NEW LISTINGS

Halloween History Tour and Ghost Hunt: Goody bags for first 50 participants. Old Fort Park, South Indian River Drive, downtown Fort Pierce, tours at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Oct. 29. Ages 12+. Reservations: (772) 801-0177; thegrimsociety@gmail.com.

Guitar Soloist Fred DonGhia: Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

St. Lucie County 4-H Beef Classic: Prospect cattle show. St. Lucie County Fairgrounds, 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 22; 10 a.m., Oct. 23. (772) 462-1660.

Anderson Cup Treasure Coast Match Play Championship: Saints at Port St. Lucie Golf Course, 2601 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m., Nov. 12-21. $80. Reservations: (772) 398-2901; cityofpsl.com.

Special Service for Veterans: Holy Faith Episcopal Church, 6990 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m., Nov. 7. (772) 464-4570.

OCTOBER EVENTS

Community Fundraiser: Benefit for homeless veterans. Bob Evans, 1830 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8. (772) 879-0973; kofc 13042.org.

National Active And Retired Federal Empoyees: Meeting. Holy Faith Episcopal Church, 6990 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 1:30, Oct. 18. (772) 879-1566; narfe1589@bellsouth.net.

History Of The Human Skeleton: Lecture. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 19. (772) 462-2812; library.stlucieco.gov.

Budgeting Workshop: Prepare a spending plan. St. Lucie County Housing, Community Services Office, 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 19. Reservation: (772) 462-1290.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Ticket: (877) 829-2734; caregiver.com.

Genealogy Classes And Lecture: Genealogy Class: “Footnote.com” (a military record website). Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Oct. 20. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. a Bldg., Main Campus, Fort Pierce, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 20. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Oxbow And The Natives: Facts about Florida’s native animals. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 20. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Open House: Curves in Port St. Lucie, 343 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., 6:15 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 20-21. (772) 873-3223; curvesbycityhall@hotmail.com.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: answers, support for family caregivers. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Register: caregiver.com. (877) 829-2734.

IRSC Graduate School Fair: Meet university representatives, learn about graduate degree programs. IRSC, Fort Pierce campus, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 20. RSVP: (772) 462-7469; abrown@irsc.edu.

Basketball Extravaganza/Food Drive: Showcase of college’s basketball programs. Gymnasium, IRSC Main Campus, 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 20. two or more canned food items; benefits Scout for Food program.

Adult CPR/AED Class: Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Suite A102, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 21, Nov. 2, 17, 30. $35.

Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall open houses. IRSC, 500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Schreiber Center, St. Lucie West Campus, Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Special Children’s Storytime: Guest librarian miss CarolAnn. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 21. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Meet The Candidates II: November general election candidates. Scallywags at Saint Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 21, (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Boys, Girls Club: Open house. Ken Pruitt Unit, 10673 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m., Oct. 21.

Tobacco Free Partnership Of St. Lucie County: Discuss, educate community partners on tobacco-related issues in St. Lucie County. Children’s Services Council, 546 N.W. University Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 3-4 p.m., Oct. 21. Ages 11+.

Residential Green Rating Systems: Getting the most out of going Green. IRSC Main Campus, 3209 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 21. $10. Register: (561) 373-7367; usgbcsf.org/events.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Williamson Center, Dixon Hendry Campus, Okeechobee, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 22. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Friday Matinee: “Adams Family” (1991) featuring Angelica Huston. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 22. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fall Festival Antique Car Show: Restored/original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from early 1900s-1985. Tradition Square, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22. $20-$25 entry fee. Benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. Register: (772) 287-1903; TCVCC.com, select “Fall Festival.”

Limited Pesticide Certification Training Program: St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Hurricane House, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 22. $35 includes breakfast, lunch, snacks. Reservation: (772) 462-1660; eask@ufl.edu.

A Present Life Workshop: Peace, purpose in living presently. 1600 Green Acres Circle, Port St. Lucie, 7 p.m., Oct. 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19. Reservation: (772) 924-1501; APresentLife.com.

Tween Social: Games, tournaments, food. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 22, Dec. 17, Jan. 21. $5. Ages 9-12. Register: (772) 807-4495; hprofera@cityofpsl.com.

“In The Mood Variety Concert.”: IRSC Jazz Ensemble, “Company” Singers perform music from swing to contemporary eras in jazz, popular styles. IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center, 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 21-22; 2 and 8 p.m. Oct. 23. $12. irsc.edu. (800) 220-9915.

Becoming a Naturalist: Hands-on learning. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Ages 16+. Reservation: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Haunted Happenings: Music, games, contests, prizes, food. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Register: (772) 804-4470; cityofpsl.com.

Rummage Sale: Bayshore Club, behind Social Security Plaza, 7123 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 344-0333.

Holiday Bazaar: more than 25 artists, crafters, vendors; grill opens 11:30 a.m. Spanish Lakes Fairways Auditorium, 6200 Nueva Lagos St., Fort Pierce, 9:30 a.m.-1 :30 p.m., Oct. 23. (772)882-6775.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Meadowood Golf and Tennis Club, 9425 Meadowood Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 23. $50. (772) 201-9701; DavidHall@bellsouth.net.

John Ferrentino Comic/Magician With a T.B.a: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Scene on Village Square: Movies under the stars; call day before for title. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 18. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Mad Hatter Day: Bring new hat in plastic bag or donation as admission. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 23. Benefits Hats off for Cancer. (772) 618-0151; Coachmh72@yahoo.com.

Harvest Festival: German food, classic car show, crafts, kids games, police dog demo. Hope Lutheran Church, 1750 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 335-4673.

Money Management: Workshop on essential elements to financial security; breakfast. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 9 a.m., Oct. 23. RSVP: (800) 467-1970.

Pumpkin Walk: Sunrise Theatre, second Street, Fort Pierce, 5-8:30 p.m., Oct. 27. $3. Also: Carving contest, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 23.

Boat Cruise: Indian River Lagoon. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center, Fort Pierce, 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 25. $35-$35.

Family Fun Day: St. Lucie Lanes, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 24. $20 donation. Benefits Victims’ Assistance Coalition. (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Susan Webb, “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” The Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Oct. 25. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Father, Child Connection: Presented by Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 6-7 p.m., Oct. 26. (772) 462-2787; elcslc.org.

Finance Information: Harry Bayard Financial Consultant. Council on Aging, Bayshore Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 1 p.m., Oct. 26. 871-7454.

Tuesday Night Jam: Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society. Sunrise Theatre, Black Box venue, 7-10 p.m., Oct. 26.

Bat-tastic Night Out With Nature: Search for bats and nocturnal insects after dark. Manatee Observation and Education Center, 480 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 27. $5-$10. Reservation: (772) 466-1600.

Port St. Lucie Fall Festival: Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5-10 p.m., Oct. 27-28; 5 p.m.-midnight, Oct. 29; 11 a.m.-midnight, Oct. 30; noon-6 p.m., Oct. 31. $15 unlimited rides. Tickets: (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Basic first Aid Class: Three-year certification. American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Nov. 23. $35. Ages 13+.

Adoption Orientation Session: Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County, 804 S. 6th St., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. RSVP: (772) 429-2001; frank.avilla@chsfl.org.

Start Small Business Workshop: Fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 28. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Dec. 16.

Friends Of The St. Lucie County Library: Dinner with author Jilliane Hoffman. SpringHill Suites, 2000 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. $40. Register: (772) 462-1615.

St. Lucie’s Got Talent: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m. registration; 6 p.m. show, Oct. 28. $5. Ages 5+. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

Super Spooky Halloween Dance: Party for special needs adults and caregivers. Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 28. $5-$6. Ages 15+. Register: (772) 807-4469; cityofpsl.com.

Kids Day Out Camp: Robert E. Minsky Gym, 800 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Nov. 24, Dec. 20-23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 28. Ages 6-11. $14.35. (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Mummy” (1999) featuring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 29. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Craft Fair, Flea Market: 343 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Food counter: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Becoming a Naturalist: Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3 p.m., Oct. 30. Free-$5. Ages 16+. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Steven Curtis Chapman: Night with the Chapmans tour. Westside Baptist Church, 3361 S. Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 30. $20-$40. nextlevelproductions.net/Fort-Pierce-Tickets.html; (772) 461-7828.

Children’s Farm: Interactive workshop on where food comes from, projects. Varri Green Farm, 12847 S.E. U.S. 441, Okeechobee, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 30, Nov. 10. $20. RSVP: (561) 543-7278; varrigreenfarm.com.

KISS Alive, Blizzard Of Ozzy: KISS, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne tribute bands. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 30. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: Free screening. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 30. sunrisetheatre.com.

Golf Tournament: Indian Hills Golf Club, 1600 S. Third St., Fort Pierce, 7:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $260. Reservation: Benefits, Reading Counts Program. (772) 595-1148.

Little Tyke Halloween Hike: Take a short hike, tell not-so-spooky stories, get some treats. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $1. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Fred DonGhia: Concert. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Halloween Haunted Forest: Games, trick or treating, parade, food. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 30. $2-$6. Benefits Heathcote Botanical Gardens. (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

Pumpkin Patch: White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 11 am.-7 p.m. Sundays; through Oct. 30. (304) 545-3673; wvacoal@bellsouth.net.

“Kick It for Wishes”: Kickball tournament. Digital Domain Park, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m., Oct. 30. $50; benefits Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. (888) 773-WISH; sfla.wish.org.

Young Eagles Flight Rally: St. Lucie County International Airport, 3170 Airmans Drive, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30. Ages 8-17. (772) 336-0950; eaa908.org/young_eagles.htm.

Costume Contest/Trick or Treat Tent: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival.. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5-7 p.m., Oct. 30. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

Animal Birth Control: Open garden/plant sale to benefit Animal Birth Control low cost spay/neuter program. 2626 S.E. Brevard Ave., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30.

Harvest Arts And Crafts Show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, Village Square, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; brokenmold.com.

Pumpkin Patch: all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St. Lucie, noon-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, through October 31. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Fright Nights: Haunted attractions, rides. South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, through Oct. 31. 6-11 p.m. Thursdays, Halloween; 6 p.m.-midnight Fridays, Saturdays. $15-$25. Ticket: frightnights.net.

Folloween: Safe alternative for Halloween. Southside Christian Church, 3822 Edwards Road, Fort Pierce, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 461-6209; churchfiles@live.com.

Halloween Party And Parade: Cupcake decorating, parade, costume contest. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 2:30-4:30 p.m., Oct. 31. Ages 12 and under.

Classic Car Show: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 1:30-4 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

Harvest Fest: Hotdogs, popcorn, games, prizes, hayrides. new Life Christian Centre, 5555 St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 464-5433 ; explorenewlife.org.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Cash for Candy: Sell Halloween candy to send to troops. Dermody Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, 441 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3-6 p.m., Nov. 1. (772) 879-1879; christine@dermodydental.com. Also: Ardalan Pediatric Dentistry, 372 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie; Pediatric Dentistry of the Treasure Coast, 1316 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Jazz, Blues Night: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 7-10 p.m. Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 1, 15, Jan. 5, 19. $3. (772) 337-1959; pslbotanicalgardens.org.

Be a Hero Day: Join 25 local businesses in donating blood. South 35th Street, Fort Pierce, starts 6 a.m., Nov. 3. Benefits Van Duzer Foundation and Florida Blood Centers. (772) 528-3467; thevanduzerfoundation.org.

Clint Black: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. $55-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/clint-black/index.html.

Dry Tortugas, 44-Year Overview: OxBow Eco-Center, 5400 N.W. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. (772) 489-9050; DunZippy@aol.com.

“The Ultimate Thriller”: Michael Jackson tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 5. $29-$45. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ultimate-thriller/index.html.

Rummage, Bake Sale: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 2525 S. 25th St., Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 5, 6. Benefits big Brothers, big Sisters. (772) 464-7194.

Treasure Coast Blues Festival: South Regional Stadium, 560 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Ages 21+. $35-$45. Benefits Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. RSVP. (954) 658-2798; wepromote4u@gmail.com.

Navy SEAL 5K Run/Walk: Pepper Park, adjacent to the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, 7 a.m., Nov. 6. $15-$20. No animals. (772) 834-1241; SEAL5K@yahoo.com.

Preston Shannon Beale Street Blues Revue: Treasure Coast Blues Festival, Port St. Lucie Civic Center Amphitheatre, Market Square, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets at box office or PastorTpresents.com. (954) 658-2798.

Celebrity Golf Weekend: Charity golf event. PGA Village, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m., Nov. 7. $1,200/foursome. Benefits St. Jude Children’s research hospitality. (800) 648-8905; stjude.org/pgavillage. Also: Celebrity softball game. Digital Domain Park, Nov. 6.

A Night Of Comedy: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Nov. 6. $20. Benefits children’s cancer fund. Ticket: (772) 342-6099; mayamatters.org.

Marine Birthday Ball: Celebrate 235th anniversary of Marine Corps. D.a.V., M.C.L. Hall, 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, 6 p.m., Nov. 6. $45. Ticket: (772) 221-9199; mcl666usmc.com.

Night Of Comedy: With Hank Western and Friends. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Secon St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 6. $20. Benefits Maya Matters. Adults. sunrisetheatre.com; (772) 342-6099.

Marine Corps League, Jack Ivy Detachment: Marine Corps Birthday Ball. D.a.V./M.C.L. Hall, 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 p.m., Nov. 6. $45-$85. Checks w/meal choices to Charles LeGall, 1822 Hideaway Circle, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952-4814.

Stamp Coin, Postcard Show/Sale: Hosted by Port St. Lucie Stamp Club. Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 6. (772) 344-9593; mrfrano@bellsouth.net.

Operation Christmas Child: Pack shoe box gifts, watch Veggie Tales Christmas movie on Jumbotron. Digital Domain Park, 527 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 3-5 p.m., Nov. 7. (772)878-0126; samaritanspurse.org.

Setting The Pace: Golf tournament, lunch. PGA Country Club, 8:30 a.m., Nov. 7. $100. Benefits PACE Center for Girls. (772) 595-8880 ext. 22.

Treasure Coast Community Singers: Choral concert of “Rivers To the Sea.” North Stuart Baptist Church, 1950 N. Federal Highway, 3 p.m., Nov. 7, 14. Ticket: tccsingers.org; (772) 692-1616.

Bowling Party: St. Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 2-5 p.m., Nov. 7. $25; benefits American Red Cross North County Chapter. (772) 878-7077.

Benise — The Spanish Guitar: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 7. $35-$40. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/benise/index.html.

Farm-City Barbecue: Luncheon event. Havert L. Fenn Center, 2000 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, noon, Nov. 9. $10. (772) 708-8815.

Small Business Workshop: Startup fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. Fort Pierce Library, Orange Avenue, Melody Lane, 5:30-8 p.m., Nov. 9, Dec. 7. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

Legislative Summit: Treasure Coast Advocacy Coalition, Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 8 a.m., Nov. 10, $25. tccc.info.

Girls Night – The Musical: Outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 11; 8 p.m., Nov. 12. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/girls-night/index.html.

Flea Market Bazaar: Indoor/outdoor. Community Clubhouses, 1800 Golden Ponds Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 12-13. (772) 466-0466.

Fall Volunteer Fair: Meet local non-profit organizations seeking volunteers. first United Methodist Church, 260 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 12. (772)464-5300; rosep@volunteerstlucie.org.

Brian Nolan Benefit Ride: Auction, raffles, music. Pier II, Okeechobee, 3 p.m., Nov. 13. $20. Benefits Children of Fallen Firefighters Scholarship Fund. Register 10 a.m.-noon: Earls Hideaway, Sebastian; Archies Seabreeze, Fort Pierce; Treasure Coast Harley, Stuart. (772) 538-0753; brianjnolanride@aol.com.

“Beauty And The Dweeb”: Starring Marc Price and Julie McCullough. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 13. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Flea Market: Bake sale, crafts. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 13. (772) 466-8342; pcstluciecounty.com.

Safe Boating: Flotilla 58 course. 1400 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. $36. Register: (772) 418-1142; a0700508.uscgaux.info.

Calendart: Auction, drawings. ArtMundo, Fort Pierce, 7-9 p.m., Nov. 13. Tickets for drawings $10-$25.

Military Appreciation Day: Present military, vets receive free dinner, drinks. Hosted by Disabled American Vets Chapter 14. Golden Corral, 5091 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce, 5-9 p.m. Nov. 15, (772) 489-8004.

Ambassadors Of Swing: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7 p.m., Nov. 17, Dec. 8. Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, may 11. $5-$6. Ticket: (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

Manage Business Cash Workshop: Financial schedules, analysis tools. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

The Diary Of Anne Frank: Presented by the Barter Theatre. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 19. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/anne-frank/index.html.

Led Zepplica: Tribute band. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 20. $29-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/led-zepplica/index.html.

Basic first Aid And Adult CPR/AED Certification: American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, A102, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20. $50. (772) 778-2832.

Craft And Bake Show: Reserve your table. Fort Pierce Elks Lodge 1520, 608 S. fifth St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. $20/table. (772) 464-3183; elks1520@bellsouth.net.

Craft Show: Fort Pierce Elks Lodge No. 1520, 608 S. fifth St., Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. (772) 465-9911.

