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Supporting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere

Volume 5 No. 10| March 10, 2023

Notes from the Editor:


I'm often asked by readers new to the area or those living elsewhere, "How can there possibly be so many things to do there?" Our arts calendar can be really wonderful or a real challenge — or both.


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This week's Arts Blast on the Air - 3/8/2023 - Jill Kerwick, Carol Ludwig - Kerwick's exhibition at Center for Spiritual Care; Denis Lambert & Dani Nelson - Oleanna, coming to Riverside Theatre's Waxlax Stage 

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In This Issue - Part 1



Here's What's Happening in Arts Blast Land




...and more coming later!


Happening in Indian River County

Through March 11 - Paintings of Edward Not & Joy Jackson at J.M. Stringer Gallery


Through March 12 - A Comedy of Tenors at Riverside Theatre


​Through March 14, 1:30 or 7 p.m. - Film Studies at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Mysteries of the Heart: Stories of Unique and Unexpected Connections


Through March 17 - Big, Bold, & Beautiful at Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace


Through March 18 - Cultural Council of IRC's Emerging Artists Showcase at IRC Intergenerational Rec Center


Through March 28 - Form & Fire - Functional, sculptural, decorative, and experimental pieces in clay at Raw Space Gallery, VB - Indian River Clay


​​Through March 28 - Jill Kerwick solo exhibition at Center for Spiritual Care


Through March 28 - The Honor Roll  at Art at the Emerson, Vero Beach. Past & present Indian River County art teachers


Through March 31 - Spring Exhibition at The Galleries at First Pres


Through March 31 - Red Umbrellas and Abstraction - Janet Kipp Tribus at Gallery 14

March 10-26 - Pippin at Vero Beach Theatre Guild - Ben Earman director


​March 10-12. Vero Beach Art Club's 72nd Annual Under the Oaks Fine Arts & Craft Show -


​March 10-12 - Italian Food Festival at Italian American Club, VB


March 10-April 19 - Indian River Photo Club exhibition at Vero Beach Museum of Art


March 10, 9:30 a.m. - VBAC Plein Air Painters meet at Veteran's Island, Riverside Park. Bring lunch.


March 10, 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail  at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Corsair Codder

​March 11 - Master workshop : Pit Fire w/Jesus Minguez at Indian River Clay


March 12, 3p.m. - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents Yale Spizzwinks at Emerson Center


​March 12, 4 p.m. - Treasure Coast Chorale - Food, Glorious Food themed concert at First Baptist Church, Vero Beach


March 12, 2 p.m. - Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra at VBHS PAC


March 13, 4:30 p.m. - International Lecture Series at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Ric Burns - The Art of Filmmaking


March 13 - Submission deadline for Cultural Council of Indian River County's Windows on the World members exhibit


March 14, 5:30 p.m. - Riverside Theatre's Spring Gala Celebration with Kelli O'Hara


March 14, 6 p.m. - Rosemary Dronchi at Vero Beach Book Center


March 15, 12 p.m. - VBMA Art Talk - Rolling Sculpture: A Closer Look at Decorative Elements


March 15, 6 p.m. - The Sebastian Area Historical Society presents Heather Stapleton with Understanding What's Ailing the Indian River Lagoon and Solutions to Bring it Back to Health - North Indian River County Library.


March 16, 7 p.m. - Live From Vero Beach! - Classic Albums Live - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle, Vol. 1 at The Emerson Center


March 16, 23, 30, 11 a.m. - Lenten Organ and Poetry Series - Community Church of Vero Beach


March 16, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks III at Community Church of Vero Beach


​March 17, 9:30 a.m. - VBAC Plein Air Painters meet at Indrio Savannah, Fort Pierce. Bring lunch.


March 17, 6 p.m. - Susan Gravely at Vero Beach Book Center


March 18 - The Four Freshmen - Treasure Coast Jazz Society - at Oak Harbour.


March 18, 7:30 p.m. - Ballet Vero Beach: Dance Deco in the Leonhardt Auditorium at Vero Beach Museum of Art


March 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Free Kids Art Class at Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace.

Happening in St. Lucie County

Through March 12 - Wait Until Dark at Pineapple Playhouse, FP


Through March 12 - Company at McAlpin Fine Arts Center


​Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. - Jazz Market along the Indian River waterfront, Fort Pierce

March 10, 11 - Space Songs - The Musical at Hallstrom Planetarium - Check dates & times


March 11, 8 p.m. - L.A. Hardy Sunrise Theatre

March 14, 8 p.m. - Gordon Lightfoot at Sunrise Theatre


​March 16, 7:30 p.m. - Glazer & Friends at Sunrise Theatre


March 17, 6-8 p.m. - Opening reception for Fine Print: Rediscovering the Backus Portfolio on Paper and Canvas at Backus Museum & Gallery


March 17-April 2 - Chapter Two at Treasure Coast Theatre


​MARCH 19-24 - Jazz Week in Fort Pierce

Happening in Martin County

Every Sunday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Market on Main, Flagler Park, Stuart


Every Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk​, 300 St. Lucie Ave, Stuart


Through March 26 - La Cage Aux Folles at The Barn Theatre


​Through April 15 - Works in Living Color - artist Dorothy Gillespie at Court House Cultural Center


Through April 27 - Free Electrons, the art of Danuta Rothschild and Torenzo Gann at the Elliott. 

