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Volume 6 No. 1 | January 5, 2024

Notes from the Editor:

Oh, what a week to start a new year and I mean that in the best way! I got to see the Wednesday matinee performance of Jersey Boys with friends at Riverside Theatre and am very glad we got in early. From what I'm hearing, the entire run is expected to be sold out in short order. From Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Tequesta came an email this morning noting that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, not opening until January 8, is 92 percent sold out already. The show is also at the Titusville Playhouse January 12 – February 11 but I haven't checked their ticket supply.

I hesitate to nag, but I do it every year anyway. Keep an eye on the Arts Blast calendar and when you see something you'd like to attend, DO NOT dillydally.

I'll venture to say that most of our venues and arts organizations send out free email newsletters, an excellent way to get ahead of the crowd in the ticket line. Sign up!

Also on my thumbs-up list is Nutcracker on the Indian River from Ballet Vero Beach. After seeing the terrific performance last weekend, I went to the BVB YouTube page and watched the documentary, A Decade of Dance, and now have an added truckload (if you saw it, you'll understand the transportation reference) of respect for the dedicated team that puts it all together. Even before all the snowflakes were swept off the stage, that team was working on the first performance of the new year, Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM, January 19-21, at the McAlpin Fine Arts Center in Fort Pierce and the VBHS Performing Arts Center.

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Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller

January 3, 2024 - Saxophonist and singer Danny Bacher tells us about his career, working with kids in New Jersey, and his trio's upcoming concert with the Treasure Coast Jazz Society. Ray Adams, a well-known local educator and musician and a board member of the Treasure Coast Jazz Society, tells us about upcoming shows and the scholarship program.

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In This Issue

First Friday!

Jersey Boys at Riverside Theatre
Chautauqua South at Martin County Libraries!
St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Call for Art: Elements
January Art in Melbourne
Riverside Theatre Backstage Tours
Vero Beach Opera's Don Giovanni
Space Coast Symphony Orchestra “The Best of Country Music”
Live From Vero Beach!
Laura (Riding) Jackson Ribbon Cutting
Vero Beach International Music Festival Concerts!
ELC Friends of Contemporary Art
January at our Commuity Theaters
Sing with the Choral Society of the Palm Beaches
Florida Young Performers Program Deadline
New Exhibit at Old School Square
TWO Free Tree Giveaways

And More ...!

Scroll down for a load of entries from the Arts Blast online calendar.

Downtown Delray Beach, 6-9 p.m.

First Friday Art Walk at the Cornell

Join us Friday, January 5th (6-9pm) at the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square in Downtown Delray Beach for the opening of: "Painting in Paradise” A Plein Air Painter’s Dream.

Paradise Palms Botanical & Sculpture Gardens consist of 20 acres of garden environments, original sculptures, water features, and structures.

From May - Dec 2023, top Plein Air artists curated by Art Moves You were invited to paint their interpretation of the gardens in a diversity of styles and a variety of mediums. See the artists created Plein Air artworks and learn about their Paradise Palms experiences.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square

51 North Swinton AvenueDelray Beach

This Weekend at The Society of The Four Arts, Palm Beach

January 5, 2 & 5:30 p.m. - Film Series: King Richard

January 6, 1 p.m. - MetOpera in HD: Nabucco

January 7, 3 p.m. - Concert: Beethoven Festival I: Cello Sonatas with Wu Han and David Finckel

January 8, 5:30 p.m. - Master Class: The History of Magic with Taylor Hagood, Ph.D. $175 for the 4-part series and live performance.

January 8: A Night of Magic live performance

February 5: Magic’s Essence and Origins

March 18: Magic of the Enlightenment (NEW DATE)

April 1: The Golden Age of Stage Magic

April 15: Magic Today

Chautauqua South with the Friends of the Martin County Library System is Back!

What is Chautauqua South?

The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 as an open-air classroom for school teachers on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York. The idea caught on and soon summer Chautauquas were springing up across the nation. Taking inspiration from New York’s Chautauqua Institution, the MCLS decided in 1992 to reproduce the Chautauqua experience in South Florida. The library system’s southern counterpart offers scores of diverse programs designed to enlighten, educate, and entertain by featuring an eclectic array of artists, authors, musicians, entertainers, and lecturers. Let the Martin County Library System be your center for music, art, literature, and fun! Click here for the calendar.

