Join the Stranahan House Museum for a family friendly Halloween party perfect for your little ghosts and goblins! The day will include an edible craft project, storytelling, costume parade and contests, free child safety ID kits and a visit from the Fort Lauderdale Mounted Police Unit.
For reservations, call 954-534-4736 or e-mail info@stranahanhouse.org
The season for this extraordinary and world-renowned ballet company will kick off with Program I featuring Square Dance (Balanchine/Vivaldi and Corelli). Balanchine’s breezy and exuberant Square Dance reveals a surprising number of connections between American barn dancing and the classical vocabulary of academic ballet. Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins/Debussy), Jerome Robbins’ riveting duet between a young man in a dance studio absorbed by his reflection in a mirror and a young woman who enters the studio and interrupts his reverie, inspired by Edward Villella. Liturgy (Wheeldon/Part), an intensely sensual and haunting pas de deux by one of the world’s leading choreographers, involves two dancers intertwining to the contemporary sounds of composer Arvo Part. In The Upper Room (Tharp/Glass), a turbulent, explosive, almost hypnotic experience, is Tharp’s signature dance and a contemporary masterwork. An endurance test filled with power, energy and speed, it leaves viewers, as well as dancers, breathless.
“A Sense of Place” James Beard Award-winning wine writer, art lover and local celebrity Lyn Farmer takes you on a tasteful tour showing how wines differ depending on where they are made. You’ll taste how two grapes, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, taste quite different depending on where they are grown. Globe-trotting grapes are at the heart of our wine tasting with Lyn Farmer. Certified Sommelier and wine educator Stephanie Miskew, author of The Glamorous Gourmet, hosts this program from the Art of Wine and Food Series of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, from 6-7:30 pm. This evening includes a selection of fine wines and hors d’oeuvres. Admission is $35 per person. Reservations are required. To RSVP, please call Gail Vilone at (954) 262-0249 or at gvilone@moafl.org.
Three-time GRAMMY® award-winner Lucinda Williams, named “America’s best songwriter” by Time Magazine, is adept at painting musical landscapes of soul-fusing rock, blues, country and Americana into her own distinctive style. Paste magazine calls her latest recording, Blessed (2011), a masterful album in which “this gifted and mature writer pens a resonant batch of songs that get at every nuance of her empathy, to immensely powerful effect.”
The Art of Literature series presents an evening with author Paul Hendrickson, author of Hemingway’s Boat, from 6 to 7 pm. In addition to the lecture, a selection of fine wines and hors d’oeuvres will be served while Paul Hendrickson talks about how he drew upon previously unpublished material, including interviews with the author’s sons. Admission is $25 per person. Reservations are required. To RSVP, please call Gail Vilone at (954) 262-0249 or at gvilone@moafl.org.
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Oceanographic Center, in conjunction with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, presents the Fort Lauderdale premiere of This is Your Ocean: Sharks at The Museum of Art |Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, October 19 at 6 pm. A public showing will be held the following night at Nova Southeastern University’s Miniaci Theatre on Thursday, October 20, at 6:30 pm. The Wednesday, October 19, invitation-only presentation is $25 per person. The Thursday, October 20, public presentation is $10. Seating is limited. For more information, please contact Lynn LaRose, kl698@nsu.nova.edu or 954-262-2116. All proceeds will benefit the Guy Harvey Research Institute at NSU’s Oceanographic Center.
Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Oceanographic Center, in conjunction with the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, presents the Fort Lauderdale premiere of This is Your Ocean: Sharks at The Museum of Art |Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday, October 19 at 6 pm. A public showing will be held the following night at Nova Southeastern University’s Miniaci Theatre on Thursday, October 20, at 6:30 pm. The Wednesday, October 19, invitation-only presentation is $25 per person. The Thursday, October 20, public presentation is $10. Seating is limited. For more information, please contact Lynn LaRose, kl698@nsu.nova.edu or 954-262-2116. All proceeds will benefit the Guy Harvey Research Institute at NSU’s Oceanographic Center.
This program will feature the world premiere of a composition by Latin Grammy award-winning composer, Eduardo Magallanes.
Docents in Victorian mourning garb will lead you through the Historic Stranahan House Museum revealing customs, superstitions, and old wives tales. Meet the Widow Fox as she shares the details of preparing for the Victorian home and funeral. Then board the Water Taxi and listen while Pirate Pete reveals stories of the spirits that frequent the river banks. Cost is $25 per person. Prepaid reservations are required! For reservations call 954.524.4736 or e-mail info@stranahanhouse.org
