On the Calendar September 10, 2021
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Indian River County
Through Sept. 10 - 12 x 12 Summer Squared at Gallery 14

Through Sept. 15 - Video auditions accepted for Elf The Musical JR at Riverside Theatre For Kids!

Through Sept. 29 - CCIRC Art in Public Places Member Exhibit-Mixed Themes and Solo Exhibit - Steve Reid, Not Myself at IRC Administration Bldgs.

Through Sept. 30 - Summer Art Show at The Galleries at First Pres. Featured artists: Linda Irwin, Pat deRobertis, and Lolly Walton. 

​Through Oct. 26 - CCIRC Art in Public Places Member Exhibit - Vacation Doings and Destinations at Intergenerational Recreation Center

Through Oct. 28 - Pour Your Heart Out Exhibit - Art at the Emerson Gallery - EmersonCenter

Through Dec. 5 - Hanneke Beaumont: Drawn to Life at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Through Jan. 2, 2022 - Martin Puryear: Printmaker in the Stark Gallery - Vero Beach Museum of Art

Ongoing - Riverside Theatre’s two virtual series, Putting it Together and Cast Chats. See the website for the link.

Vero Beach Museum of Art has temporary new hours - open to the public Thursday through Sunday. Please check the website vbmuseum.org before planning a visit as hours can change.

Single tickets and full season subscriptions for Riverside Theatre’s 2021-22 season are on sale. Box Office at 772-231-6990 and online at www.RiversideTheatre.com

Sept. 10, 11, 7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Kevin Lee and Corey Hunter

Sept. 10, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - Solparty

Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. - Reduced admission rate for first responders at McKee Botanical Garden

​Sept. 11, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - King's Highway

Sept. 11, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Free COVID Resiliency workshops at Center for Spiritual Care

Sept. 11, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Sebastian Inlet State Park - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 15, Noon - Ethos & Pathos in Sculpture - Vero Beach Museum of Art docents via Zoom

Sept. 15 - Deadline to enter American Perspective: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection. Joint exhibit of Vero Beach Museum of Art and Cultural Council of Indian River County. Learn more about the exhibition here.

Sept. 15, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. - Free COVID Resiliency workshop at Center for Spiritual Care

Sept. 17-19 - Pirate & Caribbean Festival - Riverside Park - Vero Beach

Sept. 17&18, 7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Sid Davis & Gali Kroup

Sept. 17, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - East Harbor

Sept. 18, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - Melinda Elena Band

Sept. 18, 4 p.m. - Autumn Jazz Concert - Have Piano Will Duel - at First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 

Sept. 21 - Pelican Island Audubon Society monthly meeting - Zoom -  https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 24, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - Collins and Company

Sept. 25, 5:30-9 p.m. - Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre - Beatle Guys

Sept. 24 & 25, 7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Tim "The Dairy Farmer" Moffett and Rosco Nash

Sept. 25, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Bee Gum Point - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 30, 5:30-7 p.m. - Artist reception for Pour Your Heart Out Exhibit - Art at the Emerson Gallery - EmersonCenter

Oct. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Indian River Bird and Nature Juried Art Show at Environmental Learning Center

Oct. 1-Dec. 25 - Viner Series for Visual Arts: Eldon Lux-Cowboy and Cow Culture Artist Narthex Gallery Show
At Community Church of Vero Beach

Oct. 1&2, 7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Steve White and Dylan Vattelana

Oct. 2-Jan. 2, 2022 - American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. - Alma Lee Loy's Community Appreciation Day at McKee Botanical Garden

Oct. 6, 4-6 p.m. - Cultural Arts Guide 2021-2022 Reveal Party at Post & Vine, 1919 14th Ave. Cultural Council of Indian River County

Oct. 8&9,  7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Darren "DS" Sanders and Sheena Reagan

Oct. 9, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Sebastian Inlet State Park - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Oct. 9, 5-7 p.m. - Art Exhibition: Arte Dell'Orchidea at The Italian American Civic Association, Vero Beach. Silent auction, dinner, entertainment. Ticketed Arte dell' Orchedea fine art auction and exhibition | Facebook

