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posted Feb 17, 2012 – 2:58:59pm
Farmers Market
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Dickinson Park, corner of East Graves Avenue and U.S. Highway 17-92, Orange City.
Winter Festival of Giants Radio-Controlled Airplane Air Show
9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sperling Sports Complex, 1500 Matt Fair Blvd., DeLand. Admission: $5 adults; $15 carload. Call 386-736-1688.
AARP Tax-Aide
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Wayne G. Sanborn Activities Center, Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand. Free.
DeLand AARP Chapter 4029
10 a.m. at the Wayne G. Sanborn Activities Center, Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand. District 17 AARP Tax-Aide Program coordinator Dan Heacock will speak.
Central Florida RV Show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand. Admission: $5; free for children age 15 and younger.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
6 p.m. at the African American Museum of the Arts, 325 S. Clara Ave., DeLand. A documentary in regards to how Christian and Muslim women in Liberia came together for peace. Free. Call 386-736-4004.
All-County Elementary Music Showcase
7 p.m. in the DeLand High School auditorium, 800 N. Hill Ave. Featuring public elementary-school music students. Free. Call Monty Musgrave at 386-734-7190, ext. 20682.
‘Sounds New’ Faculty Composers Recital
7:30 p.m. in the H. Douglas Lee Chapel in Stetson University’s Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd. Featuring Stetson professors Sydney Hodkinson, Manuel de Murga and Nathan Wolek. Admission: $10 standard public; $8 senior citizens; $5 area students. Call 386-822-8950.
‘A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer’
8-9:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room in Stetson University’s Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. Sponsored by Stetson’s chapter of the National Organization for Women to aid in the fight to end violence versus women. Tickets: $5. Contact Tara Formisano at .
Barberville Family Farm Swap and Market
6 a.m.-12:30 p.m. west of the Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, three-fourths of a mile west of U.S. Highway 17 on State Road 40, Barberville. Free admission. Call 386-469-9409.
Farmers Market
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Gateway Center for the Arts, corner of Saxon Boulevard and U.S. Highway 17-92, DeBary. Free admission. Call 407-443-6965.
ABWA Rummage Sale
8 a.m.-1 p.m. at Gateway Center for the Arts, corner of Saxon Boulevard and U.S. Highway 17-92, DeBary.
Chisholm Community Center People’s Garden Groundbreaking
8:30 a.m. at the Chisholm Community Center, 520 S. Clara Ave., DeLand. Free.
Citizens’ Budget Forum
9 a.m. at Deltona City Hall, City Commission Chambers, 2345 Providence Blvd. Staff from the Deltona Finance Department will provide updates on former budget-balancing initiatives and describe current budget challenges, followed by public input on budget recommendations for the 2012-13 budget. Free. Call 386-878-8100.
Deltona Farmers Market
9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the intersection of Tivoli Drive and Providence Boulevard.
Annual Stamp Show
9 a.m.-3 p.m., with 2 p.m. auction, at the Wayne G. Sanborn Activities Center, Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand. Sponsored by West Volusia Stamp Club APS Chapter 1272. Stamps purchased and sold by dealers and club members; starter gathering kits for children. Free admission. Call Mike Daley at 386-668-5021.
Winter Festival of Giants Radio-Controlled Airplane Air Show
9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sperling Sports Complex, 1500 Matt Fair Blvd., DeLand. Admission: $5 adults; $15 carload. Call 386-736-1688.
AARP Tax-Aide
9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the DeBary Public Library, 200 N. Charles R. Beall Blvd. Free.
‘Embossed Notecards Workshop’
10 a.m.-noon at the Florida Museum for Women Artists, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 1, DeLand. Make customized holiday or thank-you cards. Participants will make a set of six cards. Fee (materials included): $10 members; $15 nonmembers. Call 386-873-2976.
‘GPS at Gemini Springs Park’
10 a.m.-noon at Gemini Springs Park, 37 Dirksen Drive, DeBary. Learn how to use a hand-held GPS unit and navigate your way through the park. Fee: $6 per person; cash only. Call 386-789-7207.
