The Vero Beach Museum of Art’s Second Saturday program returns this weekend with spectacular day that shows exactly what it means to raise families in a culture-rich town. On Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Museum hosts its annual Children’s Art Festival — a free, all-ages immersion in art-making, performance, and gallery time designed with families at the center. Check out this short trailer of what you can expect: Second Saturday is always free and open to

Aerial view of Dodgertown from a vintage postcard Vero Beach is home to some of the most significant baseball history in America. And every April 15 , it comes alive. Jeanna Antinozzi, Meredith Egan and Branca Valentine at last year's game. Holman Stadium was built in 1948 as the heart of Dodgertown , Branch Rickey's answer to a segregated South that had no place for his integrated Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson played in the first official spring training game on that

Brewing Vats set the backdrop at our private dinner experience at Linda Moore's Salvador Deli, located at Walking Tree Brewery, owned by Brooke and Mike Malone ( 3209 Dodger Rd, Vero Beach, FL 32960) Recently, I sat down for a dinner at Salvador Deli at Walking Tree Brewery that I was lucky enough to win at last year's Mural Festival fundraiser . Salvador Deli is the latest venture of Kilted Mermaid owner Linda Moore , who also holds a seat on the Vero Beach City Council a

Love Vero’s history? Don’t miss the 2nd Annual Deeply Rooted Celebration on April 11, an open‑air evening with the families who built this place and the next generation carrying it on. Last Call for Tickets -- Wednesday, April 1 CLICK HERE TO SECURE YOUR SEATS The setting: the sweeping lawn of the Heritage Center, our historic downtown anchor that has seen Vero move from citrus town to small city and is the keeper of the citrus labels, packinghouse photos, maps, and more, ma

9 to 5 The Musical, Presented by Lisa and Ron Hunt at Riverside Theatre Few films from 1980 have aged quite like 9 to 5 , the workplace comedy that became a genuine cultural phenomenon, spawned one of Dolly Parton's most recognizable songs, and still makes people laugh out loud more than four decades later. I watched the movie for the first time over the weekend in anticipation of Riverside's upcoming production, and Parton's infectious anthem has been stuck in my head ever

Evan Reinheimer doesn't shoot from a ladder, nor does he rent a drone. In a seemingly old-fashioned twist, he flies a kite. The New York-based photographer's work lands at Gallery 14 this week in ALOFT: Aerial Kite Photography , a show that runs through April 24 at the gallery's home in Vero Beach's Downtown Historic Arts District. This Friday , you get to meet him in conjunction with the monthly First Friday Gallery Stroll, April 3rd, from 5–8 PM. Reinheimer's practice, t

From left to right, Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot, and Christina Koch, mission specialist, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist. For the first time in over 50 years, humans are returning to the moon! Four astronauts are launching from Kennedy Space Center this Wednesday evening on the crewed Artemis II mission for a 10-day lunar fly-by, just 75 miles up the road from us. In Greek mythology, Artemis was

For the 10th anniversary of the Vero Beach Film Festival, your first decision is how you want to do it. From $20 at the door all the way up to the all‑in pass. HOW TO FEST: THURSDAY APRIL 9 - SUNDAY, APRIL 12 The Producer’s Pass ($365) is the whole thing: every film, every party, the Filmmakers’ Lounge, the Grand Wine Tasting, and the “Toast to 10” cocktail party on Saturday night. Four days where you’re basically living at the festival. The Director’s Pass ($165) cove

Anthony Guettler; Kate and Bill Freeman; Kathy and Todd Fennell There is a certain idea people have about John’s Island: elegant, self‑contained, a world apart. Spend a little time with the Johns Island Community Service League , and another impression emerges; one of a community whose generosity travels far beyond its own fairways, impacting and shaping life across Indian River County in ways everyone feels, even if they don’t always see where it comes from. That instinct g

