January-February 2020

THISPAGE: Shannon LaBrie performs at the Americana Community Music Association’s Listening Room at All Faiths Unitarian Congregation in Fort Myers on January 17.

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Art League of FortMyers Needs New Home

The Art League of Fort Myers has been a valued member of the Arts Community in Fort Myers since 1956. Marking it’s 64th year, it is the oldest Art Association in Lee County, operated solely by the volunteer spirit of its members. The Art League is defined by highquality fine arts and crafts, its open and inviting membership, and its commitment to artists and the community.

From 1974-1992, the Art League of Fort Myers was located on Crawford Street, before relocating to the corner of Colonial Blvd. & McGregor Blvd., and finally, in 2003, moving to its current location at 1451 Monroe St. in the heart of Fort Myers’ Historic River District. The City of Fort Myers now has plans for that space, challenging the Art League to relocate once again. Due to downtown expansions League has been advised that it can no longer lease its current space.

The Art League has been serving local artists and art community, and is a vital tourist destination in downtown Fort Myers.

The Art League Board and members are reaching out to the community asking for assistance in finding a new location for their classes, gallery and gift shop. The need is immediate.

If you have a building, space or contact person, please call Art League President, Sue Dunham at 246-7351.

Estero Fine Art Show Returns to JetBlue Park

Hot Works brings the 23rd Estero Fine Art Show to JetBlue Park in Fort Myers for the second year on January 4 & 5. Voted one of the Top 100 art shows in the country by Sunshine Artist magazine, the professionally juried fine art &fine craft fair features original artwork by more than 100 artists. All art is personally made and for sale by the artists at the show.

The Estero Fine Art Show is open 10am-5pm both Saturday & Sunday. Art will be judged

Saturday 10am-3pm, with 17 awards presented to professional artists between 3-5pm. The art show also features a youth art competition for children in grades K-8 or ages 5-13, with an award presentation Sunday at 3pm.

JetBlue Park, the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox, is located at 11500 Fenway Park Drive in Fort Myers. Attendance is free. There is a parking fee that supports Hot Works’ Institute for the Arts & Education, a non-profit focusing on fostering youth art education.

Rookery Bay Celebrates Festival of Birds

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is hosting their annual Festival of Birds, the weekend of January 17-19. The event allows guests to explore the local environment through guided field trips to wildlife hot spots around Southwest Florida, and features nature programs with expert speakers at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center.

Attendees can select from dozens of field trips, including birding walks, kayak tours, buggy rides, swamp ‘tromps’ and boat rides. Advance registration is required for these excursions..

In addition, a variety of lectures will be offered about subjects such as banding birds, burrowing owls and disappearing bird species.

The Festival of Birds Keynote Reception on Friday, January 17 at 7pm, features Dr. George Archibald, who will be making a presentation and signing his book, My Life with Cranes. There is a reception with hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer starting at 6pm. Other presentations will discuss ’Bird Species on the Brink,’ ‘Burrowing Owls of Southwest Florida’ and ‘The Flamingo: Florida’s Forgotten Wading Bird.’ Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center is located at 300 Tower Rd. in Naples. For information, call 530-5977.

The IMAG Hosting ‘Star Wars’ Night for Families

Families are invited to join in the fun and excitement of ‘STEM WARS: The F=m(a) Awakens’ Family Fun Night on Saturday, January 11 at the IMAG History & Science Center. The Star Wars themed evening of exploration, activities, dining and fun begins at 5:30pm and concludes at 9:30pm. Children and adults alike can join the IMAG Intergalactic Training Team for a family-friendly evening of dining at Mos Eisly

Rookery Bay’s Festival of Birds, January 17-19, offers a variety of guided field trips and presentations.

The Estero Fine Art Show has been acclaimed as one of the top 100 art shows in the country.

Cantina, assisting the Mandalorian with finding the Child, building light sabers, and training on Endor with Darth Vadar and Obi-Wan Kenobi. During the evening, attendees will be able to shop and barter on Jakku with Rey and Finn; build and race droids on Tatooine with Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2D2, and BB-8; and learn how to use the Force with Yoda and Darth Maul on Dagobah.

In addition, pilot training will be available in flight simulators at the Star Wars Launch Bay with Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Poe Damaron. Attendees can explore the planets and moons of the Star Wars’ universe with Princess Leia, and learn how to use Nitrogen Carbonite with a Jedi Master.

The IMAG is located 2000 Cranford Ave. in downtown Fort Myers. Registration is recommended. For information, call 243-0043.

ArtFest Returns to Fort Myers Waterfront

On Saturday & Sunday, February 1 & 2, 10am-5pm, ArtFest Fort Myers brings acclaimed artists from around the nation to downtown Fort Myers, along the Caloosahatchee River. ArtFest, celebrating its 20th year, will also host a special opening night party on January 31. Attendance to all events are free.

Opening night’s ‘Evening Under the Stars’ will afford attendees the opportunity to meet more than

ArtFest Fort Myers celebrates its 20th year, February 1 & 2, with an opening night party on January 31.

60 artists showcased in the art festival as well as entertainment. The free event is 6-9pm.

The family-friendly event also features an Art Yard for children, sponsored by Publix, where kids can participate in Kids@Art, a community art project lead by local artists; Fort Myers Mural Society’s creation of Rolly Pollies, 4-foot tall sculptures; and Florida Repertory Theatre’s mask-making. There is also a Youth Stage, with performances by Family Music Time, Na’Pau Polynesian Dancers, Curtain Call Studio, Indian Dancers, Love to Dance, Gulfcoast Music School, Gulfshore Ballet, Kellyn Celtic Dance, and more.

