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Inside Windsor: Reserve an Afternoon of Lunch, Art, Wine, and Conversation
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.
Vero Minute
Feb 22 min read


Mauritius -- Theresa Rebeck's Pulitzer-Finalist Play on Stage February 3 at Riverside
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
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Jan 262 min read


Vero Beach Film Festival to Feature Dr. Edie Widder’s "A Life Illuminated"
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
Vero Minute
Jan 262 min read


40th Anniversary at VBMA: An American Art Spectacle
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.
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Jan 262 min read


Unwind and Unfold at McKee's Origami Oasis -- Florigami in the Garden
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.
Vero Minute
Jan 192 min read


Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society's Masters -- Here this Wednesday
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
Vero Minute
Jan 191 min read


Don’t Miss the Mayhem: Get Your Gentleman’s Guide Tickets Today
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
Vero Minute
Jan 191 min read


The Secret Is Out: The White Party Moves Under the Dome
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
Vero Minute
Jan 191 min read


Mexico Comes to Vero: A Symphony Debut Worth the Wait
The Indian River Symphonic Association opens its season with flair this Thursday evening (January 15) , welcoming the Minería Symphony Orchestra of Mexico for their Vero Beach debut. Under conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto , the ensemble brings trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores for an exhilarating tour through Latin American music that promises to be anything but provincial. The program charts a course from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto through Paquito d'Rivera's Venezuelan Concerto
Vero Minute
Jan 121 min read


Giant Origami Takes Flight at McKee This Weekend
If you caught our Monday Minute last week, you know McKee Botanical Garden just threw quite the party to launch its centennial . Now, beginning this Saturday, January 17 through May 24 , they're landing another monumental event: think Chihuly-scale spectacle, but instead of molten glass, it’s the ancient art of paper folding translated into metal. Florigami in the Garden brings Jennifer and Kevin Box’s large-scale outdoor sculptures to Florida for the first time, and McKe
Vero Minute
Jan 122 min read


Beethoven's Journey Arrives in Vero Beach with Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center arrives at Trinity Episcopal Church next Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30 PM with an all-Beethoven program that's been making its way from California to Texas to Sarasota before landing here. Cellist David Finckel leads the evening alongside violinist Kristin Lee , pianist Juho Pohjonen , and violinist/violist Arnaud Sussmann . David Finckel, Cellist Kristin Lee, Violinist The program centers on Beethoven's Trio in D major, Op. 9,
Vero Minute
Jan 121 min read


Music in the Museum: Atlantic Classical Orchestra Returns to VBMA
The 18th season of the Atlantic Classical Orchestra's residency at VBMA kicks off this Sunday January 18 at 3:00 PM , and if you know, you know: arrive early, wander the galleries (admission included), then settle into the Leonhardt Auditorium. This Sunday's program, "Music and Nation," features Joseph Haydn's string quartets — of which he wrote dozens and essentially defined the form — alongside Dvořák's G Major Quintet. The Leonhardt's intimate setting puts ACO musician
Vero Minute
Jan 121 min read


The Show Vero Beach Is Dying to See --Opens Tomorrow
Riverside Theatre’s new preview audiences have weighed in: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a smash hit in the making.
Vero Minute
Jan 121 min read


Riverside Rolling Out New Casual and Fine Dining Experiences
Executive Producer/CEO Jon R. Moses speaks to guests at a pre-show fine dining experience for Little Shop of Horrors If you haven't already heard, Chef Sue Torres is causing quite the stir at Riverside Theatre , both literally and figuratively. Formerly of New York's legendary "21" Club and La Grenouille —and, most recently, The Tides here in Vero—Torres is crafting pre-show fine dining experiences that rival the ultimate Broadway dinner-and-a-show experience. These exclusi
Vero Minute
Jan 52 min read


Lincoln Center Kicks Off Its Vero Season With "Beethoven Journey"
It started with a wild idea. New York and Vero-based architect Scott Johnson (now part of the Clearpath development team for Three Corners) is friends with cellist David Finckel and his wife, pianist Wu Han , co-directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . "Come see our old power plant in Vero Beach and help us a design a future place there for CMS," Johnson said. So they did — and gave an impromptu concert. Soon after that, CMS began organizing three concerts
Vero Minute
Jan 52 min read


Preview Nights: The Best Kept Secret in Vero
In the world of theatre, preview nights are the industry's best-kept secret. They are the high-stakes final stage of production where the director and crew finally have a chance to test the show on a live audience before it is "frozen" for the official run. The countdown is on for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at Riverside Theatre , but the true insiders aren't waiting for Opening Night. They’re eyeing the dates just before: January 9-11. The paint is metaphoricall
Vero Minute
Dec 29, 20251 min read


Obsessions Masquerading as Flowers -- An Orchid-fueled Revival at McKee
Most of us drive past McKee Botanical Garden on US-1 without realizing we're passing one of the greatest orchid stories ever told.
Vero Minute
Dec 22, 20252 min read


The Faces Behind the Farce in Gentleman's Guide
Cast members on the first day of rehearsal (December15). In the center is Ava Gurley , a presenting sponsor with her husband Bill Gurley , alongside Paul and Joanne Bourdeau. These remarkable actors go from first meeting to opening night in just three and a half weeks! The whole cast and two incredibly talented actors are turning Riverside Theatre's stage into a hilarious, perfectly-timed "crime scene" beginning January 9. In A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder , one ch
Vero Minute
Dec 22, 20252 min read


Three Exhibits, A Gala and More: What to Look Forward to at VBMA in 2026
Edward Redfield (1869-1965). Birches and Harbor, Maine , circa 1920. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Foundation. January at the Vero Beach Museum of Art is shaping up to be spectacular! Three exhibitions that collectively ask: what does it mean to be American, to build boldly, and to dream about the future? The main feature, "American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection" (January 31 – June 7, 2026) , trac
Vero Minute
Dec 22, 20252 min read


Murder, Mischief, a Nonstop to Vero, and a Chance to Win Two Tickets
Cast members arrive Vero Beach Airport on Sunday, December 14 Yesterday, ten of the 15 New York actors starring in Riverside Theatre’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder stepped off a JetBlue flight from JFK straight into Vero Beach Regional Airport. A sight to behold! They traded winter gray for Treasure Coast sunshine, bringing a full dose of Broadway voltage with them. Cast members arrive Vero via Jet Blue's "Devil with a Blue Dress On" Today, they’re shut away in re
Vero Minute
Dec 15, 20252 min read
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