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Volume 5 No. 49 | December 29, 2023

Notes from the Editor:

Christmas 2023 seems to have slipped by faster than most years for me. Maybe the year was in a rush to be gone or 2024 couldn't wait to show what it has planned for us. On my end, there will be some big changes. I'm not in a hurry but I am definitely easing myself toward the big R — Retirement. Stay tuned. (No changes coming for Arts Blast on the Air!)

You've probably noticed differences in the look of Arts Blast over the past few weeks, the product of some new hands on the editorial and production side. If all goes as planned, a new team will soon be the face of Arts Blast. Watch this space for news.

If you've ever checked out willimiller.com, you might have seen this note I tacked on at the end of the landing page a couple of years ago, reflecting on the COVID effect. I think it could apply at the changing of the guard for any year.

December 31, 2021

Notes from the editor:

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And so we begin again. 

Onward into the unknown one more time, stronger, more resilient, more determined. 

​We can do this.

Here's to a happier, healthier, musical, art-filled, even more successful year ahead.

My New Year's resolutions include spending more time making art, learning something new, and figuring out how to use my Instant Pot. What are you planning for 2024?

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Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller

December 28, 2023 - Oscar Sales of Riverside Theatre tells us about what exciting events to expect in the coming year at Riverside ... And Adam Schnell of Ballet Vero Beach updates us on the Nutcracker on the Indian River and why Riverside Theatre is such a great place to work if you're a dog-lover!

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In This Issue

• VBMA Final Days of M.C. Escher Exhibit
• Nutcracker on the Indian River
• Jersey Boys at Riverside Theatre
• St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Call for Art: Elements
• January Art in Melbourne
• Riverside Theatre Backstage Tours
• Vero Beach Opera's Don Giovanni
• Space Coast Symphony Orchestra “The Best of Country Music”
• Live From Vero Beach!
• Laura (Riding) Jackson Ribbon Cutting
• Vero Beach International Music Festival Concerts!
• ELC Friends of Contemporary Art
• Treasure Coast Theatre's Nana's Naughty Knickers
• Sing with the Choral Society of the Palm Beaches
• Florida Young Performers Program Deadline
• New Exhibit at Old School Square

And More ...!

Scroll down for a load of entries from the Arts Blast online calendar.

No December Downtown Friday in Vero Beach but hang on to your hats in January!

Make it Part of Your Family's Holiday Tradition

December 30, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center

Nutcracker For All

December 29, 7:30 p.m.

Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center

From Adam Schnell, artistic director and CEO at Ballet Vero Beach:

We are excited to welcome you to Nutcracker on the Indian River. Here are some friendly reminders to help you fully enjoy your experience. 

To access the program for this performance, click HERE!

Arrive early

In order to remain respectful to fellow patrons and the artists on stage we do have a strict late seating policy. We wouldn't want you to miss the start of the performance!

Know your ticket delivery method

Whether you choose to print your tickets at home, show them on your device, or pick them up at will call, we want to make sure that you are prepared when performance time rolls around. All ticket pickups and questions can be directed to our guest services team.

Have fun

We are here to make sure your experience is an enjoyable one. Please let us know if you have any questions prior to your arrival and as always, we will do our best to make sure you love your time at the ballet!

Tickets: www.balletverobeach.org

JERSEY BOYS

January 2 – 28, 2024

Jersey Boys is the musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - four blue-collar kids from gritty and humble beginnings who achieved worldwide acclaim, selling millions of albums, sold out performances, and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Featuring more than two dozen hits including: “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night),” “Sherry,” “My Eyes Adored You,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Who Loves You?” and many more, Jersey Boys is the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning sensation that shows life off stage was not as harmonious as it was on stage.

Jersey Boys opened on Broadway in October 2005 and closed in January 2017 after 4,642 performances. It won four Tony Awards including Best Musical. At its closing, Jersey Boys was the 12^th longest running show in Broadway history. 

www.riversidetheatre.com

CALL FOR ART: ELEMENTS

"Elements" invites artists to capture the essence of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind in a dynamic exhibition that explores their visual allure and transformative effects. Capture the elements in their purest form and reveal the transformative power they hold.

You must be a member of the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance in order to submit for this exhibition.

Submission Deadline January 5, 2024 

Until December 31, 2023, every contribution made to the Cultural Council of Indian River County will be matched up to a total of $9500 by our Board of Directors, effectively doubling the impact of your support. Your donation will go twice as far in fueling the arts and fostering creativity in our community. Any amount makes a difference!

CULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Has Moved!

2400 15th Avenue,

Vero Beach, FL 32960

Click here to download the 2023-2024 Cultural Arts Guide

The Nature Inspired Art Series exhibit continues at the Environmental Learning Center through the month. “The Magic of Trees” with five artists showing closes Friday, December 29. Judy Burgarella, Ella Chabot, Cynthia Colella, Camy De Mario, and Scott Kelly will host a Closing Reception on Friday, December 29^th 5:30 -7:30 PM for visitors to take one last look. www.discoverelc.org

January Art in Melbourne

BACKSTAGE TOURS

at Riverside Theatre

See Everything Behind the Jersey Boys Red Curtain

Get an entertaining, story-filled tour backstage and see the set designs and props up close. Meet some of the talented people that make it all happen. Learn more about how the shows are created and brought to life on stage. The tours last roughly one hour. The cost is $5 per person. January 5 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

First Friday Art Walk at the Cornell

Join us Friday, January 5th (6-9pm) at the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square in Downtown Delray Beach for the opening of: "Painting in Paradise”, A Plein Air Painter’s Dream. 

Paradise Palms Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, a well-kept Delray Beach secret is about to be revealed. The gardens consist of 20 acres of garden environments, original sculptures, water features and structures that are a Plein Air painter’s dream. 

From May - Dec 2023, top Plein Air artists curated by Art Moves You, were invited to paint their interpretation of the gardens in a diversity of styles and a variety of mediums. See the artists created Plein Air artworks and learn about their Paradise Palms experiences.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square

51 North Swinton AvenueDelray Beach

Vero Beach Opera Presents Don Giovanni

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

January 7, 2024 @ 3pm

Mozart's Don Giovanni is an arrogant and promiscuous nobleman, who abuses and outrages everyone until he encounters something supernatural that he can't outwit or destroy.

Starring Eleomar Cuello as Don Giovanni, this fully staged production also features the Brevard Symphony Orchestra.

This production will be performed in Italian with English supertitles at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

www.verobeachopera.org

Space Coast Symphony

Celebrates

'The Best of Country Music’

with singers performing country music’s biggest hits

January 7 @ 3pm

Emerson Center for the Performing Arts

Celebrating 75 years of country music, the Space Coast Symphony presents The Best of Country Music. The concert of honky-tonk and heartache will kick off the New Year, featuring Central Florida singers, Sarah Purser and Andrew LeJeune. The Best of Country Music will showcase hits made famous by luminaries Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Kenny Rogers, Glenn Campbell, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, and more. According to the Country Music Association, more than 129 million American adults listen to country music.

$30 tickets for The Best of Country Music are available through the orchestra website at www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust, beachside and mainland branches. Tickets at the door are $35.

Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about The Best of Country Music, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or visit www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org.    

January 11, 2024 @ 7 pm

Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA will deliver the closest ABBA experience you’ll ever get with some of Sweden’s most experienced and talented singers and musicians playing 100% live. All concerts are presented by MusicWorks, Inc. and Paris Productions with the exclusive sponsorship of ABBA by The O’Dare Boga Dobson Group and ONE Sotheby’s International Realty.

January 18, 2024 @ 7 pm

The Lettermen, an old-time favorite return to Vero Beach! Their hits are what romantic dreams are made of as you will travel back in time remembering where and when you loved any one of the hit-making songs by this talented male pop vocal trio. The Lettermen have over 75 albums, numerous certified gold, and a myriad of hits including: “The Way You Look Tonight,”  “When I Fall in Love,” “Come Back Silly Girl,” “Theme from a Summer Place,” “Goin’ Out of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” “Hurt So Bad,” and “Shangri-La.”

January 25, 2024 @ 7 pm

Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits perform with a full 90 minutes of great music, amusing stories, and maybe, if you have an empty seat nearby, a personal visit by Noone himself! Their classic hits include: “I’m Into Something Good” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”, “Silhouettes”, “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat”, “Just A Little Bit Better”, “Wonderful World”, “There’s A Kind of Hush”, “A Must To Avoid”, “Listen People”, “The End of the World” and “Dandy”. Ultimately, Herman’s Hermits sold over sixty million recordings. Presenting Sponsors are Joe & Denise Corr. Show Sponsors are John and Linda Colontrelle.

