THINGS TO DO
at McAlpin Fine Arts Center,
Indian River State College, Fort
Pierce, 2 and 7 p.m. 800.220.9915
• Mars Watch – See the red planet
when Mars is closest to Earth,
about 40 million miles away.
Treasure Coast Astronomical
Society treasurecoastastronomy.
org will host guided views of
Mars and its features at the
Hallstrom Planetarium, weather
permitting. These events are free
and open to the public, Hallstrom
Planetarium, Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce, 7-9 p.m.
462.7515
Sunday, Jan. 15
• The Odd Couple – Female version.
Pineapple Playhouse, Fort
Pierce, 2 p.m. 465.0366
Monday, Jan. 16
Martin Luther King Day
• Port St. Lucie Martin Luther
King Day – Festivities are at
Whispering Pines Park by Minsky
Gym, noon-4 p.m. 344.4139
Tuesday, Jan. 17
• Dancing with Benny Goodman
– Featuring the Ambassadors of
Swing at the MIDFLORIDA Credit
Union Event Center. Dust off
those dancing shoes and have a
ball, 7-10 p.m. 807.4488
Wednesday, Jan. 18
• Aquarium After Dark – St. Lucie
County Aquarium and Smithsonian
exhibit returns with a chance
to see the aquarium inhabitants
settle in for the night. Special
flashlights let you see how
remarkable marine nightlife is.
Pizza dinner on the patio before
entering, 5:45-8 p.m. Call to
register early because these sell
out. 465.3271
Saturday, Jan. 21
• Port St. Lucie Home Show –
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center. Find wall-to-wall displays
of products for your home. Get
ideas for remodeling, renovations,
landscaping, decorating.
Meet professionals and experts
who can help, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
807.4488
Sunday, Jan. 22
• Port St. Lucie Home Show –
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center. Find wall-to-wall displays
of products for your home. Get
ideas for remodeling, renovations,
landscaping, decorating.
Meet professionals and experts
who can help, 10 a.m-6 p.m.
807.4488
Friday, Jan. 27
• Healthy U – Learn more about
your heart’s health at the Oxbow
EcoCenter, 6:30 p.m. 878.2277
Saturday, Jan. 28
• Port St. Lucie Seafood Festival –
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. A seafood
adventure with tropical drinks,
arts, crafts, nautical vendors. Two
stages with live music, kid zone.
www.portsaintlucieseafoodfestival.
com/
• Mars Watch – See the red planet
when Mars is closest to Earth,
about 40 million miles away.
Treasure Coast Astronomical
Society treasurecoastastronomy.
org will host guided views of
Mars and its features at the
Hallstrom Planetarium, weather
permitting. These events are free
and open to the public, Hallstrom
Planetarium, Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce, 7-9 p.m.
462.7515
Sunday, Jan. 29
• Port St. Lucie Seafood Festival
– MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Event Center, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. A
seafood adventure with tropical
drinks, arts, crafts, nautical vendors.
Two stages with live music,
kid zone. Visit www.portsaintlucieseafoodfestival.
com for more
information.
FEBRUARY
Saturday, Feb. 4
• Bonfire and Hayride – McCarty
Ranch Preserve, Rangeline Road.
Call for time. 344.4139
• Norman Rockwell and his Mentor
J.C. Leyendecker Exhibit – Elliott
Museum, Stuart. 225.1961
• A Jazz & Pop Phantasmagoria
– McAlpin Center for the Arts,
Indian River State College, Fort
Pierce, 2 p.m. 800.220.9915
• Port St. Lucie Art and Craft Expo
– MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Event Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
More than 200 arts and crafts
booths with unique handmade
items for gifts or for yourself. Live
music, adult beverages, food,
kids zone. 807.4488
Sunday, Feb. 5
• Port St. Lucie Art and Craft Expo
– MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Event Center, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
More than 200 arts and crafts
booths with unique handmade
items for gifts or for yourself. Live
music, adult beverages, food,
kids zone. 807.4488
Thursday, Feb. 9
• Trying to Reason with the
Hurricane Season – Indian
River State College, Fort Pierce
campus, 10 a.m., presented by
William Craig Fugate, FEMA
administrator for President
Obama 2009-2017. 462.7880
Friday, Feb. 10 to Saturday, Feb. 18
• Martin County Fair – The annual
fair on Dixie Highway offers halfprice
tickets on the first day. Gift
shop features local homemade
crafts for sale. Wednesday is $2
ticket day. Enjoy the friendly
animals, yummy fair food, zany
characters, live entertainment,
and exhibits of crafts, agricultural
and many other traditional fair
exhibits. Hours vary. 220.3247.
