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Arts Updates, Interviews, Calendar, Calls for Artists and Volunteers, Auditions --- It's All Here in Arts Blast, Arts Blast on the Air, and on Facebook. | Supporting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere | |
Volume 5 No. 8| February 24, 2023 | |
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Notes from the Editor:
As hard to believe as it is, when I got back online and was receiving emails again, it was just short of two weeks that I was without. They were the most stressful two weeks I can recall for a very long time. Hurricanes are worse but they don’t last anywhere near this long.
I want to give a shout out to the young man at AT&T who wouldn’t give up, Anthony Cappello. He did everything he could to solve the problem on his visit a couple of evenings ago, but when I showed him what was happening on my computer, he understood that something more had to be done. He went outside with his phone and had a lengthy discussion with someone at his office.
When he came back in, he explained that (not in his exact words) the distribution grid had been redrawn and I had landed at the end of the line, beyond the point at which I could get a signal. He must have given his boss a convincing argument, because that evening I could get and stay online, and a gazillion emails flooded my inbox. And I could watch TV.
Thank you, Anthony. You’re the kind of employee I’d like to have if I had employees.
So far, it’s still good, but I’m watching over my shoulder for the AT&T gremlins to return any minute.
So, here is an Arts Blast that’s all calendar. I’ll keep working on the next one and get it out when it’s ready. It’s taken me more than a day to get the calendar mostly up to date. Go online to willimiller.com for updates.
If you’ve emailed Arts Blast any arts information in the past two weeks, you should send it again. I fear things were lost in cyberspace. Thanks for your patience.
I plan to get my joy back by seeing A Comedy of Tenors at Riverside Theatre this weekend.
Being without a computer for so long, I will keep the drawing for a copy of The Killing of Innocents by Deborah Crombie open for another week for Arts Blast subscribes. If you've linked to this on Facebook or online, subscribe (it's free!), and follow these instructions.
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: You have until March 2 to send a four-digit number to willi@willimiller.com. A random-number digitizer will select the winner. Only domestic (US) entries, please.
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This Weekend:
On the Calendar
Ballet Vero Beach Update
Happening in Brevard (and Other Counties)
And that giveaway for Subscribers!
...and more!
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Bye-Bye Busy February, Welcome Mad, Mad March | |
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Happening in Indian River County
Through February 24 - Derek Gores' Piece of Mind at Gallery 14
Through Feb. 26 weekends, noon-4 p.m. - Celebrating the Fine Print: Fine Art Photography at Stouthouse
Through Feb. 28 - Art Show at Environmental Learning Center
Through Feb. 28 - Susan Hale: New Abstractions at Center for Spiritual Care - Call for an appointment 772-567-1233
Through March 5 - Museum Art School Faculty Exhibition at Vero Beach Museum of Art
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 - 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
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Feb. 24, 7 p.m. - Live From Vero Beach! - ONES - The Beatles #1 Hits at The Emerson Center
Feb. 24-25 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 2, Beyond the Ballets Russes - Vero Beach HS Performing Arts Center
Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Share to Care at Riverside Park, Vero Beach
Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. - Free Kids Art Class at Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace.
Feb. 25, 6 p.m. - Explorer's Experience at Triton Submarines, 10055 102nd Terr., Sebastian - ORCA's annual fundraiser - Tickets are $250 and can be purchased online or call 772-562-9052.
Feb. 25, 9 & 11 a.m. - Little Wonders free toddler nature class at ELC
Feb. 25-26 - Vero Beach Blues Festival - IRC Fairgrounds
Feb. 26, 4 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Chamber Series Two - Three by Three at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Feb. 26, 3 p.m. - Showtime! - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at The Emerson Center
Feb. 26, 2 p.m. - Scottish Sweetheart Afternoon Tea at the Garden Club of Indian river County, 2526 17th Ave., VB, for the Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast. 772-783-6891 or 772-538-1932
Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m. - International Lecture Series at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Miles C. Collier - The Automobile as an Aesthetic Aspect of the Built Environment
Feb. 28, 7 p.m. -Concordia Chorus Concert at VBHS PAC
Feb. 28-March 31 - Red Umbrellas and Abstraction - Janet Kipp Tribus at Gallery 14
Feb. 28, 6 p.m. - Jewelry class at Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace
March 1 - NEW DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES! TREASURE COAST CREATES: A TRIBUTE TO LOCAL ARTISTS - May 20-Sept. 3 - open to all artists in three counties. Membership in the Cultural Council of IRC is not required
March 2, 7 p.m. - Live From Vero Beach! - An American Rock Band: The Grass Roots at The Emerson Center
March 3 - First Friday Gallery Stroll in Vero Beach
March 3-28 - Jill Kerwick solo exhibition at Center for Spiritual Care
March 3, 5-7 p.m. - Opening reception for Jill Kerwick exhibition at Center for Spiritual Care
March 3, 9, 16, 23, 30, 11 a.m. - Lenten Organ and Poetry Series - Community Church of Vero Beach
March 3-26 The Boy from Oz at Vero Beach Theatre Guild
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And Beyond
Through Feb. 25 - As You Like It at Annie Russell Theatre, Orlando
