Vero Minute

Aug 17, 2026

Peace, 20 Minutes Away

Now's the perfect time to get on the lagoon, and the Environmental Learning Center is leading the charge with guided kayak excursions this Saturday, August 22, and through September. ELC's guides take you through the surrounding lagoon and into the mangrove tunnels ringing their 64-acre island campus. Dolphins surface. Ospreys dot the tree line. And gear is included! Beyond the kayak tours, daily pontoon tours cruise past Pelican Island for manatees and dolphins, and guided nature walks wind...

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The Week Ahead

James Prosek: At Work -- July 11 to Oct 25

Vero Beach Museum of Art

Jul 11, 2026

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First Friday Gallery Stroll

Downtown Vero Beach -- 14th Avenue

Sep 4, 2026

5:00 PM

12:00 AM

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The Second Annual Rare & Exotic Orchid Exhibition and Sale -- September 5-6

McKee Botanical Garden

Sep 5, 2026

9:00 AM

7:00 PM

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Raw Space's Season of Stewards

Raw Space’s STEWARDS series continues Thursday with Team ORCA Research Assistant Courtney Brooks, who works at the intersection of field science and public participation. Courtney Brooks Her work invites residents to help monitor the Indian River Lagoon, spot changes in its habitats, and take part in restoring the places that sustain its wildlife. Brooks will discuss citizen science, habitat restoration, and the daily research behind ORCA’s work to protect the lagoon. She’ll

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Spidey Gets His Spark Back: Movie Review

source: Sony Pictures PUCKETT'S MOVIE PICKS Mark Puckett reviews Spider-Man: Brand New Day Having scraped together a billion dollars in under a week, the latest Marvel exercise arrives as a rare, thoughtful pleasure amid the franchise's recent mediocrity. Yet at two hours and twenty-five minutes, it suffers from a mild case of bloat. Nothing drags, strictly speaking, making it a good film, if not quite a great one. The editing is seamless, the casting entirely unoffending, an

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Orchid Expo Returns!

Saturday, September 5 and Sunday the 6th. Be there! McKee Botanical Garden's Second Annual Rare & Exotic Orchid Exhibition & Sale returns, and if last year is any indication, this year will be an even bigger hit. A quick history lesson: During World War II, Britain shipped its rarest orchids across the Atlantic to dodge the bombing, straight to Arthur McKee to keep alive. This summer, McKee's own collection racked up four American Orchid Society awards. The American Orchid So

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Camilo Rodriguez Still Turning Heads at 50

There was no distance between the audience and the art this past Saturday; it was a breathtakingly close-up experience at Riverside's Dance Festival. You felt the physical sweep of air as the dancers flew past, witnessing the exquisite mechanics of moving muscle and shifting ribs right before your eyes. A flawless, up-close revelation of the strength behind the grace. If that wasn't enough, it also happened to be Camilo Rodriguez's 50th birthday, marked by a cameo appearance

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The Candidates Have Spoken

Everyone's talking about Wednesday's Let's Talk Vero conversation with the Indian River County Commission candidates. Its a must-watch if you're still deciding who to vote for, or if you just want to hear where these candidates actually stand before you vote on August 18. Barebel O'Haire Baerbel O'Haire spent an hour and a half with the candidates for District 2 and District 4, covering everything from Amendment 3 and its potential hit to the county budget, to smart growth an

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Holy Acoustics! Inside Community Church of Vero Beach's Music and Fine Arts Program

The place to be this Sunday at 3pm is the Sanctuary at Community Church of Vero Beach, where the Music and Fine Arts program hosts the Space Coast Symphony for Landscapes & Legends. The sanctuary’s world-class acoustics have long attracted global music royalty. Its stage has welcomed both the Moscow and Royal Philharmonics, alongside legendary soloists Joshua Bell and Marc-André Hamelin. Following suit, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center transferred its entire 2027 s

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Sex is Back -- One Night Only: Movie Review

PUCKETT'S MOVIE PICKS Mark Puckett reviews One Night Only:

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Last Call for Athletic, Energetic and Sexy

The buzz around Vero Beach right now is all about Ballet Vero Beach Artistic Director Adam Schnell, who has crafted a lineup so raw and kinetic for the Riverside Dance Festival, its like an athletic masterclass disguised as high art. You will see dancers push the absolute boundaries of physics, testing their limits right in front of your eyes. As Schnell so aptly put it recently while talking to Willi Miller: "One of the things I love about dance, and one of the things I alwa

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Flight Pattern: VBMA Toasts James Prosek's Birds

VBMA pours three themed cocktails this Friday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. for Flight Pattern, the latest installment of Art of the Cocktail, the museum's recurring series pairing whatever's on view with a drink menu. This round celebrates James Prosek: At Work, drawing inspiration from birds and the natural rhythms of flight. The exhibit itself is a 70-piece survey of an artist who's spent three decades painting trout, ocean fish, birds and prairie grasses, and who has been referr

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