CASTLE’s Holiday Magic: Auctions, gourmet samplings. PGA Education Center, Port St. Lucie, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20. $50-$750; Benefits CASTLE. Reservation: (772) 465-6011, ext. 228; pmadden@castletc.org.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Sherry Dial, “The making of Appalachian Baskets” The Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Nov. 22. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

DAV Mobile: NSO, TSO teams help with disability compensations, health benefits, claims. American Legion Post 40 parking lot, 810 S. U.S. 1 Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 22. Hosted by Disabled American Vets Chapter 14. (772) 464-0003.

Dave Koz And FriendsA Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010: With special guests Johnathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 26 . $49-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dave-koz-friends/index.html.

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 28. $20-$35. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bayanihan/index.html.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Legends Of Doo Wop With Tommy Mara: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 5. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/legends-of-doo-wop/index.html.

Pioneer Holiday: Nonprofit market, art show, historical re-enactments, visit Santa. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 11. $0-$6. (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

An Evening With Garrison Keillor: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 16. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/garrison-keillor/index.html.

Chris MacDonald — Memories of Elvis: “Merry Christmas Baby” with D.J. Fontana. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Dec. 18. $23-$37. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/elvis-christmas/index.html.

“Nutcracker”: The States Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Dec. 26. $20-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-nutcracker/index.html.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by George Love on oil painting. The Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Dec. 27. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

JANUARY EVENTS

Howie Mandel: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce,, 7 p.m., Jan. 2. $45-$65. Ages 18+. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/howie-mandel/index.html.

“Giselle”: State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 5. $20-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-giselle/index.html.

Ed Asner As FDR: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 9. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ed-asner-fdr/index.html.

Richard Nader’s Rock And Roll and Doo Wop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 25. $39-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/kyman-feb-doowop/index.html.

“Forever Plaid”: The National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/forever-plaid/index.html.

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 21. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-tosca/index.html.

The Magic Of Jason Bishop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Jan. 23. $15-$25. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/jason-bishop/index.html.

An Evening With Bill Cosby: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Jan. 29. $59-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bill-cosby/index.html.

The Neville Brothers And Dr. John: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 28. $49. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/neville-brothers-dr-john/index.html.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

“All Shook Up”: The National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 4. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/all-shook-up/index.html.

300 Club Gala: Dinner, dance, auction. Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Feb. 5. $200. Benefits John Carroll. (772) 464-5200; johncarrollhigh.com.

ABBA The Concert: ABBA The Concert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/abba-the-concert/index.html.

Dennis DeYoungThe Music of Styx: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 12. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dennis-deyoung/index.html.

“The Music Man”: National Touring Company Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Feb. 13. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-music-man/index.html.

Tim Conway And Friends: Featuring Chuck McCann and Louise Duart. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Feb. 20. $49-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/tim-conway-friends/index.html.

“Romeo & Juliet”: The Russian National Ballet Theatre. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 21. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/russian-ballet-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Great Southern Cracker Roadshow Cornbread-fed, Whipcracking, Downhome Traveling Revival: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 25. $20. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/southern-cracker-roadshow/index.html.

Puccini’s “Turandot”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 26. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-turandot/index.html.

MARCH EVENTS

The Oak Ridge Boys: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 6. $48-$58. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-oak-ridge-boys/index.html.

“S Wonderful”: The National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 8. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/s-wonderful/index.html.

Doobie Brothers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 9. $65-$79. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/doobie-brothers/index.html.

The Irish Sopranos: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 13. $29-$35. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-irish-sopranos/index.html.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”: The Acting Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 16. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/acting-company-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 20. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-madama/index.html.

“Spring Awakening”: The National Touring Company’s Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 23. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/spring-awakening/index.html.

“Blue Suede Shoes”: Ultimate Elvis Bash starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 24. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/blue-suede-shoes/index.html.

Joan Rivers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., March 26. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/joan-rivers/index.html.

APRIL EVENTS

New Shanghai Circus: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 1. $15-$30. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/new-shanghai-circus/index.html.

“Grease”: The National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 3. $50-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grease/index.html.

Boz Scaggs: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., April 15. $49-$59. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/boz-scaggs/index.html.

“Winnie The Pooh”: Windwood Productions Presents Deaf Theatre’s Adaptation. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 11 a.m., April 30. $10. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/winnie-the-pooh/index.html.

One Night With Queen: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., may 6. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/one-night-of-queen/index.html.

St. Lucie County Community Calendar, updated Oct. 18

Industry Data Proves:  Quality instruction and equipment inspire golfers to play and enjoy the game more; Top Golf Pro believes modern academy is central to the future of golf.

 When Westhaven Golf Club in Franklin, TN announced the opening and construction of a premium teaching academy with nationally-known teaching pro, Virgil Herring, it begged the question;   why now?  The golf industry is suffering in the current economy, several local clubs are in dire straits or bankrupt, and few private clubs even provide modern teaching facilities.  “Data shows that golfers who take lessons and receive proper technical analysis enjoy the game more and thus play more”, said Matt Magallanes, Vice President of the Westhaven Golf Club.  “The primary purpose of our club is for members to enjoy themselves.  our training programs will inspire their love of the game through improved play, faster play, and more family golf participation.” 

Award-winning professional Virgil Herring, formerly of Gaylord Springs in Nashville, TN is leading the teaching program as the senior instructor.  Herring is considered by many to be the best teaching pro in Tennessee, with students travelling hundreds of miles regularly to work with him.  he brings a full student base with him.  Working with Head Golf Professional, Chris Cauthen and assistant PGA Pros Lance Vinson and Errol Helling they offer a program for golfers of all levels.  Herring already works with a dozen PGA tour pros, 25 college players and many top amateurs.  Cauthen, Helling and Vinson have a broad clientele and enjoy working with almost any golfer, regardless of ability.  It’s a great combination. 

“Golf is not an easy game to learn, and teaching presents a big opportunity for the industry to grow.  our instruction program integrates all the core elements of golf training”, said Head Golf Professional, Chris Cauthen.  “For example, we will implement the Titleist™ fitness and movement program to build strength and health”, adding, “then we will integrate swing analysis, swing lessons, equipment tuning, and golf-course management skills to develop a complete game.” 

The hottest new course in Tennessee, the Westhaven Golf Club is providing a level of instruction and facilities typically not available at a private club, such as buildings with climate protection and the latest radar technology from Track Man ™.  The Academy will also provide club fitting, sales and repair services under the direction of Master Club Fitter, Tim Sygerych.  Sygerych fits clubs for touring pros, and like instructor Virgil Herring, he has customers that make the trek from as far away as Indiana, Missouri, Florida and South Carolina to work with the master.  “with the help of good teaching pros and a complete line of clubs and hard-to-find equipment we can immediately take strokes off a player’s score at all skill levels,” said Sygerych.  Adding, “our next generation video and electronic technology enables us to conduct a complete analysis of everything; ball-spin, trajectory, club-speed, and length to deliver the perfect solutions right on site.” 

With practice greens, a short game area, fairway bunkers and driving range the school will operate year-round.  Club members have priority access, but non-members will be able to attend the Academy.   Virgil Herring noted that the Academy already conducts kid-camps and golf 101 clinics.  One of the most exciting elements is being able to teach on the challenging 18-hole Arthur Hills championship course.  Said Herring, “Many players know the importance of instruction, but tend to focus only on the swing when taking lessons.  That’s important, but we believe players of all levels will benefit from our integrated approach, because it incorporates all five components of golf instruction to drive higher performance in golfers of any level”   

Westhaven Golf Club boasts no homes on the course so students enjoy a serene core-golf environment.  “Golf’s greatest challenge is to attract new players and increase their level of play.  We can lower our student’s handicaps and inspire them to play more golf, and we believe that is the future of the game,” said Chris Cauthen.

The Golf Academy is currently accepting new students.  The new facilities will be completed in December, 2010.  The Westhaven Golf Club is Located at 2140 Boyd mill Pike in Franklin, TN.  www.golfwesthaven.com.  Phone: 615-778-3939. Westhaven Golf Club LLC is owned and developed by Southern Land Company, LLC of Franklin, TN. www.southernland.com.   Virgil Herring founded Higher Performance Golf Academy.  www.hpga.net  Phone: 615-579-5190   

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You have gone through a great deal of time, effort and money to develop your clinical expertise. you guard the philosophy of Chiropractic and are a champion for children’s health.

Sometimes it can get a Little Frustrating…Sadly, most parents just don’t get the critical importance of chiropractic patients and children. it leaves DC’s who have a great dedication toward children with a choice…give in and become a socially accepted back cracker or find a way to educate your practice members. Too many family oriented DC’s have practices that don’t reflect their true talents and abilities. The DC down the street has a rehab office and is doing great. another DC has a spa that emphasizes everything except family Chiropractic. another one is into golf swing analysis. Look at the front covers of Time and Newsweek each week; Autism, anxiety, learning disabilities, allergies…parents are desperate to find health professionals that can help with their children.

Family Chiropractic and financial success go hand in hand!if parents in your community knew about your abilities, your practice would be swamped! The missing ingredient is, has been, and will always be- patient education. many family DC’s get the mistaken identity that the only way people will come to their offices is if they:

• Cut their fees• Discount children’s adjustments• Give their care away• Keep quiet about subluxation• Act like a condition based only DC

This way of thinking is not only wrong, but it’s sabotaging your practice and the financial rewards you could be reaping. Hey, if you’re not in it to see kids, don’t let me bore you. But if you realize how vital it is to adjust their nervous systems from a young age, then stand up for what you believe in! Stop conforming to what society thinks a Chiropractor is. there has never been a better time than now to take a stand.

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Comments: 5 Jennifer Wells Feature Writer 2010/10/15 “

The reason (Mene) wants to leave here is that the money can do nothing. When you work you have to save. Here you can save nothing.”

I hear the weight of the river all the time. It creaks beneath the voices, like a wooden platform under a ton of mountain rocks. The river, it opens up to swallow all who step in it, men, women, and children alike, as if they had bellies full of stones.

Edwidge Danticat, TheFarming of Bones.

OUANAMINTHE, HAITI—The Massacre River is running high tonight, coursing and angry under a thunderclad sky. It’s a trick the river likes to play, inviting women in the midday to pound their washing in placid, shallow waters; rising to menace under nightfall as the rains sluice down from the mountainside.

The suddenly changed mood plays to the region’s dark historical narrative, the river marking the border that cleaves the Dominican Republic from Haiti, the division of strife and woe, the place where Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo backed the ethnic slaughter of tens of thousands of Haitians more than 70 years ago and the river did run with blood.

The past is grimly echoed in the present. The Dominican border town of Dajabon, which sits across from the Haitian border town of Ouanaminthe, offers inexpensive and clean accommodation at the Hotel Massacre. The hotel comes recommended on some hitchhiker’s travel blogs.

Ouanaminthe seems an unlikely location from which to chart a future for this stricken country. Yet the lockstep alliance of Haiti’s plutocracy and foreign leaders has looked here to the north and declared that the country’s best economic hope lies in the base-wage assembly of T-shirts and blue jeans, an agenda that has flourished in the region, albeit to the aid of Dominican business interests.

Night falls swiftly and the rains quickly turn the dirt roads of Ouanaminthe to rivulets.

The gates on the bridge that spans the Massacre, connecting the land of relative plenty to the land of abject poverty, shut sharply at 6. Haitians squeeze through to return home, or straddle its buttress in near suspension over the water. Women hoist their skirts to waist height as they prise their rear ends through a hole in the fence on the Haitian levee.

Tomorrow is Saturday, market day. The sun will rise and perform its magical flash bake-off of the overnight rains. The mountains will reassert their bold domination of the horizon, an almost religious evocation: Dèyè mòn gen mòn. Beyond mountains there are mountains.

Some things are inevitable.

At precisely 4:30 p.m. each weekday afternoon, the broad green iron gates swing open at the Codevi garment factory in Ouanaminthe.

It is an irony, in a country laced with ironies, that the Codevi industrial free trade zone, humped on the banks of the Massacre River, is seen as the economic exemplifier of a new Haiti. Post-earthquake, the drive to “fix” the country’s economy through garment assembly is in such vogue that the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, led by former U.S. president Bill Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, have pronounced the stitching of T-shirt collars and hems as a form of economic deliverance.

That Haiti is awash in second-hand clothing, or pepe, lends an absurd touch. while slick, and wildly unaffordable, Levis are being shipped out of Codevi, the vast majority of Haitians wear recycled T-shirts emblazoned with American college names or curiously brazen assertions. (A bright yellow T shouting “Every place else sucks” particularly caught my eye.)

There are practical considerations. in a country where the state of infrastructure commonly runs from decayed to decrepit, there is a good road, complete with speed bumps and water diversions, connecting the port city of Cap-Haïtian to Ouanaminthe. any little pit-stop in between offers the opportunity to advance plans to decentralize the Haitian economy — wooing workers with jobs and housing — from the disaster capital of Port-au-Prince.

Eight years ago, then-Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide presided over the Codevi inauguration, championing the planned facility as a “bright star when both our countries and both our business communities join hands to develop our countries.” It was a polished and hopeful bit of public relations, especially given that Codevi was actually a way for Grupo M, the largest private-sector employer in the Dominican Republic, to harness Haitian labour to affordable and reliable Dominican electricity.

For the DR it was, to quote that fashionable phrase of the time, “win-win.”

Aristide proclaimed that Codevi was only the beginning. The 780-square-kilometre free-trade zone was to be the first of 14 such zones, which would result in the ramp-up of thousands, then tens of thousands, and now hundreds of thousands, of minimum-wage garment assembly jobs for offshore manufacturers wooed by tariff breaks. these “bright stars” were positioned politically as the easiest economic bet for a broken, nay, collapsed, country.

The idea of growing an economy through cut-and-sew jobs was hardly new: Beginning in the ’70s, American private enterprise worked seamlessly with the Duvaliers, père et fils, capitalizing upon Haiti’s vast pool of cheap labour. Haiti became big in the stitching of brassieres and big in the stringing of baseballs and big in the sewing of Sesame Street’s Bert, not to mention Ernie.

History is quickly repeating itself. in mid-August, South Korea’s Hansoll Textile Ltd., along with the Inter-American Development Bank and the U.S. State Department, signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a new industrial park in the region, forecasting the creation of as many as 120,000 jobs.

The rumour mill says Hansoll has its sights on Limonade. Travelling east from Cap-Haïtian to Ouanaminthe you soon come across the tiny village painted dab in the middle of the Maribaroux plane. Goats graze in fields, children ride burros and farmers in boots and straw hats contribute a Van Gogh moment to a frieze of banana trees and corn stalks.

This is lush terrain . . . for agriculture.

Should Haitians be displaced, as was the case with Codevi, the development bank’s involuntary settlement policy will apply, promising “fair and adequate compensation and rehabilitation.”

4:30 p.m.

Outside the Codevi garment factory, a Digicel emissary awaits the disgorgement of the day’s workers. She’s wearing a red pinny, imprinted with the Digicel logo, recognizable to even first-time visitors to Haiti. these roving wireless ambassadors call out the offer to “PapPadap” your cellphone, “PapPadap” being the company’s advertising call to load cell minutes on the spot.

Vendors sell soft drinks and kenèp, the small, round fruit whose skin easily yields to the teeth, the green casing sliding from the flesh and falling to the ground.

Louise Mene has been at work since 6:30. The long days, she explains, are the result of condensing a six-day week to five, thus relieving her employer of paying her for a seventh day, which it would be compelled by law to do should the workers work Saturdays.

Mene has been working at the plant since January, having arrived from the Central Plateau, where her father is a farmer and there is no work for her. Before agreeing to be photographed, she shyly brushes her hand across a birthmark on her right cheek, then offers the camera a dead-steady gaze.

Mene does not like her work. She is paid 125 gourdes a day, the Haitian minimum wage for piece-rate workers. Today is payday. After tax, her take-home is 588 gourdes a week. She says she consistently receives 585. She says that each week the company tells her it doesn’t have the three gourdes in change.

In September, the Haitian gourde hit a 52-week low of 2.52 cents (U.S.). Mene’s weekly take-home is approximately $14.75.

This month, the minimum wage for garment assembly workers increased to 150 gourdes a day. What appears to be a modest win for underpaid workers is really a handsome victory for private enterprise, which, in 2009, successfully lobbied the government of President René Préval not to raise assembly wages to the national minimum wage of 200 gourdes.

Mene is dispirited. She speaks softly. “The reason she wants to leave here,” says our Creole translator, “is that the money can do nothing. When you work you have to save. Here you can save nothing.”

How the “economy” works, or doesn’t, becomes quickly apparent. a short distance from the factory, where the foundation is being set for the seventh building at Codevi, Madam Flora spends a morning squeezing packets of Maggi premixed flavour booster into a vast cauldron of beef and plantain and ketchup and tomato paste. She has the biceps of an army cook. Madam Flora’s sons are making passionfruit juice by pestle and strainer. Benches and tables share space under a tin roof, awaiting the Codevi workers who will gather for their midday meal.

