Tag: Friends of Boca Grande

Pulitzer winner Eig to discuss ‘King: A Life’

The Boca Grande Community Center will host an evening of history and storytelling March 4 at 4:30 p.m. as author Jonathan Eig returns to the island to discuss his biography, “King: A Life.” ...

Elizabeth Kolbert to speak on mass extinction at Friends event

February 19, 2026
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Editor’s Note: This has been rescheduled as of 2/5/26. ‘Everything (and everyone) alive today is descended from an organism that somehow survived the impact. But it does not follow from...

Susan Kerns speaks on the future of film at Boca Grande Film Festival

February 12, 2026
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Susan Kerns, executive director of the Milwaukee Film Festival, will be one of two guest speakers at the 2026 Boca Grande Film Festival. Kerns will speak from noon to 12:45 p.m. Thursday,...

All That Jazz

February 12, 2026
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Jazz and contemporary vocalist, Jane Monheit, with pianist Max Haymer entertained this week at Crowninshield Community House as part of the All That Jazz program offered by Friends of Boca...

Sean Wilentz brings scholarly rigor to Bob Dylan

February 5, 2026
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Friends of Boca Grande’s Dod Fraser sat down for an interview last week with Sean Wilentz, the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton, and the “Historian-in-Residence...

Community Center playground funds question

There is a question about funding to replace the playground at the Boca Grande Community Center, which was removed for renovations as part of the Renaissance Plan of Friends of Boca Grande. The...

Schmaltz & Pepper for All That Jazz

January 15, 2026
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Schmaltz & Pepper performed at the Crowninshield Community House on Monday, Jan. 12 as part of this year’s All That Jazz program. Contact Friends of Boca Grande at (941) 964-0827 for...

Pulitzer Prize finalist Levine on the collapse of the Old South

January 15, 2026
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BY FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE Friends of Boca Grande Community Center is proud to host distinguished historian and author Bruce Levine for a captivating lecture on his acclaimed book, The Fall of...

Yale’s Marisa Bass explores monuments

As the United States grapples with the removal of statues from public squares, the process often feels chaotic to the casual observer. It is this very volatility that inspired Roger Lewis, curator...

Upcoming January Music Programs

January 2, 2026
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Blues with D.K. Harrell D.K. Harrell, a rising star in the blues world, will perform on Friday, Jan. 16 at 5 p.m. at the Boca Grande Community Ctr. Auditorium, 131 First St. W, Boca Grande....