Scene Calendar: musical performances, plays, step show, festivals and more

MUSIC

Gainesville Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. today, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $49 general admission, $39 seniors, $19 children and students. (performingarts.ufl.edu) Dive into the passion and beauty of Ravel’s lush and romantic “Daphnis and Chloe Suite.” Closer to home, revel in Delius’s sparkling “Florida Suite,” accompanied with video of Florida Springs created by award-winning artists Lesley Gamble and John Moran. Also, Hummel’s “Mandolin Concerto” with soloist Raphael Ramirez.

Walker Hayes: 8 p.m. today, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets: $25-$50. (floridatheatre.com, 904-355-5661) The country star will perform as part of his “Fancy Like” tour.

Pat Metheny: 8 p.m. Saturday, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets: $39-$59. (floridatheatre.com, 904-355-5661) Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is one of the brightest music stars of our time. He has three Gold records and 20 Grammy Awards in 12 different categories to his name. Metheny is launching a new playing environment called “Side Eye” for this upcoming season.

Classic Albums Live: “Let It Be”: 8 p.m. Sunday, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets: $35-$45. (floridatheatre.com, 904-355-5661) Classic Albums Live takes classic albums and performs them live, on stage – without all the gimmickry and cheesy impersonations – using the world’s greatest musicians. “Let It Be” is the 12th and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group’s breakup, in tandem with the motion picture of the same name.

David Bromberg Quintet: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets: $41.50-$43.50. (pvconcerthall.com) Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter David Bromberg isn’t standing still. He is still pushing boundaries, still an iconoclast, still unapologetically unique, as he continues to explore his life’s journey via a path that might be considered “asymmetrical.”

Lundú: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, UpStage at the Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $35 general admission, $10 UF students. (performingarts.ufl.edu) Blending the traditions of Afro-Peruvian and Andean roots music, Lundú is crafting a distinctive musical vocabulary, rediscovering and expanding the musical legacy of their culturally-rich city of Arequipa, Peru.

Lucinda Williams And Her Band: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A N., Ponte Vedra Beach. Tickets: $46-$76. (pvconcerthall.com) The acclaimed singer will perform. Per artist requirement, proof of a negative covid test within 72 hours is required. In the absence of the negative test, proof of vaccination may be accepted. The artist strongly encourages all ticket holders to wear a mask for the duration of the performance.

ABBA Mania: 8 p.m. Thursday, Florida Theatre, 128 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville. Tickets: $29-$50. (floridatheatre.com, 904-355-5661) ABBA Mania is accepted as the world’s No. 1 touring ABBA tribute production featuring a special concert presentation that celebrates the music of ABBA in a respectful and enjoyable way, reviving special memories of when ABBA ruled the airwaves.

THEATER

“Little Shop of Horrors”: 7 p.m. today-Saturday, PK Yonge Performing Arts Center, 1200 SW Sixth St. Tickets: $10-$13. (pkyonge.ufl.edu/business/ticket-purchases) PK Yonge High School Performing Arts presents the highly acclaimed musical. Support local young artists. PK also will sell florals and plants from local florists as a fundraiser for the program and to send students to their Theatre State Competition.

“New Works Festival”: 8 p.m. today-Saturday, Hippodrome Theatre, 25 SE Second Place. Tickets: $20 general admission, $10 students and seniors; advanced reservation highly recommended. (thehipp.org) Chosen from 41 playwright submissions, the five finalists will work with directors, actors and producers to develop and workshop their plays before showcasing them in staged readings in front of a live audience.

“A Chorus Line: Teen Edition”: 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Squitieri Studio Theatre at the Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 students, seniors and individuals in groups of 10 or more. (tickets.performingarts.ufl.edu) Buchholz High School students ambitiously take on the classic musical.

“The Importance of Being Earnest”: 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, 619 S. Main St. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 seniors, military and students. (acrosstown.org) A trivial comedy for serious people, this Oscar Wilde classic features protagonists who maintain fictitious personas to escape their social obligations.