Madam Flora is having trouble with her clientele. a large Creole sign suspended above the luncheon area reads, in translation: “In this restaurant, you give me, I give you. in 2010 we are advising all of our clientele we are selling food, not giving it away. and we don’t give seconds.”

From Monday to Thursday, this “selling” is a credit transaction, a widespread practice for assembly-line workers in Haiti. a ledger records meals consumed and sums owed by Friday. for daily lunchers the weekly tally is 150 gourdes, or more than a day’s pay for an entry-level employee such as Louise Mene.

Madam Flora has no sympathy for the indebted worker who wants to eat but can’t pay. “They want to cry like dogs,” she says. “I won’t give food to them.”

According to Haitian economist Pierre-Marie Boisson, Haitians, at least those who can find work, spend just over 50 per cent of their earnings on food. “For this industry to be politically viable,” he said at a business conference outside Port-au-Prince in June, “it needs to pay a higher wage.” After the costs of education, Haitians have little to spare for housing. “People must have something to defend,” Boisson insisted to a group of garment manufacturers. “They must have assets.”

Codevi opened in mid-2003. Rosemond Alcide, a man in a white golf shirt and possessed of very excited mannerisms, was hired as a sewer that year, subsequently fired and ultimately rehired. His favourite English phrase, if an afternoon’s exchange can be our guide, is “Listen to me!”

“The labour laws are not in favour of the poor,” Alcide starts to say, recalling Codevi’s start-up years, from inadequate working conditions, to forced and unexplained inoculations that workers imagined were to prevent pregnancy, to a mass firing of those who supported a union — including Alcide — in 2004. Relations between Haitian workers and Dominican managers were bitter, says Alcide, seated on a log bench in view of the Massacre River. He recalls workers being beaten at the hands of their Dominican superiors.

NGOs that had protested a start-up $20 million loan to Codevi from the World Bank’s private sector financing arm were confirmed in their fear that abuses would follow in the absence of contractual commitments to worker rights in exchange for international financing.

Samuel Darguin, a Haitian-born American, speaks eagerly to Alcide. Darguin travelled here in 2005 as part of a research team from United Students against Sweatshops. He is pleased to make Alcide’s acquaintance again. There are more water stations in the factory, he is informed. Women receive three months’ maternity leave. There’s a pharmacy on site. and a clinic. Alcide says the clinic’s Dominican doctor has been replaced by a Haitian.

Conversation turns to the Hansoll project. “If the jobs are there the people will come,” remarks Darguin. “The trick is going to be making sure those jobs earn a living wage.”

What is a living wage? Alcide offers pragmatic answers: “What can you do with 125 gourdes? You can’t do anything with it.”

Alcide leads the way up a path to his home in Ouanaminthe. His parents rent this land from the Haitian government and on this land he, too, has built his home. The two rooms under a tin roof are snug but not suffocating. He leads a tour by the light of a cellphone, which casts a glow up to the electrical wires that were jacked in from the outside and snaked across the ceiling. The wires, juiced with Haiti’s limited and unreliable electricity, were subsequently cut, leaving Alcide and his family, like much of the country, in the dark.

Food is cooked over a charcoal fire on the veranda.

There is no water.

No sanitation facilities.

“Seventy to 80 per cent of the population is not working,” Alcide knows. This fact underpins the Tao of Alcide: “Even if you don’t have the whole chicken, rather you have the leg and keep on working.”

In January 2009, Paul Collier, an economics professor at Oxford University, submitted his report commissioned by the secretary-general of the United Nations. The challenge: how would an economics professor propose turning Haiti from catastrophe — Collier was writing in the wake of serial hurricanes — to economic security?

Key to the report was Collier’s examination of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act, implemented by the U.S. Congress in March 2007. in 2008, HOPE became HOPE II, extending duty-free, quota-free access to the U.S. market for garments manufactured in Haiti to 2018, and making participation conditional upon labour standards compliance.

With HOPE holding open the door to preferential access, and with the United Nations countering concerns about instability through its stabilization mission in Haiti, Collier concluded that the stage should have been set for economic development.

Instead, as Collier reminds, the country experienced food riots, a fallen government, the fourth in a series of hurricanes, collapsed infrastructure, flooding. The “setbacks of 2008 have reinforced an unhelpful sense that Haiti is trapped in a cycle of failure,” he wrote.

Yet Collier concluded that Haiti’s fundamentals were highly propitious. He deemed Haiti not a fragile state on par with some African and Central Asian countries. “On the contrary,” he wrote, “(Haiti) has a recent history of being helpful, most notably in the mutual promotion of garment exports.”

Collier argued that if Haiti could become internationally competitive (i.e., by keeping labour costs, by far the largest economic component in garment manufacture, at world-beating lows) several hundred thousand jobs could be created in just a few years, transforming the country’s grim employment scene.

But is garment manufacture even an industry when it consists of attaching pre-cut T-shirt sleeves to pre-cut T-shirt bodies, which have been shipped in from the Dominican Republic, to be sewn and shipped out to the U.S. bearing the label “Made in Haiti”?

“The assembly industry is not really an industry, as it is inessential to the production of goods and services,” Paul Farmer wrote in The Uses of Haiti, published in 1994. “Rather, it is a reflection of steep gradients between countries in the cost of labour. Materials produced in a well-to-do country are exported to a poor country to be assembled by the comparatively cheap and ‘disciplined’ labour there.”

Farmer is a renowned Harvard-trained doctor (with a Harvard PhD in anthropology on the side) and cofounder of Partners in Health, a nonprofit clinic established in Cange, in Haiti’s Central Plateau, more than 20 years ago. He was appointed UN deputy special envoy to Haiti by Bill Clinton in August 2009. It was a galvanizing appointment, not least because of Farmer’s clearly impassioned dedication to the country, but also because of the sharp views he has expressed about past economic agendas that favour U.S. business interests first, and sometimes exclusively, over those of Haitians.

In The Uses of Haiti, Farmer unearthed a forbidding quote from Financial America, a new York daily, dated November 1926. “Haiti offers a marvelous opportunity for American investment,” cheered the story. “The run-of-the-mill Haitian is handy, easily directed, and gives a hard day’s labor for 20 cents, while in Panama the same day’s work cost $3.”

Panama today offers one of the highest wage levels in Latin America. The monthly minimum wage set for small- and medium-sized businesses is $310; for large businesses, the minimum wage is $325.

Had anything changed for Haiti?

On a Tuesday morning in August, the ceiling fans at the Karibe Hotel circle all but silently. The swimming pool features a swim-up bar and the patio, perched perhaps 15 metres above the tennis courts, feels suspended in the treetops. It is as if the luxe Petionville hotel has lowered her eyes against the still-startling devastation just down the hillside in Port-au-Prince.

Bill Clinton arrives, appearing gaunt, pale, and as he presides over the second public meeting of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission he acknowledges that efforts to help the country rise from the January rubble are moving far too slowly. Grand economic projects appear diaphanous when the most basic work — the removal of the concrete and detritus — has not budged above two per cent.

As he takes his seat to Clinton’s right, Paul Farmer drapes his navy blazer over the back of his chair. He doesn’t seem like the type to wear a blazer except when occasion demands it. He wears khaki pants, a white shirt, has a habit of frequently applying lip balm and appears an unlikely candidate to thrive in the Haitian biosphere. a soft sheen of perspiration plays upon his flushed face. His manner is elegant, gentle.

A wise man once told me that nothing in Haiti is as you think it is. One day you are confident you know something and the next day you know nothing at all.

What I wanted to know, with Hansoll about to make its groundbreaking announcement, was Farmer’s view on making garment manufacture the country’s top economic hope.

Quietly, Farmer offers to step outside for a conversational sidebar.

“Having spent,” he begins, “15 or 20 years criticizing a mode of economic development that largely just exploits labour differentials, I had a bit of an epiphany.”

He speaks of conversations he has had over the many years with patients who had made the trek to Zanmi Lasante — Creole for Partners in Health. What jobs did they seek, he wanted to know. Jobs with good labour conditions, good pay, an ability to send their kids to school, came the reply. “I have worked a lot in my time to make sure people don’t end up in factories where work conditions are poor,” Farmer continues, “where labour isn’t unionized, etc.

“The epiphany I mentioned was I realized after the hurricanes — there were four in a row — that I wasn’t always listening carefully enough to what people were saying. because what they were saying was, this is the type of job we would prefer, this is the kind of job that we like okay, this is the kind of job we tolerate, and this is the kind of job that we don’t want at all. and the garment industry. . . wasn’t last on that list, and nor was tourism, another arena that I’ve said is not a sustainable way for the Haitian economy to grow.”

At the time of our conversation, Partners in Health had just finished a fish farm project in rural Haiti. “I bought the argument that it’s a good way to put fairly substantial amounts of capital in women’s hands,” says Farmer. but grander measures are required. “Right now we don’t need 5,000 jobs, which I’ve been able to create with my co-workers at Partners in Health. We need 500,000 jobs.”

With the latest entry in the tariff breaks — the Haiti Economic Lift Program Act was passed in May — as many as 450,000 assembly jobs are now being imagined, potentially making garment manufacture the single largest job creator in the new Haiti.

I relay impressions to Farmer of Ouanaminthe, and garment workers who find themselves indebted at the start of a week for a simple peasant meal. “So that’s the kind of math I’m referring to,” he replies. “People aren’t saying they don’t want to work in factories. What they’re saying is they want the work conditions to be acceptable and the pay to be acceptable. That’s where the push needs to be.”

The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission performs what Farmer calls an “apple and stick” function. Or at least that’s his hope. “The apple is the access to capital. . . .but the stick is, here are the ground rules. You’re not going to have access to this capital if you don’t meet the following ground rules.”

Farmer’s conversion on this topic is pronounced. in 1994 he wrote: “The offshore assembly industry makes cunningly efficient use of the high-repression, low-wage setting that Haiti offers investors. for those who objected to this system on moral grounds, the architects of the plan merely pointed at the country’s staggering unemployment figures. Yes, the Haitians who flocked to these plants wanted jobs. no, they had no choice.”

Is the same not true today?

In the gladed cool of the Partners in Health clinic in Cange, Jackie Williams scurries to open her art gallery. Williams has known and loved Haiti for a quarter-century — her husband, Pierce, was an engineer who accepted the assignment of bringing water to the village years before Farmer, in what Williams calls his “hippie phase,” landed on the village doorstep.

A beautiful, diminutive woman with grey hair tightly pulled back by a hair band, Williams has a crackerjack wit and a razor-sharp mind. a bit intimidating on the math side, actually, should you ever engage in a financial transaction to purchase the gallery’s banana bark cards.

Williams tells a story: So the Episcopal bishops got together to discuss the first American project for Cange. The project, they decided, was chickens. “So the people came down and put up chicken coops and put chickens in them and explained how to raise chickens, eggs,” she recounts. “The Haitians politely said wi. and as soon as the Americans were gone the Haitians ate the chickens and moved into the chicken coops.

“So the next year,” Williams continues, “our bishop asked their bishop: What is your priority?”

The parable offers a sound lesson for anyone attempting to tell Haitians what’s good for them.

We have a nice chat, and I inform Williams of my interest in exploring Haitian stories about Haitian business, causing her to exclaim: “Oh my, you came to quite the right place for them, didn’t you?”

As it happens, in a time long ago, Williams spent her own life in garment manufacture, albeit at the high end as a costumer for the opera. “My specialty was fat sopranos,” she says, in a manner and southern American drawl that manages to sound both curt and humorous all at once.

She still sews in the gallery, which sells rag dolls and pottery and carpets and punched tin from local artisans. Resting on the floor of her office is the cut tin angel playing a saxophone that Farmer picked out the day before, a wedding gift for Chelsea Clinton. There’s much excitement in the compound, as Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne and Win Butler, great supporters of Farmer’s work, have arrived for a brief stay.

Williams has her views on where Haitian jobs should come from and where they shouldn’t. “There’s been a big report to the United Nations, English fellow, that said that cut and sew is what ought to come back to Haiti,” she says. She is referring to Paul Collier’s report.

Her view? those jobs “follow poverty around the world. Port-au-Prince is the most expensive port in the Caribbean, which of course makes your costs go up to ship your stuff. It would be a slap in the face of (René) Préval, who is an agronomist and wants to work on agriculture and tourism.” She sees the merit in some garment assembly. “Do a little cut-and-sew operation with surgical robes. but as a wholesale thing to rescue Haiti? I don’t think so.”

A 90-minute drive up the Côte des Arcadins from Port-au-Prince, the aqua pool waters of the former Club Med nod toward the sapphire blue waters of the sea.

Lemon yellow umbrellas branded “Voila” — a cellphone company — are dotted along the soft white sand. You have your palm trees, your outdoor bar and a fantastically refreshing breeze that whispers sarong. . . racine music . . . sloe gin.

In other words, the requisite Caribbean scene, albeit in Haiti, and albeit a little tired in appearance. in the wake of the ouster of Baby Doc Duvalier and his wife, Michele, in 1986, the club was closed, the tourism trade having sunk in the mire of a wildly destabilized, violence-ridden country.

Rechristened Club Indigo in 2006, the hotel has reopened to tourists and the business community, which today has gathered for the “Building a new Haiti” conference, a conference well populated by the light-skinned elites. The Apaids (the largest garment manufacturers in Haiti). At least one Buteau (mangos, hotels, including the Karibe). a Coles (garment, beverages, port operations).

In a breakout session, the garment men engage in the same tautological discussion with which I have become familiar. The industry needs more financial assistance — let’s say subsidies — in order to ramp up investment. but even with money, there are no construction companies able to build in less than 18 months. and even if you do have the green light, what about the electricity costs, which are three times higher than in the DR? is it time to talk about infrastructure?

Heavy dollars. Bricks and mortar. Vertical integration. The exchange goes on and on and the end points are these: They fear that other manufacturers (especially the Koreans) will get the jump on them. That’s one. and without an investment in heavier, more advanced manufacturing, they will be forever at the mercy of offshore operators who will cut them a piece of business only if they cut them the lowest garment wages on the planet in return.

Where the Haitian worker fits into this is not a pretty scene.

Earlier in the day, in an interview in his office in the Sonapi Industrial Park near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Richard Coles made no bones about the fact that sewing is a light, mobile industry, and not a tool for long-term development. “The problem with sewing is that once you have a little problem, it’s very easy for the customer to move production.”

Or cancel. His employee level has been as high as 6,000 and as low as 1,000. (Sewing is the Coles Group’s smallest division.) “They give you a call,” he says of his clients. “The market is soft. but you have a commitment, you know? They just don’t ship the goods to you. What do you do? You go home. You wait. The year goes and you lose money.”

The worker goes home. She waits.

Five hundred thousand workers go home. They wait.

Perhaps unwittingly, Richard Coles has described an economic foundation as fragile as the collapsed buildings of his home city of Port-au-Prince, where on Jan. 12 the cement shook like icing sugar off the rebar.

Last year, when the Haitian government examined raising the minimum wage of garment workers to 200 gourdes, Coles threatened to shut down his entire operation.

If cut and sew — or, more appropriately, sew — is salvation, it can only be argued effectively if a second stage of development is achievable: sustainable, long-term jobs. but to advance into the kind of brand servicing that is common in Asia — creating the patterns, the samples, and sourcing the raw materials, for example — Haiti has to have, first, reliable infrastructure and reliable electricity before it can hope to lure the enormous investment dollars required.

Alain Villard is one entrepreneur who knows where the hurdles lie. Villard has been in garment manufacture for 15 years. The January earthquake took out one of his two plants, in Carrefour, on the poverty-stricken outreaches of the poverty-stricken capital. Sixty-seven workers died.

Villard sews for Gildan Activewear Inc. and this year will produce nine million dozen T-shirts exclusively for the Montreal T-shirt maker.

A decade ago, Villard made children’s clothing. but the demands of the clothing companies outpaced his manufacturing capabilities. “They would send a sketch, a piece of fabric and say we need a million of these in six months,” he recalls. Textile making, textile dying, textile sourcing: for Villard there was no in-country opportunity to develop the capabilities to fill those orders. He marks the beginning of the collapse in 2001. The next year he started sewing T-shirts. by 2004 the proportion of children’s clothing had fallen to basically nothing.

Post-earthquake, his companies, Sewing International and Palm Apparel, are on the hunt for financing. He’s hoping to build 150,000 square feet of new assembly space and cites the maxim that the country must walk before it can run. Today: T-shirt manufacture. Tomorrow: the world.

For Alex Dupuy, a Haitian professor of sociology at Wesleyan University who has devoted his scholarly life to world systems analysis, it’s a mug’s game. in a paper published this past summer in the NACLA Report on the Americas, Dupuy argues that it was a two-pronged pact with the devil — the export assembly strategy coupled with the dismantling of trade barriers to food imports — that ensured Haiti’s economic destiny. The Sonapi Industrial Park, a Baby Doc project, drew Haitians to an increasingly clogged Port-au-Prince, including dispossessed farmers ultimately defeated by the decision to dramatically cut import tariffs on rice, a policy pushed on Haiti by President Clinton. Stripped of its agricultural roots, the country was supposed to skip straight into the industrial era. Except, as Clinton admitted to Kim Ives of Haiti Liberté last March, that trajectory failed everywhere it’s been tried.

