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The cast of Lumen Repertory Theatre's "Cadillac Crew."

ARTS PICKS | Oct. 18-20

Published on October 16, 2024 at 4:36 pm
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Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.

© Emil Alzamora, Starship Abundance

All weekend

A Century of the Contemporary, Fill My Heart with Hope, Starship Abundance

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MOCA | Downtown Jacksonville

As MOCA celebrates its 100-year anniversary, the Downtown museum is stacked with new exhibitions. MOCA’s A Century of the Contemporary traces the history of the institution, while the late Frank Stella’s large-scale sculpture installation, Jacksonville Stacked Stars, fills Project Atrium. New York-based artist Emil Alzamora’s multidisciplinary exhibit, Starship Abundance, remains on view. And an exhibition of more than 100 works – many of which by less-heralded artists hailing from the Deep South – called Fill My Heart With Hope: Works From The Gordon W. Bailey Collection, fills two floors of the museum. MOCA is open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is always free on Saturdays. More info.


Friday & Saturday

Lumen Repertory Theatre presents Cadillac Crew 

San Marco Church | San Marco 

Jacksonville-based regional theatre company Lumen Repertory presents a new production of playwright Tori Sampson’s critically acclaimed Cadillac Crew. The play, which premiered at Yale Repertory in 2019, follows four 1960s-era civil rights activists – Rachel, Abby, Dee and Sarah – navigating the limits of their place both in society and within the protest movement itself. It’s described “as a story of sisterhood and the complexities of the fight for equality.” Both Friday’s opening night production and Saturday’s begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and more info


Sunday 

Cameron Carpenter 

St. John’s Cathedral | Downtown Jacksonville

The Beaches Fine Arts Series presents innovative, neoclassical organist Cameron Carpenter at St. John’s Cathedral on Sunday. A Grammy-nominated musician who tours with his own custom-built digital organ, Carpenter is one of the most notable organists performing today. In addition to the concert, works by local artist Maya Elaine will be on view during a post-concert reception. It’s free to attend. Show starts at 4 p.m. More info.


author image Arts & Culture Editor email Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matthew Shaw has covered Northeast Florida's arts scene for more than a dozen years. He's the former editor of Folio Weekly and Void Magazine. His writing has also appeared in the Surfer's Journal, SURFER Magazine and NPR Music. His first book, The Sea in Every Sound: Chasing the influence of surf music in America is out in October via Chicago Review Press.