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Volume 5 No. 14| April 7, 2023 | |
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Notes from the Editor:
Congratulations to Susan McDaniel, winner in our latest book giveaway! Susan, email me your mailing address and I'll send you Tim Dorsey's The Maltese Iguana!
Another book giveaway ahead.
With so much going on this holiday weekend, Arts Blast will be short and sweet. Those eggs aren't going to color themselves! However you spend your weekend, stay safe and don't put all your eggs in one basket.
And save me a chocolate bunny!
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It's First Friday!
Arts Blast Calendar Happening in Brevard (and all over Arts Blast land)
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And More Books!
Are you a book lover looking for a fun-filled Saturday? Then come on down to Cocoa Village Book Fest on April 8th from 10am to 3pm! This event is a paradise for bookworms, featuring over 30 talented authors in Myrt Tharpe Square as well as additional authors doing readings and signings in local businesses.
We welcome readers of all ages to meet writers, get some great books by local authors, and enjoy a book walk. What’s a book walk, you ask? It’s experiencing a children’s book as you walk through the village! This is a wonderful activity for the little ones and at the end of the story, you can meet the author and buy the book! In addition, stores throughout the village will have guest authors for the day, providing you with some literary enjoyment while you shop!
The Brevard County Mobile Library will also be there making sure you have access to your favorite books. And for the little ones, we have something special - a story walk where they can follow clues to the next page and explore the world of storytelling.
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On Sunday April 16th the Gifford Youth Orchestra will host an afternoon Jazz concert fundraiser at the Gifford Community Center located on 43rd Ave at 4855 at 3pm. Doors open at 2pm with food by Phatz Restaurant.
Ms. Muffy Charles and the ASAP band (AS Smooth As Possible) will headline "For the Love of Gifford" Concert.
Tickets are only $60, include food, and can be purchased on For the Love of Gifford Tickets, Sun, Apr 16, 2023 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite!
There will be great music, food, raffles and lots of Love for Gifford...and the Gifford Youth Orchestra or GYO
visit www.gyotigers.org for more information on the GYO
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Wondering What To Do? Here Ya Go! | |
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Happening in Indian River County
Through April 7 -HELD OVER! New paintings by Jill Kerwick at the Center for Spiritual Care
Through April 9- Oleanna - Waxlax Stage at Riverside Theatre
Through April 18, 1:30 or 7 p.m. - Film Studies at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Finding Your Voice: Celebrating the Healing Power of Music
Through April 19 - Indian River Photo Club exhibition at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Through April 19- Cultural Council of Indian River County - Merana Cadorette solo exhibit: Acrylic Art: a Retrospect, at Indian River County Courthouse
Through April 28 - Southern Light: Focus on Nature by Reed Dixon at Gallery 14
Through April 30 - Rolling Sculpture: Streamlined Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Through April 30 - Jason Gamrath's Garden of Glass at McKee Botanical Garden
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April 7, 5-8 p.m. - FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY STROLL, VERO BEACH
April 7, 5-8 p.m. - Reception for Reed Dixon's Southern Light: Focus on Nature at Gallery 14
April 7, 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Rolls Royce Rickey Racer
April 7-22- Yours, Mine & Ours art exhibit at Raw Space Gallery - Indian River Clay and friends. Opening night reception April 7, 5-8 p.m.
April 7, 7 p.m. - Requiem by Kim Andre Arnesen - Community Church of Vero Beach concert series - Jill Truax, Andrew Galuska, Rachel Carter Murphy
April 8, 4:30 and 7 p.m. - Easter Cantata at Christ by the Sea UMC, 3755 HWY. A1A, Vero Beach. Free will offering
April 8, 10 a.m. - Easter on the farm at LaPorte Farms
April 10, 5 p.m. - Diane Morgan at Vero Beach Book Center
April 11-30 - 42nd Street at Riverside Theatre
April 12, 5:30 p.m. - Artists reception - Forever in Bloom at Art at the Emerson, Vero Beach
April 13, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra
Masterworks IV at Community Church of Vero Beach
April 13, 6 p.m. - Robert N. Macomber at Vero Beach Book Center
April 14 - Deadline to RSVP to Ballet Under the Stars - Ballet Vero Beach
April 14, 7 p.m. - TLC Jazz Duo: The American Songbook in the Leonhardt Auditorium at Vero Beach Museum of Art
April 14 -May 31 - Sharon Sexton and Sean Sexton: Collaboration at Center for Spiritual Care - ARTISTS RECEPTION APRIL 14, 5-7 P.M.
