Read more about the article Things To Do – Spring 2026
Get your Plant City strawberries at the Strawberry Festival at the MidFlorida Event Center on Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Enjoy arts and crafts, delicious food, strawberry shortcake, strawberry fudge, face painting, petting zoo, train rides, games, contests galore, live entertainment, and bounce houses. For complete details visit PortStLucieFest.com or call 386.860.0092. DANIELLE ROSE PHOTOS

Things To Do – Spring 2026

Upcoming Events: Feb. 20 — June 13, 2026

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A retired architect with deep roots in Martin County has built on his long-standing interest in historic preservation to write about the nation’s midcentury history as seen through the eyes, and especially the ears, of a journalist who covered the popular music scene from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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Something Wyld Is Taking Shape in Your Backyard

It’s no secret that Port St. Lucie is evolving — with it, the way residents think about home, lifestyle, and community. That’s why Wylder has gained so much attention. Just west of I-95 at Midway Road, Wylder has emerged as one of the city’s most active master-planned communities.

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E.N.D. IT!’s 2025 summer program performed Camp Rock at the IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center. MARYANN KETCHAM

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A few years ago, Talib Moore, now 14, was quiet. Too quiet. His father had passed away; COVID had affected his education. Increasingly closed off, his life might have taken a different turn, had his mother not encouraged him to check out an area nonprofit called E.N.D. IT!

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Still a captain, Oscar Breeding now runs a yacht management business. RUSTY DURHAM

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Oscar Breeding does bear some resemblance to Captain Merrill Stubing of television’s The Love Boat — just less formal. Though the two share a profession, “I don’t wear a uniform,” Breeding points out. The yacht captain has been a resident of Port St. Lucie, with wife Debbie, for just a year — but he has had his captain’s license for 45.

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