For more details on all upcoming events and to register for these, see " The Week Ahead " section here . January 12, 4 and 6 p.m. -- Distinguished Lecture Series: Michael McFaul January 13, 3-5 p.m. -- Paula McLain at Vero Beach Book Center January 14, 9:30 a.m. -- Indian River Land Trust Conservation Tour at Bee Gum Point Preserve January 15, 4 - 5:30 p.m. -- Meet Me on Main with Vice Mayor Taylor Dingle January 15, 6-9 p.m. -- Music Angels Education Fund presents Latin Rhyt

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

The John & Barbara Ferrera Ocean Science Lecture Series returns to Harbor Branch this Wednesday, January 14 , offering the community a window into cutting-edge marine research happening right in our backyard. This free series takes place every Wednesday at 4 p.m. through March 25 at the FAU Harbor Branch Johnson Marine Education Center Auditorium, with livestream options available for those who prefer to tune in remotely. This season's lineup brings Harbor Branch research

​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

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,

Main Street Vero Beach — the organization behind Coffee with the Mayor and Downtown Friday — is launching a new monthly series that brings council members directly to downtown for casual conversation and city updates -- and, of course, cocktails. Meet Me on Main debuts this Thursday, January 15, at 4 p.m. , featuring Vice Mayor Taylor Dingle at 21st Amendment Distillery . Now in his second term as a council member and first as vice mayor, Dingle championed the downtown's o

Right in our backyard sits the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to Navy SEALs and their predecessors — a fact that still surprises people who assume such a place would be in Virginia Beach or Coronado. But the frogmen who stormed the beaches at Normandy trained here first, on our sand, which makes the National Navy UDT/SEAL Museum more than a repository of artifacts. It's hallowed ground, and it's ours. This Saturday afternoon (January 17) , that ground will h

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

Recently, Moor Baker Architects threw open their Cardinal Drive studio to raise a glass to House Love — a decade-long chronicle of residential design that reads less like coffee table architectural peacocking and more like a genuine meditation on what makes a house a home worth living in. The evening drew clients, collaborators, and the design-literate curious, all milling about with wine glasses and claiming their signed copies. The book, published by Vendome Press , featur