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Indian River County

ONGOING - Video submissions accepted for Indian River’s Got Talent at the Environmental Learning Center. Indian River County residents only.
Through April 30 - 3 Steps Forward - 2 Steps Back at Raw Space Gallery
Through April 30 - Gallery 14 presents A Life in the Sun:Retro Acrylics by Melissa Mastrangelo
Through April - Student art exhibit at Artists Guild Gallery
​Through April - Mags Hobbs exhibit at Center for Spiritual Care
Through April 25 - Sister Act  at Vero Beach Theatre Guild
Through April 25, 2021 - Sean Kenney's Nature Connects® Made with LEGO® Bricks at McKee Botanical Garden.
Through April 30, 2021 - Chul Hyun Ahn: New Light - n the Stark Rotunda and Stark Gallery at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
Through May, 2021 - Dance classes ongoing at Riverside Theatre.​
****Through May 2 - Poetry of Nature: Hudson River School Landscapes from the NY Historical Society at Vero Beach Museum of Art.
​Through May 26 - CCIRC Member Exhibit at Indian River County Administration Complex
Through June 10 - CCIRC member exhibit at Indian River County Courthouse

Through June 29 - The Promise of Spring - CCIRC Art in Public Places at Intergenerational Recreation Center
Ongoing - Riverside Theatre’s virtual Putting it Together series. See the website for the link.
April 7-25 - Sister Act  at Vero Beach Theatre Guild

April 9-10 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
April 9-10, 5:30-8 p.m. - Keeping the Arts Alive: Made in the USA - at Indian River Shores Community Center, 6001 SR A1A, Indian River Shores
April 10, 10 & 11 a.m. -Once Upon an Orchestra series with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra - for kids at McKee Botanical Garden
April 11 12-3 p.m. - Keeping the Arts Alive: Made in the USA  at Indian River Shores Community Center, 6001 SR A1A, Indian River Shores
April 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Vero Beach Art Club’s Art in the Park at Humiston Park,
3000 Ocean Drive
April 14, 11:30 a.m. - Groundbreaking for the Environmental Learning Center's Thomas R. Schidel Education and Event Pavilion.  *****The public is encouraged to attend virtually via Facebook live at 11:30 on April 14 at https://www.facebook.com/discoverelc 
April 15, 6-8:30 p.m. - Cork, Canvas & Company at VBMA
April 15, 7 p.m. - Space Oddity - The David Bowie Music Experience at the Emerson Center, Vero Beach
April 16-17, 2021 - Chamber Music: Sweeping Dance - Ballet Vero Beach
April 16-17 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
April 18, 2021, 2 p.m. - Family Friendly Series - Chamber Music: Sweeping Dance - Ballet Vero Beach
​April 18, 4 p.m. - Duo Beaux Arts piano duo concert at First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach. $10 donation appreciated. Limited seating in Sanctuary, streaming at church website.
April 20, 7 p.m. - Annual meeting of the Vero Beach Theatre Guild
April 21, 7 p.m. - Virtual presentation of 3 Steps Forward - 2 Steps Back at Raw Space Gallery
April 23-24 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
April 24, 10 a.m. - Writing workshop: W. Ralph Eubanks, Archives as Literary Inspiration - Laura Riding Jackson Foundation
April 25, 3 p.m. - Barber, Bolling, & Fuchs - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Vero Beach High School PAC
April 30-May 1 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
April 30 - Deadline to enter Through the Eye of the Camera at Backus Museum & Gallery
May 1 - Application deadline for 12 x 12 Summer Squared exhibit at Gallery 14
May 2, 2:30 p.m. - Music Angels presents Seasons of a Soul concert, art exhibit, silent auction. First Presbyterian Church Vero Beach - Ticketed - www.musicangelsusa.org
May 7, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.
May 7-8 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
May 12-23 - Moonlight and Magnolias at Vero Beach Theatre Guild
May 14 - Priority admission deadline for Riverside Dance Festival's virtual auditions
May 14-15 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
May 21-22 - Live in the Loop and the Comedy Zone Experience at Riverside Theatre
May 23, 3 p.m. - Fan Favorites Part III -  Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Vero Beach High School PA
June 3-Sept. 10 - 12 x 12 Summer Squared at Gallery 14
June 4, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.
June 19, 2021 - 16th Annual Waterlily Celebration at McKee Botanical Garden
July 2, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.
July 26-Aug.7 - Riverside Dance Festival's Student Workshops
July 31, 2021 - Konverjdans - Ballet Vero Beach
Aug. 6, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.
Sept. 3, 2021, 5-8 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll on and around 14th Avenue in the historic Downtown Arts District in Vero Beach.