March 11-July 21 - Highwaymen - From Street Corner to the Smithsonian at the Elliott


March 11 - Beatles Re-Imagined at the Cummings Library, Palm City - Tom Servinsky, Scott Benge, Dean Lopes, Jackie Robbins. Free but tickets required - contact Cummings library


March 11 & 12, 11 a.m. - Book signing by Catherine Enns - The Journey of the Highwaymen; live painting demonstration by Roy McLendon; galley walks by Roger Lightle and Steve Carr at the Elliott


March 11-12 - Martin Artisans Guild Annual Open Studio Tour


​March 11 - The Moody Blues' John Lodge at the Lyric

​March 11, 10 a.m.-noon - Proper Tombstone Cleaning Technique demonstration with Gary Swain - MC Genealogical Society


March 12, 2 p.m. - More Than Orange Blossoms: Feisty, Fabulous Females of Florida - storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar at Blake Library - Free


March 14 - Sunset Concert with cellist Jackie Robbins - St. Patrick's Day - Cultural Court House


March 14, 7 p.m. - Bachelors of Broadway: Gentlemen of the Theatre


MARCH 14, 4-7 P.M. - CAR SHOW NIGHT AT THE ELLIOTT - live music at Philly Down South Tiki Hut


March 15, 6:30 p.m. - Jazz Jam with the Billy Cofrances Jazz Quartet - Cork'd Wine Bar, Jensen Beach


March 16, 6 p.m. - Jammin' in Jensen


March 16, 5:30 p.m. - Opening reception for Noted Etchings by Enrico Caruso at the Elliott


March 16 - April 30 - Noted Etchings by Enrico Caruso at the Elliott


March 17, 4 & 8 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks III at Lyric Theatre


March 17-April 2 - Over the River and Through the Woods at A.C.T. Studio Theatre, Stuart


Brevard Happening in Brevard County


Thru Mar 12: The Color Purple, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne


Through March 26 - Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Titusville Playhouse


Through March 31 - 100% Pure Florida at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery


Through April 2 - The Evolution of SLICE and Other Work - Pete Steenland - At Studios of Cocoa Beach



March 10, 7 p.m. - Rock 'n Roll Revue's Spring Gling Sock Hop at Melbourne Auditorium - $15 - Bring a children's book for the book drive


Mar 10: Joe Bonamassa, King Center


Mar 10-19: Steel Magnolias, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse


Mar 10-26: Cinderella, Surfside Playhouse


March 10, 7:30 p.m. - Pavel Haas String Quartet - Melbourne Chamber Music Society - at St. Marks United Methodist Church, Indialantic


March 11, 7p.m. - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents Yale Spizzwinks at Eau Gallie HS PAC


Mar 11 & 12: Indiafest, Wickham Park, Melbourne


Mar 11: Mendelssohn & Beethoven Concert, Brevard Symphony Orchestra at the King Center


Mar 12: Saxophonist Jeff Rupert & Friends: Jazz Concert, Space Coast Jazz Society, Veterans Memorial Center, Merritt Island

March 12, 3:30 p.m. - Haydn, Mozart &Barber's Adagio for Strings w/Riverside Chamber Orchestra and Riverside Community Chorale at Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach



March 12, 3 p.m. - Community Band of Brevard's Spring Fling at Merritt Island HS auditorium Free


Mar 12 & 13: On Your Feet!, King Center


Mar 15: Gordon Lightfoot, King Center


Mar 16: Eric Johnson – Treasure Tour, King Center


Mar 16: High Tea at Field Manor, Merritt Island


​March 16, 4 p.m. - Open House Celebration and Ribbon Cutting at the new Brevard Cultural Alliance office. 513 N.. Harbor City Blvd., MLB


March 17, 7 p.m. - Tennessee Bluegrass Band - JT's Bluegrass, Shepherd's Hall, Titusville


Mar 17: Get the Led Out, King Center


Mar 17-19: River Days & Craft Brew Hullabaloo, Sebastian Rotary Foundation, Sebastian Riverview Park


March 17-April 23 - Leading Ladies at Melbourne Civic Theatre​


​March 18, 7 p.m. - Space Coast SO Symphonic Jukebox at Satellite HS PAC


Mar 18: Robert Jon & The Wreck, King Center

Happening in Palm Beach County

Through March 11, 2023 - 10th Annual Plein Air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter

Through March 11 - Molly Aubry - Dark Luminosity - PalmBeach Cultural Council - Artist reception Feb. 4, 3-5 p.m.