CALL FOR ART: ELEMENTS

"Elements" invites artists to capture the essence of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind in a dynamic exhibition that explores their visual allure and transformative effects. Capture the elements in their purest form and reveal the transformative power they hold.

You must be a member of the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance in order to submit for this exhibition.

Submission Deadline January 5, 2024

January Art in Melbourne

Grace Cormier - Beauty in Fiber

Grace Cormier produces works in a variety of artistic mediums. Her repertoire ranges from paintings and sculpture to textile fiber art, jewelry and mixed medium. In most of her work there are combinations of unusual findings that she gathered and collected for many years. They are recycled silks, plant dyed fabrics, repurposed rusted drills or nails for unique patina dyeing, copper, brass and gemstones from around the world. "Much of her recent Fiber Art is based on the Japanese aesthetics philosophy of Wabi-sabi… . Rustic elegance, impermanence and imperfect simplistic beauty and Boro…” Art in mending and restoring textiles with Sashiko stitching. Her “Golden Bowl” was featured in this year’s summer edition of Fiber Art Now Magazine.

Cormier came to Sebastian, Florida via Long Island and Poland. She is a member of the Vero Beach Art Club and Sebastian Art Club.

Jim Kalupa

The World As I See It

Fifth Avenue Gallery in Melbourne will open the new year with The World As I See It, the photo art of Jim Kalupa, a Wisconsin native living in Brevard County since 2005. Photography and travel are two of the great passions in his life. As a result, Kalupa said, he has covered much of the globe in well over forty years, always with camera in hand. While much of his work is travel inspired, most recently he has started capturing the beauty of his Florida home. He studied photography formally in the 1980s, but career obligations at the time required his full attention. Since moving to Florida, he’s become completely dedicated to his photo art which he views as a constant and evolving challenge.

An opening reception for both artists is January 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Fifth Avenue Gallery, Melbourne

BACKSTAGE TOURS

Get an entertaining, story-filled tour backstage and see the set designs and props up close. Meet some of the talented people that make it all happen. Learn more about how the shows are created and brought to life on stage. The tours last roughly one hour. The cost is $5 per person. January 5 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Vero Beach Opera Presents Don Giovanni

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

January 7, 2024 @ 3pm

Mozart's Don Giovanni is an arrogant and promiscuous nobleman, who abuses and outrages everyone until he encounters something supernatural that he can't outwit or destroy.

Starring Eleomar Cuello as Don Giovanni, this fully staged production also features the Brevard Symphony Orchestra.

This production will be performed in Italian with English supertitles at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

www.verobeachopera.org

A.E. Backus Museum is pleased to present an important exhibition that explores the close friendship between artist “Bean” Backus and publishing magnate “Kip” Kiplinger. The exhibition, Kindred Spirits: Paintings & Letters from the Kiplinger Family Collection, will be on view through January 7, 2024 at the museum.

Space Coast Symphony

Celebrates

'The Best of Country Music’

with singers performing country music’s biggest hits

January 7 @ 3pm

Emerson Center for the Performing Arts

Celebrating 75 years of country music, the Space Coast Symphony presents The Best of Country Music. The concert of honky-tonk and heartache will kick off the New Year, featuring Central Florida singers, Sarah Purser and Andrew LeJeune. The Best of Country Music will showcase hits made famous by luminaries Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Kenny Rogers, Glenn Campbell, Willie Nelson, Billy Ray Cyrus, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, and more. According to the Country Music Association, more than 129 million American adults listen to country music.

$30 tickets for The Best of Country Music are available through the orchestra website at www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust, beachside and mainland branches. Tickets at the door are $35.

Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about The Best of Country Music, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or visit www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org.

January 11, 7 pm

Direct from Sweden: The Music of ABBA will deliver the closest ABBA experience you’ll ever get with some of Sweden’s most experienced and talented singers and musicians playing 100% live. All concerts are presented by MusicWorks, Inc. and Paris Productions with the exclusive sponsorship of ABBA by The O’Dare Boga Dobson Group and ONE Sotheby’s International Realty.