Oct. 10, 2-4 p.m. - Final day of Arte Dell'Orchidea  at The Italian American Civic Association, Vero Beach. Children's art activities - ticketed - Presentation by Camy De Mario

Oct. 15 & 16,  7 & 9 p.m. - Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre - Dean Napolitano and Brent Blakeney

Oct. 16-17 - Dracula  at Vero Beach Theatre Guild

​Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - Fall Festival at LaPorte Farms

Oct. 29, 7 p.m. - “The Man Who Laughs” silent film and organ concert by Andrew R. Galuska (Suggested Donation of $10) at Community Church of Vero Beach

​Nov. 4 - 29th annual Soup Bowl to benefit the Samaritan Center. At the Heritage Center. Watch for details in Arts Blast.

​Nov. 6, 2 p.m. - Gifford Youth Orchetra's 18th Annual Concert at the Gifford Community Center

Nov. 7, 3 p.m. - Basie on the Beatles - Emerson Center

Nov. 10-21 - Sleuth  at Vero Beach Theatre Guild

Nov. 12, 7 p.m. - “America’s Song-Songs of the South” Poetry, Music, and Gallery showing (Suggested Donation of $10)​ at Community Church of Vero Beach

Nov. 28, 3 p.m. - Christmas with Emmet Cahill - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra

Thursdays in December - Dec. 2, 9, 16, 11 a.m. - Advent Poetry and Organ Series at Community Church of Vero Beach

Dec. 12, 7 p.m. - “Merry and Bright: A Christmas Celebration” Concert featuring CCOVB Ensembles and Guests (suggested donation of $10) at Community Church of Vero Beach

Dec. 16-30, days vary - Magic of McKee Festival of Lights at McKee Botanical Garden

Dec. 17, 7 p.m. and Dec. 19, 4 p.m. - A Christmas Celebration of the Mass in A Major by Cesar Franck at First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach.

Dec. 21-22 - Ballet Vero Beach's Nutcracker on the Indian River at Tree House Vero Beach

Jan. 4-23, 2022 - Carousel at Riverside Theatre

Jan. 14-15 - Program 1, Franco-American - Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS PAC

Jan. 16, 4 p.m. - Harvard Glee Club (Florida Tour) at Community Church of Vero Beach 

Jan. 18-Feb. 6, 2022 - I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change on Riverside’s Waxlax Stage

Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. - Polish Wieniaski Philharmonc Orchestra - Community Church of Vero Beach

​Jan. 29-May 15, 2022 - Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Feb. 1-20, 2022 - A Comedy of Tenors at Riverside Theatre

Feb. 5-6, 2022 - Gardenfest! at Riverside Park, Vero Beach. Garden Club of Indian River County

Feb. 11, 7 p.m. - Vintage Valentine - Rachel Carter & Jazz Trio at Community Church of Vero Beach

Feb. 12, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. - 12th Annual Motor Car Exhibition at McKee Botanical Garden

Feb. 19, 12:30 p.m. - Ed Metz Trio with Nicki Parrott and Rossano Sportiello - TC Jazz Society

Feb. 25-26 - Program 2, Symphonic Dances - Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS PAC

March 4-14 - Viner Series for Visual Arts: “Celebration of Creativity: Congregational Art Show”  at Community Church of Vero Beach

Thursdays in March, 11 a.m. - Lenten Organ and Poetry Series  at Community Church of Vero Beach

March 8-27, 2022 - On Your Feet at Riverside Theatre

March 11-13 - Under the Oaks - Vero Beach Art Club at Riverside Park

March 18-19 - 3rd Annual Garden &n Antique Show and Sale at McKee Botanical Garden

March 22-April 10, 2022 - Bakersfield Mist on Riverside’s Waxlax Stage

April 7, 11 a.m. - Final 2022 Lenten Organ and Poetry Series  at Community Church of Vero Beach

April 8-9 - Program 3, Studio to Stage - Ballet Vero Beach at VBHS PAC

April 12-May 1, 2022 - Billy Elliot the Musical at Riverside Theatre

April 15, 7 p.m. - Good Friday-“Stabat Mater” by Gioachino Rossini (free-will offering accepted)  at Community Church of Vero Beach

May 10-21, 2022 - Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America at Riverside Theatre

