Carrollwood Cultural Center

Rehearsal: Miracle on 34th Street
2022-11-22 18:30 - 21:00, 2022-11-21 18:30 - 21:00, 2022-11-17 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Rehearsals for Miracle on 34th Street: A Live Musical Radio Play.

The Student & Faculty Art Show et al
2022-11-22, 2022-11-21, 2022-11-19, 2022-11-18 | Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618
On display in the Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center:
Main Theatre Gallery: Student & Faculty Art Show presented by the Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center
The Student & Faculty Show showcases work completed by students and faculty members of the Center during the past three years.
Additional exhibits currently on display:
Atrium Gallery: Fluid by Cindy Valdez
Lobby Gallery: Reflection by the Sea by Betsy Ore Glass
Corridor Gallery: Non-linear by Mark Lembo
Artist Corner: Impressions by Daniel Del Toro
(Pictured: Purple Glaze by Suzy Edl – 1st Place 2021 Student/Faculty Art Show)

Holiday Trees Display & Auction
2022-11-22, 2022-11-21, 2022-11-20, 2022-11-19, 2022-11-18 | Lobby, 4537 Lowell Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA, Tampa, Florida, 33618, United States
A Seasonal Tradition!

The Holiday Trees Display & Auction is a fundraiser for the Carrollwood Cultural Center. View and bid on a variety of themed holiday trees displayed in our lobby. Proceeds benefit our Tom Jones Tuition Assistance Fund, which provides children from families with low income the opportunity to attend Summer Camp for free or reduced tuition.

Our 2022 auction includes 19 themed holiday trees, both large and small. This year’s themes include Precious Moments to All Hallows Eve and Gnome for the Holidays to What the Elf? And don’t miss the tree featuring a triceratops or the Kid’s Book Tree, which includes a 6-foot bookshelf handcrafted by Executive Director Paul Berg.
The online auction ends December 11 at 9 p.m.

If you prefer not to bid on a tree, but would like to donate directly to the Tom Jones Tuition Assistance Fund, please CLICK HERE.

Rehearsal: Carrollwood Community Chorus
2022-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Rehearsal for the Carrollwood Community Chorus will take place in The Studio, which is located behind the main building. The address is 13345 Casey Road.

AUDITIONS: The Glass Menagerie
2022-11-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room II, 4537 Lowell Road Tampa, Fl 33618
CLICK HERE for show and performance information.
Carrollwood Cultural Center and show director David J. Valdez are holding auditions for The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Seeking emotionally versatile actors to portray these iconic characters in one of the most famous plays of modern theatre.
The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play” in which Tom recalls scenes from his youth during the height of the Great Depression. It shows his mother, Amanda, trying to maintain a lost gentility amid overwhelming poverty and cajoling her children into her idea of happiness.
Please prepare a 60-second monologue or story in the spirit of the show (think Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neil, Lorraine Hansberry, Edward Albee, or similar.) Those auditioning may be asked to stay for a cold read with other attendees.
IMPORTANT PRODUCTION DATES
Auditions: November 20 and 21, beginning at 6 pm.
Possible Callbacks: November 22, beginning at 7 pm
Rehearsals Begin: Monday, December 5, 2022
Tech Week: Begins February 12, 2023
Performance Dates: February 17, 18, 24, and 25 @8pm, February 19 and 26 @ 2pm
CASTING BREAKDOWN
Amanda Wingfield – Lead Female, mid-40s or older. Laura and Tom’s mother. A proud, vivacious woman clinging fervently to memories of a vanished, genteel past. She is simultaneously admirable, charming, pitiable, and laughable.
Laura Wingfield – early to mid-20s. Laura has a bad leg, on which she has to wear a brace, and she walks with a limp. Painfully shy, she has largely withdrawn from the outside world and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figurines.
Tom Wingfield – early to mid-20s. An aspiring poet, Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support the family. He is frustrated by the numbing routine of his job and escapes from it through movies, literature, and alcohol.
Jim O’Conner – An old acquaintance of Tom and Laura. Jim was a popular athlete in high school and is now a shipping clerk at the shoe warehouse where Tom works. He is unwaveringly devoted to goals of professional achievement and ideals of personal success.
The Center is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage all performers of all abilities, races and ethnicities, gender identities and sexualities, and ages to attend every audition. To indicate any need for special services, assistance, or appropriate modifications to participate in this audition fully, please email auditions@carrollwoodcenter.org.
For any further information, please contact auditions@carrollwoodcenter.org

