Celebrated Speaker Series tickets now on sale

Single and series tickets available

The Emerson Center’s Special Program Committee meets weekly to prepare some of the most dynamic speakers in the country to bring to Vero Beach. Meeting in the 800 seat venue are: Left to right: Sally Wilson, Joey Dobbs, Rita Maier, Bonnie Pendleton, Woody Sutton, Sue Nalepa, Earle Kirkbride, Nancy Stiefel, Ellen Deschatres, Joyce Levi. Committee members missing from the photo include Earl Beasley, David Driver, Martha McMullen, Bill Matharini and Joe Calwell.

Woody Sutton, Chairman of the Special Program Committee at the Emerson Center announces that the usual December 1 launch date for the sale of single tickets has been changed. “Due to the large volume of interest in purchasing single tickets for our 4 person speaker series, our committee has decided to begin selling single tickets along with the series tickets now.”

Single tickets for the Emerson Center’s 2015 Celebrated Speakers Series are now on sale for $80 for 4 p.m. performance and $70 for 6:30 p.m. performance. Additionally, series subscriptions for $275 for 4 p.m. show and $255 for the 6:30 p.m. show are still available for purchase until January 17, 2015. The tickets are for the engaging and informative speakers in the four-program series at The Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach. The performances are held on Saturdays, with the exception of Jack Abramoff, who will speak on Sunday, February 8.

The series launches with General David Petraeus on Saturday, January 17; Ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff follows on Sunday, February 8; Well-known Scientist Michio Kaku on Saturday, February 28 and finally the series concludes with Producer/Director Lee Daniels on Saturday, March 21.

Tickets for Emerson Center performances may be purchased either online at www.TheEmersonCenter.org or by calling the Box Office at 772-778-5249. Student tickets for balcony seating will be sold for $20 for the 6:30 p.m. performance only. Tickets will be sold at the door with a student ID. At the 6:30 p.m. performance of General Petraeus, Active Duty Military are eligible for balcony tickets for $25.

The Emerson Center is conveniently located on the campus of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, on the SE corner of 16^th Street and 27^th Avenue. It has more than 300 parking spaces, an auditorium that seats over 800 people in comfortable padded seating, a raised stage that offers everyone unrestricted views, and professional state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. Ask about the new elevator to the 2^nd floor balcony and the seating for the physically challenged.