Tag: Boca Grande Community Center

Mount Vernon historian discusses legacy of John Adams

Historian and author Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky returns to Boca Grande on Monday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. to present insights from her latest book, “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents...

Historian Timothy Winegard to reveal the horse’s secret history

March 12, 2026
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Entertainment, News

BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE For millennia, the heartbeat of human progress didn’t come from a piston or a processor — it came from the rhythmic strike of hooves against the earth. On Wednesday,...

License to Speak: Former MI6 chief brings spy stories to Boca Grande

Above, Sir John Scarlett with his wife, Gwenda, after the talk at the Boca Grande Community Center. Photo by Garland Sir John Scarlett ran Britain’s MI6. On Friday, he came to the Boca...

Pulitzer winner Eig to discuss ‘King: A Life’

The Boca Grande Community Center will host an evening of history and storytelling March 4 at 4:30 p.m. as author Jonathan Eig returns to the island to discuss his biography, “King: A Life.” ...

Elizabeth Kolbert to speak on mass extinction at Friends event

February 19, 2026
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Entertainment, Events, News

Editor’s Note: This has been rescheduled as of 2/5/26. ‘Everything (and everyone) alive today is descended from an organism that somehow survived the impact. But it does not follow from...

Parking meeting dates set by counties

February 12, 2026
Staff Report
Community, News

The first meeting of the Boca Grande Parking Committee will take place at 1 p.m. on March 11 in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium. Back-up materials for review will be available...

Royal Palm comedy takes eccentric look at ‘80s art dealers

February 5, 2026
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Entertainment, Events, News

BY ROBBIE STANLEY The Royal Palm Players heat up the stage next week with the sharp, witty comedy “Social Security,” opening Wednesday, Feb. 11. Written by Emmy- and Tony-winning playwright...

Sean Wilentz brings scholarly rigor to Bob Dylan

February 5, 2026
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

Friends of Boca Grande’s Dod Fraser sat down for an interview last week with Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton, and the “Historian-in-Residence...

Turning stormwater canals into fish habitat; stocking tidal creeks with snook

Although it was again too chilly on Tuesday to have coffee outdoors at the Boca Grande Community Center before the second “Coffee with a Scientist” presentation of the 2026 series, the auditorium...

Community Center playground funds question

There is a question about funding to replace the playground at the Boca Grande Community Center, which was removed for renovations as part of the Renaissance Plan of Friends of Boca Grande. The...