April 14-15 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 3, Choreographer's Notebook: Samuel Kurkjian - Vero Beach HS Performing Arts Center
April 14-16 - Peter Shaffer's EQUUS at Vero Beach Theatre Guild
April 14-May 14 - Indian River High School and Middle School Student Exhibition at Vero Beach Museum of Art
April 15 - Treasure Coast Jazz Society's final season event - Gene Bruno with vocalist Pat Dyer - Oak Harbour
April 15, 2 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera's Piano Scholarship recipients in recital at Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, VB - Free, open to all.
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And Beyond
Through April 15 - UCF Celebrates the Arts at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Through April 16 - An Artist's Journey: The Lifeworks of Chryssie Bilder Tavrides at Polk Museum of Art
Through April 16 - Phraseology at The Bass
Through April 29 - Cultivating Community- Stories of Immokalee's African American Pillars and Pioneers at Immokalee Pioneer Museum
Through April 29 - 31st Annual The Future of Art: Student Exhibit - Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
Through April 29 - Cuba: The Natural Beauty at Marco Island Historical Museum
Through April 30 - Spring Bloom - Azaleas - at Bok Tower Gardens
Through April 30 - The Sponge Bob Musical at Orlando Repertory Theatre
Through April 30 - Jamilah Sabur: The Harvesters at The Bass
Through May 13 - Collier's Cavalry: The Story of the Southwest Mounted Patrol at Museum of the Everglades
Through July 29 - 1923: Exploring Collier County's Founding Year at Collier Museum at Government Center
Through Sept 10 - The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions at National Gallery
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April 7-8 - Grow Fort Myers Orchid Symposium at Edison and Ford Winter Estates
April 7 - April Art Walk Fort Myers
April 8, 11 a.m. - Easter Bunny Woodland Dance at Bok Tower Gardens
April 9 - 97th Annual Easter Sunrise service at Bok Tower Gardens. Gates open 6 a.m., service begins 7 a.m., free admission until 8 a.m.
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April 11, 2 p.m. - Feb. 14, 2 p.m. - Eleven Defining Days in Collier County - Second Tuesday Lectures at Collier Museum at Government Center
April 11-16 - Mean Girls at Van Wezel
April 11 - The Daughter of the Regiment Opera Insights at Women's Club of Winter Park
April 11, 10:30 a.m. - Digital Discussions - Clara Ford, the Believer at Edison Ford
April 11, 7 p.m. - Miami Book Fair - An Evening with Chanel Cleeton: The Cuban Heiress: A Novel at Books & Books, Coral Gables
April 12 - Uncovering the Secret Garden - Central Florida Vocal Arts lecture/recital at Winter Park Library
April 13 & 15 - Florida Grand Opera - Tosca - Broward Center for the Performing Arts
April 14, 7 p.m. - Lake Wales Chorale performs Requiem for the Living at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Lake Wales. Ticketed
April 15-16 - 2023 Chain of Parks Art Festival - Park Avenue, Tallahassee
April 16-22 - Volunteer Appreciation Week Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
April 19, noon - Natalie Helm and Jesse Martins in Sarasota Concert Association's noontime series - concerts at David Cohen Hall Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center. Preregister
April 19-May 28 - Big Sexy: The Fats Waller Revue at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
April 20-30 - August Wilson's The Piano Lesson at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
April 21, 7 p.m. - Concert Under the Stars: The
Steel Drivers at Bok Tower Gardens
April 21 & 23 - The Daughter of the Regiment - Opera Orlando with Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and dancers from Orlando Ballet - Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips CPA
April 21 & 22 - Sarasota Orchestra's Broadway Bound at Van Wezel
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Happening in St. Lucie County
Through April 30 - Fine Print: Rediscovering the Backus Portfolio on Paper and Canvas at Backus Museum & Gallery
Through April 30 - Green Art Showcase at Community Center, Port S. Lucie
Through May 12 - Entries accepted by appointment for A.E. Backus Museum & Galley's 2023 Through the Eye of the Camera
April 8 - Ron Feingold in Sunrise Theatre's Comedy Corner
April 13, 7:30 p.m. - Theresa Caputo Live at the Sunrise
April 13-15 - Singing Spectacular at McAlpin Fine Arts Center
April 14, 8 p.m. - Don Felder at the Sunrise
April 14-30, weekends - Proof by DAVID AUBURN AT TREASURE COAST THEATRE
April 16, 3 p.m. - Menopause the Musical at the Sunrise
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Happening in Martin County
Every Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk, 300 St. Lucie Ave, 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.
