Volume 2 No. 8 |February 18, 2020
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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!
Supporting arts and cultural councils everywhere.
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When I started out to write the Indian River Pops/Copeland Davis story, one of the answers to my questions mentioned a raffle winner and a very young guest conductor. Read below how her story completed another young musician's circle.
Have you ever wondered if sticking your neck out to be on a show like America's Got Talent is worth the risk? Adam Battlestein, founder of the illusion performance show coming to the Sunrise Theatre this week, thinks it is.
Friday is ArtWalk in downtown Fort Pierce.
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LOST IN YONKERS - The final week at Riverside
Last week was so busy I didn't have time to say how much I enjoyed Lost in Yonkers at Riverside Theatre, more than a little surprising for this big fan of musicals. Give me that old song and dance, please.
Clearly, you don't have to be Jewish and from New York for the story to strike a familiar chord. Old Italian grandmothers know how to rule the roost, too. Shami J. McCormick's performance as Grandma was flawless, and Jonas Cohen was a perfect Louie.
The entire cast made Neil Simon's 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner a timeless success almost 30 years later. That said, I have to single out Emily Berman for my own standing O. On her first trip to Riverside, she delivered a perfect aunt in her vulnerable and lovable Bella.
A note for others with a hearing challenge: Riverside's hearing-assist devices work!
This is the final week for Lost in Yonkers. Coming soon, La Cage Aux Folles. Season tickets for 2020-2021 are on sale now!
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Indian River Pops/Copeland Davis
A Tale of Two Young Musicians - Amy and Avery
Catapult at the Sunrise Theatre
Connecting with Paul Gay
Bonsai Bash at Heathcote
Calling All Garage Bands
49th Annual CB&T Lake Wales Arts Festival
Around the 'Net
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February 22 is the final day for auditions for the Riverside Dance Festival featuring konverjdans.
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Copeland Davis with the Indian River Pops Orchestra
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This concert season marks just about an even dozen times jazz pianist Copeland Davis has performed with the Indian River Pops Orchestra, and it all began with Owen Seward. “We were friends for years before asking me to perform with his orchestra. It was supposed to be a one-time event, that we've performed annually all these years.” Seward passed away several years ago and the baton was passed to Doug Jewett, who’s also director of the Treasure Coast Community Singers, among other things.
An early Copeland Davis booster was a Palm Beach County icon. “I'd known Burt Reynolds since 1973. We were good friends and he followed my career throughout all that time. He was totally responsible for getting me on the ‘Tonight Show with Johnny Carson’ and several episodes in his B.L. Stryker TV Series on the ABC Network.” Davis played at Reynolds’ Backstage Restaurant in Jupiter with his trio for six years. “It's hard to talk briefly about Mr. Reynolds because we had known each other for so long. I played at his funeral.”
Davis has a new audio project in the works with a projected release later in the year. The emphasis will be on jazz rock, he said. He and his trio have had a regular gig at the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach for a couple of years but he’s giving some thought to another road tour.
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For the concerts with IRPO on the 22nd and 23rd, Davis plans to play “some standards from the 60's, Broadway, a little rock, and a special composition of my own that I will debut with this orchestra.”
Davis makes an appearance in a feature film set to be released this year, iMordecai, starring Judd Hirsch and Carol Kane. He’s also mentioned in a book being released this month, MUSIC & MEMORIES: Palm Beach County 2020, and teaches at the Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach.
The 7 p.m. Saturday evening concert is at Jensen Beach Community Church, 3900 NE Skyline Drive. An IRPO spokesperson said, “It’s a sweet little church that seats about 300 people, and so gives a more intimate feeling than a large theatre. The woodwork is warm and lovely, and provides very good acoustics, an ideal spot to experience the exuberance of Mr. Davis’s uplifting arrangements of old favorites and new compositions alike.” There’s plenty of parking and tickets are available at the door.
The Sunday concert is at the Eissey Theatre on the campus of Palm Beach State College.
