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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 4 No. 44| December 2, 2022 | |
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Notes from the Editor:
Yes, finding the right holiday gifts is important but so is taking care of yourself and enjoying the season. Our arts and community organizations have been planning for these few weeks all year, so go ahead and buy a ticket for yourself while picking up one for a friend!
This is the time of year I remind readers to shop local, shop small business. Arts Blast is about as small a business as you can get, so if you have an event coming up, or something artsy to sell or teach, consider advertising it in Arts Blast!
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Some St. John webcam links, just for the pleasure of it
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Holidays with Our Arts Blast Sponsors
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Ballet Vero Beach
Riverside Theatre
A.E. Backus Museum and Gallery
Vero Beach Art Club
First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach
Christ by the Sea Vero Beach
The Community Church of Vero Beach
Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace
Garden Club of IndianRiver County
Vero Beach Choral Society
Vero Beach Historic Downtown Arts District
Elliott Museum/Martin County Historical Society
Live! from Vero Beach
American Songbook with Dick Golden
Ray Brown's Talkin' Birds
Williwaw Studio
Holidays in Brevard County
Viva FOCA!
Auditions at VB Theatre Guild
Tidbits
... and more!
CHECK THE ARTS BLAST CALENDAR ONLINE FOR DAILY ADDITIONS
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Live in the Loop and Comedy Zone Experience are Back This Weekend at Riverside Theatre | |
🔔❄️🌲⛄️🌲Our Arts Blast Sponsors Have Plans for December!🌲⛄️🌲❄️🔔 | |
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Bid for Ballet Vero Beach
Our auction team has worked harder than ever this year to assemble a collection of nearly forty items and packages. Everything has been fully donated, so 100% of the proceeds benefit the expansion of our education and community engagement programs in our 10th Season, and beyond. Bidding is open through December 11.
| Galleries in the Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach | |
The 2022 Garden Club of Indian River County Christmas Ornament | This is the 31st year for the Garden Club of Indian River County's Christmas Ornament. Each one has featured a familiar place or event in Indian River County. This year, the colorful brass ornament celebrates the 20th anniversary of Gardenfest!, the February event that has grown to attract an audience of 20,000 visitors to Riverside Park in Vero Beach. Gardenfest! 2023 is scheduled for February 4&5. Check the website for the list of vendors. | |
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START TO FINISH
The Works of Frank Spino and Carol Staub
Through January 27
Artist receptions Friday Dec. 2 and Jan. 6, 5-8 p.m.
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The Vero Beach Art Club’s popular Holiday Marketplace will run throughout the Holiday Season. There, patrons can find one-of-a-kind gift items perfect for Holiday gift-giving. There, patrons can find one-of-a-kind gift items perfect for Holiday gift-giving. And, to accommodate the demand during the season, the Club has added an additional day for shopping. Although the Gallery and Marketplace hours remain, as always, from 11 am to 3 pm, the days it will be open have been expanded to Tuesday through Saturday. In addition, during December, the Vero Beach Art Club will feature two consecutive shows. “Tiny Treasures” will run through December 9, followed by “Inspired Works” starting on December 15.
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LIVE! From Vero Beach is celebrating 10 amazing years of bringing on-going concerts to Vero Beach! Nearly 75 total artists made up of celebrated performers as well as professional musicians covering the songs from the 60s and 70s classic folk and rock and roll!
Performed by the original artists or nationally recognized tribute bands, they deliver a perfect blend of talent and music that crosses all age groups and tastes. Many of the shows partner with a local non-profit that benefits from the performance.
All concerts are at 7 p.m. at The Emerson Center, 1590 27th Avenue in Vero Beach. Tickets are $30-$135; visit www.Musicworksconcerts.com or call 1-800-595-4849. Plentiful free parking…Entertaining music… all Close to home!
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A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM – Historic Downtown Fort Pierce
On view through December 31 is Vessels: A Journey in Clay by Walford Campbell. The Jamaican-born ceramicist traces an extraordinary creative voyage, balancing and integrating traditional pottery and avant-garde sculptural approaches to captivating effect. Opening Reception is Friday, December 2, 6:00-8:00 pm (Members free; not-yet-members $20).
