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Volume 4 No. 41| November 11, 2022 | |
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Notes from the Editor:
Well! Wasn't this some kind of week? With all the flooding that was happening in Vero Beach, I had no hope of keeping the river out of my house but guess what! That flood repellant I scattered around the fenceline worked! Of course, I still had to prepare for the worst, just in case, so it was a physically and mentally tough few days. (Just kidding about the flood repellant, although I did pile last year's sand bags around the doors.) I've decided that going forward, bottom shelves and drawers will remain empty. No more hurricane hustle for this old girl. The weekend will be dedicated to cleaning up yard debris once again. I can live with that since it's all outside instead of inside, the way it was in 2004.
Feeling bad for those who weren't so lucky but feeling GREAT for those businesses and arts organizations that are back on track already! I'm working on updating the Arts Blast calendar as information trickles in but I suggest checking for updates wherever you're planning to go and on the Arts Blast calendar at willimiller.com.. I can tell you it's definitely a Riverside Theatre weekend, with Live in the Loop, the Comedy Zone Experience, and the final performances of Butterflies are Free. Tomorrow's Playtime had to be canceled, though.
Scroll down for this week's Nicole-abbreviated Arts Blast.
One more note: It's so easy to buy tickets online for those on your gift list, just in case you don't feel like leaving home. Doesn't seem possible, but in only two weeks, we'll be eating Thanksgiving leftovers!
Here's that popular link to the St. John webcams. Yes, it really is that gorgeous.
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Pop-Up Writers Workshop
Soup Bowl Results
Brevard SO Youth Concert is ON!
Backus Update
Ballet Vero Beach Singles
Miami Book Fair
BVB Fellowship Initiative for Dancers
Car, Truck, and Motorcycle show
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Grand Opening
Garden Club’s 2022 Ornament & Yard Sale
Magnificent Miniature Masterpieces
Happening in Brevard
... and more!
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Soup Bowl Success
Congratulations and thank you to the Indian River Clay potters and volunteers for another successful Soup Bowl for the Samaritan Center in Vero Beach. From Renee Birely, development manager: "It was very successful event. Approximately 1,000 bowls were sold. We counted over 400 people who were in attendance."
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From the Laura Riding Jackson Foundation:
Our amazing Writer-in-Residence, Lisa Zimmerman, came all the way from Colorado to spend this past week with us. Then Hurricane Nicole came and tried to ruin the party! All the in-schools events we had planned with Lisa got canceled. But we Floridians don't let hurricanes get us down, right?
So
We are now planning a Teen Workshop at the Writing Center on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 2-4PM
at
The LRJF Writing Center
1914 14th Avenue
Vero Beach
This event is free of charge to teens, but you must register in advance.
And, yeah, we know we're throwing this party very last minute, so by "in advance" we really mean "at least five minutes before 2pm on Saturday." Who's in?
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Happy Anniversary,
Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society!
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No Live in the Loop or Comedy Zone Experience November 18, 19, 25, & 26 | | |
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Entry deadline is December 5. | |
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Last Call for Early Application
FELLOWSHIP INITIATIVE FOR DANCERS
From Ballet Vero Beach:
Through November 15th, interested graduating seniors and recent high school graduates may apply for early admission our free Fellowship Initiative for Dancersfor Fall of 2023.
Early Admission is a non-binding process offered for the convenience of students and their families. Early Admission applicants will receive an admission decision by January 15 in order to help applicants assess all options for future study. Early Admission applicants will have until May 1 to accept admission to the program.
After November 15th, the General Application period for the program will be used to fill any remaining spots for Fall 2023 not offered during the Early Admission process, and to develop a wait list for the program
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Heathcote Botanical Gardens is seeking event volunteers for Garden of Lights 2022.
6 weekends ** - 12 nights - 54 volunteers per night
Various volunteer start times and duration per night.
There is a spot for you!
Individuals 16* and older and groups of all sizes
| Tune into to the American Songbook Saturdays from 8-midnight. On the November 12 program, host Dick Golden will include several musical icons performing with the Count Basie band…Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, and Joe Williams. Among other musical highlights: performances by singer Mel Torme with pianist George Shearing, and singers Diana Krall and Johnny Hartman. | |
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From Collier County Museums:
The Naples Depot Museum is closed for hurricane recovery.