Through March 12, 2023 - Henry Ossawa Tanner: Intimate Pictures at The Norton


Through March 12 - Dial M for Murder at Lake WorthPlayhouse


Through March 21 at Wellington /Community Center - Wellington Art Society's new municipal art exhibition, Images. 


Through March 26 - Damn Yankees at the Wick theatre and Costume Museum 


​Through April 2 - The Art of Paper: Washi Transformed at Morikami Museum


​Through April 8 - Visualizing Climate Disruption - PalmBeach Cultural Council


Through April 9 - Café des Beaux-Arts at Flagler Museum


​Through June 11 - New York Vanguard: Promised Gifts from Stephen and Madeline Anbinder​


​March 10, 5-8 p.m. - 10th Annual Plein Air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter - Collectors' Party & Sale @LAC Gallery


March 10, 11 a.m. - Swing for Strings at Wellington National golf Club - Palm Beach Symphony


March 10, 5-10 p.m. - Art After Dark at the Norton Museum


March 10&11, 8 p.m. - Nestor Torres Returns: Not So Quiet Storm Sound at Arts Garage


March 11, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. - 10th Annual Plein Air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter - Small Works Sale @LAC Gallery


March 11,10 a.m.- noon - 10th Annual Plein Air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter - Live Battle of the Brushes! live painting event @LAC Gallery


​March 11, 2 p.m. - Book + Art at the Norton Museum

March 12, 7 p.m. - Veronica Lewis: Roots & Blues at Arts Garage


March 12, 3 p.m. - Architects of the Gilded Age  at Flagler Museum


March 12, 3 p.m. - Schubert Revealed at The Society of the Four Arts - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center


​March 12 - Final day Festival of the Arts Boca at Mizner Park


March 13, 8 p.m. - New World Symphony with Michelle Kann, piano, at Kravis


March 14, 8 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony with Misha Dichter at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts


March 14 - April 2 - ​Lionel Bart's Oliver at Maltz Jupiter Theatre


March 15, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks III at First Presbyterian Church NPB


March 15, 2 p.m. - Balourdet Quartet - Stage West/Duncan Theatre


​March 16, 7 p.m. - Music, Maestros, and Masters - Palm Beach Symphony at Benjamin High School


March 16, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. - Jazz at Lincoln Center: Songs We Love - Dreyfoos Hall, Kravis


March 16, 10:30 a.m. - Karesansui Rock Garden Raking demonstration at Morikami


March 17, 8 p.m. - The Jimmy Vivivno Band at Arts Garage


March 17, 10 a.m.-noon - Conservatory open house at Maltz Jupiter Theatre


March 17-April 29 - Etheard Joseph work at Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Tues-Sat noon- 5p.m.


March 17 & 18, 8 p.m. - Malevo at Duncan Theatre

And Beyond

Through March 11, 6-9 p.m. - Make a Mercer Style Mosaic at the Tileworks of Bucks County, Doylestown


Through March 12 - Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection at Tampa Museum of Art


Through March 12 - Lauren Austin: Life in Quilts at Polk Museum of Art


Through March 16- Aliento a Tequila (the Spirit of Tequila) at Collier Museum at Government Center


​Through March 19 - Harrison School for theArts Senior Exhibition at Polk Museum


Through March 25 - Lake Wales Arts Council Member Exhibitions Exhibition  at Crews Gallery, Lake Wales


Through March 26 - True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism at Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete



Through March 26 - Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real - Polk Museum of Art


Through May 13 - Collier's Cavalry: The Story of the Southwest Mounted Patrol at Museum of the Everglades

March 10, 6:30 p.m. - Rhythm on the River at Edison and Ford Estates - Come Monday (Jimmy Buffet tribute)


March 11, 10 a.m. - Garden Talk - Beguiling Begonias at Edison Ford


​March 11, 10:30 a.m. - ArtLab - Life in Quilts at  Polk Museum of Art


March 11, 10 a.m. - History of Fishing in Ponce Inlet, Florida - Ormond Beach - Florida Humanities program


​March 11-July 23 - Shashin: Japanese Photographs from the Meiji era, 1870-1900 at Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete


March 11-June 3 - AFRICA- Birds, Beasts 'n' Peeps at Lake County Museum of Art. Photography of Charlene Edwards


​March 11-12 - 73rd Annual Okeechobee Cowtown Rodeo



March 12, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association- Violinist Sarah Chang and pianist Julio Elizalde - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall


March 12, 5-8 p.m. - Opening reception for Cheryl Tall's Dramatis Personae at Sparks Gallery, San Diego. On view through April 30.