ArtFest also features Art Under 20, an art exhibition and competition for High School students, as well as Lee County High School students and professionals painting on pavement with chalk.

Attendees can purchase VIP tickets to ArtFest Fort Myers, which includes enjoying the opening night party in a VIPtent, with complimentary hors d’ouvres, wine, beer and live music and dancing; morning mimosas, coffee and treats; catered lunches, snacks, an open bar, and reserved parking.

The entrance to ArtFest Fort

Myers is located at Edwards Drive at Hendry St. in the Historic River District. Free parking is available nearby. For information, call 768-3602.

Symphonic Chorale Hosts Sing Out! Choral Festival

Adult and student singers are invited to ‘join the chorus’ for the Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida’s 8th Annual Sing Out! Southwest Florida Choral Festival on Friday & Saturday, February 21 & 22. Sing Out! is a popular community event which attracts both locals and tourists. It is the only annual community choral festival offered in Lee, Collier & Charlotte counties.

Called ‘Sing Out! FUSION,’ the festival will be led by awardwinning contemporary classical composer, Timothy Takach, who will serve as workshop clinician and conductor of the Festival Chorus Concert on Saturday night, made up of Chorale members and volunteer singers from the community. His wife, Jocelyn Hagen, who is also a successful composer, will perform with Tim during the first half of the Festival Concert followed by the Festival Chorus performance.

For the first time this event will be held in Cape Coral at Faith Presbyterian Church, located at 4544 Coronado Pkwy., as part of their Faith Concert Series.

Open to all community singers without audition, registration is required for singer participants and workshop sessions, which begin on Friday evening, February 21 at 6pm and continue on Saturday, February 22, culminating with the Festival Concert at 7:30pm. The Concert is open to the public with free admission.

The 70-80 member Symphonic

Chorale of Southwest Florida, celebrating its 9th season, is the areas only paid professional chorus and is dedicated to creating exquisite choral experiences for residents, visitors, and its members. Artistic Director Dr. Trent Brown, is also Director of Choruses at FGCU’s Bower School of Music.

For more information, call 560-5695.

Centers for the Arts Hosts Bonita Springs International Film Festival

The Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs presents the Bonita Springs International Film Festival, February 27-March 1, featuring more than 70 curated narrative, documentary, animation and short films from around the world, complemented by a variety of workshops, demonstrations, and discussions with filmmakers, writers, directors and actors.

The film festival begins Thursday, February 27 with an ‘Opening Night’ event, 5-10pm, and concludes on Sunday, March 1 with an Awards Night and Filmmakers ‘It’s A Wrap’ Party,’ 5:30-10pm. Both special events feature live music, food and beverages, as well as opportunities for attendees to meet and share ideas with filmmakers, directors, writers, and actors.

Screenings, workshops and other events are scheduled for Friday-Sunday, February 28March 1, 10am-5pm. All events are at the Centers for Performing Arts, located at 10150 Bonita Beach Rd. in Bonita Springs. For information, call 495-8989.

Jewish Film Festival at Regal Bell Tower Theaters

The Jewish Federation of Lee & Charlotte Counties presents the 24th annual Jewish Film Festival of Southwest Florida, February 2-March 1.

The Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida hosts its annual ‘Sing Out! Choral Festival’ on February 21&22.

The feature-length and short films highlight various important and interesting aspects of Jewish life and culture in the United States and around the world. For this event, the Federation has assembled an impressive list of 17 films from six countries.

The films include the multiple award-winning Golda’s Balcony, The Film, based on the Broadway play relating the inspiring life of Golda Meir and her rise from a Russian schoolgirl to American schoolteacher to the fourth Prime Minister of Israel; the Russian feature, From Slavery to Freedom,” the story of Soviet ‘refusenik’ Nathan Sharansky, a famous human rights activist; The Spy Behind Home Plate, the true story of Moe Berg, who played in the major leagues during the 1920s and also secretly worked for the Office of Strategic Services, spying in Europe and playing a prominent role in America's efforts to undermine the German atomic bomb program during WWII.

SCHEDULE

FEB 2: Golda’s Balcony, The Film

FEB 4: The Light of Hope

FEB 6: Picture of His Life

FEB 11: From Slavery To Freedom

FEB 12: Shorts Day (4 films)

FEB 13: Love in Suspenders

FEB 18: Unorthodox

FEB 20: The Spy Behind Home Plate

FEB 23: My Polish Honeymoon

FEB 25: Tel Aviv on Fire

FEB 26: The Other Story

FEB 27: The Bird Catcher

MAR 1: Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

All films will be shown at the Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, located at 13499 Bell Tower Drive in Fort Myers, except for one special screening: My Polish Honeymoon, which will be screened at Bat Yam Temple located at 2050 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel.

All screenings are at 7:15pm, except the opening film on February 2 and the closing film on March 3, both at 3pm, and matinees on February 12, 23 & 26 at 2pm.

Call 481-4449 for information.

Mastersingers Present Free Concert During Edison Festival of Light

The Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers presents their first full-chorus concert of 2020 as a sanctioned event of the Edison Festival of Light. Artistic Director Shannon Arnold leads the 80-voice chorus in a concert that focuses on noteworthy inventions in history while the Mastersingers perform music written in the years those advances appeared. The program will be performed on Sunday, February 9 at 2pm at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, located at 3595 Broadway in Fort Myers. Admission is free.

Director Arnold explains, “Just as inventions have paved the course of history, choral literature has evolved in the same way. We're excited to portray the history of science and music through a choral time warp experience!”

