Tag: Boca Grande Community Center

Lee Commissioner asks for island meetup on parking

Church land use attorney addresses Lee Commission During the regular Lee County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday morning, March 4, several members of the Boca Grande community, as well as an...

Tamar Gendler, Yale dean, explores ancient secrets, new insights

Unlock the secrets to a more fulfilling life with Tamar Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University, as she presents “Ancient Secrets to Modern Happiness” on Wednesday,...

Question on whether awning and window treatment is ‘historic’

Four residential projects, as well as a commercial façade improvement, will come in front of the next meeting of the Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, at...

Economic Summit talks U.S. debt, China relationships and Europe’s failures

February 27, 2025
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

Many technology features of the Jetsons’ era are now a reality; talk on March 6 Are you concerned about artificial intelligence? Does the United States’ growing debt wake you at 3 a.m.? Do you...

Evan Thomas to explore the moral and strategic dilemmas of atomic bomb

February 20, 2025
Staff Report
Entertainment, Events, News

Acclaimed author and historian Evan Thomas will deliver a compelling presentation on the complex decision to use the atomic bomb at the end of World War II. The event, scheduled for Wednesday,...

Folk and guitar legend Tom Rush performing Tuesday at Community Center

“Tom was not only one of my early heroes, but also one of my main influences.” – James Taylor Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration, a journey...

Business & Real Estate: Cottage elevation at Preservation Board

The Boca Grande Historic Preservation Board is set to hold its first meeting since September, on Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. The meeting will include one project: a request to elevate a guest house at...

Film Festival will use Community Center Auditorium site

The Boca Grande Film Festival 2025 is set for Feb. 19-21 and the auditorium in the Community Center will be ready to use for the festival. “The auditorium will be our theater for the year,” said...

Advice from writer Thomas McGuane lingers still

January 2, 2025
Guest Columnist
Columns

BY KATHY Y. FUTCH One February, a few years back, islander-author Thomas McGuane enthralled an auditorium full of readers and writers in the Boca Grande Community Center. Those present then...

Friends of Boca Grande move office to marine containers

December 19, 2024
Garland Pollard
Breaking News, News

Friends of Boca Grande are now operating out of old marine containers for offices, as they wait for repairs to the Boca Grande Community Center, which was flooded during hurricanes Helene and...