The Lobster Game is the newest game appearing in bars on the coast. This games works just like the one you’ve seen for stuffed animals, but instead of fishing for teddy bears and cute puppies, you’ll be fishing for live lobster! It’s hard to fish with the metal claw. Take a look at this video from the Island Packet and see for yourself.
Archives for May 2008
Fort Clinch Union Garrison – Amelia Island, Fl
Living history interpreters recreate life at Fort Clinch during the War between the States. Activities may include powder artillery demonstrations, marching drills, as well as soldiers and civilians taking up duty in the laundry, infirmary and kitchen. For details call (904) 277-7274.
Four Piano Virtuosos To Perform At 2008 Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
Fernandina Beach, FL—May 29, 2008—The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival will continue its tradition of presenting great piano music by providing Festival-goers with the rare opportunity to hear four internationally acclaimed virtuosos.
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival runs from May 30 through June 15. Tickets can be purchased via credit card on-line at the Festival’s website, www.aicmf.com, or by calling the Festival office at 904/261-1779.
Ukranian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa has been described by critics as “positively dazzling” and “one of today’s most coveted ‘starlets’ in the main international circuit.” Born to a family of non-musicians in Kiev, she began playing piano at the age of three and performed her first solo recital at age four, before attending the Kiev Conservatory. Ms. Lisitsa has performed to rave reviews at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. She continues to crisscross the globe, playing with renowned orchestras and musicians.
Valentina Lisitsa will perform a program of Mozart and Beethoven on June 5 at Old St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Jacksonville.
Born in Nuremberg, Germany, pianist Claude Frank traces the educational lineage of his music teachers all the way back to the master himself, Beethoven. He abandoned Nazi Germany in 1937 and went to France, where he studied at the Paris Conservatory. Fleeing France before the advancing German armies in 1940, he ultimately settled in America. A Beethoven specialist, he has appeared with most of the world’s major orchestras, including the Boston, Chicago, National, and Buenos Aires Symphonies, the New York and Berlin Philharmonics, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
Claude Frank will perform an all-Beethoven program on June 7 at Macedonia AME Church.
Pianist Andreas Haefliger was born into a distinguished musical family in Switzerland and went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York. He has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and Chicago Symphony. In his native Europe, Haefliger regularly plays with such great orchestras as the Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, and the London Symphony.
Andreas Haefliger will perform a program of Schubert and Brahms on June 6 at Macedonia AME Church.
A luminous, boldly emotive pianist who also conveys great sensitivity and spirituality through her playing, Anne-Marie McDermott is widely celebrated for her expressive performances on the world’s most illustrious stages. A highly versatile musician, Ms. McDermott is at home with a wide range of repertory, from Bach and Mozart to Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. As a solo recitalist, soloist with orchestra or as part of a chamber music ensemble, Ms. McDermott conveys the message of the composer in deeply felt, spontaneous playing.
Anne Marie McDermott will perform a program of Dvorak and Dohnanyi on May 31 at Amelia Plantation Chapel. Appearing with Ms. McDermott will be internationally acclaimed cellist Lynn Harrell.
About the Festival
The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Entering its seventh season, the nationally renowned Festival is dedicated to bringing classical music at the highest level to the general public, schools and senior centers of Amelia Island and surrounding communities of northeastern Florida.
Read our previous post about the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
Read about the grants received by the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
Brookgreen Presents Artists Under the Arcade Saturday June 7!
Pawleys Island, SC – On Saturday, June 7 from 9:30 a.m. full porn Allnatural Me – 4 p.m. at Brookgreen Gardens, more than 30 painters, potters, jewelry makers, glass blowers, authors and other artists will gather to discuss, display, and sell their work during the Artists Under the Arcade Festival. Original paintings, hand-made jewelry, sweet-grass baskets, sculpture, photography, wooden bowls, and pottery will be on exhibit and available for sale. Robin Salmon – author; Heather Samson – glass bead jewelry maker; Jef Sturm – painter; Ann Taylor – batik artist; Nancy Van Buren – painter; Ron West – painter; and Anne Malarich – photographer, are just a few of the artists who will exhibit at the event. A complete list of artists and authors for Artists Under the Arcade is online at www.brookgreen.org.
Brookgreen Gardens are located on US Highway 17 between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island and is open to the public daily. Admission to Brookgreen Gardens is good for seven days. Children 5 and under are admitted free. Adults (13-64) are $12; seniors (65 and over) are $10; Children (6-12) are $5. For more information call 843-235-6000.
Art Lectures in Ponte Vedra
Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach
LogoARTtalks:”Our Florida”
With artists Sydney McKenna, Nancy Asbell, Joanelle Mulrain and Mary St. Camilla Camilla videos Germain discussing their thoughts on Florida today. 6:00 – 7:00p.m. Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach
For more information, please call 904-280-0614 or visit www.ccpvb.org