This performance by the Indian River Pops Orchestra is made possible by a grant award from the Women Supporting the Arts, affiliated with the Arts Foundation of Martin County.
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A Tale of Two Young Musicians
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Avery Curell is a 10-year-old cancer survivor who will lead the Indian River Pops Orchestra in John Philip Sousa's The Stars and Stripes Forever in next weekend’s concerts. She’s also the daughter of Amy Jamison Curell, someone I last saw in 1999, when she was not much older than Avery is now, performing for the very first Valentine’s Day For Love of the Arts show on WQCS.
Amy recently reminded me of that occasion: “I played in the Treasure Coast Youth Symphony as a kid. You interviewed me with a couple of other students in the ‘90s. (photo attached) I’m the first on the left.”
And now Amy’s own young musician, Avery, is carrying on the tradition. She’s one of six children, in 4th grade at Treasure Coast Classical Academy. Avery studies violin with her mother and is in Peggie O’Neill’s children’s orchestra at Bach’s Children Music School. She also sings in the children’s choir at New Hope Fellowship. Life doesn’t always go the way we plan, though, but this is one strong family.
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Amy said, “Two and a half years ago Avery became very sick and was diagnosed with Acute Lymphatic Leukemia. She received treatment at St. Mary’s in West Palm Beach. Treatment was a full 2 1/2 years long which included surgery to put a port in, chemo everyday, steroid treatment, lumber punctures, and many painful shots, as well as other meds.” Her treatment ended last month and Avery has been declared leukemia free, her mother said.
How she came to claim the baton for the Indian River Pops Orchestra concert is a story in itself. Amy explained, “The Indian River Pops raffled off a ticket to be a guest conductor with the orchestra for one of their concerts. The person who won the ticket became shy about conducting and donated it to Bach’s Children Music School in Stuart. Peggie O’Neill, who runs the school, asked Avery if she would like the ticket, and she accepted!” To prepare for the role, Avery practices with recordings at home and attends rehearsals with the orchestra.
The IRPO concerts with Copeland Davis are Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at Jensen Beach Community Church and Feb. 23, 7 p.m. at Eissey Campus Theatre.
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The family:
Adam, the oldest, is an accomplished pianist and violinist. He is homeschooled and is in 8th grade. He is a member of the Treasure Coast Youth Symphony and the Indian River Pops. He is also the concert master of the youth orchestra at Bach’s Children’s Music and the principal violinist in the school’s string quartet.
Alison, 2nd born, is a cellist. She is in 6th grade at Treasure Coast Classical Academy. She studies cello with Jackie Robbins and plays in the orchestra at Bach’s Children’s Music. She sings in children’s choir at New Hope Fellowship.
Avery is 3rd born.
Aubrey is in 2nd grade and homeschools. She studies piano and violin and sings in the children’s choir at New Hope Fellowship.
Amelia is 5 and in kindergarten. She homeschools and sings in the children’s choir at New Hope Fellowship.
Asher is 2. The siblings are already discussing and arguing about what instrument he will play when he gets older. 😆
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Wood Stork - Sebastian Inlet State Park - 2-15-2020
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I'm always curious about how relationships in the arts world begin and I'm never shy about asking. It's especially easy when the question goes to a friend, as it did when I wondered out loud (in email) to Ballet Vero Beach founder Adam Schnell how BVB came to showcase works by composer Paul Gay. And how does a piece of orchestral music get translated into dance? He was happy to share the story.
As it happens, Schnell's father plays golf where Gay lives seasonally and Dad Schnell just happened to mention in passing to Gay that his son lived in town and had just started a ballet company.