Tickets are on sale now for all January concerts, and a complete list of concerts February-April can be found by visiting the website www.MusicWorksConcerts.com 

A.E. Backus Museum is pleased to present an important exhibition that explores the close friendship between artist “Bean” Backus and publishing magnate “Kip” Kiplinger. The exhibition, Kindred Spirits: Paintings & Letters from the Kiplinger Family Collection, will be on view through January 7, 2024 at the museum.

Birthday Event and Ribbon Cutting

January 16

Celebrate Laura (Riding) Jackson’s birthday on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a brand new path linking Brackett Library to the LRJ Pole Barn and Florida-Friendly garden.

From 2:00-3:30 pm on the 16^th guests can experience a walk through the Florida-friendly garden at IRSC on Mueller Campus in Vero Beach, Florida. Following the ribbon-cutting, guests are invited to enjoy cookies and cupcakes courtesy of Indian River State College Hospitality and Culinary Management Program.

Guests with children will also be able to enjoy some children’s activities in the Children’s Garden.

LRJF is dedicated to preserving the author’s home and the Florida-friendly garden surrounding it while nurturing writers of all ages through a series of literary offerings including writers’ groups, summer camps, workshops, and poetry festivals. The Foundation honors writer Laura (Riding) Jackson’s belief in the promise of language by creating community through the literary arts.

Friends of Contemporary Art to Offer Special Group Exhibition

A Vero Beach association of professional artists, collectors, and patrons will hold its second annual holiday exhibition at the Environmental Learning Center from January 5 to February 5, 2024. This show is sponsored by Friends of Contemporary Art, also known as FOCA, and will feature works by 32 prominent local painters and photographers. Visitors can meet the artists at an Opening Reception from 4:30 to 6:30 PM on Friday, January 5th.

“Because Vero Beach has such a lively art scene,” says FOCA President Sharon Theobald, “it has attracted more than its share of art talent and this show represents some of the very best of it.”

Included will be works by: Maciek von Ato, Aric Attas, Rita Barone, Mary Garvey Beda, Lila Blakeslee, Ann Chwatsky, Hank Feeley, Ellen Fischer, Mary Gallatin, Elise Geary, Xaque Gruber, Susan Hale, Jill Kerwick, Barbara Krupp, Shotsi Cain Lajoie, Barbara Landry, Joanne Limoges, Lou Ann Lindsay, Madeline Long, Gustav Miller, Janvier Miller, George Pillorgé, Suzanne Roff, Barbara Rowles, Kate Russum, Timothy J. Sanchez, Dorothy Napp Schindel, Cree Scudder, Ann Starkey, Allan Teger, Emily Tremml, Janet Kipp Tribus and Stuart Carr Weismiller. Further information about the exhibition and FOCA is available at (focavb.com) .Photo: “The Wonder of Birds” - Xaque Gruber

From The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches:

Dreaming about that wonderful feeling you have when you sing and perform? Whether you are returning or joining us for the first time, we would love to have YOU sing with us for our Spring Concert series, The Road Home: A Musical Journey. It will be an amazing compilation of pieces spanning the history of choral music from spiritual to classical to broadway to pop...something for everyone! Performances are March 16, 17 and 18th at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in West Palm Beach.

Our Spring Concert rehearsals begin, Tuesday, January 9th at Gardens Presbyterian Church, 4677 Hood Road in Palm Beach Gardens starting at 7:00pm. Our concert cycle fee is $100 which includes your music, costume accessories and 2 tickets to a Spring 2024 performance. If you are a returning member, we would appreciate you paying your cycle fee in advance by logging in as a member and selecting SPRING CONCERT CYCLE 2024 from the dropdown and adding to your cart for payment.

And NEW NEWS for the NEW YEAR...we have a YOU TUBE channel!!! Please subscribe and visit often :). We will have the taping of our Holiday Concert posted shortly for all to see and share! Click here: You Tube Channel

Until we meet again, and we hope soon, we wish you an abundance of joy, laughter, love and good music in 2024!!!

The Brevard Symphony Orchestra Matinee Series 2:00 p.m. concerts are three for the price of one! This season's Matinee Series includes Symphonic Dances with United Ballet Theatre, Celebrating 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Jeffrey Biegel, and Musical Pictures with violinist Paul Huang.

To purchase a Matinee Series subscription, call (321) 345-5052.

