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Volume 6 No. 8 | February 23, 2024

Notes from the Editor:

A week from now we'll find out if we're welcoming a month of the gentle lamb or a fierce month with the lion of March. Whichever it is, we know it will be loaded with things to do up and down the Treasure Coast! Before we get there, however, we still have a week of February to get through and from where I'm sitting today, that lion is exercising his lungs! Doesn't the sun feel good, though? See you in Downtown Vero?

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.

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Arts Blast on the Air with Willi Miller

Feb. 22, 2024 - Janie Hoover of the Environmental Learning Center tells us about ELC's Brown Bag Lunch & Learn on February 28th. You can learn more about it at DiscoverELC.org. Adam Conard gets us excited for Vero Beach Art Club's Under the Oaks at Riverside Park, March 8, 9 &10. He co-chairs with Alicia Quinn.

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In This Issue

Ballet Vero Beach Program 2 Plus Firebird!

Fiber Art at Center for Spiritual Care

33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show

Youth Arts Celebration 2024 Auditions

Carnival of the Animals

Cracker Trail Parade in Fort Pierce

Music & Baseball at Edison/Ford

Delray Beach Craft Festival Location Change

Celebrate The Highwaymen - Gifford Historical Center

Fort Pierce Murals Program

VB Art Club at VBMA and Humiston Park!

And More ...!

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

Program 2 of Ballet Vero Beach’s 2023-2024 Season features bold leaps forward in their repertory development. Balanchine, Graham, Wheeldon will not only feature the main stage premiere of the complete Sylvia Pas De Deux by George Balanchine, but will also feature our first forays into developing relationships with Tony Award Winning Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and the legendary Martha Graham Dance Company.

Performances: February 23 & 24

Ballet Vero Beach is also thrilled to offer their Accessible Series and Family Friendly Series again this season. Life is full of transformation in this extra special hour-long performance that will take audience members on a journey from classroom to fantasy world and back again.

Performance: February 25

www.balletverobeach.org

From the Fort Pierce Police Department:

The 37th Annual Florida Cracker Trail Parade will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 10 a.m. It will start at the Avenue M Extension and travel through North 2nd Street into the Downtown area (Marina Square) and back (see route map). Temporary road closures along the route can be expected.

Don't miss this piece of history!

Kinky Boots, the musical that opened this week at Riverside Theatre tells the story of a successful shoe company in England that ran into hard times after almost a century in business. As "fashions were changing and inexpensively-made shoes from overseas were flooding the market," it took the innovative thinking of fifth-generation shoemaker Steve Pateman and Sue Sheppard to turn around the fortunes of W J Brookes.

Sue (born Anthony) owned a store that specialized in clothing for transgendered individuals and drag queens and needed a line of women’s shoes and boots that could support the weight of a man. The shoe line they came up with, called Divine, was an immediate success accounting for 50 percent of W J Brookes’ sales in their first year.

The story, told in a documentary on BBC2 in 1999, inspired Kinky Boots, a film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth in 2005. A musical adaptation of the film opened on Broadway in April 2013 with original music written by Grammy Award-winning artist Cyndi Lauper and a book written by Tony Award-winning actor Harvey Fierstein.

Kinky Boots won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score for Lauper.

A production opened in London’s West End in 2015 and earned the Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Broadway production closed in April 2019 after over 2,500 performances. 

The show focuses on Charlie Price and the changes his life takes when his father unexpectedly dies leaving him with the shoe factory, which is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. While contemplating his family legacy and his duty to their long-time employees, Charlie comes in contact with Lola, a drag queen star, who is looking for durable footwear for her and her fellow drag performers. 

Radically changing the factory’s product line surprises the workers and brings up strong hostility by others. Though challenges are exposed, in the end, the seeds of acceptance and empathy are sown. When the debut of the new shoe line is put in jeopardy at an important footwear show in Milan, Lola and her angels arrive to save the day. 

Kinky Boots is on the Stark Stage at Riverside Theatre from February 20 – March 17. 

Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 7:30pm; Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm; with matinees on Wednesdays, select Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. 