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.​
Limited classes are ongoing at the Artists Nook at Stuart Art Supply

Through May 31 - The Lure of Florida Fishing at the Elliott Museum.​
Through May 31 - Martin Artisans Guild at Elliott Museum
Through May 22, Tue.-Sat. 12-6 p.m. - Martin Artisan Guild's April/MayExhibit - NEW LOCATION - Next to Cafe Boonma, Harbour BayPlaza, 3722 SE Ocean Blvd., Stuart
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April 10, 10 a.m. - Cars & Coffee in the Elliott Museum parking lot.
April 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - Jensen Beach Art League's Second Sunday Art Show in the Elliott Museum's parking lot. Final event for the season.
April 12, 4 p.m. - Actors from The Barn Theatre’s Come Fly With Me perform for the Stuart City Commission.
April 16-18 - Come Fly With Me, fundraiser at The Barn Theatre, Stuart. Ticketed.
April 27, 6:30 p.m. - Non-Fiction Book Club - Zoom - Martin County Library System - A Gentleman in Moscow - pre-register

May 4, 5:30 - Cultural Conversations: What Makes a Building Historic? - Arts Council of MC - Free, virtual
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St.Lucie County

Through April 25, 2021 - TOP: Anniversary Invitational Exhibition at Backus Museum & Gallery

Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m. - Pro Jazz Jams in the Black Box at Sunrise Theatre. Professional musicians & singers only are invited to sit in. Wear a mask at all times. Cover charge.

April 8 & 10 - Art, a comedy, at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
April 9 & 11- The Revolutionists  at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
​April 10, 7 p.m. - Jimmy Shubert in the Comedy Corner at the Sunrise Theatre
April 11, 7 p.m. - Funniest Man in America-James Gregory at Sunrise Theatre
April 11, noon - Raffle drawing for a masterpiece of Florida Art - Backus Museum & Gallery. Tickets available online.
April 17 - A Vocal Montage  at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
April 20 & 22 - An Instrumental Music Gala for All! at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
April 23-24 - RCSSL Presents The Little Mermaid at Sunrise Theatre
April 30, 8 p.m. - The Long Run: The Ultimate Tribute to the Eagles at Sunrise Theatre
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​May 8, 8 p.m. - One Night of Queen performed by Gary Mullens & The Works.
May 7-June 18, 2021 - Through the Eye of the Camera Juried Exhibition at Backus Museum & Gallery
May 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. - Painting in the Park - Fort Pierce Inlet State Park (North Jetty) and South Jetty Park (South Jetty)
May 21, 5-8 p.m. - Downtown Art Walk Fort Pierce

Jun 10-12 - A Midsummer Night's Dream at MCAlpin Fine Arts Theatre - IRSC
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Brevard County