The evening’s program runs from Haydn and Beethoven through to modern day composers Michael Dellaira and Abbie Betinis with stops in between for Bruckner and Britten. Accompaniment for the program will be provided by the group’s pianist, Janet Carter.

Award-winning

In addition to the adult chorus, winners of the 2019 DeMaster Scholarships, another of the Mastersingers’ community outreach programs, will sing at this event.

For information, call 560-9512.

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MAR 4: vs Detroit Tigers

MAR 5: vs Houston Astros

MAR 7: vs Toronto Blue Jays

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MAR 17: vs Atlanta Braves

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MAR 24: Atlanta Braves

TheatreZone Presents ‘Legends & Legacies: Growing Up Broadway’

In celebration of its 15th season, TheatreZone presents ‘Legends & Legacies: Growing up Broadway,’ a series of events highlighting its 2019-2020 season productions with special guests including the children of Broadway legends and original cast members.

The first ‘Legends & Legacies’ event, titled “Together, Wherever We Go: Gypsy Rose Lee by Her Son,” is January 15, 6-9pm.

Erik Lee Preminger, the son of American burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee and legendary film director Otto Preminger, will serve as the event’s special guest. Preminger will present clips from several home movies narrated by

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MAR 6: vs Tampa Bay Rays

MAR 9: vs St Louis Cardinals

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his mother, from her private collection, followed by a questionand-answer session with guests. The event, at the Community School of Naples’ G&L Theatre, located at 13275 Livingston Rd. in Naples, will include an evening reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Only 200 tickets are available for this special event.

On March 9, 6-9pm, TheatreZone will present ‘Merman & Me: My Life in the Original Cast of Gypsy,’ at a private residence in the Kensington Golf & Country Club. The Chinese-themed event, in honor of Madame Rose’s (Gypsy Rose Lee’s mother) love of Chinese cuisine, will feature a prize for the best themed attire, an open bar, d’oeuvres, and live entertainment.

Special guests include the production’s Music Director Karen (Moore) Yelaney, the original “‘Baby Louise’ with Ethel Merman in Broadway’s original production of Gypsy, who will be in attendance along with her daughter and TheatreZone fan favorite, Megan Yelaney, who plays Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee in the production, along with Becca McCoy, who portrays

‘Golda’s Balcony’ opens the 24th SWFL Jewish Film Festival on February 2 at the Regal Bell Tower Theaters in Fort Myers.

Madame Rose. Only 100 tickets are available for this intimate event. Call 888-966-3352 for information.

Sanibel Music Fest Celebrates 34th Year

The Sanibel Music Festival celebrates its 34th season in March with a highly anticipated seven concert series. Popular retired Boston Symphony Orchestra harpist Ann Hobson Pilot will perform March 10 with the Boston Chamber Music Society, heralded for an exceptional chamber music repertoire from the Baroque era to the present day.

Pilot was a principal of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 29 years and served as principal at the Boston Pops and the Washington National Symphony, also performing as a soloist with orchestras worldwide.

The Sanibel Music Festival concert series will conclude March 28 with the Emerson String Quartet, one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles, with more than 30 acclaimed recordings and nine Grammys (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s ‘Ensemble of the Year.’

SCHEDULE

MAR 3:Manhattan Chamber Players

MAR 7: Rolston String Quartet

MAR 10: Boston Chamber Society

WITH Ann Hobson Pilot, harp

MAR 14: 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition Winner

MAR 21:Gould Trio

WITH Robert Plane, clarinet

MAR 24: Opera Theater of Connecticut Singing Andrew Lloyd Webber Superstar

MAR 28: Emerson String Quartet

Sanibel Music Festival concerts are performed on selected Tuesdays & Saturdays at 7:30pm at Sanibel Congregational Church, located at 2050 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel Island. Ample free parking is available. For information, call 344-7025.

Sarasota Jazz Fest Celebrates 40 Years

The Jazz Club of Sarasota marks its 40th anniversary, March 8-14 with its biggest Sarasota Jazz Festival ever.

The jazz festival is a mix of free and ticketed events featuring internationally acclaimed performers as well as local and regional musicians, including an outdoor concert, pub crawl by trolley, movie and concerts on four themed stages for Latin, classic, contemporary jazz and blues.

Acclaimed clarinetist Ken Peplowski, Music Director for the mainstage concerts, has booked The Manhattan Transfer as the headliner. Other jazz stars performing at the festival include Dick Hyman, Clairdee, Houston Person, Charles McPherson, Russell Malone, Terell Stafford, and the festival band La Lucha: Alejandro Arenas, Mark Fineman, and John O’Leary.

The festival’s mainstage concerts will be presented in the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, and several

other concerts will be staged at venues within walking distance. Three long-established festival events will be presented in their traditional venues at Philippi Estate Park, Burns Court Cinema, and night clubs in downtown Sarasota.

The Jazz Festival starts on March 8 with Jazz in the Park, a free outdoor concert in Phillippi Estate Park, located at 5500 S. Tamiami Trail. The Riverside Jazz Ensemble, Don Levine Ensemble and the Debbie Keaton Quartet perform, 12-4pm.

The Festival’s famous Pub Crawl by Trolley is scheduled for March 11. Trolleys begin departing the Van Wezel parking lot, located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail, at 5:30pm. Five trolleys will visit ten venues to hear ten bands from 6-10pm.

On March 12 & 13, 9am-12 noon, music fans can enjoy ‘Jazz Goes to the Movies,’ a live miniconcert by bassist Michael Ross & pianist Liston Gregory III preceding a screening of the acclaimed documentary film, Keep On Keepin’ On at Burns Court Cinema, located at 506 Burns Court. The film follows legendary trumpeter, Clark Terry over four years to document his mentoring of 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin, a stage-frightened musician preparing to compete in an elite, international competition.

