Tag: Boca Grande

Fust Foundation Towles talk sold out

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
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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
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■ 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
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■ 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 &...

Del-Bourree Bach to speak to BG Camera Club

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
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■ SUBMITTED BY THE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Del-Bourree Bach, a world-renowned master painter and a contemporary realist from Mystic, Conn., will give a lecture to the Boca Grande Camera Club on “An...

31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust art show this weekend

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT The 31st annual Englewood Bank & Trust Invitational Art Festival is back in town next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 27 and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Englewood Bank...

Smart Studio hosting new ‘Wild Florida’ exhibit

January 26, 2018
Marcy Shortuse
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■ STAFF REPORT Smart Studio is hosting a new exhibit of paintings by Gail Cleveland titled “Wild Florida” for the month of February. Gail, a plein aire painter, has completed a series of...

Profile Jim Blaha

■ BY SUE ERWIN For most of his life, Jim Blaha has been extremely passionate about history. He was a social studies major in college and earned an undergraduate degree from Illinois State in...

The flu: It may not be an epidemic, but it sure feels like it is

■ BY MARCY SHORTUSE I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but it seems like the flu season is peaking here on the island. Employees are missing from every store I’ve walked into, even here in our...