FRIDAY, JANUARY 25.2008 LEISURE News-Leader OUT Continued from 1B Club will meet on Feb. 2 at Huguenot Park. The group meets at 8 a.m. For more information call Carol Wyatt at 261-9272 or Bob Wells at 491-6166. Or e-mail Carol at carolinewy@aol.com or Bob at rwellsjr@bellsouth.net. Are you concerned about loss of habitat for local critters? Creating ways to "green" the island? Helping children learn about the environment? Making Amelia Island an ecotourism des- tination? Do you want to do something about it? Then learn more about the second annual Wild Amelia Nature Festival during a general meeting at the Peck Center on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. For more infor- mation call Jody at 251-0016. S* * Bella DePaulo, visiting profes- sor in psychology at the University of California, will discuss "How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Liars" at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 at the University Center Banquet Hall on the University of North Florida cam- pus in Jacksonville. For more than 20 years, DePaulo has studied the commu- nication of deception, researching and writing about liars and their lies. This lecture is part of the Distinguished Voices Inquiry and Insight Lecture Series. Tickets for this free lecture can be ordered online at www.unf.edu. Click on the Spring 2008 Lectures link. 0* 0 'Tracing Our Prehistoric Ancestors the DNA Way: An Anthropological Adventure" will be presented by University of Florida's Dr. Connie Mulligan at 11 a.m. Feb. 6 at.Florida Community College North Campus, 4501 Capper Road, Building E, Room 235 (second floor), Jacksonville. The event is free and open to the public. Mulligan will explore how mod- ern humans have. colonized all corners of the globe. This lecture is FCCJ's first in a year of world- wide celebrations recognizing the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth on Feb. 12, 1809. For a complete list of activities, visit www.darwinday.org. For more information or to RSVP con- tact Dr. Paula Thompson at (904) 766-6530 or North Campus Student Life and Leadership Development at (904) 766-6786. Meet someone special at 7 p.m. on Feb. 12 at The Grape, 10281 Midtown Pkwy., Jacksonville.,l.s,igles, ages 5;., 49 at 6:20 p.m., or students and young professioflalsages 23039" - at 8:20 p.m., are welcome. Fee is $35. With Cupid.com/PreDating you go on up to 12 six-minute dates in one evening. You can quickly determine whom you would truly like to hear from again. Registration is required at www.Cupid.com/PreDating. The Fernandina Woman's Club will host a Valentine's Card Party on Feb. 13 from 1-4 p.m. Cost is $5 per person. All kinds of games are welcome bridge, canasta, dominoes, etc. There will also be lots of door prizes. Coffee, tea and deserts will be served. Call Ruth Cooper at 261-4338 for reservations. The Nassau Humane Society annual Flea and Tick Sale will be held Feb. 15 from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Feb. 1'6 from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport hangar. Contributions of household goods and furniture are needed and are tax deductible. Donations may be dropped off at the shelter, 671 Airport Road, or call Penny Landregan at 277-1152 or Guy Sasanfar at 206-4092 or e-mail guysasanfar@comcast.net to arrange for pickup. Please no computers or clothing. Faith Christian Academy pres- ents the eighth annual Father- Daughter Ball at The Ritz- Carlton, Amelia Island Pavilion on Feb.23 from 6:30-9:30 p.m., with live music featuring Les DeMerle and professional photog- raphy. Dress is semi-formal and dance shoes. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Tickets are $75 for father and daughter and $35 for each additional daughter, memory book included, and are available at Faith Christian Academy, 96282 Brady Point Road, Fernandina Beach. All ages are welcome. Limited seating is avail- able. For more information call 321-2137. * * The Amelia Community Theatre Guild will host Casino Night from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Feb. 23 at Amelia Island Plantation. Games will be provided by Stage Center Music and Events and a buffet dinner will be prepared by My Personal Chef. Also included in the evening will be a full cash bar, prizes and a silent auction. Proceeds gothe A.C.T. building fund. Tickets are $85 and are available at the theater or by call- ing 261-6749. Dress is resort i casual. The United Methodist Women of Memorial United Methodist Church in Fernandina .,.each are-planning-their Ffh ...... Annual Arts and Crafts Show anrtd'Sale tobte held 'April 19 .The- show is open to the community' and will give the opportunity to demonstrate your creativity and sell your items. To reserve a table or for information, call Gail at 491-3713 or Carol at 261-8917. FILM/THEATER Amelia Community Theatre presents a readers' theater, "Waiting for MacArthur," by P. Paullette MacDougal, at 8 p.m. 