And this holiday season through December 24, the Backus Museum Store’s Holiday Sale is your picture-perfect shopping destination for unique and creative gifts. You’ll find scenes of the lush and iconic beauty of the landscape by “Florida’s Painter Laureate” in Backus-inspired items for the home or office, as well as artisan jewelry, specialty books, notecards, and more festive joys waiting for you. Up to 20% off most items, including this year’s commemorative Backus ornament. Give the Gift of Florida! Shop early for the best selection.
|  |  | Tune into to the American Songbook Saturdays from 8-midnight. The Dec. 3 program will include a mini-tribute to composer Harold Arlen with his music sung by Rosemary Clooney and Ray Charles and a duet from pianist Oscar Peterson and trumpeter Roy Eldridge. Fats Waller, Peggy Lee, and Bobby Short are also a part of the American Songbook this week with host Dick Golden. Tune in Saturday evenings from 8-midnight on 91.1 FM, WQCP and online at WQCP.org. | Get your tickets for all of these events at https://hsmc-fl.com/special-events. | |
From MartinArts:
Tuesday, December 13
5:30PM
Sunset Concert: "A Christmas Holiday Concert"
With the renowned Treasure Coast Flute Choir under the direction of Al Hager. Come ring in the holidays with the glorious sounds of the family of flutes of all shapes and sizes! An annual favorite.
Registration is encouraged. Free for MartinArts members; $5 donation for non MartinArts members.
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❄️🌲⛄️ Holidays in Brevard! | |
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Thru Dec 4: Peter Pan, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
Thru Dec 11: Miracle on 34th Street, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne
Dec 2: Moonlight Music on the Promenade, Riverfront Park in Historic Cocoa Village
Dec 2-4, Dec 9-11 & Dec 16-18: Museums of Brevard 3rd Annual Holiday Tour of Historic Homes featuring eight different historic homes throughout Brevard (some participating homes require reservations), https://MOB3rdAnnualHolidayTour.eventbrite.com
Dec. 2, 5:30-8:30 p.m. - First Friday opening reception for Comfort & Joy - 40th annual holiday fine craft show at Fifth Avenue Art gallery
Dec 2: First Friday Reception: Great Art in Small Packages Exhibition, Eau Gallery, Eau Gallie Arts District
Dec 2: Friday Fest, City of Cape Canaveral
Dec 3: WinterFest, Downtown Cocoa Beach
Dec. 3, 5-8 p.m. - Downtown Melbourne Candlelight Shopping
Dec. 3, 7 p.m. - Space Coast Ballet presents: The Nutcracker at the King Center
Dec. 3, 4-7:30 p.m. - Light Up rockledge & Festival of trees, Barton Ave., Rockledge
Dec 3: Light Up Viera Holiday Parade 10th Anniversary
Dec 3 & 4: Art & Craft Holiday Bazaar in Historic Cocoa Village
Dec 4: PIctures with Santa at Green Gables, Melbourne
Dec. 4 - Central Florida's Messiah Sing Along with Space Coast SO at Eastminster Presbyterian Church
Dec 4: A Holiday Celebration Concert, Community Band of Brevard, Merritt Island High Auditorium
Dec 4: Tab Benoit and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, King Center
Dec 5: A Ceremony of Carols Concert, Brevard Chorale, Simpkins Fine Arts Auditorium, Cocoa
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Dec 6 & 7: Michael Law & Friends: Merry & Bright, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
Dec 7: Holiday Dreams: A Spectacular Holiday Cirque, King Center
Dec 7 & 8: Herald the Holidays Concert, Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium
Dec 8: Three Dog Night with Special Guest Danny McGaw, King Center
Dec 9: Holiday Dance, Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium
Dec 9: Little Roy & Lizzie Show: Bluegrass Concert, Shepherd’s Hall, Titusville
Dec 9: Zlatomir Fung, Cello and Dina Vainshtein, Piano, Melbourne Chamber Music Society, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Indialantic
Dec 9-18: Who’s Holiday, Shuler Stage - Titusville Playhouse
Dec 10: Brevard Community Chorus: Gloria! A Christmas Celebration, King Center
Dec 11: Ryan Waszmer Trio Jazz Concert, Space Coast Jazz Society, Veterans Memorial Center, Merritt Island
Dec 11: An Old Fashioned Christmas Concert, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach
Dec 11: Community Christmas Concert, Suntree United Methodist Church
Through Dec. 18- Irving Berlin's White Christmas at Titusville Playhouse
Through Dec. 24 - Studios Holiday Pop-Up Shop at Studios of Cocoa Beach
Through Dec. 31- Comfort & Joy - 40th annual holiday fine craft show at Fifth Avenue Art gallery
Through Dec. 31- Studios' Annual Members Exhibition at Studios of Cocoa Beach
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From the Center for Spiritual Care:
Twenty-seven of Vero’s best-known artists will gather Friday, Dec. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Care, 16th Avenue and 24th Street, Vero Beach, for the public opening of a month-long group exhibition. The show, organized by a local group of art enthusiasts called Friends of Contemporary Art, is entitled “Viva FOCA!”
