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EUSTIS — Patricia Zalisko was always an artist, even though she really started painting in 2007, after retiring from a career as a lawyer.

EUSTIS — A handful of the best local musicians, joined by artists and dancers, will aim the spotlight on the arts in a fundraiser for the historic State Theatre.

MOUNT DORA — For once, director Darlin Barry was able to cast two actors who can sing in Ken Ludwig’s farce, “Lend Me a Tenor.”

LEESBURG — When an American ambassador is called away from his communist-country post, he leaves his bungling son in charge.

TAVARES — The new exhibit of Art in the Square features a painter who was once known for his pen-and-ink drawings, a stained-glass artist who was once a nurse and a woodworker who once worked as a carpenter.