There\u2019s dance, but not the \u201cdirty\u201d kind, Saturday and Sunday at the New Tampa Performing Arts Center. New York\u2019s Jon Lehrer Dance Company, which has been in residence there since Monday, performs both days (8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday). Lehrer\u2019s background is in both the modern and jazz dance idioms; the company\u2019s website boasts that it delivers a \u201cdynamic, fun, and distinctive style which fuses jazz and modern dance.\u201d Find out more at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets for the New Tampa performances (as well as a Saturday Master Class) are at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Concert calendar Fantasia sings Saturday at Tampa\u2019s Benchmark International Arena. Publicity photo.<\/p>\n Tonight at the Palladium Theater Side Door Cabaret: Singer\/guitarist Willy Porter. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tonight at Jannus Live: Country music\u2019s Maddie & Tae. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tonight and Friday at the Capitol Theare: The Outlaws, Tampa Bay\u2019s contribution to the great 1970s Southern Rock explosion, featuring original member Henry Paul on lead vocals and guitar. Wet Willie\u2019s Jimmy Hall opens. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stride piano great Judy Carmichael (with guitarist Nate Najar) shares the Saturday night bill with jazz vocalist Allyson Briggs (and her band), at the Palladium Theater. Both artists have played to sold-out houses in the Palladium\u2019s Side Door Cabaret. Also happening: Steve Splane and Joan Dragon will be honored with Palladium Jazz Awards. Tickets for the 8 p.m. event are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Saturday at Benchmark International Arena: R&YB vocalist Fantasia, who rose to fame as a contestant (and winner) on American Idol, and Anthony Hamilton. Find tickets at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n Singer and songwriter Amy Grant and her band will play the Capitol Theatre Sunday. Tickets are here<\/a>. Watch this space Saturday for a Catalyst interview with Ms. Grant.<\/p>\n The British vocal quartet Il Divo is back again, for a By Candlelight performance at the Mahaffey Theater Saturday. The group will be accompanied by the string trio Simply Three. Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Choral music<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s concert by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay missed Valentine\u2019s Day by less than a week; nevertheless, it\u2019s titled My Love is Mine and features, as its headline piece, Johannes Brahms\u2018 romantic \u201cLiebeslieder Walzer.\u201d The program also includes Michael R. Smith\u2019s \u201cWind and a Bobwhite\u201d (a world premiere commission), Jonathan Dove\u2019s \u201cThe Passing of the Year,\u201d Leonard Bernstein\u2019s \u201c Make Our Garden Grow\u201d and more. \u00a0The performance is at 8 p.m. at Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa. Find the full program, and tickets, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n St. Petersburg\u2019s One City Chorus\u2019 annual concert (Metamorphosis) takes place Sunday (4 p.m.) at the Palladium Theater. The community harmony group\u2019s program includes songs of peace, unity and diversity. Here\u2019s a Catalyst story<\/a> from earlier this week, with additional details (and a ticket link).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Seafood and music<\/p>\n Manatee County-based Paragon Festivals is in town again this weekend, with the St. Petersburg Seafood and Music Festival touching down at Albert Whitted Park. It\u2019s a combination of food for sale from local vendors, and performances by local bands. Hours are 4-10 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the event, which is co-sponsored by the City of St. Petersburg, is $10.<\/p>\n Ryan Joustra, left, and Marguerite Reed are in the cast of American Stage\u2019s \u201cFairyland,\u201d at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Photo provided.<\/p>\n On theater stages<\/p>\n American Stage\u2019s Tales By Twilight series of audience-moving, interactive outdoor performances continues with Fairyland: A Midwinter Night\u2019s Dream, entering its second winding-through-the-woods weekend at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (find showtimes and tickets here<\/a>). The show\u2019s Jonathan O\u2019Brien guests on Friday\u2019s edition of our Arts Alive! podcast.<\/p>\n At freeFall Theatre, the musical Himself and Nora continues through mid-March. It\u2019s the story of controversial Irish novelist and poet James Joyce, and his complex relationship with wife Nora Barnacle \u2013 and with the publishing world. Find showtimes and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s the final weekend of performances for the LAB Theatre Project production of the wacky pioneer musical The Trail to Oregon! Info, showtimes, tickets, they\u2019re all at this very link<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Where\u2019s the orchestra?<\/p>\n Soloist Aubree Oliverson joins The Florida Orchestra for performances of Bruch\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 1. The program, conducted by Kensho Watanabe, also includes Prokofiev Symphony N. 5, and Brian Raphael Nabors\u2019 \u201cPulse.\u201d 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mahaffey Theater, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Ruth Eckerd Hall. All tickets are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Your Weekend Spotlight<\/a>\u00a0appears every Thursday in the\u00a0Catalyst\u2019s CREATE section.\u00a0<\/p>\n Please add us to your mailing list \u2013 send all press releases and event info to\u00a0bill@stpetecatalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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