With the season winding down, Vero’s "Cultural Trinity": McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach Museum of Art, and Riverside Theatre is entering that sweet spot: Fewer crowds, a full slate of events, and a run of weekends that practically plan themselves. Pick a day, pick a place, and go. McKee Botanical Garden: Florigami + Pirate & Fairy Festival Florigami in the Garden, McKee’s centennial exhibition, is in its final stretch and closes May 24. This is the time of year when

Erika Masterson has spent more than two decades making a living from photography, including portraits, commercial work, and the steady grind of a business she built herself in California and Florida. The conceptual work came later, showing a different side of her work entirely. Her solo exhibition, Between Worlds, opens tomorrow, April 18 and runs through May 22. Gallery 14 describes her work as "quiet and soulful." They've turned up on magazine pages, greeting cards, and boo

On April 15, every player in Major League Baseball wears No. 42. Here in Vero Beach, nearly 3,000 people showed up to the ballpark where Robinson himself once played, continuing the United Way tradition that's been filling this ballpark since 2014. The Palm Beach Cardinals, playing as the Frozen Iguanas under a special limited promotional identity celebrating their South Florida roots, defeated the Jupiter Hammerheads 4-2 at Holman Stadium. Every dollar raised goes back into

For more details on all upcoming events and to register for these, see "The Week Ahead" section here. April 30, 4 p.m. -- Currents & Connections: Double Feature Lecture in Partnership with ORCA at the Environmental Learning Center May 1, 5 p.m. -- First Friday Gallery Stroll May 3, 2 p.m. -- Nourish & Flourish: The Art of Poaching at the Environmental Learning Center May 6, 4 p.m. -- Artist Meet & Greet at the Environmental Learning Center May 9, 10 a.m. -- McKee Botanical Ga

Tomorrow is Opening Night! Riverside Theatre closes out the season with Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical . Limited seats remain -- only by calling the box office at (772) 231-6990. Cocktail and hors d'oeuvres at 6:30, show begins at 7:30 followed by after-party with the cast. Based on the cult classic 1980 film, the show follows Violet, Judy, and Doralee as they reach their breaking point with their insufferable boss and concoct a brilliantly half-baked scheme to free

Vero Beach Museum of Art just landed an artist whose work you usually have to leave town to see: Yinka Shonibare

Brooke Brindle, Jennifer Schirard, Lauren Schirard, Cathy Curley Impact 100 Indian River awarded five $100,000 grants to local nonprofits last week, continuing a model launched in 2009 under the influence of the late Ellie McCabe : one woman, one thousand dollars, one vote. The group has since awarded more than $7 million in grants to Indian River County organizations. This year, grants were awarded to support the following projects: Hibiscus Children’s Center : family c

On April 22, 1970 , now known as Earth Day , 20 million Americans took to the streets in the largest single-day civic demonstration in U.S. history, which led to the creation of the EPA as well as the passage of the Clean Air and the Clean Water Acts. Florida, caught at the crossroads between breakneck growth and the natural beauty that made it worth moving to in the first place, was ahead of its time. The state rode this early Earth Day momentum to pass the Environmental Lan

Will Tripson and Bobbie Secor, Vice President of Vero Heritage Inc. | Photo credit: Chris Cronin Will Schlitt once set out to be a standup comic. It didn't stick. “I found out I wasn’t funny,” he said. “So I became an accountant, which is the next best thing.” The room, judging by the laughter, did not agree. That was the tone of Deeply Rooted , the new annual spring event at the Heritage Center , where history felt loose and alive, but this time, squarely in the hands of