If you're planning on seeing a show at Riverside Theatre , The Emerson Center or other local venues, be careful where you click. Ticket scalpers have gotten sophisticated. Their fake websites often appear first in Google searches, above the official organization's box office. They copy actual seating charts and use official-looking branding to fool you into thinking you're buying legitimate tickets. You end up paying double or triple for terrible seats, if you get valid seat

Internationally recognized collage artist Derek Gores is back at Gallery 14 . Cut & Paste Paradise , his newest collection of signature portraits assembled from recycled magazines, maps, cocktail menus, and more, opens tomorrow, February 3 , and runs through February 27 . Each piece suggests one image from a distance, then unfolds into an intoxicating landscape of intricate details up close. And Gores' client list, which includes Prada, Tag Heuer, and the Cosmopolitan in Las

The Vero Beach Museum of Art opens registration today for its spring 2026 class schedule, offering a variety of options across painting, drawing, sculpture, and specialty workshops. Classes run March 16 through May 23 , with both five-week and ten-week sessions available weekdays and weekends. The museum's roster of instructors, viewable in their online biographies, covers techniques ranging from traditional oil painting to contemporary mixed media. Those curious about cour

Image from The Woodson African American Museum of Florida - St. Petersburg, FL It's admittedly eleventh-hour, but if you've ever wanted to learn the techniques behind one of Florida's most extraordinary artistic legacies, Ray McLendon is hosting a two-day painting workshop tomorrow and Wednesday, February 3-4, from 9 AM - noon each day . As a second-generation Highwayman whose father Roy McLendon was among the original nine pioneers of the movement, McLendon carries forward

The vintage advertising art that once adorned wooden citrus crates is getting new life along roadsides throughout Indian River County, thanks to the Heritage Center . The Florida Citrus Crate Label Trail , a statewide initiative that began in Polk County, has arrived here with plans for 30 to 40 signs, a significant expansion from the three that went up in 2022. Brenda Eubanks Burnette , former executive director of the Florida Citrus Hall of Fame and current board member of

What if you could spend an afternoon at Windsor? The Gallery is making it possible this season, with docent-led tours, lunch and wine at the Clubhouse for just $60, all open to the public.

For more details on all upcoming events and to register for these, see " The Week Ahead " section here . February 3-4, 9 a.m. - Noon -- Paint With Ray McLendon, 2nd Generation Florida Highwayman -- 2 Day Workshop February 4, 9:30 a.m. -- Indian River Land Trust Guided Conservation Tours February 4, 4 p.m. -- The John and Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series at FAU Harbor Branch February 5, 7 p.m. -- MusicWorks Concert Series 2025-26 Season: The Sixties Show February 6

As A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder  enters its final week at Riverside Theatre (closing February 1st), there's still time to grab your seat here before you find yourself wishing you had! 32963 Theatre Critic Terry Girard's killer review is here . And then… the mood shifts. The Bobbie Olsen Series on the Waxlax Stage presents: Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck, the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time. You may have also seen her television work on NYPD Blue

Get your tickets for Saturday, March 14, when the Indian River Lagoon becomes the backdrop for Mangroves, Moonlight & Milan, the Environmental Learning Center’s annual gala, from 6 to 9 pm at the Schidel Pavilion.

The Vero Beach Film Festival held its annual White Party on Saturday night — the sparkling kickoff to the festival itself, which runs April 9–12, 2026 , bringing four days of films, food, and fine wines to Vero Beach. ORCA's Dr. Edie Widder and IRCHS Partnerships Director Barbara Alderman One of the marquee moments will be closing night, featuring A Life Illuminated, a documentary following Dr. Edie Widder’s deep sea expeditions and pioneering research in bioluminescence

Let’s Talk Vero Arts & Culture is moving from the Waxlax to the Stark Stage to meet growing demand, as Baerbel O’Haire shines the spotlight on Vero’s cultural pillars. Rochelle Wolberg (McKee Botanical Garden) , Brady Roberts (Vero Beach Museum of Art) , and Jon R. Moses (Riverside Theatre) join Baerbel to discuss the exhibitions, productions, and programs that make these institutions (and the beaches, of course) the anchors and absolute draw of Vero’s outsized quality

The Vero Beach Museum of Art turns 40 and kicks off its winter season with a show-stopping exhibition: American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection.

Barry Shapiro's Treasure Coast Sock Drive is back, and it kicks off with two great ways to make a difference.   It starts with Cops and Socks on Thursday , February 5 , from 8 to 11 a.m. at Coffee House 1420 . Vero Beach police officers will be your baristas serving complimentary coffee for anyone who brings in a donation of new socks.   Then on Saturday, February 7, it’s the annual Treasure Coast Sock Drive Sock Hop and Valentine's Dance at Walking Tree Brewery from 7 t

Fencing has graced the Olympic Games since 1896, unchanged in its essential form—a rare feat of continuity in modern sport.

I'm sharing only one photo here, and that’s deliberate: Florigami in the Garden at McKee is meant to be walked. Pictures simply won't do it justice.

This Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30 PM marks the opening of the long-anticipated Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's 2026 Vero Beach season at Trinity Episcopal Church , with an all-Beethoven program. The house is already packed with Vero's most devoted chamber music faithful, but there are still a handful of seats remaining for the uninitiated. Get your seats here . And arrive early at 6:45 if you'd like to participate in the pre-conversation with the musicians bef

Opening night for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder  this past Tuesday was an evening to "die for." Champagne, hors d’oeuvres, a packed house, and an afterparty with the cast! See photos below.   The show runs through February 1, and seats are moving fast. Secure yours at www.riversidetheatre.com or call the box office at (772) 231-6990. Note: Be sure to get your tickets directly from Riverside -- Googling Riverside will bring you first to a ticket "scalper" site cap

INSIDE ADMISSTIONS at Saint Edward's School Monday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. It's college admissions time, and Saint Edward’s School wants every family in Indian River County to have a place to get real answers. No consultants, no plane tickets, just one night in the Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts with admissions leaders from the University of Michigan, Vanderbilt, Lafayette, Florida State University, and the University of Miami.    Public school students, private sc

This year’s  White Party  for the Vero Beach Film Festival will unfold  under the dome   this Saturday, January 24 at Indian River Charter High School — a bold choice that signals an even bolder vision for film in Vero Beach.   It marks the beginning of a collaboration between Festival director David Yakir, filmmaker  Zacque Gruber , and Charter High to establish a film program that puts professional craft directly in students’ hands. Their first production? The White Par

Taking on early literacy at scale is one of the hardest things any community can attempt, and Indian River County has done it so well that we now serve as a national example that a moonshot for children can actually land.    On  Monday, February 16  at  Riverside Theatre ,  The Moonshot Story  film premiers, and you are invited for a 20‑minute front‑row seat to that journey, followed by a conversation that brings our “we did this” story to life.​   At the center of it all is