WHAT’S HAPPENING

Hodges Connect and Investment Concepts to present Successful Retirement Seminars in Februar

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Hodges Connect Professional Education and Training, and Investment Concepts present a series of three seminars about the many aspects of planning for a successful retirement The February seminars will be held from 6-8 p.m. at Hodges Universityin Building H.

Attendees will learn about strategies to manage dayto-day finances, tax reduction, and investment management Additionally, attendees will learn about proper planning to be prepared for a comfortable financial future Some of the seminar topics include financial basics, retirement income, risk management, investments, and estate planning

The instructor for the seminars is Esai Ferguson, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER professional He operates Investment Concepts, a private practice

The seminar dates are on Thursday, Feb 16, and 23

The cost is $75 and includes one Financial Strategies for Successful Retirement workbook Each attendee may bring a spouse or friend for free Hodges University is at 4501 Colonial Blvd , Fort Myers

T o r e g i s t e r a n d g e t m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t https://www hodges edu/retirement-seminar

'The Last Show' to open at Alliance theater

The Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts will present “The Last Show” on Feb 16-18 and Feb 23-25 at 7:30 p m and on Feb 26 at 2 p m at the alliance, at 10091 McGregor Blvd , Fort Myers

Written and performed by Derek Lively, it is a new work developed locally and directed by the Alliance's producing artistic director, Bill Taylor “The Last Show” is set in an illegal underground nightclub, in a city where all public social gatherings and all forms of art have been banned

Lively portrays a performance artist who risks arrest and possibly his life to perform for the first (and last time) in front of his dying mother With nothing but a few props and a bottle of cognac, the performance artist holds nothing back because the show is unlike any other that he has ever performed

Lively will host a special Talkback following the matinee performance on Feb 26

Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for non-members

The show contains adult language and content; please use discretion

For more information or tickets, visit ArtInLee org or call 239-939-2787

The Laborator y Theater of Florida

to present ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’

T h e L a b o r a t o r y T h e a t e r o f F l o r i d a t o p r e s e n t “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” now through March 11

Sweeney Todd, an unjustly-exiled barber, returns to 19th-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which he opens a new barber practice Mrs Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up and the carnage has only just begun!

Book by Hugh Wheeler, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Based on the 1973 play of the same name by Christopher Bond

Photography and videography of this production are strictly prohibited

Don't wait! Reserve your seats early for this thrilling musical!

Performance dates:

∫ Feb 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, and 25 at 8 p m

∫ Feb. 12, 19, and 26 at 2 p.m.

∫ March 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 at 8 p m

∫ March 5 at 2 p m

For more information visit https://laboratorytheater-