A VIP Opening Reception is also scheduled for March 12 at 6pm. Details and location to be announced.

The Mainstage concert on March 12 features Dick Hyman on piano, accompanied by Ken Peplowski on clarinet & saxophone with special guests Charles McPherson on saxophone and guitarist Russell Malone, joining festival band, La Lucha.

The Mainstage concert on March 13 features vocalist

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Clairdee, backed by Ken Peplowski and special guests, Terell Stafford on trumpet and Houston Person on saxophone, joining festival band, La Lucha.

The final Mainstage concert on March 14 features The Manhattan Transfer.

Mainstage concerts start at 7:30pm at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, located at 801 N. Tamiami Trail.

The Jazz Festival features concerts by eight bands on four themed stages, 12-5pm.

On the Blues stage, in Holley Hall, located at 709 N Tamiami Trail: Guitarist ‘Beautiful’ Bobby Blackmon and Betty Fox.

On the Classical Jazz stage, in the Art Center Sarasota, located at 707 N. Tamiami Trail: Vocalist Katt Hefner and trumpeter Randy Sandke.

On the Latin Jazz stage, at the Bayfront Community Center, located at 803 N Tamiami Trail: Percussionists Gumbi Ortiz & New Groove City and Frankie Pineiro.

On the Contemporary jazz stage, in Cohen Hall, located at 709 N. Tamiami Trail: Saxophonist Jeremy Carter and drummer Art Siegel. Call 941-366-1552 for information.

The Manhattan Chamber Players open the Sanibel Music Festival with a concert on March 3.

Russell Malone performs with Dick Hyman on March 12 at the Sarasota Jazz Festival.

A League on Their Own ‘A

RT FOR ALL.’ The mission statement of the Cape Coral Art League is only three words, but it says a lot.

Carmen Sprague, President of the Art League, sincerely believes that the League is the best kept secret in town. “I literally found it by accident. I was fairly new to the area and driving to the post office when I noticed an interesting looking building sitting next to the Cultural Park Theatre. Intrigued, I decided to stop on the way home and check it out. That was the beginning of my love for the CCAL. I joined on the spot. That was in 2006 and I’ve been involved ever since.”

Recovering from serious health problems at the time, Spraque was well aware of what was important in life. “I learned that it’s the little things that make you happy and that it’s important to follow your passion. That’s exactly what I’m doing and the league is a big part of what makes me happy.”

Cape Coral Art League was the brainstorm of June Summerfield and Rose Sapecky, both accomplished artists who knew the value of art. They began meeting in their homes to share their passion and talents and have some fun in the process. Little did they know that these informal home-based meetings would develop into a respected organization and that they were creating a legacy that would be shared and enjoyed by hundreds of local artists for years to come.

Chartered in 1965 and incorporated as a non profit in 1966, the purpose of the League was and still is to promote the advancement of art and art education and to engage the youth in the community in creative activities that help develop discipline,

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problem-solving skills and also gives them a sense of achievement and personal worth.

What began as a small building with one large studio in the fall of 1984 morphed into a full scale operation. Growth in numbers demanded growth in square footage. So began the first of several additions to the building. The first, the children’s studio, opened in April 1991. The second, the gallery and gift shop, were accomplished with the help of a grant and was completed in 2002. The last addition, a shed, added space for storage of easels, chairs and other equipment when not in use.

The League owns the building but rents the land from the city for $1 a year. “Other than the rent break,” says Spraque, “We are on our own financially. When anything needs repaired or replaced we do whatever it takes to make it happen.

“Our members are the heart of this organization. They’ve kept us afloat all these years, and they’re

In 2005 there were less than 60 members. Last count was 258. A large percentage are women.

“What we are is a tight knit, loyal, dedicated, group of accomplished artists interested in learning, teaching, and being an asset to the community while having fun along the way.”

who we will count on in the future. Like most organizations some members are active, some are not,” says Sprague, “But at CCAL we are loyal to a fault, and when the need arises we always band together.“

CCAL doesn’t require a lot of money to operate. It’s a frugal group with only two paid members; the secretary and the financial director. “Everything that needs done is accomplished by volunteers. We aren’t The Alliance for the Arts or Cape Coral Art Center (larger organizations with larger budgets) or part of Parks & Recreation, and very few grants come our way. The bottom line is not what we strive for. What we are is a tight knit, loyal, dedicated, group of accomplished artists interested in learning, teaching, and being an asset to the community while having fun along the way.”

Membership has proven their faithfulness many times over. When the roof needed to be replaced CCAL got a bank loan and when the air conditioner quit working they were fortunate enough to get a grant. But when the carpeting in the pubic space became a trip hazard of torn threads and turned up corners, membership raised over $ 10,000 to replace it with an acrylic floor in the three public rooms. Sprague says the new floors are now safe, functional, beautiful and will last a lifetime. Sealed with two coats of varnish, other than being buffed every couple of years, the floors are maintenance free. “We are still paying on the roof loan, but are confident that it will be fully paid for in the near future. Everything else is free and clear. Feels good”

Sprague says that every year the League is more fluid. In 2005 there were less than 60 members. Last count was 258. More than half the group is transient and a large percentage are women between the ages of 50-90. “We would love to have more male participation but it is what it is.”

New members learn about the organization in a variety of ways, but mostly through

word of mouth or receiving brochures at various art shows. Sprague says, “We take advantage of whatever free sources of advertising that’s available.”

