Volume 3 No. 25 |July 30, 2021 |
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With Donna Roberts Mitchell |
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ARTS NEWS
& PROFILES
FROM
FLORIDA'S
TREASURE COAST & BEYOND
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Sharing our wealth of arts and culture. We're having an ARTS BLAST!
Promoting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere
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Notes from the editor: I Had a Nightmare |
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The excitement of seeing a new, full arts season ahead of us this fall has to be like that feeling a kid gets when he knows something he's been wishing for will soon be his. A trip to Disney, an hour of freedom in an ice cream shop, whatever it is youngsters (or adults) long for these days. OK. You can keep Disney but give me an hour with a spoon and a freezer case of homemade ice cream. Please. |
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My nightmare, as I read about the resurgent COVID strains, is the possibility of a forced return to the early days of the pandemic. I won't nag anyone but I will remind people of what we lost in that year and a half and how important it is to do what we have to to make sure it doesn't wipe out the plans our arts organizations and artists have for the future.
End of the somewhat gentle nag.
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In This Issue
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Jubilation!
Let the Games Begin with the Space Coast Symphony
Waxing Eloquent with Encaustics Artist Judy Edwards
Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta Broadcasts
Calls for Artists in Brevard County
Due to continued inclement weather, the Films on the Lawn series at the Norton Museum of Art has been canceled.
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They're Celebrating at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre |
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The news that came in from the Maltz Jupiter Theatre this week couldn't have been more welcome or exciting! Theatre lovers been waiting for the total remodeling and expansion program to be finished — you know, the one that kept the Maltz team way beyond busy during the pandemic. That $36 million expansion.
Andrew Kato, producing artistic director and chief executive, said the word that best described the feeling he had when he signed off on the press release was "relieved!"
The 2021/22 season officially opens with a three-week, open-air run of the smash Broadway hit Jersey Boys that will fill the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium January 11-30, followed by I Hate Hamlet at the Benjamin School February 8-20. Then the new theatre itself will open its doors with "the high-energy, dance-filled musical Sweet Charity" on the new, Broadway-scale stage February 19-March 9, and a four-week run of the Tony®-nominated Broadway sensation Dirty Rotten Scoundrels March 22 – April 10.
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Kato calls the first two shows "Maltz Without Walls, because we are doing just that." The pandemic wasn't the only consideration in planning the season to begin al fresco. "We also have construction deadlines to consider, so – even though the project is expected to be delivered on January 3 – it eases the pressure of reentering the building while mounting a show."
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Still, there are major elements to contemplate when considering a baseball stadium as a venue for a Broadway show, Kato said, because "baseball stadiums are built for baseball. We’ve made plans to add lighting, sound, power with additional generators, and locker rooms that will be adapted to become dressing rooms." And then there are the normal amenities theatre patrons expect and a rain policy to be established. "Luckily, January brings cooler weather with fewer chances of rain, so it should be the perfect time of year to attend an open-air production."
Mike Bauer, general manager of Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, said "the opportunity to host the Theatre’s production of Jersey Boys is a thrilling chance to marry two of America’s favorite pastimes. ... This will be an experience that fans won’t soon forget.”
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In addition to the main lineup, there will be music: Live at the Garden: The Music of Billy Joel; The McCartney Years; Top of the World: A Carpenters Tribute; Destination Motown, featuring the Sensational Soul Cruisers; Best of the Eagles; Tribute to Journey: Odyssey Road; the Elton John tribute Yellow Brick Road; and The Prince Project. Look for several major fund-raising events in March and April to benefit the theatre. And looking ahead: "Not only will we be 100 percent back for the entire 2022/23 season," Kato said, "but we are in the process of planning summer camps for our arts students in the spring and summer 2022."
