ARTS AND CULTURAL Events ~ CCIRC
Performances & Events
A Season to Remember RSVP by September 22
Join your Space Coast Symphony Orchestra for a fun-filled party celebrating and looking back on our past year! This party is open to our closest friends, donors, musicians, sponsors, and prospective Board members. Following the socializing, there will be a short Q & A session and the presentation of our 2022 Annual Report. Enjoy complimentary drinks, wine, appetizers, and desserts. Feel free to bring a guest. www.spacecoastsymphony.org/event/a-season-to-remember-annual-party-2/
Free Writers Critique Group on September 23, 10am For all levels – Contact jsierzant@gmail.com for more information. Indian River County Main Library 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach
The Comedy Zone at Riverside Theatre on September 23 & 24, 7 & 9 pm shows. Headliner Andy Beningo prides himself in clean material and is extremely funny. His energetic act centers around growing up as the middle child, technology, life as a college student, fast food restaurants, and a short-lived career as a middle school teacher. Feature act Chris Youngtake real-life experiences and turn them into laughs that maintain a clean but funny appearance. P-Mac will be your emcee.
Live in the Loop at Riverside Theatre on September 23, 5:30 pm.
Dave and the Wave is a premiere entertainment group from the Treasure Coast. From Classic Rock to Motown to R&B to Smooth Jazz, the Wave does it all !!! You’ll hear hits from: Van Morrison, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Otis Redding, and other music artists.On September 24, 5:30 pm – King’s Highway is a South Florida based Rock and Party band. They bring a fun party atmosphere playing a wide variety of music and cover classics of the 60s to today’s biggest rock and dance hits.
SunRise Theatre’s Comedy Corner Presents: James Yon LIVE at The Black Box on September 24, 8pm http://www.sunrisetheatre.com
Vero Beach Theatre Guild presents CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Performance run through September 30
A family in the American South is in crisis, especially the husband Brick and wife Maggie the Cat, and their interaction with Brick’s family over the course of one evening’s gathering at the family estate in Mississippi. The party celebrates the birthday of patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, the Delta’s most prominent and richest cotton-planter, and his return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told is a clean bill of health. All family members except Big Daddy and his wife know Big Daddy’s true diagnosis: he is dying of cancer. His family has lied to Big Daddy to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch’s birthday, but throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself.
VBMA Museum Studios September 24, 10am – 1pm Themed, docent-led mini tours of the VBMA’s exhibitions and a connected art project in the Museum Art School studios. No pre-registration required. FREE!
September 24 | Picasso and Matisse Discover, compare, and contrast artworks by Picasso and Matisse and make a related art project
VBMA Museum Stories (Every Wednesday) for 0-24 months old on September 28, 9:30 – 10:30am
VBMA Museum Stories (Every Wednesday) for 2-4 years old on September 28, 10:30 – 11:30am
VBMA presents Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee
On View through September, Holmes and Titelman Galleries
Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee features 74 of the most notable and compelling works of art by Doris Lee (1905-1983). Using a vibrant color palette, Lee sparks feelings of playfulness and humor in her paintings, drawings, prints, and commissioned commercial designs for fabric and pottery. Simple Pleasures includes works by the artist spanning from the 1930s through the 1960s from both public and private collections and gives overdue recognition to Lee’s significant contributions to American art. A selection of ephemera, such as product advertisements for the American Tobacco Company and General Foods who commissioned paintings from Lee, will also be included in the exhibition.
Known as one of the foremost American artists during the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was a leading figure in the Woodstock Artist’s Colony. Decades after World War II, Lee responded to the rise of Abstract Expressionism with skill and agility and her own sense of grace, developing her own visual style. By taking a modernist approach and using clean, abstract lines, Lee’s body of work merges the reduction of abstraction with the appeal of the everyday and offers a coherent visual identity that successfully bridged various artistic “camps” that arose in the post-World War II era, truly depicting scenes of the simple pleasures of everyday life.
VBMA will present a full slate of related programming, including Art Talks in the gallery, studio art classes, and artmaking projects for families. For more information and to register for programs, please visit the website www.vbmuseum.org and call (772) 231-0707 ext. 136.
