SEASON OF THE ARTS
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and theme parks that people associate with Florida. Ward
continues to fight to protect an endangered wildlife corridor
needed to keep the Everglades connected to the rest of
America.
National Geographic’s View from Above will be presented
on March 19 by astronaut Terry Virts, who spent 200 days in
space as commander of the International Space Station. Audiences
will have a chance to step back 220 miles from Earth
and experience our planet in a new way through the amazing
photos he took from the space station’s observation module.
Audience members will also have a chance to ask questions.
Don’t wait to buy tickets to these two sell-out shows.
In keeping with the Lyric’s goals of “providing a flavor
for every taste,” as executive director Kia Fontaine says, an
extremely special blues man named Taj Mahal will appear in
January. “Other artists credit him with helping them define
their own unique sound as artists,” she says.
StepCrew and its cast of 11 combine three styles of percussive
dance, featuring the world’s top talents in Irish, tap and
Ottawa Valley step dancing. The company takes the audience
on a journey from a house party in the back kitchen of an old
Irish cottage to a lamp-lit street in New York City to a French
Canadian lumber camp in Quebec, using nothing more than
their talented feet.
Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach has a spectacular season
coming up with plays ranging from huge Broadway hits to
a musical romp to a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. “I try to
find a balance in the materials so there is a variety of styles
and a blend between the most recent and traditional of
plays,” says Allen D. Cornell, producing artistic director and
CEO of Riverside. >>
Mamma Mia! rocked the house
last year at Riverside Theatre. The
Riverside auditions actors and
produces its own plays.
Taj Mahal,
one of the
blues greats,
will perform
at the Lyric
Theatre in
Stuart.
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