For more details on all upcoming events and to register for these, see " The Week Ahead " section here . April 20, 6 p.m. -- Distinguished Lecture Series 2026 at Riverside Theatre April 21, 9:30 a.m. -- Indian River Land Trust Guided Conservation Tours April 23, 1 p.m. -- The Jungle Experience: A Path to Stillness at McKee Botanical Garden April 25, 9:30 a.m. -- Dolphin Drift SUP Yoga at the Environmental Learning Center April 25, 10 a.m. -- Cook & Connect: A Family Cooking S

Tomorrow is Opening Night! Riverside Theatre closes out the season with Dolly Parton's 9 to 5: The Musical . Limited seats remain -- only by calling the box office at (772) 231-6990. Cocktail and hors d'oeuvres at 6:30, show begins at 7:30 followed by after-party with the cast. Based on the cult classic 1980 film, the show follows Violet, Judy, and Doralee as they reach their breaking point with their insufferable boss and concoct a brilliantly half-baked scheme to free

Brooke Brindle, Jennifer Schirard, Lauren Schirard, Cathy Curley Impact 100 Indian River awarded five $100,000 grants to local nonprofits last week, continuing a model launched in 2009 under the influence of the late Ellie McCabe : one woman, one thousand dollars, one vote. The group has since awarded more than $7 million in grants to Indian River County organizations.   This year, grants were awarded to support the following projects:   Hibiscus Children’s Center : family c

On April 22, 1970 , now known as Earth Day , 20 million Americans took to the streets in the largest single-day civic demonstration in U.S. history, which led to the creation of the EPA as well as the passage of the Clean Air and the Clean Water Acts. Florida, caught at the crossroads between breakneck growth and the natural beauty that made it worth moving to in the first place, was ahead of its time. The state rode this early Earth Day momentum to pass the Environmental Lan

Will Tripson and Bobbie Secor, Vice President of Vero Heritage Inc. | Photo credit: Chris Cronin Will Schlitt once set out to be a standup comic. It didn't stick. “I found out I wasn’t funny,” he said. “So I became an accountant, which is the next best thing.” The room, judging by the laughter, did not agree.   That was the tone of Deeply Rooted , the new annual spring event at the Heritage Center , where history felt loose and alive, but this time, squarely in the hands of

This Saturday, The Moorings Yacht and Country Club opens its gates to the 16th Annual Wheels and Keels Antique & Exotic Car & Boat Show where collector cars are fanned across the golf course, with yachts at the docks, food trucks, and an awards ceremony. No ticket required to walk in from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. If you'd like to attend the dinner and live auction the night before, tickets are $275 and can be purchased here. Gavin Rutuolo, George O'Malley, and Vincent DeTurris

Tom Servinsky Lisa Macalaster Between the Roaring Twenties and the Swinging Sixties, America was coming of age and finding its rhythm. In the smoke of jazz clubs and the tinny buzz of Tin Pan Alley, and out of Broadway’s orchestra pits and Hollywood’s soundstages, composers like Cole Porter , George Gershwin , Irving Berlin , and Harold Arlen spun out melodies that captured the country’s swagger and longing. “Over the Rainbow.” “New York, New York.” “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Vero Beach Opera’s Rising Stars Festival Begins Wednesday Opera has been the proving ground for the world's greatest voices for four centuries, from the courts of Renaissance Italy to the grand houses of Vienna, Milan, and New York. The Metropolitan Opera alone has launched more careers than any institution in American music. But the MET doesn't discover talent in a vacuum. It relies on a network of smaller companies, competitions, and festivals: scrappy, passionate organiza

This one's nearly sold out -- get your tickets befoe they're gone! In the 1840s, Victorian England had descended into what botanists grimly called "orchidelirium," a full-blown mania in which aristocrats spent fortunes, hired mercenaries, and stripped entire jungles bare to possess a flower that, once obtained, tended to die within weeks. Plant hunters were sworn to secrecy about the collecting locations. Rivals spread false coordinates to throw each other off the scent. Men

Travel + Leisure’s new “ Essential Guide to Vero Beach ” reads, for those of us who live here year‑round, like a reminder we didn’t quite need but are glad to see confirmed: this is an unusually rich corner of the map, unlike anywhere else in the state of Florida.   In a short sweep it moves from the Vero Beach Museum of Art and Riverside Theatre through McKee’s gardens to the lagoon, Pelican Island , and the Environmental Learning Center — our 64‑acre “hands‑on, feet‑wet

Whenever a Riverside Theatre cast rolls into town, Lee Olsen doesn’t wait for opening night. He brings them straight to Waldo’s, sets Voodoo Buckets on the table, serves them dinner...

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