FREE SATURDAY IS ART DAY AT THE VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART 



The Vero Beach Museum of Art is opening its doors on Saturday, February 24, for FREE admission to encourage budding artists to come and view demonstrations by the faculty instructors from 10 am – 2 pm in the Studios. 

The day-long activities offer patrons the chance to see a series of art activities ranging from painting to pottery and Tai Chi to art history, all under one roof. The instructors are available to answer any questions and talk about what classes are offered next term. If you sign up in person on-site on this one day only, you will enjoy 15% off your Spring 2024 tuition (does not include workshops and Cork, Canvas & Company offerings). The Stuart Segal Photography Scholarship is also available.

And that’s not all. For kids and families, the Museum is running its monthly Museum Studios – Miles of Niles from 10 am -1 pm, themed around the new exhibition Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum of Art. VBMA docents will provide themed mini tours to families that include a variety of art in the exhibition. Then, participants can get creative, making art of their own in the Laura and Bill Buck Atrium. The Art Zone will be open, and docents will be offering public tours of the exhibition at 2 pm. 

Museum exhibition hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 am – 4:30 pm; and Sundays, 1 pm – 4:00 pm. For further information call (772) 231-0707 or visit the Museum’s website at www.vbeachmuseum.org.

Carol Lynne Knight is co-director of Anhinga Press. She has edited and designed more than 100 literary publications, including books by Diane Wakoski, Naomi Shihab Nye, the late Robert Dana and Judith Kitchen. Her book of poems, Quantum Entanglement (Apalachee Press) was released in 2010. Her poetry has appeared in several publications. She is a fellow of the Hambridge Center for the Arts and the Bowers House. Born in Traverse City, Michigan, she grew up in South Florida and graduated from the University of Miami and Florida State University. She has exhibited drawings, pottery, sculpture and digital images in the eastern United States. In other lives, she has worked as an art teacher, potter, videographer, copy writer, and graphic designer. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Fiber Artists to Show “Surprising” Works

At Center for Spiritual Care

Some of the liveliest artists in Vero Beach don’t always wield a paint brush. Some use a needle, others glue, still others a band saw. Seven of them will introduce their work Friday, Mar. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Care during a reception to which the public is invited. 

The artists are Grace Cormier, Haeley Kyong, Sheilah McAvoy, Michelle Nevaeh, Phyllis Petrillo, Yvonne Steere, and Paulette Visceglia . All will be exhibiting through Apr. 26 in the Center’s show, “Tied, Died, Woven and Stitched: A Fiber Art Exhibit.”

Center Director Carol Ludwig thinks this will be one of the most surprising exhibitions ever to take place in her gallery space. “These artists can be lighthearted and they can be cerebral,” she says. “But they never cease to delight and they are always fascinating.”

Much of Cormier’s recent work is based on the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi: rustic elegance, impermanence and imperfect, simple beauty. Kyong’s art is inspired by a lifelong passion for color and form. It is the prism through which she re-creates and re-envisions the world. The unique charm of McAvoy’s works can be traced to her abstract application of color, texture and reflective materials. 

A classically trained chef, Nevaeh combines live-edge and highly figured exotic and domestic woods with high-quality epoxy and pigments in one-of-a-kind functional art. Petrillo creates her own fabrics for collector quilts that explore joy, inspiration, spirituality and healing. Steere’s use of color, layering, shaping and fabric selection has been called painterly. Visceglia works with oils and dyes and her bold fabric colors are especially noted for their energy and dynamism.

Following the opening reception, visitors may view “Tied, Died, Woven and Stitched” each Thursday and Friday between 3 and 6 p.m. The artists will hold a roundtable discussion at the Center Mar. 19 at 3 p.m. open to the public. 

The Center is located at 1550 24^th St. at the corner of 24^th St. and 16^th Ave. in downtown Vero.

Photo: Untitled - Haeley Kyong

33rd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show

A 33-year legacy exhibition showcasing recent art by all Florida artists in all media. Exhibited works span the mediums of watercolor, ceramics, acrylic, oil, photography, clay, encaustic, wood, metal, glass, and intaglio from 44 artists from Tallahassee to Miami.