DANCE

Florida Invitational Step Show: 7 p.m. Saturday, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $20. (performingarts.ufl.edu) Fiss and Furious.

ET CETERA

Olustee Festival: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. today-Saturday, Wilson Park on Lake Desoto, Lake City. Free; fees apply for some attractions. (olusteefestival.com) Annual show featuring homemade arts and crafts from vendors, food and entertainment, and a kids area featuring bounce houses, pony rides, rock climbing walls, train rides and more.

Steinhatchee Fiddler Crab Festival: 6-11 p.m. today, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, 1013 Riverside Drive SE, Steinhatchee. Entrance: $5, free ages 12 and younger; cash only. (bit.ly/crabfest22) Annual Fiddler Crab Festival in its 14th year featuring arts-and-crafts vendors, food vendors and entertainment.

Feel "D" Love: 6-11:30 p.m. daily through Feb. 28, Depot Park, 870 SE Fourth St. Free. (bit.ly/dlove22, 393-8533) Depot Park is filled with love featuring illuminated landscaping and park elements with romantic lighting themes.

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park Sinkhole Guided Walk: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, 4732 Millhopper Road. Cost: $4 per vehicle, $2 pedestrian or bicyclist. (bit.ly/devilsmill) Ask questions and learn about the area and its history while exploring the park with a ranger.

Guided Hike on Rim Ramble: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park North Entrance, 4801 Camp Ranch Road. Admission: $4 per vehicle. (bit.ly/rrhike21) This 1.5 mile trail meanders through a dense upland forest and sinkhole-rich topography. The terrain varies from level ground to gently rolling hills. This hike takes participants into areas of the park that are not open to the public. The walk originates at the La Chua Trail Horse Barn. Sign-up at the Interpretive Trailer located by the Horse Barn.

Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation Tour: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation, 8528 E. County Road 225. Tickets: $25 adults, $10 ages 2-11, free ages 1 and younger; $45 motorized-vehicle tours. (carsonspringswildlife.org, 468-2827, [email protected]) Take a tour — on foot or in a tour vehicle — of Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation with big-cat feeding demonstrations and up-close encounters with the animals.

Flora and Fauna Fest: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, 4th Avenue Food Park, 409 SW Fourth Ave. Free. (bit.ly/fffest22) Local vendors and UF clubs relating to flora and fauna will be on hand. Check out insect-related crafts or learn about plants and insects at the educational booths with activities for adults and children.

Historic Haile Homestead Tour: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Historic Haile Homestead, 8500 Archer Road. Entrance: $5 ages 13 and older, free ages 12 and younger. (hailehomestead.org) The Historic Haile Homestead is unique in the nation for its "Talking Walls.''

Horse Feeding: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses, 20307 NW CR 235A, Alachua. Entrance: Bag of carrots. (millcreekfarm.org) The Retirement Home for Horses provides lifetime care to elderly horses seized by law enforcement agencies, rescued by the SPCA or humane societies, as well as horses retired from government service such as police patrol or state and federal parks.

Beat the Beast Southern Tour Rodeo: 2 p.m. Saturdays through April 30; 7 p.m. April 9, Rock Star Arena, 20751 NW 87th Ave. Road, Micanopy. Tickets: $12, free ages 5 and younger. (bit.ly/beast22) Touring rodeo.

Great Backyard Bird Count: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Rooterville Animal Sanctuary, 1208 N. County Road 315, Melrose. Cost: $10 donation. (rooterville.org/backyard-bird-count) Help count birds and visit with the animals at the sanctuary afterward. There will be a children's table for crafts to build birdhouses that they can take home.

