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Supporting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere

Volume 4 No. 20 | July 22, 2022

Notes from the Editor:

No matter what the calendar says, it feels like summer, so Arts Blast is now on its summer schedule, alternating with Arts Blast On the Calendar. As usual, there will be an extra Arts Blast thrown in from time to time.


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Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller

This week hear Penny Chandler talking about the Indian River Historical Society's new IRC virtual history tour and Art Pearlstein sharing information about Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens and the coming January art show. Listen to or download the podcast now or listen on the radio — 101.7FM ON THE TREASURE COAST —Sunday evening at 7.

Bookmark On the Calendar at WilliMiller.com for frequent updates. Calls for Artists, Auditions, & Volunteers are now online.Catch up with events at Willi Miller's Arts Blast on Facebook and pick up some laughs and interesting info on the Willi Miller's Arts Blast Extras page. And now there's a Facebook Arts Blast on the Air!

ON THE CALENDAR July 22, 2022

Arts Blast Calendar is available and updated frequently on the Arts Blast website, with regular additions added on Facebook.

We've been notified of changes in mask policies at some venues, so check before you go.

Indian River County

Through July 28 - Nature's Palette: Animals in the Wild Exhibit at Art at the Emerson Gallery


Through July 29 - Vero Beach Art Club's Summer Art Camps


Through Aug. 3 - CCIRC Fun Under the Sun member exhibit at IRC Intergenerational Rec Center


Through Aug. 4 - Red, White & Blue at Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace


Through Aug. 5 - Summer Camp 2022 at Environmental Learning Center


Through Aug. 14 - Children's Books are Tax Free at VB Book Center


​Through September 2 - Summer Squared II at Gallery 14, Vero Beach - First Friday Gallery Stroll receptions 7/1, 8/5, and 9/2


Through Sept. 5 - Free admission to McKee Botanical Garden for active-duty military personnel and their families


​Through Sept. - Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee - Vero Beach Museum of Art


Through Oct. 5 - CCIRC Artist's Choice member exhibit at IRC Admin bldgs A&B



Ongoing - Qigong at Environmental Learning Center

July 22 & 23 -Fully staged production of Into the Woods JR. - Riverside Theatre for Kids - on the Stark main stage


July 22, 5:30-9 p.m. - Collins & Company Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre


July 22 & 23, 7 & 9 p.m. - Mr. Showtime in the Comedy Zone at Riverside Theatre


July 23, 8-midnight - The American Songbook on WQCP, 91.9FM, and online each Saturday. This week host Dick Golden features Cole Porter music from saxophonist Scott Hamilton and pianist Dave McKenna, with selections from Rosemary Clooney, Benny Goodman, and Nat King Cole, performing two Duke Ellington standards.


July 23, 5:30-9 p.m. - Darkside Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre


July 24, 2-4 p.m. - opening reception for The Galleries at First Pres Summer Art Show - Bruno Paz, Pamela Schwartz, ad Huey Zaplin - First Presbyterian Church 520 Royal Palm Blvd., VB


July 24, 3 p.m. -  Scandinavian Road Trip - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, Community Church VB


July 25-Aug. 6 - Riverside Dance Festival student workshops at Riverside Theatre

July 26, 5:30 p.m. - Reel in the Summer - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Vero Beach Museum of Art


July 28 - Deadline for CulturalCouncil of Indian River County members to submit entries for exhibit at IRC Intergenerational Recreation Center


July 29, 5:30-9 p.m. - Dave & The Wave Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre


July 29, 6-9 p.m. - Downtown Friday Vero Beach


July 29, noon - Vero Beach Opera YouTube 2022 presentation of Madama Butterfly


July 29 & 30, 7 & 9 p.m. - Matt Bergman and Dewayne Williams in the Comedy Zone at Riverside Theatre


July 30, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Free Admission Saturday, Museum Studio at Vero Beach Museum of Art


July 30, 5:30-9 p.m. - Ryz-N-Soulz Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre



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St. Lucie County

Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. - Jazz Market along the Indian River waterfront, Fort Pierce


​Through July 31 - Neil Simon's Broadway Bound at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL

​​July 23&24 - Auditions for Lost in Yonkers at Treasure Coast Theatre


July 23, 8 p.m. - Matt McClowry at Sunrise Theatre Comedy Corner


July 25, 6:30 p.m. - Tevye’s Daughters - Treasure Coast International Film Society film - 3rd Floor in the 111 Orange Building


July 25, 6-8 p.m. - The Music guild of the St.Lucie Cultural Alliance Mixer at the Alliance Gallery

July 30, 8 p.m. - Summer Groove Fest at Sunrise Theatre


Aug. 1, 6-8 p.m. - SLC Cultural Alliance Art & Music Guilds Mixer St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Gallery, 111 Orange Avenue, Ste 301


Aug. 4, 6:30-9 p.m. FP Jazz & Blues Society at PSL Botanical Gardens. Ticketed

Aug. 5, 2 & 7 p.m. - Disney High School Musical at Sunrise Theatre

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Palm Beach County

Through July 24 - Palm Beach Shakespeare f/estival presents Richard II - Shakespeare by the Palms - Village of Royal Palm Beach at Commons Park