Central Florida RV Show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand. Admission: $5; free for children age 15 and younger.
Hudson Motor Car Winter Meet
11 a.m. at Earl Brown Park, 751 S. Alabama Ave., DeLand. Presented by the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club, a national club devoted to the cars built by Hudson Motor Car Co. Hudson cars will be on display, and there may likewise be cars built by Rambler, AMC and Nash. Call Walt Steiger at 386-736-1091.
Old Enterprise Chili Cook-Off
11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Mariner’s Cove Park, 1199 Enterprise-Osteen Road. Music by Rog Lee; live auction; bounce houses; food, including desserts; crafts and vendors. Free admission; $5 to taste chili. Proceeds to gain the restoration of the Enterprise Heritage Center. Call 407-324-3766 or 386-575-0694.
Mardi Gras on Mainstreet Dog Masquerade Parade
11 a.m. along Woodland Boulevard in Downtown DeLand. Sponsored by the Krewe of Amalee. Free. To enter a dog or float in the parade, visit dogparadedeland.com.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Hound’s Lounge in Chess Park, east of the Volusia County Historic Courthouse in Downtown DeLand. All-you-can-eat-and-drink New Orleans-style fare provided by Brickhouse Grill; person drink tickets; music by Ragtime Rascals. Advance-sale tickets (at Brickhouse Grill and The Elusive Grape) $15; $20 at the door. Call 386-738-0649.
Book-Signing
Noon-2 p.m. at The Muse Book Shop, 112 S. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. DeLand resident Oscar Nash will sign copies of his book Next Time. Call 386-734-0278.
Lunch and Playtime With Clifford, the Big Red Dog
12:15-2:15 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal School, 322 W. Michigan Ave., DeLand. Have lunch with the widely known and esteemed huge dog, and play on the school’s playground. Get your photo taken with Clifford. No pets on the playground, please. To RSVP, call 386-734-3005.
‘Learn About Sea Serpents’
2 p.m. at DeBary Hall Historic Site, 210 Sunrise Blvd. Scott Marlowe, author of The Cryptid Creatures of Florida, will talk about sea-serpent sightings. Refreshments. Free. Call 386-668-3840.
The Fab Follies: ‘The Best of Times’
3 p.m. at the Athens Theatre, 124 N. Florida Ave., DeLand. Tickets: $18 adults; $16 seniors. Call 386-736-1500.
Cruisin’ Downtown DeLand Car Show
3-7 p.m. on East Indiana Avenue in Downtown DeLand. Free. Call 386-738-0649.
‘A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer’
8-9:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room in Stetson University’s Carlton Union Building, 131 E. Minnesota Ave. Sponsored by Stetson’s chapter of the National Organization for Women to help in the fight to end violence versus women. Tickets: $5. Contact Tara Formisano at .
Winter Festival of Giants Radio-Controlled Airplane Air Show
9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Sperling Sports Complex, 1500 Matt Fair Blvd., DeLand. Admission: $5 adults; $15 carload. Call 386-736-1688.
Central Florida RV Show
10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand. Admission: $5; free for children age 15 and younger.
Hatter Harvest Farmers Market
Noon-3 p.m. on Stetson University’s Palm Court/Quad, 421 N. Woodland Blvd.
Roots and Branches Genealogical Society of West Volusia
2 p.m. at the DeLand Area Public Library, 130 E. Howry Ave. Ann Osisek will speak on “Dead Men and Women Do Talk — Effective Cemetery Research.” Free. Call Robert Weaver at 386-738-6917.
The Fab Follies: ‘The Best of Times’
3 p.m. at the Athens Theatre, 124 N. Florida Ave., DeLand. Tickets: $18 adults; $16 seniors. Call 386-736-1500.
‘Albert P. Daly Memorial Exhibit’
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, at the DeLand Memorial Hospital Museum, 230 N. Stone St. Featuring art and artifacts from the Belgian Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) from the mid-20th century. Free admission; donations gladly accepted. Call 386-740-5800 or 386-740-6813.