Lauren Michaels and Literacy Services of Indian River County Executive Director Valerie Kines On March 13 , Literacy Services of Indian River County held their annual Love of Literacy luncheon with nearly 180 people in attendance. One in three Indian River County residents struggles with basic literacy, which Literacy Services has been working to solve since 1971, on private funding alone, out of a donated office in the county library. This year's numbers were reason to cele

Saint Edward's School is debuting Tide Together this spring, a brand-new four-week series that reflects the school's long-standing role as a private institution with a public-facing mission. For Indian River County families with toddlers, nothing quite like it exists locally. Certified swim instruction alone would be worth the trip. Here it's folded into a broader weekly experience that gives 2- and 3-year-olds a joyful, low-pressure introduction to school life while giving

Vero in Bloom & The Hats in the Garden Luncheon at McKee Botanical Garden is arguably one of the most beautiful daytime events to take place every season.

Almost, Maine — Riverside Theatre | March 24 – April 12 There is a town in northern Maine that doesn't quite exist. It never got around to being officially organized. Never made it onto any map. It sits so far north it's almost in Canada...almost, but not quite. Just Almost. That word "Almost," is doing a lot of work in this production. Because we all live there. Almost told someone we loved them. Almost stayed. Almost left. Almost picked up the phone. That one person you thi

Jeff Quattry, Baerbel O'Haire, Jane Smalley ELC board member and Windsor marketing director Jane Smalley invited us along to this year's annual gala, and I'm so glad she did. This year's theme: Mangroves, Moonlight & Milan. The rain forecast moved things indoors and away from the usual spot at the Thomas R. Schidel Pavilion , but the execution was so seamless you'd have assumed that was the plan all along. Guests arrived in linen suits as the sun set over the lagoon, lemon d

Silvia Curbelo, Michael Hettich and Sean Sexton today (top) and 15 years ago (bottom) The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation has been holding its annual Poetry and BBQ event every spring for fifteen years, and this Saturday, March 28 , they're returning to where it all began. "In a Southerly Light...Revisited" recreates the very first Poetry & Barbeque, right down to the poets themselves, bringing back Silvia Curbelo, Michael Hettich, and Sean Sexton , who started this whole

This Saturday afternoon on Jungle Trail, Indian River County cuts the ribbon on the Jones' Pier Conservation Area Interpretive Center , designed by R+C Architecture , a new facility that tells the story of one of the county's most intact Old Florida landscapes. The namesake of the pier, the Jones family , shaped this stretch of the Indian River Lagoon for generations. In 1889, Seaborn Jones and his family homesteaded 160 acres on Orchid Island, tendering crops of beans and t

Before written language, before maps or money, humans were already crushing a leaf between two fingers, holding it to the light, and deciding it meant something. Temple smoke rising to gods in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Sacred oils anointing the living and the dead. The word perfume itself is born from the Latin " per fumum ," meaning "through smoke," because for most of human history, to release a scent was to send a message to something larger than yourself. This Thursday, Mar

N early 300 guests filled the Windsor Beach Club on March 4 for the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County's 42nd annual Cause for Paws Gala , walking out having made it the most successful in the event's history, raising more than $800,000 after costs. Not a bad evening for the animals. Adoptable dogs and cats mingled with the crowd, stealing hearts with ease. If you were there, you know the cocktail hour demanded a certain amount of willpower. The money matt

There has never been anyone in Indian River County quite like Freddie Woolfork . He was the Gifford kid who went out into the world, earned his degree from Florida A&M, saw his options and then chose, very much on purpose, to come home and widen the horizon for everyone coming after him. At the Gifford Youth Achievement Center , he helped turn a fragile idea into the “miracle on 43rd Avenue," founded in 1998 to boost the low 25% graduation rate for Black students in the area,

Step into DuBose & Sons on Old Dixie and it’s immediately clear. With maps, photographs and posters on the walls, and a family who can walk you through Vero’s past intersection by intersection, the shop feels like a compact, working museum of Vero Beach history. The line runs back to 1912, when J.C. DuBose opened his first jewelry store and later moved to a remote little place called Vero, long before “Beach” appeared on the sign. Over the decades, the family expanded to se