Exhibit Dates | January 9 - February 29, 2024

Opening Reception & Awards Announcement | Friday, January 12, 5:30PM-7PM

Featuring Artists:

Glen Allen, Robert Bernstein, Enid Blechman, Barbara Bose, Jerilyn Brown, Holly Cannon, Linda Chipperfield, Becky Coleman, Maggie Dillon, Gabriele DiTota, Kimberly Engel, Brendan Fisk, Todd K Fox, Barbara Fugazzotto, Susan Giblin, Ryan Michael Gleason, Rene Guerin, Erika Heffernan, Latonya Hicks, Judy Horowitz, Heather Ivins, Denise Jackson, Carson Kapp, Martin Karadzhov, Chloe Kelley, Claudia Jane Klein, Michael Knapp, Tina Kraft, Joe Krawczyk, Anita Lamb, Alice Laputka, Julia Longwell, Robin Marshall, Erin McCullough, Gary Menzel, Dawn Inglis Montgomery, Lynn Morgan, Katya Neptune, Daniel Newcomb, Janis Clary Oehlschlager, Raymond Olivero, Kathy Omeara, Caryl Pomales, Molly Potter, Thomas Prestopnik, Galal Ramadan, Patricia Reagan, D. S. Reif, JL Schwartz, Norman Silva, Harriet Silverstein, Richard P Stevens, David Valiente, Jim Wang, Elaine Weber, Terry White, Laura Kay Whiticar-Darvill, Harris Wiltsher

Cover Image: 1st Place 2022 “Phobos" by Martin Dunn

Music & Baseball at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

Rhythm on the River

Roaring 20s Jazz Band Concert 

Sway to the beat of jazz with Liz "Hunny" Heath and her five-piece band! Liz has been singing professionally across Florida since 2018. The chemistry of this quintet is undeniably organic and engaging. Bring your favorite lawn chair and a sweater. Park in the Edison Ford lots only. Food and beverages will be available for purchase; no coolers permitted. 

Tickets are $30 for Edison Ford members and $35 for non-members. A VIP seating area may be reserved by the table for $275. Click here to purchase tickets. 

February 23, 6:30 p.m.

Music & Baseball at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

A Celebration of Baseball Legends 

Find out the deeper story behind baseball and spring training beyond the sounds of balls and bats on the field! The public is invited to come meet Connie Mack, III, see the new exhibit, listen to baseball presentations, tour the museum and botanic research laboratory. Plus, enjoy kid’s activities and food trucks.

Admission: $10; free for members and children 12 and under​.

March 1, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

Vintage Base Ball Game 

March 17, 11 a.m.

Terry Park

See base ball played for the love of the game, when there were no stats, no stars and no shame! This day of vintage base ball will be played in a small tournament format with three teams (Fort Myers Vagabonds, Bradenton Shamrocks, and the Central Florida Awkwards) playing consecutive games by 1860s rules. Games will be played at historic Terry Park in Fort Myers – a site with more than 100 years of baseball history!

Tickets may be purchased in advance at edisonford.org. Adults: $5; students and children 18 and under admitted free.

March 17, 11 a.m. Terry Park

Take in Saint-Saëns’s beloved musical menagerie, The Carnival of the Animals, featuring Principal Keyboard Jean Black and the illustrious Jacob Craig 7 p.m., March 2 at Satellite HS Performing Arts Center and 3 p.m. March 3, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Vero Beach.

Aaron leads Saint-Saëns’s beloved musical masterwork, The Carnival of the Animals. Brimming with humor and vivid color, and filled with music audiences will recognize, this is one of the most purely fun works ever composed. This presentation of Saint-Saëns’s masterwork for two pianos and orchestra highlights Principal Keyboardist Jean Black, together with the incredible Jacob Craig. 

Craig will also be featured on Saint-Saëns’s glittering and extravagant Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the composer’s most famous. Nobody twinkles in quite the same way as Camille Saint-Saëns. His Piano Concerto No.2, one of the greatest piano concertos, was written in 1868 and was once described as a progression “from Bach to Offenbach.” It opens, sure enough, with a solo piano cadenza that is not many miles away from the style of a baroque organ improvisation. This leads into a stormy opening movement, for which Saint-Saëns filched a theme by his star pupil, the young Gabriel Fauré, who had set aside the choral work for which he had written it and did not seem to mind when his teacher turned it into a smash hit. Next comes a debonair scherzo and an irrepressible tarantella finale.

