The Vero Beach Museum of Art has some engaging programming that appeals to a wide range of people, from music lovers to art lovers and movie lovers. First up this week is the Concerts in the Park performance with Mike Telesmanick from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24. Telesmanick, an accomplished pianist and singer, leads a jazz trio with Robert Burns on bass and guitar and Paul Cywinski on drums. For this concert, the trio will be joined by jazz singer Nolia Blue. Telesmanick is a cum laude graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he was given his composition degree by none other than legendary drummer Buddy Rich. The program will feature many of Telesmanick’s original compositions, which evoke styles of Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Also on the program will be a tribute to the greats from the American Songbook, including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole. The concert will be held rain or shine. Admission is $10 for museum members and $12 for non-members. Concessions will be available for purchase. For more information on the concert, call 772-231-0707, ext. 111 or visit VBMuseum.org. On Saturday, March 26, the museum studios will offer a free, mini docent-led tour and art project in the studios. The museum studios tour runs 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Then, get ready for a gripping story when Joe Medeiros delivers his lecture, “The Unthinkable Theft of the Mona Lisa.” Medeiros, a Broadway actor and former head writer for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” wrote and directed the 2012 documentary “The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story,” which will be screened at the museum 2 p.m. Saturday, March 26. His lecture, which begins 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, will take you back to August 1911, when DaVinci’s great painting was stolen out of the Louvre in Paris. Medeiros will look at the “bungled investigation” that two and a half years later led to finding the work of art in Florence in the possession of a poor Italian workman who had kept the painting for himself. The event is part of the museum’s International Lecture Series. The in-person event is sold out, but tickets to the simulcast are available and start at $80. For more information on the lecture, call 772-231-0707, ext. 136 or visit VBMuseum.org. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is at 3001 Riverside Park Dr.
While the museum has that jazz concert happening, there are also a number of musical offerings to add some spice to your life. Live from Vero Beach presents “Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone” beginning 7 p.m. this Thursday, March 24 at the Emerson Center. Herman’s Hermits were part of the so-called “British Invasion” into the music scene of the late 1960s. They became very popular and turned out some very hummable music including “There’s a King of Hush All Over the World,” “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” and “I’m Henry VIII, I Am.” The Emerson Center is located at 1590 27th Ave., Vero Beach. Tickets are $45 to $135. Visit MusicWorksConcerts.com or call 800-595-4849. The Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents the Larry Brown Quintet noon on Sunday, March 26 at the Vero Beach Yacht Club, 3601 Rio Vista Blvd. There will be an optional buffet lunch starting 11:30 a.m. The lunch buffet costs $20. Tickets to the concert cost $40 to $45. Call 772-234-4600 or visit TCJazz.org. Enjoy the uplifting chamber music on Sunday, March 27 when violinist Harry Hutchinson, violinist Matt Stott, violist Viera Borisova, cellist Ana Ruth Bermudez, classical guitarist Miguel Bonachea and pianist Marcos Flores perform. Tickets are $25 general and $10 youth. The 3 p.m. concert will be held at Christ by the Sea United Methodist Church, 3755 Highway A1A, Vero Beach. Call 772-231-1661. The Gainesville Brass Quintet will perform 3 p.m. Sunday, March 27 at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 Royal Palm Blvd., Vero Beach. Tickets are free, but a $10 donation is suggested. Call 772-562-9088 or visit FirstPresVero.org. The Space Coast Symphony presents the Yale Wiffenpoofs in concert 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 at the Emerson Center (address above). Tickets are $35 at the door and free to students. For more information, visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org or call 855-252-7276.
