Entertainment
Rotary sets 42nd Fine Arts Fest
March 14, 2024
The Rotary Club of Englewood will hold its 42nd Fine Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24.
Englewood’s Dearborn Street will feature original artwork …
Henhouse Prowlers Rolling Wheels spring tour
March 7, 2024
Spring is coming to town and so are the Henhouse Prowlers! Founded nearly two decades ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, this Chicago-bred quartet now finds themse…
Island letters in Putnam County Spelling Bee
March 7, 2024
BY BOOTS TOOLSDORF
Having never experienced a Spelling Bee in my life, either as a contestant or a viewer, I was curious about its origins in this country. Seems it has been an American institu…
Auditions are coming up for Royal Palm Players 2024-25 season
March 7, 2024
BY ERICA RESS MARTIN
While watching your friends in a Royal Palm Players production, have you ever dreamed about starring in a show? Well, this is your chance to take a chance and audition for …
Boca Grande 2024 dog show
March 7, 2024
Welcome all Boca Grande residents, friends and island workers to the 2024 Dog Show, “Puttin’ on the Dog”, to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 6. The dog show will award prizes in the categor…
Watch Lee County deputies each week on ‘On Patrol Live’
March 7, 2024
Lee County is one of the many jurisdictions from across the U.S. on the weekend television program “On Patrol Live”, on the Reelz cable channel on Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. EST.
The Dan A…
How do you spell fun? Look for Royal Palm’s Putnam Spelling Bee
February 29, 2024
BY ERICA RESS MARTIN
March 13 is the night I look forward to and dread. It’s the night RPP’s “The 25th annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” opens. This hectic, exhilarating, difficult show is ca…
Bike Parade and Woman’s Club Spring Fair March 9
February 29, 2024
The Boca Grande Woman’s Club Spring Fair, All Aboard the Boca Grande Express, arrives on Saturday, March 9. Come out and celebrate what makes Boca Grande special and have a great time with friends…
Fust Library Foundation offers writing and research roundtable March 14
February 29, 2024
On March 14, at 4 p.m., local writers Linda Fairstein, Susan Hanafee, Candice Shy Hooper and Bobbie Marquis will gather in the loggia of the Johann Fust Community Library to talk about how they ap…
Lemon Bay heads to Florida State Thespian Festival
February 29, 2024
The student theater troupe at Lemon Bay High School is heading to Tampa on March 13 for the Florida State Thespian Festival.
There were 21 one-act plays in the district, and Lemon Bay was…