Through July 21 - Highwaymen - From Street Corner to the Smithsonian at the Elliott
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April 7-8 - An Elvis Easter, with Matt Stone at A.C.T. Studio Theatre, Stuart
April 7, 5 p.m. - First Friday CREEK Walk
April 8, 2 p.m. - Seminole Campfire Stories for all ages at Hobe Sound Public Library - Mike Manzano
April 8, 2 p.m. - Duo Arpeggione Poetry and Fireworks at Cummings Library, Palm City
April 10 - TC Youth Symphony - Zeppelin Symphony - Lyric Theatre
April 8, 2 p.m. - Seminole Campfire Stories for all ages at Hobe Sound Public Library - Mike Manzano
April 8, 2 p.m. - Duo Arpeggione Poetry and Fireworks at Cummings Library, Palm City
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Through April 23 - Leading Ladies at Melbourne Civic Theatre
Through April 29 -Tom Busby Retrospective at 5th Avenue Art Gallery
Through April 29 - One Heck of an Art Show - Jerry & Cher Hanzl's Solo Exhibition at 5th Avenue Gallery
Through April 30 - Three Friends, Three Artists, Three Passions - at Studios of Cocoa Beach
April 7, 5:30 p.m. - Opening Reception -Tom Busby Retrospective at 5th Avenue Art Gallery AND One Heck of an Art Show - Jerry & Cher Hanzl
April 7-28 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot at Eau Gallery
Apr 7: Friday Fest, City of Cape Canaveral
Apr 7-30: Into the Woods, Titusville Playhouse
Apr 8: Historic Cocoa Village Book Festival
Apr 8: Opening Reception, Studios of Cocoa Beach, Downtown Cocoa Beach
April 10 - Our Space Your Place special 35th anniversary event at King Center
Apr 10 & 11: Fiddler on the Roof, King Center
Apr 12 & 13: Music That Moves You Concert, Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium
April 14, 7:30 p.m. - Modigliani String Quartet - Melbourne Chamber Music Society - at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 2030 N. A1A, Indialantic
Apr 14: Spring Sprang Sprung Dance, Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium
Apr 15: Viera Nature Festival, Clubhouse Park, Viera
April 15, 7:30 p.m. - Bright Lights, Big Music - the Brevard Symphony Orchestra at the King Center. Current and retired military personnel registered with https://www.vettix.org/ are offered a pair of free tickets.
April 15-16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. - Blueberry Fest at
Wickham Park,MLB
Apr 15: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, King Center
Apr 15: Founders Day, Field Manor, Merritt Island
Apr 16: Drummer Fred Goodnight: Jazz Concert, Space Coast Jazz Society, Veterans Memorial Center, Merritt Island, SpaceCoastJazzSociety.org
April 16, 7 p.m. - Colin James Band at Tangiers Concert Hall, Palm Bay
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Happening in Palm Beach County
Through April 8 - Visualizing Climate Disruption - PalmBeach Cultural Council
Through April 9 - Café des Beaux-Arts at Flagler Museum
Through April 29 - Etheard Joseph work at Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Tues-Sat noon- 5p.m.
