Jacksonville Today Arts and Culture Editor Matt Shaw shares his arts and culture picks for the weekend.
Friday
Conrad Tao: Piano Phenom
Jacoby Symphony Hall | Downtown Jacksonville
A maestro for the millennial age, the pianist Conrad Tao returns to the Jacksonville Symphony for his first-ever Coffee Series performance, tickling the ivories of the symphony’s hallowed Steinway, performing works by Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Show starts at 11 a.m. Tickets and more info.
Friday & Saturday
Lumen Repertory Theatre presents Cadillac Crew
San Marco Church | San Marco
Jacksonville’s regional theatre company Lumen Repertory continues its run 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 in society and within the protest movement itself. JaxPlays says the show as “a compelling call to reclaim forgotten voices” of Black women who shaped the Civil Rights Movement. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets and more info.
Saturday
Lucas Beaufort: Paint With Us
Hotel Palms | Atlantic Beach
French visual artist Lucas Beaufort closes out his latest residency at Atlantic Beach’s Hotel Palms with an evening of live painting. On Saturday, as part of the Puzzle Project, Beaufort will paint 30 canvasses, which will be available for purchase. Read more about Beaufort’s art from the Jacksonville Music Experience. The event is from 6-9 p.m. Entry is free. Tickets and more info.
Saturday
Skyway Social
3 Skyway stations | Downtown Jacksonville
A truly distinct way to engage with the urban core’s public transportation system, the first-ever Skyway Social will offer three adults-only experiences – art exhibitions, music and more – at three different JTA Skyway stations: San Marco, Kings Ave and Central. A single $35 ticket gets you access to all three, with monorail rides between them. The 21+ event is held from 6-11 p.m. Tickets and more info.