Zoobilee
Tallahassee Museum
Friday, October 21, 2022
| See most magical annual “fun-raiser," Zoobilee. Featuring live music, delicious eats, and open bar, come dressed fantastically for an enchanting evening. Proceeds from Zoobilee support the Museum’s education, preservation, and conservation services to the community. | |
Wonderful Wednesday
Goodwood Museum & Museum
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
| Hear the Pan-African ensemble. They fuse indigenous African musical instruments with orchestra and Jazz band instruments while maintaining African rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic imagination and expression. | | |
Chicken & Biscuits
FAMU Essential Theatre at Charles Winter Wood Theatre
October 19 - 23, 2022
| In this laugh-out-loud comedy, the Jenkins family is coming together to celebrate the life of their father — hopefully without killing each other. But any hopes for a peaceful reunion unravel when a family secret shows up at the funeral. | | |
Free Lectures: Digging Deeper
Mission San Luis
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
| In this six-part lecture series, Dr. Rochelle Marrinan will introduce information about the Spanish missions of Northwest Florida and recognize several of the historians and archaeologists who have made significant contributions to “unearthing” this important period of history. | | |
Silas House with Lark Ascending
Midtown Reader (Online)
Thursday, October 20, 2022
| Join Midtown Reader for this virtual event with Silas House as they discuss Lark Ascending - a riveting story of survival and hope, set in the not-too-distant future, about a young man forced to flee the United States and seek refuge across the Atlantic. | | |
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The Freedom of the City
Irish Repertory Theater at Augusta Conradi Studio Theatre
October 21 - 30, 2022
| To commemorate the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the Irish Repertory Theater of Tallahassee presents Brian Friel's "The Freedom of the City." The play interprets events surrounding their shooting by British soldiers on Jan. 30, 1972. | | |
It's the Monster Mas
FSU College of Music at Opperman Music Hall
Friday, October 21, 2022
| The stage will be packed with costumed performers in a high energy display of some favorite spooky tunes and music from the Caribbean. The concert will feature live performances by the Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, Indonesian Angklung Ensemble, and Canboulay. | | |
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Video Saloon + Halloween Trivia
621 Gallery
Saturday, October 22, 2022
| This local video art screening will feature a variety of genres and styles. This month's screening will be accompanied by Halloween trivia - films to be announced. | | |
Dominic Cheli
Artist Series of Tallahassee at Opperman Music Hall
Sunday, October 23, 2022
| Returning again after his virtual concert in the 2020 season, hear pianist Dominic Cheli perform an all-Beethoven program in Opperman Music Hall. | | |
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October Featured Artist: Chantal Littleon
Wiregrass Gallery
Through October 31, 2022
| French-born artist Changal Littleon is the featured artist this month at Wiregrass Gallery. See her original art, and take home greeting cards and bookmarks to enjoy for a lifetime. | | |
Mapping: The Work of a Textile Artist by Valerie S. Goodwin
Anderson Brickler Gallery
Through December 28, 2022
| This exhibit contains a series of textile art creations made of fabric and mixed media materials, using techniques that artist Valerie Goodwin developed over the last few decades. The works feature paint and multiple layers of fabric to create fine art abstractions inspired by aerial landscapes, both real and imagined. | | |
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Malinda Horton
Executive Dirctor of the Florida Association of Museums
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Florida’s earliest museums date back to the 1930s and '40s with the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota and the Norton Gallery of art in West Palm Beach.
Yet, it wasn’t until the 1960s, when a rise in public interest around art galleries and museums gained national traction, that Florida’s museums grew to include today’s treasures like Cummer Gallery of Art in Jacksonville and the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg.
With new facilities came new organizations to run them such as the Florida Association of Museums created in the early 1990s. Their goal is to ensure museums are supported to enhance their ability to serve the public’s best interest. Since its earliest years, current Executive Director, Malinda Horton, has sat at the helm surrounded by translucent Tallahassee tree tops.
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Every Thursday, the COCA Classifieds newsletter provides arts industry info including calls to artists, professional development, funding resources, and more. | |
On the first Tuesday of every month, our Arts in Education newsletter has resources for teachers, students, caregivers, and arts advocates. | |
COCA's programs are sponsored in part by the City of Tallahassee, Leon County, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. | | | | | |