Entertainment
RPP creates pandemonium: A COVID cabaret
March 21, 2021
BY ERICA RESS MARTIN – What a strange year it has been. RPP’s big musical “Nunsense” was shut down in the middle of the run last March. Then every RPP production was completely postponed until the …
Boots Tolsdorf looks back at 20 years of RPP performances
March 21, 2021
BY BOOTS TOLSDORF – With no lines to memorize this year for RPP, (yea!) I have turned to other endeavors, not unlike most of you. One of them was to organize 22 years of Royal Palm Players and me i…
‘All That Jazz’ concert was a smashing success
March 13, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center hit it out of the ballpark again with their March installment of “All That Jazz,” featuring Brandon Robertson. Robertson, a bassist…
‘All That Jazz’ to feature bassist Brandon Robertson March 8
March 7, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center is presenting their monthly All That Jazz concert series, featuring bassist Brandon L. Robertson. The show is Monday, March 8 and o…
Grande Glee learns some new skills during pandemic time out
March 7, 2021
BY SHARON PONTE – Some of the casualties of the pandemic have been spending time together, socializing, dinner parties, and in the case of Grande Glee – singing. Every Friday morning the Gleesters …
Boca Grande Art Center Liaison Program supports upcoming artists
March 7, 2021
TONYA BRAMLAGE – A hallmark of authentic leadership is the alignment of people around a mission and its values. The liaison program at the Boca Grande Art Center is designed to support upcoming art…
‘All that Jazz’ featured this week on the lawn
February 13, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center have managed to keep jazz alive in Boca Grande with their concert series “All That Jazz” made available to a broader audience.
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2021 Boca Grande Film Festival announces 11th film in line-up for virtual event
February 6, 2021
STAFF REPORT – The 3rd Annual (but first-ever virtual) Boca Grande Film Festival! This year’s festival will span five days with a diverse selection of riveting films and documentaries, viewable thr…
Friends of Boca Grande begins season with financial livestream; A sneak peek on Jim Runde’s upcoming program on a timely topic
October 16, 2020
BY OLIVIA CAMERON- Friends of Boca Grande is hosting their first program of an unpredictable season with Boca Grande resident and Wall Street investment banker Jim Runde’s talk, entitled “The Econo…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Royal Palm Players makes announcement: ‘The show must go on!’
September 11, 2020
To the Editor: As President of Royal Palm Players, I would like to take a moment to let you know what RPP has planned for this season. Back in March, our board of directors had to re-evaluate the s…