Volume 2 No. 9 |February 25, 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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Every week, no matter how set in stone my Arts Blast layout is, there's always something timely that comes along to push back what's been scheduled for that issue.
How could I not find a spot for the
Atlantic Classical Orchestra's Masterworks concerts featuring a hot, hot, hot bandeneon in a Piazzolla piece "
packed with Argentinian flare, drama, and beauty?"
A thriller by hometown (Fort Pierce) guy and TV news anchor
Jamie Holmes
? Gotta share it! Thanks for the tip,
Martha Wright
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Fort Pierce artist
Julie Lounibos captures the most gorgeous sunrises over the river!
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Atlantic Classical Orchestra Plus Bandeneon 😍
Newsman Jamie Holmes Thrills as Author James Holmes
Crystal (Bujol) Gazing --- Florida Tech's Read-In
Jamila Tekalli on Her Own --- Guitar Man Ed Gerhard
Creativity at Community Church
Ed Perry Shares: Even Birds Blink
Notes from the 'Net
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As always,
For Helen Miller
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From Atlantic Classical Orchestra and Maestro David Amado:
We begin Masterworks lll with the third of four tries Beethoven made writing an overture to his only opera, Fidelio. Leonore Overture No. 3 is the most symphonic of the pack—expansive, dramatic, and moving. We’ll follow with Astor Piazzolla’s Concerto Aconcagua, inspired by the eponymous peak and packed with Argentinian flare, drama, and beauty. It is a rare showpiece for bandoneon and orchestra that virtuoso Lidia Kaminska will bring to a full boil. After intermission is Schumann’s third symphony. Filled with his trademark lyricism, tenderness, heart-on-sleeve sentiment, and outsized passion, it is a masterpiece of German Romanticism.
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David Amado, conductor
Lidia Kaminska, bandoneon
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March 3, 7:30 - Community Church, Vero Beach
March 4, 7:30 - Jupiter HighSchool, Jupiter
March 6, 4 & 8 p.m. - Lyric Theatre, Stuart
Join us
45 minutes prior to
the concert for a fascinating inside look at this evening’s program with Maestro Amado.
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Newsman Jamie Holmes Thrills as Author James Holmes
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Jamie Holmes
is one of those people I’m not quite sure I’ve actually met in person. His father was station manager at WQCS when I did Arts Spotlight there so he was always a part of our unseen family. We all watched as Jamie went from being a kid in Fort Pierce to excelling as a TV newsman to becoming a father of three — plus two mini-dachshunds, two rabbits, and “a very patient wife.” The couple has been homeschooling their kids for more than a decade. Hannah, the oldest at 14, “is on track to finish her Bachelor of Arts degree at 17. She, along with her brother, are both black belts in Tae Kwon Do, certified divers and volunteers at their church. All three have been throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia…often helping me research locations for the book.”
Holmes went to Lincoln Park Academy and Indian River Community College (before it became a state college) and then graduated from the University of Florida with a journalism degree. His first job was in Roanoke, Virginia, and then it was off to West Palm Beach and ten years of covering the Treasure Coast. “In that time, I covered dangling chads, 9-11 terrorist ties, and more hurricanes than I care to remember,” he said. After his Orlando move in 2011, he “covered some of the biggest stories here: Casey Anthony, Pulse, and yes…more hurricanes.”
Holmes isn’t the first Florida journalist to branch out into fiction writing; think Tim Dorsey and Carl Hiaasen. He said, “I’ve always wanted to be a writer. I went into journalism because it was a paying job that still allowed me to write. TV news is ‘literature in a hurry,’ so it helped me hone my rapid-fire writing style that you see in my books.”
Several screenplays into his writing career, Holmes sent a few off to author James Patterson, who gave him the kick in the pants he needed to get moving. Patterson told him his writing was solid. “He told me to stop waiting for Hollywood’s permission by writing screenplays. He said, ‘Go write a book.’ He returned my phone call, gave me solid advice, and I’m eternally grateful.”
