Tag: Friends of Boca Grande

‘All that Jazz’ featured this week on the lawn

February 13, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment, News

BY T MICHELE WALKER – The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center have managed to keep jazz alive in Boca Grande with their concert series “All That Jazz” made available to a broader audience. World-renowned...

Friends of Boca Grande begins season with financial livestream; A sneak peek on Jim Runde’s upcoming program on a timely topic

October 16, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- Friends of Boca Grande is hosting their first program of an unpredictable season with Boca Grande resident and Wall Street investment banker Jim Runde’s talk, entitled “The Economic...

Stages glow red with the hope to sway Congress

September 4, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Entertainment

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Friends of Boca Grande Community Center joined the nationwide effort, “Red Alert,” to light the outdoor stage red and plead to Congress to make a change. As one...

Friends of Boca Grande on ‘red alert,’ keeping things flexible with the program

August 28, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON AND FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE- The Florida Professional Presenters Consortium, a statewide organization of over 60 performing arts venues, including Friends of Boca Grande Community Center...

From Professor Jackson’s classroom of sailing spitballs to his Civil War brilliance

January 31, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARY COOK, FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE – Sam Gwynne treated the Friends of Boca Grande crowd to a recording of the “Rebel Yell.” It was the prologue to his January 22 talk on “Rebel Yell, the Violence,...

According to Bob Milne, it’s time to boogie!

January 6, 2017
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Boca Grande music fans are in for a treat on Friday, Jan. 13. Friends of Boca Grande will be hosting the 2017 Coconut Cabaret featuring Bob Milne, who will be performing ragtime...

SilverSneakers fitness classes available on island

October 14, 2016
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

■ BY SUE ERWIN Friends of Boca Grande is pleased to offer SilverSneakers fitness classes at the Boca Grande Community Center starting Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the multipurpose room. Tricia Hamann, a National...