News
Fust Foundation Towles talk sold out
January 26, 2018
Response to the Johann Fust Library Foundation’s upcoming presentation by Amor Towles has been so amazing that it is now sold out. According to Lindsay Major, the president of the Library Foundatio…
Lit Forum presents ‘The North Water’
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT After the highly successful Literature Forum-sponsored performances by a stellar cast of Royal Palm Players reading Horton Foote’s “A Trip To Bountiful” on January 11 and 12, the For…
5 Guys With Artsy Ties show planned for February 4
January 26, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN Jack Horner is back in Boca Grande, and during the first weekend in February he’s organizing a winter art show featuring five gentlemen with good connections. “5 Guys With Artsy Ties…
2018 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series Starts January 31
January 26, 2018
■ BY JEN FIERS The 2018 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series will be held each Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Boca Grande Club from January 31st through March 14th. The first of the exhibitions will be the fir…
CHEC to host ‘History of Englewood’ in February
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Join Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center (CHEC) at this fundraising event which includes a lecture by Nancy S. Willie and Esther A. Horton on “A History of Englewood & Surround…
Del-Bourree Bach to speak to BG Camera Club
January 26, 2018
■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Del-Bourree Bach, a world-renowned master painter and a contemporary realist from Mystic, Conn., will give a lecture to the Boca Grande Camera Club on “An…
31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust art show this weekend
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT The 31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust Invitational Art Festival is back in town next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Englewood Bank …
Smart Studio hosting new ‘Wild Florida’ exhibit
January 26, 2018
■ STAFF REPORT Smart Studio is hosting a new exhibit of paintings by Gail Cleveland titled “Wild Florida” for the month of February. Gail, a plein aire painter, has completed a series of watercolor…
Profile Jim Blaha
January 26, 2018
■ BY SUE ERWIN For most of his life, Jim Blaha has been extremely passionate about history. He was a social studies major in college and earned an undergraduate degree from Illinois State in educat…
The flu: It may not be an epidemic, but it sure feels like it is
January 26, 2018
■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but it seems like the flu season is peaking here on the island. Employees are missing from every store I’ve walked into, even here in our offi…