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The Last Disciple is that first novel, “but they say you can’t write your first book until you’ve put down a million words on paper. I wrote a million words on
this book
, before I got to the working first draft. From there, I did another half dozen rewrites before I ended with the book you have now.” Holmes did the math for us, in case you were wondering: “This book is 80-thousand words, so I wrote this book start to finish nearly a dozen times.” And it took only five years. “Biblical history, Roman history, modern military operations…I had to know it all.”
His brainstorming with a Delta Force Operator brought him smack up against the reality of PTSD and the “ghosts (that) sat next to him every day of his life.” With his help, Holmes absorbed the sights and smells of war and “what it’s really like on the battlefield.”
Writing fiction helps Holmes deal with his daily news coverage at WFTV. He considers his book a catharsis “as I try to figure out whether we’re worthy as a species of any kind of salvation. I don’t care if you believe in God or not. There is always a judge. Whether it’s you…or some cosmic calculator.”
He described the book as graphic, “because it shows the extremes to which we continue to go to as humans to hurt each other. What the Romans did to the Christians isn’t that far removed from an ISIS or any of the other atrocities that humans continue to commit in the name of their definition of ‘good.’ The question I wanted to answer was ‘are we worthy?’”
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The life of an author/TV newsman/homeschooling father is not for any wimps out there. “I wake at 1 a.m., write for a few hours, and then I have to be on air for our first newscast at 4:30 a.m. I’m on the desk for five hours, report afterwards, then rush home and help home-school the children. If I’m lucky I’m in bed by 9, and then repeat.” So, weekends are for relaxing, right? Uh-uh. He gets up before everyone else and writes while the house is still.
Writing as James Holmes, he's got the
The Last Disciple's sequel, The Last Testament, ready for a May release. He's touring this book with a 1:30 signing at Barnes & Noble in Altamonte Springs February 29, and at B&N on Colonial Drive in Orlando March 7 at noon. South Florida and the Treasure Coast should expect him late spring. “The response has been fantastic. Sales have been great, and I’m sitting at Five stars on Amazon. The book signings have been standing room only.”
Writing a book is a solitary pursuit but delivering a morning show is all about the team. “My co-anchor Nancy Alvarez and I have covered stories that you can’t help but take home with you. Stories that work their way into your soul. She is all heart, and we trust each other to carry the other. Brian Shields is one of the most popular meteorologists in the state. He is so, because he’s genuine and gentle. No hype. Just cool, calm and collected.” Holmes said the show works because, “we’re just regular people, trying to guide you through what you need to know for the day…with a little humor and hope.”
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A reminder for readers:
Here on the Treasure Coast we have absolutely topnotch student performers in all arts genres. When we miss a show or exhibit, we miss an opportunity to have a great experience and to show appreciation for the hard work and dedication that go into each event. Buy a ticket, applaud, even whistle, and get on your feet for a standing O. Everybody wins. And who knows where your encouragement could lead?
I'm sharing this Facebook post by my cousin's teacher-son because it applies to schools everywhere. Thanks,
Scott Zimmerman.
Scott:
Musical season is approaching fast. Make sure you get out and support your local school productions. The kids put their hearts and souls into it and always do a tremendous job. Those who have been friends with me for a while know I always post about shows I am supporting from the pit. Get ready, they are coming.
... Be sure to take advantage of those opportunities.
In all cases, dozens of talented actors, singers, musicians, stage crew, and production staff work together for the greater good of the show. Enjoy the magic of theater!
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Ed Gerhard & Guitar at Eastminster
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Teresa Fleenor is quite certain the audience at Eastminster Presbyterian Church March 1 is in for a good time. Fleenor, music director for the Indialantic church said Grammy Award-winning guitarist Ed Gerhard is coming in for a single performance of "exquisite guitar music" that will feature both his latest CD, There and Gone, and his own Ed Gerhard Signature Guitar. This stop is part of his world tour to introduce the guitar to musicians and fans. Gerhard said, "On the road I travel with that limited edition model and a Weissenborn style acoustic lap steel guitar. Both guitars are rich and clear sounding with remarkable sustain."
