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Around Englewood

News in brief from around the greater Englewood area.

Christmas sing-along at Green Street Church

The Engle­wood Lit­tle Band of Writ­ers (ELBOW) plays anden­ter­tains for the tra­di­tional Christ­mas Sing-a-long at the His­toric Green St.Church t 7 p.m. Dec. 13 .

An Engle­wood tra­di­tion con­tin­ues when the Lemon Bay His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety presents its annual Christ­mas sing-along. Pro­vid­ing music and enter­tain­ment for the event will be the Engle­wood Lit­tle Band Of Writ­ers (ELBOW).

The event will be held at 7 p.m. Tues­day, Dec. 13, at the His­toric Green St. Church, 416 W.Green St.

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Uptown Express bringing its beat to Playhouse

Uptoewn Express has been per­form­ing since 1985.

The Uptown Express is com­ing to the Lemon Bay Play­house Dec. 9 and 10, fea­tur­ing the sounds of doowop, rhythm and blues and Motown.

The 10-piece self-contained show fea­tures five vocal­ists up front to pro­vide the har­monies of the’502, ‘60s and ‘70s and a five-piece live band.

Tick­ets are $18. Call 475‑6756 or order online at http://www.lemonbayplayhouse.com, or at the box office at 96 W. Dear­born St..

EUMC to offer Handel’s ‘Messiah’

Robert Roman­ski will con­duct Handel’s “Mes­siah” at Engle­wood United Methodist Church.

The Engle­wood United Methodist Church Music Min­istries Con­cert Series presents Handel’s “Mes­siah,” led by  con­duc­tor Robert Roman­ski, at 4 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Dec. 10,  in the Sanc­tu­ary, 700 E. Dear­born St.

The EUMC Chan­cel Choir with be joined by guest mem­bers from other area choral groups, with accom­pa­ni­ment by organ­ist Fonda Davies and a 15-piece cham­ber orches­tra of pro­fes­sional musi­cians. Vocal­ists Deb­o­rah Beri­oli, soprano; Reba Evans, alto; Adam David­son, tenor; and Joshua Mazur, bass, are soloists.

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Playhouse to hold auditions for Neil Simon play

The Lemon Bay Play­house will hold audi­tions for Bare­foot in the Park” at 7 p.m. Sun­day at the Play­house, 96 W. Dear­born St.

The cast for “Bare­foot in the Park,” a Neil Simon com­edy directed by Mar­ion Barnes, includes four men and two women. The play will be per­formed Feb. 29 to March 25.

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EUMC pancake brunches return Saturday

Brunch Chair­man Peter Patrick poses infrontof one oflast year’s crowds.

The stacks are back.

The Men’s Fel­low­ship group kicks off the 39th year of its pan­cake brunches from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sat­ur­day, Dec. 3, in the Engle­wood United Methodist Church Fel­low­ship Hall, 700 E. Dear­born St. The brunches run through April 21

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Playhouse brings Harry Truman to life

Jack Rabito plays Harry Tru­man in “Given ‘Em Hell Harry” at the Lemon Bay Playhouse.

For­mer Pres­i­dent Harry Tru­man will be brought to life in “Give ‘Em Hell Harry” by Samuel Gallu at the Lemon Bay Play­house at 7:30 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Dec. 3, and 2 p.m. Sun­day, Dec. 4.

This one-man play will be pre­sented with Jack Rabito as the con­tro­ver­sial and unflinch­ingly eth­i­cal 33rd pres­i­dent of the United States.

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Exsultate! concert season opens Dec. 4

Exsul­tate! opens its 2011–2012 three-concert sea­sons Dec. 4.

The cham­ber chorale Exsul­tate! begins its 10th con­cert sea­son with “Sounds of the Sea­son” at 3:30 p.m. Sun­day, Dec. 4, in the Grace United Methodist Church sanc­tu­ary, 400 Field Ave. E., on Venice Island.

Con­duc­tor and Artis­tic Direc­tor Stephen Johns said, “As promised in the sub­ti­tle, this hol­i­day treat will sing out from ‘Cathe­dral Bells to Sleigh Bells Around the World.’ Our top-notch ensem­ble Jubi­late! and Venice High School’s Le Voci di Venezia Cham­ber Choir will join Exsul­tate! as we explore the musi­cal tra­di­tions of Europe, Amer­ica, and beyond. The pro­gram will include vocal lit­er­a­ture from var­i­ous cul­tures and styl­is­tic peri­ods with a few sur­prises for our audience.”

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Volunteer gardeners needed at Cedar Point Park

A Man­grove Buck­eye butterfly.

Vol­un­teers are needed at the Native Plant and But­ter­fly Gar­den at Cedar Point Envi­ron­men­tal Park, 2300 Placida Road.

The gar­den is spon­sored by the local Man­grove Chap­ter of the Florida Native Plant Soci­ety. Vol­un­teer gar­den­ers and FNPS mem­bers work together tend­ing this gar­den from 9 to 11 a.m. Mon­days. Learn about Florida native plants and their wildlife value. No pre­vi­ous knowl­edge is required.

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