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Brevard Artist Judy Edwards |
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Judy Edwards and I first crossed paths many years ago on a birdwatching day tour — Stickmarsh, maybe? I haven't seen her since then but I remembered the name when a press release arrived from her for Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne. |
A Staten Island native, Edwards has lived in Viera for the last 20 years after stops in Philadelphia, Honolulu, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She's a graduate of SUNY college of New York and went on to Temple University graduate school, "but didn't finish because I had the opportunity to live in Honolulu." While there, she studied drawing with James Koga, and later, back on the mainland, oils with Ted Tihansky and Don Stone. |
It was in Stone's plein aire painting classes that she developed the confidence to pursue art professionally. Edwards relocated to Florida after taking a one year trip around the world painting en plein aire with her 13-year-old daughter, followed by a one woman show in Newport, Rhode Island. Painting landscapes had lost its appeal for Edwards by that time but a happy accident directed her toward a new passion, encaustics.
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Edwards explained, "I was looking for a class in wax emulsion used by my favorite artist, Arthur Dove. I searched the whole USA and then saw Leslie (Neumann) teaching wax encaustic at Ringling College (of Art & Design.) it sounded somewhat similar. So I signed up. When I got there, Leslie told me no one uses wax emulsion as it was too toxic. ‘You are here, so why don’t you learn encaustic’. The rest is history." She added cold wax and oil paints to her portfolio with classes with Lisa Pressman, also at Ringling, and R&F Paints.
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It wasn't until she turned 40 that Edwards knew art would play a large part in her life. "I realized it was something I had always wanted to do, and I committed to it."
In her Viera home, she has "a brand new, beautiful studio with natural light and more than sufficient work space." It was built just for the artist, "eliminating a linen closet in the guest bathroom, blowing through that wall and adding on to our house. It was a chore being built but It is now the nicest room in our house. ... I am in there most every day and put the creative process as a priority. there is nothing I would rather do." The only thing missing is a hammock!
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But what artist doesn't have a wish list? "If I had a bigger studio I would love to have a press," Edwards said, "but I am able to do encaustic monotypes without one."
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A memory that stands out for Edwards happened in Pai, Northern Thailand, on her 1998 trip. "Pai was a very small town in the mountains, near the Myanmar border. In the middle of the town was a hat shop I really wanted to paint," but it took some convincing by the artist's daughter to get her to set up her easel and paint. "She basically gave me a talking to, called me a chicken, and told me I'd live to regret it (if I didn't go.)"
Another one she won't forget is a phone call from the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery telling her she had "sold the wall." She had no idea what that meant. "I did what? After a few tries I finally understood, it meant I sold all 7 paintings on my wall in the gallery!"
Free-time activities for Edwards that don't involve time in her studio are baking sourdough bread, gardening, and taking her therapy dog, Buddy, to visit the elderly.
Her work is available to view and purchase at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Eau Gallie and on her website. |
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Space Coast Symphony Orchestra Traditions |
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The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra's fun-loving artistic director and conductor knows how to grab readers' attention. The graphics Aaron Collins and his team come up with for performances of Olympics-themed music are timeless. |
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How do you keep a longstanding tradition fresh for the musicians as well as the audience?
With the Olympics theme, featured every four years when a pandemic doesn't force cancellation, you add some new works and bring back old favorites. "There are some works that are specifically tied to or written for the Games, including several of John Williams’ works like Summon the Heroes and Olympic Fanfare and Theme," Collins said. "We will revisit Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Sibelius’ Finlandia, and Suk’s Towards a New Life." New for this series are the World Premiere of Dan Perttu‘s The Phoenix and Michael Torke’s Javelin. Tenor Bryan Hayes will sing several works with the orchestra. "This is a multimedia concert featuring incredible clips from the Olympics and it is paired with equally exciting music."
Summon the Heroes: Music of the Olympics is at The Scott Center at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy August 7, 7 p.m., and Vero Beach High School PAC Aug. 8, 3 p.m.
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Visit the Cultural Alliance Art Guild exhibitions at many venues countywide and online.
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Thanks to the Brevard Cultural Alliance for sharing these Calls for Artists! |
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Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Free Concerts Online
From Maestra JoAnn Falletta:
Enjoy the BPO from the comfort of your living room, patio, or anywhere on the go! This summer, the BPO is partnering with WNED Classical, Buffalo Toronto Public Media’s Classical music station, to broadcast free archived live recordings of BPO concerts. These broadcasts air each Tuesday at 7pm.