Through Feb. 26 - The Last Show- Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Through March 2 - Spirit, Rhythm, Blues by Le'Andra LeSeur at Gallery 221 - Dale Mabry Campus
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
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Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. - St. Pete Jazz Festival - Zach Bartholomew Trio: A Chick Corea Tribute at MFA St. Pete
Feb. 24, 7-10p.m. - Live music at Art-B-Que, Lake Wailes Park
Feb. 24, 25 & 26 -Lake Wales Arts Festival
Feb. 25, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Exploring Florida Pottery Workshop at Collier Museum at Government Center
Feb. 25 - Free Educator Workshop at The Bass
Feb. 25, 1 p.m. - Picture of Health: Why We Sing at MFA St. Pete
Feb. 25, 10:00 a.m.- Grow Fabulous Roses! at Edison and Ford
Feb. 25-26 - 2023 Swamp Cabbage Festival - LaBelle
Feb. 26, 2-4 p.m. - Family Day at The Bass
Feb. 28, 8 p.m. - Boston SO performs free neighborhood concert at UMass Lowell
March 1 - Deadline to enterMayfaire by-the-Lake, a Polk Museum of Art Fine Art Festival
March 1, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association- Chicago SO/Riccardo Muti - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
March 1, 10:30 a.m. - Step int History: Thomas and Mina Edison's Impact on fort Myers History
March 3 - Movie in the Park - Kissimmee
March 3 - 2023 Big Read Miami begins
March 3 - Concert Under the Stars - Banjoist Alison Brown at Bok Tower Gardens
March 3-April 1 - 37th Annual All Florida Exhibition - Art Alliance, Fort Myers
March 3-4 - Sidney McSweeney, jazz vocalist, at Van Wezel
March 4 - Banjoist Alison Brown at THE ATTIC at Rock Brothers Brewing, Tampa
March 4-5 - 36th Annual Floral City Strawberry Festival - Floral City, FLr a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining"!
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Happening in St. Lucie County
Through Feb. 26 - Dashboard Dreams: The Florida Highwaymen and the American Road at Backus Museum & Gallery
Feb. 24, 25 & March 10, 11 - Space Songs - The Musical at Hallstrom Planetarium - Check dates and times
Feb. 25, 5 p.m. - 2nd annual Black History Month Gala at Havert Fenn Center - SL Cultural Alliance
Feb. 25 - Marc "Skippy" Price in Comedy Corner at Sunrise
Feb. 26-27, 7-9 p.m. - Auditions for Neil Simon's Jake's Women at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL
March 2-12 - Wait Until Dark at Pineapple Playhouse, FP
March 3-5 - Babes on Broadway at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL
March 3-April 30 - Fine Print: Rediscovering the Backus Portfolio on Paper and Canvas at Backus Museum & Gallery
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Happening in Martin County
Every Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk, 300 St. Lucie Ave, Stuart
Through March 2 - Florida's Natural Beauty in the Art Down the Hall gallery at the Elliott, featuring photos from the Audubon of Martin County's recent contest.
Through March 3 - Norman Rockwell and his mentor: J.C.Leyendecker - at the Elliott Museum
Through March 4 - Kaleidoscope Art at The Palm Room Art Gallery, Stuart
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.
Feb. 24, 5:30-7 p.m.- Opening reception for Works in Living Color - artist Dorothy Gillespie at Court House Cultural Center
Feb. 24, 4 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Chamber Series Two - Pittenger Center at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Feb. 25-26, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - 33rd Annual Downtown Stuart Art Festival, SW Osceola Street, Historic Downtown Stuart
Feb. 26, 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. - POPS in the Park - Memorial Park,Stuart
Feb. 26, 3 p.m. - Great AmericanSongbook presented y Treasure Coast Music Teachers Association at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Feb. 28, 4 p.m. - Virtual Author Talk with Sadeqa Johnson, The House of Eve - Martin County Library System
Feb. 28, 8 p.m. - Virtual Author Talk with Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series - Martin County Library System
March 1, 5:30 p.m. - The Environmental Studies Center 50th anniversery celebration at the Elliott Museum. FlipFlops only. RSVP
March 1 - Abbacadabra- The Ultimat Abba Tribute at the Lyric
March 2, 6:30 p.m. - Art collector Judith Goffman Cutler - Talks about the Rockwell/Leyendecker exhibit - at the Elliott
March 3, 5 p.m. - First Friday CREEK Walk
March 3, 9 a.m. - Make a Hand and Give a Hand to Education - Harbour Ridge Ma Jongg tournament
March 3, 6&8 p.m. - Hotel California A Salute to the Eagles at the Lyric
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Brevard Happenings
Through Feb. 25 - The Guardians, solo exhibition by Barbara Desrosiers, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Front Room Gallery
Through Feb. 25 - The Essence of a Woman, solo exhibition byTheresa Prokop, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery
Through Feb. 27 - Emotions of Color - Phyllis Shipley - Studios of Cocoa Beach
Through March 5 - The Colours of Love - Strawbridge Art League
Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. - Hermitage Piano Trio - Melbourne Chamber Music Society - at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 2030 N. A1A, Indialantic
Feb. 24 - Tyler Henry: The Hollywood Medium at King Center
Feb 24 – Mar 12: The Color Purple, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra - Showtime! at Satellite HS PAC
Feb. 25, 1 p.m. - Lunch and Learn - The Art Students Guild of Brevard
Feb. 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Wet & Wild Drawing Workshop with Derk Gores
Feb. 25, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. - Open House and Mural Dedication - North Brevard Art League, Titusville
Feb 25: Market at the Manor, Field Manor, Merritt Island
Feb 25: Downtown Melbourne Sip & Shop, Downtown Melbourne, Melbourne Main Street
Feb. 26, 7 p.m. - A Special Evening with The Original Jersey Boy, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at King Center.