January 18, 7 pm

The Lettermen, an old-time favorite return to Vero Beach! Their hits are what romantic dreams are made of as you will travel back in time remembering where and when you loved any one of the hit-making songs by this talented male pop vocal trio. The Lettermen have over 75 albums, numerous certified gold, and a myriad of hits including: “The Way You Look Tonight,” “When I Fall in Love,” “Come Back Silly Girl,” “Theme from a Summer Place,” “Goin’ Out of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” “Hurt So Bad,” and “Shangri-La.”

January 25, 7 pm

Peter Noone and Herman’s Hermits perform with a full 90 minutes of great music, amusing stories, and maybe, if you have an empty seat nearby, a personal visit by Noone himself! Their classic hits include: “I’m Into Something Good” “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”, “I’m Henry VIII, I Am”, “Silhouettes”, “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat”, “Just A Little Bit Better”, “Wonderful World”, “There’s A Kind of Hush”, “A Must To Avoid”, “Listen People”, “The End of the World” and “Dandy”. Ultimately, Herman’s Hermits sold over sixty million recordings.

Tickets are on sale now for all January concerts, and a complete list of concerts February-April can be found at www.MusicWorksConcerts.com

Birthday Event and Ribbon Cutting

January 16, 2 p.m.

Celebrate Laura (Riding) Jackson’s birthday on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a brand new path linking Brackett Library to the LRJ Pole Barn and Florida-Friendly garden.

From 2:00-3:30 pm on the 16^th guests can experience a walk through the Florida-friendly garden at IRSC on Mueller Campus in Vero Beach, Florida. Following the ribbon-cutting, guests are invited to enjoy cookies and cupcakes courtesy of Indian River State College Hospitality and Culinary Management Program.

Guests with children will also be able to enjoy some children’s activities in the Children’s Garden.

LRJF is dedicated to preserving the author’s home and the Florida-friendly garden surrounding it while nurturing writers of all ages through a series of literary offerings including writers’ groups, summer camps, workshops, and poetry festivals. The Foundation honors writer Laura (Riding) Jackson’s belief in the promise of language by creating community through the literary arts.

CULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Has Moved!

2400 15th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960

Click here to download the 2023-2024 Cultural Arts Guide

Friends of Contemporary Art to Offer Special Group Exhibition

A Vero Beach association of professional artists, collectors, and patrons will hold its second annual holiday exhibition at the Environmental Learning Center from January 5 to February 5, 2024. This show is sponsored by Friends of Contemporary Art, also known as FOCA, and will feature works by 32 prominent local painters and photographers. Visitors can meet the artists at an Opening Reception from 4:30 to 6:30 PM on Friday, January 5th.

Included will be works by: Maciek von Ato, Aric Attas, Rita Barone, Mary Garvey Beda, Lila Blakeslee, Ann Chwatsky, Hank Feeley, Ellen Fischer, Mary Gallatin, Elise Geary, Xaque Gruber, Susan Hale, Jill Kerwick, Barbara Krupp, Shotsi Cain Lajoie, Barbara Landry, Joanne Limoges, Lou Ann Lindsay, Madeline Long, Gustav Miller, Janvier Miller, George Pillorgé, Suzanne Roff, Barbara Rowles, Kate Russum, Timothy J. Sanchez, Dorothy Napp Schindel, Cree Scudder, Ann Starkey, Allan Teger, Emily Tremml, Janet Kipp Tribus and Stuart Carr Weismiller. Further information about the exhibition and FOCA is available at focavb.com.

From The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches:

Rehearsals for The Choral Society of the Palm Beaches Spring Concert, The Road Home: A Musical Journey, begin January 9, 7 p.m., at Gardens Presbyterian Church, 4677 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens. The program includes choral music "from spiritual to classical to broadway to pop." Performances are March 16, 17, and 18 at Lakeside Presbyterian Church in West Palm Beach.

The concert cycle fee is $100 which includes your music, costume accessories and 2 tickets to a Spring 2024 performance.

If you are a returning member, we would appreciate you paying your cycle fee in advance by logging in as a member and selecting SPRING CONCERT CYCLE 2024 from the dropdown and adding to your cart for payment.

And NEW NEWS for the NEW YEAR...we have a YOU TUBE channel!!! Please subscribe and visit often :). We will have the taping of our Holiday Concert posted shortly for all to see and share! Click here: You Tube Channel

On the Road with Ballet Vero Beach

From Ballet Vero Beach:

Ballet Vero Beach will mark the company’s first performance in St. Lucie County by presenting Program 1 at the McAlpin Fine Arts Center on the Indian River State College Massey Campus in Fort Pierce.