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Paul and I met for coffee at the Starbucks on 12th and we talked for hours. Turns out Paul was a New England man like myself AND he had known many of my teachers from his time in the Boston Ballet orchestra (including my choreographic mentor Sam Kurkjian). It was immediately clear that Paul and I shared many artistic sensibilities. So, I asked him if he had anything he wanted choreographed. A few weeks later a large envelope of CDs and scores arrived. I settled on his
In Which Cio-Cio San Goes With Pinkerton
and choreographed that myself in January 2017. Camilo took on his
Beethoven Variants
which became
Divertissement Nostalgique
in January 2018.
"I have always wanted to make sure we 'Deep Dive' into the choreographers and composers we work with and Paul knows that. He offered his
Sonata for Violin and Piano
as our third collaboration, and I knew it was something Camilo and I should work on it together."
Schnell continued, "It is epic and I wanted to challenge myself. The three works will be the first time we have featured one composer on a program (we are calling it 'Composer's Notebook' and hope to have many more).
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"As an aside, not many people know that all three of our Paul works feature recordings that are unique to BVB. So, while we could not fly in Artem Belogurov (Piano) and Aleksey Semenenko (Violin) our audiences are actually hearing amazing recordings of phenomenal solo artists. This may sometimes make for difficulty choreographing (the recordings are more artistic and less metered), they perfectly capture the intellectual nature of Paul's scores, and BVB is nothing if not intellectual."
The collaboration is onstage in Composer's Notebook, The Music of Paul Gay, the Ballet Vero Beach program next weekend, February 28 and 29 at VBHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available online at
Balletverobeach.org.
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Soprano Maria Antunez, Tenor Martin Nesspaumer,
Baritone Aaron Keeney, Soprano Meryl Dominguez
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It's a Bash - A Bonsai Bash at Heathcote Botanical Gardens
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It started as the Bonsai Ball ten years ago and as the Bonsai Bash for the past three continues to have the same important goals: to showcase and support the James J. Smith Bonsai Collection at Heathcote Botanical Gardens in Fort Pierce. According to a frequent chair of the fundraiser and current chairman of the board, Cris Adams, it’s the largest public display of tropical bonsai by one artist in the United States.
Open all year, “the James J. Smith Bonsai Collection is significant in the world of bonsai,” Adams said. “Jim Smith was an internationally renowned Bonsai Master who lived in Vero and became acquainted with Heathcote through Gloria Moore, one of our founders.” The Bonsai Gallery was designed by Sam Comer, owner of Hayslip Landscaping in Fort Pierce. Comer received an award for his work in 2014 from the Florida Landscape and Nursery Growers Association.
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Executive Director Diane Kimes explained some recent improvements in the Bonsai Gallery. “We installed new interpretive signage this past fall for all 117 trees through an award received from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The signage provides greater detail about each tree. In addition to its botanical and common name, age in-training, country of origin, and style. Some Include interesting facts about the trees and their provenance.” Tom Kehoe, the Bonsai curator, was a student and protege of smith, Adams said. “We are extremely fortunate to have his knowledge and experience.”
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“In training” begins when the tree being trained to be dwarfed as a bonsai is planted in a container. Bonsai-specific containers can cost several hundred dollars.
Kimes said one of the James Smith trees from the Collection, the Tiger Bark Ficus, will be showcased at Epcot’s International Flower and Garden Festival in March and will remain on display in the Japanese Pavilion through early June.
In 2020, the theme for Bonsai Bash is A Taste of Asia and it will take over the the great lawn at Heathcote February 29 for an evening of food, drinks, music by the Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society, and live and silent auctions. For the gala evening, some of the trees are dressed up with backlighting and have been given the royal treatment, making sure they’re looking their best for guests.
To learn more about Bonsai:
Bonsai Societies of Florida
Treasure Coast Bonsai Society
To reserve your tickets for the Bonsai Ball by February 20,
click here
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Catapult Shadow Illusion at Sunrise
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In my mind, I’m picturing a very young Adam Battlestein entertaining his family and childhood friends making bunny shadows on the wall with his hands. He didn’t tell me that’s how Catapult got started but it sounds as likely as what really happened.