Friday, Feb. 10
• Daddy-Daughter Dance – Port
St. Lucie Community Center. Call
for time. 344.4139
Saturday, Feb. 11
• Treasure Coast Pirate and
Seafood Festival – Ahoy, calling
all buccaneers! It’s time for the
Treasure Coast Pirate Fest brimming
with all things pirate. Veterans
Memorial Park in Fort Pierce
on the Indian River Lagoon
becomes a pirate encampment
with pirate ships and crews,
pirate weapon demonstrations
with real cannons, historical
re-enactors, a kids zone, music,
pirate artists and pirate or nautical
themed arts and crafts. Enjoy
seafood and tropical drinks,
10 a.m.-6 p.m. www.treasurecoastpiratefest.
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• One Act Play Festival – Pineapple
Playhouse, Fort Pierce, Call
for time. 465.0366
• “Botanica” Garden Festival
Plant Sale – Port St. Lucie Botanical
Gardens, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
337.1959
• Scotty McCreery – Country
music concert at MIDFLORIDA
Credit Union Event Center, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12
• Treasure Coast Pirate and Seafood
Festival – Veterans Memorial
Park, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-
6 p.m. The Indian River Lagoon
becomes a pirate encampment
with pirate ships and crews,
pirate weapon demonstrations
with real cannons, historical
re-enactors, a kids zone, music,
pirate artists and pirate or nautical
themed arts and crafts. Enjoy
seafood and tropical drinks. Visit
www.treasurecoastpiratefest.
com for more details.
• Botanica Garden Festival Plant
Sale – Port St. Lucie Botanical
Gardens, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 337.1959
Wednesday, Feb. 15
• Aquarium After Dark – St. Lucie
County Aquarium and Smithsonian
exhibit returns with a chance
to see the aquarium inhabitants
settle in for the night. Special
flashlights let you see how
remarkable marine nightlife is.
Pizza dinner on the patio before
entering 5:45 to 8 p.m. Call to
register early because these sell
out. 465.3271
Thursday, Feb. 16
• Let’s Dance! – Original works
by student choreographers and
Ballet Vero Beach Fellowship students
at McAlpin Fine Arts Center,
Indian River State College,
Fort Pierce, 7 p.m. 800.220.9915
Friday, Feb. 17
• Let’s Dance! – Original works
by student choreographers and
Ballet Vero Beach Fellowship students
at McAlpin Fine Arts Center,
Indian River State College,
Fort Pierce, 7 p.m. 800.220.9915
Saturday, Feb. 18
• Taste of Little Italy – Tradition
Square, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Authentic
Italian food cooked right in
front of you, music, art, cooking
demonstrations, entertainment,
cultural shopping, family fun.
Free admission and parking. Visit
www.tasteoflittleitaly.net or call
561.427.0500 for details.
• CCW Ultimate Showdown –
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center, 8-10 p.m. 807.4488
• Let’s Dance! – Original works
by student choreographers
and Ballet Vero Beach Fellowship
students at McAlpin Fine
Arts Center, Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce, 2 and 7 p.m.
800-220-9915
• The Uncle Louie Variety Show –
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center, 8-10 p.m. Two hilarious
Italian-American comedians,
Carlo Russo and Lou Greco, joke
about what it was like to grow
up as an Italian. 807.4488
Sunday, Feb. 19
• Taste of Little Italy – Tradition
Square, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Authentic
Italian food cooked right in
front of you, music, art, cooking
demonstrations, entertainment,
cultural shopping, family fun.
Free admission and parking. Visit
www.tasteoflittleitaly.net or call
561.427.0500 for details.
• Bridal Expo – MIDFLORIDA Credit
Union Event Center, Emerald
Ballroom, 1-4 p.m. 807.4488 E
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for errors, omissions or schedule changes.
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any event.
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