VDT VIEW

“Back to Broadway,” First Baptist Church, Central Avenue, Downtown Valdosta. Valdosta Choral Guild performs its annual spring concert: a selection of Broadway showtunes. Run dates: 3 p.m., May 3; 7:30 p.m., May 4. Ticket: $5, adults; $3, senior and child.

Spring Into Art 2009, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St. Runs through May. The region’s largest, most-inclusive exhibits displayed in all of the arts center’s galleries. More information: Call 247-2787.

Spring Senior Exhibition, VSU Art Gallery, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Graduating art seniors display their works. Opening reception: 2-4 p.m., April 19. Show dates: Concludes May 1.

Spring Into Art 2009, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St. Runs through May. The region’s largest, most-inclusive exhibits displayed in all of the arts center’s galleries. More information: Call 247-2787.

Spring Senior Exhibition, VSU Art Gallery, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Graduating art seniors display their works. Opening reception: 2-4 p.m., April 19. Show dates: April 19-May 1.

Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Whitehead Auditorium, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Run date: 8 p.m., April 25. VSO’s new conductor Howard Hsu makes his official debut with guest piano soloist Alexander Ghindin performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major. More information: Call VSU College of the Arts Outreach, 333-2150.

Spring Into Art 2009, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St. Runs through May. The region’s largest, most-inclusive exhibits displayed in all of the arts center’s galleries. More information: Call 247-2787.

“Footloose,” Sawyer Theatre, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Valdosta State University Theatre present this live show based on the popular Kevin bacon movie of the 1980s about a town where dancing is outlawed. Showdates: 7:30 p.m., April 16-18; 3 p.m., April 19; 7:30 p.m., April 20-22. More information: Call VSU Box Office, 333-5973.

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” The Dosta Playhouse, 122 N. Ashley St. Theatre Guild Valdosta’s season-ending production, directed by Mary Helen Watson. Show dates: May 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23. More information: Call 24-STAGE.

VSU Student Competition, VSU Art Gallery, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Show dates: March 23-April 10. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays. More information: Call 333-5835.

Youth Art Month, Sallie and Harmon Boyette Gallery, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St. Works from young artists throughout the region. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. More information: Call 247-2787. Concludes through April 3.

VSU Student Competition, VSU Art Gallery, VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Opening reception: 7-8:30 p.m., March 23. Show dates: March 23-April 10. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays. More information: Call 333-5835.

“On the Verge, or The Geography of Yearning,” VSU Fine Arts Building, corner of Oak and Brookwood. Valdosta State University Theatre presents this play by Eric Overmyer. Show dates: 7:30 p.m., March 26, 27, 28; 3 p.m., March 29; 7:30 p.m. March 30-April 1. Tickets: $12, adult; $10, senior citizen; $8, child or non-VSU student; $7, group rates of 10 or more; free, VSU student with valid ID. More information: Call VSU Box Office, 333-5973.

Suwannee Springfest, Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, Fla. Richie Havens, Donna the Buffalo and the Emmitt Nershi Band lead dozens of acts in this annual spring root music festival. Run dates: March 26-29. More information: Visit www.magmusic.com