Also featured on the program is the world premiere of Sonya Leonore Stahl’s Eagle Music, a soaring work that evokes birds of prey gliding euphorically through the sky. The concert also features two shorter works by composers, Antonin Dvorak and Claude Debussy. 

Dvorak's Carnival depicts “a lonely, contemplative wanderer reach[ing] at twilight a city where a festival is in full swing. On every side is heard the clangor of instruments, mingled with shouts of joy and the unrestrained hilarity of people giving vent to their feelings in songs and dances.” 

The concert is rounded out with one of Debussy’s most famous works, the Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, an Impressionist masterpiece that will transport you to a mythical land.

$30 tickets for Carnival of the Animals include admission and are available through the orchestra website or at Marine Bank & Trust. Tickets at the door are $35. Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free. 

The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra is one of only a handful of U.S. orchestras to perform year-round. Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about the Space Coast Symphony 2023-24 season or the Symphony for Everyone ticket program, visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org or call toll-free (855) 252-7276.

53rd Annual Lake Wales Arts Festival

February 24-25

The Lake Wales Arts Festival has a 53-year-old tradition of celebrating and exhibiting quality works of art by fine artists and artisans with up to 100 artists competing for more than $22,000 in awards! Presented by the Lake Wales Arts Council, the diversity of the critically acclaimed two-day Festival attracts thousands of art lovers each year who purchase original, one-of-a-kind works of art.

Festival takes place in Lake Wales, FL. For more information go to: www.lakewalesartscouncil.org/

So You Want to Paint a Mural!

Map of Murals

Find murals in Fort Pierce on the NEW geographic information systems map.

The purpose of the Peacock Arts District (PAD) Mural Program is to promote and commemorate Fort Pierce’s rich cultural heritage, reinforce the growth of arts and culture within the city, and increase tourism and economic development to the Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency (FPRA) area. The project strives for diversity of style, scale, and media represented in a series of murals on buildings within the PAD. It will assist the FPRA in reaching its strategic vision as described in the 2020 FPRA Plan.

Call For Muralists - APPLY NOW

The FPRA invites qualified muralists to apply for this public art commission, which is the installation of murals within the peacock arts district. Murals will be installed on private property in partnership with their respective owners. 

NEW Application: Interested artists must apply online through CaFE, a call-for-entry site for artists. Once you get to the site, follow these steps: Step 1 - Create a free account, Step 2 - Search for "Fort Pierce Call for Muralists" under the Find Calls tab, Step 3: Apply. Note: If you applied through the previous forms, you must reapply through this new system. Previous applications are no longer valid. 

There are currently 4 properties available for murals: (1) 117 N. 5th Street, (2) 717 Orange Ave, (3) 526 Ave A, (4) Indian River Drive Wall (along County Road 707).

Fort Pierce's Mural Program: A Q&A with Kaitlyn Ballard

How did the mural program get started? Who came up with the idea?

The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency (FPRA) initiated the program during the summer of 2023. Originating from an idea conceived by the FPRA, the program was named after the Peacock Arts District (PAD), indicating its concentration within that specific area of the city. Thus, the program is officially known as the PAD Mural Program. Its primary objective is to enhance the aesthetic appeal of the PAD while fostering community cohesion and stimulating economic development in the vicinity.

In the end, who makes the artist selection and how much control does the city have over the artist’s work?

While the staff initiates the vetting process, the ultimate decisions are made by the property owners who are involved in the project. These property owners are those whose properties are slated to receive the mural. The City/FPRA and property owners only have control over the design themes of the artwork. Typically, there is a vision established regarding what the artwork should convey, but artists are granted the artistic freedom to creatively interpret and express that vision.

If a mural is vandalized, what steps are taken to recover it?