Clinton was speaking in the aftermath of his surprising testimony last spring before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in which he admitted that he had made “a devil’s bargain on rice.” that strategy “may have been good for some of my farmers in Arkansas,” Clinton averred, “but it does not work. It was a mistake. It was a mistake that I was a party to. . . . I did that. I have to live every day with the consequences of the lost capacity to produce a rice crop in Haiti to feed those people.”

“So,” says Dupuy, “they went and wrecked Haiti.” Dupuy wryly adds, “Never once did he say that Haiti should return to self-sufficiency by raising tariffs against food imports. . . .that would be committing political suicide in the U.S.”

Haiti did get wrecked and the garment industry, Dupuy adamantly believes, won’t fix it. in his view, the hope, built on HOPE, that rungs of higher-scale manufacture will be built is bogus.

“For Haiti to move to higher industrial production it would need to invest heavily in the education of the Haitian population, invest heavily in the health care of the population, in housing, in infrastructure. . . .It would need to vastly increase both domestic and foreign investment in order to capitalize on a skilled labour force. none of which is on the horizon.”

And what of Dr. Farmer’s apple and stick: that the commission can use this moment to wrest pledges from incoming manufacturers? “How do you force private enterprise to be more responsible when they have many other supplicants to attract to their shores?” asks Dupuy in response. “I mean, why would they care? They have no responsibilities to the Haitian population, they’re not citizens of Haiti, they don’t vote in Haitian elections, so they’re not accountable to the Haitian public. . . .This is ludicrous to think that you could force corporations you’re begging to come to your country — that you could all of a sudden impose conditions on them that they would not only pay for higher wages but pay for workers’ education, provide them with health care and so on. That’s absurd.”

As such, it is so hard to envision a new Haiti. The earthquake of Jan. 12 did not wipe the slate clean, as has been rather gruesomely suggested. Rather the earthquake invited the fast-tracking of a prepackaged industrial strategy, one that Dupuy clearly feels won’t work.

For industry representatives, it has to. Speaking in a breakout session at the Club Indigo, Richard Coles reflected on Codevi. “That beautiful free zone,” he called it, with some longing in his voice. Such a puzzle. “It’s the same island,” he said, as if any of the participants were unclear about the land mass shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. “Somehow we’ve done something wrong and they’ve done something right.”

Coles sounded bitter in his observation that the DR does not see Haiti as a partner. It’s certainly not an equal. “There’s a very strong perception, and perception comes from reality, that we have failed the country. It’s a fact. We have not been able to deliver a country that’s modern, a country that works, a country that can deliver anything positive. We are a failed society.”

Saturday. Dawn. Market day.

The gates to the Dominican Republic swing open.

The desperate melee of commerce is sudden and ceaseless. Haitians rush the border crossing. Buying. Selling. Darting toward mountains of merchandise: salamis and spaghetti, vino tinto and hot dogs, split herring from new Brunswick. Trucks, trolleys, barrows. There is no reasonable way to navigate.

Haitian boys with bodies as frail as scarecrows jog across the bridge and back again, live chickens squawking and swinging from bouncing yokes on the return trip. Dominican guards roughly roust a Haitian suspected of stealing a loaf of bread. Another Haitian is wrestled to the ground: perhaps there is something in that black satchel of his. He is on his knees and pleading.

The situation grows intense, perilous, throwing down an emotional challenge. in the furious crush of bodies I lose my bearings. I find myself standing in fecal gutter waters. I turn under a bright, hot sky to see a Dominican boy of 10 or so unleash an ugly, cruel smirk as he gives a Haitian boy of his own age a slap to the head.

Just because.

And no one’s eyes sting in surprise but my own.

Haiti’s garment industry hanging by a thread

NEW LISTING

Harvest Arts and Crafts show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center’s Village Square, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; brokenmold.com.

Dry Tortugas, 44-Year Overview: OxBow Eco-Center, 5400 N.W. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. (772) 489-9050; DunZippy@aol.com.

Fall Volunteer fair: Meet with over 25 local non-profit organizations seeking volunteers. First United Methodist Church, 260 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 12. (772)464-5300; rosep@volunteerstlucie.org.

Military Appreciation Day: Present military, vets receive free buffet dinner and drinks. Hosted by Disabled American Vets Chapter 14. Golden Corral, 5091 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce,  5-9 p.m. Nov. 15, (772) 489-8004.

DAV Mobile: NSO, TSO teams offer help with disability compensations, health benefits, claims. American Legion Post 40 parking lot, 810 S. U.S. 1 Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 22. Hosted by Disabled American Vets Chapter 14. (772) 464-0003.

OCTOBER EVENTS

Swamp Tales: “Skelly the Skeleton Girl” by Jimmy Pickering. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 13. Ages 2-6. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Tsunami Science And Technology: Ocean education lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 5600 N. U. S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506 or fau.edu/hboi/.

Maximize Social Security: Learn techniques to enhance benefits. Morningside Library, 2410 Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 13. Ages 60-75. Reservation: (800) 748-4023. Also: Morningside Library, 2419 Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11 a.m., Oct. 14; Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 14.

Book And Health fair: Raffle, drawings, Christmas table. Port St. Lucie Community Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; book fair Oct. 13-14; health fair Oct. 14.

“Baby Signs”: Learn sign language with your baby. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 14. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Chuck Hill Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, 12:30 p.m., Oct. 15. $100-$375. Benefits St. Lucie County Boys, Girls Club. (772) 460-9918; bgcofslc.org.

Friday Matinee: “Ghost” (1990) featuring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Treehouse Time: Move like an animal and hike the preserve with your child. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m., Oct. 15. Ages 2-5 years. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Nelson Merchan-Cely Art Exhibit: Clerk of Circuit Court Building, 201 S. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., through Oct. 15.

Hispanic Heritage: Speaker Jose Garofalo, music, dance, art. IRSC Main Campus, Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, V Building, 35th Street, Fort Pierce, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 462-7610.

Sunset Magic Island Music Festival: Cultural celebration; music by Puerto Rican Salsa Project with Ivan Melendez. Fort Pierce City Marina, 6-10 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 465-4654; GoSunsetMagic.com.

Pet Adoption Milestone: Recognition of 1,000 pets, packages for adopting homeless animals. PETCO, 1753 N.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 461-0687 x224; HSSLC.org.

Laughter And Meditation Workshop: Enhance your physical, mental, emotional well-being. Unity Church of Port St Lucie, 2749 Morningside Blvd, Port St Lucie, 1-4 p.m., Oct. 16. $30. Ages 18+.

“Mosquitoes And Their Bloodsucking Tendencies”: Brown bag lecture with Dr. Roxanne Connelly. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, noon-2 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Orchid Fantasia: Orchid show and sale. Fort Pierce River Walk Center, 600 N. Indian River Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16.

Pet Blessing: First Congregational Church, 3601 Kirby Loop Road, Fort Pierce, 1 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 465-2082.

Fall Festival: Games, activities, prizes, hot dogs. White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 873-0643; canoepark@comcast.com.

Seas the Day Flotilla: Melbourne to Juno Beach ending at Indian River Lagoon, Fort Pierce Turning Basin, 1 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 16. $25/boat. Also: Captain’s cookout at Marina Square Park, 2-10 p.m.; Admiral’s Roast at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, $100. marinecleanupinitiative.org/seastheday. (772) 528-0675; captain-don@comcast.net.

Safe Boating: Flotilla 58 course. 1400 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. $36. Register: (772) 418-1142; a0700508.uscgaux.info.

Fall Festival, Pumpkin Patch: Water slide, bounce house, face painting, entertainment, games, pumpkin painting, food. Grapevine United Methodist Church, 4311 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16.

Plant Sale: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 337-1959; cityofpsl.com.

Art Workshop: “Fairy Castles and Lizard Lounges,” using natural materials, glue gun. ArtMundo, Art Bank at 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 16. $20, $5 materials. (772) 216-2067.

All Villages Fall fair: Food, flea market. all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St Lucie, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, Oct. 16. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Seas the Day: Boat parade, nine bands; crafts, food. Fort Pierce City Marina Square Park, 1 Avenue a, 2-10 p.m., Oct. 16. Benefits underwater clean up. for VIP tent ticket: (772) 528-0677; marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org.

“No Dig” Layer Garden: Information, demonstration of organic gardening technique. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 9-11 a.m., Oct. 16. $15-$20. Register: (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

Cub Scout Popcorn Sale: Publix, 5473 N.W. St. James Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Blockbuster Video, 1310 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 16. Benefits Cub Scout Pack 499. (772) 359-9901.

Movie Madness: “How to Train your Dragon.” Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, Port St. Lucie, 3 p.m., Oct. 17. (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

Hope Cuts: Accu cut Hair Salon, 1680 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 17. Benefits breast cancer. (772) 337-9871; accucuthairsalon@yahoo.com.

Community Fundraiser: Benefit for homeless veterans. Bob Evans, 1830 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8. (772) 879-0973; kofc 13042.org.

National Active And Retired Federal Empoyees: Meeting. Holy Faith Episcopal Church, 6990 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 1:30, Oct. 18. (772) 879-1566; narfe1589@bellsouth.net.

History of the Human Skeleton: Lecture. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 19. (772) 462-2812; library.stlucieco.gov.

Budgeting Workshop: Prepare a spending plan. St. Lucie County Housing, Community Services Office, 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 19. Reservation: (772) 462-1290.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Tickets: (877) 829-2734; caregiver.com.

Genealogy Classes And Lecture: Genealogy Class: “Footnote.com” (a military record website). Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Oct. 20. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. a Bldg., Main Campus, Fort Pierce, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 20. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Oxbow And the Natives: Interesting facts about Florida’s native animals. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 20. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Open House: Curves in Port St. Lucie, 343 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., 6:15 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 20-21. (772) 873-3223; curvesbycityhall@hotmail.com.

Adult CPR/AED Class: Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Suite A102, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 21, Nov. 2, 17, 30. $35.

Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall open houses. IRSC, 500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Schreiber Center, St. Lucie West Campus, Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Special Children’s Storytime: Guest librarian miss CarolAnn. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 21. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Meet the Candidates II: November general election candidates. Scallywags at Saint Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 21, (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Boys, Girls Club: Open house. Ken Pruitt Unit, 10673 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m., Oct. 21.

Tobacco Free Partnership of St. Lucie County: Discuss, educate community partners on tobacco-related issues in St. Lucie County. Children’s Services Council, 546 N.W. University Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 3-4 p.m., Oct. 21. Ages 11+.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Williamson Center, Dixon Hendry Campus, Okeechobee, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 22. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Friday Matinee: “Addams Family” (1991) featuring Angelica Huston. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 22. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fall Festival Antique Car show: Restored/original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from early 1900s-1985. Tradition Square, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22. $20-$25 entry fee. Benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. Register: (772) 287-1903; TCVCC.com, select “Fall Festival.”

Limited Pesticide Certification Training Program: St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Hurricane House, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 22. $35 includes breakfast, lunch, snacks. Reservation: (772) 462-1660; eask@ufl.edu.

A Present Life Workshop: Peace, purpose in living presently. 1600 Green Acres Circle, Port St. Lucie, 7 p.m., Oct. 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19. Reservation: (772) 924-1501; APresentLife.com.

Tween Social: Games, tournaments, food. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 22, Dec. 17, Jan. 21. $5. Ages 9-12. Register: (772) 807-4495; hprofera@cityofpsl.com.

Becoming a Naturalist: Hands-on learning. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Ages 16+. Reservation: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Haunted Happenings: Music, games, contests, prizes, food. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 6-8 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Register: (772) 804-4470; cityofpsl.com.

Rummage Sale: Bayshore Club, behind Social Security Plaza, 7123 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 344-0333.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Meadowood Golf and Tennis Club, 9425 Meadowood Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 23. $50. (772) 201-9701; DavidHall@bellsouth.net.

John Ferrentino Comic/Magician with a T.B.a: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Scene on Village Square: Movies under the stars; call day before for title. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 18. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Mad Hatter Day: Bring new hat in plastic bag or donation as admission. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 23. Benefits Hats off for Cancer. (772) 618-0151; Coachmh72@yahoo.com.

Harvest Festuvak: German food, classic car show, crafts, kids games, police dog demo. Hope Lutheran Church, 1750 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 335-4673.

Boat Cruise: Indian River Lagoon. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center, Fort Pierce, 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 25. $35-$35.

Family Fun Day: St. Lucie Lanes, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 24. $20 donation. Benefits Victims’ Assistance Coalition. (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Susan Webb, “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Oct. 25. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Father, Child Connection: Presented by Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 6-7 p.m., Oct. 26. (772) 462-2787; elcslc.org.

Bat-tastic Night out with Nature: Search for bats and nocturnal insects after dark. Manatee Observation and Education Center, 480 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 27. $5-$10. Reservation: (772) 466-1600.

Port St. Lucie Fall Festival: Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5-10 p.m., Oct. 27-28; 5 p.m.-midnight, Oct. 29; 11 a.m.-midnight, Oct. 30; noon-6 p.m., Oct. 31. $15 unlimited rides. Tickets: (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Basic First Aid Class: Three-year certification. American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Nov. 23. $35. Ages 13+.

Adoption Orientation Session: Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County, 804 S. 6th St., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. RSVP: (772) 429-2001; frank.avilla@chsfl.org.

Start Small Business Workshop: Fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 28. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Dec. 16.

Friends of the St. Lucie County Library: Dinner with author Jilliane Hoffman. SpringHill Suites, 2000 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. $40. Register: (772) 462-1615.

St. Lucie’s Got Talent: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m. registration; 6 p.m. show, Oct. 28. $5. Ages 5+. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

Kids Day out Camp: Robert E. Minsky Gym, 800 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Nov. 24, Dec. 20-23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 28. Ages 6-11. $14.35. (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Mummy” (1999) featuring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 29. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Craft fair, Flea Market: 343 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Food counter: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Becoming a Naturalist: Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3 p.m., Oct. 30. Free-$5. Ages 16+. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Steven Curtis Chapman: Night with the Chapmans tour. Westside Baptist Church, 3361 S. Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 30. $20-$40. nextlevelproductions.net/Fort-Pierce-Tickets.html; (772) 461-7828.

Children’s Farm: Interactive workshop on where food comes from, projects. Varri Green Farm, 12847 S.E. U.S. 441, Okeechobee, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 30, Nov. 10. $20. RSVP: (561) 543-7278; varrigreenfarm.com.

KISS Alive, Blizzard of Ozzy: KISS, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne tribute bands. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 30. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: Free screening. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 30. sunrisetheatre.com.

Harvest Art And Craft show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; info@brokenmold.com.

Golf Tournament: Indian Hills Golf Club, 1600 S. Third St., Fort Pierce, 7:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $260. Reservation: Benefits, Reading Counts Program. (772) 595-1148.

Little Tyke Halloween Hike: Take a short hike, tell not-so-spooky stories, get some treats. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $1. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Fred DonGhia: Concert. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Halloween Haunted Forest: Games, trick or treating, parade, food. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Oct. 30. $2-$6. Benefits Heathcote Botanical Gardens. (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

Pumpkin Patch: White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 11 am.-7 p.m. Sundays; through Oct. 30. (304) 545-3673; wvacoal@bellsouth.net.

Costume Contest/Trick Or Treat Tent: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival.. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 5-7 p.m., Oct. 30. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

Animal Birth Control: Open garden/plant sale to benefit Animal Birth Control low cost spay/neuter program. 2626 S.E. Brevard Ave., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 30.

Pumpkin Patch: all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St. Lucie, noon-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, through October 31. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Folloween: Safe alternative for Halloween. Southside Christian Church, 3822 Edwards Road, Fort Pierce, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 461-6209; churchfiles@live.com.

Halloween Party And Parade: Cupcake decorating, parade, costume contest. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 2:30-4:30 p.m., Oct. 31. Ages 12 and under.

Classic Car show: Held in conjunction with Port St. Lucie’s Fall Festival. Digital Domain Park, 525 N.W. Peacock Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 1:30-4 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 878-2277; cityofpsl.com.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Cash for Candy: Sell Halloween candy to send to troops. Dermody Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, 441 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3-6 p.m., Nov. 1. (772) 879-1879; christine@dermodydental.com. Also: Ardalan Pediatric Dentistry, 372 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie; Pediatric Dentistry of the Treasure Coast, 1316 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Jazz, Blues Night: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., 7-10 p.m. Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 1, 15, Jan. 5, 19. $3. (772) 337-1959; pslbotanicalgardens.org.

Be a Hero Day: Join 25 local businesses in donating blood. South 35th Street, Fort Pierce, starts 6 a.m., Nov. 3. Benefits Van Duzer Foundation and Florida Blood Centers. (772) 528-3467; thevanduzerfoundation.org.

Clint Black: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. $55-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/clint-black/index.html.

“The Ultimate Thriller”: Michael Jackson tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 5. $29-$45. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ultimate-thriller/index.html.

Rummage, Bake Sale: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 2525 S. 25th St., Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 5, 6. Benefits big Brothers, big Sisters. (772) 464-7194.

Treasure Coast Blues Festival: South Regional Stadium, 560 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Ages 21+. $35-$45. Benefits Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. RSVP. (954) 658-2798; wepromote4u@gmail.com.

