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Growing Local: the Naked Truth about Your Food Monthly Independent Film Series continues

What:
A series of independently produced documentaries presented by two local organic businesses. Raw & Juicy Organic Juice Bar and Cafe and Twin Oaks Farm have collaborated in sponsoring Growing Local: the Naked Truth about Your Food. This film series sheds a spotlight on what goes into the food we eat. It is presented to support the idea that eating and living organically and sustainably is necessary for our health and the health of our planet.

When:
Last Tuesday of the month at the Seaside Repertory Theatre [MAP]
Show starts at 630PM
Free and open to the public
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Schedue:

From the ART Scene - Honky Tonk Angels kicks off the Seaside Repertory Theatre's mainstage season March 24

Seaside Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Brook Stetler announced the beginning of the Rep’s mainstage season with Honky Tonk Angels, opening Thursday, March 24 and playing through Saturday, April 16, 2011. 

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Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays @730PM from March 24 - Saturday, April 16

at The Seaside Repertory Theatre in Seaside, Florida [MAP]

Tickets: $30; Tickets may be purchased on line at www.seasiderep.org, in person at Amavida Coffee in Seaside and Rosemary, or by calling (850) 231-0733.

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Presented by the fabulous Déjà Vu, three outstanding performers star in a show that is sure to become as beloved as last year’s Rep production of Always….Patsy Cline.  Key West and Santa Rosa Beach legend Redd Vizard, Nashville singer/songwriter Anna Garrott, and local favorite Anne Marie Carroll take the stage as  three good ol’ gals facing a crossroads in life.  At a Greyhound bus station, they decide to join forces as each heads to Nashville in search of dreams of country music stardom.  The Bodacious Bobcats Band with Billy Garrett, Jim Garrett, Dick Reinlie and Lisa Steeno, returns to the Rep stage in this musical that features the hits Stand By Your Man, 9 to 5, Coal Miner’s Daughter, and I Will Always Love You.  “You’ll have to step on your toes to keep them from tappin,” exclaimed the Asheville Times-News.

Screening of "Sweet Misery: A poisoned world" at the Seaside Repertory Theatre

Tuesday, February 22 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Seaside Repertory Theatre in Seaside, Florida [MAP]

Part of the Growing Local: The Naked Truth about Your Food Film Series

About: "Sweet Misery" will reveal one of the most pervasive, insidious forms of corporate negligence in the history of the industrial revolution.

The toxic long-term effects of aspartame are often dismissed as a "hoax" by the sweetener industry and at least five other internet websites. The real footwork, however, unravels something less comforting than a mere "Hoax."

"Sweet Misery" is the title of a documentary released in June of 2004. The primary investigation includes interviews with doctors, lawyers, people who have had health problems which they associate with aspartame usage, advocates, and many others.

Mardi Gras Celebration at SEASIDE Saturday, February 26!

It’s carnival time along the Beaches of South Walton and Seaside is your destination. "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler" as The Merchants of Seaside host a fun-filled day of Mardi Gras revelry on Saturday, February 26th in Seaside, Florida [MAP].

[details]
The festivities begin at 12:00 PM with Abrakadoodle who will offer children the opportunity to make Mardi Gras-themed projects- a Jester hat and parade baton, along with having their faces painted with the traditional purple, green, and gold colors.

At 2:00 PM, attend the Fifth Annual Seaside KIDS Mardi Gras Parade, featuring the Krewe of Wee-De-Leis. Wear your outrageous costumes to show off your Mardi Gras spirit as you march though Seaside. The parade starts in front of the new location of Seaside KIDS in Central Square, makes its way around Central Square and through the businesses south of 30A before heading back to the starting point.

Following the parade, the event continues as the Seaside Amphitheater hosts our Zydeco Fais Do-Do, at 3:00PM with The Michael Foster Project, as they bring the sounds of New Orleans to Seaside.

The Michael Foster Project’s debut release, “Kick Some Brass” catapulted the band onto the music scene and helped them become the “Best New Brass Band” by OFFBEAT Magazine. The response to this release has triggered innumerable comparisons to the incomparable Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Michael’s work with his group has earned the band recognition by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, as he was recently named their Arts Ambassador. The band often goes into school systems around the south talking to young students about the importance and traditions of jazz music, as well as inspiring them to practice and keep the music alive.

The Mardi Gras Celebration and other events in Seaside are made possible by the arts and entertainment fee collected by The Merchants of Seaside.

SEASIDE, Florida 2011 Spring Concert Series Lineup Announced!