To access the broadcast, stream via wned.org/classical, or listen to WNED Classical via smart speaker.
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European Passport
Tuesday, August 3, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
George Li, piano
French Connection
Tuesday, August 10, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin
Beethoven’s Belated Birthday
Tuesday, August 17, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano
Multiple Musicians
Tuesday, August 24, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
KROMMER Concerto for Two Clarinets
William Amsel, Patti DiLutis, clarinets
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Basson, Violin and Cello
Henry Ward, oboe
Glenn Einschlag, bassoon
Nikki Chooi, violin
Roman Mekinulov, cello
EWAZAN Triple Concerto for Three Trombones
Jonathan Lombardo, Timothy Smith, Jeffrey Dee, trombones
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Classical Treasures
Tuesday, August 31, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Nikki Chooi, violin
Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, September 7, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
KAY Pieta
Anna Mattix, English horn
HANDEL Harp Concerto No. 6 Op. 4 No. 6 in B-flat
Madeline Olson, harp
BARLOW A Winter’s Passed
Henry Ward, oboe
MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A
Mozart and Strauss
Tuesday, September 14, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Musical Tales
Tuesday, September 21, 7PM
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
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There's a New Dinner Club in Town (MartinCounty) |
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Melbourne Civic Theatre has posted auditions for AGATHA CHRISTIE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS -
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY KEN LUDWIG, directed by Peg Girard
Auditions August 8&9, 7 p.m. at the theater. Production dates are October 8-November 4.
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Let's Murder Marsha - September 19-21
Rent - the Musical - October 9-10
The Bare Truth - January 16-18
Mamma Mia! - Feb. 19-20
Flashdance - The Musical - May 7-8
All Auditions are OPEN Casting* Auditions will be held at the Theatre located at 2400 SE Ocean Blvd. Stuart, Fl. 34996* This is a Non-Compensated Theatre. All Actors are Volunteers*
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A.C.T.Studio Theatre Auditions
- Designer Shorts (an evening of short plays)
- August 10 & 12, 7pm
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Sides will become available on actstudiotheatre.com after the short plays are selected
- A Christmas Carol (onstage radio play)
- September 25 & 26, 7pm
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Script is available on actstudiotheatre.com
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The new Weekend Dinner Club at the Elliott Museum's
Philly Down South Bar & Restaurant
is FREE to join and it’s easy to participate —
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Call (561) 718-9733 by 3 p.m. to make your dinner reservations for Friday or Saturday night.
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After your meal, pick your “gem*” to reveal your discount treasure — a complimentary glass of wine, appetizer, dessert, entrée or more! (*one “gem” discount per table)
- Enjoy exciting special menus offered every Friday and Saturday night.
- No club membership fees or dues!
Members of the Historical Society of Martin County will receive one complimentary beverage of your choice, including wine, beer or a soft drink. If you're not yet a museum member, you can act now by clicking on this link!
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Vero Beach Museum of Art
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
Elliott Museum
House of Refuge
Flagler Museum
Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Museum of Florida Art - Deland
VT&M - Museum of Military History - Kissimmee
Polk Museum of Art
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New Digs for the Cultural Council of Indian River County |
The Cultural Council of Indian River County has moved a few blocks north from its 14th Avenue location to an office in the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce building, 1216 20th St., Vero Beach. CCIRC had shared a space with Flametree Clay Art Gallery before the gallery closed a few months ago. |
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The Vero Beach Art Club is looking for corporate sponsors for the 2022 Under the Oaks Fine Arts and Crafts Show, March 11-13, 2022. Contact Sue Dinenno 772 321-8701
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Indian River County
ONGOING - Video submissions accepted for Indian River’s Got Talent at the Environmental Learning Center. Indian River County residents only.
Through Aug. 1 - Video auditions accepted for Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR at Riverside Theatre For Kids!