Navy SEAL 5K Run/Walk: Pepper Park, adjacent to the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, 7 a.m., Nov. 6. $15-$20. no animals. (772) 834-1241; SEAL5K@yahoo.com.

Preston Shannon Beale Street Blues Revue: Treasure Coast Blues Festival, Port St. Lucie Civic Center Amphitheatre, Market Square, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets at box office or PastorTpresents.com. (954) 658-2798.

Celebrity Golf Weekend: Charity golf event. PGA Village, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m., Nov. 7. $1,200/foursome. Benefits St. Jude Children’s research hospitality. (800) 648-8905; stjude.org/pgavillage. Also: Celebrity softball game. Digital Domain Park, Nov. 6.

A Night of Comedy: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Nov. 6. $20. Benefits children’s cancer fund. Ticket: (772) 342-6099; mayamatters.org.

Marine Birthday Ball: Celebrate 235th anniversary of Marine Corps. D.a.V., M.C.L. Hall, 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, 6 p.m., Nov. 6. $45. Ticket: (772) 221-9199; mcl666usmc.com.

Bowling Party: St. Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 2-5 p.m., Nov. 7. $25; benefits American Red Cross North County Chapter. (772) 878-7077.

Benise — the Spanish Guitar: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 7. $35-$40. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/benise/index.html.

Small Business Workshop: Startup fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. Fort Pierce Library, Orange Avenue, Melody Lane, 5:30-8 p.m., Nov. 9, Dec. 7. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

Legislative Summit: Treasure Coast Advocacy Coalition, Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 8 a.m., Nov. 10, $25. tccc.info.

Girls Night – the Musical: Outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 11; 8 p.m., Nov. 12. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/girls-night/index.html.

Flea Market Bazaar: Indoor/outdoor. Community Clubhouses, 1800 Golden Ponds Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 12-13. (772) 466-0466.

Fall Volunteer fair: Volunteer fair for residents of St. Lucie County looking to volunteer. First United Methodist Church, 260 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 12. (772) 464-5300; rosep@volunteerstlucie.org.

Brian Nolan Benefit Ride: Auction, raffles, music. Pier II, Okeechobee, 3 p.m., Nov. 13. $20. Benefits Children of Fallen Firefighters Scholarship Fund. Register 10 a.m.-noon: Earls Hideaway, Sebastian; Archies Seabreeze, Fort Pierce; Treasure Coast Harley, Stuart. (772) 538-0753; brianjnolanride@aol.com.

“Beauty And the Dweeb”: Starring Marc Price and Julie McCullough. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 13. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Flea Market: Bake sale, crafts. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 13. (772) 466-8342; pcstluciecounty.com.

Calendart: Auction, drawings. ArtMundo, Fort Pierce, 7-9 p.m., Nov. 13. Tickets for drawings $10-$25.

Ambassadors of Swing: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 7 p.m., Nov. 17, Dec. 8. Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, May 11. $5-$6. Ticket: (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

Manage Business Cash Workshop: Financial schedules, analysis tools. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

The Diary of Anne Frank: Presented by the Barter Theatre. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 19. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/anne-frank/index.html.

Led Zepplica: Tribute band. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 20. $29-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/led-zepplica/index.html.

Basic First Aid And Adult CPR/AED Certification: American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, A102, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20. $50. (772) 778-2832.

Craft And Bake show: Reserve your table. Fort Pierce Elks Lodge 1520, 608 S. Fifth St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. $20/table. (772) 464-3183; elks1520@bellsouth.net.

CASTLE’s Holiday Magic: Auctions, gourmet samplings. PGA Education Center, Port St. Lucie, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20. $50-$750; Benefits CASTLE. Reservation: (772) 465-6011, ext. 228; pmadden@castletc.org.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Sherry Dial, “The making of Appalachian Baskets” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Nov. 22. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Dave Koz And FriendsA Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010: with special guests Johnathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 26 . $49-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dave-koz-friends/index.html.

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 28. $20-$35. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bayanihan/index.html.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Legends of Doo Wop with Tommy Mara: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 5. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/legends-of-doo-wop/index.html.

Pioneer Holiday: Nonprofit market, art show, historical re-enactments, visit Santa. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 11. $0-$6. (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

An Evening with Garrison Keillor: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 16. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/garrison-keillor/index.html.

Chris MacDonald — Memories of Elvis: “Merry Christmas Baby” with D.J. Fontana. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Dec. 18. $23-$37. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/elvis-christmas/index.html.

“Nutcracker”: the States Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Dec. 26. $20-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-nutcracker/index.html.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by George Love on oil painting. the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Dec. 27. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

JANUARY EVENTS

Howie Mandel: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce,, 7 p.m., Jan. 2. $45-$65. Ages 18+. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/howie-mandel/index.html.

“Giselle”: State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 5. $20-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-giselle/index.html.

Ed Asner As FDR: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 9. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ed-asner-fdr/index.html.

Richard Nader’s Rock And Roll and Doo Wop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 25. $39-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/kyman-feb-doowop/index.html.

“Forever Plaid”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/forever-plaid/index.html.

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 21. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-tosca/index.html.

The Magic of Jason Bishop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Jan. 23. $15-$25. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/jason-bishop/index.html.

An Evening with bill Cosby: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Jan. 29. $59-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bill-cosby/index.html.

The Neville Brothers And Dr. John: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 28. $49. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/neville-brothers-dr-john/index.html.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

“All Shook Up”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 4. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/all-shook-up/index.html.

300 Club Gala: Dinner, dance, auction. Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Feb. 5. $200. Benefits John Carroll. (772) 464-5200; johncarrollhigh.com.

ABBA the Concert: ABBA the Concert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/abba-the-concert/index.html.

Dennis DeYoungThe Music of Styx: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 12. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dennis-deyoung/index.html.

“The Music Man”: National Touring Company Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Feb. 13. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-music-man/index.html.

Tim Conway And Friends: Featuring Chuck McCann and Louise Duart. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Feb. 20. $49-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/tim-conway-friends/index.html.

“Romeo & Juliet”: the Russian National Ballet Theatre. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 21. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/russian-ballet-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Great Southern Cracker Roadshow Cornbread-fed, Whipcracking, Downhome Traveling Revival: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 25. $20. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/southern-cracker-roadshow/index.html.

Puccini’s “Turandot”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 26. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-turandot/index.html.

MARCH EVENTS

The Oak Ridge Boys: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 6. $48-$58. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-oak-ridge-boys/index.html.

“S Wonderful”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 8. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/s-wonderful/index.html.

Doobie Brothers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 9. $65-$79. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/doobie-brothers/index.html.

The Irish Sopranos: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 13. $29-$35. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-irish-sopranos/index.html.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”: the Acting Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 16. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/acting-company-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 20. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-madama/index.html.

“Spring Awakening”: the National Touring Company’s Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 23. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/spring-awakening/index.html.

“Blue Suede Shoes”: Ultimate Elvis Bash starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 24. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/blue-suede-shoes/index.html.

Joan Rivers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., March 26. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/joan-rivers/index.html.

APRIL EVENTS

New Shanghai Circus: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 1. $15-$30. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/new-shanghai-circus/index.html.

“Grease”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 3. $50-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grease/index.html.

Boz Scaggs: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., April 15. $49-$59. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/boz-scaggs/index.html.

“Winnie the Pooh”: Windwood Productions Presents Deaf Theatre’s Adaptation. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 11 a.m., April 30. $10. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/winnie-the-pooh/index.html.

One Night with Queen: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., May 6. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/one-night-of-queen/index.html.

St. Lucie Community Calendar, updated Oct. 13

NEW LISTING

Small Business Workshop: Startup fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. Fort Pierce Library, Orange Avenue, Melody Lane, 5:30-8 p.m., Oct. 12. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Nov. 9, Dec. 7.

Start Small Business Workshop: Fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 28. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Dec. 16.

Manage Business Cash Workshop: Financial schedules, analysis tools. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

300 Club Gala: Dinner, dance, auction. Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Feb. 5. $200. Benefits John Carroll. (772) 464-5200; johncarrollhigh.com.

Chuck Hill Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, 12:30 p.m., Oct. 15. $100. Benefits Boys and Girls Club. (772) 460-9918; bgcofslc.org .

Budgeting Workshop: Prepare a spending plan. St. Lucie County Housing, Community Services Office, 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, 10 a.m., Oct. 9. Reservation: (772) 462-1290. Also: 6 p.m., Oct. 19.

Adoption Orientation Session: Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County, 804 S. 6th St., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. RSVP: (772) 429-2001; frank.avilla@chsfl.org.

Art Workshop: “Fairy Castles and Lizard Lounges,” using natural materials, glue gun. ArtMundo, Art Bank at 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 16. $20, $5 materials. (772) 216-2067.

Blessing Of the Animals: all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St Lucie, 2 p.m., Oct. 10. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Meet the Candidates II: November general election candidates. Scallywags at Saint Lucie Lanes, 6759 S U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 21, (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Tsunami Science and Technology: Workshop and lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 5600 North U. S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m. Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506 or fau.edu/hboi/.

OCTOBER EVENTS

Nelson Merchan-Cely Art Exhibit: Clerk of Circuit Court Building, 201 S. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., through Oct. 15.

Urban Garden Series: incredible edible landscaping series. Windstorm Mitigation Training Center, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 Scouting your Garden, Oct. 6 Harvesting, Oct. 11 Eating the Fruits of your Labor. $35 for six-part workshop. Register: (772) 462-1660; kasmi@ufl.edu.

Holiday Bazaar: Whispering Pines Park, Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 4. $25 for vendor (516) 316-2781; treasurecoastband.org.

Adult CPR/AED Class: Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Suite A102, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 5, 21, Nov. 2, 17, 30. $35.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: “Intro to Genealogy for Beginners.” Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 5. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: “Deeds and Research Answers.” Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m. Oct. 6. Also: “Eleanor Roosevelt: a Family Touch.” Hear letters written by Eleanor Roosevelt to family friends. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Pesticide Application Certification: Training and testing. St. Lucie County Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Suite 101, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m., Oct. 6. $20 (checks only). Register: (772) 462-1660.

Maximize Social Security: Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 6. Ages 60-75. Register: (800) 748-4023; tandtstrategies.com.

Ambassadors Of Swing: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7 p.m., Oct. 6, Nov. 17, Dec. 8. Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, may 11. $5-$6. Ticket: (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

College Planning, Funding Workshop: for high school students, parents. Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.W. Airoso Blvd., 7:15 p.m., Oct. 6. Reservation: (800) 524-0868; sfscollegeplanningspecialists.com.

Veterans Job Fair: IRSC, Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex, Bailey Auditorium, 4600 Kirby Loop Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 6. (866) 792-4772; rjeffers@irsc.edu.

Bachelor’s Programs; Information session. IRSC, Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, Room V110, 35th Street, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 6. (866) 792-4772; irsc.edu.

Fall Festival: Port St. Lucie Nursing, Restorative Care Center, 7300 Oleander Ave., 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 7. Benefits Alzheimer’s research. (772) 466-4100.

Boys, Girls Club: Open houses. Infinity Teen Center, 1011 N. 23rd St., Fort Pierce, 5 p.m., Oct. 7. Also: Ken Pruitt Unit, 10673 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m., Oct. 21.

Ribbon Cutting: the Artist Nest Fine Art and Craft Gallery, 6550 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie, 4:30 p.m., Oct. 7. Also: grand opening, Oct. 9. (772) 882-4344.

Social Security Workshop: Maximize benefits. Morningside Library, 2419 Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11 a.m., Oct. 7, 14. Ages 60-75. Reservation: (800) 748-4023; tandtstartegies.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Birds” (1963) featuring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Back In Black: AC/DC tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 8. $25-$35. sunrisetheatre.com.

Blow Out Event: Cutting hair to benefit MSABC. Couture Hair Design, 1274 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 879-2600; couturehairdesign@yahoo.com.

Cub Scout Popcorn Sale: Publix, 5473 N.W. St. James Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Blockbuster Video, 1310 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16. Benefits Cub Scout Pack 499. (772) 359-9901; scoutlander.com/publicsite/unithome.aspx?UID=3597.

Growing Container Vegetables: Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654.

Party In Parking Lot: Public safety, fun day; games, crafts. Seacoast, 1901 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 2-5 p.m., Oct. 9. Benefits Fools as one. foolsasone.com.

Planning Charrette: Green Jobs, Innovation Corridor. Fenn Center, Treasure Coast Research Park, 2000 Virginia Ave., 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 9. RSVP: (772) 462-2822; woodk@stlucieco.org.

Nature for Families: “This Bone’s Connected to that Bone.” Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $3. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Showcase Celebration: Pink Tie Friends celebrating 12 women through song, dance, stories. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 9. $50. sunrisetheatre.com.

5k Run/Walk: Publix Family Fitness Weekend. Tradition Town Center, 10489 S.W. Meeting St., Tradition, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15-$35. (305) 310-7236; djraceproductions@gmail.com

Pumpkin Patch: White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 11 am.-7 p.m. Sundays; Oct. 9-30. (304) 545-3673; wvacoal@bellsouth.net.

Sunrise Safari: Search for wildlife. Adams Ranch, 26003 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 6:30 a.m., Oct. 9. Ages 12+. $30-$50. Register: (772) 466-1600, ext. 3337.

Plant Sale: Presented by St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Office and Master Gardeners. Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 9. (772) 461-1660; stlucie.ifas.ufl.edu.

Dak Rakow: With Catherine Maloney: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Your Florida Yard: Lecture series. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654; martin.ifas.ufl.edu .

Morningside Musings Book Discussion Club: “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 2:30 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Port St. Lucie Mayor Candidate Forum: St. Lucie North Homeowner Association. New life Christian Church, 5555 N.W. St James Drive, Port St Lucie, 7 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 336-3745; chuckray53@yahoo.com.

Tsunami: Ocean education lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center auditorium, 5600 N. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506.

Swamp tales: “Skelly the Skeleton Girl” by Jimmy Pickering. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 13. Ages 2-6. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

“Baby Signs”: Learn sign language with your baby. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 14. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Oct. 15. $100-$375. Benefits Boys, Girls Club of St. Lucie County. (772) 460-9918.

Friday Matinee: “Ghost” (1990) featuring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Treehouse Time: move like an animal and hike the preserve with your child. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m., Oct. 15. Ages 2-5 years. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

“Mosquitoes and their Bloodsucking Tendencies”: Brown bag lecture with Dr. Roxanne Connelly. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, noon-2 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Orchid Fantasia: Orchid show and sale. Fort Pierce River Walk Center, 600 N. Indian River Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16.

Fall Festival: Games, activities, prizes, hot dogs. White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 873-0643; canoepark@comcast.com.

Seas the Day Flotilla: Melbourne to Juno Beach ending at Indian River Lagoon, Fort Pierce Turning Basin, 1 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 16. $25/boat. Also: Captain’s cookout at Marina Square Park, 2-10 p.m.; Admiral’s Roast at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, $100. marinecleanupinitiative.org/seastheday. (772) 528-0675; captain-don@comcast.net.

Safe Boating: Flotilla 58 course. 1400 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. $36. Register: (772) 418-1142; a0700508.uscgaux.info.

Seas the Day: Boat Parade, music, food. City Marina Square Park, 1 Avenue a, Fort Pierce, 2-10 p.m., Oct. 16. VIP Ticket: (772) 528-0677.

Plant Sale: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 337-1959; cityofpsl.com.

Hope Cuts: Accu cut Hair Salon, 1680 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 17. Benefits breast cancer. (772) 337-9871; accucuthairsalon@yahoo.com.

Community Fundraiser: Benefit for homeless veterans. Bob Evans, 1830 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8. (772) 879-0973; kofc 13042.org.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Tickets: (877) 829-2734; caregiver.com.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: Genealogy Class: “Footnote.com” (a military record website). Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Oct. 20. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Oxbow and the Natives: Interesting facts about Florida’s native animals. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 20. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. a Bldg., Main Campus, Fort Pierce, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 20. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall open houses. IRSC, 500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Schreiber Center, St. Lucie West Campus, Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Special Children’s Storytime: Guest librarian Miss CarolAnn. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 7, 21. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Williamson Center, Dixon Hendry Campus, Okeechobee, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 22. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Friday Matinee: “Addams Family” (1991) featuring Angelica Huston. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 22. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fall Festival Antique Car show: Restored/original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from early 1900s-1985. Tradition Square, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22. $20-$25 entry fee; benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. Register: (772) 287-1903; TCVCC.com, select “Fall Festival.”

Becoming a Naturalist: Hands-on learning. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Ages 16+. Reservation: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Rummage Sale: Bayshore Club, behind Social Security Plaza, 7123 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 344-0333.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Meadowood Golf and Tennis Club, 9425 Meadowood Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 23. $50. (772) 201-9701; DavidHall@bellsouth.net.

John Ferrentino Comic/Magician With a T.B.a: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Scene on Village Square: Movies under the stars; call day before for title. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 18. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Harvest Festival: German food, classic car show, crafts, midway games, face painting. Hope Lutheran Church, 1750 S.E. Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. (772) 335-4673.

