‘RUMORS’ HAS IT
Florida Rep opens 14th season with hilarious desperation
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE AS FUNNY AS DESPERATION, SAYS ROBERT Cacioppo, producing artistic director at Florida Repertory Theatre.
“Desperation is such a great thing,” he says. “It’s wonderful if you can get an actor to be desperate about something: He desperately wants the girl to marry him, or someone desperately wants to win the race. Full Story
daas Gallery gets dark with ‘Black Rain’
A dark, eerie sense will take over the walls of daas Gallery during Halloween weekend and throughout November with “Artifacts of the Black Rain: The Art of Tony ‘Chainsaw’ Myles” The exhibit brings suspenseful images straight from the dark and sinister lens of Mr. Myles, a filmmaker, director and visual artist. Full Story
Feasting on the arts
ARTS COMMENTARY
I live for those shows that make me lean forward in my seat, so not to miss a thing. I love when my eyes, ears, mind and soul feel as if they’re experiencing something new. Full Story
GIVING
Women making a difference
The Women’s Legacy Fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation is thrilled to announce its first grant from WLF endowed funds, to be awarded at the group’s fall luncheon on Friday, Oct. 28. Each year, WLF supporters vote on a grant focus area that addresses a critical need for women and families in our community. The 2011 focus area was homelessness. Full Story
‘Footloose’
Is it worth $10? Yes
Let’s be honest: The original “Footloose” (1984) was memorable because it made Kevin Bacon a star and it had a classic ’80s soundtrack (Kenny Loggins, we miss you). It was not, to any extent, a “good” movie in terms of script or acting or any other technical feature — except, of course, for choreography. Full Story
FW WRITERS CHALLENGE
Write for a chance to attend the Sanibel Writers Conference
One winner of the Florida Weekly Writing Challenge will attend the Sanibel Writers Conference taking place Friday through Sunday, Nov. 3-6, at BIG ARTS and the Sanibel Island Public Library. Participants can attend a variety of workshops, panels, lectures and readings presented by celebrated writers, editors and literary agents. John Sayles, Henry Rollins, Dan Bern and John K. Full Story
FW WRITERS CHALLENGE
And It Goes Around
I’m riding my bikeRiding my bike down the streetDown the street that I live onLike I used to do when I was 10But that was a long time agoSuch a very long time ago Full Story
Left Behind
It started with the little thingsChocolate squirteesAnd Halloween candyThe little dress that grandma madeThen childhood braces left behindBefore we knewReport card grades andGraduation partiesWere in the past Today, she will pauseDriving home from workTo bring her own daughter’sBike inside ¦ Full Story
Families to Fall for the Arts
The Alliance for the Arts is kicking off the fall season with Fall for the Arts, a free family festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at 10091 McGregor Blvd. just south of Colonial Boulevard. Full Story
Sample the arts and fine food at Taste of the Arts
The second annual Taste of the Arts, a showcase of Lee County’s upcoming cultural season, will be held from 4–8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. Taste of the Arts will feature awe-inspiring visual displays by artists from ArtFest Fort Myers, Art of the Olympians, BIG ARTS and the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center. Full Story
Two artists paired for ‘Journey’
“Journey to an Exhibition,” featuring painter Pat Dunn and sculptor Yuri Tarnawiecki, is open at the BIG ARTS Founders Gallery through Nov. 29. An artists reception will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Full Story
Herb Strauss season opens with classic tale of marital discord
After its successful run in 2010, The Laboratory Theater of Florida's production of “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is being revived on Sanibel at Herb Strauss Theater for eight nights only. Performances are at 8 p.m. Oct, 27, 28, 29 and Nov. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. There is a special preshow reception for opening night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. Full Story
This week on WGCU TV
. THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 9 P.M. A Cemetery Special Full Story
Hispanic Institute at Hodges hosts free lecture on Latin music and dance history
The Hispanic Institute at Hodges University will host a free lecture on Latin music and dance history, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Hodges’ Fort Myers campus, 4501 Colonial Blvd. Barbara Craddock, a visionary of timeless clave-based Latin dance and music, will conduct the lecture. Full Story
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Famous hand
A partnership generally does best to select the suit that contains the greatest number of cards in the two combined hands as the trump suit. It follows that they would normally choose an eightcard fit rather than a seven-card fit, or a nine-card fit over an eight-card fit, or 10 over nine, and so on. Full Story
‘Cooking For Gracie: The Making of a Parent From Scratch’
by Keith Dixon (Random House, $22)
For years, writer Keith Dixon powered himself through difficult days by visualizing the mouthwatering and timeconsuming recipes he was going to make when he got home from work. All that changed when his daughter, Gracie, was born five weeks early, at just 4 pounds. Full Story
Learn to use video to sell books
The Pine Island Writers will present a workshop with Doug MacGregor from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 12, on producing book trailers with iMovie. You have published your masterpiece. Now, how do you make sure the whole world knows about it? Book trailers are a great way to pique the interest of your readers and introduce them to your work. Mr. Full Story
Female form goes on display at Art Walk
Market America Realty will feature the work of renowned photographic artist Doug Heslep in an exhibit titled “A Stunning Perspective — Fine Art Nudes.” The courtyard reception will take place during Art Walk from 6–10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, 1412 Dean St. Fort Myers. Full Story
Major national art show calls for artists
The Visual Arts Center has announced the call to artists for its eighth Biennial National Art Exhibition. All artists, locally and internationally, are invited to enter work into this juried show. The deadline for digital entry (maximum three pieces) is Nov. 1. Full Story
Ghostly tales to be told at Burroughs Home
Those who love tales of ghosts and goblins will want to be part of Spirits on the Gulf at the Burroughs Home, Fort Myers, on Friday, Oct. 28. It will be an evening of ghostly tales of the Burroughs Home and haunted happenings of the Gulf Coast between 6:30 and 9 p.m. Full Story
Artists win with trash
A diptych piece comprised of road debris and photographs by Dot Lingren titled “Tribute to Bob’s Barricades” was named Best in Show of “Refuse Repurposed,” a juried show at the Alliance for the Arts. Artists were challenged to create new works of art using only trash or other discarded items. Full Story
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