Through Aug 6 - Vero Beach Art Club's Big Bold & Beautiful Fine Art Exhibit and Art Marketplace. 1903 14th Avenue
Through Aug. 31. - Small Format, Diverse Vision - Group exhibit at Village Square, Sebastian
Through Sept. 5 - At Vero Beach Museum of Art - A Tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Selections from the Tom Golden Collection
Through Sept. 9 - CCIRC Art in Public Places Member Exhibit - J. Thomas Transformation - at IRC Courthouse
Through Sept. 10 - 12 x 12 Summer Squared at Gallery 14
Through Sept. 15 - Video auditions accepted for Elf The Musical JR at Riverside Theatre For Kids!
Through Sept. 29 - CCIRC Art in Public Places Member Exhibit-Mixed Themes and Solo Exhibit - Steve Reid, Not Myself at IRC Administration Bldgs.
Through Sept. 30 - Summer Art Show at The Galleries at First Pres. Featured artists: Linda Irwin, Pat deRobertis, and Lolly Walton.
Ongoing - Riverside Theatre’s two virtual series, Putting it Together and Cast Chats. See the website for the link
July 29-30, 6-9 p.m. - Hearts for Arts - Celebrating the Beauty of Indian River County at IRSC Richardson Center
July 31, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Museum Studios at Vero Beach Museum of Art; Summer Travel
July 31, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Community BBQ with the Gifford Youth Orchestra at Dr. M. L. King Jr., Park and Walking Trail, 2880 45th St., Vero Beach (Across the Street from Gifford Middle School)
Aug. 5-7 - City of Vero Beach's Aerial Antics Youth Circus at St. Edward's School
Aug. 6, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.
Aug. 6-7, 7:30 p.m. - Riverside Dance Festival - Ballet Vero Beach with konverjdans at Riverside Theatre
Aug. 7, 7-10 p.m. - Perseid Meteor Shower & Star Part at ELC. Pre-registration
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Brevard County
Ongoing - Virtual Visual Art 2020 by members of the Central Brevard Art Association on Facebook and YouTube.
Through July 31 - Works in Progress at 5th Avenue Art Gallery
Through July 31 - Eau Gallery presets Ah, Freedom! Local artists with their interpretation of freedom
Through July - Americana on Exhibit at the Studios of Cocoa Beach
July 30-Aug. 22 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Titusville Playhouse
Aug. 2-28 - Lost & Found - back by popular demand at 5th Avenue Art Gallery.
Aug. 6 - First Friday Art Walk - Melbourne Eau Gallie Arts District
Aug. 6, 7 p.m. - Swingtimers Vocal Trio at Highland Avenue Fellowship, 1591 Highland Ave., Eau Gallie. Donations accepted
Aug. 7, 7 p.m. -Summon the Heroes - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at The Scott Center, Melbourne
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No. Palm Beach County
Ongoing Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - Garden Sculpture Tours at the Norton
Through July 31 - The New Normal: COVID Times at Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Through Aug. 7 - Summer Home at Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery
Through Aug. 22 - Artist Innovation Fellowship Showcase at the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County
Through Aug. 31 - Summer Dreams exhibit at ArtWorks Gallery, WPB Artworks of Northwood, 555 25th Street
Through Sept. 5 - Boca Raton Museum of Art - An Irresistible Urge toCreate: The Monroe Family Collection of Outsider Art
Through Sept. 19 - Painting Enlightenment: Works by noted Japanese scientist and artist Iwasaki Tsuneo at Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
Through Oct. 3 - For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women at The Norton Museum of Art
July 30, 5-7 p.m. - Art After Dark: Teen Takeover at the Norton
July 30, from 5:15 p.m. - Spotlight Talks in the Garden at the Norton
July 30 - Garage Queens: Fierce, Fabulous, Divine at Arts Garage - Onsite and online
July 31, 11 a.m. - Sculpture Garden Tour at the Norton with docent Sulvie Grenier Glickstein in French
July 31- A Conversation with Bruce Campbell + Screening of Evil Dead at Old School Square
Aug. 7, 11:30 a.m. - Youth Origami Workshop at Morikami
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Martin County
Ongoing - Weekly Tuesday night car show at Elliott Museum. 5-8 p.m. Small fee to show your car. Admission is free for guests, who are asked to remember to follow CDC guidelines pertaining to social distancing, wearing a mask in public, etc.
