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Willi Miller's Treasure Coast
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Meet the people who make the Treasure Coast a great place to live and visit.
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Join me Mondays at 5 p.m. for Cultural Connection with Willi Miller on WAXE 1370 AM and 107.9 FM on the Treasure Coast and streaming at
www.waxe1370.com
at 5 pm. Replays at
cultural-council.org
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Please share this newsletter with friends. It is not intended to be a comprehensive arts calendar, so check
culturalcalendar.org
and other event listings for everything that's happening on the Treasure Coast.
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We're Always Celebrating the Arts!
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On the Treasure Coast, and possibly in all of Florida, Season means traffic is heavier, supermarkets and restaurants are busier, and getting a ticket to an event at the last minute can be impossible. Vero Beach Opera's Carmen last Sunday was all but packed to the rafters. At the same time, Vero Beach Book Center had in the neighborhood of 200 for Brad Meltzer's book signing of The First Conspiracy.
Liz and Brian Mayo at
Artfully Managed
are still working with me to get the linked website going. I have it filed under the heading "Coming Soon!" Coming even sooner are more not-to-be-missed events
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This is a huge weekend for the Vero Beach Art Club. The 31st Art by the Sea opens with a private VIP reception Friday evening, when awards are presented to the artists. Only members of the VBAC and Vero Beach Museum of Art are eligible to submit an entry that is no more than two years old and has not been entered in an earlier Art by the Sea. After the reception, ribbons are attached to the winning artwork in time for the museum to welcome the weekend crowds that line up to see and buy. Co-chairs this year are Sherry Haaland and Judy Rixom. (photo credit Phil Reid)
You won't find any Not For Sale signs in the VBMA Holmes Great Hall for this show. One of the requirements for entry in Art by the Sea is availability for purchase, and buyers took advantage of that in great numbers last year. Camy DeMario, VBAC vice president, said 23 percent of the entries were purchased at the 2018 show. She said a
percentage of the proceeds is donated to the Vero Beach Art Club to support their educational outreach programs.
The old "something for everyone" idea applies at Art by the Sea when it comes to collectors' budget considerations. Prices will range from $100 to $22,000. Learn everything about Vero Beach Art Club, its history and events at
verobeachartclub.org
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Jacob Craig, director of music and arts at
First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach
will have a full plate this weekend and next. He and award-winning Russian pianist Sergey Belyavskiy will sit down together again for a piano-four-hands concert Jan. 20 at 4 p.m. in the church sanctuary. While it's a free event, a $10 donation is requested at the door. Audience alert: Last year's concert was jammed and it's open seating.
The church is host all week for
ChamberFest
, an intensive program of string workshops, discussions, and performances.The public concerts that end the week are open to the public, Jan. 26 and 27, at 4 p.m. The Saturday concert will feature professional musicians, including founder Jessica Tong. Sunday's concert has the professionals joining Vero Beach High School orchestral students. This one is free, too, with the same donation requested.
While getting the details about ChamberFest, I came across a link to an event this weekend, the
Scottish Highland Games
in Winter Park. Knowing how passionate Craig is about his heritage, I forwarded it to him. I should have known he'd be all over this one.
Craig is Pipe Major with
Vero Beach Pipe and Drums
, a group that has been gaining a dedicated Treasure Coast audience. Saturday morning, Craig and one of his students, Liam Ritchie, will be competing at the Scottish Highland Games, Craig in Solo Bagpipe Grade 2, Ritchie in Grade 4 Jr.
Ritchie, 14 and a freshman at John Carroll High School, is the son of Bill and Lenora Ritchie. He has been studying with Craig for two years. Craig gives private lessons in voice, piano and bagpipes and can be reached at
jcraigpiano1@gmail.com
. He tells me the uniforms pipers wear is called Regalia and the hat alone is a Glengarry.
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Happy Birthday, Laura Riding Jackson! The foundation that bears her name celebrates her Jan. 16 birthday this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at her cracker-style home on the Environmental Learning Center’s campus.
www.lauraridingjackson.org
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This
month's
Fort Pierce Art Walk
is centered around 2nd Street, which will be blocked off for the event, but it's all around the arts district that the revitalized downtown has become. Newly returned but very familiar in art circles are artists Jackie Schindehette and Leslie Stokes, with new studio space near
Seriously Mixed Media
on Orange Avenue. It's Jan. 18, 5-8 p.m.
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If you know what polymer clay canes or glass millefiori are, you can picture the
Nerikomi
technique, but this is in clay. For those who think making anything from scratch is the only real way to do it, Ying Zhou will show you how to turn feathers, animal hair, and tree parts into unique brushes. Dates and details are on the
website
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If your father had seen the real Blessed Mother in his own barbershop, wouldn’t you want the whole world to know? In Tom Dudzick’s Miracle on South Division Street at Vero Beach Theatre Guild Jan. 15-27, daughter Ruth writes a one-woman show that brings the family’s faith crashing down on them in VBTG’s traditional hilarious manner. Tickets and times are at
verobeachtheatreguild.com
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Indian River Symphonic Association's Festival of Orchestras presents the Brevard Symphony under Maestro Christopher Confessore Jan. 18 at Community Church of Vero Beach. All IRSA concerts are at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at 772-778-1070 or online at
www.irsymphonic.org
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Artists of Color: Place, Race and Vision of the Florida Highwaymen at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery in Fort Pierce runs through March 3. The vintage paintings on display are on loan from private collections.
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The Cultural Council of Indian River County and
Pelican Island Audubon Society will honor the winners of the national Audubon photography competition Jan. 19, 4-7:30 p.m. Audubon House is at 195 9th St. SE (Oslo Road), Vero Beach. Juanita Baker will talk about the winning photographs. PIAS is having its second conference on “Transforming Landscapes to a Sustainable Future” Feb. 2, 8 a.m. at the Indian River County Fairgrounds. Information is on the PIAS website.
NOTE TO YOUNG MUSICIANS: The deadline to apply for the Vero Beach Choral Society's scholarship is Jan. 31."Eligible applicants must be a graduating senior in Indian River County, or recent graduate of the Indian River County school system currently enrolled at Indian River State College. They must also have already applied to be a full-time student in ANY Degree program beginning in the summer or fall of the ensuing academic year." Visit
www.verobeachchoralsociety.org and click on “Scholarships” to apply.
The Righteous Brothers will be at the
Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce Jan. 18 at 8 p.m.
The Space Coast Symphony Youth Orchestra is holding auditions Jan. 21 in Melbourne. Get details at
www.SCSYO.us
or call 321-652-4913.
If you're an artist member of the Cultural Council of Indian River County, you're invited to display one piece of your 2D art in the County Administration complex. The piece must be delivered to Building A between 10 and 11 a.m. Jan. 29. Judy Burgarella's in charge but get details at
www.cultural-council.org
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Lie, Cheat and Genuflect is the
Pineapple Playhouse show opening the theatre's 47th birthday year at 700 W. Weatherbee Rd., Fort Pierce. It runs through Jan. 27.
Emerson Center- Music of Early Elton John is the presentation of
MusicWorks Jan. 17 at the Emerson Center in Vero Beach, 7 p.m.
Community Church of Vero Beach has a Celebration of Music and Fine Arts Festival Jan. 19-20, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with a Sunday concert at 4 by the Vida Guitar Quartet, with soprano Rachel Carter.
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This newsletter is not intended to be a comprehensive arts calendar. Continue checking
culturalcalendar.org
and other event listings for everything that's happening on the Treasure Coast. Please share with friends.
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