Datebook Winter 2009
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ONGOING EVENTS
Every Tuesday
• Green Market – Port St. Lucie
Civic Center, US 1 at Walton Rd.,
10 a.m.-2p.m.
Every Thursday
• Bike Night, downtown Fort
Pierce, 6-9 p.m.
• Jammin’ Jensen, block party in
downtown Jensen Beach, 6 p.m.
Every Friday
• Vero Beach Farmer’s Market –
Heritage Center, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Every Saturday
• Farmer’s Market – downtown
Fort Pierce on the river,
8 a.m. to noon
Every Sunday
• Stuart Green Market – downtown
City Hall parking lot,
9 a.m.-1 p.m.
JANUARY
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009
• New Year’s Day
Friday, Jan. 2
• FridayFest – downtown Fort
Pierce, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 4
• Riverwalk Jazz Series –
Riverwalk Stage, St. Lucie Ave.,
downtown Stuart, 1-4 p.m.
• Antiquing on the St. Lucie –
Flagler Park, Stuart, 8 a.m.-noon
Tuesday, Jan. 6
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, Copacabana
Grille, Jensen Beach
Wed., January 7 – Sun., Jan. 18
• Backus Gallery – Keeping the
Balance: Images of Florida's
Unspoiled Places
Thurs., Jan. 8 – Mon., Jan. 19
• Sebastian Inlet Pro Surf Contest
at state park. 321.984.4852
Thursday, Jan. 8
• Antique Show and Sale – Vero
Beach Museum of Art, preview
party. For details, call 231.0707,
ext. 111
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, The Inn at
Ocean Village, 7-10 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 9
• Antique Show and Sale – Vero
Beach Museum of Art. For details,
call 231.0707, ext. 111
• Riverside Theatre – Breaking
Legs, 8 p.m.
• After 5 Live – Concert, food,
more at Port St. Lucie Civic
Center, 5:30-8:30 p.m. 233.7322
• Coffee with the Port St. Lucie
Mayor, Port St. Lucie Community
Center, 8:30 a.m.
• Dreamer’s Dance – Flagler
Recreation Center, Stuart, 7-10
p.m. 288.5335
Saturday, Jan. 10
• Heathcote Botanical Gardens
Candlelight Concert in the Garden
– “Swing-O-Nine,” presented by
Ft. Pierce Jazz & Blues Society;
food & wine presented by
Heathcote; bring lawn chair,
candle; 5-9 p.m.
• Zora Neale Hurston birthday
party – Hurston Library,
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Jazz at Noon – Bill Allred’s
Classic Jazz Band and buffet
lunch at Heritage House, Vero
Beach, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 234.4600
• Antique Show and Sale – Vero
Beach Museum of Art. For details,
call 231.0707, ext. 111
• Beach Concert Series –
Humiston Park, Vero Beach,
5-8 p.m.
• Orchid Show – Fort Pierce
Community Center, North Indian
River Drive, Fort Pierce
Sunday, Jan. 11.
• Music on the Plaza – Marina
Square, downtown Fort Pierce,
1-4 p.m.
• Antique Show and Sale – Vero
Beach Museum of Art. For details,
call 231.0707, ext. 111
• Orchid Show – Fort Pierce
Community Center, North Indian
River Drive, Fort Pierce
Monday, Jan. 12
• Wynne Black Box Theatre –
Foreign Film Fest: Le Samurai,
7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
• McKee Botanical Garden – Book
signing, lecture, luncheon; mystery
writer Sheila Connolly,
“Through a Glass Deadly,” 10-
11:30 a.m., followed by luncheon.
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, Copacabana
Grille, Jensen Beach
• Community Church of Vero
Beach – Dublin Philharmonic
Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 15 – Fri., Feb. 27
• Martin County Courthouse
Cultural Center – Terry Thommes:
A Life in Art
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, The Inn at
Ocean Village, 7-10 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 16
• The Art of Living Green –
hosted by Backus Museum &
Gallery, symposium on the environmental
condition of the
Treasure Coast. 1-5 p.m.
