at 1420 Gay Road in Winter Park with an open house from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will start at 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP by calling 407-703-7022. For more information, visit PremierPointe.com

FEB. 8

If you’re passionate about orchids, or maybe just curious, “Orchids 101 — Their Mystery and Majesty” starts at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at the Winter Park Garden Club, located at 1300 S. Denning Drive in Winter Park. Doug Watson, general manager of Worldwide Orchids, has grown orchids personally and professionally for 30-plus years. He will speak about the beauty of orchids and the many aspects of getting the plant from seed to a gorgeous and exotic flower. Orchid plants will be available for sale. Call 407-644-5770. 

FEB. 9

Popcorn Flicks in the Park continues with a free screening of “Harold and Maude” in Winter Park’s Central Park from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. Presented by Winter Park CRA and produced by Enzian Theater, this film series features classic films for the whole family. Bring a blanket, a picnic or snacks, and some family and friends. Free popcorn is available for everyone! For more information, call 407-629-0054.

FEB. 10

Explore the reasons behind Florida’s fast-growing population during Rollins College’s colloquy on “Florida’s Golden Age: 1880-1930.” The colloquy will touch on Henry Flagler and Henry Plant’s railroads and hotels and how new cities like Winter Park and Ybor City emerged. The free event will take place on Friday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the Bush Science Center Auditorium located at 1000 Holt Ave. For more information, visit FloridaGoldenAge.com

Good Morning Winter Park will feature a City Commission Candidate Forum from 8 to 9:15 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, at the Winter Park Welcome Center, located at 151 W. Lyman Ave. This popular breakfast gathering features speakers who provide perspectives on issues, initiatives and happenings in our vibrant community. Please join us as the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce hosts a City Commission Candidate Forum with Wes Naylor and City Commissioner Greg Seidel. For more information, call 407-644-8281.

FEB. 11

Single? Married? It’s Complicated? The Run 4 Love 4 Mile is for everyone that has the love of running and walking or may just be discovering it. Bring your loves and experience the euphoria of a healthy lifestyle at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Showalter Field, located at 2525 Cady Way. The event will include a best outfit contest, SoleMate Challenge and more. Cost is $33 to $40. Discounts available for youth and seniors. Kids run free. This event will benefit the Track Shack Foundation. For more information, call 407-599-3397.

The Mennello Museum of American Art and Mennello Museum City-Appointed Board of Trustees are thrilled to announce their third annual Indie-Folkfest on Saturday, Feb. 11, from noon to 5 p.m. This free family-friendly and pet-friendly event will showcase local, national and regional art, music and culinary talent in the beautiful lakeside Sculpture Garden of The Mennello Museum. For more information, visit indiefolkfest.wordpress.com. For free tickets, visit indiefolkfest.eventbrite.com

FEB. 12

The Roth Family JCC’s Science Spectacular is a hands-on day of interactive discovery for families of toddlers to 5 year olds (older siblings are welcome too) in partnership with Orlando Science Center and Maker Faire. It runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 851 N. Maitland Ave. in Maitland. Cost is $25 for the first child and $15 for siblings. Contact Karen Duncan at 407-645-0923 or [email protected] or visit orlandojcc.org/science

For all the women in your life, both young and old, “Girls Day Out with a Purpose” offers a day full of pampering sessions, health screenings and family-friendly activities. From mini-massages and dress-up dance parties to cholesterol and blood pressure screenings, “Girls Day Out with a Purpose” aims to promote wellness and charity. While the event is free, people are asked to donate items like soap, deodorant and feminine hygiene products for ESTHER Single Mothers Outreach. “Girls Day Out with a Purpose” runs from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Winter Park Kids Urgent Care located at 2325 W. Fairbanks Ave. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP by visiting Facebook.com/KidsUrgentCare or by calling 407-833-9202.

