April 2010

Cocoa Beach
Community Calendar 

Cocoa Beach
Library Calendar (321) 868-1104

Main Library: Penny Lowell & Family – mixed media
Community Room:
Display Case: Mary Ann Hartenstein: watercolors, building portraits, shadows

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Saturday, April 3rd at 1:00 pm:
Our Saviour’s Catholic Church Easter Egg Hunt, for children
ages 3-10, will take place after the “Blessing of the Food.”
We will begin with a procession of children into the
Church for the Blessing. The children will carry food
in their baskets for their Easter meal to be blessed.
They are also asked to bring a can of food to be donated
to the poor.  Afterwards, we will gather on the
lawn south of the church for our Amazing, Annual
Easter Egg Hunt - 5301 N. Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, FL

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The Library will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 4th.

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Compositional Photography with Mick West, Tuesdays, April 6, 13, 20 & 27th at 6:30 PM in the Jane von Thron Room. Cost is $5.00 per session. What is the difference between a photograph and a snapshot?   Basically, a snapshot is just point, shoot, and hope for the best.  That’s why most snapshots are similar in appearance.  A photograph requires thought, purpose, and an understanding of the interrelationships of positive and negative shapes, lines, perspective, color and contrast, to create a unique composition in the camera’s viewfinder. Prerequisites: A desire to take more interesting photographs, a digital camera and the ability to transfer digital images from a computer to a CD or thumb drive. To see Mick’s work, go to his website http:my.photoshelter.com/mickwest. Please register at sign up table.

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Unearthing Past Lives: A Reincarnation Workshop with Liz Starzyk, Wednesday, April 7th 2:00-3:30 PM. This workshop is fashioned to provide you with the necessary tools to begin the process of awakening dormant past-life memories. As a holistic educator, intuitive counselor and past life discovery facilitator, Liz brings a wide diversity of interests, skills and experiences to the learning environment.

Sushi Demonstration presented by Ice Cream Junction and Oriental Food Market, Thursday, April 8th at 2:00 PM. Learn to make sushi from a pro. Samples will be available to the first 50 people.

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This year will mark the 85th Anniversary event in conjunction with the City of Cocoa Beach’s birthday. The event will take place on Saturday, April 10th (City of Coca Beach Birthday/Street party held in downtown Cocoa Beach.) 

This is a family-friendly FREE event with kids’ activities, arts and crafts, live music by Delgado, Cocolocos and Vintage, food and drink; all proceeds go the Cocoa Beach Kiwanis, Cocoa Beach Elks, Rotary and Lions Club (in turn all of these organizations support our local community schools and residents, last year we raised over $162,000 for our local community.)  Project Graduation will also be hand raising funds with a bake sale. In addition the Big Red Bus will be there for blood donors and the Emergency Response Vehicle of the American Red Cross to solicit donations and volunteers. Please contact Ben Malick with any additional questions. You can reach him on his cell at 321-794-6668

The event starts at 12 noon and lasts until 11 PM, it will take place at the intersection of Brevard Avenue and Minutemen Blvd (adjacent to City Hall.)

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Music on a Sunday Afternoon celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with Jazz Vocalist Sybil Gage, Sunday, April 11th at 2:00 PM. Being born and growing up in New Orleans’ Garden District gave Sybil exposure and opportunity to work with musical legends such as Henry Butler, Willie Metcalf and James Booker, to name a few. She is a graduate of New York University and has performed with The Drifters and Terry King. Sybil was voted Best Brevard Performer in 2008. She will be accompanied by Leon Olguin on keyboard.  (PHOTO ATTACHMENT)

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Stress Relief – Angel Style with Morgana Starr, Wednesday, April 14th at 6:00 PM.Morgana Starr gives easy techniques and daily practices to reduce life stresses. You will learn how to connect and work with your personal angel. Messages from the angels will be given to individuals in the last part of the program. The versatile Morgana Starr  is a spiritual teacher, Reiki Master, author, spiritual advisor, ordained minister, psychic medium, empowerment coach and facilitator of Archangel Anael’s Angel Empowerment Workshop.

