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Tabletops designer to visit for J. McLaughlin book event

November 9, 2023
New York interior designer and photographer Stephanie Stokes will visit Boca Grande to promote her new Rizzoli book “The World at Your Table” at a signing on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at J. McLaughlin.  …

EDUCATE BOCA GOLF TOURNEY 2023

November 9, 2023
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‘The Dining Room on Boca Grande’ is a theatrical feast

November 9, 2023
SUBMITTED BY THE ROYAL PALM PLAYERS Imagine a dramedy of manners in a dining room on Gilchrist Avenue. Add 16 scenes time-traveling between 1917 and today. Throw 17 actors into the mix – half w…

Good vibes coming to Boca Grande with the Six One Five Collective

November 9, 2023
With three Grammy nominations, over 20 million streams and an IBMA Award (International Bluegrass Music Award), The Six One Five Collective is steeped in the musical mix of country, Americana, fol…

Hank Wright auction to feature Sam Hobbs art 

November 9, 2023
The Boca Grande Health Clinic Foundation is honored to receive a beautiful one-of-a-kind shell mirror from local artist Samuel Hobbs to be auctioned off at the 29th annual Hank Wright Live Auction…

Mendez speaks to Garden Club about ‘The Right-Size Flower Garden’

November 9, 2023
SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Kerry Ann Mendez, noted gardening consultant, lecturer, author, columnist, landscape designer and owner of Perennially Yours, a company dedicated to tea…

Friends speaker to discuss The Marquis de Lafayette:Facts you probably didn’t know

November 9, 2023
From New York Times bestselling author Mike Duncan comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette, to be presented on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Boca Grande Community Center. Duncan, a self-described …

Interested in becoming a Fust docent? Maybe taking a tour? Read more here

November 9, 2023
The Johann Fust Community Library has been at the core of the Boca Grande Community for decades, and now, after more than 70 years, the Johann Fust Library Foundation would like to share some of i…

PROFILE: Pastor Gary Beatty

November 9, 2023
If it is wrong to lie about your age when you are 16 so you can earn money to help your mother support the family, Pastor Gary Beatty has probably been forgiven. What was truly wrong was how poor …

THIS DATE IN THE BOCA BEACON

November 9, 2023
FIVE YEARS AGOThe Boca Grande Historical Society was celebrating “Railroad Week” by introducing a new exhibit called “Railroads, Phosphate and Real Estate.” TEN YEARS AGO We had a sunrise ec…