Learn more about the Matinee Series here!

Tickets for the BSO Dream Drawing fundraising event are available online, along with the catalogue.

After years of meticulous planning, the City of Ft. Pierce and the Highwayman Museum board are excited to announce that the much anticipated dream of a Highwaymen Museum will become a reality in the early Fall of 2024! 

The Highwaymen Museum will be housed in the renovated Jackie L. Caynon Building at 1234 Avenue D in the heart of the historic Lincoln Park District.

To help meet a goal of $10,000 as part of the End of Year Campaign, a customized brick paver program has been started.

For more information, go to: www.originalfloridahalloffamehighwaymen.org

Give the Gift of a Free Tree!

Coming Up on the Arts Blast Calendar

Events listed are for the next few weeks. For a complete listing of future events, (click here or go to: willimiller.com/arts-blast-calendar)

Indian River County

EVENTS:

Dec. 29 & 30, 5:30 p.m. - Live in the Loop Music Bands at Riverside Theatre - No Comedy Zone

Dec. 29, 7:30 p.m. - Nutcracker for All, Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS

Dec. 29, 5-7:30 p.m. - Closing reception for Nature Inspired Art Series at Environmental Learning Center

Dec. 30, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. - Nutcracker on the Indian River, Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS

Jan. 2-28 - Jersey Boys at Riverside Theatre

Jan. 2-4, School Break Camp at ELC

Jan. 4-Feb. 28 - VIVA FOCA! Friends of Contemporary Art Exhibit at Environmental Learning Center

​Jan. 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m. - VIVA FOCA! Artist Meet and Greet with live music and refreshments at Environmental Learning Center

Jan. 5 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. - Backstage Tours at Riverside Theatre

Jan. 5, 5-8 p.m. at Gallery 14 - Opening reception Flowers by Paul Solovay and Mixed Media by Barbara Krupp. 

Jan. 6, 11:30 lunch, 12:30 performance – Treasure Coast Jazz Society at Oak Harbor Club

Jan. 7, 10:15 a.m. - All That Jazz Sunday at Community Church

Jan. 7, 4 p.m. - Gainesville Brass Quintet at First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach - FREE, donations accepted

Jan 7, 3 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera’s Don Giovanni at VBHS

Jan. 7, 3 p.m. - The Best of Country Music - Space Coast Symphony at Emerson Center

Jan. 11, 7 p.m. - The Music of ABBA – Live From Vero Beach at Emerson Center

Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Community Church of Vero Beach

Jan. 12-29 - Celebration of Creativity Congregational Art Show  at Community Church of Vero Beach

Jan. 13, 4:30 p.m. - Citrus Celebration - Farm to Table at Schacht Groves

Jan. 13, 10:30-12:30 - En Plein Air painting workshop at ELC - Pre-register

Jan. 14, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

​Jan. 15, 4 & 6 p.m. - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series - Walter Isaacson

​Jan. 15 - Last day to enter Form + Fire at Indian River Clay

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The Letterman – Live from Vero Beach at Emerson Center

Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. - NOTE SOLOIST CHANGE - Sofia Philharmonic/Ivaylo Vassilev piano at Community Church of Vero Beach for Indian River Symphonic Assoc.

Jan. 19-20 – Choreographer’s Notebook – Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - Hollywood Loves Opera – Space Coast Symphony at First Presbyterian Church 

Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2365 Pine Ave., Vero Beach 

Jan. 23, 7 p.m. - Emerson E-Series - Quest for Spanish Treasure: The 1715 Fleet's Legacy - Jim Wilson

Jan. 25 - Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone at The Emerson Center - LIVE! from Vero Beach

Jan. 27, 7 p.m. - Sergey Belyavsky at The Emerson Center- ​www.theemersoncenter.com/pianist-sergey-belyavsky/

​Jan. 27-April 28 - Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum at VB Museum of Art.

Jan. 28, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

Jan. 28, 4 p.m. - Stetson University Orchestra at Community Church of Vero Beach

ONGOING:

Through Dec. 29 - Fall Art Show at The Galleries at First Pres - Tony Caruso, Karin Delagi, Joseph Wade

Through Dec. 29 - Nature-Inspired Art Show at Environmental Learning Center - The Magic of Trees

Through Dec. 29 - Deborah Gooch Memorial Retrospective at Center for Spiritual Care, 1550 24th St., VB

​Through Dec. 30 - M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations at VB Museum of Art

Through Jan. 1 – Ballet Vero Beach’s “A Decade of Dance” documentary on demand – ticketed. 

