Through February 2 – Riverside Theatre will present the multi-Tony Award winning, Miss Saigon on the Stark Stage. Miss Saigon is presented Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sundays at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range from $45 to $70 and can be purchased by calling the Riverside Box Office at 772-231-6990.
Thursday, January 16 – Sunday, January 19 – Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival – The City of Fellsmere expects to attract 80,000 visitors this weekend to the 23rd Annual Frog Leg Festival. Entrance is free, frog leg and gator meals $9 to $14. Jan. 16 and 17: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Jan. 18 and 19: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parking and free shuttle busses are available from Mesa Park, which is located approximately one mile west of I-95 on Country Road 512. For information, call 772-571-0250.
Thursday, January 16 – Sunday, January 26 – The Vero Beach Theatre Guild will stage Harvey, a Pulitzer Price winning comedy. Show times are at 2 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. on designated dates. For tickets ($24 and $22; age 18 and under half price) visit verobeachtheatreguild.com, or call 772-562-8300 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Saturday:
The Emerson Center launches its Celebrat- ed Speakers Series with former chief of Naval Operations Mike Mullen on Saturday, January 18th at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets ($65/$75) can be purchased at TheEmersonCenter.org or by calling call the Box Office at 772-778-5249.
The Vero Beach Branch of the American Association of University Women will hold its Book-Author Luncheon at noon on Saturday, January 18th at Bent Pine Golf Club, 6001 Clubhouse Drive in Vero Beach. Author Anna Lillios will dis- cuss her nonfiction study Crossing the Creek, the first book to explore the transformative friendship between writers Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston. For tickets ($50), visit AAU- WVeroBeach.org.
The Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County’s second annual Bark In The Park at Riverside Park. This family-friendly and dog-friendly free event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy Disc-Connected K9 Frisbee dog and American Dogs Lure Coursing shows, eat great food, meet shelter pups available for adoption and buy pet-related items. Visit Barkintheparkvero.org or call Tim Swift at (772) 388- 3826 for information.
The Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents its first Jass at Noon of the season with the Ed Metz Trio featuring award-winning jazz pianist Rossano Sportiello and vocalist and bassist Nicki Parrott on Sautrday, January 18 at 12:30 p.m. at the Vero Beach Yacht Club. Doors open at 11:15 a.m., concert starts at 12:30 p.m. A hot buffet lunch ($14) and bar service is available. For tickets, priced at $45/$50, call 772-234-4600.
Sunday:
The Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast will hold its Robert Burns Dinner on Sunday, January 19th from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Vero Beach Yacht Club. For ticket information and reservations, call Elizabeth Robbins at 772-563-0341.
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