It was 2008, he said. “Things were getting bad - no job and feeling stuck (so) I decided to start a corporate entertainment company. Catapult seemed like the right name since I was looking to escape my circumstances.”
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Catapult is the shadow illusion performance group coming to the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce this week with a cast of eight very flexible people. Battlestein explained how he attracted performers for his theatrical startup. “I paid them! Money gets all performers in the door but the ones who had fun and could deal with the frustration are the ones who stayed.”
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All doubt disappeared after that show Battlestein said. the immediate results were the phone ringing off the hook with potential clients calling from Germany, Saudi Arabia, China, and other far-flung booking agents. These days Catapult is often double booked and Battlestein sees more of that coming, but that isn’t the end game. “Shadows would be an amazing tool for the right show and director! That said, our show will be heading to Broadway in April for a three-week run!”
To audition for a spot in the eight-member cast, you'll have to be a well-rounded dancer, an actor and acrobat, and a storyteller.
The audition entails dance, acting, improv, and partnering. Battlestein
has worked as a dancer, actor, choreographer, and writer for the past 25 years. He toured around the world as a performer and later worked for Pilobolus for 19 years before creating Catapult.
Photos:
The Cast of Catapult with director Adam Battlestein and two fans from Shelby, NC.
The Cast of Catapult with director Adam Battlestein, Tour Managers Tobias and Nico, driver Roland, and technical support Volker.
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From the Lake Wales Arts Council:
49th Annual CB&T Lake Wales Arts Festival
- the best one to date! The arts festival, hosted by the Lake Wales Arts Council and presented by Citizens Bank & Trust will kick off with the 9th Annual Art-B-Que on The Shores of Lake Wales (33 North Lake Shore Blvd, Lake Wales, FL 33853) on February 28. The free-to-attend Arts Festival will continue on February 29 and March 1.
Additions to the festival this year include an Entertainment Village with an enclosed air-conditioned lounge and an open-air module with a sky deck overlooking Lake Wales. Patron perks will also increase with the addition of a Patrons Ice Cream Social and Gourmet Hot Dog Lunch. The annual Polk State College Patrons Breakfast will be on Saturday morning followed by an ice Cream Social at 4 pm that afternoon. A Gourmet Hot Dog lunch will be held Sunday at noon.
The Lake Wales Arts Festival will kick off at the 9th Annual Art-B-Que on February 28 from 6 pm - 8 pm. The theme for Art-B-Que this year is Nashville! Don your finest western wear and biggest cowboy hat for a night of craft barbecue, music, and community. The event, which will take place in the Entertainment Village, will be catered by Blue Dog Craft Barbecue with music by The Back Porch Revival, a Folk and traditional Country favorite out of Sebring. Beer and wine will be available at a cash bar during the event. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under the age of 13. In addition to Art-B-Que tickets, the Lake Wales Arts Council is selling VIP tickets. These include access to the lounges, Art-B-Q ticket, Patrons Ice Cream Social, and Gourmet Hot Dog Lunch. VIP tickets are $50 apiece and include 1 free VIP admission of a child under 13 years old.
The Lake Wales Arts Council will host over 50 artists from around the country who will compete for $22,500 with $17K of that in awards and the other $5,500 from their Purchase Prize Program. Accomplished artists will be traveling from Canada, California, Texas, Tennessee, Arizona, across Florida and other states to display their fine art and compete for awards.
Festival attendees will notice a distinct jazz theme this year with a lineup of jazz musicians taking the MYBOX stage in the Entertainment Village throughout the weekend. If you’ve missed Jewel of the Ridge Jazz Festival, this event is for you! Dining options at the festival include food trucks The Rolling Gourmet, Chief's Chill Out Truck, and Tallulah’s Table by the Sea.
The Arts Council has coordinated with the Lake Wales Library on the Student Art Show running through February. Winners of the show will have work displayed at the festival and all works entered will be on display at the Lake Wales Library. An awards ceremony will be held for the student at 10 pm on Saturday.
