Every gallery has a guest it can’t stop inviting back, and at Gallery 14 that’s Horacio Lertora. The pop artist returns to 14th Avenue this month with Coastal Rhythms: Hand Cut Stencil Art by Horacio Lertora. It’s a new collection that pairs his much-loved retro imagery with the sun-bleached, salt-air spirit of the Florida coast, and it runs from tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3 through November 27. Lertora came to fine art by way of sign making and theater scenic design. Both t

Before Eddie Murphy, Ray Romano and Kevin James were household names, they were working the room at Richie Minervini's comedy club on Long Island. This Saturday, Nov. 7, Minervini himself takes the stage just down the road at Indian River State College's McAlpin Theater. His East Side Comedy Club in Huntington helped launch a generation of stand-ups, and he has since turned up in The King of Queens and Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Two seats to Saturday's show, on the house. Indian R

Long before Hello Kitty became the queen of Japanese pop culture, cats were already making themselves at home in Japanese art, bringing good fortune and hinting at a hidden world of magic. That’s where November begins at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and it builds from there to a ballet retrospective, the opening of the 45th International Lecture Series, and a blockbuster of Japanese printmaking on loan from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Rhiannon Paget On Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., Rhi

ENTERTAINMENT ON TAP! In a glowing review for Vero Beach 32963, critic Terry Girard calls Riverside Theatre’s season opener, My Vaudeville Man!, "entertainment on tap." Girard praises the "playful and clever" score, noting that Joseph Cullinane shows “the charisma and skill that made the real-life Donahue a star,” while Terra C. MacLeod, as Jack’s mother, “displays a full spectrum of emotion.” The musical tells the remarkable true story of Jack Donahue, the legendary 1920s t

In our recent reader survey, classical music came up as one of the top things Vero Minute readers want more of. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has just the thing. CMS recently launched The Art of Listening, an essay series bringing some of the world's best writers on music, including Paul Griffiths, longtime chief classical critic of The New York Times, and Jan Swafford, Beethoven's biographer, to tell the stories behind the pieces we hear in concert. A few to st

The Vero Beach Museum of Art is getting ready to move into its new space on A1A, and if you have a soft spot for the building you know and love in Riverside Park, this winter is your last chance to see it as it is. In mid-February, the museum hands everything but its Collections Wing over to construction, and the galleries you've wandered for years won't look the same again. Meet The Hub, the 6,000-square-foot building located at 1716 Highway A1A, the former location of Hazel

The wild have officially come out to play at McKee. A baby hippo, a giraffe, a cheetah, an elephant, a zebra, a bear, an arctic fox and a giant tortoise staked their positions along the Garden's paths this past Saturday, and you should go have a look. This weekend its only $5, but if you can't make it, relax, because they plan on sticking around through December 2027. If you read our previous article, you know Gillie & Marc Schattner, the internationally acclaimed British-Aus

If you want your kids to trade screen time for stage presence this season, Riverside Theatre is rolling out the ultimate roadmap. From toddlers taking their first creative steps right on up to pre-teens building original characters, the theatre's education programs give young performers the tools to grow and have fun doing it. Led by Jenni Norton, the upcoming six-week classes kick off this Wednesday, October 14, offering age-specific sessions designed to build confidence, sp

Ask Sebastian La Rocca why anyone should come to The Blu Fin, and he does not answer the question. He throws one back. Why, he asks, would you drive 30 or 45 minutes past a hundred restaurants to get here? Then the Argentine-born chef, Italian by blood, global by résumé, and visibly incapable of doing anything at half volume, answers himself. “We don’t sell food,” he says. “We offer you an experience.” Sebastian La Rocca That is Sebastian La Rocca: a chef with 27 years in int

Jack Donahue's ghost is tap-dancing across the Riverside Theatre stage starting next week and you have until Nov. 22 to catch him. The two-person musical draws on the true story of Jack's letters home as he climbed the brutal early 20th-century vaudeville circuit. You know vaudeville better than you think. It gave us terms like "big time" and "a tough act to follow," plus the mix of monologue, sketch and musical guests that late-night TV shows like Saturday Night Live still r

Forget the great snowbird migration. Downtown Vero's season really starts with the First Friday Gallery Stroll in October. This year that's October 2, when Gallery 14 opens its 19th season with a two-artist show you won't want to miss. John H.C. Davis is a Tulane-trained printmaker who carves Florida wildlife into linoleum, in reverse, one gouge at a time. He prints each piece by hand, paints it in acrylic, and then, if that wasn't labor-intensive enough, builds the wooden fr

Tickets for the Vero Beach Museum of Art's 45th International Lecture Series go on sale Thursday, and the lineup would make even a Manhattan cultural calendar jealous. The best-known name on the bill is Pico Iyer, the best-selling author and travel writer whose byline has run in The New York Times, Harper's and The New York Review of Books. He has spent decades explaining Japan to the rest of the world, and on February 1 he'll explain it to Vero. He's joined by two leading sc

Backstage Access offers an exclusive, first-rate passport into the inner workings of Riverside Theatre. Designed for established and budding connoisseurs of the craft, these classes take you beyond the curtain of every mainstage production this season, with most courses including rare access to a tech rehearsal. Seating is limited, so only a small group gets into each class. Each production in the lineup has its own dedicated class, spanning two or three sessions, most on Thu

The artists arriving at McKee next month have been called the most prolific and successful creators of public art in New York's history by the Times. Marc and Gillie Schattner in front of The Last Three Gillie & Marc Schattner have installed bronze animals in over 250 cities, from Singapore to Shanghai to London. Best known for their recurring characters Rabbitwoman and Dogman, the British-Australian duo work as self-described eco-warriors, using sculpture as a platform for w

At long last, we have a hit. PUCKETT'S MOVIE PICKS Mark Puckett reviews Coyote vs. Acme I was 20 when Who Framed Roger Rabbit burst onto the screen in 1988, though the live-action hybrid stretches back to 1900’s silent short The Enchanted Drawing, and down through the dismal depths of Space Jam: A New Legacy. At long last, we have a hit. Coyote vs. Acme finally gives Wile E. Coyote his day in court against the corporate behemoth that supplied his defective anvils. Naturally,

Getty Images You've got two days left to catch special screenings of Steel Magnolias and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. AMC Indian River 24, part of a nationwide tribute to her legacy running through September 2. Was this forwarded to you by a friend? Scroll to the bottom of the page and sign up to never miss a Vero minute! Visit the Home page to explore all stories. Visit The Week Ahead to see a curated list of upcoming events.

Something special is being unveiled at McKee Botanical Garden during this weekend's second annual Rare & Exotic Orchid Exhibition & Sale! And you can be among the first to hear about it -- before anyone else. Fill out this form to sign up for the early reveal before the gates open! The secret drops alongside the Orchid Sale, running Saturday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. McKee members can enter early at 8 a.m. Saturday for an exclusive preview. Featured

If you love A Land Remembered, the MacIveys and their sweep from cracker poverty to Florida fortune that's become required reading for crackers and transplants alike, you need to read Gregory Enns' Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch, recently published by the University Press of Florida. It's the same sweep, the same century of Florida clawing itself out of the muck, told true. Real names on real gravestones, with real family still around

Florida's only endemic bird species lives right here in Indian River County, and this Thursday, Bob Montanaro is bringing its story to Raw Space. The Pelican Island Audubon Society naturalist has spent years filming the county's wildlife, from ospreys to river otters. His program, The Secret Life of the Florida Scrub-Jay, covers the bird's life history and the scrub habitat it depends on. It's his third talk at Raw Space this summer, following programs on the ospreys of Pelic

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