YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
“Everyone I know is reevaluating their lives and what’s important,” says Florida Repertory Theatre Producing Artistic director Robert Cacioppo. Full Story
Tone-deaf comedy opens at Theatre Conspiracy
Theatre Conspiracy presents the hilarious and musically tone deaf comedy “Glorious!” The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world, opens at the Foulds Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Directed by Bill Taylor and written by Peter Quilter, “Glorious!” is about an unlikely and ill-fitting diva, set in the America of the 1940s. Full Story
BEACH READING
‘Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits’ By David Denby Simon & Schuster, $12
From movies and TV screens to newsstands and the Internet, it seems like the prevailing form of humor these days is to make fun of other people. Sometimes this is done with wit and imagination, but too often it comes out just petty and mean. David Denby explores this fine line in “Snark,” an examination of the growing trend for cheap laughs. Full Story
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
THE 2009-2010 NEW SEASON
BROADWAY SERIES “Jersey Boys The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons” Feb. 17-March 7
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Getting in touch with community need
GIVING
I just returned from the middle of nowhere. I had one of those opportunities rarely afforded to me to completely check out from the world. I willingly went on the journey but giving up technology and my connection to the cyber universe did not go smoothly. My husband was literally prying my iphone out of my clutches as he handed me the boarding pass to our flight. Full Story
LATEST FILMS
‘Edge of Darkness’
Tom Craven no longer gives a damn. His daughter — his world — is gone, and as we’ve learned in “Death Wish” and “Taken,” vigilante heroes will break any law and bear any burden for the pleasure of revenge. Full Story
CAPSULES
Extraordinary Measures (Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell) John Crowley (Fraser) leaves a successful career in corporate America to team up with a research scientist (Ford) in an attempt to save the lives of Crowley’s children, who have a terminal disease. Strong performances from Mr. Ford and Mr. Full Story
Fort Myers Art Walk, Art Fair planned downtown
The second monthly Art Walk of the year is set for 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. It will be followed by the new Saturday Art Fair on Feb. 6 in the Patio de Leon.
The Feb. 5 Art Walk will include more than a dozen art stops and will feature new art exhibitions, live music and the traditional after party. Full Story
COMING UP AT BIG ARTS
Peruvian artists Ventura & Jiminez
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Exhibit at Arts for ACT features quilts, photos
Join Arts for ACT Gallery from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, for the opening reception and Art Walk for the February featured artists: Art Quilters Unlimited, Edward Tobin and the Cancer Kids Art to benefit the Young Artists Awards. The gallery is located at 2265 First Street in downtown Fort Myers. Full Story
daas Gallery holds reception for Vaughn-Robinson exhibit
February brings the passion, beauty and metaphysical symbolism of the human form and spirit of Kirk Vaughn-Robinson’s bronze sculptures to daas Gallery in an exhibit titled “The Eyes Teaching the Hands.” A well rounded and accomplished artist, Mr. Vaughn- Robinson creates the edgy drama of what his eyes want to see, through his hands. Full Story
‘Women Beware Women’ plays at Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center
The off-Broadway hit “Women Beware Women,” teeming with deceitful female characters, including a conniving black widow, comes to the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers Feb. 3-13. Full Story
‘Harmonic Collage’ concert benefits Florida Rep Theatre
A “Harmonic Collage” Concert, featuring world fusion, jazz, elemental and art music, will benefit the Florida Repertory Theatre. Full Story
Art Walk festivities at the Davis Art Center
The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center will host special festivities during the downtown Fort Myers Art Walk on Feb. 5. Events include a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce, a VIP reception, an opening art exhibit, and the announcement of new board members. Events start at 5 p.m. Full Story
Local women present ‘Four Loves of FDR’
“How ironic. This remarkable man, at
the center of the world stage, is imprisoned
by his handicap and is, at times,
lonely and needful.”
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Coloring The World Gallery opens Feb. 5
Coloring The World, a new art gallery, is opening in the heart of the downtown River District of Fort Myers. The gallery is owned by Stephen Gray-Blancett and will feature contemporary artwork by him and select guest artists. The grand opening will coincide with the Feb. 5 Art Walk. A reception will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Full Story
Pine Island Art Association’s 37th annual show set for Feb. 14-15
Cross the Pine Island Bridge into Matlacha on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14 and 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and join in the island-style festivities. It’s time for the 37th annual Pine Island Art Association’s Fine Art Show and Sale in the Community Building in Matlacha Park, 4577 Pine Island Road. Full Story
Area students win national theater award
Students from Southwest Floridabased Creative Theater Workshop won a “Freddie G Outstanding Achievement in Music” ensemble award at the invitation only 2010 Junior Theater Festival that took place in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15-17. Full Story
COMING UP AT THE PHIL
The following events are on tap at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts. For more information or to order tickets, contact Customer Service at 597-1900 or toll-free at (800) 597-1900 or visit www. thephil.org. The Philharmonic Center for the Arts is at 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd. in Naples. Full Story
Gulf Coast Symphony performs ‘Symphonic Valentine: Mancini & Moonlight’
Take a stroll down lover’s lane with a program full of dancing and romancing at the Gulf Coast Symphony’s “Symphonic Valentine: Mancini & Moonlight” concert at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Full Story
COMING UP AT BROADWAY PALM
Gershwin and
Cole Porter
“An Afternoon of Gershwin and Cole Porter” comes to Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre on Friday, Feb. 5. The charming Richard Cooper will be performing the songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter in this special afternoon concert. Full Story
Edison art celebration takes a new direction
The Edison Celebration of Art Inc. announces that this year’s event will be held at the Oasis Condominium from 6 to 10 p.m. March 5. This year’s signature artist is Michael Damico, artist and owner of Frame and Art Gallery in Fort Myers. Mr. Damico has an exciting new collection of work based on the images of surfers. Stop by his shop on Cleveland Avenue to see these works of art. Full Story
ARTS BRIEFS
Woodcarving
exhibit at Indian
Creek open to all
Wood carvers from around the United States will be exhibiting their wood carvings and demonstrating carving techniques at the annual Woodcarving Exhibit on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Indian Creek Mobile Home Park, two blocks south of Summerlin in South Fort Myers. The exhibit will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Full Story
Julie Compton delivers strong follow-up to first success
“Rescuing Olivia,” by Julie Compton. Minotaur Books/St. Martin’s. 352 pages. $24.95.
Julie Compton is a lawyer and former U. S. Justice Department trial attorney who moved to the Orlando area some years ago and turned novelist. “Rescuing Olivia,” due out this week, will make readers happy about that career change. Full Story
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