Benefiting Blessings in a Backpack
Blessings in a Backpack of Lee County will hold its 2nd annual Clear Night In White fundraiser beginning at 6:00 p.m. on March 31, 2012 inside the ACI Hanger at Page Field in Fort Myers. The event will offer a seated dinner, music, and live entertainment including comedian Bobby Kelton (www.bobbykelton.com). The organization provides food over the weekend for children who participate in the free or reduced meal program during the school week. Their program has…
“Project Tolerance: Faces of Anne Frank” will be on exhibitf rom March 2 until March 26, 2012, at the Sidney and Berne Davis ArtCenter. The opening night is Friday, March 2, during Art Walk, beginning at 6 :00 p.m. The Davis Art Center is located at 2301 First Street in the River District, downtown Fort Myers.
Sanibel artist Myra Roberts’s 30 original oil paintings of Anne Frank’s life took nearly twoyears to painstakingly create. They depict the innocence and joy that wasult…
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center is hosting the exciting All Star Jam on February 25, 2012. The concert will take place on the street outside the Davis, 2301 First Street, in the River District, downtown FortMyers.
Artists scheduled to appear include: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, formerly of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan; Barry Goudreau and Fran Sheehan of Boston; Kenny Aronoff of the Smashing Pumpkins; James Montgomery; Rick Derringer of the McCoys (“Hang on Sloopy”), Johnny Winter A…
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center will host the Edison Festival Parade Tail-Light Party on Saturday, February 18, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Davis is located at 2301 First Street in the River District, downtown Fort Myers.
The Derek Trenholm Band will begin playing at the end of the parade, about 9 p.m. There will be drinks and dancing as the band plays from its broad repertoire. Whether it’s Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash, Bruno Mars, or even Kings of Leon, there’s always a curveball in …
Please come out and show your support for SWFL’s New Semi-Pro Football team, the Florida Stingrays. Our Inaugural Season is about to begin with the First Game this Saturday February 11, at our home field, Rutenberg Park, 6500 South Point Blvd, Fort Myers. Festivities will begin at 4:00 pm and Kick off at 5pm. All children under 18 are Free and Adults are Only $5.
There will be a Guest Appearance by the “Father of Digital Art”, Laurence Gartel, who has created original artwork for our Tea…
Office Furniture & Design Concepts (OFDC) is excited to announce that in a joint effort with Habitat for Humanity they have built two brand new homes for local Southwest Florida families. OFDC donated a total of $120,000 to Habitat for Humanity to build safe and affordable homes for two families in need.
The Hinojosa and Bornelus families were living in extremely unhealthy and inconsiderable conditions. Despite constant efforts to keep their apartment clean, Rudolpho Hinojasa, his wife and 3 …
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Premieres Feb. 10, 2012
This is the quintessential and beloved story of passionate young love in the wrong time and place. The youthful romanticism, the colorful characters, the original and poetic language and humor as well as the bitter environment the feuding parents have created are highlighted in Artistic Director Annette Trossbach’s adaptation which opens just in time for Valentine’s Day.
One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, audiences will delight in this fast-paced vers…
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center presents the Naples Philharmonic Brass Quintet’s SMOKIN’ BRASS on Friday, February 17, at 8:00 p.m. The Davis is located at 2301 First Street, in downtown Fort Myers.*
Come get your heart warmed and your soul stirred with this smokin’ concert featuring the Brass Quintet performing works by renowned American composer David Sampson, film music composer Ennio Morricone, the great Duke Ellington and others. Selections will include *Oblivion* by Astor Piazzo…
What happens when you unplug? That’s what two sets of dancers and a visual artist will explore in the February 11-12 performance “Pop – Ping – Purr – Tink” at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers.
The event brings together choreographer Alyce Bochette of Fort Myers and members of the Sarasota-based modern dance company Moving Ethos. This show uncovers the possibilities exposed when we unplug from our technological overdose. Viewers will be thrust into a wo…
Feeds 118 Local Children for an Entire School Year!
Recently the 15th Annual Paul Sands Memorial Slaw Dog Invitational was held at Cypress Lake Country Club. Set up years ago by Southwest Florida’s beloved Paul Sands and co-coordinated with his friend and local business leader, Scott Fischer, the event raises money for charity each year.
The 2011 Slaw Dog Invitational committee is proud to announce, they raised $11,500 total. $2,000 will go to the Paul Sands Scholarship Fund part of the …