​May 13, 7 p.m. - America's Song - Songs of the West  at Community Church of Vero Beach

June 18, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. - 17th Annual Waterlily Celebration at McKee Botanical Garden
All tickets are on sale for Riverside Theatre’s 2021-22 season. Call the Box Office at 772-231-6990 or online at www.RiversideTheatre.com.
Brevard County


Through Sept. 12, Fridays and Saturdays -Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park at Melbourne Civic Theatre (MCT)

Through Sept. 26 - The Who's TOMMY at Titusville Playhouse

Through Sept 29 - Leap of Faith by Katty Smith, winner of the 100% Pure Florida juried exhibition, at 5th Avenue Art Gallery.

Through Sept. 30 - Eau Gallery presents Life on Our Lagoon.
Call for Art at eaugallery.com


Sept. 10-26 - Deathtrap at Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach

Sept. 10-26 - The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Titusville Playhouse

​Sept. 11, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Sebastian Inlet State Park - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 11 - Fly in/Drive in Breakfast - Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville

Sept. 12 - Remembering the Past/Anticipating the Future Concert - Community Band of Brevard, Merritt Island High School

Sept. 18 - Brevard's Got Talent - A Virtual Event

Sept. 18 - Classic Album Live - CCR Chronicle - King Center

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 

Sept. 21 - Pelican Island Audubon Society monthly meeting - Zoom -  https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 22 & 23 - We're Back! Concert- Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium

Sept. 23 - Ultimate 70's: An Evening with Firefall, Orleans, Pure Prairie League - King Center

Sept. 24 - Fall Kick-Off Dance - Melbourne Municipal Band, Melbourne Auditorium

Sept. 24 - John Crist: Fresh Cuts Tour - King Center

Sept. 25, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Bee Gum Point - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

Sept. 28, 8 p.m. - Rick Springfield at the King Center

Sept. 29, 8 p.m. - Lindsey Buckingham at the King Center

Oct. 8- Nov. 14 - Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express at Melbourne Civic Theatre (MCT)

Oct. 9, 7 a.m. - Pelican Island Audubon Society Morning Nature Walk - Sebastian Inlet State Park - Registration required. https://pelicanislandaudubon.org

​Nov. 2-Dec. 31- Holiday Show White Christmas at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne

Nov. 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. - Opening reception for Holiday Show White Christmas at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne

Nov. 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. - First Friday Art Walk in Eau Gallie Arts District

Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. - Kingston Trio at the King Center

​Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. - Kevin James at the King Center

Dec. 29. 7:30 p.m. - Donna the Buffalo at the King Center Studio Theatre

​Feb. 27, 2022, 7:30 p.m. - David Bromberg at the King Center Studio Theatre
N. Palm Beach County
Ongoing Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - Garden Sculpture Tours at the Norton

ONGOING - Let the Games Begin online exhibit at Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens

Through Sept. 11 - Grisel ORS: Abstract Life & Art with Purpose at The Ben, Autograph Collection, WPB

Through Oct. 3 - For the Record: Celebrating Art by Women at The Norton Museum of Art

Through Oct. 29 - Art Across Cultures at Lighthouse ArtCenter

Through October - Afterschool Arts Annual Exhibition: Magic of Flight at the Norton

Through Nov. 21, 3:30 p.m. - Organ and piano demonstrations at Flagler Museum

Through Dec. 6 - The COVID Memorial Quilt at Armory Art Center

Through March 27, 2022 - Painting Enlightenment: Works by noted Japanese scientist and artist Iwasaki Tsuneo at Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens

Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. - Screen on the Green -- The Croods: A New Age - WPB Waterfront, 100 S.Flagler Dr. FREE

Sept. 11 - The Joy of Carving: Chirirenge Ramen Spoon Carving Workshop at Morikami

Sept. 11 - 12 p.m.-3 p.m. - Online Virtual Family Fun: Orizuru for Peace at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Sept. 12, 16, 19, or 23 - Sado: Tea Ceremony Class (beginners) at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Sept. 12, 19 - Sado: Tea Ceremony Class (intermediate) at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Sept. 16, 6-9 p.m. - Clematis by Night - Tempo Sonora Band - WPB Waterfront Commons - 101 S. Flagler Dr. FREE