'tonight and Jan. 26 and 2 p.m. on Jan. 27. "Waiting for MacArthur" is a gripping World War II story about the courage and valor of the women who served in the Army nursing corps. A young army nurse, under bombardment on the Philippine Island of Corregidor, corresponds through letters with her mother, her teacher and her best friend back in the United States in this power- ful story that explores the deeper meanings of patriotism, heroism and courage under fire. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. For information or tickets call 261-6749. "Menopause the Musical" comes to the Times-Union Center Moran Theater Feb. 6 through March 2. Four women meet at a lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black-lace bra and memory loss, hot flashes, night sweats, not enough sex, too much sex and more. This joyful musical parody is set to 25 classic baby-boomer songs from "Puff, My God I'm Draggin'" to the disco favorite "Stayin' Awake, Stayin' Awake." Tickets are $45.50. Call 1-888- 860-BWAY or buy online at www.artistseries.fccj.org. * * The Southern Arts Federation's first Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival comes to the FCCJ Kent Campus Audi- torium on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. and The Wilson Center-FCCJ South Campus on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. The festival will spotlight 12 short films created by filmmakers living and working in the Southeastern United States. Admission is free. The films range from fiction and animation to experimental and documentary by filmmakers from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee. Spotlighted films include "An Abstraction on the Chronology of Will," the fictional account a young, apathetic Special-Op sol- dier who rediscovers his will to live after being faced with a firing squad in the desert, and "Bowl Digger," the loving documentary of octogenarians Maxie and Hilton Eades, who create wooden bowls and dough trays in rural South Carolina. * -For more information visit www.artistseries.fccj.org and click on the Short Circuit Film Festival link. Alhambra Dinner Theatre at 12000 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville celebrates its all-musical 40th anniversary this year. "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" runs through Feb. 10. Set in Esthers Paradise Resort in 1960, this madcap musical takes the audience back to the , Catskills and an age of fun and escapism. Featuring Neil Sadaka's favorites: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," "Where The Boys Are," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," "Stupid Cupid," "Love Will Keep Us Together" and many more. For tickets and more informa- tion, call the box office at (904) 641-1212 or visit www.alham bradinnertheatre.com. MUSIC/DANCE ON THE ISLAND Beech Street Grill, 801 Beech St., John Springer on piano every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Call 277-3662. * * Cafe Karlbo, 27 N. Third St. Call 277-5269. Carolyn's on Centre, 316 D Centre St. Call 277-6644. * 0 Florida House Inn, 22 S. Third St. Call 261-3300. Frisky Mermaid Bar & Grille, 22 South Third St., bluegrass night Mondays; songwriting con- test every Wednesday 7 p.m.- midnight; blues and jazz Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m.-midnight; shag dancing and lessons 4-8 p.m. Sundays. Call 261-3300. Green Turtle, 14 S. Third St. Call 321-2324. .* * The Marti Latin Dance Club presents Latin dancing every Friday night at the Florida House Inn, 22 S. Third St., Fernandina Beach. Free lessons from 9-10 p.m.; dancing until 2 a.m. Free admission and full bar hosted by Kinder Studios. Call 261-3300 or visit www.floridahouseinn.com. * * O'Kane's Irish Pub and Eatery, 318 Centre St. Call 261- 1000. The Palace Saloon, 117 Centre St. Call 491-3332. The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island Lobby Lounge, "Blues Night" with the Instant Groove each Thursday from 8 p.m. to midnight. River's Edge, 915 South 14th St. Call 491-3849. * 0 Seabreeze Lounge and Sports Bar, 2702 Sadler Road. Call 277-2300. Slider's Seaside Grill, 1998 S. Fletcher Ave. Call 277-6652. The Surf Restaurant and Bar, 3199 S. Fletcher Ave. Call 261-5711. Wicked Davey's Fancy Saloon, 232 N. Second St. Call 321-4224. The Amelia Arts Academy's Academy Strings group is accepting new members. They meet Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Arts Academy. Conductor Patrick Smith has led and performed in