Volume I No. 54 |December 31, 2019
ARTS NEWS
& PROFILES
FROM
FLORIDA'S
TREASURE COAST & BEYOND
As you're reading this issue of Arts Blast , I'm waiting for an AT&T tech to arrive to solve the blankety-blank intermittent Internet dropouts that have been plaguing Arts Blast for three days.

Add to that nightmare a New Year's Eve/Old Year's Night publication date and the decision to move this week's Arts Blast to late Wednesday or early Thursday was easy. Here's a teaser about possible entrées on the menu in the next week or two.

Paul and George at Gallery 14
(no, not that Paul and George)
Vero Beach Opera's Exciting New Season
At Home with the Sexton Legacy
Creek Walk and First Friday
Kathie Elías at VBMA
John Lomba at Pineapple Theatre
Audubon Society Events

PLEASE check the calendar online at willimiller.com so you don't miss anything. A few items will be listed here and an On The Calendar email will go out to Arts Blast subscribers.

Thank you to all who reached out to wish me well with surgery and recovery. I'm told it went well and I am waiting to begin physical therapy. And then I'm looking forward to finishing physical therapy and getting back to swimming.

Watch for some new and some familiar things in WM's Arts Blast as January rolls on. Can it possibly be 20 years since thousands of people in Times Square were sporting glasses with sparkly frames?

🎉 2000 🎉

Enjoy a safe and festive Old Year's Night, aka New Year's Eve, and a safe, happy, and healthy year ahead.

There's still time to end the decade with Ballet Vero Beach's Nutcracker on the Indian River!

And thanks for sticking with Arts Blast! And now I'll hit send before the tech gets here and disconnects me.
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Just a few calendar items to keep you busy. Watch your email and online for the full calendar.
Dec. 30-31 - Ballet Vero Beach presents Nutcracker on the Indian River at Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 31-Jan 1 - Vero Beach Museum of Art closed 

Jan. 2, 10 a.m. - Riverside Theatre’s Backstage Access Thoroughly Modern Millie

Through Jan. 2 - Dawn Miller, at Art at the Emerson. Artist and instructor Dawn E. Miller will exhibit along with students, Ed Cortez, Joan Datz, Tom Little, Beverly Tyson, Susan Johnson, Mara De Palma, Trudee See, Connie Zahorchak, Shirley Garnett, Hester Denniston, Rita Barone, Paula Herger, Mark Kirby, Sue De Palma, and Dana Dimier.

Jan. 3 - First Friday Gallery Stroll in Downtown Vero Beach Arts District.

Jan. 3-4, 2020, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre with Patrick Garrity and Steve Netta. Friday Night’s special guest emcee April Spero, Saturday Night’s special guest emcee Kevin Lyons.

Jan. 4, 2&5 p.m. - Thoroughly Modern Millie JR at Riverside Children’s Theatre. Junior Theatre Festival Performance and Fundraiser, on the Waxlax Stage.

Jan. 4-5 - Waldo Sexton Homestead History weekend, 5000 12th St., Vero Beach. Part of the Treasure Coast History Festival produced by  Indian River Magazine.  Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets can be purchased at the door through 3 p.m. each day or online at  www.waldossecretgarden.com . 
 
Jan. 5, 3 p.m. - Space Coast Symphony with Stars Sing Broadway at St. Edward’s School

Jan. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vero Beach Art Club’s Art in the Park at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive.

Jan. 6 - Adult winter term classes begin at Vero Beach Museum Art School.
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Through Dec. 31, 6-9 p.m. - Winter Wonderland Light Show at PSL Community Center, 2195 SE Airoso Blvd, PSL.

Jan. 4-5, 2020 - Art in the Gardens Art Show at Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens.
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Dec. 31, 11 a.m. - At Blake Library. Join us for a Noon Year's Eve party! We'll countdown to noon at this family friendly celebration that doesn't require missing bedtime. 

Jan. 2, 6 p.m. - Audubon of Martin County at Blake Library.

Jan. 3, 2 p.m. - Acoustic Jam Session at Hoke Library.

Jan. 3-19 - Weekends - Cabaret (1998 version) at A.C.T. Studio Theatre, Cedar Pointe Plaza, Stuart.

Jan. 4, 4 & 8 p.m. - Treasure Coast Youth Symphony Academy Orchestra - Celebrating the Beatles with McCartney Mania at the Lyric Theatre.
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Through Jan. 6 - Seasonal Whimsy exhibit at Strawbridge Art League and Gallery, 819-2 Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne.

🔔 Through Jan. 6 - Designers’ Holiday Craft Show at 5th Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne. 
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🔔 Jan. 2 - Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert at VanWezel, Sarasota

Jan. 3-4 - Bugs Bunny at the Symphony - Sarasota Orchestra at Van Wezel

Jan. 5 - Il Divo at Van Wezel, Sarasota

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