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Keep Brevard Beautiful Trash Bash http://www.keepbrevardbeautiful.com/events_trashbash.html

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Music on a Sunday Afternoon welcomes back the Tommy Doyle Band on Sunday, April 18th at 2:00 PM. Tommy & Annette will entertain you with Top 40 tunes on accordion and keyboard.

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Grow Your Own Fruit with Horticultural Extension Agent Sally Scalera, Tuesday, April 20th at 10:00 AM in the Jane von Thron Room. Cost is $5.00. Please call the extension office to register at 633-1702.

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Surfside Players is proud to present HAIR The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
 Surfside Players, Cocoa Beach, is proud to present its spring musical, Hair, the first rock musical, an anthem of the hippie counter-culture and one of the most controversial theatre spectacles of the 1960's.  Hair tells the story of the "tribe", a group of politically active, long-haired hippies of the "Age of Aquarius" living a bohemian life in New York City and fighting against conscription into the Vietnam War. Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society. Ultimately, Claude must decide whether to resist the draft as his friends have done, or to compromise his pacifistic principles and risk his life by serving in Vietnam.
Come see the show the Establishment doesn't want you to see!  Performance dates for Hair are April 23 - May 9, 2010 (three weekends), Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 p.m. and Sundays 2:00 p.m.  An Opening Night Reception with hors d'oeuvres will be held on Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and active military, $10 for students, with group discounts available.  Contact our Box Office at (321) 783-3127 for reservations and more info.
This show contains strong language, suggestive dancing, depiction of drug use, and brief nudity, and is for Mature Audiences Only.  Audience members under age 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian; we have special ticket prices for families of four.
Directed by Michael Thompson.  Musical Direction by Dan Harrald and featuring live rock-band music.  Choreography by Rachel Cooke.  Presented by special arrangement with Tams-Witmark.  To get to Surfside, take A1A into Cocoa Beach, and turn west on Fifth Street South.  Call (321) 783-3127 or go to www.surfsideplayers.com for more info.
WHO:        Surfside Players
  
WHAT:       Hair, the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
             by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot
             Directed by Michael Thompson
            
WHEN:       April 23 - May 9 (three weekends)
             Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 pm
             Sundays 2:00 pm
  
WHERE:      Surfside Playhouse
             Corner of Brevard Avenue and Fifth Street South
             Cocoa Beach, FL
  
ADMISSION:  $18 adults
             $15 seniors / active military
             $10 students
             Group rates available
  
MORE INFO:  (321) 783-3127 or info@surfsideplayers.com

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Music on a Sunday Afternoon presents Atlantic Bluegrass on Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 PM. Enjoy bluegrass at its best played on mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle and bass. The band’s influences are Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Munro, Jin & Jesse, Jimmy Martin, Don Reno and Raymond Fairchild.

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ONGOING:
Writers Workshops - Thursdays at 10:00 AM in the Captain’s Room. Call Mary Burruss at 783-6997 for more information.
Health, Nutrition and Weight Loss with Charlie Mora meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month, 1:00 PM in the Jane von Thron Room.
Playreaders Group meets, every third Tuesday at 2:00 PM in the Captain’s Room. Everyone who attends has a script and is encouraged to participate.  Contact Lois Palmer for details at 783-8645.
 Book Discussion Groups meet on the 2nd Tuesday at 1:00 PM (Going Rogue by Sarah Palin); and the 2nd Wednesday at 10:00 AM (A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen) in the Captain’s Room.
Health for Life with Sylvie Morin, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, meets the 3rd Friday of the month at 1:00 PM in the Jane von Thron Room. April 16th  Natural Solutions for Sleep.
The Watercolor Group- Thursdays, from 1:00-4:00 PM in the Captain’s Room. This social, non-instructive painting group is open to anyone with an interest in watercolors. Bring your materials and paint will fellow artists. For further information, contact Marion Fodera 783-1852 or Charlotte Elrod 636-0417.
Master Gardening Clinic – Fridays 10:00 AM –1:00 PM in the Captain’s Room. (On the 4th Friday of the month, they will meet in the Jane von Thron Room.) Contact Marion Anderson for details -784-1874.