News from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County

Broadway in Concert
The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the Salerno Theatre Company are proud to present Broadway In Concert from November 20 to December 6, 2009.

Now in it’s 4th consecutive year of touring, Broadway in Concert features the return of 5 of the original Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center premiere!

Join them as they perform a retrospective montage of 50 years of Broadway’s biggest hits! From Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and Chicago to Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Wicked, all your favorites are here!

This musical phenomenon is dazzling Fortune 500 corporations and performing arts venues across Florida, been endorsed by Broadway’s biggest composers and stars Florida’s most critically-acclaimed performers! Featuring Jorge Acosta, Nicole Allegretto, Catherine Davis, Kyle Davis, Jaime Giangrande-Holcom, Hilary Kraus and Michael Matthews star.

Show Dates and Times:
Friday, November 20 at 8 pm
Saturday, November 21 at 3 pm and 8 pm
Sunday, November 22 and 18 at 3 pm
Friday, December 4 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 5 at 3 pm and 8 pm
Sunday, December 6 at 3 pm

Tickets $15 for Carrollwood Cultural Center members, $20 for non-CCC members
The Carrollwood Cultural Center is located at 4537 Lowell Road Tampa FL 33618 (813)269-1310
For more information about the Salerno Theatre Company: www.Salernotheatre.com

Artist Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson at The Kotler Gallery
The Kotler Gallery John F. Germany Public Library is pleased to announce that it will present a new exhibition of Russian artist Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson.

Tatyana Hankinson will present a collection of more then 40 new pieces. The exhibition will cover a wide range of media including oil, pastel, watercolor and photography.

The exhibit will be from November 2nd through November 30th, 2009.
The Reception is on Thursday November 12th from 5:30 - 7:00 PM.
No charge, refreshment served. The public is encouraged to attend.

Tatyana was born in former Soviet Union, graduated from the Kubyshev Art School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with a major in drawing and fine art. She came to the United States in 2002 and settled in Tampa where she is active in the local art scene.

"A lot of my paintings are of different places around the world. I paint what touches me, what I fall in love with. I work in oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor because I see future paintings in different media depending what I am going to paint. Come to see my recent projects which center on landscapes of places I have visited like Aspen, Colorado; New York, Baltic Countries and of course my favorite, Florida."
Tatyana invites you to come and see the exhibit and you will fall in love with her subjects too!

The Kotler Gallery at the John F. Germany Public Library is located at 900 N. Ashley Drive in Tampa, Fl 33602
www.hcplc.org
Tatyana Igumnova Hankinson www.igumnova-art.com

Today at the University of Tampa
A reading by writer, poet and translator Judith Ortiz Cofer today, Thursday, November 12, in Reeves Theater at the University of Tampa.

Also happening today..........
11/12/09 Music Notes - at the Carrollwood Cultural Center
11/12/09 Sleep of Reason Cinema Series: Turkish Delightat Gallery [5] Art
11/12/09 Native American Inter-Tribal Festival at the HCC, Dale Mabry Campus
11/12/09 starts today! UT Music Festival with Samuel Adler at UT
11/12/09 Little Red Riding Hood Presented By: Bits 'n Pieces Puppet Theater
11/12/09 starts today! 100 Saints You Should Know @ USF

Visit the EVENTS section of our website for detailed information on this event and many others! www.tampaarts.com