“Ballet Vero Beach’s partnership with Indian River State College began when we collaborated with the school to create Ballet Vero Beach's Fellowship Initiative for Dancers,” Schnell said.

Now in its second year, this program has completely changed the way young artists enter the profession: Enabling them to earn their degree at Indian River State College while gaining valuable skills through work with The Learning Alliance.

Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM at IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center

January 12, 7:00PM, January 13, 2:00PM

Choreographer's Notebook: CAMDAM at VBHS Performing Arts Center

January 19, 7:30PM, January 20, 2:00PM and 7:30PM

Accessible/Family-Friendly Performance at VBHS PAC

January 21, 2:00PM

Walter Isaacson

Best-Selling Author; Acclaimed Historian and Journalist; Professor of History, Tulane University

The Distinguished Lecturer Series at Riverside Theatre begins January 15 with Walter Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane and best-selling author of biographies of figures in history: Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others.

He is the past CEO of the Aspen Institute, where he is now a Distinguished Fellow, and has been the chairman of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2023. Visit him at Isaacson.Tulane.edu.

January 15, 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The Florida Young Performers program is designed to identify and offer performance opportunities to talented students throughout the state. Now in its 17th year, this extraordinary performing arts program recognizes accomplished students that have a disability, ages 14-24, in music, dance, and theatre performance. Two emerging artists from each category will be selected by a panel of judges that are professionals in their specific field of performance. All applicants will receive adjudication scores and personal written critiques that can be used to improve and refine their performance skills as they continue to develop.

Winners of each category will be given the opportunity to perform at professional venues and/or virtual performance events that will be determined each year and will receive an Amazon gift card.

For more information on the program and for the online application, visit the Arts4All Florida Young Performers webpage.

The application deadline is Monday, January 15th at 11:59 p.m. EST.

CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TO APPLY

Community Theatre in January

A.C.T. Studio Theatre

20th Century Blues

by Susan Miller

January 12 – 28

Sharply funny and evocative play that questions women’s place in the world and with one another. It's a testament to the power of female friendship and the beauty that women gain--not lose--over time. Four women meet once a year for a ritual photo shoot, chronicling their changing (and aging) selves as they navigate love, careers, children, and the complications of history. But when these private photographs threaten to go public, relationships are tested, forcing the women to rise to the challenge and deal with whatever lies ahead.

Treasure Coast Theatre

Bridget and her grandmother are about to become roommates. However, It seems her sweet Nana is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling handmade naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area! Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her nana get arrested – or worse – evicted?

Jan. 12-14, 19-21, 26-28

8 p.m. Fridays & Saturday

2 p.m. Sundays

Town Centre Plaza (near Bealls), 10175 South Federal Hwy (US 1), Port St. Lucie

Pineapple Playhouse

Play On!

by Rick Abbot

January 12 – 28

Play On! is a rollicking comedy that takes you behind-the-scenes of a theater group struggling to put on a play amidst a flurry of hilarious misadventures. As the beleaguered director attempts to wrangle a motley crew of eccentric actors, a confused tech team, and a meddling playwright, chaos predictably ensues. Add to the mix a script that keeps changing until opening night, and you've got a madcap journey through the tumultuous world of amateur theatre. Play On! is an unpretentious, laughter-inducing tribute to the unscripted humor of life in the theater, a fun night at the playhouse.

The Barn Theatre

Rogers and Hammerstein's

CINDERELLA

Sweet, beautiful Cinderella, cruelly mistreated by her evil stepmother and stepsisters, is helped by her magical fairy godmother, who sends her off to win the heart of a handsome prince and live happily ever after. A treat for the whole family.

Originally written for television, this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was revised for Broadway where it garnered nine Tony Award nominations! It's at The Barn January 11-28.

Titusville Playhouse

BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical

January 12 – February 11

From the string of pop classics Carole King wrote for the biggest acts in music, to her own life-changing, chart-busting success with Tapestry, BEAUTIFUL takes you back to where it all began–and takes you on the ride of a lifetime. Featuring over two dozen pop classics, including “You’ve Got a Friend,” “One Fine Day,” “Up on the Roof,” “You’ve Lost That Loving’ Feeling,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” and “Natural Woman,” this crowd-pleasing international phenomenon is filled with the songs you remember and the story you’ll never forget.