Back for another season, the annual Seaside Spring Concert Series will begin again Wednesday, March 16, 2011 and run through April 13, 2011.  The Merchants of Seaside bring you live music in the Amphitheater beginning at 6PM. So after a great day of fun in the sun on the beach along 30A, come on down to Central Square and put on your dancing shoes! The music will fill the town and is sure to entertain guests of all ages. Be sure to bring a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy these free evening concerts under the stars.

All concerts are free and open to the public and begin at 6PM.  Map & directions --> GO.

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Check it out - Mardi Gras Celebration in Seaside Februray 26!

It’s carnival time along the Beaches of South Walton and Seaside is your destination. "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler" as The Merchants of Seaside host a fun-filled day of Mardi Gras revelry on Saturday, February 26th in Seaside, Florida [MAP].

[details]
The festivities begin at 12:00 PM with Abrakadoodle who will offer children the opportunity to make Mardi Gras-themed projects- a Jester hat and parade baton, along with having their faces painted with the traditional purple, green, and gold colors.

At 2:00 PM, attend the Fifth Annual Seaside KIDS Mardi Gras Parade, featuring the Krewe of Wee-De-Leis. Wear your outrageous costumes to show off your Mardi Gras spirit as you march though Seaside. The parade starts in front of the new location of Seaside KIDS in Central Square, makes its way around Central Square and through the businesses south of 30A before heading back to the starting point.

Check it out - Internationally acclaimed short film "Holding Still" to be screened at the Seaside Rep

HOLDING STILL, an internationally acclaimed short film, will be screened at the Seaside Repertory Theatre Meeting Hall Theater in Seaside, Florida [MAP] this Friday, February 4 at 5:30 PM. 

While the 26 minute film is a true story about a perfect love descending into madness, it is primarily a film about seeing.

see the trailer --> HERE

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Escape to Create 2011's Public Programs

Founded in 1993 as an artist residency, ESCAPE TO CREATE brings artists from all over the world to SEASIDE, Florida to live, work, teach and perform during a month-long residency.  Standing room only concerts, literary and theatrical readings, lectures, exhibitions and performances have helped secure 30A’s reputation as a cultural destination.  Escape to Create offers the quality and variety of arts programs enjoyed only in metropolitan cities.

Escape to Create offers public programming in January 2011 featuring artists-in-residence.

• Frederick Brown – painter
• Roger Freeman – photographer
• Judith G. Levy – visual artist
• Carmel Mikol – song/screenwriter
• Dhiru Thadani – architect and author

Tuesday, January 11, 7 – 9:30 pm, Hibiscus, Grayton Beach
Carmel Mikol and Melanie Hammet, Songwriters
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Hibiscus hosts Escape to Create night featuring 30A Songwriters’ Festival performers, Carmel Mikol (E2C 2011) and Melanie Hammet (E2C 2009). $10 admission to Hibiscus’ Backyard of Love.  Guests may bring their own adult beverage.  Water, tea, and desserts will be provided.

The Seaside Repertory Theatre announces their 2011 season lineup

The Seaside Reperatory Theatre Artistic Director Brook Stetler announced a first season packed with good ole gals, gripping drama and holiday charm. 

The eleventh season, which will welcome the new management team of Brook and arts management professional, Catherine Guin as the new Artistic Director and Managing Director, features the toe-tapping tunes of “Honky Tonk Angels,” the delightful and clever “Matt & Ben,” the screwball comedy “Around The World in 80 Days,” and the gripping drama “The Turn of the Screw.”

The season will wrap up in December with a hilarious return engagement of “Every Christmas Story Ever Told ( And Then Some!)”  Subscriptions are on-sale now and may be purchased by calling the box office at 850.231.0733 or online at www.seasiderep.org.

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Check it out! Free "The Flow of Consciousness" Workshop this Saturday, January 8

[what] "The Flow of Consciousness" Book-signing and Workshop with Rhoda Orme-Johnson

[when] Saturday, January 8, 2011 (times below)

[where]

Book-signing: Sundog Books, Seaside, FL [MAP]
Workshop: The Studio, Seaside FL [MAP]

[details]  For the first time, lectures by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on literature and language have been collected and made available in the new volume, "The Flow of Consciousness".  Editor Rhoda Orme-Johnson, Ph.D, former Professor and Department Chairperson at Maharishi University of Management, will be signing copies of the book at Sundog Books in Seaside from 12:30 to 2pm Saturday, January 8, 2011. Anyone who enjoys yoga, meditation, writing, reading and/or the arts will enjoy her reflections and commentaries.