Tag: Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium

There’s magic & mystery awaiting you on January 13

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Experience a miraculous world of magic, mind reading and hypnosis from world-class “Astonishment Artist” Mat LaVore. Is it possible to change someone’s memories? Read minds? Predict the...

Memorial for Rosemary

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

A celebration of the life of Rosemary Fannie Bowler, PhD, will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9 at 4:30 p.m. Andrew Fone (Ro’s great nephew) has produced a short documentary film called “Travels with Great...

Dog park ‘meeting’ leaves island residents howling for more information

November 8, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE It was a very large crowd of islanders who took their seats a few minutes after 2 p.m on Tuesday, Nov. 5 in the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium. As Lee County Director of...

Flying monkeys do exist: an afternoon well spent with bats

November 1, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN While a tiny evening bat sat nestled in the front pocket of her jacket, Shari Blissett Clark gave a 90-minute presentation about Florida bats at the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium...

Halloween climb, bats, carnival and cake walk coming up

October 18, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT It will be a Halloween to remember this year, as there are a multitude of interesting – yet creepy – activities to participate in that feature an All Soul’s Eve flavor. The fun begins...

Learn about bats, get ready to get creepy!

October 11, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT If you’ve never had a comfortable relationship with bats, give them another chance at a presentation sponsor-ed by the Barrier Island Parks Society, called “The Secret World of Bats.”...

Prominent prosecutor and author to speak at library foundation benefit

February 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN She worked at the first district attorney’s office in the country that introduced DNA evidence in a major homicide case in 1986, before the courts ever accepted it as reliable. She was...

PROFILE: Bobbie Marquis

December 22, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Profiles

■ BY SUE ERWIN Bobbie Marquis ran a successful consulting business serving clients in Boca Grande and in the Englewood area for years, and now she’s working on the island full time as the executive...

Specialists discuss emergency services, public health and Zika

November 18, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN A panel of health specialists spoke to residents at the Boca Grande Community Center auditorium on Tuesday, Nov. 15 on topics ranging from emergency assistance and medical support...

Take a photo with Snappy next Tuesday … but watch those fingers!

March 25, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Guests of all ages are invited to come and meet “Snappy,” a 60-year-old turtle weighing more than 90 pounds, when the popular “Reptile Man,” John Storms, visits the island this weekend....