There will be plenty of things for the little ones to do as well, including a kids’ concert at 11 am Saturday with singer/ songwriter Dot Riser and a children’s tent with arts and activities in partnership with the Lake Wales Family Literacy Coalition.
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FEB 10, 2020
Renée Fleming to Make Directorial Debut in Washington National Opera’s 2020–2021 Season
BY DAN MEYER
Opera star, Tony nominee, and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor-at-Large Renée Fleming will make her directorial debut with Mozart’s
Così fan Tutte
during Washington National Opera’s 2020–2021 season. The opera will take the stage beginning February 27, 2021, with Tony winner Paulo Szot (
South Pacific
) starring as Don Alfonso and Dalia Stasevska conducting.
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Playbill.com:
Sarah Ruhl and Lynn Nottage on How They Transformed Their Acclaimed Plays Into Operas
BY
RYAN MCPHEE
FEB 11, 2020
The two Tony-nominated playwrights-turned-librettists share exclusive notated pages from the scripts of their operatic debuts as they revisit
Eurydice
and
Intimate Apparel,
respectively.
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From news.artnet.com
‘Museums Can Learn From the Entertainment Industry’: Why the Van Gogh Museum Is Launching an Experiential Pop-Up in London
To gain new audiences (and cash), the Amsterdam museum is experimenting with its own brand of populist info-tainment.
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Volunteers Needed! Got Spare Time?
Reward Yourself
by joining our volunteer team at Bonnie’s Bookstore!
The Friends of the Martin County Library System used bookstore, Bonnie’s Books, located at the Blake Library, is in need of volunteers for Saturday mornings / afternoons and Sunday mornings. Volunteers maintain a visible presence in bookstore, offering assistance and direction to patrons in their selection of materials for purchase while providing excellent customer service. If you are interested please contact Volunteer Manager, Terry Dick at 772-219-4906 or
tdick@martin.fl.us
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Call for Musicians
Florida Tech’s WFIT Seeking
Garage Bands for Contest
Winner Receives Recording Session,
Radio Appearance, Concert Slot
WFIT 89.5 FM is looking for the next great garage band.
Florida Tech’s radio station is once again inviting area bands to enter its annual Garage Band Contest. To participate, bands must film a new video of themselves performing an original song in a garage. The video, no longer than 5 minutes, should then be uploaded to YouTube, with the link included on the required contest entry form. No other method of entry submission will be accepted.
The entry form is available at
www.wfit.org
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The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. Friday, March 6.
The song performed in the garage must be original, but any genre of music – including rock, reggae, hip-hop, funk, jazz, blues, country, bluegrass – is allowed. The videos will be judged on musical quality/appeal, originality, and stage presence/charisma.
The winning band will be announced at 12:10 p.m. March 20 on WFIT.
Later, the winning band will be interviewed by “Sound Waves” host Todd Kennedy on WFIT and perform its winning song in the WFIT Performance Studio, with the recording to be aired on WFIT at a later date. Additional prizes include a performance at the 2020 WFIT Sonic Waves Music Festival on Saturday, April 4, at Intracoastal Brewing Company in Melbourne’s Eau Gallie Arts District.
The Garage Band Contest is sponsored by the Space Coast Tourism Development Council and Brevard Cultural Alliance.
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Call for Artists:
The City of Mount Dora is seeking artists to paint murals on up to four large outdoor trash compactor enclosures that dot its downtown parking lots and alleys.
Each selected artist or team of artists will receive a $1400 commission after the mural has been completed. There is no design theme, so artists will be evaluated based on their artistic merit, creativity, professionalism and expectation of project completion.
Artists residing inside and outside Mount Dora and encouraged to apply. The City prefers individuals with previous mural experience or public art installation, but those qualifications are not requirements. The selected artists will be responsible for their own supplies and must be available to paint during normal business hours.
Artists are required to submit work samples, a resume, references, and design proposals. Guidelines and details about the contest can be found online
here.