Gerhard won his Grammy in 2005 for his work on Henry Mancini: Pink Guitar.
His CD
Luna
, is featured in Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s 20th Anniversary list of the "240 Essential Albums." Fleenor said, "An Afternoon with Ed Gerhard will highlight this versatile musician in solo performance and remind us of the exquisite beauty of guitar music."
In a Sunday email, Gerhard said, "
I’m looking forward to getting back to the Indialantic area, it’s been many years. The last time I was there I played Arlo Guthrie’s Indian River Festival. It was the night Mike Tyson got KOd by Buster Douglas!"
The concert is free, a community outreach program.
For curious Arts Blast readers:
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From Vero Beach Opera:
VBO
has an Endowment Fund established by Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Steyer in 2015 through the Indian River Community Foundation. Mr. and Mrs. Steyer recently “gifted” VBO with additional funds for the Endowment Fund – a
$50,000 Challenge
– with the intention that this gift be an incentive for others to donate at least $50,000 in donations or legacy pledges by June 30, 2020 to the Endowment Fund.
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The community will gather next week to honor a woman who started with a dream seventeen years ago and has never let go of it as the
Gifford Youth Orchestra
has grown from fifteen youngsters to sixty-one, with a list of other waiting for a slot to open. In 2003, Crystal Bujol was approached by Gifford resident Annie Laura Powell with a challenge. “Our children are being left behind. What are you going to do about it?” Bujol explained, “She wanted some children to be part of Suzy Bode's Indian River Youth Symphony Orchestra. I told her I could organize such a project, but if I were to be involved the purpose would be to create a Gifford Youth Orchestra and the children could also perform with Suzy's IRYSO. I wanted to make sure Gifford would own the orchestra.”
With the backing of the Gifford Front Porch Revitalization Council and The Progressive
Civic League of Gifford, it was off and running. Sort of. When Bujol wrote the grant, she neglected to include an amount for rent. “When we were ready to start classes, I had no idea where they would be held … .” The director of the Gifford Youth Activity Center offered space for classes one afternoon each week.
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“The first years were like the current years - exciting!” Bujol said. “We were like a one room school. Then we started growing and became two rooms, then three. New students, new levels of performance, new levels of abilities.” Working out how to give all the students all the special attention they needed was a challenge. “There is no year that has been the same as any one before it. Each year is like a new book. But, the excitement of the first year is the one to remember. … Joan Haar, our music director since 2003, was an old hand at this. I was just as excited as the children.”
Bujol compares watching the magic unfold to a spiritual journey. “Joan and I work together like two aunts caring for our sister's children. She brings love, understanding, and patience to each individual student and to the groups/classes - two different skill sets.”
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The Gifford Youth Orchestra piano department under Sue Lorimier is in its early years, Bujol said. “Sue has the patience and the heart space to work with children as young as 3 years old. You should see them bounce up on the stage to play their song consisting of may 20 notes. You would think they were performing at Carnegie Hall!”
The woman being celebrated at the Crystal Gazing gala March 7 is a woman of many talents. “I am a classically trained pianist but would rather play what's in my heart than just what is on paper. I have written music for churches, TV shows, a'Capella and choral ensembles, Yes, I teach and have taught everything I learn: piano, pipe organ, youth choirs, senior citizen choirs, computer operations and programming, public speaking, gardening, swimming, tennis, math, bible studies, how to write your own bible, black history, African spirituality, woman's history, woman's spirituality, scientific prayer, life coaching, and the list goes on. Whatever I learn, I teach.Yes, I am a teacher and a teacher's teacher. Actually, I am more than a teacher, I am an educator -- I draw out of people what is already in them more than teach.”
Tickets to the “Crystal Gazing” gala are $50 and may be purchased online at
gyotigers.org
. The event is at the Vero Beach Heritage Center, 2140 14
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Ave., 7-9 p.m., March 7. Xaque Gruber will be the emcee and GYO students will provide the music.