The annual budget hovers around $80,000. A major boost to the budget is the annual January Art Fair, an event that attracts at least 45 artists. Their work fills every nook and corner of the building and it’s all for sale. Prices range from approximately $100-$900, making it possible for everyone to own a piece of original art work. “And...” Sprague adds, “As an added bonus, by the end of the show we always manage to sign up a dozen or so new members.”

Other components that add to the coffer include dues ( $ 50 for a single and $ 60 for a family), classes and one to three-day workshops with world renowned artists. There are also eight major art exhibits each year in the gallery.

It was bad and good for the League when the community passed a tax increase to build more parks and improve upon the current ones. CCAL is located in Cultural Park, so they are now limited and can’t add on to the building that they are rapidly outgrowing. “However,” Sprague explains, “being located in an active park brings people to the area, giving us much needed exposure. We’re located in a neighborhood, not on Main Street, so exposure is important. But the Cultural Park Theater, the Cape Coral Historical Museum and the Rose Garden are nearby, so we take advantage of each other’s strengths. When they have an event we always enjoy a bump in visitors and when we have something going on our neighbors benefit as well. We all draw from each other.”

The overall focus is still on seniors and children. Barbara Magnar initiated the children’s program and Sprague plans to keep it active. “We welcome all students from the novice to the advanced. The children’s studio is a busy place. From October-July we have Student Sundays from 1-4pm. The classes are designed

for children ages 6-14, taught by teachers who excel in all mediums. The lessons and instructors change monthly.”

The CCAL faculty is comprised of professional, practicing artists who are experienced teachers of all art mediums, including photography. Future classes will be taught by: Frederica Marshall, who will present a zen ergo workshop; Liam Quran Zhen, a sought-after watercolor and Chinese painting artist and teacher; Rose Edwin, will teach the important use of design values and color with an emphasis on creating light; Joel Loeper, will explore wildlife pottery; and Sprague, who will offer her popular annual photographic trip to Gasparilla Island where a small group of aspiring photographers will enjoy a day of learning and sharing. Classes are scheduled from one afternoon to three days. They are available from September-May.

Sprague has three more years as President and by then she will have served CCAL in some voluntary capacity for 17 years. She’s proud of the fact that during her tenure she increased membership, helped in overseeing major renovations, expanded the academic venue, and dressed up the outside of the building. “I still have work to do. I want to introduce new classes and there are a few personal goals I want to achieve. The League has upward of 3,000 friends on Facebook and last year more than 4,000 visitors enjoyed perusing the work of local artists. We are happy with our progress.”

But like every good leader she feels that new blood brings new ideas and energy. “Of course I’ll still be around to help where I can, “ she says, adding, “With new people come new visions. I can’t wait to see what the next regime will accomplish. It’s a very fulfilling way to spend your time and you are limited only by your imagination. You just have to remember that following your passion can bring more joy than you can imagine.” •

Cape Coral Art League is located at 516 Cultural Park Boulevard in Cape Coral. For information, call 772-5657.

An Island’s Art T

HERE’S SOMETHING ARTISTIChappening way down yonder on Marco Island. This section of Collier County, that for the most part could still be referred to as ‘sleepy,’ has quietly been housing a growing art community for years —those who make it, who appreciate and support its growth, and the dedicated group who build the bridge between the two in the brightly colored, tastefully decorated structure on Winterberry Drive called the Marco Island Center for the Arts.

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No surprise, she says, these classes appeal mostly to the younger set.

Crane confirms that this golden anniversary is being celebrated all year long with a varied lineup of exhibitions and events ranging from artist talks and musical performances to arts & craft shows and monthly featured exhibits and artistic works. A complete lineup can be found on their website, marcoislandart.org.

The Marco Island Beautification Advisory Committee just passed a resolution to initiate a program in conjunction with the Center inviting artists to paint designs on the 10 utility boxes located throughout Marco Island in an effort to teach people about art in an immersive setting.

Upon arrival, we are greeted outside by the Center’s ceramic Turtle on the Town, named Miranda To rtuga. Upon entry to the Center, we are greeted by a large yet slender sculpture called ‘The Waterspout,’ comprised entirely of wooden reeds snaking up through the room to the second floor, then curling around the ceiling. Its creator, Ran Adler, has works currently on display at Florida Gulf Coast University.

The Center has made a lot of inroads, given that it’s been around for 50 years now. Warmly referred to as a birth rather than a conception by Executive Director Hyla Crane, the Center got its start in 1979 as a group of artists coming together to paint outside. The idea blossomed and took off. It all got real with official incorporation April 15, 1970, when after ten years of faith, hard work and a lot of fundraising, the Center as an entity opened to the public. The addition of the second-floor education center in 2000, named for longtime supporter Beth Rhodes, further expanded their offerings for art instruction to include all types of media, from assorted painting styles and techniques to pottery, oils, pastels, stone, watercolor and more. Crane is especially excited about the digital media room that opened in the fall of 2018, enabling the Center to offer classes in animation, graphic design, film editing and more.

The schedule that started in October continues in January with ‘Kinetics: Bodies in Motion,’ featuring works by Gary Day, Mary Day, Tara O’Neill, Ann Vreeland and Karla Kunzeman. Hyla says, “We kick off the new year with something exciting, moving forward, and what better than with something that shows movement?”

February brings the Center’s annual fundraiser, aptly named The Golden Gala, happening February 1. A special acknowledgment of the late Rosemary Wick will be part of the evening’s program. Mrs. Wick, who came on board as Center President in 2012, was an “old school philanthropist,” as Hyla put it. Mrs. Wick passed away unexpectedly in late 2019. Crane laments, “She was my friend, my mentor and a mother to me. It was a devastating loss for the Art Center family. She came in and took over the board. We had an amazing working relationship.”

