The 9th Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show will be held Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Vero Beach. Organizers say the show is the county’s premiere event for automotive enthusiasts. Indeed, it draws hundreds of visitors to view up close an array of up to 85 vehicles from classic cars to custom motorcycles. The event also features various vendors, food options and entertainment by Deejay Butch Almberg, who will spin classic tunes from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Don’t be surprised if people get up and start dancing. There will also be a kids area filled with face painting and organized games. Raffle tickets will be sold offering exciting prizes, including a $500 certificate for bodywork by Custom Paint Services of Vero Beach. There will also be a cash-heavy 50/50 raffle. All proceeds from the event benefit the church’s Men’s Fellowship Charity Fund, which supports over a dozen local nonprofits. Among these charities are Space Coast Honor Flight, Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranch, Salt of the Earth Ministries and Dogs for Life, to name just a few. Car enthusiasts still have an opportunity to showcase their vehicles as registration remains open until the morning of the event. The fee to register is $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the show. The first 75 registered vehicles will receive commemorative dashboard plaques. The 9th Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the First Presbyterian Church, 520 Royal Palm Blvd., Vero Beach. For more information call 740-803-3519 or visit FirstPresVero.org.
The New Deco Total Immersion Experience begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Executive Courthouse. This is a ’60s-style elegant dance party with a five=piece band, vocalists, charcuterie, desserts, and an absinthe fountain and cash bar. There’s also a theatrical twist which involves the “total immersion.” You are encouraged to dress up in your fanciest James Bond/Mad Men/Austin Powers style. The evening begins by visiting the “Villains Lair” where the evening’s “Villain” will educate you about the top-security clearance and your mission. Organizers says that “General mayhem ensues when dancing begins and the plot for the evening unfolds.” Admission is $150 with proceeds benefiting the SunCoast Primary School. The Courthouse Executive Center is at 2145 14th Ave., #16, Vero Beach. For more information and to buy tickets, visit eventbrite.com/e/new-deco-halloween-show-tickets-1004218423337?aff=ebdssbdestsearch.
Halloween is also the date for the opening of the new art exhibition “Anything Goes.” The exhibition comprises diverse works emphasizing the richness of Vero Beach’s artistic community. All media is represented, including painting, sculpture and digital art. Regular hours for the exhibition are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. There will be artists receptions from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, and Wednesday, Dec. 18. The exhibition runs through Dec. 30 at the Emerson Gallery at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, 1590 27th Ave. For more information, call 772-778-5249 or visit ArtAtTheEmerson.com.
“Selling Vero Beach: Settler Myths in the Land of the Ais and Seminole” will be the subject at the AAUW’s Book Review Breakfast next Monday. The review looks the thriving culture of the Ais and Seminoles, long before a time before there was a Henry Flagler East Coast Railway and even before Ponce de Leon landed on what would become Florida’s coast. Kristalyn Marie Shefveland, Ph.D., Prof. of History and Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, University of Southern Indiana, “will discuss how these native peoples’ history was rewritten by salespeople and their imagery used by agricultural companies and others eager to cash in on this little slice of paradise.” The Book Review Breakfast is sponsored by the Vero Beach branch of the American Association of University Women. It will be the first in a series of five book review breakfasts. They are all free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a new or gentle used children’s book for the Little Free Libraries. The Book Review Breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at the IRSC Richardson Center, 6155 College Lane, Vero Beach. For more information visit AAUWVeroBeach.org.