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Bujol has a vision. "The GYO is looking for its home. The space, land, building, portable units, whatever form it takes that is the perfect fit for the Gifford Youth Orchestra. The vision I have is a Cultural and Performing Arts Center in Gifford with state of the art class rooms where we own the walls 24/7. We want to create the best environment for our students to soak up the energy and vibrations of the gift of who they are and who they want to become. Music is our vehicle to assist our students to be on the most beautiful stage of life as they create their own "Better Tomorrows!" We want our center to be in Gifford as a matter of community pride and create something else that is beautiful in Gifford -- something that will inspire more people to cross the bridge into Gifford as Gifford continues to bring its treasures out into the greater neighborhood. "
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I almost deleted this image from my card. But then I thought it would be fun to share. As an amateur photographer I find great joy in photographing the wild Florida that I love. As a photographer you work to make as many elements go "right" as you can: put the sun at your back, light on your subject, aim for a pleasing background, try not to clutter the image, isolate the subject, get subject doing something different or unusual, get the subject in the frame, get your settings right, don't over expose, don't under expose, da, da, da, da, da........But there are many times, which you don't see, where things go wrong. Lots of times. This is one of those times where I was not in control. Have you heard of a nictitating membrane? Well, it's like an eyelid for a bird or reptile (and sometimes called a "third eyelid"). This Roseate Spoonbill said "ain't happening today" and rolled its nictitating membrane at the perfect moment, much like humans do with their eyelids when getting their photos taken!
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From FIT:
African-American Read-in at Florida Tech Feb. 28.
Florida Tech faculty and students, along with members of the community, will celebrate Black History Month through music, text and poetry at the university’s 5th Annual African-American Read-In from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at Evans Library. With the theme “Our History, Our Story,” the event will feature readings from African-American poets and writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Octavia Butler, Roxane Gay, Michelle Alexander and Colson Whitehead.
There will also be a presentation from special guest Lizzie Jenkins, founder and president of the Real Rosewood Foundation (pictured above). Jenkins, an author and historian, is one of the last living descendants of a family directly involved in the January 1923 Rosewood Massacre that left at least six black people and two white people dead in rural Levy County, Florida. It's free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by Evans Library and Florida Tech’s School of Arts and Communication. Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne.
WFIT 89.5 FM, Florida Tech’s radio station, is once again inviting area bands to enter its annual Garage Band Contest. To participate, bands must film a new video of themselves performing an original song in a garage. The video, no longer than 5 minutes, should then be uploaded to YouTube, with the link included on the required contest entry form. No other method of entry submission will be accepted.
The entry form is available at
www.wfit.org
. The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. Friday, March 6.
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. March 6, the evening of First Friday Gallery Stroll will mark the
official grand opening of the Vero Beach Art Club Annex at 1791 Old Dixie Hwy, Vero Beach. An exhibition and sale fill follow, 5-8 p.m., and again Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Classes will begin there the week of March 23.
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Jamila Tekalli on Her Own
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Jamila Tekalli comes back to the Treasure Coast this weekend for her fourth solo performance in a Space Coast Symphony Orchestra concert, The Romance of Rachmaninoff. She’ll play the composer’s Piano Concert No. 2, one of Rachmaninoff’s most familiar and loved works, but one that was rejected by critics of the time.
Now a resident of Washington, D.C., the pianist has many Florida ties. She has been a lecturer in music at Barry University in Miami, has advance degrees from University of Central Florida and University of Miami, and has performed in more than a few Florida venues. Her parents live in Orlando and Tekalli’s brother, Suliman, is often on the bill when they perform as the Tekalli Duo here.
“I have had the pleasure to perform with my brother for numerous chamber concerts in Melbourne and Vero Beach through SCSO's Chamber series,” she said, but they’re both so busy these days that she’s more likely to be on her own. “I consider my performances with Suliman such highlights! Recently, we performed the Mendelssohn D minor Piano Trio for a music series I head in Washington D.C.”