​Sept. 18, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Koto Workshop at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 
​Sept. 18 & 19, 9 a.m. - Annual Exotics and Orchids sale at Mounts Botanical Gardens

CANCELLED - Oct. 13 performance by "The President's Own" U.S.Marine Band at Kravis Center 

October 29 - Garage Queens: Fierce, Fabulous, Divine at Arts Garage - Onsite and online

Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m. - 2nd annual Twilight in the Garden at Delray Beach Historical Society

Nov. 7, 3 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center - Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony with Hélène Grimaud

Nov. 9-Dec. 11 -Roberta B. Marks: Anthology at Lighthouse ArtCenter

Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m. - Tedeschi Trucks Band at Kravis Center

Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center - Mozart's Final Year - The Requiem

Dec. 4-5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.- 5th Annual West Palm Beach Arts Festival at Armory Art Center

Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m. - Palm Beach Symphony's 5th annual Holly Jolly Symphony Fete at The Beach Club

Jan. 10, 7:30 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center - Romantic Rachmaninoff with Yefim Bronfman

March 7, 7:30 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center - Beethoven & Mahler with Maria João Geissberger Pires

April 10, 3 p.m. - Palm Beach Symphony at Kravis Center - Dvorák's Eighth Symphony, Korngold - with Midori
Martin County
Ongoing - Weekly Tuesday night car show at Elliott Museum. 5-8 p.m. Small fee to show your car. Admission is free for guests, who are asked to remember to follow CDC guidelines pertaining to social distancing, wearing a mask in public, etc.​

Ongoing, Thursdays, 11 a.m. - Tours of the Elliott Museum's auto collection. Meet at 10:55 at front desk.

Ongoing - Mark Cook: When Flows Return to the River of Grass - Virtual exhibit curated by the Arts Council of Martin County
Thursdays, 6-9:30 p.m. -

Through Sept. 17 - Horizons, A retrospective exhibition of the works of Jim Houser and Dan Mackin at Cultural Court House

Through October 4 - Seminole People of Florida: Survival and Success - at the Elliott Museum

Through Oct. 30, 12-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday - Martin Artisans Guild exhibition at the Palm Room, Sewall's Point

Through Oct. 31 - Portfolios - Jane Lawton Baldridge, A Sea Story Girl at the Elliott Museum

Through Dec. 12 - Exquisite Miniatures, by Wes and Rachelle Siegrist, at the Elliott Museum

Through Dec. 30 - Jammin Jensen in downtown Jensen Beach

Sept. 11, 8-10 a.m. - Cars & Coffee in the Elliott Museum's parking lot, weather permitting.

Sept. 11, 10 a.-noon - ORCA and City of Stuart at Shephard Park, Stuart - See a demonstration and learn what actions we can take to reduce stormwater runoff to clean up the Indian River Lagoon

Sept. 12, 1 p.m. - Samantha Russell Band at Rock'n Riverwalk, Stuart

Sept. 14, 5:30 p.m. - Sunset Concerts at the Gallery - Sonatas and Serenades with flutist Tina Burr Applegren - Court House Cultural Center

Sept. 16-Oct. 3 - The Full Monty at The Barn Theatre

Sept. 16, 6:30 p.m. - Final lecture in the Seminole Wars Lecture Series at the Elliott Museum. RSVP@hsmc-fl.org

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 

Sept. 19, 1 p.m. - Blues Crusaders at Rock'n Riverwalk, Stuart

Sept. 25-26 7 p.m. - Auditions for A Christmas Carol (onstage radio play) at ACT Studio Theatre

Sept. 26, 1 p.m. - The Glorious Strays at Rock'n Riverwalk, Stuart

Oct. 1, 7 p.m. - Tom Papa at Lyric Theatre

Oct. 1 & 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Art Out of the Closet at  Cultural Court House

Oct. 3, 7 p.m. - Spyro Gyra at Lyric Theatre

Oct. 3, 1 p.m. - The Hemp Farm Hippies at Rock'n Riverwalk, Stuart

Oct. 8-24 - The Importance of Being Earnest at ACT Studio Theatre

Oct. 9, 12 p.m. - Oktoberfest on 2nd St. Block Party 2021- Sailfish Brewing Company

