For more details on all upcoming events and to register for these, see "The Week Ahead" section here. June 3, 5 p.m. -- Ocean Grill Night Benefitting the Arc of Indian River County June 5, 5 p.m. -- First Friday Gallery Stroll June 6, 2 p.m. -- Artist Talk: Process Behind the Art at the Environmental Learning Center June 13, 8:30 a.m. -- McKee Botanical Garden 21st Annual Waterlily Festival June 13, 10 a.m. -- Second Saturdays at VBMA -- Free Admission All Day

Gallery 14's summer show is here! Titled Coastal Currents, the show begins this Thursday, with the opening First Friday Gallery Stroll reception this Friday, June 5, 5 to 8 p.m. Sarah Eden Houglum's paintings carry the imprint of everywhere she's lived: Hawaii, California, and now Vero Beach, each place absorbed and translated into imagery. Sandy Bachmann arrives with a different background: 23 years in graphic design, then a degree in art education, and a sculpting and ceram

The International Ocean Film Festival's Florida Tour sold out FAU Harbor Branch last year, and if the trend holds, tickets will go fast. The fourth edition takes place this Saturday, June 6 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. $40 per ticket, advance purchase only. See our article on last year's festival here. Ten films, three blocks, filmmakers from a dozen countries. The standouts: a novice Italian diver who goes to Norway to film wolffish and finds a seafloor stripped of its kelp forests

Burgers and Brews has outgrown Riverside Park. After ten years, United Against Poverty is moving its annual fundraiser to the Indian River County Fairgrounds on Saturday, June 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To celebrate, UAP is giving away two combo packs passes for: 5 sliders 10 brewery tastings A souvenir cup (valued at $50) Enter to win here. Eleven competitors, mostly new ones, will battle for Best Burger in Indian River County while guests sample sliders and vote. Last year'

Edward Moran (1829-1901), Summer Morning, New York Bay, 1873. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation. If you've been meaning to get to VBMA to see American Made, this weekend is your final window, and with America's 250th just weeks away, the timing couldn't be better. The exhibition, closing Sunday June 7, features more than 80 works spanning 250 years, from Hudson River landscapes to Sargent portraits to early modernist abstraction

Just over two weeks ago, Indian River State College marked its 100,000th credential conferred since its founding, a milestone in its own right, but the real story lies in the graduates the school has produced, one of whom addressed this year’s graduating class. Taylor Gerring graduated from The River in 2003 with an associate's degree in business. A decade later, he was in Switzerland at a table with seven other people, and together they co-founded Ethereum. Most people have

Some 1,000 people gathered yesterday for a yearly tradition honoring Indian River County’s rich military heritage -- a solemn reminder of the sacrifices we take for granted. It's easy to let the day slip by with the long weekend, the barbecues, the family from out of town. But in a county where nearly 1 in 9 residents has worn a uniform, showing up to Memorial Island yesterday morning for the Military Officers Association of America's annual ceremony was the most Vero thing

The Replogle Family It turns out one of the longest running fundraisers in Vero has neither a ticket price, a dress code, nor a silent auction. Since 1982, the Replogle family, who have run Ocean Grill since 1965, have dedicated one Tuesday evening each May to The Arc of Indian River County. No admission fee. No sponsorship. You make a reservation, order dinner just like any other night, and the evening's proceeds go directly to the organization supporting over 200 individual

It's that time of year again. McKee's ponds are in full bloom, and the 21st Annual Waterlily Celebration is just around the corner. For centuries, lilies have been symbols of purity, renewal, and enlightenment, cherished by civilizations from ancient Egypt to Asia. There is a reason they stop people in their tracks. On Saturday, June 13th, more than 100 varieties will be on display, 51 of which belong to McKee's Certified Collection of Excellence, a distinction held by only s