Boat Cruise: Indian River Lagoon. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center, Fort Pierce, 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 25. $35-$35.

Fall Festival Antique Car show: Restored, original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from 1900s-1985. Town Square at Tradition, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 23. $20-$25 to enter vehicle; benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. (772) 287-1903.

Family Fun Day: St. Lucie Lanes, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 24. $20 donation. Benefits Victims’ Assistance Coalition. (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Susan Webb, “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Oct. 25. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Bat-tastic Night Out With Nature: Search for bats and nocturnal insects after dark. Manatee Observation and Education Center, 480 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 27. $5-$10. Reservation: (772) 466-1600.

Basic First Aid Class: Three-year certification. American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Nov. 23. $35. Ages 13+.

Kids Day Out Camp: Robert E. Minsky Gym, 800 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Nov. 24, Dec. 20-23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 28. Ages 6-11. $14.35. (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Mummy” (1999) featuring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 29. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Craft Fair, Flea Market: 343 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Food counter: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Becoming a Naturalist: Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3 p.m., Oct. 30. Free-$5. Ages 16+. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Steven Curtis Chapman: Night with the Chapmans tour. Westside Baptist Church, 3361 S. Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 30. $20-$40. nextlevelproductions.net/Fort-Pierce-Tickets.html; (772) 461-7828.

Children’s Farm: Interactive workshop on where food comes from, projects. Varri Green Farm, 12847 S.E. U.S. 441, Okeechobee, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 30, Nov. 10. $20. RSVP: (561) 543-7278; varrigreenfarm.com.

KISS Alive, Blizzard Of Ozzy: KISS, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne tribute bands. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 30. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: Free screening. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 30. sunrisetheatre.com.

Harvest Art and Craft show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; info@brokenmold.com.

Golf Tournament: Indian Hills Golf Club, 1600 S. Third St., Fort Pierce, 7:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $260. Reservation: Benefits, Reading Counts Program. (772-595-1148.

Little Tyke Halloween Hike: Take a short hike, tell not-so-spooky stories, get some treats. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $1. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Folloween: Safe alternative for Halloween. Southside Christian Church, 3822 Edwards Road, Fort Pierce, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 461-6209; churchfiles@live.com.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Cash for Candy: Sell Halloween candy to send to troops. Dermody Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, 441 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3-6 p.m., Nov. 1. (772) 879-1879; christine@dermodydental.com. Also: Ardalan Pediatric Dentistry, 372 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie; Pediatric Dentistry of the Treasure Coast, 1316 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Clint Black: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. $55-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/clint-black/index.html.

“The Ultimate Thriller”: Michael Jackson tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 5. $29-$45. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ultimate-thriller/index.html.

Treasure Coast Blues Festival: South Regional Stadium, 560 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Ages 21+. $35-$45. Benefits Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. RSVP. (954) 658-2798; wepromote4u@gmail.com.

Navy SEAL 5K Run/Walk: Pepper Park, adjacent to the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, 7 a.m., Nov. 6. $15-$20. no animals. (772) 834-1241; SEAL5K@yahoo.com.

Preston Shannon Beale Street Blues Revue: Treasure Coast Blues Festival, Port St. Lucie Civic Center Amphitheatre, Market Square, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets available at box office or PastorTpresents.com. (954) 658-2798.

Celebrity Golf Weekend: Charity golf event. PGA Village, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m., Nov. 7. $1,200/foursome. Benefits St. Jude Children’s research hospitality. (800) 648-8905; stjude.org/pgavillage. Also: Celebrity softball game. Digital Domain Park, Nov. 6.

Bowling Party: St. Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 2-5 p.m., Nov. 7. $25; benefits American Red Cross North County Chapter. (772) 878-7077.

Benise — the Spanish Guitar: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 7. $35-$40. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/benise/index.html.

Legislative Summit: Treasure Coast Advocacy Coalition, Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 8 a.m., Nov. 10, $25. tccc.info.

Girls Night – the Musical: Outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 11; 8 p.m., Nov. 12. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/girls-night/index.html.

“Beauty and the Dweeb”: Starring Marc Price and Julie McCullough. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 13. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Flea Market: Bake sale, crafts. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 13. (772) 466-8342; pcstluciecounty.com.

The Diary Of Anne Frank: Presented by the Barter Theatre. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 19. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/anne-frank/index.html.

Led Zepplica: Tribute band. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 20. $29-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/led-zepplica/index.html.

Basic First Aid and Adult CPR/AED Certification: American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, A102, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20. $50. (772) 778-2832.

Craft and Bake show: Reserve your table. Fort Pierce Elks Lodge 1520, 608 S. Fifth St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. $20/table. (772) 464-3183; elks1520@bellsouth.net.

CASTLE’s Holiday Magic: Auctions, gourmet samplings. PGA Education Center, Port St. Lucie, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20. $50-$750; benefits CASTLE. Reservation: (772) 465-6011, ext. 228; pmadden@castletc.org.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Sherry Dial, “The making of Appalachian Baskets” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Nov. 22. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Dave Koz and Friends–A Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010: With special guests Johnathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 26 . $49-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dave-koz-friends/index.html.

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 28. $20-$35. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bayanihan/index.html.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Legends of Doo Wop With Tommy Mara: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 5. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/legends-of-doo-wop/index.html.

An Evening With Garrison Keillor: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 16. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/garrison-keillor/index.html.

Chris MacDonald — Memories of Elvis: “Merry Christmas Baby” with D.J. Fontana. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Dec. 18. $23-$37. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/elvis-christmas/index.html.

“Nutcracker”: the States Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Dec. 26. $20-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-nutcracker/index.html.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by George Love on oil painting. the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Dec. 27. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

JANUARY EVENTS

Howie Mandel: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce,, 7 p.m., Jan. 2. $45-$65. Ages 18+. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/howie-mandel/index.html.

“Giselle”: State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 5. $20-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-giselle/index.html.

Ed Asner As FDR: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 9. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ed-asner-fdr/index.html.

Richard Nader’s Rock and Roll and Doo Wop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 25. $39-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/kyman-feb-doowop/index.html.

“Forever Plaid”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/forever-plaid/index.html.

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 21. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-tosca/index.html.

The Magic Of Jason Bishop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Jan. 23. $15-$25. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/jason-bishop/index.html.

An Evening With bill Cosby: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Jan. 29. $59-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bill-cosby/index.html.

The Neville Brothers and Dr. John: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 28. $49. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/neville-brothers-dr-john/index.html.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

“All Shook Up”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 4. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/all-shook-up/index.html.

ABBA the Concert: ABBA the Concert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/abba-the-concert/index.html.

Dennis DeYoung–The Music of Styx: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 12. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dennis-deyoung/index.html.

“The Music Man”: National Touring Company Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Feb. 13. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-music-man/index.html.

Tim Conway and Friends: Featuring Chuck McCann and Louise Duart. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Feb. 20. $49-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/tim-conway-friends/index.html.

“Romeo & Juliet”: the Russian National Ballet Theatre. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 21. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/russian-ballet-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Great Southern Cracker Roadshow Cornbread-fed, Whipcracking, Downhome Traveling Revival: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 25. $20. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/southern-cracker-roadshow/index.html.

Puccini’s “Turandot”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 26. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-turandot/index.html.

MARCH EVENTS

The Oak Ridge Boys: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 6. $48-$58. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-oak-ridge-boys/index.html.

“S Wonderful”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 8. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/s-wonderful/index.html.

Doobie Brothers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 9. $65-$79. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/doobie-brothers/index.html.

The Irish Sopranos: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 13. $29-$35. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-irish-sopranos/index.html.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”: the Acting Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 16. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/acting-company-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 20. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-madama/index.html.

“Spring Awakening”: the National Touring Company’s Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 23. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/spring-awakening/index.html.

“Blue Suede Shoes”: Ultimate Elvis Bash starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 24. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/blue-suede-shoes/index.html.

Joan Rivers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., March 26. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/joan-rivers/index.html.

APRIL EVENTS

New Shanghai Circus: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 1. $15-$30. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/new-shanghai-circus/index.html.

“Grease”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 3. $50-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grease/index.html.

Boz Scaggs: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., April 15. $49-$59. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/boz-scaggs/index.html.

“Winnie the Pooh”: Windwood Productions Presents Deaf Theatre’s Adaptation. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 11 a.m., April 30. $10. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/winnie-the-pooh/index.html.

One Night With Queen: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., may 6. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/one-night-of-queen/index.html.

St. Lucie County Community Calendar: Updated Oct. 4

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Tween Social: Games, tournaments, food. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 22, Dec. 17, Jan. 21. $5. Ages 9-12. Register: (772) 807-4495; hprofera@cityofpsl.com.

All Villages Fall fair: Food, flea market. all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St Lucie, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, Oct. 16. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Free Friday: Free admission. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.

Movie Madness: “How to Train Your Dragon.” Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie, 3 p.m., Oct. 17. (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

“No Dig” Layer Garden: Information, demonstration of organic gardening technique. Heathcote Botanical Gardens, 210 Savannah Road, Fort Pierce, 9-11 a.m., Oct. 16. $15-$20. Register: (772) 464-4672; heathcotebotanicalgardens.org.

OCTOBER EVENTS

Friday Matinee: “The Birds” (1963) featuring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Back In Black: AC/DC tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 8. $25-$35. sunrisetheatre.com.

Blow Out Event: Cutting hair to benefit MSABC. Couture Hair Design, 1274 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 879-2600; couturehairdesign@yahoo.com.

After 5 Live!: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Leif Erikson Festival, Viking Boat Regatta: Viking ship races. Jensen Beach Causeway Park, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 9. (772) 337-3992.

Garage Sale: Clothing bag sale, books. First Christian Church, 1210 Hartman Road, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 461-2644.

Cub Scout Popcorn Sale: Publix, 5473 N.W. St. James Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Blockbuster Video, 1310 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16. Benefits Cub Scout Pack 499. (772) 359-9901; scoutlander.com/publicsite/unithome.aspx?UID=3597.

Growing Container Vegetables: Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654.

Party In Parking Lot: Public safety, fun day; games, crafts. Seacoast, 1901 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 2-5 p.m., Oct. 9. Benefits Fools as One. foolsasone.com.

Planning Charrette: Green Jobs, Innovation Corridor. Fenn Center, Treasure Coast Research Park, 2000 Virginia Ave., 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 9. RSVP: (772) 462-2822; woodk@stlucieco.org.

Nature for Families: “This Bone’s Connected to that Bone.” Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $3. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Showcase Celebration: Pink Tie Friends celebrating 12 women through song, dance, stories. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 9. $50. sunrisetheatre.com.

5k Run/Walk: Publix Family Fitness Weekend. Tradition Town Center, 10489 S.W. Meeting St., Tradition, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15-$35. (305) 310-7236; djraceproductions@gmail.com

Sunrise Safari: Search for wildlife. Adams Ranch, 26003 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 6:30 a.m., Oct. 9. Ages 12+. $30-$50. Register: (772) 466-1600, ext. 3337.

Plant Sale: Presented by St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Office and Master Gardeners. Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 9. (772) 461-1660; stlucie.ifas.ufl.edu.

Dak Rakow: with Catherine Maloney: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Your Florida Yard: Lecture series. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654; martin.ifas.ufl.edu.

Budgeting Workshop: Prepare a spending plan. St. Lucie County Housing, Community Services Office, 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, 10 a.m., Oct. 9. Reservation: (772) 462-1290. Also: 6 p.m., Oct. 19.

Pumpkin Patch: White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 11 am.-7 p.m. Sundays; Oct. 9-30. (304) 545-3673; wvacoal@bellsouth.net.

Grand Opening: the Artist Nest Fine Art and Craft Gallery, 6550 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie, Oct. 9. (772) 882-4344.

Blessing of the Animals: all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St Lucie, 2 p.m., Oct. 10. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Pumpkin Patch: all Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St. Lucie, noon-8 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, October 10-31. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Urban Garden Series: Incredible edible landscaping series. Windstorm Mitigation Training Center, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, Oct. 11 Eating the Fruits of your Labor. $35 for six-part workshop. Register: (772) 462-1660; kasmi@ufl.edu.

Small Business Workshop: Startup fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. Fort Pierce Library, Orange Avenue, Melody Lane, 5:30-8 p.m., Oct. 12. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Nov. 9, Dec. 7.

Morningside Musings Book Discussion Club: “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 2:30 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Port St. Lucie Mayor Candidate Forum: St. Lucie North Homeowner Association. New life Christian Church, 5555 N.W. St James Drive, Port St Lucie, 7 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 336-3745; chuckray53@yahoo.com.

Swamp Tales: “Skelly the Skeleton Girl” by Jimmy Pickering. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 13. Ages 2-6. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Tsunami Science And Technology: Ocean education lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 5600 N. U. S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506 or fau.edu/hboi/.

“Baby Signs”: Learn sign language with your baby. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 14. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Social Security Workshop: Maximize benefits. Morningside Library, 2419 Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11 a.m., Oct. 14. Ages 60-75. Reservation: (800) 748-4023; tandtstartegies.com.

Chuck Hill Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, 12:30 p.m., Oct. 15. $100-$375. Benefits St. Lucie County Boys, Girls Club. (772) 460-9918; bgcofslc.org.

Friday Matinee: “Ghost” (1990) featuring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Treehouse Time: move like an animal and hike the preserve with your child. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m., Oct. 15. Ages 2-5 years. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Nelson Merchan-Cely Art Exhibit: Clerk of Circuit Court Building, 201 S. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., through Oct. 15.

“Mosquitoes And their Bloodsucking Tendencies”: Brown bag lecture with Dr. Roxanne Connelly. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, noon-2 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Orchid Fantasia: Orchid show and sale. Fort Pierce River Walk Center, 600 N. Indian River Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16.

Fall Festival: Games, activities, prizes, hot dogs. White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 873-0643; canoepark@comcast.com.

Seas the Day Flotilla: Melbourne to Juno Beach ending at Indian River Lagoon, Fort Pierce Turning Basin, 1 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 16. $25/boat. Also: Captain’s cookout at Marina Square Park, 2-10 p.m.; Admiral’s Roast at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, $100. marinecleanupinitiative.org/seastheday. (772) 528-0675; captain-don@comcast.net.

Safe Boating: Flotilla 58 course. 1400 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. $36. Register: (772) 418-1142; a0700508.uscgaux.info.

Seas the Day: Boat Parade, music, food. City Marina Square Park, 1 Avenue a, Fort Pierce, 2-10 p.m., Oct. 16. VIP Ticket: (772) 528-0677.

Plant Sale: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 337-1959; cityofpsl.com.

Art Workshop: “Fairy Castles and Lizard Lounges,” using natural materials, glue gun. ArtMundo, Art Bank at 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 16. $20, $5 materials. (772) 216-2067.

Plant Sale: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 337-1959.

Hope Cuts: Accu Cut Hair Salon, 1680 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 17. Benefits breast cancer. (772) 337-9871; accucuthairsalon@yahoo.com.

Community Fundraiser: Benefit for homeless veterans. Bob Evans, 1830 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8. (772) 879-0973; kofc 13042.org.

History of the Human Skeleton: Lecture. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 19. (772) 462-2812; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Tickets: (877) 829-2734; caregiver.com.

Genealogy Classes And Lecture: Genealogy Class: “Footnote.com” (a military record website). Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Oct. 20. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. a Bldg., Main Campus, Fort Pierce, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 20. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Oxbow And the Natives: Interesting facts about Florida’s native animals. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 20. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Adult CPR/AED Class: Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Suite A102, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 21, Nov. 2, 17, 30. $35.

Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall open houses. IRSC, 500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Schreiber Center, St. Lucie West Campus, Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Special Children’s Storytime: Guest librarian miss CarolAnn. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 7, 21. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Meet the Candidates II: November general election candidates. Scallywags at Saint Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 21, (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Boys, Girls Club: Open house. Ken Pruitt Unit, 10673 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m., Oct. 21.

FYI On LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Williamson Center, Dixon Hendry Campus, Okeechobee, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 22. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Friday Matinee: “Addams Family” (1991) featuring Angelica Huston. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 22. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fall Festival Antique Car show: Restored/original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from early 1900s-1985. Tradition Square, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22. $20-$25 entry fee. Benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. Register: (772) 287-1903; TCVCC.com, select “Fall Festival.”

Limited Pesticide Certification Training Program: St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Hurricane House, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 22. $35 includes breakfast, lunch, snacks. Reservation: (772) 462-1660; eask@ufl.edu.

Becoming a Naturalist: Hands-on learning. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Ages 16+. Reservation: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Rummage Sale: Bayshore Club, behind Social Security Plaza, 7123 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 344-0333.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Meadowood Golf and Tennis Club, 9425 Meadowood Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 23. $50. (772) 201-9701; DavidHall@bellsouth.net.

John Ferrentino Comic/Magician with a T.B.a: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Scene On Village Square: Movies under the stars; call day before for title. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 18. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Harvest Festival: German food, classic car show, crafts, midway games, face painting. Hope Lutheran Church, 1750 S.E. Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. (772) 335-4673.

Boat Cruise: Indian River Lagoon. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center, Fort Pierce, 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 25. $35-$35.

