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Lit Forum is back with ‘Circe’ November 4

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in Community, Editorial.

To the Editor: The Literature Forum is back and looking forward to inaugurating its 2021-22 season on Thursday, November 4th, with a presentation of “Circe” by Madeline Miller.  This follow-up to Miller’s best-selling first novel, “The Song of Achilles”, is told from the perspective of Circe, the sorceress nymph whose brief appearance in Homer’s “Odyssey” […]

Kay Kemper

Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.

If you are in the market for a motivational speaker for your next graduation, Kay Kemper is the woman for you. Energetic, optimistic, and full of joie de vivre, Kay could inspire the most woebegone and has uplifting wisdom to share. From being the first female vice president in the history of Old Dominion University […]

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Turtle Tracts … Week 23

Written by Boca Beacon Reader on . Posted in News.

By Turtle Patroller Tonya Bramlage Non-viable, unhatched nests are in the final weeks of excavation. These nests have not produced a hatching 70 days after their creation. There are a multitude of natural environmental factors that could cause a nest to not hatch. A nest that is too close to the water may have been […]

Inside out: Why is RPP moving their first show outside?

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Featured News, News.

By Erica Martin and Alice Court Live theater is back. Broadway is back. The West End is back. Touring companies are back on the road. And Royal Palm Players is back, too. At the end of the lost season – last year – RPP began casting, planning and producing the upcoming Superlative Season of Fun! […]

PROFILE: Lucinda Dixon Sullivan

Written by T Michele Walker on . Posted in Profiles.

Lucinda Dixon Sullivan has one heck of a bookshelf. If one did not know that she was a writer, they would immediately guess by the stunning, wall-filled shelves of books that line her living room. Lucinda just happens to be a successful novelist, having written “It was the Goodness of the Place,” along with several […]

Local organizations plan full schedules, keeping fingers crossed

Written by Susan Hanafee on . Posted in Featured News, News.

Promotional material has been mailed. Fingers are crossed. Boca Grande’s not-for-profits are hoping that everything can return to the way it was before the COVID pandemic struck – even though they can’t be 100 percent certain. “As much as we want things to be back to normal and have planned for that, things aren’t normal […]

OBITUARY: Patricia Miller

Written by Staff Report on . Posted in Obituaries.

Patricia F Miller, age 93, of Boca Grande passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2021. Patricia was born February 7, 1928. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at lemonbayfh.com for the Miller family. No public services are scheduled at this time.