All other Collier County Museums are open regular hours, Tuesday-Saturday, 9AM-4PM.
The Collier Museum at Government Center special exhibit, "From The Great Lakes To The Sunshine State: Exploring The History Of U.S. 41," is temporarily closed and will reopen on November 15.
| The Backus Museum has resumed its regular schedule following the recent closure due to Hurricane Nicole. The Museum suffered no serious issues related to the storm. | |
Vero Beach Art Club's Holiday Plans
The Holiday Showcase this year is November 1 to December 22. Holiday ornaments and a festively decorated tree will be on display and auctioned off at the Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace, 1903 14th Ave, Vero Beach.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Open during First Friday Gallery Stroll December 2, 5-8 p.m.
| Happening in Brevard County | |
Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m. - Downtown Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
Nov. 16, 4-8 p.m. - Art Walk in the Gardens at Rockledge Gardens
Nov. 23, 5 p.m. - Deadline for entries in Great Art in Small Packages at Eau Gallery
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Miami Book Fair starts streaming November 13.
Open up your watchlist and start filling up the queue – Miami Book Fair is happening downtown and online November 13-20, with more than 70 on-demand programs coming to a screen near you! Get ready for hundreds of authors and eight excitement-filled days of bookish conversations and other events, almost all of them FREE.
Kids, teens, adults – we’ve got something for everyone all week long, including virtual programs with master of horror for young readers R.L. Stine, New York Times bestselling novelist Jessie Burton, legendary – and elusive – comics writer Alan Moore, lauded historical fiction writer Robert Harris, and newly named U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Many more programs will also be livestreamed as they happen at the Fair, via MiamiBookFairOnline.com.
Come downtown for even more options, including a nighttime lineup with rock icon Patti Smith, NFL great Jimmy Johnson, and lauded journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Come early or stay late for those during the week to enjoy drinks, bites, and vinyl DJs from Dante’s Hi-Fi at our new Lost Chapter get-togethers. Plus, live music on the Off The Shelf stage, family-friendly entertainment at Children’s Alley, and hundreds of booksellers and Miami makers at the Marketplace November 18-20 at Street Fair.
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The Brevard Symphony Orchestra concert scheduled for Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 7:30pm at the King Center for the Performing Arts is continuing as scheduled. Special guests the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra will be in a unique side-by-side performance of Mikhail Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila, and BSO’s principal trumpet Tom Macklin will perform Alexander Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto.
Due to an abbreviated rehearsal schedule brought on by the recent storm, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6Pathétique will not be performed at Saturday's concert. In its place, the BSO will present two other popular works by Tchaikovsky: selections from Swan Lake and the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. The first half of the program will be performed as originally planned.
| Musical Chairs at Vero Beach Theatre Guild runs through Nov. 27. | |
Indian River County Historical Society
Annual Members Meeting
November 13, 2022
3:00pm until 5:00 pm
at the Hallstrom House
1701-1723 Old Dixie Highway SW, Vero Beach
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DUE TO TROPICAL STORM NICOLE
A Musical Tribute to the U.S Armed Forces
at the McAlpin Theatre at Indian River State College, Fort Pierce
has been RESCHEDULED
Wednesday, November 30th at 7PM
All patrons with tickets for A Musical Tribute to the
U.S. Armed Forces will be allowed to exchange their tickets by calling the box office on or after Monday, November 14th, 2022.
Tickets may be exchanged for the rescheduled performance on Wednesday, November 30th or any future performance in the McAlpin Theatre in our 2022-23 Season.
Tickets may also be donated back to the theatre to support our Performing Arts Program.
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St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Grand Opening
Join us as we celebrate our Grand Opening at The Vault at November Art Walk. FREE event! Nov. 18, from 5-8 PM. Experience the new and exciting location. Featuring phenomenal oil paintings from @fisunerdenart ! Please reserve your spot at the Drum Circle: https://bit.ly/3h9fjI2 ; RSVP & be entered to win an art basket from our fantastic artists: https://bit.ly/3zCEXeD
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A Yard Sale Plus The 2022 Garden Club of Indian River County Christmas Ornament |
4th annual garden indoor sale
The Garden Club of Indian River county is having a huge garage sale Saturday Nov. 12th.
