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Volume 6 No. 15 | April 12, 2024 | |
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Notes from the Editor:
The 2024-2025 schedules are dribbling in and I'll present them in Arts Blast as they arrive, but I'm still looking forward to enjoying the rest of this season, including On Your Feet at Riverside Theatre. I'm hearing good reviews from friends who've seen early performances.
What do you plan to do to end the official season?
This Arts Blast offers news of plenty of things to do but there are far more that we can't fit in. Make the Arts Blast calendar at willimiller.com a frequent stop.
Willi
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In This Issue
Poetry & Barbecue This Weekend!
Vero Beach Opera Scholarship Students in Recital
Mark Green's Birthday
First Pres Art reception
Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards
TC Theatre auditions
The Queen's Six
Ballet Under the Stars & a New Season
The Art of Jazz
Distinguished Lecturer Series
Art of the Fantastic at Backus
Reed Dixon at Gallery 14
Blooms in Focus at Four Arts
Deb Gooch Art Auction
Vintage Clothing at Hallstrom
And More ...!
Scroll down for a load of entries from the Arts Blast online calendar.
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Treasure Coast Theatre
Director Samantha Knight needs to cast two (2) female actors and seven (7) male actors for this classic murder mystery. The play will run for three weekends July 12-28, 2024.
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Ballet Vero Beach’s third annual Ballet Under The Stars.
Ballet Under The Stars, a casually elegant cocktail party to benefit the education and community engagement programs of Ballet Vero Beach, will take place April 26, 2024 at 6:00pm at Tree House Vero Beach.
Guests will enjoy sumptuous international bites and a light seafood-themed buffet by Adrienne Drew. An open bar, provided by Sailfish Brewery and 21st Amendment Distillery, will feature wine, craft beer, and signature cocktails. The Ballet Vero Beach dancers will debut an exclusive performance, a deluxe live auction will be offered, and attendees and our artists will dance to the fabulous sounds of the Dave Capp Project! Reservations are required, and the RSVP date is April 15.
This one of a kind fundraiser benefits the unique and much lauded programs Ballet Vero Beach uses to improve the lives of all citizens in our community. These programs include the company’s Ticket Donation Program, Stage to Page Student Matinee Series, and the Fellowship Initiative for Dancers.
Tickets to Ballet Under The Stars are $175 per person or $1500 for a table of 8. Tickets can be purchased at balletverobeach.org.
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Rock 'N' Roll Billboards at VBMA | |
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Be transported to Los Angeles’ celebrated Sunset Strip of the late 1960s and 70s and immerse yourself in rock and roll nostalgia when the Vero Beach Museum of Art opens its summer exhibition Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip: Photographs by Robert Landau, on view in the Holmes Gallery from May 18 to September 1, 2024.
In those years, the Sunset Strip was the heart and soul of a vibrant music scene—home to record companies, record stores, and legendary nightclubs. Through the lens of his camera, photographer Robert Landau chronicled the ephemeral pop-culture masterpieces—classic rock and roll billboards—that loomed over L.A.’s most iconic boulevard for only weeks before being dismantled, white-washed, and painted over with newer images.
Often adapted from edgy album cover art, the hand-painted wooden panels depicted imagery that eschewed traditional commercial considerations and instead reflected the period’s latest trends in music, graphic art, and even fine art, transforming the Strip into a veritable drive-thru art gallery. Everyone in the world of classic rock from the Beatles and Bowie to Led Zeppelin and Zappa was represented, beginning with the Doors’ breakthrough promotion for their debut record in 1967 right up until the advent of MTV in the early 80s.
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The exhibition comprises 50 photographs; four of which are presented on a monumental scale. These include 40 images that Landau took—some captured as a teenager when he was living with his father in an apartment above the Tower Records store on the Strip—and ten historical photographs that complement Landau’s to reveal the progression of signage into billboard art, highlighting the intersection of art and advertising.