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Ongoing - Virtual Visual Art 2020 by members of the Central Brevard Art Association on Facebook and YouTube.
Through April 11 - Nunsense A-Men! at Titusville Playhouse
Through April 11 - Space Coast State Fair, Viera - Space Coast Daily Park
Through April 18 - Rock of Ages at The Henegar Center
Through April 19 - Phyllis Shipley's Inner Vision - Inner Strength at Upside Gallery, Melbourne
Through April 30, 2021 - The Aquarium Art Walk entries on display throughout Brevard County.
Through April 25, Fri-Sun - Out of Order by Ray Coone at Melbourne Civic Theatre, 817 E. Strawbridge Ave., MLB
Through April 30 - Vashti Verschoor: April Spotlight Artist at Downtown Art Gallery, Titusville.
Through May 1 - Circularity at Fifth Avenue Arr Gallery, Melbourne - Paintings in encaustic and cold wax
Through May 4 - Walk on the Wild Side at Eau Gallery
Through June 30 - Abstractio: Retrospective Memories. The final show at the Foosaner Art Museum

April 10, 2021, 7:30 p.m. - Brevard Symphony Orchestra Season Finale, Terrence Wilson piano at the King Center.
April 10, 11:30-2:30 p.m. - Spring Central Florida Car Show - Historic Cocoa Village
April 10, 12:30-3 - Wasamatter You: A Study of Matter Workshop at American Space Museum
April 11, 4-6:30 - p.m. - Free virtual recital: Midori, violin; Leva Jokubaviciute, piano. Melbourne Chamber Music Society
April 17-18 - Cocoa Beach Air Show. Lori Wilson Park.
April 17, 11-5 - Pillage the Village Sidewalk Sail in Historic Cocoa Village
​April 18, 7 p.m. - Brian Regan at King Center, MLB
April 23-May 16 - Big Fish at Titusville Playhouse
​April 23-May 2 - Up at Surfside Playhouse
April 24, 7 p.m. - Barber, Bolling, & Fuchs - Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
April 24-25 - Melbourne Arts Festival
April 30, 1:30-4 - Basketry by the River at The Field Manor Homestead, Merritt Island. Workshop, ticketed.

​May 9-11 - Brevard Watercolor Society online workshop - Chinese and Traditional Watercolor Techniques
May 22, 7 p.m. - Fan Favorites Part III -  Space Coast Symphony Orchestra at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
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No. Palm Beach County


Through May 9 - María Berrío: Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom) at Norton Museum of Art.
Through May 30 - Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.): The Krome Drawings at Norton Museum of Art.
Through May 30 - Art Finds a Way at Norton Museum of Art
Through May 30 - Boca Raton Museum of Art - Paul Gervais: Faces and Forms
Through June 13 - Celebrating the Norton: Eighty Years at Norton Museum of Art.
Through Sept. 5 - Boca Raton Museum of Art - An Irresistible Urge toCreate: The Monroe Family Collection of Outsider Art

Through April 23 - Art From Isolation - Lighthouse ArtCenter's 43rd annual Members' Show and Sale

​April 10, 6:30 p.m. - Wild & Scenic Film Festival at Jupiterlighthouse.org
April 10 - Dailey & Vincent, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers - 15th anniversary Bluegrass in the Pavilion at Flagler Museum
April 16 - In case you missed last week's Jazz Friday: Jazz on J Street, a recording of the concert will premiere on the Norton Museum’s YouTube channel
April 16, 6-7 p.m. - Virtual - Art After Dark/What’s the Story? - Norton Museum of Art
April 17, 1 p.m. - Leave it to Ludwig at The Society of the Four Arts
April 19, 7:30 p.m. - Cellist Julian Schwarz with his father, Maestro Gerard Schwarz in virtual concert - Palm Beach Symphony
April 24 - The Way of Tea - Sado - at Morikami
April 30 - Garage Queens: Fierce, Fabulous, Divine at Arts Garage - Citris and DJ Joshua Atom - Onsite and online

May 7 - An Evening with Kevin Smith at Old School Square Pavilion
​May 22 - Pianist Alexander Toradze - Palm Beach Symphony - VIRTUAL
July 30 - Garage Queens: Fierce, Fabulous, Divine at Arts Garage - Onsite and online
October 29 - Garage Queens: Fierce, Fabulous, Divine at Arts Garage - Onsite and online
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Beyond the Treasure Coast