A lot of nice things fill the Garden Club building 2526 17th Avenue off 25th Street. Household items, even plants, no clothes.
It will be inside from 7:30 to 2:00.
Lots of Parking behind the building.
Do Stop Buy
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This is the 31st year for the Garden Club of Indian River County's Christmas Ornament. Each one has featured a familiar place or event in Indian River County. This year, the colorful brass ornament celebrates the 20th anniversary of Gardenfest!, the February event that has grown to attract an audience of 20,000 visitors to Riverside Park in Vero Beach.
Gardenfest! 2023 is scheduled for February 4&5.
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From Community Church of Vero Beach:
Advent Poetry and Organ Series Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. beginning December 1.
Since December 2016 this unique offering of the spoken word and organ improvisation has enriched our Advent season while welcoming nationally-recognized and published poets from across the country and even around the world.
Each year promises a different approach to the themes and emotions the season of Advent can evoke, skillfully curated by Sean Sexton, Poet Laureate of Indian River County, and Andrew Galuska, Director of Music and Fine Arts. There is no charge to attend and a free will offering will be accepted. Join us for this enchanting series of concerts celebrating Advent as we wait and prepare for Christmas on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary. All are welcome!
Our poets this Advent season are Sean Sexton on December 1, Marianne Peel, of Cocoa, FL on December 8 and Gordon Johnston of Macon, GA on December 15.
www.ccovb.org/www.facebook.com/ccovb.org
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Join The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches for a Holiday Concert
Celebrate the holiday season by listening to classic carols such as “Go Tell It”, “Silent Night” and “Candle in the Window” with other members of the community! This mix of Christmas and Hanukkah classics has songs to bring smiles to all faces.
This year our concert is held on Saturday, December 3rd at 7:30 pm and Sunday, December 4th at 4pm at the beautiful Lakeside Presbyterian Church at 4601 S Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33405. This historic church has high vaulted ceilings with a wooden interior that is incredibly resonant and immerses one in the warmth and rich tones of the human voice. The choir will stand before the stories high stained glass windows as light filters in to illuminate the musicians and add to the nostalgic ambience of the evening.
The Choral Society is joined this year by the prodigious Lubbens Brothers, a set of three talented, Julliard trained musicians. These men perform all across the country in a mix of genres such as folk, americana, bluegrass and classical that makes all who hear them want to dance! Don’t wait, reserve your tickets today!
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The Barn Theatre
presents
Studio Series Productions
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The theme of the first set of performances is
Holidays With a Twist, requiring adults of all ages and types.
Plays will be performed as staged readings (with scripts on stage).
Performance dates are Dec. 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m., Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m.
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ARMORY ART CENTER’S EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHT WEARABLE ART AND CANCER SURVIVORS
Contemporary art jewelry and reimagined radiotherapy masks celebrate the art of
perspective and perseverance in two recently opened exhibitions, “Verdant Bodies: A Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition” and “Radiant Nation: Masks”.
“Verdant Bodies” will be on display in the Armory’s Montgomery Hall through Friday, Nov. 18. This exhibition offers insight into how makers in the art jewelry and metalsmithing fields interpret their environments.
“Radiant Nation” will be on display in the East Gallery from through Friday, Dec. 16. The show features a collection of reimagined radiotherapy masks transformed by artists into vibrant, powerful forms of expression. This exhibition is inspired by artist and cancer survivor David Charlowe. In 2019, after surviving a bout with cancer, Charlowe asked several artists to repurpose nearly two dozen radiation masks.
www.armoryart.org or call (561) 832.1776. The Armory Art Center - 811 Park Place, West Palm Beach.
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Magnificent Miniature Masterpieces | |
The call to all artists to participate in this worthy cause with cash prizes is open for the 2022 Magnificent Miniature Masterpieces. Details on how to enter are available on Facebook @fortpierceartclub and www.fortpierceartclub.org. Artists may pick up entry forms which include a 3”x3” canvas and easel to enter at several locations and events. Entry fee is $10. The deadline is December 5.
This year the club is sponsoring 90 student participants from the following high schools: Central High, Lincoln Park Academy, and Westwood in the student category. Each school will be presented with a $500 check at the December 18 celebration for their arts programs.