Among the musical artists represented in the billboards themselves are: The Beatles; Bruce Springsteen; Crosby, Stills, and Nash; David Bowie; David Lee Roth; Donna Summer; The Eagles; Electric Light Orchestra; Elvis Costello; The Eurythmics; Faces; Humble Pie; Jackson Browne; Joe Cocker; John Lennon; Madonna; Marvin Gaye; Nazareth; Neil Young; Pink Floyd; Procol Harum; Queen; Randy Newman; Rhinoceros; Rick Wakeman; Rod Stewart; The Rolling Stones; Santana; Ted Nugent; URO; and The Who.
With the release of his book Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip (Angel City Press, 2012), Robert Landau in conjunction with Photographic Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, organized a touring exhibition consisting of photographs of the key imagery from the book and pertinent text panels. The exhibition brings to life this unique and rarely seen period in the history of rock and roll while shedding new light on the fabled Sunset Strip.
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Don’t Miss this Special Guided Tour of
Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection
by Science Fiction and Fantasy Art Collector Stephen Korshak at the Backus Museum
The A.E. Backus Museum is pleased to announce it will host a special gallery program for the exhibition Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection on Saturday, April 20 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Collector Stephen Korshak will share his deep knowledge and stories behind the art and artists on display in this guided public tour of the exhibition. The program is included with regular Museum admission of $5 per person (current members are always free; and for this special program, those who wish to attend in science fiction / fantasy costume will be admitted free). The exhibition is currently on view at the Backus Museum located at 500 North Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce, Florida.
Stephen Korshak, founder and owner with his wife Alma of the Korshak Collection, grew up and was inspired by great art in his home. His father, Erle Korshak, was the publisher of the pioneering science fiction book company Shasta Publishers. Shasta ushered in the transition of important science fiction literature from magazines printed on cheap pulp paper to hardcover, library-quality books. Much of that art lived with Korshak at his home and at his father’s company office in Chicago. This significant private collection has grown over the years, touring museums throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. Stephen is an associate member of the First Fandom club, and received the Sam Moskowitz Archive Award for excellence in science fiction collecting in 2016.
All dates and programming subject to change; please check the website for any updates or cancellations. We appreciate your understanding, your patience, and your support.
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Free admission to this special gallery program on April 20 will be provided to those who attend in cosplay as their favorite sci-fi or fantasy character. Cosplay is a portmanteau of "costume play". It is part activity and part performance art in which participants wear costumes that represent specific characters. Works on display from the Korshak Collection offer recognizable characters including: Gandalf the Grey, Elric of Melnibone, John Carter of Barsoom, Tarzan of the Apes, Don Quixote, Sir Gawain, Alice (Adventures in Wonderland), Edgar Allan Poe characters, and assorted aliens, witches, fae folk, and mermaids. Guests, however, are welcome to come as their favorite imaginative character, even if not depicted in the exhibition. A professional event photographer will be documenting the gallery program, who will also share photos with attending cosplayers for their use. For more details and cosplay guidelines, see the Facebook Event page: https://fb.me/e/6dDh5hmxq
Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection is on view now through April 28, 2024. The Korshak Collection features works by pioneering artists from over a century of published science fiction, horror, and fantasy. These original adventure and fantasy illustrations appeared on the covers and pages of timeless novels, and in classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s such as Amazing Stories, Weird Tales, Fantastic Adventures, and Wonder Stories. The exhibition features 40 works from this notable private collection by such masters as Aubrey Beardsley, Arthur Rackham, Gustave Doré, Howard Pyle, Virgil Finlay, Kelly Freas, J. Allen St. John, Frank Frazetta, and Michael Whelan. With outstanding images of Martian princesses, Arthurian legends, ethereal fairies, alien invaders, imaginative pasts and fanciful, uncertain futures, Art of the Fantastic is far and away a superb survey of the extraordinary.