Family Fun Day: St. Lucie Lanes, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 24. $20 donation. Benefits Victims’ assistance Coalition. (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Susan Webb, “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Oct. 25. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Bat-tastic Night Out with Nature: Search for bats and nocturnal insects after dark. Manatee Observation and Education Center, 480 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 27. $5-$10. Reservation: (772) 466-1600.

Basic First Aid Class: Three-year certification. American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Nov. 23. $35. Ages 13+.

Adoption Orientation Session: Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County, 804 S. 6th St., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. RSVP: (772) 429-2001; frank.avilla@chsfl.org.

Start Small Business Workshop: Fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 28. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. Also: Dec. 16.

Kids Day Out Camp: Robert E. Minsky Gym, 800 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Nov. 24, Dec. 20-23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 28. Ages 6-11. $14.35. (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Mummy” (1999) featuring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 29. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Craft fair, Flea Market: 343 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Food counter: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Becoming a Naturalist: Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3 p.m., Oct. 30. Free-$5. Ages 16+. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Steven Curtis Chapman: Night with the Chapmans tour. Westside Baptist Church, 3361 S. Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 30. $20-$40. nextlevelproductions.net/Fort-Pierce-Tickets.html; (772) 461-7828.

Children’s Farm: Interactive workshop on where food comes from, projects. Varri Green Farm, 12847 S.E. U.S. 441, Okeechobee, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 30, Nov. 10. $20. RSVP: (561) 543-7278; varrigreenfarm.com.

KISS Alive, Blizzard of Ozzy: KISS, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne tribute bands. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 30. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: Free screening. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 30. sunrisetheatre.com.

Harvest Art And Craft show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; info@brokenmold.com.

Golf Tournament: Indian Hills Golf Club, 1600 S. third St., Fort Pierce, 7:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $260. Reservation: Benefits, Reading Counts Program. (772) 595-1148.

Little Tyke Halloween Hike: take a short hike, tell not-so-spooky stories, get some treats. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $1. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Folloween: Safe alternative for Halloween. Southside Christian Church, 3822 Edwards Road, Fort Pierce, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 461-6209; churchfiles@live.com.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Cash for Candy: Sell Halloween candy to send to troops. Dermody Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, 441 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3-6 p.m., Nov. 1. (772) 879-1879; christine@dermodydental.com. Also: Ardalan Pediatric Dentistry, 372 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie; Pediatric Dentistry of the Treasure Coast, 1316 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Live Jazz Jam: Fort Pierce Jazz, Blues Society. Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7-10 p.m., Nov. 3, 17. $3. (772) 337-1959.

Clint Black: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. $55-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/clint-black/index.html.

“The Ultimate Thriller”: Michael Jackson tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 5. $29-$45. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ultimate-thriller/index.html.

Rummage, Bake Sale: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 2525 S. 25th St., Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 5, 6. Benefits Big Brothers, Big Sisters. (772) 464-7194.

Treasure Coast Blues Festival: South Regional Stadium, 560 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Ages 21+. $35-$45. Benefits Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. RSVP. (954) 658-2798; wepromote4u@gmail.com.

Navy SEAL 5K Run/Walk: Pepper Park, adjacent to the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, 7 a.m., Nov. 6. $15-$20. no animals. (772) 834-1241; SEAL5K@yahoo.com.

Preston Shannon Beale Street Blues Revue: Treasure Coast Blues Festival, Port St. Lucie Civic Center Amphitheatre, Market Square, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets available at box office or PastorTpresents.com. (954) 658-2798.

Celebrity Golf Weekend: Charity golf event. PGA Village, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m., Nov. 7. $1,200/foursome. Benefits St. Jude Children’s research hospitality. (800) 648-8905; stjude.org/pgavillage. Also: Celebrity softball game. Digital Domain Park, Nov. 6.

A Night of Comedy: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., Nov. 6. $20. Benefits children’s cancer fund. Ticket: (772) 342-6099; mayamatters.org.

Marine Birthday Ball: Celebrate 235th anniversary of Marine Corps. D.a.V., M.C.L. Hall, 1150 S.W. California Blvd., Port Saint Lucie, 6 p.m., Nov. 6. $45. Ticket: (772) 221-9199; mcl666usmc.com.

Bowling Party: St. Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 2-5 p.m., Nov. 7. $25; benefits American Red Cross North County Chapter. (772) 878-7077.

Benise — the Spanish Guitar: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 7. $35-$40. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/benise/index.html.

Legislative Summit: Treasure Coast Advocacy Coalition, Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 8 a.m., Nov. 10, $25. tccc.info.

Girls Night – the Musical: Outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 11; 8 p.m., Nov. 12. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/girls-night/index.html.

“Beauty And the Dweeb”: Starring Marc Price and Julie McCullough. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 13. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Flea Market: Bake sale, crafts. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 13. (772) 466-8342; pcstluciecounty.com.

Ambassadors of Swing: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, 7 p.m., Nov. 17, Dec. 8. Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, May 11. $5-$6. Ticket: (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

Manage Business Cash Workshop: Financial schedules, analysis tools. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

The Diary of Anne Frank: Presented by the Barter Theatre. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 19. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/anne-frank/index.html.

Led Zepplica: Tribute band. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 20. $29-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/led-zepplica/index.html.

Basic First Aid And Adult CPR/AED Certification: American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, A102, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20. $50. (772) 778-2832.

Craft And Bake show: Reserve your table. Fort Pierce Elks Lodge 1520, 608 S. fifth St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. $20/table. (772) 464-3183; elks1520@bellsouth.net.

CASTLE’s Holiday Magic: Auctions, gourmet samplings. PGA Education Center, Port St. Lucie, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20. $50-$750; benefits CASTLE. Reservation: (772) 465-6011, ext. 228; pmadden@castletc.org.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Sherry Dial, “The making of Appalachian Baskets” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Nov. 22. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Dave Koz And FriendsA Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010: with special guests Johnathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 26 . $49-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dave-koz-friends/index.html.

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 28. $20-$35. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bayanihan/index.html.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Legends of Doo Wop with Tommy Mara: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 5. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/legends-of-doo-wop/index.html.

An Evening with Garrison Keillor: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 16. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/garrison-keillor/index.html.

Chris MacDonald — Memories of Elvis: “Merry Christmas Baby” with D.J. Fontana. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Dec. 18. $23-$37. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/elvis-christmas/index.html.

“Nutcracker”: the States Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Dec. 26. $20-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-nutcracker/index.html.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by George love on oil painting. the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Dec. 27. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

JANUARY EVENTS

Howie Mandel: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce,, 7 p.m., Jan. 2. $45-$65. Ages 18+. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/howie-mandel/index.html.

“Giselle”: State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 5. $20-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-giselle/index.html.

Ed Asner as FDR: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 9. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ed-asner-fdr/index.html.

Richard Nader’s Rock And Roll and Doo Wop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 25. $39-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/kyman-feb-doowop/index.html.

“Forever Plaid”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/forever-plaid/index.html.

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 21. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-tosca/index.html.

The Magic of Jason Bishop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Jan. 23. $15-$25. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/jason-bishop/index.html.

An Evening with Bill Cosby: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Jan. 29. $59-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bill-cosby/index.html.

The Neville Brothers And Dr. John: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 28. $49. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/neville-brothers-dr-john/index.html.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

“All Shook Up”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 4. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/all-shook-up/index.html.

300 Club Gala: Dinner, dance, auction. Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Feb. 5. $200. Benefits John Carroll. (772) 464-5200; johncarrollhigh.com.

ABBA the Concert: ABBA the Concert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/abba-the-concert/index.html.

Dennis DeYoungThe Music of Styx: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 12. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dennis-deyoung/index.html.

“The Music Man”: National Touring Company Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Feb. 13. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-music-man/index.html.

Tim Conway And Friends: Featuring Chuck McCann and Louise Duart. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Feb. 20. $49-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/tim-conway-friends/index.html.

“Romeo & Juliet”: the Russian National Ballet Theatre. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 21. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/russian-ballet-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Great Southern Cracker Roadshow Cornbread-fed, Whipcracking, Downhome Traveling Revival: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 25. $20. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/southern-cracker-roadshow/index.html.

Puccini’s “Turandot”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 26. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-turandot/index.html.

MARCH EVENTS

The Oak Ridge Boys: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 6. $48-$58. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-oak-ridge-boys/index.html.

“S Wonderful”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 8. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/s-wonderful/index.html.

Doobie Brothers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 9. $65-$79. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/doobie-brothers/index.html.

The Irish Sopranos: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 13. $29-$35. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-irish-sopranos/index.html.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”: the Acting Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 16. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/acting-company-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 20. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-madama/index.html.

“Spring Awakening”: the National Touring Company’s Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 23. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/spring-awakening/index.html.

“Blue Suede Shoes”: Ultimate Elvis Bash starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 24. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/blue-suede-shoes/index.html.

Joan Rivers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., March 26. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/joan-rivers/index.html.

APRIL EVENTS

New Shanghai Circus: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 1. $15-$30. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/new-shanghai-circus/index.html.

“Grease”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 3. $50-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grease/index.html.

Boz Scaggs: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., April 15. $49-$59. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/boz-scaggs/index.html.

“Winnie the Pooh”: Windwood Productions Presents Deaf Theatre’s Adaptation. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 11 a.m., April 30. $10. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/winnie-the-pooh/index.html.

One Night with Queen: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., May 6. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/one-night-of-queen/index.html.

No headline – CC_SL_Looking_Ahead

In this age of advanced technology it comes as no surprise to see golf reap the benefits.

One of the latest innovations, which works with the golf swing, is being used by the RDC golf team, the kinesiology program and may soon be available to the general public.

“The technology has been around for a while, but from what I understand we’re one of the first colleges and universities in the country to use it, possibly the first,” said RDC golf head coach Scott Bergdahl, who introduced the college to the technology.

“I was introduced to it by Rob Tenhove, who is a chiropractor and formerly from Red Deer, at a conference in Edmonton and as soon as I saw it, I got it,” said Bergdahl, who’s also the head pro and manager at Lakewood Golf Resort.

The program is not all that complicated. It involves a form of a vest and gloves with three sensors — one each on the upper and lower back and one on a hand — along with a computer and camera.

The computer analyses the swing and shows on the screen the body movements using three different lines, representing the hips, shoulders and hands. from this the golf professional can show you where you’re at and where you should be. There’s also a video available, which can be run in slow motion to further analysis the swing.

Following the initial assessment an individual may receive an exercise program to work on flexibility and mobility.

“You go through 12 different assessments,” explained Bergdahl. “We look at specific things and you either pass or fail. We look at the muscular system and stability and joint movement. We go through the 12 assessment, get an overview of what the body can and can’t do and create a program that helps strengthen or loosen up parts of the body to help the golf swing. It’s an amazing program.”

It’s a program that’s available to anyone interested in the sport from the able-bodied to the physically handicapped and even someone with a bad back for instance.

“It’s for everyone, no matter the gender, size or age,” said Bergdahl.

Bergdahl introduced the technology to RDC’s Gord Inglis, who was the acting director of athletics last year while Keith Hansen was on sabbatical, and it was something that caught his attention right off the bat. Inglis took it to the college administration and they backed it immediately.

“It’s leading edge technology. A great application for our students that we’re able to have in our kinesiology department and sports studies program,” said Inglis. “Biomechanics and video analysis is sometimes the forgotten sports science while strength, conditioning and nutrition get a lot of the press and headlines. with golf there’s a lot of video analysis taking place and a lot of swing coaches and now we have this here. For us, the regular golfer, there will be access to something that can hopefully improve our game.”

It’s a benefit to the kinesiology students, who may go on as coaches or in the golf field.

“They’ll have access to this leading edge technology and have first hand experience. It helps us present a strong program academically.”

Inglis can see it also benefiting the community.

“We can see possibly setting up a golf institute or a performance swing centre for everyone.”

But Bergdahl feels it can be even more of a benefit to the golf team, which is heaviliy sponsored by the Scotsville Group.

“We had a pilot project with five members of our team and since last year the change in their swing and their bodies has been incredible. It allowed the athletes to understand their swing and it gave them specific areas to work on. the technology allows them to see their improvements and get them excited about the new season and competing.”

Bergdahl hopes the new technology will allow the golf team to take another step forward.

“I believe we’re well-known in Central Alberta, but this technology will only help us branch out and attract more and higher calibre athletes,” he said. “But really if an athlete comes here, no matter what level they play at, and leave a better athlete then we’ve accomplished what we set out to do. then again it’s still about winning and that’s why we’re here and hopefully this will assist us in doing just that.”

drode@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC golf taps into technology

NEW LISTING

Small Business Workshop: Startup fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. Fort Pierce Library, Orange Avenue, Melody Lane, 5:30-8 p.m., Oct. 12. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. also: Nov. 9, Dec. 7.

Start Small Business Workshop: Fundamentals, marketing planning, capital, credit, permits, structure, taxation, regulations. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 28. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com. also: Dec. 16.

Manage Business Cash Workshop: Financial schedules, analysis tools. St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce, 1850 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Suite 201, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 18. Register: (772) 340-1333. score308.com.

300 Club Gala: Dinner, dance, auction. Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Feb. 5. $200. Benefits John Carroll. (772) 464-5200; johncarrollhigh.com.

Chuck Hill Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, 12:30 p.m., Oct. 15. $100. Benefits Boys and Girls Club. (772) 460-9918; bgcofslc.org .

Budgeting Workshop: Prepare a spending plan. St. Lucie County Housing, Community Services Office, 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, 10 a.m., Oct. 9. Reservation: (772) 462-1290. also: 6 p.m., Oct. 19.

Adoption Orientation Session: Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County, 804 S. 6th St., Fort Pierce, 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28. RSVP: (772) 429-2001; frank.avilla@chsfl.org.

Art Workshop: “Fairy Castles and Lizard Lounges,” using natural materials, glue gun. ArtMundo, Art Bank at 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 16. $20, $5 materials. (772) 216-2067.

Blessing of the Animals: All Villages Presbyterian Church, 1550 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St Lucie, 2 p.m., Oct. 10. (772) 873-9280; AllVillages.org.

Meet the Candidates II: November general election candidates. Scallywags at Saint Lucie Lanes, 6759 S U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 21, (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Tsunami Science and Technology: Workshop and lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 5600 North U. S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m. Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506 or fau.edu/hboi/.

OCTOBER EVENTS

Nelson Merchan-Cely Art Exhibit: Clerk of Circuit Court Building, 201 S. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., through Oct. 15.

Urban Garden Series: incredible edible landscaping series. Windstorm Mitigation Training Center, 8350 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 6-8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 Scouting your Garden, Oct. 6 Harvesting, Oct. 11 Eating the Fruits of your Labor. $35 for six-part workshop. Register: (772) 462-1660; kasmi@ufl.edu.

Holiday Bazaar: Whispering Pines Park, Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 4. $25 for vendor (516) 316-2781; treasurecoastband.org.

Adult CPR/AED Class: Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Suite A102, Port St. Lucie, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 5, 21, Nov. 2, 17, 30. $35.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: “Intro to Genealogy for Beginners.” Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 5. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: “Deeds and Research answers.” Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m. Oct. 6. also: “Eleanor Roosevelt: a Family Touch.” Hear letters written by Eleanor Roosevelt to family friends. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Pesticide Application Certification: Training and testing. St. Lucie County Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Suite 101, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m., Oct. 6. $20 (checks only). Register: (772) 462-1660.

Maximize Social Security: Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 10-11 a.m., Oct. 6. Ages 60-75. Register: (800) 748-4023; tandtstrategies.com.

Ambassadors of Swing: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 7 p.m., Oct. 6, Nov. 17, Dec. 8. Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, April 13, May 11. $5-$6. Ticket: (772) 807-4488; cityofpsl.com.

College Planning, Funding Workshop: for high school students, parents. Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.W. Airoso Blvd., 7:15 p.m., Oct. 6. Reservation: (800) 524-0868; sfscollegeplanningspecialists.com.

Veterans Job fair: IRSC, Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex, Bailey Auditorium, 4600 Kirby Loop Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 6. (866) 792-4772; rjeffers@irsc.edu.

Bachelor’s Programs; Information session. IRSC, Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, Room V110, 35th Street, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 6. (866) 792-4772; irsc.edu.

Fall Festival: Port St. Lucie Nursing, Restorative Care Center, 7300 Oleander Ave., 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 7. Benefits Alzheimer’s research. (772) 466-4100.

Boys, Girls Club: Open houses. Infinity Teen Center, 1011 N. 23rd St., Fort Pierce, 5 p.m., Oct. 7. also: Ken Pruitt Unit, 10673 Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 5 p.m., Oct. 21.

Ribbon Cutting: the Artist Nest Fine Art and Craft Gallery, 6550 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie, 4:30 p.m., Oct. 7. also: grand opening, Oct. 9. (772) 882-4344.

Social Security Workshop: Maximize benefits. Morningside Library, 2419 Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11 a.m., Oct. 7, 14. Ages 60-75. Reservation: (800) 748-4023; tandtstartegies.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Birds” (1963) featuring Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Back in Black: AC/DC tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 8. $25-$35. sunrisetheatre.com.

Blow Out Event: Cutting hair to benefit MSABC. Couture Hair Design, 1274 S.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 8. (772) 879-2600; couturehairdesign@yahoo.com.