Oct. 10 - Terry Barber and his Mercury: The Story of Queen at the Lyric 

Oct. 12-Nov. 20 - 31st Annual All Florida Juried Arts Show at Cultural Court House

Oct. 15, 7 p.m. - Albert Cummings  at Lyric Theatre

Oct. 15-16 - Indiantown Rodeo at Timer Powers Park

Oct. 23 - British Car Invasion at Elliott Museum

Nov. 2 - The mARTies Awards

Nov. 4-21 - Let's Murder Marsha  at The Barn Theatre

Nov. 7-23 - Faith Healer at ACT Studio Theatre

Nov. 11-14 - Cultural Excursions Sarasota with The Arts Foundation of Martin County 

Nov. 20, 5:30 p.m. - Pinot & Picasso - Helping People Succeed fundraiser at Harbour Ridge Yacht and Country Club

Nov. 26-28 - Vietnam and War on Terrorism Memorial Wall at the Elliott Museum

Nov. 26-28 - Premium Shorts (an evening of short plays) at ACT Studio Theatre

Dec. 3-19 - A Christmas Carol (on-stage radio theatre) at ACT Studio Theatre

Dec. 4-29 - Court Room Sessions at Cultural Court House

Jan. 7-23 - Steel Magnolias at ACT Studio Theatre

Jan. 11-Feb. 26- Floridian Flavors - Characters, Culture & Cuisine at Cultural Court House

Jan. 13-30 - RENT The Musical  at The Barn Theatre

Feb. 4-20 - Orphans at ACT Studio Theatre

March 4-20 - Dearly Departed at ACT Studio Theatre

March 10-27 - The Bare Truth at The Barn Theatre

April 8-17 - Buyer & Cellar at ACT Studio Theatre

May 6-22 - Anybody for Murder at ACT Studio Theatre

May 12-29 - Mamma Mia! at The Barn Theatre

July 13-17 - Cultural Excursion to Chicago with the Arts Council of Martin County

​July 14-31 - Flashance The Musical at The Barn Theatre
St. Lucie County

Through Sept. 20. - The BEZO Show at MIDFLORIDA Event Center, PSL

A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery now open with pre-season hours

Through Oct. 1 - Entries accepted for the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery's Best of the Best juried art exhibition

Sept. 10-26 - Love, Loss and What I Wore at Treasure Coast Theatre

​Sept.11, 7 p.m. - Comedy Special taping with Doug Canney at Sunrise Theatre

Sept. 16-3 - Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Pineapple Playhouse

​Sept. 17, 5-8 p.m. - Art Walk in Downtown Fort Pierce

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 

Sept. 19 & 26 - Auditions for Clue at Treasure Coast Theatre

Sept. 19-21 - Auditions for The Savannah Disputation at Pineapple Playhouse

Sept. 20, 5:30 p.m. - St. Lucie Cultural Alliance Annual Members Meeting

Sept. 24 - Deadline to submit entries for ART - Area Regional Transit "beautify St. Lucie with bright, visually appealing images on our local public transportation buses, public transit facilities, and shelters."

Sept. 25, 12-11 p.m. - San Juan Festival at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center 

Oct. 1, 5-8 p.m. - Opening reception for Clyde Butcher: Living Waters and the Florida Landscape Exhibition at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center

Oct. 1-Dec. 23, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. - Clyde Butcher: Living Waters and the Florida Landscape Exhibition at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center -

Oct. 8, 8 p.m. - Sawyer Brown at Sunrise Theatre 

Oct. 9-24 - The Glass Menagerie at Treasure Coast Theatre

​Oct. 16-17 - Fall Garden Festival at Heathcote Botanical Gardens

Oct. 30, 5-7 p.m. - Opening for Smithsonian Water/Ways exhibition at  the MIDFLORIDA Event Center -

Oct. 30-31 - St. Lucie County Rock & Gem Club's 44th annal Jewelry, Rock, and Gem show at MIDFLORIDA Event Center, PSL