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On Tekalli’s website, she’s described as an avid chamber musician. “As much as I love solo piano repertoire and the certain freedoms that comes with solo performance, nothing can compare to the joy of collaboration that comes with chamber music. I love tossing ideas back and forth, trying new interpretations and sharing in the thrill of performing,” she said. “For pieces that are especially challenging, there is a camaraderie that we are in it together! It is very much a journey that I enjoy experiencing with friends.”
Tekalli, newly engaged to an attorney she met in her undergraduate days at Indiana University, is director of music at Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Bethesda, Maryland, and is on the faculty of Levine School of Music at the Silver Spring, Maryland, and Southeast D.C. campuses.
Being a professional musician isn’t all work. Tekalli said, “Often when I get together with musician friends to grill out on a nice day, we often listen to jazz to kick back and relax. If we are playing and reading through chamber music, it is always a great time to read through duets, trios or quartets by Mozart, Brahms and Piazzolla.”
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Creativity at Community Church
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From Rachel Carter:
Pictures, paintings and poems are hung and our gallery show has begun!
In its second year, we have expanded our exhibit to the full length of the CCOVB narthex! Sculptures of many shapes, sizes, and different mediums line the hall to compliment paintings, drawings, photographs, and poetry.
New this year is a “clothesline” exhibit of artwork submitted by children from our Sunday school classes.
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Many pieces have been submitted by members, attendees, deacons, ushers, and even staff members have entered pieces in the show. Folks who come to view the gallery will see work by some well-known Vero Beach names in the art scene such as Teryl Viner, Glenda Taylor, Travis Blanton, and many more!
Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday 2/24-2/28
2:00PM-5:00PM
Saturday, February 29
10:00AM-4:00PM
Sunday, March 1
8:30AM-12:30PM
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Authorities are taking exceptional measures to contain Europe’s biggest outbreak of the virus.
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Art Industry News: The World’s Oldest Cave Art Is Under Threat From Miners in Indonesia + Other Stories
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The Teatro alla Scala in Milan has suspended all performances due to the Coronavirus.
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This Week On the Calendar
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Indian River County
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - A Journey to the New World - VBHS Orchestra Concert.
Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - The Emerson Center presents Above and Beyond: JFK and the Florida U-2 Pilots During the Cuban Missile Crisis in its Florida Humanities Series.
Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. - RainGarden Workshop at Garden Club of Indian River County - offered by Sunrise Rotary of Vero Beach.
Feb. 26, 4 p.m. - Fashion Meets Art at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Feb. 26 - Vero Beach Museum of Art closed to the public at 2 pm for event.
Feb. 26 - Museum Stories for kids at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Feb. 27, 11 a.m. - Community Church of Vero Beach presents the first in the annual Lenten Organ and Poetry series. Organist Andrew Galuska and poet Elizabeth Jacobson of Santa Fe, NM.
Feb. 27, 2 p.m. - Travel Film at the North IRC Library - Puerto Rico
Feb. 27, 7 p.m. - Classic Albums Live: “Creedence Clearwater Revival”-Chronicle, Vol. 1, at the Emerson Center for LIVE! From Vero Beach
Feb. 27, 7 p.m. - Slide presentation by iconographer and author Mary Jane Miller at Center for Spiritual Care, Vero Beach. RSVP.
Feb. 28-29 - Mardi Gras Nights, Howl at the Moon Experience at Riverside Theatre.
Feb. 28-29 - Ballet Vero Beach presents Program 2 - Composers Notebook: TheMusic of Paul Gay at Vero Beach HS Performing Arts Center.
Feb. 29, 12:55 p.m. - Met Live in HD at the Majestic, Vero Beach - Agrippina (Handel)
Feb. 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vero Beach Museum of Art - Museum Art School Open House
Feb. 29 - Free Admission Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Feb. 29, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. - 11th Step Conscious Contact Retreat Day at Center for Spiritual Care, VB
March 1, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. -
ECOFEST
at Environmental Learning Center, Wabasso
March 1, 3 p.m. - Feb. 29, 7 p.m. - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents The Romance of Rachmaninoff with Jamila Tekalli
March 2, 4:30 p.m. - 2020 International Lecture Series at Vero Beach Museum of Art: Wanda M. Corn - A Signature Style: Georgia O’Keefe’s Art, Clothes, and Home Decor.