Also in February is a Members’ Only exhibit, entitled ‘Glitter and Gold.’ Hyla is especially looking forward to it, as she has a fondness for “anything that’s sparkly.” March brings ‘50 Years of Fashion,’ curated

“I want us to use our exhibits to outreach and develop programs for our community. I want artists to come in and do a day-long workshop at the center where they can share their visions.”

Ran Adler’s ‘The Waterspout’ in the Center’s lobby.

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and photographer, Tamara Boxx, featuring four additional fashion photographers. Hyla shares that it will be an editorial interpretive look at the last 50 years of fashion. March also brings a performance by the Marco Island Academy Musical Theatre Class in honor of Wo rld Theatre Day. They return in May for a spring festival of the performing arts.

It’s an exciting anniversary year, as Hyla enthuses about the possibilities, “When you bring an exhibition in you can bring the artists in and do workshops, build programming around it. I want us to use our exhibits to outreach and develop programs for our community. I want artists to come in and do a day-long workshop at the center where they can share their visions.” Another opportunity for artists who are Center members to get their work shown is La Petite Galerie, a former storage room transformed into a tiny gallery space. The brainchild of the executive director immediately prior to Hyla, features artists’ works rotating monthly.

Sprinkled throughout the year are monthly artist talks, outdoor art shows in the parking lot and a series of musical performances, called ‘Musical Interludes,’ by awardwinning musicians and masters of their craft. Jazz pianist, composer and accordionist Ben Rosenblum performs January 21. Acclaimed finger-style guitarist Glenn Roth performs at the Center on February 9. Peter and Will Anderson Jazz Trio perform on February 12 and jazz vocalist Ashley Pezzotti, fresh off a national tour, performs on March 19. The Rebecca Richardson & Dan Heck Jazz Quartet grace the Center stage on April 22.

The music aspect of the Center’s offerings is yet another shining example of their efforts to bring the community a variety of artistic presentations. Hyla says, “We’re always looking for ways to stay fresh, stay relevant and meet the needs of stakeholders (students, members and all involved). As an example, the Marco Island Beautification Advisory Committee had just passed a resolution to initiate a program in conjunction with the Center inviting artists to paint designs on the 10 utility boxes located throughout Marco Island in an effort to teach people about art in an immersive setting.

The program, dubbed the ‘Genuine Art Experience,’ involves forming a committee to do a call for artists to submit ideas. “We’re trying to find the right mix of local looks, as well as work that could be more… adventurous,” Hyla ruminates. The Center is also requesting dona-

tions to help fund the beautification project.

Jack Wert, Executive Director of the Naples, Marco Island & Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau, is on board for the idea, “We have engaged consultant Joe Veneto to assist several of our tourism partners in developing new, immersive and memorable experiences to offer our visitors and residents alike. We are confident that these new experiences will bring new and repeat visitors to Marco Island to help grow year-round visitation to the Island.”

Art education is another major component of the Center. With the entire second floor ded-

icated to classrooms and studios, along with an impressively packed education schedule, the Center offers classes and workshops in a myriad of mediums. The Clay Studio, part of the 2002 expansion on the ground floor, is a full pottery throwing studio. The day we visited a class was in session. Ms. Crane confirms over 70 students are signed up, and that number continues to grow, employing ten clay instructors. Hyla hopes for the Center to increase enough that it can offer additional studio space for working artists as well, “They would work here in threehour blocks so they can get out of their house for a bit,” she envisions, “There are a lot of artists looking for that option.”

She adds, “We want to do things that promote our area artists, but we also like to mix it up with exhibitions that you haven’t seen before. We are finding more and more ways to bring people over that bridge. I work very hard in terms of making sure that the word is out in Naples to let people know what we’re doing. We’ve increased programming and membership is at an all-time high. With established new branding we can look forward into the future with great excitement and pride. We will celebrate our 50th anniversary with an eye toward expansion. We have done strategic planning, envisioning and we will look toward what we can do.”

In the meantime, celebrate 50 years of art on Marco by heading on over to the Marco Island Center for the Arts for a slew of opportunities to connect with your inner artist and view the works of others. Visit the gift shop where you can purchase their coffee table book called Marco Made by Hands, featuring cover art by Marjorie Pesek and edited by local resident Kat Renaldo. Hyla confirms that the original artwork will be auctioned at February’s Golden Gala. •

Marco Island Center for the Arts is located at 1010 Winterberry Drive on Marco Island. Call 394-4221 for information.

Hyla Crane with Miranda Tortuga

News That’s Fit to Fake T

HIS IS A NOVELin which most of the characters have few, if any, redeeming qualities. It has on display the cutthroat competition in the news business; the shallowness of the hangers-on who have no real reason to expect honest success, the extremes to which dishonesty can go, and the vulnerability of women whose low self-esteem makes them easy prey. Well, there are some women waiting to take revenge.

What’s to like? The sense of insider authenticity; the ever-tightening, hypnotic suspense; and the dark humor that keeps readers laughing at screwball situations and characters.

Set in major metropolis Atlanta and boutique, upscale Naples, Florida, the plot keeps the major characters running back and forth while also touching bases through endless communication. Some are trying to pull off a big scam, and others are trying to expose it. Do you think that ‘tree-hugger,’ the disparaging term for naive environmentalists, has had its day? Maybe so, but what about fake tree-huggers — people who raise money ostensibly to protect a threatened species or otherwise cleanse and improve the environment? What if the money just lines the pockets of corrupt, smiling event-planners for whom taking bows at a televised campaign is a way of life?