March 13, 1 p.m. - Biodiversity Walk - Bailey Matthews Shell Museum - Koreshan State Park, Estero


March 14, 10:30 a.m. - Digital Discussion: Helen Keller's Life and Legacy at Edison and Ford


March 14, 5p.m. - The Fighting Baileys: Florida's Black Military Experience - Port Charlotte - Florida Humanities program


March 14, 2 p.m. - Logging the Big Cypress - Second Tuesday Lectures at Collier Museum at Government Center


​March 14-15 - On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan at the Van Wezel, Sarasota


​March 15, 8 p.m. - Bill Mays at Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, Winter Park


March 15, 3 p.m. - AnElegy to Rosewood panel discussion - Miami -  Florida Humanities program


March 15, 7 p.m., virtual - Florida Humanities program - Conversations at MOA: Queer, Black, and Being Haitian - North Miami


March 16, 6:30 p.m. - More Than Orange Blossoms: Feisty, Fabulous Females of Florida St.Augustine - Florida Humanities


​March 16-26 - The Hatmaker's Wife- Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers


March 16, 6-9 p.m. - Culture Crawl at The Bass


March 16, 6-9 p.m. - Teen Takeover X Teen Art Exhibition at The Bass


​March 16, 6 p.m. - Spanish Treasures: Lost and Found in Florida's Waters with Charles J Kropke at Delray Beach Historical Society


March 16-Jan. 1, 2024 - Carola Bravo: New Monuments 2023 at The Bass


​March 16, 6-9 p.m. - Brushes & Brews: A Bob Ross Style Tribute to Ireland at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers.


March 17, noon - Soprano Hein Jung & pianist Grigorios Zamparas in Sarasota Concert Association's noontime series - concerts at David Cohen Hall Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center. Preregister


March 17, 6 p.m. - The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making from the Cayman Islands to Key West - Florida Humanities


March 17, 3-3:45 p.m. - Florida Carillon Festival: John Widmann at Bok Tower Gardens


March 18, 10 a.m. - Pirates, Privateers, and the Fall of the Spanish Empire: How Spanish American Independence Brought Florida to the United States - Palm Coast - Florida Humanities


March 18-19 - Throwing Porcelain workshop with Spanish potter Jose Mariscal at Lake Wales Arts Center


March 18-21 - Florida Grand Opera - Tosca - Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Tidbits

IMANI MILELE CHOIR IN CONCERT

March 26th at 4:00 PM at First Methodist Church, SR60 West at 17th Street.

The Imani Milele Choir is a talented group of children from Uganda who tour the U.S. each year to raise awareness of the plight of vulnerable children. The concert will feature uplifting and inspirational songs to share stories of the joy they have received through God’s love.

The Vero Beach Choral Society is in need of vocalists in both Tenor and Alto ranges. Anyone who can read music and has experience singing in a vocal ensemble is welcomed to join the group by audition. Visit the group’s website, www.VeroBeachChoralSociety.org, and click on “Audition” to apply.

Every Thursday from 6 – 9:30 PM in downtown Jensen Beach (on Jensen Beach Boulevard), Jammin Jensen offers a mini-festival of local artists’ displays, music, vendors, and family entertainment!

There is no admission fee — it’s FREE!


Streaming First Presbyterian


First Presbyterian Church in Vero Beach presents many concerts and special performances. If you can't get to them in person, visit the church's website and watch the archived videos!

Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real

On view now through March 26 at Polk Museum of Art

 

An original Polk Museum of Art exhibition, Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real comprises approximately sixty works and focuses on Hopper and Pène du Bois, two very thematically different but stylistically-overlapping artists who became lifelong friends from the time of their earliest studies at the New York School of Art.

MAKE SOME NOISE! CALL TO MUSICIANS

 

The St. Lucie Cultural Alliance is looking for great talent to be a part of our festivals!


Art Mind & Soul Fest | April 1 & April 2

A 2-day festival with art, music, dance, yoga, meditation, and so much more.


Levitt AMP Fort Pierce - Music at the Pointe

Saturdays, April 8 - June 10


St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, St. Lucie County Parks & Recs, and the City of Fort Pierce bring ten FREE outdoor music concerts to Museum Pointe Park! Apply now to be considered!

From the Lake Wales History Museum:


New Exhibit from the Museum of Florida History through April 11. 

Stop in and learn about the rich history of Blues and Jazz in central Florida. This exhibit has interactive displays, videos, and much more to learn about how Florida Got the Blues!

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