St. Lucie County

EVENTS:



Jan. 5 - Deadline - Call for Artists for Elements, featuring Treasure Coast Pottery at The Vault.

St. Lucie Cultural Alliance members only.

Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. – Reza – Edge of Illusion at Sunrise

Jan. 12, 8 p.m. – Jay Leno at Sunrise

​Jan. 12-13 - Choreographer's Notebook - Ballet Vero Beach at IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center

Jan. 12-28 – Play On at Pineapple Playhouse

Jan. 12-28 weekends - Nana's Naughty Knickers at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL

Jan. 13-March 3 - Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Jan. 13, 8 p.m.- Donna Summer Tribute at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.- Classic Seger at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20-21 - Port St. Lucie 5th annual Winter Art & Craft Expo at MIDFLORIDA Event Center

​Jan 19, 8 p.m. - Nikki Glaser at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 26 - The Temptations at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 27, 8 p.m. - Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis at Sunrise

Jan. 28, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Sunday in Key West Luncheon & Auction at  at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery - Free admission

ONGOING:

Through Jan. 7 - Kindred Spirits: Paintings & Letters from the Kiplinger Family Collection at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Martin County

Dec. 29-31 - Best of ROD - Rod Stewart Tribute at The Barn

Dec. 30 – Pure Zeppelin Expereince at Lyric

Dec. 31, 7 p.m. - New Year's Eve Gala & Concert - Indian River Pops Orchestra with Terry Barber at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ross Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

​Jan. 3 - Feb. 28 Martin Artisans Guild Kaleidoscope at The Artisans Boutique, Stuart

Jan. 9-Feb. 29 - 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts

Jan. 11-28 - Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella at The Barn Theatre

​Jan. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. - Opening and Awards reception for the 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts - Court House Cultural Center

Jan. 12-28 - 20th Century Blues  at A.C.T. Studio Theatre

Jan. 3, 7 p.m. – Academy Orchestra’s Viennese New Year’s Celebration at Lyric

Jan. 4, 7 p.m. – Frank Marino’s Divas at Lyric

Jan. 5, 7 p.m. – Arthur Migliazza – Boogie Woogie Piano at Lyric

Jan. 6, 7 p.m. – The Texas Tenors at Lyric

Jan. 10, 7 p.m. – The Canadian Brass at Lyric

Jan. 11, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Lyric

Jan. 11-28 – Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Barn Theatre

Jan. 12, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m.? p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Lyric

Jan. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. - Opening and Awards reception for the 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts - Court House Cultural Center

Jan. 12-28 - 20th Century Blues  at A.C.T. Studio Theatre

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The SicilianTenors at the Lyric

Jan. 20, 7 p.m. - Marcia Ball

Jan. 21, 7 p.m. - Paul Thorn  at The Lyric

Jan. 24 - Sounds of Soul: A Tribute to Motown and Beyond at the Lyric

Jan. 27, 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. - Mutts Gone Nuts at Lyric 

ONGOING:

Every Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk​, 300 St. Lucie Ave, Stuart

Every Sunday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Market on Main, Flagler Park, Stuart

Fridays, 2 p.m. - Guided Nature Walks at Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Thursdays, 6-9:30 p.m. - Jammin’ Jensen on Jensen Beach Boulevard

Tuesdays at The Elliott: Tim Kyle Carpenter's Open Jam Session

Tuesdays - 4-7 p.m. - Cruising at the Beach – Elliott Museum 

Brevard County

​EVENTS:

Dec. 30 – Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs - State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine at King Center

Dec. 31 – Rock & Roll Revue and New Year’s Eve Gala & Dance, Melbourne Municipal Band, Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place

Jan. 5-7, Hot Pink: Totally “Rad” 80’s Show at Cocoa Village Playhouse

Jan. 9, 8 p.m. – Matt Fraser: America’s Top Psychic at King Center

Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Jesse Cook at King Center

Jan. 12 – Feb. 11 – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Titusville Playhouse

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Tesla at King Center

Jan 16-17 – The Cher Show at King Center

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. – Jo Koy at King Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 11 – The Sound of Music at Heneger Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 25 – The Minutes at Melbourne Civic Theatre

Jan. 20 - Symphonic Dances – Brevard Symphony Orchestra at King Center

Jan. 24-28 - Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival - Port Canaveral