orchestras in the New England area and locally. Membership is $30 quarterly. Members perform at many academy events throughout the year. For more information, call 277-1225. The Amelia Arts Academy's New Horizon's Band also is accepting members. Play tradi- tional marches, suites, overtures, medleys and more. All instru- ments welcome and all levels of ability. The band meets Thursdays at 6 p.m. Fee is $30 per quarter. Fran Doyle will bring his spe- cial brand of Irish, Scottish and maritime folk music to Wicked Davey's at 9 p.m. on Feb. 2 and 9. This jovial redhead's repertoire includes more than, 300 songs. With an uncanny sense of the wishes of his audience, he'll entertain with selections from the broad spectrum of music. Grayson Capps, an acoustic guitarist and Hurricane Katrina evacuee now living in Tennessee, appears Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. at The Frisky Mermaid in the Florida House Inn on South Third Street, Fernandina Beach. Tickets are $10 and available at Island Tobacco, 316 Centre St. Call 261-7222. * * On Feb. 10 Joel Pace's Piano students, many from Nassau County, in conjunction with The Northside Presbyterian Youth Group, will host a "pianobowl" with-the theme "Strike a Chord for the Needy of Jacksonville" at Archer Lanes on Harts Road. Everyone is invited to'attend, Students will perform on piano and bowl to raise money for Circle of Love Ministries. Everyone is asked to bring a canned food item for the Northside Christian Service Center. For more information, contact Pace at (904) 766-9544 or joel pace@juno.com. * * Robin Braddock Kinsey per- forms country music songs from her CD, "Dare to Dream," at the next Courtyard Nights at the FCCJ Betty.P. Cook Center in Yulee on Feb. 22 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sponsored by the FCCJ Betty P. Cook Center, the News-Leader and Nassau County Record, the Courtyard Nights series is free and open to the public. Front gates open at 6:45 p.m. Light refreshments will be available but individuals may bring their own. No alcohol allowed. Lawn chairs are encouraged. Performances are held in the courtyard, or in the caf6 during inclerhent weather. For more information call 548- 4400. The Historic Fernandina Business Association announces the 2008 Sounds on Centre free community concert series will begin on March 7. This year's event will be held the first Friday of each month from March through October except for May. Concerts will be from 6-8 p.m. on Centre Street between Front and Second streets. ART/EXHIBITS Beginning and advanced watercolor classes continue with artist Bill Maurer. And on Thursday mornings have fun sketching outdoors around town with Maurer. All you need is a pencil and paper. Meet for coffee first. Call him for information at 261- 8276. ** * Basic beginner acrylic paint- ing classes are now forming for March. Space is limited. Even if you've never painted before but always wanted to learn, this class is for you. Call Kathleen Hardin at 261-8276 for more information. Studio Art is taking registra- tion for its winter and spring programming, beginning the week of Jan. 28. Studio Art, an educational fine art space, offers arts programming to both children and adults in a wide variety of mediums. Space is limited, first come, first served basis. Studio Art is located at 528 S. Eighth St. Call 556-3804 or visit www.island studioart.com. Tine Kirkland Graham, a Nantucket and New Jersey artist specializing in whimsical, colorful pet portraits, will be at Eileen's Art and Antiques, 702 Centre St., from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 26. Meet the artist and watch her work. Call 277-2717. * * See Beautiful Places: Colorful Landscapes paintings by Joan Smyly Durden and Pat Haley at the Waterwheel Art Gallery. Both artists who make DESSERTS Continued from 1B other "must-do" evenings. Many local eateries will be con- tributing sweet treats including The Ritz-Carlton, Barbara Jean's, Sweet Granny's, Chez LezAn Bakery and more. Raffle tickets are $10 and their homes on Amelia Island are influenced by the locale. The pub- lic is invited to the opening reception on Feb. 14 from 4-7 p.m. at the Waterwheel Art Gallery, 5047 First Coast Hwy. Call 261-2535 or visit www.water wheelgallery.com. The Amelia Island Museum of History presents "The Fabric of Our Lives: Quilts of Nassau County" exhibit, in partnership with the Amelia Island Quilt Guild, through Feb. 28. For more information, call 261- 7378, ext. 100. include admission to the event. Tickets may be purchased at the school or at the door. Proceeds benefit students and are also used by teachers to buy classroom supplies. 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