Nikki Zachos is an attention-grabbing television anchorwoman whose ambition is to be number one in her market. She seems to have a weakness for clothing made from the skins and furs of slain animals.

An enterprising but suspect do-gooder decides to exploit Nikki’s celebrity by kidnapping her and making her the arch-enemy of animal rights activists. The ransom for Nikki might help the cause, or it might just get certain reporters and station managers great airtime to boost their ratings and salaries. Also, the money that comes in might help Rudy Decker cover his addiction to booze and gambling.

Or will his money come from feeding the black marketplace for black bear body parts, a lucrative commodity?

Reporting the Nikki Z case on her signature Global News Service television segments is the impressive and fame-hungry Cassandra Page. She has something of an advantage, being the significant other of Jimmy Hagan, the Atlanta Police Department’s Chief of

by Philip Jason

Detectives. Their somewhat conflicting responsibilities create difficulties in the relationship.

Soon enough, Nikki’s predicament has gone viral on social media, with online competitive games about the outcome bringing winners huge prizes.

Throw in the murder of Hunter Freeman, another female television personality yearning for stardom, and a bunch of other off-screen characters in the media wars, and you’ve got a ton of tension and insider atmosphere.

Are the twists and turns in the plot line based on the authors’ experiences, or are they pure fantasy?

Authors Don Farmer and Chris Curle have been in the news business — television, radio and print —for a combined total of 99 years. They met in a TV newsroom in Houston, Texas. She was a reporter/anchor at KTRKTV, the ABC station there. Don was there on assignment in his role as Southern Bureau Chief for ABC News, based in Atlanta. They married two years later.

They are veteran journalists who have interviewed thousands of people, some of the best in the world and some of the worst. In 81 countries on six continents, they’ve covered wars, peace talks, and historic figures from presidents to The Beatles. Their experience in major media includes ABC News, CNN, and network TV stations in Washington DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Houston. Deadly News, their first novel, also uses the broadcast news business for background. Fatal Ambition was just named a finalist in the category of Fiction: Thriller/Adventure in the 2019 americanbookfest.com competition. They live in Naples, Florida.

I recently spoke with Don and Chris about their writing and the state of broadcast news.

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PHILIP: What were your primary motivations in writing this novel?

DON: After a career of factual reporting, I wanted to tell a fictional story, to make up stuff! So, I wrote my first novel, Deadly News, in 2013. The new novel is the same motivation.

Which scenes draw upon events in your own lives?

CHRIS: We have done documentaries on the despicable illegal wildlife trade, from the horns and tusks of rhinos and elephants to black bear parts, even orchids in the Florida Everglades.

The ransom might help the cause, or it might just get certain reporters and station managers great airtime to boost their ratings and salaries.

“In news, you don’t have to know something; you just have to know how to find out about it.”

D: The female African-American doctor in the book is based on the thoracic surgeon who operated on Chris for her esophageal cancer.

What changes in broadcast news have strengthened or weakened your profession?

D:Constant advancements in technology and miniaturization make covering and reporting the news easy and immediate from just about anywhere.

Are any of those changes reflected in Fatal Ambition?

C:Satellite technology makes live reporting in broadcast news the norm. You can even do a ‘live shot’ with FaceTime using your smart phone.

What do you enjoy most about writing a novel?

D: I enjoy poking fun at some of the foibles of TV news.

What demands of prose fiction do you find most difficult?

D:Dialogue is challenging, but key to enliven the characters and to advance the story.

thing; you just have to know how to find out about it.

D: We always joked the news people are a mile wide and an inch deep.

Do you outline in advance?

Improvise a plot?

D: I just approached the computer as if it was an Ouija Board. I did have characters and situations in mind, though.

What are your steps or techniques in moving from early drafts to the finished product?

Fatal Ambition

by Don Farmer with Chris Curle PUBLISHER PAGE/HEADLINE BOOKS

Did creating this novel call upon your research skill? Explain

C: In news, you don’t have to know some-

D: It was an impromptu system.Chris was recovering from cancer surgery.I would give her a chapter or some pages and she would edit, comment or question. There is an undertow of humor running through this often-frightening novel. Which of you is responsible for that dimension?

C: That’s all Don; the good, the bad and the ugly. Any thoughts about a third novel?

D: I like to write women characters.In many action novels, women are secondary or supporting. In my stories, women are primary and push the plot. •

Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney

January 25-May 10

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ST. PETERSBURG

255 Beach Drive NE • St. Petersburg

727-896-2667

mfastpete.org

A special exhibition ofimportant pieces from the McNay Art Museum’s Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. From theextravagant productions of the Ballet Russes, to the wild spectacle of avant-garde theatre,to Robert Indiana’s Pop Art vision for an American opera, ‘Art of the Stage’ reflects thegrand history of Western art from the vantage point of the stage.With works by major painters who also designed for the theater, including Henri Matisse,Pablo Picasso, Louise Nevelson, David Hockney and Robert Indiana, the exhibition features over100 studies for scene, costume, curtain, and program designs, as well as maquettes andcostumes by noted artists from the 19th century to the present day. The museum will featurelive dance, music, theatre, and opera performances throughout the run of theexhibition.

