Volume 2 No. 7 |February 11, 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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Apologies for being late with this weekly Arts Blast. I got wrapped up in the special edition What Would Waldo Do? yesterday and ran out of steam.
Next Monday's Cultural Connection radio show has Gifford Youth Orchestra's Jada Powell talking about her coming trip to Las Vegas; Janet Sierzant, local author and publisher; and Emily Olsson and Ricky Rivera, Marian and Harold in Vero Beach High School's The Music Man.
Listen to the
Cultural Council of Indian River County's Cultural Connection with Willi Miller
- at 5 p.m. Mondays on the Treasure Coast on WAXE 1370 AM and 107.9 FM and www.waxe1370.com.
Cultural Connection with Willi Miller radio show links will begin appearing online at willimiller.com. Stay tuned.
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And All That Jazz - VBMA Concert in the Park and More
Healing Arts Comedy Club
The Music Man at Vero Beach HS
Artist Nancy Blair
Dianna Flores Sings Broadway at CBTS
Get Out Your Abacus & Count Those Birds!
Notes from the Internet
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For Helen Miller
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(from the Space Coast Jazz Society's website)
The opening number and arguably the most memorable song in the Kander and Ebb show Chicago is All That Jazz, a song that gets in your head and won't leave you alone until you tip your top hat and click your cane. BTW, Chicago was at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in January and tickets sold out before the opening curtain. Luckily, there's jazz everywhere you look in Arts Blast land.
From Brevard to Palm Beach, jazz fans are covered, with jazz clubs, jazz societies, and jazz jams in abundance. To the south, Kravis Center has a full day of it with the Palm Beach international Jazz Festival Feb. 15, and the
Jupiter Jazz and Performing Arts Society
has long had a Sunday niche at Double Roads Tavern in Jupiter. In Martin County, Jim Van Voorheis’ Jazz in the Sanctuary and the Martin County Library System’s Jazz Jams attract enthusiastic audiences and sit-in performers.
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The Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society
is everywhere in St. Lucie County, with ensembles in all shapes and sizes, including the FDO (For Dancers Only) swing band. The Treasure Coast Jazz Society is back at the Vero Beach Yacht Club with the likes of the Ed Metz Trio, the M&M Latin Jazz Ensemble (Feb. 15), New Orleans Night Hawks withPat Gulotta, and the Larry Brown Quintet.
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Even the
Vero Beach Museum of Art is getting into the act, bringing in the Fred Goodnight Quartet (Feb. 13, 5-7 p.m.) from Brevard County as part of its Concerts in the Park series. It's ticketed for members and non-members and it's rain or shine. Bring a chair but leave your refreshments at home; a full bar is available. March 26 will feature Mike Telesmanick, and April 9 has Dave Mundy and Soulflege.
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In southern Brevard County, the Space Coast Jazz Society has monthly concerts at Rockledge Country Club, with an extra Valentine's Day performance thrown in featuring Sybil Gage with her Mighty Band of Royal Catahoulas.
The jazz community lost a pioneer recently with the passing of Heidi
Deleuil, who, with her husband, Eddie, opened
Heidi's Jazz Club in Cocoa Beach in 1992 where the old Heidelberg Restaurant had been.
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A celebration of life will be held at Heidi’s Jazz Club on March 22 at 3 p.m. "We are asking en lieu of flowers that you donate to the music scholarship program of Satellite Beach High School and Cocoa Beach High School." Eddie emailed: "
We will continue on with the spirit of Heidi.
Everything stays the same."
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Photos: Fred Goodknight; Sybil Gage; Heidi and Fred Deleiul.
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It's All in the (Flores) Family
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It was all but inevitable that music would be front and center in the life of Vero Beach resident Diana Flores, the featured youth artist in Songs from Stage & Screen, Christ By the Sea UMC's concert February 16 at 3 p.m.