(NOTE: Maltz Jupiter Theatre reports their tickets for Beautiful are almost sold out for the entire run, January 9-28)

The Brevard Symphony Orchestra Matinee Series 2:00 p.m. concerts are three for the price of one! This season's Matinee Series includes Symphonic Dances with United Ballet Theatre, Celebrating 100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Jeffrey Biegel, and Musical Pictures with violinist Paul Huang.

To purchase a Matinee Series subscription, call (321) 345-5052. Learn more about the Matinee Series here!

Tickets for the BSO Dream Drawing fundraising event are available online, along with the catalogue.

Give the Gift of a Free Tree!

Coming Up on the Arts Blast Calendar

Events listed are for the next few weeks. For a complete listing of future events, (click here or go to: willimiller.com/arts-blast-calendar)

Indian River County

EVENTS:

Jan. 5, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. - Backstage Tours at Riverside Theatre

Jan. 5 – First Friday Gallery Stroll

Jan. 5, 4:30-6:30p.m. – VIVA FOCA! Artist Meet and Greet with live music at ELC

Jan. 6, 11:30 lunch, 12:30 performance – Treasure Coast Jazz Society at Oak Harbor Club

Jan. 6, 7 p.m. - Perfect Together: Streisand & Sinatra at The Emerson Center

Jan. 7, 10:15 a.m. - All That Jazz Sunday at Community Church

Jan 7, 3 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera’s Don Giovanni at VBHS

Jan. 7, 3 p.m. - The Best of Country Music - Space Coast Symphony at Emerson Center

Jan. 8-10 - 1715 Fleet Society Conference & Meeting at Costa d' Este Beach Resort & Spa

Jan. 9 - Feb. 6 - Film Studies at Vero Beach Museum of Art: Fabulous Fables and Fairy Tales: How Legend and Lore Shape Our Culture

Jan. 9, 7 p.m. - Open Mic Night at First Presbyterian Church

Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m. - Different Strokes exhibition Meet the Artists Reception at Art at the Emerson

Jan. 11, 7 p.m. - The Music of ABBA – Live From Vero Beach at Emerson Center

Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Community Church of Vero Beach

Jan. 12-29 - Celebration of Creativity Congregational Art Show at Community Church of Vero Beach

Jan. 13, 4:30 p.m. - Citrus Celebration - Farm to Table at Schacht Groves

Jan. 14, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

Jan. 15, 4 & 6 p.m. - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series - Walter Isaacson

Jan. 15 - Last day to enter Form + Fire at Indian River Clay

Jan. 16 – 2 p.m. - Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Ribbon Cutting

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The Letterman – Live from Vero Beach at Emerson Center

Jan. 18 & 20 - Little Wonders free toddler nature class at ELC. Pre-registration required. Camouflage and Colors in Nature

Jan. 19 – Sofia Philarmonic Orchestra – Indian River Symphonic Association at Community Church

Jan. 19-20 – Choreographer’s Notebook – Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS

Jan. 20, 7 p.m. - Artists in Our Midst - Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood fundraiser in the Temple's social hall. 355 43rd Ave., VB

Jan. 20, 11:30 lunch, 12:30 performance- Clarence Palmer - Love Inside of Jazz - Treasure Coast Jazz Society at Oak Harbor Club

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - Hollywood Loves Opera – Space Coast Symphony at First Presbyterian Church

Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Trinity Episcopal Church, 2365 Pine Ave., Vero Beach

Jan. 23, 7 p.m. - Emerson E-Series - Quest for Spanish Treasure: The 1715 Fleet's Legacy - Jim Wilson

Jan. 24, 4-6 p.m. - Cultural Connections at the LRJ Historical House - ticketed

Jan. 25 - Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone at The Emerson Center - LIVE! from Vero Beach

Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Larry Brown Quintet at Vero Beach Theatre Guild

Jan. 25, 5 p.m. - Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast Burns Night dinner

Jan. 27, 7 p.m. - Sergey Belyavsky at The Emerson Center- www.theemersoncenter.com/pianist-sergey-belyavsky/

Jan. 27-April 28 - Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum at VB Museum of Art.

