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AFTA at a Glance is provided to the media as a short summary of events and programming each month at the Alliance for the Arts. For additional information or coverage opportunities, please contact Therese McDevitt at therese@artinlee.org or Jen Falk at jen@artinlee.org, or call 239-939-2787.
Name: F*ckup Nights Vol 3
Date: November 2
Time: 6-9 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: F*ckup Nights is a global movement focusing on how failure can transform into radical solutions that help people make better decisions and challenge the status quo. Attendees will hear 3 never-before-heard stories of professional fuckups to encourage vulnerability, authenticity, and empathy among all those in attendance.
Name: Whimsy & Wonder: Doug MacGregor
Date: On View Thursday, November 3-Saturday, November 25, Opening reception Thursday, November 3, 5-8 pm.
Time: Gallery Hours
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Doug MacGregor shares his world of Whimsy and Wonder. With his pen, pencil and colorful brush, Doug will guide you through his creative world as an artist, cartoonist, and storyteller. Whimsical wildlife from land, sea and air will capture your heart and imagination. (And yes! Pigs, octopuses and sea cows do fly!
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/whimsy/
Name: Adult Intro to Improv
Date: Sunday, November 5
Time: 9am-noon
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Professional actor Jamison Webb guides students through exercises and games where students will learn about the “rules” of Improv: agreement, listening, story, teamwork, and the basics of scenes.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/adult-improv-ages-18/
Name: Intro to Kids Improv (Ages 12-17)
Date: Sunday, November 5
Time: 1-2:30 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Join professional actor, Jamison Webb, as he guides students through exercises and games you will learn about the “rules” of Improv, agreement, listening, story, teamwork, and the basics of scenes.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/improv-for-youth-ages-12-17/
Name: ACMA Presents Patchouli w/ Special Guest Carlene Thissen
Date: Sunday, November 5
Time: 3-5:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: We’re bringing back live music to the Alliance for the Arts! Our founding members, singer-songwriter & guitarist Julie Patchouli and master guitarist Bruce Hecksel, better known as “Patchouli,” kick off the season and bring their magical music to the stage.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/acma-presents-patchouli-with-special-guest-carlene-thissen/
Name: Wednesday Night Market
Date: Wednesday, November 8
Time: 5-8:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Every second Wednesday of the month from 5 pm to 8 pm AFTA presents a monthly pop-up Night Market featuring a selection of fresh produce, art for sale, live music, art activities for kids, food trucks and beer and wine.
Website: Wednesday Night Market – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)
Name: Mosaic Trees Two-Day Workshop
Date: Thursday and Friday, November 8-9
Time: 9:00 am- 1:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Learn how to create your own Mosaic Holiday Tree in this 2 Day Workshop!
Using a variety of materials, such as stained glass, beads, stone, wood, etc. you will create your own unique Mosaic Tree.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/2-day-mosaic-tree-workshop-ages-16/2023-11-08/
Name: Clown Bar
Date: Thursday, November 9-Sunday, November 26
Time: 7:30-9:00 pm, 2:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Join us for this immersive experience as we transform the Alliance Theatre into the Clown Bar (an actual functioning bar!), plunging you into the dark and secret world of these hilarious, yet frightening, gangster clowns. Performances are November 9-10, 16-18, 24-25 at 7:30 pm & 12pm, 26 at 2:00 pm. Bar opens 45 minutes prior to show.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/clown-bar-by-adam-szymkowicz-and-directed-by-bill-taylor-2023-11-10/2
Name: Macaroni Kids Fall Fest
Date: November 11
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Join Macaroni KID Cape Coral and Fort Myers – Fort Myers Beach as we partner with Alliance for the Arts to bring you a FREE and family-friendly Fall Festival! There will be lots of fun, arts & crafts, raffles, food trucks, local vendors, bounce house, yard games and more!
Website: Macaroni KID X Alliance for the Arts Fall Festival! | Macaroni KID Fort Myers – Fort Myers Beach
Name: KidProv (Ages 11-14)
Date: Six Mondays and Wednesdays: November 13 – December 6
Time: 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: In this class middle school age students will learn the basics of improvisation, a foundational acting skill. Twice a week, on Monday and Wednesday, Alliance Youth Theatre Director Carmen Crussard will teach lessons that build on the previous week’s lesson and practice
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/kidprov-intro-to-improvisation-for-kids-ages-11-14/2023-11-13/
Name: The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods
Date: SixMondays and Wednesdays: November 13 – December 6Time: 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: In this course, students will be introduced to some of the greatest Acting teachers of our time. Using the book as our guide, Alliance Youth Theatre Director Carmen Crussard will guide students to discuss, practice, and critique methods presented.
Name: Art-tini Nights
Date: Friday, November 17
Time: 6-9:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Join the Alliance every secondFriday of the month as we get creative juices flowing with craft cocktails. Each class will feature a different art project and three tasty ‘Tinis per participant. In November we’ll create felted landscapes. This class was so popular, we have to do it again!
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/art-tini-night-felted-landscapes/
Name: FREE Family ArtLab
Date: Saturday, November 18
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Families can drop in for free, hands-on fun with art from 10 a.m. to noon. Kids can explore something new every month like art making, gallery activities, games and more – all inspired by artworks on view in the gallery, famous artists, national holidays and artistic traditions around the world.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/family-artlab-2/2023-11-18/
Name: Indoor Bluegrass Concert featuring Frank Corso & Justin Mason and Blue Night
Date: Sunday, November 19
Time: 3-5:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Acoustic music lovers will gather in the Foulds Theatre for two hours of great live music by bands from southwest Florida and beyond. This is the second in the 2023-24 series of bluegrass concerts at the Alliance through May, presented in partnership with the Acoustic Music Society of SWFL. Doors open at 2:00 pm, with Frank Corso taking the stage at 3:00 pm and Justin Mason and Blue Night going on at 4:00 pm.
Name: Intro to Digital Art (16+)
Date: Thursday, November 30
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Learn how to create characters, creatures, and environments using the power of digital editing tools like Photoshop and Procreate.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/intro-to-digital-art-ages-16/
Name: Oops, We’re a Troupe! Family-Friendly Comedy Show
Date: Thursday, November 30
Time: 7:30-10:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Oops, We’re a Troupe! has been bringing laughs to SWFL with their short and long-form musical improv since 2021. Their family-friendly comedy is in the style of the television show Whose Line is it Anyway?.
Website: www.artinlee.org/event/oops-were-a-troupe-family-friendly-comedy-show/