December 1, 2023 | Arts
For years, people in Brevard County have been able to watch muralist Cody B. Monahan create amazing art on buildings and homes. Now, he’s bringing that experience to the smaller canvas with his new interactive gallery-studio. “People don&rsquo...
November 1, 2023 | Arts
Twenty-two years ago, Loretta Grella Sorbello had a dream: to make a production of the Nutcracker that would involve the entire community. This year celebrates the 20th anniversary of the holiday favorite performed by Space Coast Ballet under the direction of J...
November 1, 2023 | Arts
Sophia Guignardi is a driven, self-motivated student at Rockledge High School who works hard to achieve her goals. So when she heard that anyone could audition to dance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City, she set out to make her dream ...
November 1, 2023 | Arts
Saxophonist par excellence Dan Wilborn loves the concerts hosted by Space Coast Jazz Society. “The best gig in town,” Wilborn said. He is right, for Space Coast Jazz Society connects jazz aficionados with outstanding talent in a setting perfect for ...
October 1, 2023 | Arts
Artists make landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes. But Ardis Karr-Robak makes magscapes, the term she coined for the works she creates from magazine pages. Last year, Ardis launched Rigamaroll Art, a name that embodies the elaborate procedure of rolling scraps ...
October 1, 2023 | Arts
“Together We Shine,” is the theme of the upcoming 10th Annual Performing Arts Showcase being put on through partnerships with BAC (the former Brevard Achievement Center) and Brevard County public and private schools. And there will be plenty of shin...
September 1, 2023 | Arts
Movies have impacted all our lives in some form. Perhaps you have fond memories of the first time your parents took you to see a film in the theater (mine was “E.T.”) Maybe a film had such a profound impact on you that it prompted you to take life c...
August 1, 2023 | Arts
In 1983, Nancy Henderson’s husband wanted to relocate from New England to Florida. Nancy had only one stipulation. “He had to make sure there was a Sweet Adelines chapter where we moved,” she said. Upon moving to Melbourne, she promptly ...
August 1, 2023 | Arts
Kiran Dhruv Shay had been playing piano since age 5. The more time he spent tickling the ivories, the more enamored he became with the idea of playing at Carnegie Hall. At 17, he found an opportunity to turn that “maybe someday” into an actual...
June 30, 2023 | Arts
Jennifer Glass can often be spotted along Brevard County shorelines, bucket in hand, as she scoops water that the Indialantic artist combines with a vintage photo process to create visual magic on the vast canvases she favors. Pinning Glass to a favorite ...
June 1, 2023 | Arts
On September 9, 2010, Jeanne and Donn Weaver became what any parent dreads to be, part of a Gold Star family. Their son, 1st Lt. Todd Weaver, had been killed in Afghanistan. After navigating grief in their own time — with Jeanne stepping away from her bel...
March 1, 2023 | Arts
CLICK HERE TO VIEW NIKKI'S PHOTOS IN OUR GALLERY When the pandemic forced Nikki Parenti to reevaluate her office-based career, it was a no-brainer that it was time to take her side passion to the next level. She did, after all, graduate from an arts college and...
