Written by: Willi Miller The Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce has had a long and eventful history and it shows no sign of changing its course. When it opened 96 years ago, it was the largest theatre on the east coast of Florida. It was the main attraction for anything that was happening culturally until…
Written by: Willi Miller The art explosion in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce might seem like something very new, but Art Walk has been happening for more than a decade. Granted, it was a shorter walk when it was started by the artists of Art Mundo, a cooperative by 40 independent artists in an old bank…
This season, McAlpin Fine Arts Center is celebrating 40 years of shows. Straight from the source, here is some insight into the renovations going on at the McAlpin Theatre on the Fort Pierce campus of Indian River State College: Sound: We are getting an all-new PA system installed that will be louder, clearer, and will…
How many great adventures have been hatched over lunch with friends? One of them happened last year for a group of local potters “bemoaning the fact that we had no place to get together and play with clay whenever we felt like it.” Maria Sparsis, of Tea & Chi fame in downtown Vero Beach and…
The new theatre that opened in Port St. Lucie in April with On Golden Pond was the result of years of talking and dreaming and then another year of finding it a place to call home. Treasure Coast Theatre, Port St. Lucie’s only community theater, according to founders Rosemary Knight and Dawn Achin, is in…