May Calendar

Art

Art League of Bonita Springs. A show highlighting the art league faculty's work continues through May 4; it's followed by Student Showcase 2006, May 12-18, showing art created by Bonita Springs high school students. 495-8989.

Alliance for the Arts. Area school student work continues on view through May 5, followed by an exhibition of pieces made by the Alliance's instructors, May 12-27. 939-2787.

Mullen Brown Gallery. Faith, Flowers and Fake Estates, an exhibit featuring the religious inspirations of Andrea Clark Brown Architects, floral creations of Marilyn M. Brown, and the recent theoretical work of Martin Hogue, runs May 5-15. 263-3898.

Harmon-Meek Gallery. Continuing on view through May 10 is Ring of Fire, featuring the watercolors of Eliot O'Hara. 261-2637.

Von Liebig Art Center. Evocative Portraits, an exhibition of works by Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, Erin Dougherty, Thom Hall and Mark Koven, continues here through May 20, as does Emotions on the Surface, a Naples Art Association member exhibition of work in all media. 262-6517.

Marianne Friedland Gallery. Landscapes and Seascapes, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by American artists is on view May 8-27. 262-3484.

Philharmonic Galleries. The Grand Tour in Miniature-The Stage, including miniature maquettes of scenic designs from landmark dramas, operas, ballets and musicals, continues through July 30. 597-1900.

Naples Museum of Art. Living with Art: Early American Modernism from the Baker/Pisano Collection of the Heckscher Museum of Art continues through July 30, featuring works by artists including John Singer Sargent, Joseph Stella and Georgia O'Keeffe. Also on view through that date are the realist paintings of Claudio Bravo. Continuing through May 14: Andrew Wyeth and Family, offering works from three generations of the Wyeths. And through June 25: Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful, presenting 100 original objects from the collection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and other public and private collections. 597-1900.

Cape Coral Arts Studio. May's Bouquets, an annual juried exhibit, presents interpretations of the floral world in traditional and contemporary styles, May 5-26. Reception is at 5 p.m. May 12. 574-0802.

Art League of Marco Island. A juried exhibit featuring abstract expressionism opens May 7, to run through July 14. 394-4221.

Downtown Naples Spring Art Festival. The arts and crafts fest takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 13 and 14 along Fifth Avenue South. 435-3742.

Children

Magic Carpet Concert. Music and the answers to kids' questions, from the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra's woodwinds section, at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. May 20 at the Phil. 597-1900.

Music

B.B. King. The ever-popular blues master comes to the Phil with Lucille, his guitar, at 8 p.m. May 1. 597-1900.

Southwest Florida Symphony Spring Concert. This concert, performed with the SWFL Symphony Youth Orchestra, features the winner of the fifth annual Youth Concerto competition. At 7 p.m. May 2 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. 418-1500.

Naples Philharmonic Pops. Salute Patriotic Pops, with conductor Jeff Tyzik, in a performance that presents God Bless America, Stars and Stripes Forever and much more. At

8 p.m. May 4-6 at the Phil.

597-1900.

Southwest Florida Symphony European Tour Preview Concert. Prior to taking off for Europe May 30, the symphony celebrates choral music ranging from Shaker hymns to spirituals to works by Beethoven and Mendelssohn, in From Sea to Shining Sea. At 7 p.m. May 6 at Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral; 3 p.m. May 7 at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in Fort Myers. 418-1500.

Naples Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Series. Violinist Frank Huang stars on Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1. Also on the program, at 8 p.m. May 12 and 13 at the Phil: Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. 597-1900.

Naples Philharmonic Orchestra Family Fare. Clotilde Otranto leads the orchestra in Peter and the Wolf (with narration), along with pieces by Stravinsky and Rossini. At 3 p.m. May 20 at the Phil. 597-1900.

Naples Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Series. The piano and string ensembles of the NPO salute The Late Romantics, presenting Brahms' Piano Quartet in G Minor and Dvorak's Piano Quintet, Op. 81. At 8 p.m. May 23 at the Phil. 597-1900.

Miscellaneous

Naples Art Association Appraisal Day. Bring up to three items May 6 to the von Liebig Art Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., where eight professional appraisers can give you some good-or not so good-news. 262-6517, ext. 102.

Cirque du Voix. An upscale cirque-style performance with auction, food, drinks and dancing, to benefit Voices for Kids of Southwest Florida. Bayfront, Naples. May 20. 997-5437.

Theater

Rumors. Neil Simon's farce about a disastrous dinner party continues through May 7 in this Cultural Park Theatre Company offering. 772-5862.

Present Laughter. The wit of Noel Coward sparkles in this piece about an aging matinee idol (originally portrayed by Coward himself), through May 13 in a Naples Players production at the Sugden Community Theatre. 262-7990.

Theatre Conspiracy. The Florida premiere of Arlene Hutton's romantic comedy See Rock City continues its run at the Foulds Theatre through May 13.

936-3239.

Broadway Bound. More Neil Simon, this time in the last piece of his autobiographical trilogy, following young Eugene Jerome's plans to make it big in New York City. Through May 14 at Florida Repertory Theatre. 332-4488.

Social Security. Andrew Bergman's comedy hit about a sophisticated New York couple thrown off balance by the arrival of the wife's aging mother ends its run May 14 at the Off Broadway Palm. 278-4422.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. New York's long-running musical hit, from Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, is for anyone who's ever suffered through a date, and it's playing through May 20 at the Naples Dinner Theatre. 514-7827.

Godspell. This Stephen Schwartz musical about faith and the gospel in modern times plays Day by Day, through June 17 at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. 278-4422.

Wizard of Tarpon Point. In what playwright Norman Marcus calls an original fantasy/love story/musical comedy, a developer plans to turn the Cape Coral Yacht Club into a gambling casino with a nude beach, but local citizens revolt. Are we sure this is a fantasy? Onstage May 19-28 at Cape Coral's Cultural Park Theatre. 772-5862.

Wally's Café. A roadhouse comedy about a New Jersey couple who open a diner in the Western desert. Onstage in the Naples Players' Tobye Studio May 24 through June 17. 263-7990.

Sex and the Second City. The battle of the sexes rages for laughs in this musical from Second City alums about men, women, love, marriage and the whole darn thing. Onstage May 10-14 at the Barbara B. Mann. 481-4849.

Tuesdays with Morrie. Greg Longenhagen and Niels Miller star in this stage adaptation of Mitch Albom's popular book recounting his life-changing meetings with his old college mentor. Running May 26 through June 18 at Florida Rep. 332-4488.

The Sensuous Senator. A United States Senator up to extramarital activities? Please . it just couldn't happen. It does in Michael Parker's comedy, though, onstage in a Charlotte Players production May 26 through June 4. 255-1022.

Sports

City of Naples Tennis Championships. May is the month for the 37th annual tennis event at Cambier Park, taking place May 1-31. 213-3060.