Through June 11 - New York Vanguard: Promised Gifts from Stephen and Madeline Anbinder
Through July 16 - At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism at Norton Museum
Through July 16 - From Man Ray to O'Keefe: American Modernism at the Norton Museum
Through July 23 - Akin: Capturing Human Intimacy and Tenderness at the Norton
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April 7, 5-10 p.m. - Art After Dark at the Norton
April 8, 10 a.m. - Easter Egg Hunt & Easter Bunny at Flagler Museum. Gates open at 9 a.m. Ticketed
April 8, 6 p.m. - 9th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour at Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
April 8, 10 a.m. - Easter Egg Hunt & Easter Bunny at Flagler Museum. Gates open at 9 a.m. Ticketed
April 8, 6 p.m. - 9th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour at Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
April 12, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks IV at First Presbyterian Church NPB
April 12, 7:30 p.m. - Pianist Juho Pohjonen at the Society of the Four Arts
April 15, 11 a.m. - Great Art on Screen - Pompeii: Sin City at the Society of the Four Arts
April 16, 8 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony with Joshua Bell at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
April 16, 7 p.m. - Love Canon at the Lyric
April 16, 3 p.m. - Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers - bluegrass- at the Society of the Four Arts
April 17, 7 p.m. - TC Youth Symphony - Zeppelin Symphony at Eissey Campus Theatre
April 17, 2 & 5:30 p.m. - i am sam at the Society of the Four Arts
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Grow Fort Myers at Edison and Ford Winter Estates
On April 7 and 8, Edison and Ford Winter Estates is holding it's annual "Grow Fort Myers" Plant Sale and Workshops event, combined with the Orchid Symposium that was cancelled last fall.
Workshops and Plant Sale on Saturday, April 8 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) There is no charge to attend the plant sale; however, a ticket is required to attend the workshops. The ticket cost for the entire day of workshops is $25 for non-members or $20 for Edison Ford members. Tours or admission to the museum and lab or riverside of the property are not included.
Tickets to attend the workshops may be purchased online at EdisonFord.org. Food and beverage vendors will have refreshments available for purchase on Saturday. Guests are encouraged to bring their own garden cart, as only a limited number will be available.
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At the Elliott
Highwaymen — From the Street Corner to the Smithsonian
Through July 21
In the 1950s during the Jim Crow days, several African-American self-taught artists from the Treasure Coast began painting Florida’s vivid landscapes, looking for a better way to earn a livelihood. Coined as the “Highwaymen,” they sold their art out of their car trunks as they traveled the highways, which led to their nickname. Today, Highwaymen paintings have deservedly earned a place to hang in the Smithsonian, and several Highwaymen artists are represented in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Very few of the original 26 artists remain but fortunately, many of their paintings — which are now sought after by collectors worldwide — still do.
The Elliott Museum showcased their artwork last year and we are thrilled to present an all new, premier collection of their art that includes an extensive "Canvas Board Wall" of their early works, including Harold Newton, one of the founding members, along with a Tribute Wall to Roy McLendon, who was inspired by Newton, his neighbor.
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Impact 100 Indian River Finalists
Each year, Impact 100 Indian River invites all area nonprofits to apply for $100,000 grants. Impact 100 grants allow local nonprofits to make substantive and transformational changes in our community, based on specific criteria.
“This year’s finalists are well-established nonprofit organizations in our community that have shown exceptional dedication and creativity in addressing our community's most pressing challenges, and we are thrilled to announce the number of grants we will award and the slate of projects that will be voted upon by our members in April,” stated Mary Ellen McCarthy, Impact 100 Indian River president.
The Finalists:
Ballet Vero Beach, Inc.
Fellowship Initiative For Dancers Expansion
Bike Walk Indian River County
Wheels on Wheels
Gifford Youth Orchestra, The
GYO Audio, Recording, And Communications Studio
IRC Healthy Start
Fatherhood Initiative IRC
Junior Achievement of PB & TC
From Youngsters to High School Graduates
Learning Alliance, The
Moonshot Lab School and Hub for Teacher Training
McKee Botanical Garden
Nurtured by Nature
Senior Resource Association
Meals on Wheels Waitlist Relief
Source, The
Dignity Wellness
Vero Beach Theatre Guild
Theatrical Learning Center
Whole Family Health Center
WFHC Mobile Medical Office
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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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