The deadline for all submissions is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 100% Pure Florida juried exhibition at Fifth Avenue Gallery, Melbourne.
First Place: $500 and a Solo Exhibition
KATHIE BENSON,
COMMUNITY OF TREES
Second Place: $300
KATTY SMITH,
THE HUMAN PLIGHT
Sandy Johnson Memorial Award: $300
LYNN MORGAN,
LONERS
Third Place: $200
NC HAGOOD,
THE CRITIQUE
MERIT AWARDS $100@
FRED GOODNIGHT,
SUNDAY BEST
RANJANA BACRANIA,
A BRIGHT DAY
ELLEN LINDNER, CANTILEVER
DON MARTIN,
THE GIFT
MINDY COLTON,
WILD & FREE
JACK HILL, FAILED
FRANK SPINO, RED GRAPES AND GLASS
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A Calendar Appetizer
This Week On the Calendar
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Indian River County
Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Masterworks II - Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue at Community Church of Vero Beach.
Feb. 19, 6 p.m. - The Sebastian Area Historical Society presents Mosquito Control from 1925 to Present, with Doug Carlson. Admission is free (donations gratefully accepted) and refreshments will be served. This event is not sponsored by the North Indian River County Library.
Feb. 20, 2 p.m. - Travel Film at the North IRC Library - Journey of a Lifetime – Australia & the Americas
Feb. 20, 7 p.m. - “The Rocket Man Show”- A Tribute to Elton John at the Emerson Center for LIVE! From Vero Beach
Feb. 21-22 - Comedy Zone and Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre. The 7:30 p.m. show is SOLD OUT! 9:30 tickets available.
Feb. 22, 7 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera’s Best of Broadway and Opera concert at VBHS PAC
Feb. 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Sebastian River Art Club’s Art By The River in Riverview Park, Sebastian.
Feb. 22, 10 a.m. - Dance Festival Auditions at Riverside Theatre - Ballet Vero Beach -kids 10 & up.
Feb. 22, 9 p.m. - Vero BeachOpera’s Meet the Artists reception.
Members Only
Feb. 23, 3 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Chamber Series: American Modernism at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Feb. 23 - Bolshoi Ballet: Swan Lake at Majestic 11 in Vero Beach
Feb. 24, 4 and 6 p.m. - Riverside Theatre’s
Distinguished Lecturer Series
presents Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - A Journey to the New World - VBHS Orchestra Concert.
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - The Emerson Center presents Above and Beyond: JFK and the Florida U-2 Pilots During the Cuban Missile Crisis in its Florida Humanities Series.
Through Feb. 23 - Lost in Yonkers at Riverside Theatre.
Through Feb. 26 - Celebrating Black History with artists Jemal Hayes, Henrimae Bell, Gary Lenard Moore, Monika King, and Viola Frierson at Art at the Emerson Gallery, Vero Beach
Through Feb. 28 - Clyde Butcher: Living Waters Series Art Exhibit at the Environmental Learning Center. Included in general admission. 29 images never seen in this area.
Through Feb. 28 - Derek Gores returns to Gallery 14, Vero Beach, with Riptide, a guest solo exhibit of all new collage work and drawings inspired by the seaside life.
Through May 31 - From Homer to Hopper: American Art from the The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. at Vero Beach Museum of Art
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Martin County
Feb. 19, 10 a.m. - Korean War Film Series at the Blake Library, Stuart.
Feb. 19, 7 p.m. - Jim Messina at the Lyric
Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m. - Cultural Conversations: Beethoven at Cultural Court House, Stuart.
Feb. 20, 2 p.m. - Creating for a Cause at Cummings Library.
Feb. 21, 3:30 p.m. - Discover Opera Series at the Blake Library, Stuart.
Feb. 21, 4 & 8 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Masterworks II - Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue at the Lyric Theatre, Stuart.