Surrounded by her father, Marcos Flores, director of music arts at the church, and her uncle Jose Daniel Flores, former music director at Community Church, she was outnumbered. She gave credit to Jose Daniel for being the main reason she set out on her musical path. "
I started singing in his choir at five years old and then became a member of the auditioned Atlantic Children's Chorale (ACC) for 6 years ... . Without his influence in my life, I wouldn’t be where I am today, specifically in vocals."
In the family home, she recalls hearing her father practicing on the piano several hours every day. "My father guides me in many ways and helps me improve ... as a vocalist." He accompanies Diana in singing competitions, master classes, and in church services. "He also teaches me how to appreciate my accompanist because they are very crucial for a singer's performance."
The young singer said her training includes opera and art songs but she's looking forward to the movie and broadway themes in Sunday's concert. "I will be singing songs that I thought would be lighthearted and nice to listen to."
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Flores, a sophomore at Florida Gulf Coast University, will leave for Italy later this month with the university's Bower School of Music Chamber Choir to participate in the American Celebration of Music in Italy. The choir will perform at the Naples Duomo, St. Peter's Basilica, and S. Maria Sopra Minerva, and will give a recital in the Sistine Chapel.
The Sunday concert will showcase music from favorite musicals and all-time favorite movie themes. Also on stage: Tee Rockwell, Tania Ortega-Cowan, Edmund Nalzaro, and a trio of Marcos Flores, Pete Henigen, and Gully Shell.
Tickets are available
online and, if available, at the door.
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Glass (and more) Artist Nancy Blair
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Melbourne
glass artist Nancy Blair has been so much more than that in her 67 years. She’s a teacher, an author, a master potter, a curriculum designer — and then there’s the installation at the Dream Community Cultural Program in Taipei City. She called it “an amazing project. I designed and created a courtyard installation with a glass and stainless steel forest, plant sculptures and a cascading granite waterfall. I put the entire courtyard underwater and a bridge joined two of the condominium buildings.” The original assignment was supposed to take three months but she stayed for seven, inviting eight assistants at various times to join her on the project. “We hot cast over 500 pieces. … I was invited back for another project the following year doing a glass and mixed media installation for a balcony.” Watch a video about the courtyard installation
here.
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For her glass work, she has used two different types of glass casting processes. “Hot casting is taking molten glass 2500F out of the glass furnace and pouring it into molds. … It’s exciting, dynamic, and a team choreography filled with anticipation and adrenaline.” The blue sculptures pictured here were made using a kiln-casting process, including the one bought by Elton John. “I create the original out of wax, then similar to the bronze casting lost wax process the wax is invested in a refractory material, the wax is burned out and glass chunks are melted into the cavity.”
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Blair said she’s fascinated by the sacred meaning in everyday objects, “lost and found and then reinterpreted again. … I find basically meaningless objects, make molds of them being mindful of their origins, their uses, their finality and their eventual obsolescence.” Her use of ‘royal’ blue glass imparts “a sense of royalty, uplifting them to a new and more meaningful presence in the world.”
With a Master’s degree in Fine Arts, Blair said she’s tried everything but always comes back to clay and sculpture. If she were to retire to a deserted island, it would have to be big enough for three studios, she said: clay, hot glass, and mixed media for painting and creating large installation sculpture projects. Her latest interest might make that trip more easily, though. “I’ve begun doing a series of small water color books. It’s fun and portable.”
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While Blair enjoys the freedom online teaching has afforded her for more than 17 years — humanities and design courses, along with her curriculum development — she’s loving her current gig teaching pottery at Indian River Clay in Vero Beach. “I worked on the pottery wheel long before learning about glass,” she said.
Photos: Casting glass; in Elton John's collection; at Tacoma Museum of Glass; Bella.
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The Music Man Marches Into Town!
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You can bet I'll be in the audience at Vero Beach High School's Performing Arts Center when Professor Harold Hill comes to town this week in one of my favorite musicals of all time, The Music Man. The show is a production of the VBHS drama department under the direction of Dee Rose-Imbro, Ms. Dee to all who have studied with her.
Dee Rose-Imbro has been teaching budding actors for more than 30 years but is also an actor, choreographer, and director herself. She played Mama Rose in Riverside Theatre’s Gypsy several years ago.