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FOR COSPLAYERS:
We can't wait to see your stuff! Regular con rules apply: (1) no hate, (2) no real weapons, and for art museums (3) no big props that might poke, damage, or be a danger to art on walls, stuff on pedestals, etc. Make good choices, be aware of your surroundings and of those who are enjoying the afternoon with you (whether in costume or not).
Your cosplay is NOT limited to what's on display, but if there were bonus points, you'd get them if you had a connection to characters and associations with: Gandalf the Grey, Elric of Melnibone, John Carter of Barsoom, Tarzan of the Apes, Don Quixote, Sir Gawain, Alice (Adventures in Wonderland), Edgar Allan Poe characters, and assorted aliens, witches, fae folk, and mermaids.
And we'll have a professional event photographer present -- she'll share photos of you in costume afterwards so you can remember your visit.
NOTE: Please allow extra time and patience for parking — it will be a busy day in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce with other activities
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Reed Dixon at Gallery 14
Reed currently lives and works as a fine artist in Boynton Beach, FL. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he studied graphic design and fine arts at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. In 1964 Reed was hired by Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO as an illustrator. He later moved back east to work in the advertising/design business. After spending years in the ad business (and always painting) Reed opened Dixon Graphics, a graphic design and fine arts studio in 1977. Throughout the years Reed's art has been chosen for exhibit in many locales, including the Society of Illustrators Show in New York City, Communication Arts Illustration Annual and numerous Philadelphia graphic/design annuals.
His art has been exhibited widely over the last 50 years and now can be found in several corporate and private collections. Reed is well known for his non-traditional style, color palette and unusual variety of subject matter.
"What I do...I call it imagery. By that I mean the end result is not necessarily a study of the subject, but, how I feel the image should look in the end. I've always had the need to experiment with paints, mixed media applications, colors, textures and subject matter. I'm never short on inspiration to capture what fascinates me."
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As the days lengthen and flowers burst into bloom, Vero Beach residents and visitors can enjoy another springtime favorite: the annual Spring Art Show at The Galleries of First Pres! On Sunday, April 21, the public is invited to an opening reception from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM at 520 Royal Palm Boulevard in Vero Beach, for the Spring Art Show at First Presbyterian Church, which will run through June 30. The work of three standout artists will be displayed in galleries throughout the church campus for the duration of the show. Visitors can enjoy free refreshments as they peruse the work of Leslie Jordan, Barbara Desrosiers and Suzanne Roff.
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Distinguished Lecturer Series at Riverside Theatre - Lawrence H. Summers on The Economy
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers is one of America’s leading economists. In addition to serving as 71st Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, Dr. Summers served as Director of the White House National Economic Council in the Obama Administration, as President of Harvard University, and as the Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Dr. Summers’ tenure at the U.S. Treasury coincided with the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history. He is the only Treasury Secretary in the last half century to have left office with the national budget in surplus. Dr. Summers has played a key role in addressing the major financial crisis for the last three decades.
Lecture times are 4 and 6 p.m. April 15 at Riverside Theatre.
Shannon Bream, FOX Broadcast Network anchor ends the season April 22.
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FREE Concert - this Saturday!
Vero Beach Opera piano scholarship students, including Alena Yancy, pictured here, will perform the pieces they have been working on all season at the 2024 Spring Concert this Saturday, April 13 at 2 pm. at Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, located at 3755 Highway A1A, Vero Beach.
Admission is FREE & Everyone is Welcome. Please Join Us. No RSVP is needed.
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The Vero Beach Art Club presents the Deborah Gooch fundraising gala event! Deborah was an influential artist and art instructor who shared her talents in Vero Beach for over 30 years.
Join us Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. for a celebration of Deborah Gooch and her legacy in Vero Beach’s art community at the Heritage Center 2140 14th Ave. Vero Beach.
Silent auction items will also be featured with proceeds supporting the Vero Beach Art Club.
Tickets price: $100 per person. Sponsor a table for 10 of your guests: $1000.