As murals are created on private properties, it is the responsibility of property owners to maintain them once they are completed. Our program mandates the application of sealant to safeguard murals against UV rays, natural deterioration, and vandalism such as graffiti. With the sealant, property owners can have any marks removed without harming the mural.

What feedback from the public have the murals elicited?

We've received enthusiastic praise for this program both online and in person. Many people describe the murals as "cool," "awesome," and simply "great." With the help of three incredibly talented artists, the PAD has been revitalized, putting Fort Pierce in the spotlight. The community appears to have a genuine appreciation for such high-caliber artistic talent.

Is there a point at which a mural has come to the end of its run and is painted over, leaving a blank canvas for another artist?

As our new program has introduced murals that are still less than a year old, we anticipate their presence continuing for the foreseeable future. Typically, murals can endure for 3-5 years, contingent upon maintenance and the caliber of materials utilized. When a mural reaches its conclusion, property owners have the option to either paint over it or substitute it with another mural. Nonetheless, we advocate for the latter, as it sustains the artistic vitality within the PAD.

Has the city set a limit on the number of murals that will be allowed?

At present, there is no set limit. However, considering the scarcity of murals in our Peacock Arts District, there is ample opportunity for expansion. This is why we have initiated its second launch.

Artist - Samara - 616 Atlantic

 All properties within the yellow sections below are eligible for the program. The red section represents the Peacock Arts District, and the orange section represents a portion of Orange Avenue from 10th Street to US-1. 

Emerging Artists - Final weekend

Five Emerging Artists have their work on display at the Center for Spiritual Care in Vero Beach through Sunday, February 25. Stop by to see the diverse work and meet the artists on Sunday afternoons from noon to 3pm. These artists will be available to talk about their art and answer questions. Appointments are required to view the exhibit during the week.

The artists are Leah Blythe, Adam Conard, Vernon Tynes Gibson, Dominique Tynes Gibson, and Jingyu Xu

Center for Spiritual Care, 1550 24th St., Vero Beach. 772-567-1233

Painting by Dominique Tynes Gibson

The A.E. Backus Museum presents the Art of the Fantastic: Imaginative Illustration from the Korshak Collection, on view March 8 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. The exhibition will be on view starting next month at the Backus Museum located at 500 North Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce.

A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM & GALLERY

500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce

(772) 465-0630 www.BackusMuseum.org

Enjoy a tuneful time along the Indian River for the return of the Backus Museum’s choice outdoor concert event, “Juice & Jazz”! On Sunday, March 3 from 10:30-12:30, live music from the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society on the Outdoor Mural Plaza complements a delicious assortment of sweet and savory delights with fresh juice from Natalie's Orchid Island Juice Company, Bloody Marys made with Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Coffee, Sparking Mimosas or Prosecco. Tickets are $25 in advance online, by phone, and at 500 North Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce. Space is limited, so be sure to snag your seats today! Juice & Jazz is a rain or shine event to benefit the Backus Museum.

At 12:30 pm we crescendo into the drawing for the annual Win a Masterpiece of Florida Art Raffle. This year, that masterpiece is a dynamic work of art of a familiar Florida subject by the internationally-renowned marine wildlife artist and conservationist Guy Harvey valued at $10,000. Blanco Solo, 2013 by Guy Harvey (b.1955) is an original acrylic on canvas, and is 30 x 40 inches.

Tickets for the Raffle are available for donations of $25 each, or $60 for three, or $100 for six chances to win! Only 3,000 tickets are available, be sure to grab yours before they sell out! You do not need to be present to win; the winner will be contacted. Complete rules are online and on display at the Museum. For More information about the painting and artist and to order tickets, visit www.backusmuseum.org/raffle.

From A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery:

Fast Forward: The Original Florida Highwaymen on the Way to Fame marks the 50^th anniversary of the painters’ induction into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Fast Forward is on view through March 3 at 500 N. Indian River Drive in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce.

After more than fifty years in becoming an overnight success, the 26 landscape artists now known as The Original Highwaymen were inducted in 2004 into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.