Feb. 22, 11 a.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Chamber Series: American Modernism at Blake Library Stuart
Feb. 23, 2 p.m. - Sunday Cinema @The Blake - Monsieur Ibrahim (France)
Feb. 23, 1 p.m. - Rock’n Riverwalk, downtown Stuart
Through Feb. 23 - Glengarry Glen Ross at A.C.T. Studio Theatre, Cedar Pointe Plaza, Stuart.
Through Feb. 23 - Martin Artisans Guild and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Treasure Coast bring Tibetan monks presenting cultural offerings at the Palm Room Gallery.
Through Feb. 27 - CUT BLOWN CAST: Contemporary Art Show at Court House Cultural Center Galleries
Through March 8 - Magnificent Me, interactive family exhibition from the Discovery Network at the Elliott Museum.
Through March 8 - In Her Image, Fort Pierce Art Club’s juried exhibition paying tribute to women & women’s issues.
Third Friday Pop-up Art Market, 5-8 p.m. at Notes Music Room & Social House, Stuart, with The Soul Arts Society
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Palm Beach County
Feb. 19, 6 p.m. - Cocktails and Conversation: Blue Mind presented by Wallace J. Nichols at Palm Beach Zoo. Ticketed.
Feb. 19, 7 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony presents The Soldier’s Tale at the Norton Museum of Art, WPB.
Feb.19, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Masterworks II - Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue at Eissey Campus Theatre
Feb. 20, 5:30 p.m. - Third Thursday at Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta - Cultural Conversation with Jason Newsted and Nicole Newsted
Feb. 21-23 - Miami City Ballet - Firebird - at Kravis Center.
Feb. 22-23 - Lake Worth Street Painting Festival. Lake Avenue and Lucerne Avenue, WPB.
Feb. 22-23 - Choral Society of the Palm Beaches presents favorites from Stage to Screen, with Lisa Vroman. Osher Lifelong Learning Auditorium, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, Florida
Feb. 23 - March 8 - Brighton Beach Memoirs at Maltz Jupiter Theatre.
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Flagler Museum Music Series at Flagler Museum, WPB - American String Quartet
Feb. 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Valley Forge Fabrics Tour with Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta
Feb. 25, 2 p.m. - Art Insights: Fiber in Art at Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Through Feb. 22 - A series of works by Philip Ross Munro - Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.
Through Feb. 29 - Eroica: Compared to the Rest of the World at Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, Delray Beach.
Through March 1, Sundays, 3 p.m. - Whitehall Lecture Series - Transcontinental: American Railroads and the Visionaries Who Built Them.
Through March 1 - Clifford Ross: Waves at Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Through March 1 - Maren Hassinger: Tree of Knowledge at Boca Raton Museum of Art
Through March 1- Skylight at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis Street WPB
Through March 14 - Street Photography: Candid Portraiture Workshop at Creative Arts School at Old School Square, Delray Beach.
Through March 22 - Inspired Beauty at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens.
Through April 3 - Anime Architecture at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach.
Through April 12, hours vary - A Gilded Age-Style Tea Service in the Café de Beaux Arts at Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Through April 19 - Hall of Heroes at The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, WPB.
Through May 10 - Walk This Way: Historic Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection at Flagler Museum, PB
Through May 31 - The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Phyllis Galembo: Maské.
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St. Lucie County
Feb. 18, 25 - Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society Jazz at Sunrise Black Box.
Feb. 19, 6:30-9 p.m. - Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society hosts the Jazz Society Seventet at St. Lucie Botanical Gardens. Four horns and rhythm section set up like a little big band.
Feb. 20-22 - Grease at McAlpin Fine Arts Theatre at IRSC. ***ALMOST SOLD OUT!
Feb. 20, 7 p.m. - Catapult: The Amazing Magic of Shadow Dancing at the Sunrise Theatre
Feb. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. - 24th annual Nature Fest at Manatee Center
Feb. 22, 8 p.m. - The Beach Boys: 12 Sides of Summer at Sunrise Theatre
Feb. 23 7 p.m. - Dinosaur World Live at Sunrise Theatre
Art Walk in Downtown Fort Pierce is every third Friday.
