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Organizations turn to creativity in unusual season
February 12, 2021
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Virtual speakers, open air musicals, art shows without the usual wine and cheese receptions, pop-up history tours in parking lots – all have been part of the creativity local not…
BGHS takes note of a rare ‘Magna Carta’
February 12, 2021
BY SUSAN HANAFEE – Jim Blaha calls the mountain of material the Boca Grande Historical Society received from the attic of a woman in Tennessee late last year the “Magna Carta.”
And, indeed, the col…
‘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.
Worl…
GIBA re-elects Watkins as chair, talks financials at quarterly meeting
February 12, 2021
STAFF REPORT – Ginger Watkins was re-elected as chairman and Drew Tucker was elected as vice chairman of the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority, when they held their quarterly board meeting on Wedn…
Chamber announces details of World’s Richest, Ladies Day tournaments
February 12, 2021
STAFF REPORT – There’s something lovely in the air this time of year, and we’ve been day-dreaming of our perfect date for long enough! The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to announc…
Last call for the Third Annual Boca Grande Film Festival: Drive-in Monday will officially begin five days of film festival fun
February 12, 2021
STAFF REPORT – The Third Annual (but first-ever virtual) Boca Grande Film Festival will begin its five-day tribute to a diverse selection of films and documentaries, viewable through the Friends of…
Take an ‘Adventure in the Glades’ with Gail Cleveland
February 12, 2021
Spending a week in the swamp may not be everyone’s idea of a dream getaway to celebrate a BIG birthday, but for this artist it was paradise! According to artist Gail Cleveland, it was a perfect wee…
LBHS theater production ‘She Loves Me’ A light ‘rom-com’ for the weekend
February 12, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Lemon Bay High School production of “She Loves Me” is the perfect rom-com musical to celebrate the Valentine’s Day holiday. The plot revolves around two shop owners who, d…
A taste of Paris in Boca Grande: It’s time for some engagement chicken
February 12, 2021
Braden Perkins was born in New Orleans Louisiana and grew up in Boston. Braden worked for four years with celebrity chef Tom Douglas in Seattle. In 2011 Braden and his partner, Laura Adrian, opene…
PROFILE: Susan O’Brien
February 12, 2021
BY T MICHELE WALKER – It all started with a blank canvas; a blank canvas an estate built in 1670.
“I’m from Sherborn, Massachusetts, where we lived for 35 years,” said Susan O’Brien, Boca Grande Ga…