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EVENTS

Virginia Flower & Garden Expo
January 20-22
Virginia Beach Convention Center
284-6139

8th Annual Bacchus Wine & Food Festival
February 3
Virginia Living Museum
595-1900

Polar Plunge
February 3-4
6th Street at Oceanfront

Local Music Awards
February 15
Naro Expanded Cinema
237-2762

Wine by Design
February 24
MOCA

PERFORMING ARTS
American Theatre
Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo, January 21-22
Chucho Valdes w/Afro-Cuban Messengers, January 24
Aquila Theatre Company in Macbeth, January 27
Trio Voronezh, February 2
Arlo Guthrie, February 8-9
Yasmin Levy, February 13
Betty LaVette, February 16
722-ARTS

Attucks Theatre
Discovery Music Series: Ruthie Foster, January 14
Discovery Music Series: Laura Gibson, January 28
Discovery Music Series: Bernard Allison, February 11
www.sevenvenues.com
 
Chrysler Hall
Rodney Carrington, January 28
www.sevenvenues.com   

Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, January 13
Larry King, January 19
“Damn Yankees,” January 21-22
St. Olaf Choir, February 3
Tchaikowski St. Petersburg State Orchestra, February 10
The Temptations, February 11
www.fergusoncenter.org

Hampton Coliseum
Hampton Reggae Fest, January 21
Country Winterblast 2012, January 28
Tool – February 2
Monster Jam, February 17-18
www.hamptoncoliseum.com

Lyric Opera of Virginia
 “The King & I,” January 27 & 29, Ferguson Center
www.lyricoperaofvirginia.org    

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Martin Short, January 19
Clifford the Big Red Dog, January 25
www.sandlercenter.org  

Symphonicity
13th Annual Lollipop Concert for Children, January 21
Sandler Center
www.symphonicity.org

Tidewater Friends of Folk Music
The Barefoot Movement, January 14
Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, January 28
626-3655

Virginia Musical Theatre
“Carousel,” February 10-12
340-5446

Virginia Opera
Philip Glass’ “Orphee,” Jan. 28, Feb 1, 3 & 5
www.vaopera.org

Virginia Stage Company
“Black Pearl Sings,” January 17 through February 5
www.vastage.com

Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Gill Shaham Plays Barber, January 20, Ferguson Center
Gill Shaham Plays Barber, January 21, Chrysler Hall
Gill Shaham Plays Barber, January 22, Sandler Center
An All American Salute, January 29, Chrysler Hall
Beethoven, Dvorak & Mozart, February 2, W&M Phi Bea Kappa Hall
Beethoven, Dvorak & Mozart, February 3, CNU
Beethoven, Dvorak & Mozart, February 4, Regent University
www.virginiasymphony.org
 

LOCAL THEATER  
Hurrah Players
“Once on This Island,” February 17-19
www.hurrahplayers.com

Little Theatre of Virginia Beach
“Getting Away with Murder,” Through – Feb. 5
www.ltvb.com

Little Theatre of Norfolk
“A Flea in Her Ear,” Jan. 27 – Feb. 19
627-8557

Generic Theatre
“Death & the Maiden,” January 13-22
“Mr. Marmalade,” Feb. 10 through March 4
www.generictheater.org

 

ART MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
 Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk)
“Portraits of a City: Views of Norfolk by Kenneth Harris,” Through February 28
“remix,” Through February 28
664-6200, www.chrysler.org

Peninsula Fine Art Center (Newport News)
“51st Annual Art & the Animal Exhibition,” Jan. 21-March 25
596-8175

Hermitage Museum (Norfolk)
“Tory Fair,” Through Feb. 14
423-2052

Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach)
“Jared Clark,” Jan. 26 – April 29
“Robert Sites,” Jan. 26 – March 11
www.cacv.org  
  
Mayer Fine Art Gallery (Norfolk)
“Kristin Skeeg,” Through Feb. 1
803-4749

Charles H. Taylor Arts Center (Hampton)
“Peninsula Glass Guild Juried Exhibition,” Through January 22
www.hamptonarts.net

Sandler Center Art Gallery (Virginia Beach)
“Vivid Acrylics by Gloria Coker” Through March 1
385-2545

The Artists Gallery (Virginia Beach)
 “Fabulous Forgeries 2012,” Through Feb. 4
425-6671

Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
“The Child: Artists Celebrate Children and the Arts,” Jan. 28 through April 8
393-8983

Olde Towne Art Gallery (Portsmouth)
Various Artists on display
615-9490

d’Art Center (Norfolk)
“Hampton Roads Student Gallery,” Feb. 4-17
625-4211, www.d’artcenter.org

Art Institute of Virginia Beach
“2nd Annual Hampton Roads Artist Invitational,” Jan. 23 – March 23
493-6700

UNIVERSITY ARTS

Old Dominion University
Art: “Kate Hudnall: The Texture of Imperfection,” Through Feb. 19
Theater: “Scapino,” Jan. 19-21, 26-28, Feb. 2-4
Music: “A French Valentine,” Feb 13, Chandler Recital Hall
683-5305

Virginia Wesleyan College
Art: “Yearnings by Karen Rudd,” Through Jan. 27
www.vwc.edu

BOOK SIGNING
Terry Jones-Brady, “A Mosaic Heart
January 21, 3 PM
Prince Books
622-9223

FILM
Naro Expanded Cinema
“The Descendants,” Jan. 13-15
www.narocinema.com

JCC 19th Annual Virginia Festival of Jewish Film
Jan. 21-29
Roper Theatre
www.simonfamilyi.com