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  Art Museums
 
Local
 
Albin Polasek Museum:
       The home of the world famous sculptor and painter.
 
 
Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art:
      
Home of the McKean collections of Tiffany glass works and American art pottery.

 
George & Harriet Cornell Fine Arts Museum: 
      
Located on the Rollins College campus.  Open to the public.

  Maitland Art & History Museums:
       Inspired by Maitland's heritage.

 
Orlando Museum of Art: 
       The OMA collects, preserves, and interprets notable works of art, and provides educational programs.
 

  Other
 
Art Museum Network: 
       Includes sites to the largest art museums in North America.  Users can perform a museum or exhibition search.

 
Florida Association of Museums: 
       Lists museums and an exhibition calendar.  Searchable with links to other resources.

 
Louvre Museum: 
 
      Study the history of the museum, view collections and exhibits, take a virtual tour, and buy tickets online.

 
Museum of Modern Art: 
 
      View samples from the collections, explore online multimedia projects and programming, shop at the online store, and more.

 
National Gallery of Art: 
       Links to more than 4,000 artworks and 100,000 objects.

 
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  Dance
 
American Ballet Theatre:
     
 One of the greatest dance companies' tour schedules, biographies, photo gallery, repertory archives, and ballet dictionary.
 

  Balletcompanies.com:
      
3000+ links to ballet and dance companies all over the world. "We also provide individual dance and ballet companies
       with space for announcements and last minute news."
 

  Ballroom Dance Resource:
      Watch video clips, get technical tips, join discussion forums and more at this site.

  Sapphire Swan Dance Directory:  
       Links to the best dance resources on the web.
 

  Tap Dance Homepage: 
       An extensive collection of tap dance resources.


 
Festivals
 
Bach Festival Society of Winter Park: 
      
Provides contact information, calendar of events, history, and links to other Bach societies and festivals.
 
  Florida Film Festival:
      
"...showcases the best American Independent and Foreign Films.  Produced by Enzian Theater.

  Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival: 
      
This springtime fest offers ten days of "uncensored" and "non-juried" shows. 
 
  Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival:
      
Shakespeare's works are dramatized at this annual festival.  Enjoy monthly readings throughout the year & more.


  
Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival: 
       Everything you need to know about the annual festival.


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  Movies
  All Movie Guide: 
       172,977 movies and 21,090 biographies catalogued. 
Searchable by movie title, person, keyword, or plotline.

  The Annenberg/CPB Project: Cinema:
       Go
through the steps of making a movie and allows you to try: screenwriting, directing, producing, acting, editing.

  
Entertainment Weekly:
      
Entertainment news, articles, reviews, message boards, and more.

  
Internet Movie Database:
      
Covers 150,000+ movies with 2,000,000+ filmography entries.

  
Metacritic:
       Get film reviews and much more.

  Metro Orlando Film and Entertainment Commission:
      
The Commission "
promotes film and digital media development and production in Central Florida." Get assistance with permits,
       scouting locations, & much more.  View the Orlando Filmbook online.

  
Oscar.com:
      
The official site offers information on the current year's race, as well as lists of past award winners.

  
Rotten Tomatoes:
      
A metasearch engine for reviews.  It also offers movies lists, earnings, games, and forums.


  
The Star Archive:
      
Thousands of star addresses, valuable information about the stars, and hundreds of scanned autographs.

  Video Detective:
       Watch trailers from the latest movies, new DVD releases, new TV, and much more.


  
Television
  Emmy Awards
       Get info on the Primetime, Daytime, Hall of Fame, and more.

  Museum of Broadcast Communications:
       Offers a free login to access archived programming, exhibitions and publications.


  
Television Without Pity:  
       Keep track of your favorite TV shows with detailed recaps, forums, and much more.


  TV Guide Online:
       Includes articles and information not found in the print version as well as two weeks of program listings.


  Theatre & Local Venues
  London Theatre Guide:
      
A comprehensive guide to what's on in the West End.

  
NYtheatre.com:
      
Dedicated to the New York theatre scene.  Read reviews of current shows, find out what shows are playing and much more.

  
Playbill Online:
       Offers news, feature stories, theater listings, links to ticket services, seating charts, and more.

  TheatreHistory.com
     

 
 Ticketmaster: 
       Buy tickets to concerts, plays, sporting events, and more.

  
Tony Awards: 
       Every show on Broadway has its own page with a synopsis, schedule, cast list, and photos.
 

  Local Venues
  
Annie Russell Theatre @ Rollins College

  
Bob Carr Performing Arts Center

  
Mad Cow Theatre

  
Orlando Repertory Theatre

  
The Plaza Theatre

  
Winter Park Playhouse


  Visual Arts
  Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall
      
Offers offers 2,000+ images from 80+ international cities. Also has informative articles and interviews with artists.

  
Art History Resources on the Web:
      
Find resources for Prehistoric, Ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and 18th, 19th, and 20th century arts.

  
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum-Quality Art on the Internet:
       View paintings and sculptures plus lists of artists arranged by medium, subject, etc.


 
ArtLex:A Dictionary of Visual Art:
      
Offers definitions to more than 2,600 art terms.

  
AskART.com:
      
This site focuses on American art and features 52,000+ artist biographies.

  World Wide Art Resources:
      
Links to 3,000 different art categories, including antiques, crafts, and a searchable index to artists, etc.
 

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