Barnwood Site in Ulster Park
After some wildly unseasonable weather last week (snowflakes?! Seriously?), it looks like we’re finally into some real spring stuff this last week of April. Here are some artistic events to enjoy.
Gay Erotic Art Show in Ulster Park | April 30 - May 2
Hosted by Pink Stallion Events, Barnwood is a pop-up show of gay erotic art that will be on view in a historic barn in Ulster Park from April 30 through May 2. The show, which features images of “men from nude to lewd,” includes works for sale by over 30 artists; funds raised by the admission to the exhibition will assist in restoring the 1850s barn for continued use as an art space. Tickets are $20-$25 (credited toward the purchase of any artworks) and must be purchased in advance. Due to the erotic nature of this show, attendance is limited to adults only over the age of 21. To maintain social distancing, a limited number of tickets for each time slot wil
On a mild winter evening, Osnes and her accompanist/musical director Fred Lassen effortlessly moved through 17 songs that showed off the rich luster of her vibrant soprano.
If you closed your eyes for a moment, you could hear the smile on her face in each song, even the melancholy numbers, such as Randy Newman’s “When She Loved Me” from “Toy Story 2,” which she sang in memory of her mother. No matter how sad or touching the melody and lyric, she found a way to convey a feeling of optimism to match her sunny demeanor.
It’s an infectious feeling that ran through a concert that opened with “How ’Bout a Dance,” from “Bonnie & Clyde,” a lilting Frank Wildhorn song that touched on her connection to the theater, and ended with a lovely version of “Dream a Little Dream.”
While many performers have struggled to find work during the pandemic, two-time Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes has maintained a relatively busy schedule.
She filmed the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie “One Royal Holiday,” leads the R&H Goes Pop and R&H At Home video series offering new takes on Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, and she had a featured role in the online “A Killer Party: the Musical.”
Osnes even found a way to do a few concerts at safe distances, as she will next weekend when she returns to Sarasota for two outdoor performances at Asolo Repertory Theatre, where she starred a decade ago in the pre-Broadway run of “Bonnie & Clyde.”