Week Ahead: Live music, theatre, exhibitions, dance recital, museum birthday, more

Week Ahead: May 15-21, 2022

HAPPENING NOW

Headliners for the Frontliners: 7 p.m. today, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $20-$53. (392-2787) Presented by Professionals to USA Inc. in cooperation with Golden Martin Productions; starring Martin Nievera, Ai-Ai Delas-Alas, Robin Nievera, Golden Canedo, Betong Sumaya and Carol Banawa. 

Wednesday Night Titans and KHALIKO: 8 p.m. today, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $12 in advance, $14 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)

"Drunken Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream": 8 p.m. Wednesday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $12 in advance, $15 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)

"American Idiot": 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays through June 12, Gainesville Community Playhouse, 4039 NW 16th Blvd. Tickets: $23 general admission, $19 seniors, $12 students. (gcplayhouse.org) Green Day’s powerhouse album is brought to life in this electric-rock musical of youthful disillusion.

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Everybody Gaines, Universal Funk Orchestra and Killer Kombuchas: 8 p.m. Thursday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $8 in advance, $10 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)

Daniel Donato and The Late Night Losers: 8 p.m. Friday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $13 in advance, $15 day of show. (highdivegville.veeps.com)

"Rock This Stage!": 1 p.m., Saturday, Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets: $20 general admission, $17 ages 3-11, free ages 2 and younger. (392-2787, performingarts.ufl.edu) Dance Sun Country’s 15th anniversary recital featuring approximately 40 dances including performances by all students and classes, from the Dance Tots through advanced-level dancers. 

Cade's Fourth Birthday: 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Cade Museum, 811 S. Main St. Cupcakes will be served while they last. There will be a Codebotics Competition where children working in teams will solve puzzles and navigate robotics through obstacles. 

Chris Kattan and Friends: 8 p.m. Saturday, High Dive, 210 SW Second Ave. Tickets: $25 general admission in advance, $28 general admission day of show, $35 VIP in advance, $38 VIP day of show. (highdvive.veeps.com)

UPCOMING

Alonzo Felder, the Rev. ASJ Allen Gainesville Book Launch: 7 p.m. May 23, location TBA. (portiz@ufl.edu) The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will be co-sponsoring the book launch with the A. Quinn Jones Museum and the City of Gainesville. The book launch is in support of Alonzo Felder's new book, "Discovering A.S.J. Allen: A Story of Skinfolk, Kinfolk, and Village Folk," published by the Florida Historical Society Press.

Hawthorne Annual Homecoming opening program: 11 a.m. June 30, July 1 and July 2, Shell Elementary Cafeteria, Hawthorne. Speaker Lenton "PoP"Herring, Free barbecue dinner after program.

EXHIBITS

"Science Up Close: Fantastic Fossils": Open now, Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road. Admission: $7 adults; $6.50 Florida residents, seniors and non-University of Florida college students; $4.50 ages 3-17; free to museum members, children ages 2 and younger and UF students with a valid Gator 1 Card. (floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit/plan, floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/fantastic-fossils, 846-2000) The exhibition is a collaborative endeavor linking the museum’s exhibits and collections staff, giving people a look at never-before-seen specimens and real fossils. Researchers from the vertebrate paleontology, invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany collections will be in the exhibit as part of its working lab, providing a glimpse into the daily life of curators, collection managers, students and volunteers.

"She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China": On display through March 24, 2024, David A. Cofrin Asian Wing. (harn.ufl.edu/exhibitions/current) Exhibition unravels the intersecting roles women played as subjects, artists and consumers of art in traditional, modern and contemporary China. Features a wide range of works -- paintings, calligraphy, textiles, ceramics, bronzes, photographs, and lacquer and silver wares, some of which have never been on view before. Organized around four themes -- "Representing Femininity," "Anonymous Beauty," "Female Artists" and "Beyond the Boudoir" -- this exhibition not only realizes a full spectrum but also provides a more nuanced view of women’s dynamic engagements with and contributions to the arts of China throughout history.