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In The Music Man, the dapper traveling salesman Harold Hill is played by Vero Beach High School senior Ricky Rivera, who said the role is a lot more challenging than he expected, both physically and mentally demanding. “The dynamics of the fast talking man trying to rally a town, to the slow charming moments of trying to swoon a librarian gives me a fun challenge while also teaching me that I’m out of shape!”
Rivera described his character as a fast-talking con man “who goes from town to town selling boys bands. The catch is that he collects the money and leaves before the band can even come together. When he comes to River City, however, his plan is turned upside down by a certain librarian.”
And that would be Marian, the librarian, played by VBHS junior Emily Olsson, who has learned not to let herself think of a well-known character as a challenge. “I easily feel pressure in these types of situations so I usually put my mind into my own interpretation of the character. When I take on a role I try to approach the character through my personal relationship to her in order to integrate myself into the performance.”
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Both students have been involved with the VBHS Drama Troupe for years. Before getting to VBHS, Rivera participated in Ms. Dee’s drama camp, where “I just fell in love with theatre.” Olsson was also a pre-high school student of Ms. Dee, who “used to be my neighbor and is a family friend, so I was involved in the summer camps and took on little parts in the ‘big kids’ shows.”
Rivera said the role he’s loved most so far has been Bert in Mary Poppins, when he “got to walk up a wall and on the roof of the Performing Arts Stage (with help of a fly system of course!).” Acting in Shakespeare’s Macbeth is one of Rivera’s goals but musicals are at the top of his list. “The challenge of having to act, sing, and dance creates a fun and exciting experience.” He plans on studying musical theatre in college next year. “Whether it’s on the stage or just singing songs in the street, I don’t think performing will ever leave me. Once you find it, it sticks to you and never lets go.”
Olsson started her stage career early in life, she said, beginning as a toddler at Riverside Children’s Theatre. She continues to take every opportunity to learn. “I take ballet, jazz, and tap at Riverside in group classes, and take private vocal lessons with Dr. Jacob Craig. This summer (I’m going to) New York to participate in a summer intensive called Broadway Artists Alliance.” She anticipates auditioning for theatre programs at several colleges as she enters her senior year at VBHS.
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Photos: Emily Olsson
Photo credit: JPR Images.com;
Ricky Rivera in Mary Poppins
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Which is the best medicine - laughter or art? You don't have to decide right now. On Feb. 12, you can combine the two plus dance by Friends in Motion at Healing Arts' fundraiser at Vero Beach Theatre Guild. It's called Comedy Club for Cancer and stars comedian, educator, and writer Matt Kazam, who's donating his performance for the cause. Refreshments are served at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7.
Proceeds will go to Friends After Diagnosis and the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation. Master of Ceremonies is John E. Moore, III.
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From Audubon.org:
"For some folks, the best part of President’s Day is having an extra 24 hours to veg out. But for others, it's that joyous time of year when they get to tally up birds for the annual
Great Backyard Bird Count
(GBBC). The dates for the 2020 GBBC are February 14 to 17.
"During the GBBC, people from around the world count wild birds on the same weekend and then submit their data online for scientists to use in their research. The kid-friendly event is run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, plus other sponsors and international partners."
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by David Salazar
Famed soprano Mirella Freni has passed away at age 84.
According to Italian newspapers the soprano died at home in Modena due to illness.
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Not everything that arrives in my inbox is as welcome as the newsletter I got from National Geographic Saturday morning. Apparently, I had signed up for the Compass edition, a bi-weekly exploration of an interesting place. This week's was
all about Florida
and it was well worth the time I stole from work to do my own exploring. Here a few of the stories:
Scientists have long wondered whether the bright pink birds are native to Florida.
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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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An interesting email came in yesterday from The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach:
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Due to the high level of interest in this season’s Esther B. O’Keeffe Speakers Series from our membership, The Society of the Four Arts is returning to its traditional policy of admitting only members and their guests into the Gubelmann Auditorium on Tuesday afternoons.
