“Despite a few leftover challenges from the hurricane, the church women are moving ahead full steam to ensure that this year’s event is as much fun as in previous years,” said Gloria Mitchell, who along with her daughter, Amy Mitchell, is co-chairing the event. “This year’s festival will signal our efforts to return to normal and, of course, will underscore the need to help others that are still suffering as a result of the storm.”

It’s the sixteenth year of celebrating creative innovation for the “Art on Banyan: Five Women” Exhibit, presented at the Boca Grande Art Center. This year the group welcomes a new addition, ceramic artist Carol Mack. Her passion for both clay and printmaking is revealed in her delicate vessels, which employ multiple applications of incising, underglazes, […]

The Barrier Island Parks Society recently hosted its annual red tide forum, shining a spotlight on the research. The forum featured three scientists who have dedicated much of their lives to finding ways of making the occurrence of red tide in the Gulf of Mexico less problematic to the people of Southwest Florida and beyond.