Tickets can be purchased on our website: www.verobeachartclub.org
Or at the Vero Beach Art Club, 1903 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
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Start your literary engines: NEA Big Read Miami
Through April 30
The National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a great book – and Miami Book Fair is again marking this unique literary happening with two months of events for readers young and old, centered around our title pick for 2024, MADELINE MILLER’s bestselling and critically acclaimed novel CIRCE.
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Mental Health Matters Symposium at Emerson Center and Center for Spiritual Care - April 18-20
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The Symphonia to Unveil its 20th Season at
‘Cocktails & Classics’ Reception April 16
The Symphonia, South Florida’s premier chamber orchestra, will reveal the much-anticipated lineup of its 20th concert season at a special reception, ‘Cocktails & Classics,’ on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at St. Gregory’s Episcopal in Boca Raton. The event will serve as the orchestra’s first public announcement of the live performances taking place during its 20th season, kicking off in November.
“I’m so proud of how far we’ve come in the last two decades,” said Annabel Russell, executive director. “We’re like ‘the little symphony that could’ and we just keep climbing to new heights year after year. Our 20thanniversary season promises to be our best ever, and we can’t wait to share the news with our patrons and guests at the event.”
Tickets are $100 for individuals, $175 for pairs, and can be purchased at
https://thesymphonia.org/attend/calendar/cocktails-and-classics/.
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Indian River County
Through May 5 - On Your Feet at Riverside Theatre
April 10-12 - Rising Stars Competition - Vero Beach Opera - VBHS PAC
April 12 - Classic Albums Live Performs The Who - Who's Next at The Emerson Center - LIVE! from Vero Beach
April 12, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. - Backstage Tour - On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan at Riverside Theatre
April 12, 5:30-8 p.m. - Riverside Theatre Live in the Loop - Riptide
April 13, 5:30-8 p.m. - Riverside Theatre Live in the Loop - St. Johns Wood - British Invasion
April 13, 5-8 p.m. - Sunset Saturday Concert on Ocean Drive, Humiston Park - VB
April 13, 2:30-6:30 p.m. - 13th Annual LRJF Poetry & Barbecue at Richardson Center on IRSC Mueller Campus, Vero Beach
April 13, 7 p.m. - The Queen's Six Vocal Ensemble at Community Church of Vero Beach $40
April 13, 11 a.m. - Playtime in the Park at Riverside Theatre for Kids! - HONK!
April 13th - 19th - Hallstrom Family Fashions - VINTAGE CLOTHING EXHIBIT - Hallstrom House - Pineapple Plantation 1723 SW Old Dixie Highway, Vero Beach
April 13 & 14 - Vero Beach Choral Society's Spring Concert, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, joined by the Vero Beach HS choral department
April 14 - 100th Anniversary Celebration at Community Church of Vero Beach
April 14, 4 p.m. - The Armed Man - Vero Beach Choral Society and VBHS Chorale April 7, 2 p.m. - Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra concert at VBHS PAC
Through April 16 - Film Studies at Vero Beach Museum of Art: A Woman's Voice: Perspectives on Female Visionaries in the Arts
Through April 18 - Sebastian River Art Club presents A Look Back in Time - A Celebration of the Sebastian Centennial - North IRC Library 1001 Sebastian Blvd.
Through April 24 - Cultural Council of IRC - All Around the Town - Vero Beach City Hall
Through April 26 - Tied, Dyed, Woven & Stitched: A Fiber Arts Exhibition at the Center for Spiritual Care, Vero Beach
Through April 26 - Celebrating Nature - Paintings by Reed Dixon at Gallery 14. Reception April 5.
Through April 28 - Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum at VB Museum of Art.
Through April 28 - A Tropical Flock of Avian Avatars by The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein - at McKee Botanical Garden
Through April - Violins & Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall at Community Church of Vero Beach
Through May - Reflections of Nature presented by Orchid Island Art Club - Environmental Learning Center.