The exhibition will feature small works, none larger than 14” x 14”. It will be open to viewers by appointment after the reception through Dec. 30.
www.centerforspiritualcare.org
772-567-1233
Photo: Madeline Long, “Promontory,” oil on board, 14” x 14”
| Holiday Hours for the Magic of McKee | |
Celebrate the holiday season at McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, during the Magic of McKee Festival of Lights Thursday, December 15 through Saturday, December 17, Tuesday, December 20 through Friday, December 23, and Wednesday, December 28 through Friday, December 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. each night. The last admission ticket sold at 7:30 pm.
the Garden will be closed on Christmas Eve, Saturday, December 24, and Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25, and New Year’ s Eve, Saturday, December 31, and New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023.
For a complete listing of dates and times of all the activities, please visit our website at www.mckeegarden.org.
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Vero Beach Theatre Guild announces audition dates for The Boy from OZ: January 9, 10, 11, 7 p.m.
- 7 females/all singers (1 plays Judy Garland, 1 plays Liza Minelli) ages 21 – 60+
- 6 males/all singers 6 ages 21 – 35
- 2 males 35+ & 65+
- 1 boy (sings solo &; dances) age 12 (or a small 14 – 15-year-old.)
| 40 of Rodin’s masterpieces, including huge sculptures, are now on view at The MFA St. Pete by Andrew Harlan | A.C.T. Studio Theatre celebrates the holiday season with Andrew J. Fenady's radio play "Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus" Dec. 9 - 18. "Virginia" (Sophia Staniec) writes her letter asking if Santa Claus exists. Show features a cast of 14. Tickets and info: actstudiotheatre.com; (772) 932-8880. Tickets $26. Students' and children's tickets available. Photo courtesy of A.C.T. Studio Theatre. | |
Mingle & Jingle
Current and future members of The Delray Beach Historical Society will celebrate the holidays in jolly style December 16 at 6 p.m.
They'll visit the gardens and historic cottages decorated for the holidays.
| Join The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches, joined by the Lubbens Brothers, for a Holiday Concert, Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 4th at 4pm at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 4601 S Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach | |
Lake Wales Chorale, December 4, 6p.m.
The Lake Wales Arts Council presents the Lake Wales Chorale holiday concert, The Many Moods of Christmas, held at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Lake Wales.
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Vero Beach Art Club's Holiday Plans
The Holiday Showcase this year runs through December 22. Holiday ornaments and a festively decorated tree will be on display and auctioned off at the Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace, 1903 14th Ave, Vero Beach.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Open during First Friday Gallery Stroll December 2, 5-8 p.m.
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Barn Theatre's Studio Series Productions
Holidays With a Twist
staged readings (with scripts on stage).
Performance dates are Dec. 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m., Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m.
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St. Mary's Lunch and Chamber Music Series
Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
Bonifantes Boys Choir from the Czech Republic
All Concerts will be in Ross Hall in the Pittenger Center at St. Mary's Episcopal Church unless otherwise indicated.
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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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Free trees available at the Audubon House in Vero Beach:
- 7 ft Southern Live Oaks in 3g pots -Produces the most insects for birds
- 6 ft Pond Cypress in 3g pots-Grows in dry soils also
- 3 ft Dahoon Holly in small pots- Small tree that needs irrigation
Visit our Pelican Island Audubon Society’s Audubon House at 195 9th St. SE (Oslo Rd) Vero Beach on Sun, Wed, or Fri from 9-11 a.m. to pick up trees. Also, Native Plants for sale! Hummingbirds will come! See our websites:
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/free-trees-available-at-audubon-house/
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/trees-for-life-plants-for-birds/
or call PIAS: 772-567-3520
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Instructions for PIAS Birds Need Plants Photo Contest
- Each month you can submit up to 3 photos for the Birds Need Plants Contest with emphasis on birds pursuing, consuming, using plants, or near plants and prey. To submit a photo for this month, the deadline is the last day of the month.
- A Florida bird must be pictured in your photograph (priority to action shots with or pursuing, using plant, food sources, habitat, and that demonstrate relationship to plants, insects, animals, natural foods).
- The photo must be taken in Florida.
- A photographer may submit 3 digital images per month.
- A photographer will submit only photographs that have never won an earlier award in any contest or exhibit anywhere.
- PIAS requests that you provide the highest resolution possible of your jpg digital images.
- Deadline: The last day of the month
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Email to piaudubon@yahoo.com
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