April Is National Poetry Month - From Miami Book Fair:
Kazim Ali: A Reading From The Voice of Sheila Chandra
Deborah Paredez: A Reading From Year of the Dog: Poems
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young
Grabbed: Poets & Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing – Elisa Albo, Richard Blanco & Caridad Moro
Two Poets on Reaching Across Borders – Eduardo C. Corral & Roy G. Guzmán
A U.S. Poet Laureate in Conversation: Juan Felipe Herrera & Campbell McGrath

Through April 11 - What Remains at The Bass
Through April 11 - Robert Reedy: Revival at Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park
Through April 16 - Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photography of David Plowden at Naples Depot Museum.
Through April 19 - Forgotten Florida: Photos from the Farm Security Administration at Immokalee Pioneer Museum.
Through April 22 - Twice monthly - Stories of a Sportsmen's Paradise: A Florida Folk Art Experience at Museum of the Everglades. colliermuseums.com
Through April 30 - H2O Art Exhibition at Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
Through May 23, 2021 - Working Point: Contemporary Glass from the MFA Collection at Museum of Fine Art St. Pete
Through May 25 - Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland - Collier Museum at Government Center, Naples

Through July 18, 2021 - Explore the Vaults: Abstraction and the American Scene at Museum of Fine Art St. Pete
Through Dec. 23 at the Plant Museum - "When the Train Comes Along": Booker T. Washington at the Tampa Bay Casino

Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum
Alternating Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - Museum Musings at Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Monthly - Cowboys & Constellations, 7-8 p.m. at Immokalee Pioneer Museum
Monthly, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - History on the Go! at Naples Depot Museum
Monthly, 4:30 p.m. - Railroding's Finest Hour: Walking Through History at the Naples Depot Museum

April 6 & 13 -  “Belonging in Opera: Learning from Our Past, Engaging with Our Future” - a two-night symposium exploring the rich canon of Black composers
April 8-10 - Bible HerStory - Youth Theatre Production on the GreenMarket Stage- ArtInLee.org
​April 10, 8 p.m. - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap at Barbara Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers.
April 10-May 9 - 2021 Senior Student Exhibition at Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College
April 10-Aug. 22 - Antioch Reclaimed: Ancient Mosaics at the MFA = Museum of Fine Art St. Petersburg
April 10, 11 a.m. - Virtual Journey to the Met Cloisters with Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College - Ticketed
​April 11, 4:30 p.m. - San Antonio Book Festival & Miami Book Fair present: Isabel Allende TICKETED
April 11 - Final day for From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection
April 13, 5:30 p.m. - The George Nickson Percussion Ensemble at Selby Gardens
April 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Virtual Book Club at MFA St. Petersburg - Circe
April 16-30 - Voices of Hope, Carnegie Hall's online festival
April 17, 7:30 p.m. - Movies at the Museum - Collier Museum at Government Center, Naples
April 21, 5:30 p.m. Zoom - In Conversation with Shirin Neshat - Cornell Fine Arts Museum

April 22, 1&3 p.m. - Earth Day Carillon Concerts at Bok Tower Gardens
April 23, 7 p.m. - CenterState Bank Concerts Under the Stars  at Bok Tower Gardens - Reverend Barry & The Funk
April 24 - Grow Fort Myers plant sale and workshops at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

May 2, noon-5 p.m. - Bubbles, Baubles, and Chocolate at the Henry B. Plant Museum
May 8, 10 a.m. - History on the Go - Amusement Park Rides - Collier Museum at Government Center, Naples

May 12, 2 p.m. - Lecture: Barron Collier’s Luna Park - Collier Museum at Government Center, Naples
Free streaming videos of operas from the Metropolitan Opera are available at 7:30 p.m. each night and for the following 23 hours. The site also offers many and short performance videos.
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Mondays at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Anke's Art Moment
Tuesdays at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Flick Picks
Wednesdays at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Museum Stories
Weekly at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Art Tutorials and A+ Art
Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. - Virtual art classes from Vero Beach Art Club
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