Tag: Boca Beacon

‘My Fair Lady’ gets glowing review

To the Editor, I was bowled over on Friday night by the terrific performance of “My Fair Lady” by Royal Palm Players. The entire cast, headed by the outstanding all-around performances of Hal...

Many residents passionate about gun control

To the Editor: It was with regret that we read Sheriff Scott’s March 2 editorial about guns, in which he seemed to side not with police chiefs across the country but with the NRA. Among developed...

Taste of Boca

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE As we inch one week closer to the popular Taste of Boca event to be held on Monday, Feb. 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Boca Bay Pass Club, we will be defining a few more of the...

Could algae be destroying our brains?

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN After years of research in more than six countries, ethno botanist Dr. Paul Cox has discovered a tiny organism found in algae that could be destroying our brains. Cox was at the Boca...

Jazz, Virginia Woolf and home tours up this week

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ STAFF REPORT The sounds of New Orleans jazz will be filling the air at the Boca Grande Community Center with the Bud Leeds Ensemble on Sunday, Jan. 28 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. An “All that Jazz”...

Fust Foundation Towles talk sold out

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

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...

Lit Forum presents ‘The North Water’

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
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■ 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...

5 Guys With Artsy Ties show planned for February 4

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ 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...

2018 Pro Tennis Exhibition Series Starts January 31

■ 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...

CHEC to host ‘History of Englewood’ in February

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ 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 &...