Bridge Club
2022-11-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Community Room, 4537 Lowell Road
The Bridge Club is open to anyone that knows how to play bridge and wants to spend their Monday afternoons with a great group of people. Whether you have been playing a couple of years, or many years, you will have a great time with this fun group. Newcomers are welcome.
For more information, please contact Lana Hopkins at thecrazylady@live.com.comm

Mauricio Rodriguez Trio
2022-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
Jazz Bassist, Mauricio Rodríguez, brings his Latin-flavored jazz to the Center with his trio.
Bass player, composer, producer, and educator, Mauricio J Rodriguez is one of the finest musicians of his generation in Cuba. He was a member of Fervet Opus jazz quartet, one of the most important Latin jazz bands in Cuba in the 80s. His compositions have been performed around the world, from the BBC Prom 62 to Miami Symphony Orchestra. He is a composer in residence of the Miami Symphony Orchestra and The Miami International Bass Academy and teaches at Saint Leo University.

Admission: $20 member / $25 general admission

Stream it Live: $10

Remember to “Round It Up” and make a donation to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider making a donation when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Workshop: Aspects of the Performance in Cuban Music
2022-11-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Community Room, 4537 Lowell Road
Cuba was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus and was inhabited by Native Americans. They were exterminated at the hands of colonists themselves, leaving the island and its farms without the labor force. This new condition forced the Spanish to import African slaves to work in agriculture, increasing the total to 66,000 between the years 1521 and 1763, and to grow to even large population until the abolition of slavery in 1886. Over the years, the relationship between these cultures, both European and African, resulted in one culture with its own identity, expressed in the concept of “Cuban-ness” (“cubanidad”) (Maya Roy, 2002). There are many questions that this paper will address: How did this historical condition produce one of the richest rhythms and styles in the world? What do we need to understand in listening and performing this music? Even though the black slaves mostly came from the same regions of Africa and converted to the same religion, how can we find notable musical differences, for example, between Cuba and Colombia? As it is happening again now, the political and social systems in Cuba are going through a qualitative process not seen since the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. There is a new mixture of new rhythms taking place at this moment, which has been evident for years. Because of isolation in these last fifty years, Cuba and its new musical encounter with the world will bring new rhythm and styles that may require further insight into the basic musical and cultural structures.
Email derek@carrollwoodcenter.org to register.

Baby Shower
2022-11-19 11:00 - 13:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States

Gainor Paint Club
2022-11-19 09:30 - 23:30 | Art Room I, 4537 Lowell Road, FL

Rehearsal: Carrollwood Jukebox
2022-11-19 09:00 - 12:00 | The Studio – Meeting Room, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Rehearsal for the Carrollwood Jukebox Big Band.

Jazz with Jim
2022-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
It’s more than a jazz concert. It’s time with friends.
Jazz with Jim is a monthly concert hosted by Jim Burge (saxophone/flute), Ron Delp (keyboard), Jeff Hanson (drums), and John Tschirhart (bass) — together, they are The Jazz Directions.

Reserved VIP Seating: $15 member / $20 general admission
General Seating: $13 member / $18 general admission

This event has reserved seating.
Stream it Live: FREE! (online processing fees apply)

Streaming sponsored by AARP.

Remember to “Round It Up” and make a donation to the Center’s Operating Fund. Consider making a donation when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give. Thank you for your contribution!