Through Dec. 31- Jingle All the Way 41st Annual Holiday Craft Show at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery

Palm Beach County

EVENTS:

Dec. 28-30 – Miami City Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Kravis

Dec. 29 & 30 – Carlos Mencia – Palm Beach Improve at Kravis

Dec. 31, 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. - Abbamania at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Dec. 31, 7 p.m. – Fortune Feimster: Live Laugh Love! at Kravis

Jan. 1, 7:30 p.m. – Salute to Vienne New Year’s Concert at Kravis

Jan. 2-7 – Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird at Kravis

Jan. 5 & 6 – Jessica Kirson at Kravis

Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. – An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma at Kravis

Jan. 8 – Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the 70’s at Kravis

Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m. – Jacksonville Symphony at Kravis

Jan. 9-28 - Beautiful: The Carol King Musical  at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Jan. 11, 8 p.m. Matt Fraser: America’s Top Medium at Kravis

Jan 11-12 - Bianca Marroquin at Kravis

​Jan. 12, 8 p.m. - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 50th anniversary at Kravis

​Jan. 13, 5-9 p.m. - D'Art for Art at Turtle Creek Club - Lighthouse ArtCenter

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Johnny Mathis at Kravis Center

Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. - Pinchas Zukerman with Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center

Jan 17, 7:30 p.m. - Stella Chen & Michael Stephen Brown at Kravis

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. - The Life and Music of George Michael at Kravis

Jan. 19, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Kravis

Jan. 19-20 – Kevin Nealon at Kravis

Jan. 20, 2 p.m. - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Kravis

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - The Symphonia/Alastair Willis at Countess de Hoernle Theatre, Spanish River High School

ONGOING:

Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - Garden Sculpture Tours at the Norton

Thursdays 6-9 p.m. - Clematis by Night

Every Friday, 5-10 p.m. - ART AFTER DARK at the Norton

​Through Jan. 6 - BEATITUDE: The Beat Attitude - Photographs by Joey Tranchina at Palm Beach Photographic Centre

​Through Jan. 13 - Exhibition: Whimsy & Wonder at Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

​Through Jan. 28 - Scenes of New York City from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection at The Society of the Four Arts, PB

Beyond the Treasure Coast



EVENTS:



Dec. 30 – Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert at Van Wezel

Jan. 6 – Sarasota Orchestra at Van Wezel

Jan. 10-12 – The Cher Show at Van Wezel

Jan. 11 – Feb. 4 – The Refugee at Gulfshore Playhouse

Jan. 11 – 21 – Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical at Theatre Zone

Jan. 13 – Mutts Gone Nuts at Van Wezel

Jan. 14 – Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo at Van Wezel

Jan. 15 – Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra at Van Wezel

​Jan. 15 - deadline for entries for 38th All Florida Annual Exhibition at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Jan. 17 - The Four Phantoms in Concer at Van Wezel

Jan. 18 - Robert Dubac's Stand Up Jesus at Van Wezel

Jan. 18-Feb. 3 Which Way to the Stage  at Alliance for the Arts

Jan. 19, 5-8:30 p.m. - Lake Wales Live on Orange Avenue

Jan. 24 - Opening of Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana at Polk Museum of Art

Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association - Harlem Quartet at Riverview Performing Arts Center

Jan. 27 - Kumquat Festival - Dade City

ONGOING:

Every Saturday 1 p.m. - Saturday Exhibition Highlight Tours at Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park

Live carillon concerts Thursday - Sunday, 1 & 3 p.m. - Bok Tower Gardens. 

Through Jan. 1 - Carola Bravo: New Monuments 2023 at The Bass

Through Jan. 4 – Crazy For You at Asolo Repertory

Through Jan. 6 - A Cottage Christmas - Collier Museum at Government Center

Through Jan. 14 – Little Shop of Horrors at Florida Studio Theatre

​Through April 14 -The Nature of Art at MFA St. Pete

VOLUNTEERS

Ballet Vero Beach is looking for energetic and outgoing individuals to help us promote the art of dance as a universal language in our community and beyond.

VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

GUEST SERVICES

BOUTIQUE SALES

SPECIAL EVENTS

ADMIN SUPPORT

PUBLICITY

Ballet Vero Beach Volunteers receive FREE tickets, merchandise, and the opportunity to attend volunteer thank you events.

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