*Fast Forward presents an exhibition of more than 50 rarely or never-before-seen paintings assembled from 10 private collections from around the state, including works by Harold Newton (1934-1994), Alfred Hair (1941-1970), Livingston Roberts (1942-2004), R.A. “Roy” McLendon (b.1932), Sam Newton (b. 1948), Mary Ann Carroll (1940-2019), Willie Daniels (1950-2021), and more.

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

February - April - Violins & Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall  at Community Church of Vero Beach - Artist talk Feb. 24

Feb. 23-24, 7:30 p.m. - Ballet Vero Beach Program 2 - Balanchine, Graham, Wheeldon at VBHS PAC - matinee at 2 p.m. Feb. 24

​Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Watercolor Class - VB Art Clu

Feb. 23, 10 a.m.- noon - Open house and orientation for IRSC Mueller Campus Brackets Preservation Lab

​Feb. 24 - Fundraising event for ORCA - Winner of custom paddle board announced. Triton Submarines, Sebastian

Feb. 24, 7 p.m. - Night Sounds - Penny Creek at Sebastian Inlet State Park Cocoanut Point

Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Vero Beach Museum of Art Faculty Open House

Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Free Saturday/Art Day at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Feb. 24, 2 p.m. - Docent tours of Ancient Egypt & the Napoleonic Era: Masterworks from the Dahesh Museum of Art at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Feb. 25 - Ballet Vero Beach - Firebird family-friendly at VBHS PAC

Feb. 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Art in the Park - Vero Beach Art Club in Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

Feb. 27, 7 p.m. - Choral Pre-MPA Concert at VBHS

Feb. 27, 7 p.m. - Emerson E-Series - Enchanting Encounters with Marine Mammals - Shanen Cox

Feb. 27, 4-6 p.m. - 2nd Cultural Connection - Co-hosted by First Pres Vero and Cultural Council of Indian River County at First Pres. Ticketed

Feb. 28, noon - Brown Bag Lunch & Learn at ELC - I Heart Estuaries with Duane De Freese. Free for ELC members, $10 at door. RSVP

Feb. 29 - The Music of John Denver at The Emerson Center - LIVE! from Vero Beach

Feb. 29, 11 a.m. - Poetry & Organ Series with poet Carol Lynne Knight and Andrew Galuska at Community Church of Vero Beach

Feb. 29, 5-7 rain or shine - Concerts in the Park at VBMA - Don Soledad

March 1-April 26 - Tied, Dyed, Woven & Stitched: A Fiber Arts Exhibition at the Center for Spiritual Care, Vero Beach

March 1, 7 p.m. - ONES The Beatles #1 Hits at the Emerson Center. LIVE from Vero Beach!

March 1, 5-8 p.m. - Opening night with artists' reception for Indian River Clay's 2024 Form + Fire at Raw Space Gallery, 1795 Old Dixie Hwy.

​March 1-22 - Form + Fire 2024 - juried art exhibit at Raw Space Gallery - Indian River Clay

​Mar. 2, 7

Mar. 3, 2 p.m. - Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra concert at VBHS PAC

​Mar. 3 -Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II - actress Sheryl Faye - AAUW at the Emerson Center - Ticketed - AAUWverobeach.org

Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Community Church of Vero Beach for Indian River Symphonic Assoc - Gerard Schwarz

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

Through March 6 - Big, Bold & Abstract at IRC Intergenerational Rec Center

Through April 24 - Cultural Council of IRC - All Around the Town - Vero Beach City Hall

​Through April 28 - A Tropical Flock of Avian Avatars by The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein - at McKee Botanical Garden

St. Lucie County

​Feb. 23-March 10 - Crimes of the Heart at Pineapple Playhouse

​Feb. 23, 8 p.m. - Mania: The Abba Tribute at Sunrise Theatre

Feb. 24 - Mike DelGuidice  at Sunrise Theatre

Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. - The Immediate Family at Sunrise Theatre

Feb. 28, 8 p.m. - Johnny Cash Tribute at Sunrise Theatre

Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m. - iLuminate at Sunrise Theatre

Mar. 1, 8 p.m. - Ones – The Beatles #1 Hits at Sunrise

Mar. 2, 8 p.m. - Mike DelGuidice at Sunrise

Mar. 3, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Juice & Jazz - Win a Masterpiece of Florida Art Raffle  at A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery

​Mar. 3 - The Beach Boys at Sunrise Theatre

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

Martin County

Feb. 23 - Captain's Corner: Derek Jeter's Journey from Kalamazoo at the Elliott

Feb. 23-March 10 - The Pillowman  at A.C.T. Studio Theatre

Feb. 23 – Stayin’ Alive – A Tribute to the Bee Gees @ Lyric

​Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. - Jensen Beach Garden Expo at Indian Riverside Park, Jensen Beach

Feb. 25, 7 p.m. - The Gibson Brothers  at The Lyric

Feb. 27, 3-7 p.m. - Open auditions for Youth Arts Celebration 2024 at The Lyric

Feb. 28, 4-7 p.m. - Car Show at the Beach at the Elliott

Feb. 29-March 8, 12-5 p.m. - Martin Artisans Guild 4-artist show at the Palm Room Gallery

Feb. 29, 7 p.m. - A Celebration of the Sixties at Lyric

Mar. 1, 7 p.m. - Bette, Babs, and Beyond at Lyric

Mar. 2, 7 p.m. - Vanessa Collier at the Lyric

Mar. 2 & 3, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Martin County Open Studio Tour

Mar. 3, 7 p.m. - Ruthie Foster at the Lyric

​Through Feb. 28 Martin Artisans Guild Kaleidoscope at The Artisans Boutique, Stuart

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

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

Feb. 23, 7 p.m. - Michael W. Smith at King Center

Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. - The Jerry Douglas Band at King Center

Feb. 24, 7 p.m. - Night Sounds - Penny Creek at Sebastian Inlet State Park Cocoanut Point

Feb. 25, 3 p.m. - Central Florida Winds Travel Around the World at Suntree UMC, Melbourne

Feb. 25, 3 p.m. - Pipe Organ Concert featuring Brenda Portman of Cincinnati at Advent Lutheran Church, Suntree. Free.

​Feb. 25 - Spyro Gyra 50th Anniversary at King Center

Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. - Geoff Tate at King Center

Feb. 28, 8 p.m. - Glenn Hughes at King Center

Mar. 2, 2 p.m. - Blippi at King Center

Mar. 2, 7 p.m. - Space Coast SO concert at Satellite HS PAC - featuring Jacob Craig

Mar. 3, 3 p.m. - Celtic Woman: 20^th Anniversary Tour at King Center

ONGOING

Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. - Art Night at Strawbridge Art League

Through Feb. 25 – The Minutes at Melbourne Civic Theatre

Palm Beach County

Feb. 24-25 – Ballet Palm Beach’s Romeo & Juliet at Kravis

Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. - Sara Curruchich at Kravis

Feb. 27 - Cleveland Ballet at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Feb. 28 - I Am King: The Michael Jackson Experience at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Feb. 29 - The Kings of Queen - Queen Tribute at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Mar. 1-3 – Palm Beach Opera’s The Tales of Hoffman at Kravis

Mar. 1 - Night Fever - The Bee Gees Tribute at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Mar. 2 - Linda Eder in Concert at Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Mar. 3-9 - 11th Annual Plein Air Festival at 11 a.m.-3 p.m. - Community Paint-Out! at Lighthouse ArtCenter.

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 Feb. 25 – Jagged Little Pill at Kravis

Beyond the Treasure Coast

Feb. 24-25 - 54th Annual Lake Wales Arts Festival

Feb. 26 - Masterclass: Jagged Little Pill at Van Wezel

Feb. 27-28 - Jagged Little Pill at Van Wezel

Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. - Standard Time with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall

Feb. 29, 7 p.m. - Celtic Woman; @0^th Anniversary Tour at Van Wezel

Feb. 29-Mar. 10 - Florida Strawberry Festival - Plant City

Mar. 1 – 2 – Sarasota Orchestra at Van Wezel

Mar. 2-3 - 54th Annual Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in Downtown Tampa.

Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m. - Sarasota Concert Association - Rotterdam Philharmonic/Lahav Shani w pianist Danil Trifonov at Van Wezel

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 Feb. 25 - Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations at Van Wezel

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

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