Non-members are invited to watch a live screening of the presentation in the Four Arts’ Rovensky Administration Building at 100 Four Arts Plaza. Tickets will be available for a discounted price of $20 beginning at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays. Seating is limited.
Please note that:
Parking at The Four Arts will not be available for non-members on Tuesday afternoons
Uber and taxis will have a drop-off/pick-up spot in front of the King Library
Non-members arriving via ride services or other means are welcome to enter 100 Four Arts Plaza after 2 p.m. to purchase a $20 ticket to the screening room
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Treasure Coast Classical Guitar Society
presents Miguel Bonachea
February 16 @ 3:00 p.m. | Blake Library, Stuart
Cuban guitarist Miguel Bonachea studied at the National School of Arts and the University of Arts in Havana, receiving his bachelor’s in Music. He became a professor at the National School of Arts and later at the Instituto Superior de Arte until moving to Colombia, where he was Dean of the Conservatory of Music at the Institute of Fine Arts in Cali. Mr. Bonachea served as Head of Guitar at the University EAFIT in Medellin and taught at the University Juan N. Copas in Bogotá before moving to the U.S.
The Treasure Coast Classical Guitar Society, a community for classical guitar enthusiasts, was formed in 2010 to promote the appreciation of classical guitar, provide opportunities for guitarists of all levels to meet and play together, and to sponsor professional concerts.
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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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The Vero Beach Theatre Guild is holding
OPEN AUDITIONS for the next Readers Theatre
production -
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Art Pingree
Casting Needs:
8 men, 5 women
Audition dates:
Feb 21 7 pm
Feb 22 10 am
Feb 23 2 pm
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A Calendar Appetizer
This Week On the Calendar
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Indian River County
Feb. 12, 7 p.m. - Healing Arts presents Comedy Club for Cancer at Vero Beach Theatre Guild. Proceeds will go to Friends After Diagnosis and the Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation. Master of Ceremonies is John E. Moore, III.
Feb 12, 6:30 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera’s Parlor Concert with Diva Susan Neves. By invitation for
Members Only
Feb. 12, 6:30 p.m. - Art Talk: Ellen Fischer chats with Elise Geary at Center for Spiritual Care, Vero Beach.
Feb. 13, 7 p.m. - Silver Tones Valentine's Concert at First Presbyterian Church Donations are appreciated.
Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. - Indian River Symphonic Association at Community Church of Vero Beach. Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valery Polyansky conductor, Polina Osetinskaya pianist.
Feb. 13, 2 p.m. - Travel Film at the North IRC Library - Wonders of Mexico – Mountain Worlds
Feb. 13, 5 p.m. - Concerts in the Park with the Fred Goodnight Quartet at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Feb. 13-15 - At North IRC Library - Second Time Around annual book sale, during regular library hours.
Feb. 14, 5:30-8 p.m. - Opening reception for Tammy Wright's graphite pencil portraits at Haryani Dermatology, Vero Beach.
Feb. 14-16 - The Music Man at Vero Beach High School - Performing Arts Department production.
Feb. 15, 7 p.m. - Judy Collins returns in a special performance at the Emerson Center in Vero Beach for LIVE! From Vero Beach
Feb 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vero Beach Art Club’s Art in the Park at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive.
Feb. 16, 12:30-3:30 p.m. - Native Plant Nook grand opening at Environmental Learning Center. Free, includes refreshments and access to the Clyde Butcher Living Waters exhibition.
Feb. 16, 3 p.m. - Songs from Stage and Screen - Christ by the Sea UMC concert series. Tim Rockwell, Tania Ortega-Cowan, Diana Flores, Edmund Nalzaro, Marcos Flores, Pete Hengen, Gully Shell.
Feb. 16 - A relief concert for the Bahamas at Holy Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach. Musicians from the Treasure Coast Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and their friends have been invited to share their talents.