Kids Handbuilding
2022-11-18 16:00 - 18:30 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Instructor: Alexis Arrazcaeta

Age: 8-10
Level: All Levels
Location: Pottery Studio
Required Materials: Please wear clothes and shoes that can get dirty.
Materials Fee: n/a
Tuition $100 member / $110 non-member
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New: Students will be introduced to the hand building of pinch, coil and slab as well as basic design techniques to create functional and nonfunctional clay objects. They will make a few objects that they will learn to glaze, and will be fired in a kiln and taken home at the end of the course.pot

Handbuilding
2022-11-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States

Handbuilding
2022-11-18 10:00 - 12:30 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Instructors: Alexis Arrazcaeta
Age:18+
Level: All Levels

Required Materials

5-gallon bucket with lid
set of pottery tools
apron (recommended)
either two plastic garbage bags or dry cleaner plastic or a box of saran wrap
small spray bottle
small bottles of hand lotion (highly recommended)

Materials Fee:

$50 (due on the first day of class)

Tuition

$120 member / $140 non-member

Round It Up

Consider making a donation when registering for classes or purchasing tickets. Your donation can be as simple as rounding your total to the nearest five or ten dollars — or whatever amount you wish to give upon checkout. Thank you for your contribution!

Students will be introduced to the hand building of pinch, coil and slab as well as basic design techniques to create functional and non-functional clay objects. Through the instruction of these techniques, students will begin to recognize the properties, possibilities and limitations of clay and acquire skills to perfect their work and create aesthetically pleasing forms with strong craftsmanship.
Students who have already acquired the basic techniques of hand building and design will be able to build upon their skills to create more advanced works.
Weeks 1-4 are for creating, and weeks 5-6 are for glazing. Break week is for firing. Finalized pieces can be picked up the first week of the next session at your previous class time even if you are not registered for the next session. Notice will be sent out to all students once the firings are complete.
Pottery Studio

Carrollwood Village Phase I Fining Hearings
2022-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Carrollwood Village Room, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL 33618, FL
Meeting for Phase I Fining Hearing

The Art of LITERATURE
2022-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Community Room, 4537 Lowell Road
An engaging talk about the art of [LITERATURE] with [Sarah Penner]
Join us for the Art of [LITERATURE], where local author Sarah Penner will discuss writing her New York Times bestseller The Lost Apothecary. This lecture is being co-presented with the Women Authors Book Club.

About the [ARTIST]: Sarah Penner
Sarah Penner credit Laura Foote
Sarah Penner is the author of the debut novel The Lost Apothecary from Park Row Books. Sarah works full-time in finance and is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She and her husband live in St. Petersburg, Florida with their miniature dachshund, Zoe. To learn more, visit SLPenner.com.
Sarah Penner’s The Lost Apothecary is a “dark, clever, and wickedly fun” (bestselling author Erika Swyler) debut novel about an 18th century female apothecary serial killer who secretly supplies a network of women with poisons to kill the men who have wronged them.

Admission is [FREE]

This event is free and open to the public. As a courtesy, we ask that you please help us plan for your arrival by emailing events@carrollwoodcenter.org to let us know you will attend.
[THANK YOU] and we will see you soon!

Huntington Village HOA
2022-11-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Meeting Room II, 4537 Lowell Road Tampa, Fl 33618
A meeting for the Huntington Village HOA.

Ballet for Joy & Vitality
2022-11-17 17:30 - 18:45 | Dance Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
This is a ballet class for mature adults with little or no past experience. Students will focus on alignment, balance, coordination, simple steps and combinations with joy and vitality.
Ballet classes, especially for older women, are booming in other areas of the world. Below is a video of a program called My Ballet filmed at The Bull Hotel in Dorset, England. It showcases what the Center’s “Ballet for Joy & Vitality” is all about.

Dance Studio

Wheel Throwing
2022-11-17 13:00 - 15:30 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Students will learn the basics of wheel throwing by forming and throwing simple shapes on the potter’s wheel. More advanced students will build upon the basics to create larger, more advanced projects. Please Note: Working with the wheel requires moderate upper body strength, using shoulders, arms, and hands to mold and shape clay.
Weeks 1-4 are for creating, and weeks 5-6 are for glazing. Break week is for firing. Finalized pieces can be picked up the first week of the next session at your last class time, even if you are not registered for the next session. Notice will be sent out to all students once the firings are complete.