Sunday Assembly: 11 a.m. Sunday, Pride Center located in the Liberty Center, 3131 NW 13th St. Free. ([email protected], sagainesville.weebly.com) Sunday Assembly will host guest speakers Ron and Mary Nutter. Ron Nutter has a PhD from the University of Michigan. He has been employed at the University of Florida since 1978. Presently he is the assistant program director in the Division of Distance Learning. Mary Nutter has a PhD from the University of Michigan. She is a retired educator/administrator. The title of their talk will be “Living The Dream Our Way: An Interracial Couple Shares Their Story.” There will be time for discussion following the presentation. Music will be provided by Sunday Assembly musicians with the opportunity to sing along. It also is possible to attend via Zoom.

Zerbini Family Big Top Circus: 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, 18655 NE 81st St., Williston. Tickets: $15 adults, $5 children, free ages 3 and younger. (zerbinifamilycircus.com) A real circus under the big top.

Sweetwater Wetlands Park Wednesday Bird Walks: 8:30-10 a.m. Wednesdays through May 25, Sweetwater Wetlands Park, 325 SW Williston Road. Admission: $5 per vehicle; $2 for pedestrians, vans and bikes. (alachuaaudubon.org) Discover the rich diversity of birds at one of north central Florida's premier birding hotspots during a two- to three-hour guided walking tour. Birders of all levels welcome. Walks are led by volunteers from Alachua Audubon Society with assistance from Sweetwater Wetlands Park rangers.

“Introduction to African-American Genealogy Research”: Online noon Thursday, Zoom. Free. (aclib.us/celebrate-black-history) Have you wanted to research your African American family tree, but didn’t know where to start? This virtual program will take you through the steps you need to begin searching for your ancestors.

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Craig Pittman: 4 p.m. Saturday, Matheson History Museum, 513 E. University Ave. Free; registration required. (bit.ly/regpittman, MathesonMuseum.org, 378-2280) Author and journalist Craig Pittman will discuss his latest book, “The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife.” A virtual option via Zoom is available for those who cannot attend in person at bit.ly/zoompittman.

Black History Month Reading Challenge: Online through Feb. 28, aclib.beanstack.org/reader365. Free. (aclib.us/celebrate-black-history, aclib.beanstack.org/reader365) Alachua County resident card holders have unlimited eBook access to the listed titles throughout February. Links to these eBooks are available within the “Read” activity badge. Log your reading and activities to earn badges all month long.

CASTING CALL

American Legion Flea Market: $15 booth fee for 16x16 space. (481-4483) Flea market with pancake-and-sausage breakfasts, lunches and a raffle. Event will run 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 5 at American Legion Auxiliary Post 230, 20370 E. Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne.

Art at the Depot Festival: Artists, crafters, food vendors, youth groups, businesses and faith-based communities invited to set up booths, $40 booth fee for 12x12 space. (374-8240, archerhistoricalsociety.org, [email protected]) The Archer Historical Society will celebrate its sixth annual family friendly Art at the Depot Festival on March 12 at the Historical Archer Depot railroad station, 16994 SW 134th Ave.

ART

Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention: “Fabric Frontiers — Textiles and Technology” on display through May 1; “Tech Tapestry — Threads of Invention” on display through May 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday. $12.50, $10 seniors and college students, $7.50 ages 5-17, free ages 4 and younger. 811 N. Main St. (371-8001, cademuseum.org)

Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center: “Unapologetic!” opens to the public on Saturday and runs through August. The exhibit features works by local Gainesville artist, Yvonne Ferguson with images of cultural and human rights icons as well as notable and groundbreaking musicians. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and by appointment for schools and other groups. 837 SE Seventh Ave. (226-8321, [email protected])

Florida Museum of Natural History: “Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies” extended through Sunday. The exhibit is $8 for adults; $7 for Florida residents, seniors and non-University of Florida college students; $5.50 for ages 3 to 17; and free to museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 Card. “Tiny Titans” uses authentic specimens, lifelike models and realistic artwork to transform the area into a “Jurassic Park” day care and showcase the rarely seen world of dinosaur parenting. Standing exhibits include the “Our Changing Climate: Past and Present,” “Butterfly Rainforest,” “Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life & Land,” “Northwest Florida: Waterways & Wildlife,” “South Florida People & Environments,” “Exploring Our World,” “Fossil Plant Garden” and “Florida Wildflower & Butterfly Garden.” All standing exhibits are free, but regular admission fees apply to enter the “Butterfly Rainforest” exhibit: $14 for adults ($12 for Florida residents and seniors) and $7 for ages 3-17. Admission is free for museum members and UF students with a valid Gator 1 card. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 3215 Hull Road. (floridamuseum.ufl.edu, 846-2000)

Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery: “Coming Home” and “Friends of Elementary Arts Musical Chairs Auction” on display through Saturday; “Skin & Bricks: Celebrating The Art of Tattoos And Graffiti” on display Tuesday-March 19. Gallery hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 1314 S. Main St. (gainesvillefinearts.org, [email protected])

Harn Museum of Art: “Plant Life: Exploring Vegetal Worlds in the Harn Museum Collection,” featuring 12 works that were chosen because something in them provokes critical reflection on the strange entanglements of humans and plants, on display through Sunday; “Shadow to Substance,” which creates a chronological arc from the past to the present into the future using historical photographs from the Harn and Smathers Library collections and through the lens of black photographers working today, on display through Feb. 27; “Plural Domains: Selected Works from the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation Collection,” drawn exclusively from the collection of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Ella Fontanals-Cisneros to foster cultural exchange and enrichment of the arts, on display through April 24; “Global Perspectives: Highlights from the Contemporary Collection,” a celebration of global interconnectedness, on display through Sept. 25; “Florida Impressions: Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers” includes celebrates the transformative gift to the Harn Museum of Art from Samuel and Roberta Vickers who formed one of the world’s most extensive collections of Florida-themed art; “Everyday to the Extraordinary: Highlights from the Korean Collection” includes objects from everyday life alongside exemplars of artistic production. Ceramics in the exhibition span nearly 2,500 years of history, from the Three Kingdoms Period (57 BCE–668 CE) to the present, while paintings date from the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) and into the 20th century. On display indefinitely; Ongoing exhibitions include “ClayCurvyCool,” “Elusive Spirits: African Masquerades,” “Highlights from the Asian Collection” and “Highlights from the Modern Collection.” Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, 3259 Hull Road. Free. (392-9826)

Matheson History Museum: “We're Tired of Asking: Black Thursday and Civil Rights at the University of Florida,” which follows one slice of African American history in Gainesville, currently on display online and in person; “When Johnny Came Marching Home: Some Gave All – All Gave Some,” remembering those who came home from war with both physical and mental wounds, on display outside; “Trailblazers: 150 Years of Alachua County Women,” celebrating the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the United States, on display; “Lights of Conversation” on display outside. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 513 E. University Ave. (378-2280, mathesonmuseum.org)

Melrose Bay Art Gallery: “Abstracting Color and Light,” featuring work by Alfred Phillips, on display through March 20. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday or by appointment. 103 State Road 26, Melrose (475-3866, melrosebayartgallery.com)

Mossman Hall: 5 p.m. Saturday love poem contest with prizes given for the most bizarre love poem. 301 State Road 26, Melrose. (262-6222)

Sweetwater Print Cooperative: "Analog Girl in a Digital World," an exhibit of digital collage prints and collectible cards by local graphic artist Heather Bjorn, on display through Wednesday. Masks required and appropriate distancing encouraged. Gallery hours: By appointment. 117 S. Main St. (514-3838)

University Galleries: “Ligature 31” juried exhibition on display through March 1 at the Gary R. Libby Gallery in Fine Arts Building C. Ligature 31 is the University of Florida's annual graphic design symposium featuring internationally recognized designers who lead lectures, workshops, and a juried exhibition of graphic design students' work. “UF International Center Global Culture Photography” exhibition on display through March 4. The competition encourages the UF community to think and act globally. Photo entries portray a global theme that enhances the university’s ability to pursue and develop international activities. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. 400 SW 13th St. (arts.ufl.edu/university-galleries)

This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Scene Calendar: Fun things to do Feb.18-24, 2022