Feb. 16, 2 p.m. - The Vero Beach branch of the AAUW will present a one-woman play, "Across a Barrier of Fear: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt" at the Vero Beach Theatre Guild. Refreshments served at 1 p.m. For tickets:
VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com
or
VeroBeach-FL.aauw.net
Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. -SOLD OUT - Indian River Symphonic Association at Community Church of Vero Beach. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Joshua Bell, director and violin soloist.
Feb. 17, 7 p.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society meeting - Why are Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Species Disappearing, including Wading Birds?: A 60 year perspective! with Grant Gilmore, Ph.D., Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc., at VB Community Center
Feb. 17, 4:30 p.m. - 2020 International Lecture Series at Vero Beach Museum of Art: William Middleton-The Enlightened Patronage of Dominique and John De Menil: Paris, New York, Houston.
Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s Masterworks II - Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue at Community Church of Vero Beach.
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. 16, 1 p.m. - Rock’n Riverwalk, downtown Stuart
Feb. 16, 8 p.m. & Feb. 17, 2 p.m. - Barn Theatre fundraiser, Latraia Savage Tribute to WhitneyHouston and Donna Summer
Feb. 17-23 - Martin Artisans Guild and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Treasure Coast bring Tibetan monks presenting cultural offerings at the Palm Room Gallery.
Feb. 18, 2:30 p.m. - Jane Miller Presents: Renaissances, Part 2 in a series of r. At the Blake Library, Stuart.
Fridays through Feb. 14, 2020 - Pop-Up Art Market at Notes Music Room & Social House, 872 S.Colorado Ave., Stuart.
Through Feb. 23 - Glengarry Glen Ross at A.C.T. Studio Theatre, Cedar Pointe Plaza, Stuart.
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. 13, 7 p.m. - Jazz in the Gallery at Boca Raton Museum of Art. Marshall Turkin’s Classic Jazz Ensemble
Feb. 14, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. - Valentine’s Day Celebration at Flagler Museum, PB
Feb. 14-March 4 - Peace and Love 2020 at Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta
Feb. 15, 2 & 7:30 p.m. - Palm Beach International Jazz Festival 2020 at Kravis Center.
Feb. 15-16 - Artigras 2020 - Downtown Abacoa, Central Blvd., Jupiter. Ticketed
Feb. 15, 6:30 p.m. - Jason Newsted and the Chophouse Band at Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta
Through Feb. 13 - H2O Trickle Down exhibition at Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta
Through Feb. 16 - Hamilton at Kravis Center, WPB.
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. 12 - Final day to see Julie Lounibos' Mangroves to Mangos at Seriously Mixed Media.
Feb. 13, 5-7; Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. - Main Street Presents: 4th Annual Celebrating Landscapes. Paintings by Doretha Hair Truesdell, mosaics by Anita Prentice. At the Platts/Backus House, 122 A.E. Backus Ave., FP
Feb. 14, 8 p.m. - That Motown Band with Special guest LaLa Brooks: Valentine’s Day special concert - Sunrise
Feb. 14, 15, March 13, 14 - Evening Star at IRSC’s Hallstrom Planetarium
Feb. 14-16 - Highwaymen Weekend Celebration at Backus Museum and Gallery
Feb. 14-16 - Treasure Coast Pirate Fest, 600 N. Indian River Dr., Fort Pierce.
Feb. 14, noon - Lunch & Learn "Powerful Doctoring Women" at Manatee Center, FP.
Feb. 15, 8 p.m. - ABBA Mania at Sunrise Theatre
Feb. 18, 25 - Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society Jazz at Sunrise Black Box.
Art Walk in Downtown Fort Pierce is every third Friday.
Through Feb. 12 - From Mangroves to Mangoes by artist Julie Lounibos at Seriously Mixed Media, Fort Pierce.
Through Feb. 16 - Driving Force: Alfred Hair and the Florida Highwaymen at Backus Museum & Gallery, Fort Pierce
Through Feb. 16 - The Undeniable Sound of Right Now at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL
Through March 12 - Port St. Lucie Arts League Art Exhibition at Civic Center Gallery, 9221 SE Civic Center Pl., Port St. Lucie
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Brevard County
Through
Feb. 16 - Rodgers + Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at Coca Village Playhouse
Through Feb. 16 - Menopause, The Musical at Titusville Playhouse
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.
Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Willie Nelson at King Center
Feb. 12, 10 a.m. - Grants Workshop at the King Center - National Endowment for the Arts, The State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the Brevard Cultural Alliance.
Feb. 14, 8 p.m. - ABBA Mania at King Center.
Feb. 14-15 - Central Brevard Art Association spring art show and sale at the Cape Canaveral Public Library.
Feb. 14, 5:30 p.m. - Live Jazz: Sybil Gage with her Merry Band of Royal Catahoulas at Rockledge Country Club. Reservations.
Feb. 15-16 - Splash! of Watercolor - Brevard Watercolor Society’s 25th annual show - Azan Shrine Temple, 1591 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne.
Feb. 15, 2-4 p.m. - Pritchard House Valentine Tea, Titusville.
Feb. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Ocean Treasures Festival at Brevard County Barrier Island Center, Hwy. A1A, Melbourne Beach.
Feb. 16, 12-4 p.m. - 14th Annual FIT International Festival at the Florida Tech campus, Melbourne.
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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.
Feb. 12, 12-1 p.m. - Batons vs. Ropes. Learn about the fascinating history of different ways of ringing bells with Bok Tower Gardens Carillonneur Geert D’hollander and Kemp Brinson.
Feb. 13, 6 p.m. - Reception for the Lake Wales Arts Councils Blair Updike exhibition - Michael Crews Gallery.
Feb. 13, Members only_ Digging Deeper: Camellia Collection at Bok Tower Gardens. Pre-registration required.
Feb. 14, 1 p.m. - For the Love of Chocolate at Bok Tower Gardens.
Feb. 14, 12-1 p.m. - Sex in the Garden: Plant Edition at Bok Tower Gardens.
Feb. 14, 1&3 p.m. - Florida Carillon Festival at Bok Tower Garden. Enjoy a special recital from one of the nation’s finest carillonneurs, Roy Kroezen from Centralia, Illinois. This festival unites Florida’s four unique carillons.
Feb. 14 - Bok After Dark: Valentine’s Day at Bok Tower Gardens
Feb. 15, 10:30-11:30 a.m. - Movement & Imagination Nature Play at Bok Tower Garden.
Feb. 16, 2 p.m. - Derek Menchan: The Timeless Contributions of Artists of Color at Lake Wales Arts Center. Free. Lecture and performance.
Feb. 20, 6 p.m. - Laker Wales History Museum’ Featured History Talk Speaker, Dr. Diana Reigelsperger - Tavern Life in Colonial Florida. Free.
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Brahms at Frost School of Music.
Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association presents Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at Van Wezel
Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. - The Music of Duke Ellington - Frost Choirs at Frost School of Music.
Feb. 17, 10:30 a.m. & 7:30 p.m. - Ringling College Library Assoc. Speaker Series: Ambassador Wendy Sherman at Van Wezel, Sarasota
Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. - The Next Generation - Frost Choirs at Frost School of Music, Miami.
Through Feb. 16, 2020 - Animated film Sun Xun: Time Spy at the Museum of Art at The Ringling.
Through Feb. 16, 2020 - “
North Forest Lights
” at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
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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Supporting Arts Councils Everywhere
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LIBRARIES
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IF YOU GO (ONLINE)
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Information is to
be received in an email at least one week before publication.
Use this format:
Who (organization)
What (Event)
When (dates, time)
Where (Name of venue, address)
Why (a brief description of the purpose)
Web address
Contact for public (for tickets, questions, etc.)
Then add a short, descriptive release if available.
Send only one photo, with caption, until more are requested.
Media contact with email for my followup (not for publication)
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Here's a suggestion for uploading information to calendars that allow you to input your own events.
In the
body
of the listing, sometimes called
Description
, make sure to include all dates in each upload. For example: Performances are on March 12-31; or the exhibit is open March 12, 14, 15, and 17. That information should be in all dates you post individually.
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