March 2, 9:30 a.m. - March Book Review Breakfast at Richardson Center, IRSC Campus, Vero Beach. Final for the season. Lanie D’Alessadro discusses Melinda Gates’ The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.
March 3, 2 p.m. - At North IRC Library - “Florida Cattle Ranching,” presented by Bob Stone
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 Feb. 29 - Camelot, The Musical at Indian River Charter High School
Through May 7 - Gestural Pantomime Collection by Sara Alfaro at Indian River County Courthouse. Art in Public Places program of Cultural Council of Indian River County.
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. 25, 7 p.m. - Shelea Natural Woman: A Night of Soul at Lyric Theatre, Stuart.
Feb. 26, 10 a.m. - Korean War Film Series at the Blake Library, Stuart.
Feb. 26,2 p.m. - Literature & Poetry presented by Dr.Roderick C. Hofer at the Morgade Library.
Feb. 26, 2 p.m. - Culture Cinema - Farmsteaders at the Cummings Library
Feb. 26-29 - Les Misérables School Edition at South Fork High School.
Feb. 27, 6 p.m. - The Mythic American West & Its Writers - lecture series with Robert Van Dellen at Elliott Museum
Feb. 27, 10 a.m. - Story Time in the Gallery at Court House Cultural Center Gallery, Stuart. Free.
Feb. 28-March 27 - Art Associates of Martin County Annual juried art show. At Treasure Coast Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Stuart.
Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. - Reception for Art Associates of Martin County Annual juried art show.
Feb. 28 - Stain Alive at the Lyric, Stuart
March 1, 3 p.m. - Treasure Coast Symphony Orchestra POPS Concert at The Kane Center, Stuart.
March 1, 1 p.m. - Rock’n Riverwalk, downtown Stuart
March 3-4 - Menopause the Musical at the Lyric, Stuart.
Through Feb. 27 - CUT BLOWN CAST: Contemporary Art Show at Court House Cultural Center Galleries
Through March 8 - In Her Image, Fort Pierce Art Club’s juried exhibition paying tribute to women & women’s issues. At the Elliott Museum
Through March 8, 2020 - At the Elliott Museum - Magnificent Me, A fully-interactive traveling exhibition for the entire family from The Discovery Network.
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Palm Beach County
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Flagler Museum Music Series at Flagler Museum, WPB - American String Quartet
Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. - Artists Guild Gallery opening reception at the Boca Raton Museum of Art
Feb. 28-March 1 - Palm Beach Opera presents Il Barbarie di Siviglia at Kravis Center
Feb. 28, 7 p.m. - Charles Todd signs A Divided Loyalty at Murder on the Beach, Delray Beach.
Feb. 29, 6:30 p.m. - Jason Newsted and the Chophouse Band at Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta
Feb. 29-March 1 - Music of the Knights at Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University
March 2, 7:30 p.m. - Jan McArt’s New Play Readings at Lynn University presents His Heroine.
March 3, 8 p.m. - the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook presents After Dinner Cabaret at North Palm Beach Country Club with Avery Sommers and Rob Russell.
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
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St. Lucie County
Feb. 26, 3 p.m. - Fort Pierce Art Club - Bodhi leaf painting workshop at the Susan Kilmer Broom Library, 101 Melody Lane, FP -
Feb. 27, 7 p.m. - Hotel California: A Salute to The Eagles
Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. - Economic Contribution of the Art and Cultural Sector - St. Lucie Cultural Alliance. At Port St.Lucie Civic Center.
