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ext weekend the Boca Grande Art Center will president their annual President’s Art Show, featuring four past presidents of the long-standing organization. It wll feature works in oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor …
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In the spring of 2020, as the Johann Fust Library Foundation began to plan for the next season, Board Member and Clevelander Deb Nash was enthusiastic about a 2019 documentary that she wanted to share with the Boca Grande community called “Playing with Fire: Jeannette Sorrell and the Mysteries of Conducting.”
The film, directed by two-time academy award winner Allan Miller, tells the story of the Grammy-winning artistic director and founder of Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra. Deb Nash and her late husband Les were passionate supporters of Apollo’s Fire.
Next week, the Boca Grande community will have a chance to see why when the documentary is shown at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium.
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Jon Meacham may be a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, but when he found out that George W. Bush was speaking at a Friends of Boca Grande event in the same week he was, he had a few things to say about it.
Noting the friendly competition, Meacham read the audience a text exchange he had with the former President. “So I wrote, ‘I was just told that I was the best-selling attraction until you wandered onto the scene. I feel like Cheney.”
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David R. Benner, 66, passed away on December 10, 2021. He was born April 21, 1955 in Springfield, Illinois, the son of Thomas E. and Shirley (Metzger) Benner. His childhood was spent in various locations throughout the United States due to his father’s work. His life’s journey eventually led him to southwest Florida where he […]
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“Scammers are hoping to take advantage of individuals who are in desperate need of assistance. By thoroughly researching contractors and asking for personal referrals, you are less likely to become a victim to these heartless criminals,” advises Sheriff Prummell.
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There is a reason that those who litter are called “litterbugs.” Bugs are the lowest form of life! It is maddening and tragic to see the result of those who use our outdoors as their own personal trash can …
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The 34th Annual Englewood Invitational Outdoor Art Festival is slated for Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 29-30 after a two-year hiatus … and it promises to be the “Best Little Art Show” in Englewood.
The pandemic was rough on everyone, especially artists whose jobs were literally the first to shut down in March of 2020. Every show in the country was canceled in the middle of our Florida season, which left independent artists high and dry for not only work and money, but with businesses shuttered it was difficult to get supplies to work during that time.
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A memorial service will be held for Richard B Myers on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11:30 a.m. at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church of Boca Grande. Jan and the family welcome friends and loved ones to then join in a festive celebration of Dick’s life at the Boca Bay Pass Club Power House from 12:30-2:30 […]
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VIDEO BY PAULA RUSH, PHOTOS BY PAULA RUSH AND TAYLOR GUILLERM
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The future rookery at Wildflower preserve is now a reality. On Tuesday, Jan. 11 two new platforms were ceremoniously placed on the proposed rookery island site off Placida Road. As Boca Beacon readers may recall from an article written by Tonya Bramlage in October of 2021 titled, “If we build it, will they come? The future Rookery at Wildflower Preserve” has now come to fruition.