Come watch as members of the Orlando Gay Chorus celebrate love. The night will be filled with cabaret performances set to Broadway show tunes and love songs – all complete with a fairytale spin. The performance is on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. at the Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts located at 1905 Kentucky Ave. Tickets cost $20. For more information, visit bluebambooartcenter.com

The Challenge of Diversity – Leadership Life Skills Series will take place at the Federation of Garden Clubs, located at 1400 S. Denning Drive in Winter Park. Join them for this exploration of how we show up to the differences we perceive in all aspects of our culture. Class 1 will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday Feb. 12, while classes 2-4 run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 21, 28 and March 7. Class 1 is free, but classes 2-4 are $10 each. Or get all three for $25 if paid by Feb. 12. Required reading is “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander. For more information, call 321-200-0730, email [email protected] or visit cslorlando.org

FEB. 13

Join an African-American author and professor as she addresses the topic “Black Lives Matter in the Age of Trump.” Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, professor at Princeton University and author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation,” will speak on Monday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the SunTrust Auditorium in the Crummer Building of Rollins College, located at 1000 Holt. Ave. This event is free to the public. For more information, contact Matthew Nichter at 407-646-2286 or at [email protected]

FEB. 14

The inaugural Mennello Museum Invitational, a group exhibition at The Mennello Museum of American Art, will highlight new work by contemporary regional artists whose work enriches our community and our lives in Central Florida. This exhibition shares the work of local artists who call Orlando home with the goal of introducing their work to a broader audience and encouraging collecting art on a local level. Opening on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, this exhibition will be on view in the museum’s Marilyn Gallery, and will serve as a heart-filled embrace of our creative community. The public opening will be celebrated on Feb. 14 with an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It is a great opportunity to see work right out of the studios of Orlando talent, and on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, hug an artist! All work in the exhibition will also be featured and available for purchase at the 14th annual An Evening with Fabulous Friends Gala on Saturday, March 4, at The Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World. All artists have generously donated 50 percent of all proceeds to benefit The Mennello Museum. For more information, visit mennellomuseum.com

FEB. 15

Now in its sixth year, the Rotary Club of Winter Park has established its Chili for Charity event as the premier chili cook-off event in Central Florida featuring creative chili dishes by popular restaurants and other contenders. All entries are served with a “Winter Park attitude.” Participants compete for the coveted Peoples’ Choice award and have their dishes evaluated by a select panel of judges. Guests also enjoy live entertainment. Drinks and a silent auction round out the evening at the Winter Park Farmers Market, located at 200 W. New England Ave. The event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Net event proceeds will benefit the Rotary Club of Winter Park Charitable Foundation, which provides grants to more than 30 local charities each year. Over the last 20 years the club has donated more than $800,000 to charities serving the Winter Park community. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. For more information, call 407-599-3341.

FEB. 16

Fascinated by spiders? Deland-based entomologist John Serrao will be hosting “Our Amazing Arachnids – Florida’s Spiders and their Kin,” a presentation for the Orange Audubon Society that will show off many of Florida’s arachnid treasures. From the tiny “dewdrop spiders” to fishing spiders that can eat tree frogs, the presentation will talk about spiders of all shapes and sizes. The program is free and will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Camellia Room of Leu Gardens, located at 1920 N. Forest Ave. For more information, call 407-637-2525 or visit orangeaudubonfl.org

FEB. 17

Love antiques? The Orlando Museum of Art’s Council 101 presents the 35th annual Antiques Vintage & Garden Show, a three-day showcase featuring more than two-dozen antiques and vintage dealers from all over the nation. Eddie Ross, author of “Modern Mix: Curating Personal Style with Chic & Accessible Finds,” is this year’s guest speaker. The show is located at the Orlando Museum of Art at 2416 N. Mills Ave. and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 18. On Sunday, Feb. 19, the show starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be bought at omart.org or by calling 407-896-4231 ext. 254.

FEB. 19

Audubon Center for Birds of Prey will host “Wind Beneath Our Wings – Celebrating Audubon Eagle Watch and 25 years of Eagle Conservation in Florida” from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19 at Venue on the Lake/Maitland Civic Center located at 641 S. Maitland Ave. in Maitland. The event will include beer/wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres. Cost is $75 per person. RSVP by Feb. 13. To purchase tickets online, go to windbeneathourwings.org. For more information, call Vicky Johnston at 305-371-6396.