Through July 29 - Summer camp at Armory Art Center


Through July 31 - Florida Water Views at Lake Park Public Library


Through July 31 - Rent by Jonathan Larson at FAU Festival Repertory 2022


Through July 29 - Summer camp at Armory Art Center


Through Sept. 25 - Visions of the Asian Experience in America at Morikami

July 22 - Outdoor Movie - Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World at The Delray Beach Historical Society

July 22, 8 p.m. - David Lucca y Clasicos: A Tribute to the Salsa Classics at Arts Garage


July 23, 10:30 a.m. or 2 p.m. - The Art of Kokedama workshop at Morikami

July 23 - The Jimmy Vivino Band at Arts Garage


July 24, 1-4 p.m. - Sado: Tea Ceremony Intermediate class at Morikami


July 30, 10 a.m. - two-day Sumi-e Brush making workshop at Morikami


July 30, 1-4 p.m. - Japanese Language Intensive III virtual Workshop at Morikami


SEE THE FULL CALENDAR ONLINE

Martin County

Saturdays, 2-5 p.m. - Open Mic Event at the Elliott Museum


ONGOING: NOTORIOUS ASHLEY GANG - THE MAKING OF A LEGEND at the Elliott Museum


Through July 23 - Be Squared: A Members Exhibition at Court House Cultural Center, Stuart


Through Aug. 9 - Oceans of Possibilities, 2022 Summer Reading Program - Martin County Library Systems


Through July 31 - Flashdance The Musical at The Barn Theatre


Through Aug. 9 - Oceans of Possibilities, 2022 Summer Reading Program - Martin County Library Systems


Through Aug. 27 - Martin Artisans Guild Summer Salon - Palm Room & Artisans Boutique in Harbor Bay Plaza


Through Oct. 20 - Emerge and Enlighten Exhibit at the Elliott Museum

July 24, 7 p.m. - FireFall at the Lyric


​July 25, 12 p.m. - Book swap at Blake Library


July 26, 4-7 p.m. weather permitting - Lew's Crew Cruisin' car shows at the Elliott


July 28, 6-7:30 p.m. - The Lightness of Being - opening reception at the Elliott Museum


July 28-Oct. 26 - The Lightness of Being - artist Cheryl Maeder at the Elliott Museum


SEE THE FULL CALENDAR ONLINE

Brevard County

ONGOING, TUESDAYS, 9 A.M. - PLEIN AIR SESSIONS - ART STUDENTS GUILD OF BREVARD


Through July 30 - Lost & Found Take III at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne 


Through Aug. 1 - Found Art: A Re-Do to Re-New - Strawbridge Art League, MLB



COURTESY OF BREVARD CULTURAL ALLIANCE


July 22: SONIC SLAM 2022 Tour, King Center, Melbourne


July 23: Scandinavian Road Trip Concert, Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, Scott Center Auditorium at Holy Trinity, Melbourne, 


July 30: Christmas in July Sip & Stroll, Historic Cocoa Village


Aug. 1-27 - A Fiber Show at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, MLB


Aug. 1-27 - Textile Trends at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, MLB


Aug 5, 6-9 p.m. -Grand re-opening of Studios of Cocoa Beach


Aug. 5-30 - Douglas Gilbert at Eau Gallery MLB



Aug. 6, 7 p.m. - Jake 'n' Sky Show - Jacob Velazquez annd sister Sky in concert presented by the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach. Free, donations welcome.


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And Beyond

Every Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Saturday GreenMarket, 10091 McGregor Blvd. , Fort Myers


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


Every third Saturday - Family Art Labs -10091 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers


Daily at 11 a.m. - Keeper Chats from Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. -Giant Pacific Octopus


Ongoing, Saturdays, 2 p.m. - The Bass Highlights Tour at The Bass


Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum


Ongoing: The Stebbins Collection: A Gift for the Morse Museum at the Morse.


Through July 31, 2022 - From Heath to Hedgerow: Doulton Lambeth Ware and the British Countryide  at MFA St. Pete.

July 22, 5-7 p.m. - Fourth Friday at Henry B. Plant Museum,Tampa 


​July 22, 11 a.m. - What's New? Recent acquisitions at Rollins Museum of Art


​July 22-Aug. 3 - Tanglewood Music Festival


July 22 - Mike Block Trio at Rockwood Music Hall, NYC


​July 23 - Mike Block Trio at Caroga Lake Music Festival, Caroga Lake, NY


​​July 23 - Summer Fun Day at Lake Wales History Museum


July 23, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. - Garden-themed journal bookmaking at Bok Tower Gardens


July 28, 12-8 p.m. - Sit, Stay, Heal  at MFA St. Pete


​​July 30 - Art History Day at Lake Wales History Museum


July 30, 7:30 p.m. - The Soul Crooners on the WBTT mainstage, Sarasota


​July 30 - Honoring Henry Ford's 159th birthday at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers


July 30, noon - In Our Image  at MFA St. Pete


SEE THE FULL CALENDAR ONLINE


Bookmark On the Calendar at WilliMiller.com for frequent updates. Calls for Artists, Auditions, & Volunteers are now online.


Catch up with events at Willi Miller's Arts Blast on Facebook and pick up some laughs and interesting info on the Willi Miller's Arts Blast Extras page. And now there's a Facebook Arts Blast on the Air!

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