Nov. 4-21 - The Savannahh Disputation at Pineapple Playhouse

Nov. 5-21 - In-Laws, Outlaws & Other People That Should Be Shot at Treasure Coast Theatre

Nov. 7-9 - Auditions for Harvey at Pineapple Playhouse

Jan. 6-23 - Harvey at Pineapple Playhouse

Jan. 7-23 - Clue on Stage at Treasure Coast Theatre

Jan. 9-11 - Auditions for at tick, tick ... BOOM! at Pineapple Playhouse


Feb. 4-20 - Nunsense: The Musical at Treasure Coast Theatre

March 3-20 - tick, tick ... BOOM! at Pineapple Playhouse

March 4-20 - Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike at Treasure Coast Theatre

March 6-8 - Auditions for In the Heat of the Night at Pineapple Playhouse

April 1-16 - Prisoner of Second Avenue at Treasure Coast Theatre

​April 21-May 8 - In the Heat of the Night at Pineapple Playhouse

May 6-22 - A Few Good Men at Treasure Coast Theatre

June 3-19 - Broadway Bound at Treasure Coast Theatre
Beyond the Treasure Coast
Daily at 11 a.m. - Keeper Chats from Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum. -Giant Pacific Octopus

Ongoing, Saturdays, 2 p.m. - The Bass Highlights Tour at The Bass

Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum

Through Sept. 23 - Forge & Scroll Exhibition at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Through Sept. 24 - TICKETS AVAILABLE SEPT 1 - Wawa Summer Fun Days with complimentary admission at Bok Tower Gardens. Pre-registration required. https://boktowergardens.org/calendar/wawa-summer-fun-day-9/

Through Sept. 25 - Beaches, Creatures & Cowboys: Florida Movie Posters, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History at Lake Wales History Museum

Through Sept. 26 - Selected Portraits from the Morse Collection at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.

Through Sept. 26 - From Margins to Mainstays: Highlights from the Photography Collection - MFA St. Pete

Through Sept. 26 - Iridescence - A Celebration - at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.

Through Oct. 2 - Solo exhibition by photographer Martin Stranka at Snap! Orlando

Through Oct. 3 - Selected Portraits from the Morse Collection at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.

Through Oct. 3 - Earth into Art - The Flowering of American Art Pottery at the Morse Museum, Winter Park.

Through Oct. 9 -  Creating Home: Artwork by Jessica Osceola at Marco Island Historical Museum

Through Oct. 25 - The Nature of Encaustic: A Florida Wax Show at Bok Tower Gardens

Through Oct. 30 - Remembering 9/11 at Collier Museum at Government Center 

Through Nov. 27 - Down the Garden Path at Immokalee Pioneer Museum - photos by Lisette Morales

Through Nov. 27 - Pioneering the Past: The Story of the Brickell Family -- South Florida's Forgotten Founders - at Museum of the Everglades

Through Nov. 28 - InFocus: Precision Photography of Extraordinary and Uncommon Shells at Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum

Through Dec. 14 Second Tuesdays - Fusion Fest - MYgration Films Watch Party

Through Dec. 23 at the Plant Museum - "When the Train Comes Along": Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino

Through Dec. 31 - Fabulous Fins & Fenders at Naples Depot Museum

Through mid-January, 2022 - The Birds of Southwest Florida exhibit at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

Through Feb. 27, 2022 - Explore the Vaults: Black Portraits at Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete

Through June 12, 2022 - From Heath to Hedgerow: Doulton Lambeth Ware and the British Countryide  at MFA St. Pete.

Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-noon - Sensory Saturday at MFA St. Pete

Sept. 11, 2 p.m. - The Florida Gardner: Edible Landscaping at Bok Tower Gardens

Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music Live! Avery Gagliano - All Chopin recital - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 12, 4:00 p.m. - Frost Music Live! Enigma -- Frost Wind Ensemble - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 12, 3-5 p.m. - The Sunshine Modern Jazz Series in the Lindemann Courtyard at The Bass - Michael Eckroth

Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m. - Digital Discussion: The Battle of Fort Myers at Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music Live! Christian McBride w/Frost Concert Jazz Band & Frost Studio Jazz Band - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 16, 6 p.m. -  NOW VIRTUAL ONLY! Florida Humanities at Lake Wales History Museum - Hispanic Women's Voices by Dr.Rebecca Dominguez-Karimi