Feb 28-March 15 - Doubt: A Parable at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL
Feb. 28, 8 p.m. - The Uncle Louie Variety Show at MIDFLORIDA Event Center, 9221 SE Civic Center Place, PSL
Feb. 29, 6p.m. - 10th annual Bonsai Bash - A Taste of Asia at Heathcote Botanical Gardens
Feb. 29-March 1 - PSL Seafood Festival at MIDFLORIDA Event Center, 9221 SE Civic Center Place, PSL
March 1 - 24th annual All You Should Eat Backus Brunch and Painting Raffle at Backus Museum and Gallery.
Through March 12 - Port St. Lucie Arts League Art Exhibition at Civic Center Gallery, 9221 SE Civic Center Pl., Port St. Lucie
Every Saturday. 3-4 p.m. - Critter Crunch & Munch at
Oxbow Eco-Center
. Free, all ages, no reservation required.
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Brevard County
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Schumann String Quartet at St. Marks United Methodist Church, Indialantic, for the Melbourne Chamber Music Society.
Feb 28 - Rock’n’Roll Revue at Coca Village Playhouse
Feb. 28-March 22 - Something Rotten! at Titusville Playhouse
Feb. 28, 7:30 concert - Melbourne Municipal Band presents Rock & Roll Revue at Cocoa Village Playhouse
Feb. 29, 7 p.m. - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents The Romance of Rachmaninoff with Jamila Tekalli at The Scott Center, Melbourne.
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - Gospel Blues & BBQ at Advent Lutheran Church, 1805 Oak St., Melbourne Beach. Free BBQ dinner at 5 p.m., Lenten worship service at 6 p.m.
March 1, 3 p.m. - Acoustic guitarist Ed Gerhard is at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 106 N. Riverside Dr., Indialantic, with his 6-string guitar, a slide guitar, and a Hawaiian lap steel guitar
March 2-April 5 - Metaphor at Strawbridge Art League and Gallery, Melbourne.
March 4-5, 7:30 - Melbourne Municipal Band presents Swingtime concert, Let’s Boogie All Night Long at Melbourne Auditorium, free.
Last Friday of the month - Cocoa Village Friday Fest at Myrt Tharpe Square Gazebo 5 - 9 p.m.
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 3 - Kaleidoscope 2020 at Eau Gallery, Melbourne.
Through March 6 - 2020 Space Coast Young Artists exhibition at Foosaner Education Center. Free, open to public.
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Polk County
Feb. 26, noon - Museum Book Club - discussing Oh, Florida! by Craig Pittman
March 7, 10 a.m.-noon - New date added - History Bus Tour. Advance registration required. Seating is limited.
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.
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Okeechobee County
Feb. 28-29, March 6-7 - Death and Taxes at Okeechobee Community Theatre, 610 SW Second Ave., Okeechobee.
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Beyond the Treasure Coast
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association presents The Knights-Gil Shaham, violin, at Van Wezel
Feb. 26, 6 p.m. - Artist Talk w/Jaune Quick-To-See Smith - A Survey of Contemporary Native Art at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College.
Feb. 27, 6 p.m. - Cinema t the MFA presents: Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes at MFA St. Petersburg
Feb. 28-March 2 - Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College.
closed for annual black-tie fundraiser.
Feb. 28, 6 p.m. -
Edison and Ford Winter Estates
presents the JimmyBuffett tribute band, Caribbean Chillers. On the Ford lawn, along the Caloosahatchee River. Ticketed.
Feb. 29-March 1 - Gasparilla Festival of the Arts at Julian B. Lane Riverfront, Tampa.
Feb. 29, 1 p.m. - Opera Through the Ages: St. Pete Opera Company at MFA St. Petersburg
Feb. 29, 6 p.m. - Leap Day GardenParty and Cocktail Chemistry Classes at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers.
March 1, 10 a.m. - Art in Bloom Art Show at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers.
March 3, 7:30 p.m. - The Jazz Compositions of Miho Hazama - Frost Concert Jazz Band at Frost School of Music UM
March 4, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz conducting at Frost School of Music UM
March 4, 6:30 p.m. - Conserving the Past with Jeremy Fogg at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers.
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.
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