Sunrise Theatre

Joe Sweat, Marketing & Development Director

100 Years of Entertainment

Help preserve the 100-year-old Sunrise Theatre as the greatest and grandest historic theatre on the Treasure Coast providing quality entertainment to the region.

Like most performing arts theatres, ticket sale revenues cover less than one-half of our operating costs. As a member supported, volunteer-assisted organization, the Sunrise Theatre serves over 85,000 patrons and guests annually through its programs and directly benefits the economy and quality of life in St. Lucie County by attracting visitors from other cities, counties, and states.

Your tax-deductible membership contribution makes you eligible for a variety of benefits at the Sunrise Theatre. Individual Memberships start at $75 and offer advanced notice of shows and the opportunity to purchase tickets in advance of sales to the General Public. To become a member, please visit: https:// www.sunrisetheatre.com/sunrisetheatre-fort-pierce-memberships/ or call our Box Office at 772.461.4775.

Fort Pierce Police hosts Law Enforcement Memorial bicycle tour

On May 2, the Fort Pierce Police Department was honored to host riders taking part in the 2023 Law Enforcement Memorial bicycle tour. The group, made up of federal, state and local law enforcement officers from across the country, were riding from Miami to Washington, D.C. for National Police Week. They were paying tribute to fallen officers and raising money for three different charities, with the majority of the money going to Concerns of Police

Survivors. That charity runs a summer camp for the children of fallen officers, as well as retreats for adult survivors.

Retired federal agent Richard Gallo said his group of about 15 riders was making the 1,300-mile trek from Miami to Washington, D.C. More riders joined them in Jacksonville and Georgia. On the last three days of the ride, which ended May 12 in Washington, D.C., 600 to 800 additional riders from Pennsylvania, New

Jersey, Maryland and Virginia also joined with them to help pay tribute to those officers who have fallen in the line of duty and their families.

“These officers gave their lives in the line of duty not doing anything different than any of the rest of us did during our careers and are still doing for those who are currently still employed,” Gallo said. “And yet, when they did it, they were called to make the ultimate sacrifice by giving up their lives for the job. We want to pay tribute to them and also to remember their families, because their spouse went to work on a Monday and just never came home.”

Gallo said all of the hundreds of riders taking part in the final three-day push into Washington, D.C., raised at least $1,750 for the three charities. He added that the 15 riders participating in the ride from Miami to Washington, D.C. were from Florida, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas, and each paid their own expenses while also donating to the charities.