Sept. 16 2 p.m. - Third Thursday Lecture: Finding the Brickells - Museum of the Everglades

Sept. 18 - Smithsonian magazine Museum Day - free admission at participating museums - To find a museum and get your free ticket, go to smithsonianmag.com/museumday 

Sept. 18-Jan. 23 - Pieced and Patterned: American Quilts, c. 1800-1930 - Museum of Fine Arts St. Pete

Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music Live! At the Ballet: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, and Cindrella - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 22, 6 p.m. - Small Talk summer series with artist Farley Aguilar at The Bass

Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music Live!Melton Mustafa w/Frost Studio Jazz Band (pre-concert talk 6:30 p.m.) - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music Live! Brahms' Symphony No. 3 - Frost Symphony Orchestra - UM Gusman Concert Hall

Sept. 26 - Fort Myers Cosplay Con 2021 at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Sept. 29, 4:30-6:30 p.m. - Closing reception for Creating Home: Artwork by Jessica Osceola at Marco Island Historical Museum

Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. - Frost Music School Open Call Concert -- Society of Composers, Inc. ONLINE ONLY

Oct. 1-30 - Dia do los Muertos: A Juried Exhibit - Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Oct. 2, 6-7 p.m. - Artists Panel: Down the Garden Path at Collier Museum at Government Center - In-person capacity of 60 | Online unlimited: please RSVP here!

​Oct. 9-10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Orchid sale and symposium at Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Oct. 12-Jan. 22, 2022 - Picture Perfect: Marco Island in Postcards at Marco Island Historical Museum

Oct. 12 , 10:30 a.m. - Digital Discussion: How Edsel and Ford Motor Company Helped Win World War II Visit edisonford.org to register.

Oct. 14, 4-6 p.m. - Opening reception for Picture Perfect at Marco Island Historical Museum

Oct. 16, time TBD - VIP Tour of Fruit and Spice Park, Cauley Square Historic Distric, and Coral Castle - Edison & Ford Winter Estates

​Oct. 20, 2 p.m. - From Oddity to Commodity: Images of Florida in Postcards with Amanda Townsend at Marco Island Historical Museum

Oct. 21-31 - Men on Boats, mostly a comedy - at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Oct. 23-24 - 45th Annual Pioneer Days Festival in Lake Wales

Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - Silk Scarf Painting Class with Marie Dyer - Edison & Ford Winter Estates

Oct. 29, 6 p.m. - Rhythm on the River: Appalachian Road Show at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

Nov. 12-13 - Arts on Tap fundraiser  at Alliance for the Arts 

Nov. 13, 4-6 p.m. - Walking Photography Workshop with Lisette Morales at Immokalee Pioneer Museum

​Nov. 14, 7 p.m. - An Evening with Tedeschi Trucks Band at Coffee Butler Amphitheater Key West

Nov. 19, 5-7 p.m. - Closing reception for Pioneering the Past at Museum of the Everglades

Nov. 28-April 17 - Naama Tsabar: Perimeters - at The Bass

​Dec. 4, 6 p.m. - A Night at the Savoy - Fudraiser for Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Sarasota. Livestream option

Dec. 9-19 - The Roommate, a comedy at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Jan. 8-30 - The Colored Museum - at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m. - Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Alisa Weilerstein at Van Wezel, Sarasota - Sarasota Concert Association

Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m. - Pianist Emanuel A Performs Chopin at Van Wezel, Sarasota - Sarasota Concert Association

Feb. 5 - Florida United Malacologists at Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, Sanibel - Seating is limited. Registration is free but required by January 20, 2022. Click to register today!

Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. - Russian National Orchestra with Alexander Malofeev at Van Wezel, Sarasota - Sarasota Concert Association

​Feb. 17-27 - Outside Mullingar - at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers

Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. - Violinist Benjamin Beilman and pianist Alessio Bax at Riverview, Sarasota - Sarasota Concert Association

March 15, 7:30 p.m. - Takács Quartet with Joyce Yang at Riverview, Sarasota - Sarasota Concert Association

March 17-27 - The Cake, a comedy - at Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers
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