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St. Lucie County
Ongoing: Parado: Gina F. Duffy at The Vault Art Gallery
Thursdays 12-1 p.m. - Music in the Garden at Heathcote Botanical Gardens
Through April 28 - Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery
April 12-28- The Cemetery Club at Treasure Coast Theatre PSL
April 12-28 – Exit Laughing at Pineapple Playhouse
April 13 - Creedence Revived at Sunrise Theatre
April 13, 7 p.m. - Gin Blossoms w/Fastball - MIDFLORIDA Event Center
April 13, 8 p.m. - Comedy Corner at The Black Box at Sunrise Theatre
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Martin County
Through April 20 - Surreal Boundaries of Reality - LS Finch, Maya Schonenberger, Christine Sobczak at MartinArts
Through April 26 - Through the Eyes of Curt Whiticar at the Elliott
Through April 27 - Martin Artisans Guild exhibit Spring Forward at Palm Room Art Gallery.
Through May 31 - In Celebration of King Tut at the Elliott
April 12, 4 & 8 p.m. - Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks IV/Ashley Garritson at Lyric theatre, Stuart
April 12-14 – Les Miserables in Concert at Barn Theatre
April 13, 7 p.m. - Coco Montoya at The Lyric
April 14, 7 p.m. - BoDeans at Lyric Theatre
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
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Brevard County
Through Apr 24: Cash on Delivery, Melbourne Civic Theatre, Downtown Melbourne
Through April 28 – The Sunshine Boys at Melbourne Civic Theatre
Through April 28 - Floridian Flora & Fauna, Artwork by Pete Steenland - Studios of Cocoa Beach
Through Apr 28: It Takes a Village Historic Cruise, Indian River Queen, Cocoa Village Marina
Through May 30 – The Play Goes Wrong at Cocoa Village Playhouse
Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. - Art Night at Strawbridge Art League
Apr 12: Helen’s Dinner Cruise with Jena, Indian River Queen, Cocoa Village Marina
April 12, 7:30 p.m. - An Evening with Tab Benoit at King Center
April 12, 8 p.m. - Theresa Caputo Live – at King Center
April 13, 7:30 p.m. - An Evening with The Bodeans at King Center
Apr 13: Fly In Breakfast, Warbird Air Museum, Titusville
Apr 13: Field Manor Founder’s Day Fundraiser with Hot Pink, Field Manor, Merritt Islands open at 6 - Melbourne Municipal Band honors COL Hal Gibson in concert at Melbourne Auditorium
Apr 13: Botanical Fest, Downtown Melbourne
Apr 14: Derek Hough, Symphony of Dance, King Center
April 14, 5 p.m. - Kat Timpf Live at King Center
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Palm Beach County
Through April 14 - Death of a Salesman - Palm Beach Drama Works
Through May 3 - Boca Raton Museum of Art' s Art School Studen Art Exhibition
April 10-21 - Hamilton at Kravis Center
April 12 - 2ND ANNUAL BROADWAY BALLROOM BATTLE - BENEFIT EVENT at Maltz Jupiter Theatre
April 12-14 - The Delray Affair - Downtown Delray Be3ach
April 13, 7 p.m. - Countess de Hoernle Theatre - Seeking Hayden - A New Direction Concert - The Symphonia/Willis
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
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Through April 14 - The Nature of Art - at MFA St. Pete
Through April 30 - Big Read - Miami Book Fair
Through May 26 - Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana at Polk Museum of Art
April 11, 2-4 p.m. - Clara Ford's Birthday Garden tea Party at Edison Ford
April 12 - Concert Under the Stars: The Fitzgeralds - Lake Wales
April 12 – Sarasota Orchestra at Van Wezel
April 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Grow Fort Myers Plant Sale and Workshops at Edison Ford
April 14, 6 p.m. - Lake Wales Chorale Spring concert
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 April 14 -The Nature of Art at MFA St. Pete
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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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