Through March 12 - Port St. Lucie Arts League Art Exhibition at Civic Center Gallery, 9221 SE Civic Center Pl., Port St. Lucie
Every Saturday. 3-4 p.m. - Critter Crunch & Munch at
Oxbow Eco-Center
. Free, all ages, no reservation required.
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Brevard County
Feb. 19-20, 6:30 pre-show, 7:30 concert - Melbourne Municipal Band presents Staci’s Top Ten Concert at Melbourne Auditorium, free.
Feb. 22, 2&7:30 p.m. - Brevard Symphony Orchestra presents Vivaldi - The Four Seasons at the King Center, Melbourne
Feb. 23, 3 p.m. - Melbourne Municipal Band presents ASQ: Dvorak’s Largo From the New World. Melbourne Auditorium, free.
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Schumann String Quartet at St. Marks United Methodist Church, Indialantic, for the Melbourne Chamber Music Society.
Through Feb.23, weekends - Love, Loss and What I Wore at Melbourne Civic Theatre.
Through Feb. 29 - 14th Annual 100% Pure Florida juried exhibition at
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery,
Melbourne. The awards presentation will be at 7 p.m. at the First Friday Opening Reception on February 7.
Through March 2 - Local Views at Strawbridge Art League and Gallery, Melbourne.
Through March 14, 2020 - Crosscurrents: Selections from the Rodriguez Collection of Cuban Artists at Foosaner Art Museum.
Through April 25 - South African Bead Art - Focus of Funk Center Show: Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence.
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Feb. 19, 12 p.m. - Monarchs, Migration, and More at Bok Tower Gardens
Feb. 20, 6 p.m. - Laker Wales History Museum’ Featured History Talk Speaker, Dr. Diana Reigelsperger - Tavern Life in Colonial Florida. Free.
Feb. 22, 10 a.m. - “Bee” a Beekeeper hands on workshop at Bok Tower Gardens.
Feb. 22, 12-2:30 p.m. - Fly into the Gardens: France at Bok Tower Gardens
Through March 14, 2020 - At Lake Wales History Museum - Spirited: Prohibition in America. A traveling exhibit by The National Constitution Center.
Through March 31 - Spring Bloom at Pinewood Estate 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ongoing - Daily carillon concerts at Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales.
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Feb. 18, 6 p.m. - Art and Coffee with the Curator at The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College. A special tour of newly acquired works by Puerto Rican artists on view at the museum for the first time. This tour will focus on works by Antonio Martorell, Rafael Trelles, and Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz.
Feb. 20, 6 p.m. - Laker Wales History Museum’s Featured History Talk Speaker, Dr. Diana Reigelsperger - Tavern Life in Colonial Florida. Free.
Feb. 22 - A day trip to Tampa with the director of Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park.
Feb. 22, 1-5 p.m. - Family Fun Day at Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park.
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association presents The Knights-Gil Shaham, violin, at Van Wezel
Through March 1 - European Masterpieces from the Mellon Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Through March 14, 2020 - At Lake Wales History Museum - Spirited: Prohibition in America. A traveling exhibit by The National Constitution Center.
Through March 29 - Up Close and Personal: Art on an Intimate Scale at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Through April 5 - HAEGUE YANG: IN THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY at The Bass Museum of Art.
Through April 5 - Ancient Theater and the Cinema at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Through April 26 - Explore the Vaults: Visions of France at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
Through May 10 - Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney at MFA St. Petersburg
Through May 17 - African Apparel: Threaded Transformations across the 20th Century Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park
Through July 31, 2020 - Winter Haven: Lakes & Culture. Ridge Art Association at Winter Haven City Hall.
Through August 1, 2021 - Remaking the World: Abstraction from the Permanent Collection at The Ringling Museum
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