Category: Events

Manta Ray expert swims into Cape Haze Feb. 22

Jessica Pate, the lead scientist for the Florida Manta Project, will be in town on Thursday, Feb. 22 to speak on The Mysterious Manta Rays of Florida. Pate started the Florida Manta Project in 2016...

Resilience at Boca Grande Health Clinic

The Boca Grande Health Clinic and Foundation will welcome Yale-trained and board-certified psychiatry specialist Alexander P. Miano, M.D. on February 20, 2024, for an in-person talk on resilience. Resilience...

Garden writer visits Boca Grande

BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On February 7, the Boca Grande Garden Club welcomed noted garden designer and author Page Dickey to speak on her latest book, Uprooted, A Gardener Reflects on Beginning...

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish …

February 9, 2024
Staff Report
Events, News

The Community House was filled with art-minded people last Saturday night for the Boca Grande Art Center’s Fishing in Paradise fish art show. Below, some photos by the Boca Beacon’s Matt Gutman...

Palm Beach sendup the scene at next Royal Palm Players comedy

February 9, 2024
Staff Report
Events

BY BOOTS TOLSDORFROYAL PALM PLAYERS You know as soon as you see the set for “Suite Surrender” that you are in for physical comedy of epic proportions. Four doors, one leading to a balcony, a closet...

Secretary Skinner on fathers, mentorship and veterans

At age 85, former Secretary of Transportation Sam Skinner shared with a gathering of men at breakfast this week the need for men to have fathers and role models. He learned this lesson as a child,...

Putting Around Boca Grande March 23

February 9, 2024
Staff Report
Events

The Boca Grande Fire Department is holding a mini-golf event to raise funds for safety supplies and disaster relief. “It should be a good time, and the money is going to some really cool things,”...

Tasty plans for upcoming Strawberry Fest

February 2, 2024
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Events

BY JASON WICKMAN On Saturday, March 2, the Strawberry Festival will return to the Community Center grounds to celebrate more than 30 years of raising money to provide help to local women and children...

Beach Ball fundraiser to benefit Boca Grande Preschool

The Boca Grande Preschool will hold their annual “Beach Ball” fundraiser for the school at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 4 at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club. The preschool is a nonprofit, nondenominational...

February History Bytes topics include Mary Ellen Parkinson, Grandma Effie

Each Wednesday this February will be an opportunity to relive some of the most interesting aspects of Boca Grande history. This year there is a twist, as three of the four presentations are being...