Art at the Emerson offers 3rd Annual UU Members and Friends: An Exhibit featuring artistic talents of UU Members & Friends On view through September. Featured Artist: Hector Cruz Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 am – 3 pm with no entry fee. On the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue in Vero Beach
Artists Guild Gallery is a fine-art gallery featuring original art by local artist-owners. Diverse styles and mediums are represented, and the art is changed, and rotated on a monthly basis. Classes are offered in oil, watercolor, acrylics, pastels, and drawing. Located: 1974 14th Avenue, Vero Beach. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11am – 3pm, Saturdays 11 – 3
2022-2023 Cultural Arts Guide is almost here.
Come to our Reveal Party! Wednesday, October 5, 4-6 pm
Kilted Mermaid, 1937 Old Dixie Highway, Vero Beach
Art in Public Places Program sponsored by the Cultural Council of Indian River County at the Indian River County Administrative Buildings A & B
Artist’s Choice, On view through October 5.
Riverside Theatre for Kids presents Playtime in the Park, a brand new FREE program for the community’s youngest audience members.
Starting in September, Riverside Theatre will have dance and theatre offerings from our education programs twice a month on Saturdays on the Theatre’s new outdoor Loop Stage. These offerings are ideal for kids 2-5, but entertaining for parents and the whole family, too!
On the second Saturday of most months at 11am, theatre student performers will present original interactive fairy tale plays. Throughout the shows, young audience members will be encouraged to join in the stories in fun and exciting ways.
On the third Saturday of most months at 11am, faculty members and students of the dance education program along with professional dancers from Ballet Vero Beach will present dance-along classes, mini-performances, and more.
The Riverside Theatre Education Program is committed to promoting educational opportunities to students of all ages by producing quality work for young people and families and transforming lives through the study, exploration, and creation of theatre and dance.
Playtime in the Park Fall Schedule:
October 8 @ 11am – Theatre Program Presentation
October 15 @ 11am – Dance Program Presentation
November 12 @ 11am – Theatre Program Presentation
(No Dance Program in November)
December 10 @ 11am – Theatre Program Presentation
December 17 @ 11am – Dance Program Presentation
Tickets are NOT required.
For further information, call the Box Office at 772-231-6990. Riverside Theatre is located at 3250 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach, FL 32963.
Art in Public Places at the Vero Beach Museum of Art
The Cultural Council’s Art in Public Places initiative, in collaboration with The Vero Beach Museum of Art, presents Abstract Art: Conceptual Creativity. This is a special invitational exhibit for Cultural Council Artist Members. Our member artists share their inspiration in abstract concepts in bold, creative and evocative works. On view through October 9.
Vero Beach Museum Of Art Patten Community Gallery
3001 Riverside Park Drive, Vero Beach
Art in Public Places Program sponsored by the Cultural Council of Indian River County On Exhibit Indian River County Courthouse Richard Gillmor- Solo Exhibit “Waterscapes” On view through October 12.
Vero Beach Art Club Gallery & Marketplace Exhibit Color & Movement: on view through October 21 Open Tuesday through Friday, 11 am – 3 pm. 1903 14th Ave, Vero Beach
Art in Public Places Program sponsored by the Cultural Council of Indian River County on exhibit at the Intergenerational Center “Member Exhibit” On view through November 2.
Super Secret White Party
Limited Tickets Available! The annual White Party will be held on November 4, starting at 6:30pm and benefits the Vero Beach Film Festival. The Festive Fundraiser will follow the same rules as in previous years:
- All Guests must reserve their seats in advance online.
- All Guests must wear the official party attire of “All White.”
- All Guests must bring their own picnic supper, fine chinaware preferred.
- All Guests are encouraged to bring items to decorate their tables. There will be prizes for the best Tablescapes!
- NO HEELS – WEDGES ALLOWED
Spectacular venue, memorable music, unforgettable entertainment, and flowing champagne! The party location is kept secret until 48 hours before the event. Past White Parties have been held on the sand at South Beach, at the fountain Plaza at Royal Palm Pointe, on 14th Avenue Main Street, on a runway at Vero Beach Airport, and Tree House. Can you guess where it will be this year?
Everyone is encouraged to host a table of 10 fabulous friends, extended family, wonderful workmates, and nearby neighbors! https://vbfilmfest.org/
Indian River Guardian 
When and where? I try to attend this event always. Please sign me up.