Tag: Boca Grande Community Center

Planning on Easter egg hunting? Better bring Joe & David some candy

■ STAFF REPORT The Big White Rabbit is on the move, as Easter is only two weeks away. At the Boca Grande Community Center, Jungle Joe Wier and Dashing Dave Bartels are getting everything ready for...

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”...

Lit Forum presents ‘The North Water’

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ 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...

Tesla Quartet to perform ‘Provocateurs’ program at Boca Grande Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 14

January 12, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY SUE ERWIN – Fans of Beethoven and Mozart will not want to miss a performance by the Tesla Quartet on Sunday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center. The quartet will...

Literature Forum to hold second presentation of the year by going ‘Old School’ with Tobias Wolff

December 1, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The second meeting of the Literature Forum is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 14, and the novel to be featured is “Old School,” Tobias Wolff’s shrewdly observed and affecting first...

Turkey Hoop Shoot winners announced

November 24, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

Lee County Parks and Recreation and the Boca Beacon hosted the 16th annual Turkey Hoop Shoot Contest last Saturday, Nov. 18, with 41 people competing for prizes. The tournament was open for...

Turkey Hoop Shoot this Saturday

November 17, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The Lee County Parks and Recreation annual Turkey Hoop Shoot will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 18 at the Boca Grande Community Center’s outdoor basketball court. The...

Royal Palm Players cast rehearses for season opener ‘Duets’

November 10, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY ERICA RESS MARTIN What happens when four couples dare to deal with the differences in their relationships? Well, it’s complicated. Once again, the Royal Palm Players have produced a hilarious...

America’s conflicts: The Great War, WWI

November 3, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT A two-day symposium on World War I is planned to take place from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on November 9 and 10 at the Boca Grande Community Center. The event will feature two keynote...

Just more reasons we are blessed to be here in Boca Grande

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE This past Saturday was the traditional Halloween Carnival, an event that island kids have treasured for almost 40 years. It was raining by the time the carnival began, but that...