October AFTA at a Glance

OCTOBER 2023
AFTA at a Glance

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 [email protected] or Jen Falk at [email protected], or call 239-939-2787.

Name: Moving Roots: Mariapia Malerba
Date: On Display October 6- 28, Opening reception October 6, 5-8 pm.
Time: Gallery Hours
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: For the October exhibition featuring works by the artist Maripia Malerba, the gallery will be completely wrapped from top to bottom, transforming it into a portal of imagination recounting the enchanting tale of “Moving Roots and the Comic Adventure.”
Website: Moving Roots: Mariapia Malbera – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: Wednesday Night Market
Date: October 11, 2023
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: Open Mic at Wednesday Night Market
Date: October 11, 2023
Time: 5-8:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Open Mic at the Night Market celebrates local musicians and performing artists. Audiences can enjoy live performances in a vibrant atmosphere. Performers can register online to participate. Basic sound system provided. Limited to one song or 5 minutes per performer. Website: Open Mic at the Night Market – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: Florida’s Ghostly Curses: A Spooky Lecture (18+)
Date: October 13
Time: 7-9:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Author and podcaster Christopher Balzano hosts an interactive lectureguiding attendees through the curses and loreof Florida, where “intention is everything.”
Website: Florida’s Ghostly Curses; A Spooky Lecture (18+) – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: Rocky Horror Picture Show Outdoor Movie
Date: October 14, 2023
Time: 6-10:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: It’s back, bigger and wilder than ever. The Annual Rocky Horror Picture Show outdoor movie event returns to the Alliance for the Arts on October 14th. The event includes a costume contest, food trucks, raffles, vendors, prop bags and a night under the stars with 700 fellow Transylvanians.
Website: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW OUTDOOR MOVIE EVENT 2023 – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: Crossing Overtown – A Southern Circuit Film Screening
Date: October 17, 2023
Time: 6-9:00 pm
Location: Art House Cinema at the Alliance for the Arts
Description: Crossing Overtown examines the integral role that Miami would come to play in the national civil rights movement and the long narrative of racial conflict that still resonates in the national conversation.
Website: Crossing Overtown-A Film Screening – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: August Wilson’s Radio Golf directed by Sonya McCarter
Date: October 19-29
Time: 7:30 pm & 2:00 pm
Location: Alliance for the Arts
Description: Set in Pittsburgh in the late 1990s, Radio Golf isthe story of a successful entrepreneur who aspires to become the city’s first Black mayor. But when the past begins to catch up with him, secrets get revealed that could be his undoing. Website: Radio Golf by August Wilson Directed by Sonya McCarter – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)

Name: FREE Family ArtLab
Date: October 21
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: https://www.artinlee.org/event/family-artlab-2/2023-10-21/

Name: Indoor Bluegrass Concert featuring Bill Metts & Bluegrass Central
Date: October 22
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 first in the 2023-24 series of bluegrass concerts at the Alliance through May, presented in partnership with the Acoustic Music Society of SWFL.
Website: Indoor Bluegrass Concert featuring Bill Metts & Bluegrass Central – Alliance for the Arts (artinlee.org)