There’s still time to get tickets for these events and more coming up at Carmel’s Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to TheCenterPresents.org.
Center Presents Season Performances
Wayne Newton: Mr. Las Vegas – Memories and Melodies
8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14
Payne & Mencias Palladium
“Mr. Las Vegas” makes his Allied Solutions Center debut on Valentine’s Day. Loved around the world, Wayne Newton is known for his signature song, “Danke Schoen,” and countless other hits including “Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast,” “Red Roses for a Blue Lady,” “Summer Wind” and “Years.” He has performed live in front of more than 40 million people during a record-setting run of more than 25,000 shows in Las Vegas alone. His new show, Mr. Las Vegas – Memories and Melodies, is a one-of-a-kind performance that blends live music, multimedia, and personal stories about icons such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell and many more – plus an audience Q&A – for an intimate evening with one of the most iconic entertainers of all time.
Mariachi Herencia de México: La Nueva Generación Tour
8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Telamon Passport Series
Honoring the past, celebrating the present, and creating the future of mariachi music, Mariachi Herencia de México delivers an electrifying and unforgettable night of Mexican music and culture. Based in Chicago, the two-time Latin Grammy-nominated band (Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album) has issued five chart-topping albums and performed across North America, paving the way for a new generation of mariachi musicians. The ensemble is composed of 14 musicians, ages 18 to 32, representing a new bicultural generation in the United States.
An Intimate Evening with JJ Grey & Mofro
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Printing Partners Encore Series
From his early days playing cover songs behind chicken wire at a west side Jacksonville juke joint to playing sold-out shows at some of the largest venues and music festivals in the world, JJ Grey has always delivered his soul-honest truths. Since his first album, Blackwater, back in 2001, Grey has been releasing deeply moving, masterfully written, funkified rock and front porch Southern soul music. With his 10th album Olustee, Grey is back, singing his personal stories with universal themes of redemption, rebirth, hard luck and inner peace.
Great American Crooners: A Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Production
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25
Payne & Mencias Palladium
BHI Senior Living Songbook Series
Great American Crooners highlights singers such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Bobby Darin, whose velvety voices and sentimental serenades made them superstars on stage and on screen. The show features Robbie Lee and Shenel Johns, who both have graced Jazz at Lincoln Center’s stages, and Downbeat Magazine’s No. 1 Rising Star Male Vocalist, Benny Benack III. Enjoy incredible true stories about legendary artists and relive classics like “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Misty,” “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “Moon River” in this stylish evening of timeless tunes and world-class talent.
The Peking Acrobats
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26
Payne & Mencias Palladium
Old Town Family Series
The Peking Acrobats return for their 35th North American Tour, bringing their program of sensational Chinese acrobatics, balancing feats, comedy, pageantry, and much more. In this spectacular show for all ages, the grace and precision of the acrobats demonstrate the triumph of years of dedicated training and discipline. From the dangerous climbing chair stack high above the audience, to the gravity-defying contortionists and tumblers, to the spectacular Bicycle Pagoda with multiple performers riding atop a single bicyclist – all this and more comprises a marvelous and exciting entertainment event.
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Other February activities include:
LIVE! from the Stand-Up Comedy Class
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
The Studio Theater
Tickets: $10, limited seating
Students from Allied Solutions Center’s Intro to Stand-Up Comedy class perform their five-minute routines in this “graduation” show, hosted by professional comedian and class instructor Mat Alano-Martin.
Peanut Butter & Jam: Traveler’s Dream – Musical Journey to Early America
10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21
The Studio Theater
Tickets: $10 per child, includes two free adult admissions
Folk band Traveler’s Dream, featuring Michael Lewis and Denise Wilson, performs Celtic jigs, lively voyageur songs and American folk favorites with rich voices, engaging personalities and a wide variety of instruments. PB&J sessions are designed to engage children ages 1 to 7 in the performing arts.
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From the Center’s Resident Companies:
Actors Theatre of Indiana
- Lucky Stiff: Through Feb. 15 – The Studio Theater
- An Evening with James Whitcomb Riley: 19 – The Tarkington
Civic Theatre
- The Great Gatsby: 6 to 21 – The Tarkington
- Pete the Cat: 28 – The Tarkington
Indiana Wind Symphony
- Masquerade Ball: 15 – Payne & Mencias Palladium
Carmel Symphony Orchestra
- Love Letters from Paris: Feb. 21 – Payne & Mencias Palladium