Jan. 27, 7 p.m. - Night Sounds - Glory Days at Sebastian Inlet State Park Cocoanut Point

Jan. 28, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

Jan. 28, 4 p.m. - Stetson University Orchestra at Community Church of Vero BeachJan. 28, 4 p.m. - Stetson University Orchestra at Community Church of Vero Beach

ONGOING:

Through Jan. 10 - Cultural Council of IRC - Portraits/The Artists Studio at IRC Administrative Complex - Bldg. A&B

Through Jan. 18 - Cultural Council of IRC - Old Florida - at Indian River Distillery

Through Jan. 21 - Artists Choice: Variety, The Spice of Life - Vero Beach Museum of Art and Cultural Council of IRC/Art in Public Places at VBMA

Through Jan. 27 - Cultural Council of IRC - All Things Vero at Vero Beach Outlets Guest Services

Through January at Gallery 14 - Flowers by Paul Solovay and Mixed Media by Barbara Krupp. Reception Jan. 5, 5-8 p.m.

Through Feb. 28 - VIVA FOCA! Friends of Contemporary Art Exhibit at Environmental Learning Center

St. Lucie County

EVENTS:

Jan. 5 - Deadline - Call for Artists for Elements, featuring Treasure Coast Pottery at The Vault. St. Lucie Cultural Alliance members only.

Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m. – Reza – Edge of Illusion at Sunrise

Jan. 12, 8 p.m. – Jay Leno at Sunrise

Jan. 12-13 - Choreographer's Notebook - Ballet Vero Beach at IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center

Jan. 12-28 – Play On at Pineapple Playhouse

Jan. 12-28 weekends - Nana's Naughty Knickers at Treasure Coast Theatre, PSL

Jan. 13-March 3 - Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Jan. 13, 8 p.m.- Donna Summer Tribute at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.- Classic Seger at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20-21 - Port St. Lucie 5th annual Winter Art & Craft Expo at MIDFLORIDA Event Center

Jan 19, 8 p.m. - Nikki Glaser at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 20, 1 p.m. - Jammon' at Oxbow, PSL

Jan. 20, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 26 - The Temptations at Sunrise Theatre

Jan. 27, 8 p.m. - Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis at Sunrise

Jan. 28, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Sunday in Key West Luncheon & Auction at at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery - Free admission

ONGOING:

Through Jan. 7 - Kindred Spirits: Paintings & Letters from the Kiplinger Family Collection at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

Martin County

EVENTS:

Jan. 5, 7 p.m. – Arthur Migliazza – Boogie Woogie Piano at Lyric

Jan. 6, 7 p.m. – The Texas Tenors at Lyric

Jan. 9-Feb. 29 - 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts

Jan. 10, 7 p.m. – The Canadian Brass at Lyric

Jan. 11, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Lyric

Jan. 11-28 – Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Barn Theatre

Jan. 12, 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. – The Wild West – Atlantic Classical Orchestra at Lyric

Jan. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. - Opening and Awards reception for the 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show at MartinArts - Court House Cultural Center

Jan. 12-28 - 20th Century Blues at A.C.T. Studio Theatre

Jan. 13 - Della Mae at The Lyric

Jan. 18, 7 p.m. - The SicilianTenors at the Lyric

Jan. 20, 7 p.m. - Marcia Ball

Jan. 21, 7 p.m. - Paul Thorn at The Lyric

Jan. 24 - Sounds of Soul: A Tribute to Motown and Beyond at the Lyric

Jan. 25, 6-8 p.m. - Art in the Park fundraiser for The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast at Frances Langford Pavilion

Jan. 27. 4-7n p.m. - Blizzard Bash at The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast

Jan. 27, 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. - Mutts Gone Nuts at Lyric

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

Brevard County

EVENTS:

Jan. 5-7, Hot Pink: Totally “Rad” 80’s Show at Cocoa Village Playhouse

Jan. 9, 8 p.m. – Matt Fraser: America’s Top Psychic at King Center

Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Jesse Cook at King Center

Jan. 12 – Feb. 11 – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at Titusville Playhouse

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Tesla at King Center

Jan 16-17 – The Cher Show at King Center

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. – Jo Koy at King Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 11 – The Sound of Music at Heneger Center