Get your lawn chairs and blankets out and join the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra as they call for warmer weather with their presentation of “Spring in the Garden,” which will feature prelude, philharmonia orchestras and overture strings. The concert will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Mead Botanical Garden’s The Grove, located at 1300 S. Denning Drive. Tickets cost $10 to $20 and can be bought online or at the door. For tickets and more information, visit fsyo.org

Regarded across America and around the world as one of today’s finest concert organists, Todd Wilson serves as head of the Organ Department at Cleveland Institute of Music and has been heard in recital at many major venues throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. He will perform at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Knowles Memorial Chapel, located at 1000 Holt Ave. in Winter Park. Cost is $25. For more information, call 407-646-2115.

ONGOING

The Winter Park Playhouse, Central Florida's only professional musical theatre, announces their 2017-2018 Mainstage Series of musical productions! Current annual subscription renewals are going on now, new annual six-show series subscription sales begin Feb. 14 and "You Pick Three" mini-subscriptions, as well as single tickets, go on sale March 10. In honor of the 15th anniversary of The Winter Park Playhouse, all six-show series subscribers will receive 15 percent off of the established price with a six-show annual subscription priced at only $214 for Adult Evening and $199 for Senior Evening (62 years and older). Matinee series subscriptions are all priced at $163 for all six shows. In an ongoing effort to serve the community, accommodate demand and make their popular musicals accessible, The Playhouse will offer two preview shows – one evening and one matinee prior to opening night – at a reduced $20 per ticket price. Visit winterparkplayhouse.org

“Anne Frank – A History for Today” tells the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust and World War II. It shows photographs of Anne Frank’s childhood in Frankfurt and in Amsterdam, and portrays the rise of the Nazis, the persecution of the Jews and the way the people responded to this. In a consequent way the exhibition shows the impact of the Nazi policy on one particular family. Throughout the exhibit, Anne’s own candid writing provides a central voice to the exhibit narrative, bringing a poignant and truly beautiful perspective to the story. The exhibit will be on display from through March 18 at the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center, located at 851 N. Maitland Ave. in Maitland. For more information, call 407-628-0555.

NAMI Greater Orlando is offering a free 12-session education program for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental illness. The course is designed to help all family members understand and support their loved one, while maintaining their own well-being. Taught by trained teachers with a loved one living with mental illness, this class includes information on illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and other mental health conditions. Learn the biology of the brain, information about medication and treatment options, communication and problem solving skills and self-care. Educational classes begin in January and are currently offered in southwest Orlando, downtown Orlando, Lake Mary and St. Cloud. Call the NAMI Greater Orlando office at 407-253-1900 or email us at [email protected] for more information.

The Florida Blue Center at 434 N. Orlando Ave. in Winter Park has several ongoing classes. Tai Chi classes are every Monday at 3:30 p.m. Zumba classes are every Wednesday at 6 p.m. For more information, call 407-441-2020.

Come join a six-week horticulture program with lectures, demonstrations, and participation starting in January 2017 at the Orlando Garden Club, located at 710 E. Rollins Street in Orlando. Attend one program or all six! Units two, three, four and six are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $90 for six classes or $20 for individual classes. To sign up or to receive a list of the classes offered, email [email protected]

MicheLee Puppets and Venue on the Lake are partnering up once again for a year’s worth of Sunday Family Fun Days in 2017. Sunday Family Fun Days will take place on the last Sunday of selected months at Venue on the Lake in Maitland, and will feature special guests, themed events, and puppet performances. MicheLee Puppets is Florida’s leader in educational puppetry and focuses on early childhood education, health and wellness, STEAM, and several other important issues. Each Sunday Family Fun Day will have a different theme that reflects these topics. Some of the upcoming themes include “World Day of Puppetry Celebration,” “Film Festival,” and “Back to School.” It’s open to the public and a donation of $5 per family is suggested. Visit brownpapertickets.com/event/2736502