The Boca Grande Camera Club will host a presentation by renowned light-painting photographer Susan Magnano at 10 a.m. Jan. 20 at the Crowninshield, 240 Banyan St., and via Zoom.
Magnano will guid…
The Hermitage Artist Retreat on Manasota Key has announced new programs in February of 2026, including a return to their Manasota Key campus.
Pictured here and at top, Claire Chase, who will be a…
BY ANNA RIDILLA FROM GASPARILLA ISLAND MAGAZINE
A Wooded Shore by Thomas McGuane is a collection of nine short stories about men in rural America, who are either ideologically or literally adrift…
The community is invited to attend a free class on how to search and access land & other official records with the Lee Clerk on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. via Zoom.
The Lee Clerk’s office h…
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. The agenda includes an official swearing in for Commissioner Trish Petrosky of District 5…
As medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro dominate headlines and social media feeds, it is easy to think of them as simple weight-loss shortcuts. But during a talk on Tuesday Jan. 13th at the Boca Gr…
BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center is proud to host distinguished historian and author Bruce Levine for a captivating lecture on his acclaimed book, The Fall of the…
BY BETSY JOINER
The mid-December morning began with beautiful cool weather, not sure who was more excited, me, the teachers or The Island School students! The bus drivers were great, and I think…
Friday, Jan. 16
• Farmer’s Market, Bayou
• Boca Grande Live, D.K. Harrell, Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium
• Chowderfest, The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club
Saturday, Jan 17…
Caddyshack 9 & Dine was held at Lemon Bay Golf Club on Jan. 10. Here, Steve Hansen, Tanner Slider and Scott Gravino at the Gopher Hole. Photos by Caroline here.
