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‘Magic man’ now finds magic living along lagoon

For Steve McElveen, living in retirement with his wife Karen along the Sebastian stretch of the Indian River ...

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Two shows feature works of Carol Brown Goldberg

The Vero Beach Museum of Art and Melbourne’s Foosaner Museum are staging separate shows of works that were ...

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Kurt Stevens nails regional country singing contest

VERO BEACH — Like the country song says, it was déjà vu all over again at the Longbranch Saloon ...

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Space Coast Orchestra back in Vero with full season

Cue music: the Brevard County-based Space Coast Symphony Orchestra is back with a full schedule in Vero. After ...

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Chitra Ramanathan and the definition of happiness

For an artist whose spiritual beliefs infuse the process of her painting and mixed media work, Chitra Ramanathan ...

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Nancy Whitcomb’s magical, mysterious doll art

There are dolls – and then there are dolls. And the magical creatures created by artists such as ...

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Music director returns from sabbatical – on a motorbike

As music director of Christ by the Sea Methodist Church, Marcos Flores knows how to make a joyful ...

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Gillmor went from selling insurance to making art

Sebastian artist and City Council member Richard Gillmor and wife Judy lived for 27 years in Key Largo, ...

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Raw-edged energy in L.A.Dance performance

If Ballet Vero Beach artistic director Adam Schnell aimed to educate his audience last weekend, he succeeded. Not ...

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Arts supporter Alice Beckwith dies at 83: ‘A magical woman with a magical smile’

Radiant as the sunshine she came to Vero to enjoy, with energy seemingly as boundless, Alice Snodgrass Beckwith ...

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Marte McMurry does much more than just jewelry art

Artist Marte McMurry and husband Harvey live on a quiet, almost hidden, street in Sebastian, tucked away on ...

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Susan Rienzo: Quilting in a ‘Sunshine State of Mind’

In art quilter Susan Rienzo's bright Vero Beach studio, a new composition is tacked to a wall-mounted pinboard ...