The 2022 silent auction starts on Wednesday, December 14 through Friday, December 16 in the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Vault located at 111 Orange Avenue, Fort Pierce from 11 AM to 4 PM and during ArtWalk from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
The event concludes on Sunday, December 18, with the winning artists and student artists being awarded cash prizes from 3 to 5 p.m. in Harmony Music Lounge’s gallery at 116 Avenue A, Fort Pierce.
Each year after the event, any unsold miniatures are gift wrapped and given to a local area nursing home to bring holiday cheer to staff and residents. Except in 2021 when the unique piece of Laura Kinnamon’s, “R Mutt - Rrose Sélavy,” was sent to the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a gesture of goodwill for their Michael “Duchamp Gallery.”
| All proceeds from the event go to local schools and to the club’s scholarship program at Indian River State College. The Fort Pierce Art Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and donations to the club are tax deductable in accordance with the tax laws. | |
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St. Mary's Lunch and Chamber Music Series
Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish will perform in November.
Monday, November 14 at 7:00 PM
Time to Tango: a concert and dance experience
with Lindsay Garritson and Ashley Garritson-Gelber and tango dancers,
Armando Orzuza and Nuria Martinez.
Sunday, November 20 at 4:00 PM (CONCERT JUST ADDED!)
Fireworks and Poetry from Eastern Europe
Delray String Quartet with special guest, Ukrainian pianist, Marina Radiushina.
Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
Bonifantes Boys Choir from the Czech Republic
All Concerts will be in Ross Hall in the Pittenger Center at St. Mary's Episcopal Church unless otherwise indicated.
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Lake Wales Chorale, December 4, 6p.m.
The Lake Wales Arts Council presents the Lake Wales Chorale holiday concert, The Many Moods of Christmas, held at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church of Lake Wales.
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I'm Still Standing Closing Night Reception
November 19, 6 - 8 p.m., Elliott Museum, Stuart
The Inner Truth Project sexual trauma survivors and St. Lucie Cultural Alliance artists joined forces to present the inaugural exhibition of I’m Still Standing.
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Free trees available at the Audubon House in Vero Beach:
- 7 ft Southern Live Oaks in 3g pots -Produces the most insects for birds
- 6 ft Pond Cypress in 3g pots-Grows in dry soils also
- 3 ft Dahoon Holly in small pots- Small tree that needs irrigation
Visit our Pelican Island Audubon Society’s Audubon House at 195 9th St. SE (Oslo Rd) Vero Beach on Sun, Wed, or Fri from 9-11 a.m. to pick up trees. Also, Native Plants for sale! Hummingbirds will come! See our websites:
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/free-trees-available-at-audubon-house/
https://pelicanislandaudubon.org/home-page/trees-for-life-plants-for-birds/
or call PIAS: 772-567-3520
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Instructions for PIAS Birds Need Plants Photo Contest
- Each month you can submit up to 3 photos for the Birds Need Plants Contest with emphasis on birds pursuing, consuming, using plants, or near plants and prey. To submit a photo for this month, the deadline is the last day of the month.
- A Florida bird must be pictured in your photograph (priority to action shots with or pursuing, using plant, food sources, habitat, and that demonstrate relationship to plants, insects, animals, natural foods).
- The photo must be taken in Florida.
- A photographer may submit 3 digital images per month.
- A photographer will submit only photographs that have never won an earlier award in any contest or exhibit anywhere.
- PIAS requests that you provide the highest resolution possible of your jpg digital images.
- Deadline: The last day of the month
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Email to piaudubon@yahoo.com
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Weekend Changes at Riverside Theatre | |
Come Hungry! Support us by purchasing food & beverages at The Theatre’s Grill & Bar and help us keep the laughter alive and music rockin’! Do not bring coolers, tumblers, water bottles or food on our campus.
Arrive early for Live Music on the outdoor stage before the comedy show begins. Live music times: 5:45pm-6:45pm, 7pm-8pm and 8:15pm-9pm.
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The Vero Beach Choral Society is in need of vocalists in both Tenor and Alto ranges. Anyone who can read music and has experience singing in a vocal ensemble is welcomed to join the group by audition. Visit the group’s website, www.VeroBeachChoralSociety.org, and click on “Audition” to apply.
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