Cub Scout Popcorn Sale: Publix, 5473 N.W. St. James Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and Blockbuster Video, 1310 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Oct. 2, 9, 16. Benefits Cub Scout Pack 499. (772) 359-9901; scoutlander.com/publicsite/unithome.aspx?UID=3597.

Growing Container Vegetables: Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654.

Party in Parking Lot: Public safety, fun day; games, crafts. Seacoast, 1901 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 2-5 p.m., Oct. 9. Benefits Fools as one. foolsasone.com.

Planning Charrette: Green Jobs, Innovation Corridor. Fenn Center, Treasure Coast Research Park, 2000 Virginia Ave., 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 9. RSVP: (772) 462-2822; woodk@stlucieco.org.

Nature for Families: “This Bone’s Connected to that Bone.” Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $3. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Showcase Celebration: Pink Tie Friends celebrating 12 women through song, dance, stories. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Oct. 9. $50. sunrisetheatre.com.

5k Run/Walk: Publix Family Fitness Weekend. Tradition Town Center, 10489 S.W. Meeting St., Tradition, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15-$35. (305) 310-7236; djraceproductions@gmail.com

Pumpkin Patch: White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday, 11 am.-7 p.m. Sundays; Oct. 9-30. (304) 545-3673; wvacoal@bellsouth.net.

Sunrise Safari: Search for wildlife. Adams Ranch, 26003 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 6:30 a.m., Oct. 9. Ages 12+. $30-$50. Register: (772) 466-1600, ext. 3337.

Plant Sale: Presented by St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Office and Master Gardeners. Extension Office, 8400 Picos Road, Fort Pierce, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 9. (772) 461-1660; stlucie.ifas.ufl.edu.

Dak Rakow: With Catherine Maloney: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 9. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Your Florida Yard: Lecture series. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 9. (772) 288-5654; martin.ifas.ufl.edu .

Morningside Musings Book Discussion Club: “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana de Rosnay. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 2:30 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Port St. Lucie Mayor Candidate Forum: St. Lucie North Homeowner Association. new life Christian Church, 5555 N.W. St James Drive, Port St Lucie, 7 p.m., Oct. 12. (772) 336-3745; chuckray53@yahoo.com.

Tsunami: Ocean education lecture. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center auditorium, 5600 N. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 13. (772) 242-2506.

Swamp Tales: “Skelly the Skeleton Girl” by Jimmy Pickering. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 13. Ages 2-6. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

“Baby Signs”: Learn sign language with your baby. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 14. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

Golf Classic: St. James Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Oct. 15. $100-$375. Benefits Boys, Girls Club of St. Lucie County. (772) 460-9918.

Friday Matinee: “Ghost” (1990) featuring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 15. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Treehouse Time: Move like an animal and hike the preserve with your child. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 9:30 a.m., Oct. 15. Ages 2-5 years. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

“Mosquitoes and their Bloodsucking Tendencies”: Brown bag lecture with Dr. Roxanne Connelly. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, noon-2 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Orchid Fantasia: Orchid show and sale. Fort Pierce River Walk Center, 600 N. Indian River Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16.

Fall Festival: Games, activities, prizes, hot dogs. White City United Methodist Church, 810 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 873-0643; canoepark@comcast.com.

Seas the Day Flotilla: Melbourne to Juno Beach ending at Indian River Lagoon, Fort Pierce Turning Basin, 1 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 16. $25/boat. also: Captain’s cookout at Marina Square Park, 2-10 p.m.; Admiral’s Roast at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, $100. marinecleanupinitiative.org/seastheday. (772) 528-0675; captain-don@comcast.net.

Safe Boating: Flotilla 58 course. 1400 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Oct. 16, Nov. 13. $36. Register: (772) 418-1142; a0700508.uscgaux.info.

Seas the Day: Boat Parade, music, food. City Marina Square Park, 1 Avenue a, Fort Pierce, 2-10 p.m., Oct. 16. VIP Ticket: (772) 528-0677.

Plant Sale: Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens, 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 16. (772) 337-1959; cityofpsl.com.

Hope Cuts: Accu cut Hair Salon, 1680 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 17. Benefits breast cancer. (772) 337-9871; accucuthairsalon@yahoo.com.

Community Fundraiser: Benefit for homeless veterans. Bob Evans, 1830 S.W. Fountainview Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8. (772) 879-0973; kofc 13042.org.

Fearless Caregiver Conference: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Oct. 20. Tickets: (877) 829-2734; caregiver.com.

Genealogy Classes and Lecture: Genealogy Class: “Footnote.com” (a military record website). Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Library, Port St. Lucie, 9:45-11:45 a.m., Oct. 20. (772) 567-7463; ckirkfirst@comcast.net.

Oxbow and the Natives: Interesting facts about Florida’s native animals. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:45-4:15 p.m., Oct. 20. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. a Bldg., Main Campus, Fort Pierce, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 20. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Lifelong Learning Institute: Fall open houses. IRSC, 500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Schreiber Center, St. Lucie West Campus, Port St. Lucie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 21. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Special Children’s Storytime: Guest librarian Miss CarolAnn. Morningside Library, 2410 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 10:30 a.m., Oct. 7, 21. (772) 337-5632; library.stlucieco.gov.

FYI on LLI: Fall open houses for Lifelong Learning Institute programs. Williamson Center, Dixon Hendry Campus, Okeechobee, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 22. Ages 50+. RSVP: (772) 462-7880; irscfoundation.org.

Friday Matinee: “Addams Family” (1991) featuring Angelica Huston. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 22. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Fall Festival Antique Car Show: Restored/original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from early 1900s-1985. Tradition Square, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 22. $20-$25 entry fee; benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. Register: (772) 287-1903; TCVCC.com, select “Fall Festival.”

Becoming a Naturalist: Hands-on learning. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. Ages 16+. Reservation: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Rummage Sale: Bayshore Club, behind Social Security Plaza, 7123 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Oct. 23. (772) 344-0333.

NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet: Meadowood Golf and Tennis Club, 9425 Meadowood Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 23. $50. (772) 201-9701; DavidHall@bellsouth.net.

John Ferrentino Comic/Magician With a T.B.a: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Oct. 23. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Scene on Village Square: Movies under the stars; call day before for title. Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 7-9 p.m., Oct. 23, Nov. 20, Dec. 18. (772) 807-4499; cityofpsl.com.

Harvest Festival: German food, classic car show, crafts, midway games, face painting. Hope Lutheran Church, 1750 S.E. Lennard Road, Port St. Lucie, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 23. $5. (772) 335-4673.

Boat Cruise: Indian River Lagoon. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Johnson Education Center, Fort Pierce, 10-11:30 a.m., Oct. 25. $35-$35.

Fall Festival Antique Car Show: Restored, original automobiles, trucks, tractors, motor scooters, motorcycles from 1900s-1985. Town Square at Tradition, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 23. $20-$25 to enter vehicle; benefits Treasure Coast Hospice. (772) 287-1903.

Family Fun Day: St. Lucie Lanes, Port St. Lucie, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Oct. 24. $20 donation. Benefits Victims’ assistance Coalition. (772) 461-5390; bowlfl.com.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Susan Webb, “Emotional Freedom Techniques.” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Oct. 25. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Bat-tastic Night Out With Nature: Search for bats and nocturnal insects after dark. Manatee Observation and Education Center, 480 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., Oct. 27. $5-$10. Reservation: (772) 466-1600.

Basic first Aid Class: Three-year certification. American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3:30-9:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Nov. 23. $35. Ages 13+.

Kids Day Out Camp: Robert E. Minsky Gym, 800 S.W. Darwin Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 7:30-5:30 p.m., Oct. 29, Nov. 24, Dec. 20-23, Dec. 28-30, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 28. Ages 6-11. $14.35. (772) 344-4021; cityofpsl.com.

Friday Matinee: “The Mummy” (1999) featuring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. PG-13. Fort Pierce Library, 101 Melody Lane, 2 p.m., Oct. 29. (772) 462-2787; library.stlucieco.gov.

Craft fair, Flea Market: 343 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29-30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31. Food counter: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Becoming a Naturalist: Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, 12:30-3 p.m., Oct. 30. Free-$5. Ages 16+. RSVP: (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Steven Curtis Chapman: Night with the Chapmans tour. Westside Baptist Church, 3361 S. Jenkins Road, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Oct. 30. $20-$40. nextlevelproductions.net/Fort-Pierce-Tickets.html; (772) 461-7828.

Children’s Farm: Interactive workshop on where food comes from, projects. Varri Green Farm, 12847 S.E. U.S. 441, Okeechobee, 10 a.m.-noon, Oct. 30, Nov. 10. $20. RSVP: (561) 543-7278; varrigreenfarm.com.

KISS Alive, Blizzard of Ozzy: KISS, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne tribute bands. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. Oct. 30. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: Free screening. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 12:30 a.m., Oct. 30. sunrisetheatre.com.

Harvest Art and Craft Show: Port St. Lucie Civic Center, 9221 S.E. Civic Center place, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oct. 30-31. (772) 336-0606; info@brokenmold.com.

Golf Tournament: Indian Hills Golf Club, 1600 S. Third St., Fort Pierce, 7:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $260. Reservation: Benefits, Reading Counts Program. (772-595-1148.

Little Tyke Halloween Hike: Take a short hike, tell not-so-spooky stories, get some treats. Oxbow Eco-Center, 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Oct. 30. $1. (772) 785-5833; oxboweco.com.

Folloween: Safe alternative for Halloween. Southside Christian Church, 3822 Edwards Road, Fort Pierce, 4-7 p.m., Oct. 31. (772) 461-6209; churchfiles@live.com.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Cash for Candy: Sell Halloween candy to send to troops. Dermody Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, 441 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie, 3-6 p.m., Nov. 1. (772) 879-1879; christine@dermodydental.com. also: Ardalan Pediatric Dentistry, 372 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie; Pediatric Dentistry of the Treasure Coast, 1316 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

Clint Black: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 4. $55-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/clint-black/index.html.

“The Ultimate Thriller”: Michael Jackson tribute. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 5. $29-$45. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ultimate-thriller/index.html.

Treasure Coast Blues Festival: South Regional Stadium, 560 N.W. University Drive, Port St. Lucie, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Ages 21+. $35-$45. Benefits Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. RSVP. (954) 658-2798; wepromote4u@gmail.com.

Navy SEAL 5K Run/Walk: Pepper Park, adjacent to the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, 7 a.m., Nov. 6. $15-$20. no animals. (772) 834-1241; SEAL5K@yahoo.com.

Preston Shannon Beale Street Blues Revue: Treasure Coast Blues Festival, Port St. Lucie Civic Center Amphitheatre, Market Square, 2-10 p.m., Nov. 6. Tickets available at box office or PastorTpresents.com. (954) 658-2798.

Celebrity Golf Weekend: Charity golf event. PGA Village, 1916 Perfect Drive, Port St. Lucie, 8 a.m., Nov. 7. $1,200/foursome. Benefits St. Jude Children’s research hospitality. (800) 648-8905; stjude.org/pgavillage. also: Celebrity softball game. Digital Domain Park, Nov. 6.

Bowling Party: St. Lucie Lanes, 6759 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie, 2-5 p.m., Nov. 7. $25; benefits American Red Cross North County Chapter. (772) 878-7077.

Benise — the Spanish Guitar: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 7. $35-$40. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/benise/index.html.

Legislative Summit: Treasure Coast Advocacy Coalition, Port St. Lucie Community Center, 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., 8 a.m., Nov. 10, $25. tccc.info.

Girls Night – the Musical: Outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 11; 8 p.m., Nov. 12. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/girls-night/index.html.

“Beauty and the Dweeb”: Starring Marc Price and Julie McCullough. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 13. $15. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grouchos-comedy/index.html.

Flea Market: Bake sale, crafts. Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Turnpike Feeder Road, Fort Pierce, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Nov. 13. (772) 466-8342; pcstluciecounty.com.

The Diary of Anne Frank: Presented by the Barter Theatre. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 19. $35-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/anne-frank/index.html.

Led Zepplica: Tribute band. Sunrise Theare, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 20. $29-$39. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/led-zepplica/index.html.

Basic first Aid and Adult CPR/AED Certification: American Red Cross, 540 N.W. University Drive, A102, Port St. Lucie, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 20. $50. (772) 778-2832.

Craft and Bake Show: Reserve your table. Fort Pierce Elks Lodge 1520, 608 S. fifth St., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Nov. 20. $20/table. (772) 464-3183; elks1520@bellsouth.net.

CASTLE’s Holiday Magic: Auctions, gourmet samplings. PGA Education Center, Port St. Lucie, 6:30 p.m., Nov. 20. $50-$750; benefits CASTLE. Reservation: (772) 465-6011, ext. 228; pmadden@castletc.org.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by Sherry Dial, “The making of Appalachian Baskets” the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Nov. 22. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

Dave Koz and FriendsA Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010: With special guests Johnathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Nov. 26 . $49-$59. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dave-koz-friends/index.html.

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Nov. 28. $20-$35. sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bayanihan/index.html.

DECEMBER EVENTS

Legends of Doo Wop With Tommy Mara: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 5. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/legends-of-doo-wop/index.html.

An Evening With Garrison Keillor: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Dec. 16. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/garrison-keillor/index.html.

Chris MacDonald — Memories of Elvis: “Merry Christmas Baby” with D.J. Fontana. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Dec. 18. $23-$37. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/elvis-christmas/index.html.

“Nutcracker”: the States Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Dec. 26. $20-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-nutcracker/index.html.

Art Mundo Salon: Free demonstration by George Love on oil painting. the Art Bank, 111 Orange Ave., Fort Pierce, 2-3 p.m. Dec. 27. (772) 216-2067; artmundo.org.

JANUARY EVENTS

Howie Mandel: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce,, 7 p.m., Jan. 2. $45-$65. Ages 18+. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/howie-mandel/index.html.

“Giselle”: State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 5. $20-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/state-ballet-theatre-giselle/index.html.

Ed Asner As FDR: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Jan. 9. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/ed-asner-fdr/index.html.

Richard Nader’s Rock and Roll and Doo Wop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 25. $39-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/kyman-feb-doowop/index.html.

“Forever Plaid”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Jan. 15. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/forever-plaid/index.html.

Puccini’s “Tosca”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 21. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-tosca/index.html.

The Magic of Jason Bishop: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Jan. 23. $15-$25. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/jason-bishop/index.html.

An Evening With Bill Cosby: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., Jan. 29. $59-$75. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/bill-cosby/index.html.

The Neville Brothers and Dr. John: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Jan. 28. $49. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/neville-brothers-dr-john/index.html.

FEBRUARY EVENTS

“All Shook Up”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 4. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/all-shook-up/index.html.

ABBA the Concert: ABBA the Concert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 10. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/abba-the-concert/index.html.

Dennis DeYoungThe Music of Styx: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 12. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/dennis-deyoung/index.html.

“The Music Man”: National Touring Company Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., Feb. 13. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-music-man/index.html.

Tim Conway and Friends: Featuring Chuck McCann and Louise Duart. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 3 p.m., 7 p.m., Feb. 20. $49-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/tim-conway-friends/index.html.

“Romeo & Juliet”: the Russian National Ballet Theatre. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., Feb. 21. $39-$45. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/russian-ballet-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Great Southern Cracker Roadshow Cornbread-fed, Whipcracking, Downhome Traveling Revival: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 25. $20. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/southern-cracker-roadshow/index.html.

Puccini’s “Turandot”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., Feb. 26. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-turandot/index.html.

MARCH EVENTS

The Oak Ridge Boys: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 6. $48-$58. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-oak-ridge-boys/index.html.

“S Wonderful”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 8. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/s-wonderful/index.html.

Doobie Brothers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 9. $65-$79. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/doobie-brothers/index.html.

The Irish Sopranos: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 13. $29-$35. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/the-irish-sopranos/index.html.

Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet”: the Acting Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 16. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/acting-company-romeo-juliet/index.html.

Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”: Teatro Lirico D’Europa. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 20. $45-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/teatro-lirico-deuropa-madama/index.html.

“Spring Awakening”: the National Touring Company’s Production. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 23. $49-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/spring-awakening/index.html.

“Blue Suede Shoes”: Ultimate Elvis Bash starring Scot Bruce and Mike Albert. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., March 24. $35-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/blue-suede-shoes/index.html.

Joan Rivers: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., March 26. $45-$65. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/joan-rivers/index.html.

APRIL EVENTS

New Shanghai Circus: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 1. $15-$30. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/new-shanghai-circus/index.html.

“Grease”: the National Touring Company. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 7 p.m., April 3. $50-$55. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/grease/index.html.

Boz Scaggs: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., April 15. $49-$59. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/boz-scaggs/index.html.

“Winnie the Pooh”: Windwood Productions Presents Deaf Theatre’s Adaptation. Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 11 a.m., April 30. $10. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/winnie-the-pooh/index.html.

One Night With Queen: Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, 8 p.m., May 6. $29-$39. (772) 461-4775; sunrisetheatre.com/shows/one-night-of-queen/index.html.

St. Lucie County School Zone: Updated Oct. 4