465.0630
• Community Church of Vero
Beach – Manhattan Piano Trio,
chamber music, 7:30 p.m.
• Coffee with the Mayor – Old
Fort Pierce City Hall, 8 a.m.
• Greek Festival – Martin
County Fairgrounds, 9.a.m.
283.3555
•WestFest – Tradition Square,
Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 17-Sun.,March 15
• Vero Beach Museum of Art –
Painting the Italian Landscape:
Views from the Uffizi, Holmes
Gallery
Saturday, Jan. 17
• The Art of Living Green – hosted
by Backus Museum & Gallery,
featuring Carter Oosterhouse
from HGTV; workshops,
exhibitors, activities focused on
greener living. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Private VIP party in the gallery
from 5-7 p.m. 465.0630
• Vero Beach Theatre Guild – The
Perfect Wedding, 8 p.m.
• Emerson Center, Vero – celebrated
speaker Thomas L. Friedman,
3-time Pulitzer Prize winner, 4 & 8
p.m. 778.5249
• Sebastian River Art Club –
exhibits at Riverview Park. Rain
date: Sunday
• Greek Festival – Martin County
Fairgrounds, 9.a.m. 283.3555
• Jensen Beach Arts and Crafts
Show – downtown Jensen Beach
• Chili Cook-Off – Indian
RiverSide Park, Jensen Beach
Sunday, Jan. 18
• The Art of Living Green – hosted
by Backus Museum & Gallery;
workshops, exhibitors, activities
focused on greener living.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. 465.0630
• Vero Beach Theatre Guild –
The Perfect Wedding, 2 p.m.
• Chamber Music Concert –
Romantic Scottish Piano/Violin
Duos, Atlantic Classic Orchestra
at Vero Beach Museum of Art,
4 p.m.
• Greek Festival – Martin County
Fairgrounds, 9.a.m. 283.3555
• Jensen Beach Arts and Crafts
Show – downtown Jensen Beach
Monday, Jan. 19
• Martin Luther King Day
Tuesday, Jan. 20
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, Copacabana
Grille, Jensen Beach
• Lyric Theatre – CutTime
Players, 7 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 21 – Sat., Feb. 14
• Backus Gallery – Variations art
exhibit
Wednesday, Jan. 21
• Vero Beach Theatre Guild – The
Perfect Wedding, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 22 – Sunday, Jan. 25
• Treasure Coast Wine Festival –
Riverside Park and other locations;
includes black-tie dinner,
auctions, wine tastings, demonstrations.
794.9386
Thursday, Jan. 22
• Jazz Jam Session – Fort Pierce
Jazz Society Jam, The Inn at
Ocean Village, 7-10 p.m.
• Pineapple Playhouse – Leading
Ladies, comedy, 8 p.m.
• Vero Beach Theatre Guild – The
Perfect Wedding, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 23
• Vero Beach Theatre Guild –
The Perfect Wedding, 8 p.m.
• Vero Beach Art Club – annual
exhibit at Vero Beach Museum
of Art
• Riverside Theatre – Breaking
Legs, 8 p.m.
• Coffee with the Commissioners,
8:30-9:30 a.m. 462.1400
Saturday, Jan. 24
• Heathcote Botanical Gardens
Candlelight Concert in the Garden
– “Dixieland Band Mardi Gras
Kickoff,” presented by Ft. Pierce
Jazz & Blues Society; food & wine
presented by Heathcote; bring
lawn chair, candle; 5-9 p.m.
ALL DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL BEFORE ATTENDING.
The Emerson Center in Vero Beach
presents two of the nation’s leading
journalists in its speaker series. New
York Times columnist Thomas L.
Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize
winner, will be featured at 4 and 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17. Nina Totenberg,
legal affairs correspondent for NPR,
will be featured at 4 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 7. Call 772.778.5249.