After months of buzz, it’s finally happening -- the Main Street Mural Festival  arrives this weekend, Nov. 7–9, in step with First Friday Gallery Stroll . Downtown Vero is about to transform into one big, open-air art studio thanks to the vision of Linda Moore , owner of Kilted Mermaid, and Main Street Vero Beach . The Festival will feature stationed artists the length of 14th Ave. painting both permanent installations and pop-up panels which will become a semi-permanent disp

In addition to the Main Street Mural Festival , this weekend’s First Friday Gallery Stroll  on November 7 from 5–8 pm includes a special artist reception at Gallery 14 , celebrating Spiritual Explorations  by Jane Johnson , on display through November 28. Johnson has been painting professionally since 1996, exhibiting widely across the country and earning numerous awards. Drawing influence from her studies in Japan, her work reflects an ethos of balance, fearlessness, streng

By Ellen Contreras TEDx Vero Beach returns to The Emerson Center on November 2 with the theme “Breaking Barriers: Systems That Challenge the Status Quo," asking us to ponder "What happens when we stop accepting the way things have always been done?"   This year’s event features 13 speakers who are rethinking the systems that shape our lives — from ultrarunning icon Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell and Bob Becker to AI innovators Jürgen Schwanitz and David Hartmann . Other s

MusicWorks kicks off this season's concert series with An Evening with Emerson, Lake & Palmer on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7 p.m. at The Emerson Center.

Rineke Dijkstra,  Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, June, 1992 , 1992. Chromogenic print: 9 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches. Collection of the Do Good Fund, Inc., 2015-058. © Rineke Dijkstra What does human connection look like? The Vero Beach Museum of Art attempts to answer this question through its new exhibit, Double Portraits,  opening this Saturday, October 25 — exploring the theme through the ever-evolving story of the American South. Organized into four distinct sections, the exhibition e

Opening night at Riverside Theatre is packed with excitement—after the performance, you get to meet the cast, take photos with the actors, and join fellow guests for a lively post-show celebration.

By Dr. Bruce Fraser, Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation Board Member The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze the nation’s 25th U.S....

Here's a first look at the Vero Beach Museum of Art's expansion plans, set to break ground on November 7. Click here  for the virtual...

Xaque Gruber, Lisa Cave and Barry Shapiro The Cave Gallery of Art  is bringing fresh energy to Vero Beach’s cultural and creative core,...

Don’t miss Fashion for Legacy this Friday   reserve your seats below.   Student designers present collections echoing the Empire and...

Fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi will headline the Vero Beach Museum of Art's signature fundraiser, Fashion Meets Art , on February 18, 2026....

A chance encounter at a Greenwich Village jazz club in 2016 has evolved into Beatles & Bossa , an innovative musical fusion coming to...

Gallery 14 wrapped up their Summer Show 2025 this past Friday during the First Friday Gallery Stroll, closing a successful three-month...

This Saturday, guests at the Vero Beach Museum of Art will be able to experience how Picasso continued to push boundaries in his final...

Rumors -- the comedy that pushed one of Broadway's greatest playwrights to his limits when it premiered in 1988 -- opened this past...

Many of the first comedians—jesters and comic actors in Renaissance Europe—weren't just looking for applause. They played a riskier game,...

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Rusty Young, the late founder of Musicworks , was the same person...

The Vero Beach Museum of Art has expanded its schedule of free admission days to include Grandparents’ Day (Sept. 7, 2025), Mother’s Day...

An extraordinarily rare Antonio Stradivarius violin—one of fewer than 600 in existence!—will make a special appearance in Vero Beach on...

You don’t want to miss this rare chance to tour the  Timeless  exhibit led by the internationally acclaimed photographer and proud Vero...