BLUE GRASS INVASION
10 bands in lineup for all-day festival of pickin' and grinnin'
Bluegrass is one of those contradictory forms of music: It makes you feel good and bad, simultaneously. It's almost like Florida weather, the way it can pour rain while the sun stridently shines. Russ Morrison fell in love with bluegrass music in 1962. Full Story
Shirley Valentine a stage triumph
ARTS COMMENTARY
"In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood when the true way was wholly lost." Dante Alighieri We all start out with such good intentions. And then, somewhere along the line — maybe at 40, maybe at 50, maybe on what had just seemed an average day — we look up and wonder: This is my life? How did I drift so far off course? Full Story
Give into your passion
GIVING
At first glance, the title of this article may seem provocative. But before you think that I am advocating a lifestyle free of restraint (or worse), allow me to clarify my use of the word passion. In the English language, passion has many definitions. The suggestive one might be the most widely understood. Full Story
Up
Is it worth $10? Yes
"Up" is the first Disney- Pixar film in 3-D, and it looks marvelous. Seeing an aerial view on a conventional movie screen is one thing, but seeing it in the depth of 3-D and feeling like you're soaring through the air is another. Full Story
CAPSULES
The Brothers Bloom (Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz) Two grifter brothers (Brody and Ruffalo) pull one last con on an unsuspecting heiress (Weisz) who loves adventure. It's hard to get into a movie when you have no reason to believe anything you're seeing. If everything is a con, and nothing is genuine, does it matter how it ends? Full Story
June 5 Art Walk features exhibits, music, a play
The sixth monthly Art Walk of 2009 takes place Friday, June 5, in the downtown Fort Myers River District. The June Art Walk will showcase several new art exhibitions, performances by students from the Young Artists Awards Program, and a one-act play. Full Story
Local artist featured at Burroughs Home
Local artist Ellen Sheppard will display her paintings at the Burroughs Home June 5-19. All paintings, which are impressionistic art in the acrylic medium, will be available for sale. All proceeds from this showing will benefit the Uncommon Friends Foundation. Full Story
Poetry contest deadline nears
June 30 is the deadline for entries in the 17th annual National Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older. Entrants must be U.S. citizens regardless of where they currently live in the world. Full Story
Tattoo art comes to Fort Myers
HOWL Gallery/Tattoo and Level Nightclub in downtown Fort Myers have teamed up to present a new permanent art addition to the River District club scene. Level will be home to more than a dozen paintings by HOWL Gallery co-owner and tattoo artist Andy Howl. Full Story
Summer drama workshops on tap in Charlotte County
The Charlotte Players are offering two summer drama workshops at the Center for Performing Arts in Punta Gorda. Both workshops start Monday, June 15, and run through Friday, June 26. Students entering second through sixth grades will be working on "Robin Hood — The Musical" each day from 9 a.m. until noon. Full Story
Book signing set for June 3
Nancy R. Koerner, author of "Belize Survivor: Darker Side of Paradise," will sign books at Starbucks Coffee at 7083 Radio Road, Naples, on Wednesday, June 3, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.. With all fivestar reviews on Amazon.com, "Belize Survivor" is now under consideration for a major Hollywood motion picture. Full Story
'Raw Impulse' dance event debuts at Colours arts school
"Raw Impulse," a unique dance concert, premieres Friday, June 12, at Lehigh Acres Senior High School's Colours School of the Arts. The show is being presented in cooperation with artists Christopher Caldwell and Bianca Russell. Tickets will be $10 at the door and there will be a $3 discount for students with ID. The show begins at 6 p.m. Full Story
Sanibel author signs books at Barnes & Noble June 13
Sanibel author Christine Lemmon will be signing copies of her third and latest best-selling novel, "Sand In My Eyes," at the Barnes & Noble Market Place Shopping Center, 13751 Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, on Saturday, June 13, at 1 p.m. Full Story
Lee County senior awarded Pastel Society Scholarship
Lee County high school senior Kathleen Minckler has been awarded the second annual Sam Platt Scholarship from the Southwest Florida Pastel Society. The annual scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school senior who will be pursuing a career in the visual arts through a post-high school art program, either college, university or professional art school. Full Story
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre announces shows for 17th season
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre is gearing up for its 17th season, with tickets for all of the 2009-2010 productions now on sale. Main stage show prices range from $27 to $53 with group and children's prices available. Performances are Tuesday through Sunday evenings (no Tuesday evening performances May through October) with selected matinees. Full Story
Pride Concerts pay tribute to Disney June 13-14
Put on your Mickey Mouse ears and join the SWFL Gay and Lesbian Chorus as it pays tribute to some of the best music in modern history. The chorus will be holding its 16th annual Pride Concerts on Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 14, at 4 p.m. at the Cultural Park Theater in Cape Coral. Full Story
Davis Art Center extends Latin Art Show, summer theater performances
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center's Latin Art Show, featuring internationally acclaimed Latin American artists, has been extended to run through the June 5 Art Walk. The free summer theater at the Art Center has also increased performances during June's Art Walk, due to popular demand. Full Story
'Ding' Darling continues free summer programs
As part of its ongoing mission to reconnect families with the great outdoors, the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, with support from the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge, is offering two free education programs during summer vacation, one in partnership with the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. Full Story
Comedian Kathy Griffin returns to Mann Hall
Tickets go on sale June 5
Comedian Kathy Griffin returns to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall Thursday, Aug. 13, in an all new show. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 5, at 10 a.m. at the box office, by calling 481-4849 or online at www.bbmannpah. com. Full Story
Black History Society has 'Juneteenth' Celebration
The Lee County Black History Society is having a Juneteenth Celebration event on Saturday, June 13. The daylong celebration, titled "Our Time, Our Community," will begin with a breakfast from 9-11 a.m. at the historical Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center on First Street. Rev. Isadore Edwards Jr. Full Story
Cape Coral eatery pitches in to help school programs
Top Notch Coffee & Eatery has pledged to donate 50 percent of all its hand-dipped milk shakes, specialty coffee drinks and smoothies back to Pelican Elementary School to help save the school's music and art programs. Full Story
Annual hibiscus show offers hundreds of plants for sale
The James E. Hendry Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society is holding its 58th annual Hibiscus Show Sunday, June 7, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Araba Shriners Center, 2010 Hanson Street in Fort Myers.
The show is the biggest, oldest and best attended of all Florida Full Story
Bangkok Days: A Sojourn in the Capital of Pleasure By Lawrence Osborne (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25)
BEACH READING
Author and adventurer Lawrence Osborne finds himself among scamps and scoundrels, monks and prostitutes, as he makes his way through Bangkok Full Story
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