Jan. 19 – Feb. 25 – The Minutes at Melbourne Civic Theatre

Jan. 20 - Symphonic Dances – Brevard Symphony Orchestra at King Center

Jan. 24-28 - Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival - Port Canaveral

ONGOING

Through Jan. 28 - Surreal Worlds - Nancy Dillen & Clare Radigan at Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens

Palm Beach County

EVENTS:

Jan. 5, 6-9 p.m. - Painting in Paradise art exhibition opening at Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square, Delray Beach

Jan. 5, 2 & 5:30 p.m. - Film Series: King Richard at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 5 & 6 – Jessica Kirson at Kravis

Jan. 6, 1 p.m. - MetOpera in HD: Nabucco at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 7, 3p.m. - Beethoven Festival I: Cello Sonatas with Wu Han and David Finckel at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 8, 5:30 p.m. - Master Class: The History of Magic with Taylor Hagood at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. – An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma at Kravis

Jan. 8 – Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the 70’s at Kravis

Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m. – Jacksonville Symphony at Kravis

Jan. 9, 5:30 p.m. - Book discussion: Rough Sleepers at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 9-28 - Beautiful: The Carol King Musical at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Jan. 10, 1:30 p.m. - Florida Voices: Nicole Stott at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 11, 3 p.m. - Path of the Panther with Carlton Ward Jr at The Society of The Four Arts

Jan. 11, 8 p.m. Matt Fraser: America’s Top Medium at Kravis

Jan 11-12 - Bianca Marroquin at Kravis

Jan. 12, 8 p.m. - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 50th anniversary at Kravis

Jan. 13, 5-9 p.m. - D'Art for Art at Turtle Creek Club - Lighthouse ArtCenter

Jan. 13, 8 p.m. - Johnny Mathis at Kravis Center

Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. - Pinchas Zukerman with Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center

Jan 17, 7:30 p.m. - Stella Chen & Michael Stephen Brown at Kravis

Jan. 18, 8 p.m. - The Life and Music of George Michael at Kravis

Jan. 19, 8 p.m. - The Four Phantoms at Kravis

Jan. 19-20 – Kevin Nealon at Kravis

Jan. 20, 2 p.m. - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Kravis

Jan. 21, 3 p.m. - The Symphonia/Alastair Willis at Countess de Hoernle Theatre, Spanish River High School

Jan. 24, 6 p.m. - Art & Jazz on the Avenue - Pineapple Grove, Delray

Jan. 24-28 = Beatles on the Beach Classic Rock Festival, Old School Square

Jan. 27, 10 a.m. - The Boy Who Cried Wolf at Kravis Center Persson Hall

ONGOING:

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

Through Jan. 6 - BEATITUDE: The Beat Attitude - Photographs by Joey Tranchina at Palm Beach Photographic Centre

Through Jan. 13 - Exhibition: Whimsy & Wonder at Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

Through Jan. 28 - Scenes of New York City from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection at The Society of the Four Arts, PB

Beyond the Treasure Coast

EVENTS:

Jan. 6 – Sarasota Orchestra at Van Wezel

Jan. 10-12 – The Cher Show at Van Wezel

Jan. 11 – Feb. 4 – The Refugee at Gulfshore Playhouse

Jan. 11 – 21 – Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical at Theatre Zone

Jan. 13 – Mutts Gone Nuts at Van Wezel

Jan. 14 – Les Ballets Trocadero de Monte Carlo at Van Wezel

Jan. 15 – Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra at Van Wezel

Jan. 15 - deadline for entries for 38th All Florida Annual Exhibition at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Jan. 17 - The Four Phantoms in Concer at Van Wezel

Jan. 18 - Robert Dubac's Stand Up Jesus at Van Wezel

Jan. 18-Feb. 3 Which Way to the Stage at Alliance for the Arts

Jan. 19, 5-8:30 p.m. - Lake Wales Live on Orange Avenue

Jan. 24 - Opening of Rockwell/Wyeth: Icons of Americana at Polk Museum of Art

Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association - Harlem Quartet at Riverview Performing Arts Center

Jan. 27 - Kumquat Festival - Dade City

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 Jan. 6 - A Cottage Christmas - Collier Museum at Government Center

Through Jan. 14 – Little Shop of Horrors at Florida Studio Theatre

Through April 14 -The Nature of Art at MFA St. Pete

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