Bob Robbins Memorial Museum/Library
9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, at the Commemorative Air Force hangar, off Marsh Road, DeLand. World War II artifacts and memorabilia belonging to Boeing Aircraft Corp. chief test pilot Bob Robbins. Free admission. Call 386-337-4499.
‘Concentrated Color: Watercolors by Oscar Bluemner From the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection’
Through March 2. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, at Stetson University’s Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, on the Palm Court/Quad, 139 E. Michigan Ave. Free admission. Call 386-822-7270.
DeLand Naval Air Station Museum
Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, at 910 Biscayne Blvd. Free admission. Call 386-738-4149.
Deltona Veterans Museum
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, at Deltona Veterans Memorial Park, corner of Elkcam Boulevard and Evard Avenue. Free admission. Call 386-789-8247.
‘Dr. Gilbert and Ora Seigworth Medical and Apothecary Exhibits’
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, at the DeLand Memorial Hospital Museum, 230 N. Stone St. Featuring an spacious collection of authentic artifacts and furnishings from medical exercise from long ago, a distinguishable iron-lung exhibit, an old-time doctor’s office, and an operating room. Free admission; donations gladly accepted. Call 386-740-5800 or 386-740-6813.
‘Florida Biennial VI Juried Exhibit’
Through March 4. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, at the Museum of Florida Art, 600 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand. Admission: $5 usual admission; free for children under age 12 and for members. Call 386-734-4371.
Kathy O’Meara Exhibition
Through Feb. 24. In the DeBary City Hall Gallery, 16 Colomba Road. The exhibition is sponsored by the City of DeBary’s Art in Public Places program. Free admission. Call 386-668-2040.
‘Legendary Florida: The Florida History Paintings of Jackson Walker’
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, at the Volusia County Historic Courthouse, 120 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand. This collection of paintings by Jackson Walker is on extended loan from the permanent collection of the Museum of Florida Art. Free admission. Call 386-734-4371.
‘Open It!’
Through Feb. 25. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, at Arts on Douglas, 123 Douglas St., New Smyrna Beach. An exhibit by Mary Schimpff Webb. Free admission. Call 386-428-1133.
‘The Politics of the Personal’
Through March 2. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, at Stetson University’s Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, on the Palm Court/Quad, 139 E. Michigan Ave. Featuring works by Judith Page. Free admission. Call 386-822-7270.
‘The Private Art Collection of Rudene and Julius Francis’
Through March 10. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, at the African American Museum of the Arts, 325 S. Clara Ave., DeLand. Free admission; donations gladly accepted. Call 386-736-4004.
‘Ross Allen and Florida Natural History: Photographic Exhibition’
Through April 21. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, at Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum, 234 E. Michigan Ave. This exhibition is based on photos, artifacts and memorabilia from the Stetson archives, featuring Ross Allen, Stetson alumnus and self-trained herpetologist and enterpriser who opened the Reptile Institute at Silver Springs in the 1930s. Admission: $2 adults; $1 senior citizens and children age 14 and younger. Call 386-822-7328.
‘Teapots From the Collection of Arthur Goldberg’
Through March 2. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, at Stetson University’s Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center, on the Palm Court/Quad, 139 E. Michigan Ave. Free admission. Call 386-822-7270.
‘White Mountain Artists 1840-1940′
Through April 1. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday, at the Florida Museum for Women Artists, 100 N. Woodland Blvd., Suite 1, DeLand. Admission: $5 adults; $3 children; free for members. Call 386-873-2976.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING CALENDAR ITEMS
The Beacon’s Weekend Calendar appears in the Weekend edition. Calendar submissions will have to be received by 4:30 p.m. Friday in order to appear in the following week’s Weekend edition. Calendar items may be faxed to 386-734-4641, mailed to 110 W. New York Ave., DeLand, FL 32720, or e-mailed to .
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