Feb 27 – Mar 1: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story (youth theatre), King Center
Feb. 27-March 31 - 100% Pure Florida at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery
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Happening in Palm Beach County
Through Feb. 26 - Good People at Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Through March 21 at Wellington /Community Center
Through March1 - Like Mind 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 21 at Wellington /Community Center - Wellington Art Society's new municipal art exhibition, Images.
Through April 8 - Visualizing Climate Disruption - PalmBeach Cultural Council
Feb. 24, 5-10 p.m. - Art After Dark at the Norton
Feb. 24, 2 & 5:30 p.m. - The Exception, film, at Society of the Four Arts
Feb. 25, 2 p.m. -Family friendly Rita Finds Home ballet at Society of the Four Arts - Miami City Ballet School. Free. Reservations required.
Feb. 26, 3 p.m. - Architects of the Gilded Age - Julia Morgan: The Most Accomplished Female Architect of Her Time at Flagler Museum - with Karen McNeill, Ph.D.
Feb. 26, 2 p.m. - National Theatre Live - Jack Absolute Flies Again at Society of the Four Arts
Feb. 26, 7 p.m. - Jean Caze at Arts Garage, Delray Beach
Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. - Master Classes - A Survey of Southern Culture: The Civil War and Postbellum South with Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. at Society of the Four Arts
Feb. 27, 11 a.m. - Collector Lecture: Robert Flynn Johnson at Society of the Four Arts
Feb. 27, 3 p.m. - Malice in Wonderland: Cecil Beaton - His Life and Work - with Hugo Vickers at Society of the Four Arts
Feb. 27, 6:15/7 p.m. -Terra Nostra, multimedia symphony by The Symphonia at The Studio at Mizner Park, Boca Raton
Feb. 28 - Flagler Museum Music Series - Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. - Stayin Alive: One Night of the BeeGees at Maltz
March 1, 7:30 p.m. - SOLD OUT - The Meil Diamond Experience at Maltz
March 2, 7:30 p.m. - What a Fool Believes ; Doobie Brothers tribute show
March 3, 7:30 p.m. - The Celtic Tenors at Maltz
March 3 - Imagination Gala for the National Pancreas Foundation at The Breakers, Palm Beach
March 5-11, 2023 - 10th Annual Plein Air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter
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They're Back! Ballet Vero Beach Returns to the Vero Beach Museum of Art! | |
Announcing three opportunities to dance with Ballet Vero Beach - Accepting auditions and applications NOW!
Audition for Ballet Vero Beach's 2023-2024 Season
Ballet Vero Beach is seeking professional dancers for the 2023-2024 Season. The company is specifically interested in male presenting dancers with professional experience, excellent classical and contemporary technique, and superior partnering skills. However, the company will consider all applicants regardless of gender identity. Interested dancers should submit resume and video footage to info@balletverobeach.org. For more information about our organization click Audition.
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Apply to our Fellowship Initiative
The company is also seeking applicants for the Fellowship Initiative for Dancers. Specifically aimed at altering the way young people enter the field, this two year program allows accepted fellows to dance full time with Ballet Vero Beach, receive their AA or BA through Indian River State College (paid for by the company), and experience hands on training in arts literacy and arts integration through delivering the company's education and engagement initiatives. To apply for the initiative click Apply.
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Apply to the Riverside Dance Festival
The Riverside Dance Festival is a unique experience in Intensive Summer Study presented by Riverside Theatre and Ballet Vero Beach. Accepted students will experience day-to-day life with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre. Students will have the opportunity to take daily technique classes in hip hop and contemporary dance from Terminus and Riverside’s own distinguished faculty. They will also perform alongside Terminus in a mixed repertory concert to culminate the festival. To apply, click Apply.
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Haitian-American Music at the Arts Garage in February
A collaboration between the Arts Garage in Delray Beach and the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce will present Jean Caze, a featured soloist in Michael Bublé’s band, on Sunday, February 26, at 7 pm.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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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