Get ready for Halloween, a New Year’s Eve costumed party or just throw some theatrical aesthetic into your home at “Guilded Treasures,” the Vero Beach Theatre Guild’s sale of props and costumes. Organizers promise “great deals” on costumes and vintage relics. The event runs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at the Vero Beach Theatre Guild, 2020 San Juan Ave. And if you have anything you’d like to donate for the sale, drop it off between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. When you go to the Guilded Treasures sale, be sure to bring some folding money, because if you have to pay for those new vintage treasures with a credit card, you’ll be charged a convenience fee of 75 cents plus 5 percent. For more information, call 772-562-8300, visit VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com or email lisa@VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com.
If your child is one of those funny-on-the-spot, witty kids, then you might want to consider signing them up for “Improvisation for Young Actors” taught by Michael Naffziger. Improvisation allows students to discover new skills and techniques to on-the-spot dramatic “storytelling.” It also is good acting training as the young actor needs to listen and respond to fellow cast members. Improvisation for Young Actors is designed for students from 8 to 18 years of age. It runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Vero Beach Theatre Guild (address above). Tuition is $20. For more information, call 772-562-8300 or visit VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com.
The Environmental Learning Center holds its 36th Anniversary Celebration from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22. There will be a special cocktail reception and an exhibition of famed photographer Clyde Butcher’s “Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida.” That exhibition runs through Sept. 25, so even if you can’t make the cocktail reception, you can make plans to see the large format photographs which will “inspire and touch your curiosity and concern for the wonders of Florida’s aquatic preserves, our living waters.” Admission is $10 general admission, $5 for children 2 to 11 years of age and military. The Environmental Learning Center is at 255 Live Oak Dr., Vero Beach. Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. For more information, call 772-589-5050 or visit DiscoverELC.org.
The Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County will hold a “Clear the Shelters” event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. The HSVB is teaming up with NBCUniversal Local and Hill’s Pet Nutrition “to find loving homes for pets in need.” For that day only, the shelter is waiving adoption fees for every pet in its care. There will also be free giveaways, prizes and the Kona Ice shaved ice truck. The Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County is at 6230 77th St., Vero Beach. Call 772-388-3331 or visit HSVB.org.
Plan now: “Good Day Sunshine State: The Beatles in 1964 Florida” will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Vero Beach Museum of Art. The free program presents author and historian Bob Kealing, the Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who recounts the Beatles’ visit to 1964 Florida. His lecture also includes a local perspective of the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s exhibition “Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip” which has been extended due to popular demand. He will illustrate how the Beatles influenced Florida’s cultural scene of the mid and late ’60s. There is no cost to attend the lecture as it is held on Free Admission Saturday. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is at 3001 Riverside Park Dr. Call 772-231-0707 or visit VBMuseum.org.