Ongoing - Mark Cook: When Flows Return to the River of Grass - Virtual exhibit curated by the Arts Council of Martin County
Through Aug. 1 - Legally Blonde The Musical at The Barn Theatre
Through Aug. 10 - Tails & Tales - Martin County Library System Summer Reading Program
Through Oct. 31 - Portfolios - Jane Lawton Baldridge, A Sea Story Girl at the Elliott Museum
July 31 - Walk on the Wild Side - Cummings Library 11 a.m.; Hobe Sound Public Library 3 p.m.
Aug. 1-11 - Stuart Art Supplies closed for vacation
Aug. 6- Sept. 18 - Horizons, A retrospective exhibition of the works of Jim Houser and Dan Mackin at Cultural Court House
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St. Lucie County
Aug. 3, 10 a.m. - St. Lucie Cultural Alliance presents Intro to Public Art workshop at Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens. Free for Cultural Alliance members and residents of PSL . $25 for all other participants. artstlucie.org or email info@artstlucie.org
Aug. 6-15 - Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Treasure Coast Theatre
Aug. 7, 10 a.m.-noon - Advanced Bonsai class with Tom Kehoe at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. Limited to 25 people, ticketed
Aug. 9-Sept. 7 - A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery closed for annual maintenance.
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Daily at 11 a.m. - Keeper Chats from Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. -Giant Pacific Octopus
Ongoing, Saturdays, 2 p.m. - The Bass Highlights Tour at The Bass
Through July 31 - Beats & Brushes: Artists of Color exhibit at Lake Wales Arts Council
Through Aug. 22 - Antioch Reclaimed: Ancient Mosaics at the MFA - Museum of Fine Art St. Pete
Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum
Through Aug. 22 - Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration at Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete
Through Aug. 27 - Banking on the Past, Savings for the Future: The Legacy of Barron Collier’s Bank of Everglades at Museum of the Everglades
Through Aug. 28 - Connections in Nature at Naples Depot Museum
Through Aug. 29 - 2021 Rollins Faculty Biennal at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Multiple Voices/Multiple Stories at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug.29 - Path to Paradise: The Artistic Legacy of Dante's Divine Comedy at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Uptown/Downtown: Richard Lindner's Fun City at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Aug. 29 - Creatures in the Margins at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
Through Sept. 25 - Beaches, Creatures & Cowboys: Florida Movie Posters, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History at Lake Wales History Museum
Through Sept. 26 - Selected Portraits from the Morse Collection at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.
Through Sept. 26 - Iridescence - A Celebration - at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.
Through Sept. 26 - Earth into Art - The Flowering of American Art Pottery at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.
Through Oct. 25 - The Nature of Encaustic: A Florida Wax Show at Bok Tower Gardens
Through Nov. 28 - InFocus: Precision Photography of Extraordinary and Uncommon Shells at Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
Through Dec. 23 at the Plant Museum - "When the Train Comes Along": Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino
August 2-6 - Musical Theatre Camp for Actors with Autism at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Aug. 3-31 - Free admission to the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park
Aug. 5, 7:30 p.m. - Priscila Navarro - Virtual concert - Community Arts Program, Coral Gables, FL
Aug. 5-15 - To restart indoor theatre at the Alliance for the Arts, Sanibel - The Chechens, by Phillip Christian Smith
Aug 6-28 - In the Theatre Lobby: Barbara Fewster - Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Aug. 7, 10 a.m.-noon - Sensory Saturday for families with sensory sensitivities - Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete
Aug. 8, 11 a.m. - Gospel Brunch at Henry B. Plant Museum
Free streaming videos of operas from the Metropolitan Opera are available at 7:30 p.m. each night and for the following 23 hours. The site also offers many and short performance videos.
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