By PAM HARBAUGH
This weekend has quite the variety in performances. From a jazz and stand up to youth theater and a book reading. You can also stay cool by visiting area museums and galleries. And, also listed at the bottom of this page are a couple of unusual events coming up to add to your to-do calendar, so be sure to check those out.
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Something Unusual This Way Comes

Heidi’s Jazz Club, photo by P Pruett

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child special rehearsal edition script
Theater
GREASE THE MUSICAL runs 7 p.m. today and 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Henegar Center. The production is the culmination of the Henegar’s 2016 Summer High School Theatre Workshop. Tickets are $18 general and $15 children under 18 years. The Henegar is at 625 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne. Call 321-723-8698, visit Henegar.org or click onto their ad.
BRING IT ON, THE MUSICAL opens Tuesday and runs through Aug. 7 at Titusville Playhouse. This PG13 musical is a culmination of TPI’s Rising Starts summer program. BTW, music and lyrics were co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. $15 to $17. TPI is at 301 Julia St., Titusville. Call 321-268-1125, visit TitusvillePlayhouse.com or click onto their ad.
AVENUE Q runs through Sunday at Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando. Although this show has puppets, it is ADULTS ONLY. Tickets start at $32. Mad Cow Theatre is at 54 West Church Street – Second Floor, Orlando. Call 407-297-8788 or visit MadCowTheatre.com.
Nightclub Action

Comedy Zone at Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach.
Exhibits
OLD & IMPROVED 2 continues its run at Derek Gores Gallery, 587 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne. The show invites artists to put new spins on old stuff. Visit DerekGores.com.
RADICAL ELEMENTS and A VIEW WITHIN: The Collaboration of Two Fiber Artists runs through Aug. 27 at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts. “Radical Elements” comes from the Studio Art Quilt Associates and is sponsored in the memory of Judy Roach. “A View Within” is a collaborative project by Paula Chung and Karen Rips, two artists fascinated by the human body. The Ruth Funk Center, is on the campus of Florida Tech, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne. Admission is free. Call 321-674-8313 or click here.

“Population” art exhibition by Ray Turner
EXPOSURE photographic exhibit runs through Aug. 8 at the Art Gallery of Viera, 2261 Towne Center Avenue, Suite 111. Call 321-504-4343 or visit ArtGalleryOfViera.com.
MONOTYPES IN RED exhibit runs through July at the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery is at 1470 Highland Avenue, Melbourne. Call 321-259-8261 or visit FifthAvenueArtGallery.com.
Coming Up
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, a Christopher Durang comedy, opens the season next Friday for Melbourne Civic Theatre. The show runs through Sept. 11. MCT is at 817 E. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne. Call 321-723-6935, visit MyMCT.org or click onto their ad.
LAST CALL an original comedy by Jessica Taylor, runs Aug. 5 to 14 at Derek Gores Gallery, 587 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne. The show ran three years ago at the Henegar and has been restaged for this more intimate venue. It features players of the Not Quite Right improv group. However, this is scripted. $20. Click here.

The 5 Browns. Photo by Andrew Southam