Art Beat - WUCF

Last fall, the University of Central Florida changed the name of its downtwon facility to the Center for Emerging Media. Provost and UCF Executive Vice President Terry Hickey talks about the plans for the center which houses programs that combine technology and the humanities. The center is at the heart of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's vision of a Creative Village that would be built on the site of the current Amway arena.

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Professor Moshe Pelli talks about his latest book, The Shadow of Death - Letters in Flames. Pelli is the Director of UCF's Judaic Studies Program.

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Orlando Opera presents La Cenerentola, Rossini's opera based on the classic fairy tale, Cinderella. Stage director Garnett Bruce has updated the setting to 1930's Hollywood. This production features Leah Wool, who will be featured in the Met's Opera News Magazine next month - Click Here to get a sneak peek of that article.

Enter Colored Hats is a UCF Library exhibit on the history of African Americans in Sanford. On Feb. 18 & 19, two films will be shown as part of the exhibit - Zora: Jump at the Sun and Goldsboro: An American Story, produced by UCF students led by Tony Major, director of UCF's Zora Neale Hurston Institute for Documentary Studies and author/poet Valada Flewellyn. See the films tonight at 7pm or Thursday at 1:30, 3pm, 4:30 and 6pm; all screenings are free and at the Library; parking Thursday night available in lot B3.

Today's Calendar Events - Mount Dora Music Festival

UCF Conservatory Theatre presents An Evening of Theatre by Christopher Durang - 3 one-act plays that poke fun at theatre. The show is directed by Lani Harris; performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm through March 1; call the Box Office at 407-823-1500.

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UCF Music Department Concerts
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The UCF Symphony and Wind Ensemble welcomed Guy Woolfenden to Orlando this week. They will perform his music Friday night at 8pm at the Visual Arts Bldg; Saturday at 7pm at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Oviedo (preceded by a conversation with the composer at 6pm) and at the Hawthorne Clubhouse in Leesburg. All concerts are free.

Today's Calendar Events:
OlaFest
Pianist Yekwon Sunwoo at St. Margaret Mary in Winter Park

TypeBound is an exhibit at the UCF Art Gallery, featuring books as sculpture and typewriter poems. Co-curator Craig Saper gives us a tour.

Jim Henson's Fantastic World just opened at the History Center. The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit features archival material and his beloved muppets. The exhibit is open free of charge Feb. 9, 10 and 14 from 10am-5pm as part of ArtsFest.

Today's Calendar Events: MicheLee Puppets at ArtsFest
A Chorus Line
Michael Andrew at SCC
Dr. Steve Reich