Music & Dance in Painting of the Dutch Golden Age

February 8-May 31

POLK MUSEUM OF ART

Florida Southern College

800 East Palmetto Street • Lakeland 863-688-7743

polkmuseumofart.org

The exhibition delves into the art, history, and culture of the Netherlands in the 17thcentury, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement for the Dutch people.In what is called a Golden Age in the Netherlands, trade, science, and the arts flourished as never before. The pleasures of music and dancing were a fundamental part of lifein both the Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands, as reflected in the highnumber of Dutch and Flemish paintings that include dancing figures, groups of musicians, andcompositions of musical instruments.This exhibitionshowcases 27 Dutch and Flemishpaintings from the 17th century, selected and organized around the unifying visual theme ofmusic and dance. All the masterworks in the exhibition come to the Museum from privateEuropean Collections and have not been seen by the wide public before.The show is divided into five thematic ‘chapters.’ While one chapter will explore how masters like Pieter Codde and Willem van Herpdepicted the elite inner worlds of wealthy merchants and so-called ‘ladies of leisure,’ the nextwill transport visitors into laughter-filled scenes of peasants and vagabonds, who find jovialpleasure in music and dancing.

Cuban Caricature & Culture: The Art of Massaguer thru March 1

THE WOLFSONIAN

Florida International University

1001 Washington Avenue • Miami Beach

305-531-1001

wolfsonian.org

With his biting political satire, celebrity caricatures, and magazine and advertisingillustrations, and Cuban tourism material, graphic artist Conrado Walter Massaguer helped shape the visualculture of his native Cuba between the 1910s to the 1950s. This installation brings forth Massaguer’s legacy throughdozens of works, from images of the ‘New Woman’ flapper ideal (so-called ‘Massa-girls’)in his magazine, Social, to depictions of tropical paradise for the Cuban Tourist Commission.Massaguer’s transnational reach is shown in his covers for Collier’s, Life, and Vanity Fair,while cartoons ofvisiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars reveal how he rubbed shoulders with Franklin D.Roosevelt, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, and the King of Spain.The exhibition features magazine covers, advertisements, original paintings, ra re sketches, and caricatures —nearly 100 works attesting to Massaguer’s influence on design in bothCuba and the U.S.

Robert Rauschenberg: Five Decades from the Whitney’s Collection

February 21-June 28

NORTON MUSEUM OF ART

1450 South Dixie Highway

West Palm Beach

561-340-1183

norton.org

Presenting a concise survey of the radical work of Robert Rauschenberg, this exhibition tracesthe arc of the artist’s career, from the 1950s to the 1990s, through his pioneering use ofmedia and imagery from popular culture. Rauschenberg manipulated everyday objects in hisCombines and subsequently created hybrid works that combined painting, sculpture, collage,photography, and printmaking.

The Norton is pleased to present key examples from fivedecades of Rauschenberg’s career, exemplifying his unconventional approach to materials and the creativeprocess, one that has profoundly influenced younger generations of artists. The exhibition isorganized around the transformative acquisitions from the Whitney Museum of Art.

I Paint My Reality: Surrealism in Latin America thru June 30

NSU ART MUSEUM

Nova Southeastern University

1 East Las Olas Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale

954-262-0236

nsuartmuseum.org

‘I Paint My Reality,’ examines the manifestation of Surrealism in LatinAmerica. Drawn from NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale’s collection ofLatin American art, theexhibition features works by Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam,Kati Horner,Roberto Matta,Carlos Mérida, Wolfgang Paalen, Amelia Peláez, Rufino Tamayo,Gunther Gerzo,Joaquín TorresGarcía, Xul Solarand Remedios Varo, among others. It follows the flowering of the Surrealist movement in LatinAmerica in the 1930s and examines its continued influence through today, including in SouthFlorida, with works by Juan Abreu, José Bedia, Fernando Botero, Pablo Cano, William Cordova,Demi, Luis Gispert, Guillermo Kuitca, Julio Larraz, Ana Mendieta, Maria Martinez-Cañas, andJorge Pantoja, among others.Latin America’s complex history, magical landscapes, indigenous cultures, archeological sites,mythologies, migrations, and European and African religious traditions shaped these artists’reality.

Monet to Matisse

thru March 22

THE BAKER MUSEUM

Artis—Naples

5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard • Naples

239-597-1900 artisnaples.org

‘Monet to Matisse’ features more than 70 paintings and pastel drawings from therenowned collection of French Masterworks from the Dixon Gallery & Gardens in Memphis, Tennessee. The exhibitionis an expansive view of 19th-century French painting and its influences,includes landscapes, portraits, interiors and still-lifes by leaders of French Impressionism:Claude Monet, Be rthe Morisot, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de ToulouseLautrec, CamillePissarro and Alfred Sisley, as well as works by noted American Mary Cassatt.Paintings by artists known as the Barbizon School, a generation older than the Impressionists,introduce the exhibition.Major paintingsby Post-Impressionist artists Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall andGeorges Braque complete the exhibition.

Modern Women: Modern Vision

February 20-May 24

TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART

120 West Gasparilla Plaza • Tampa 813-274-8130

tampamuseum.org

Since photography’s inception in the mid-19th century, women have stood amongits artistic and technological pioneers. ‘Modern Women: Modern Vision’ features 100 works fromthe Bank of America Collection by leading artists of the 20th and early 21stcenturies. The exhibition is organized in six thematic sections: Modernist Innovators, Documentary Photography and the New Deal, Photo League, Modern Masters, Exploring theEnvironment, and The Global Contemporary Lens. Each section examines the photographers’role in forging new directions and methods in photography, as well as how the medium hasevolved with the advent of new digital and studio practices.Artists featured in this exhibition include Berenice Abbott, DianeArbus, Cindy Sherman, Tina Barney, Esther Bubley, Imogen Cunningham, RinekeDijkstra, CandidaHöfer, Barbara Kruger, Dorothea Lange, Helen Levitt,SoniaHandelman Meyer, CarrieMae Weems, and others.

Midnight in Paris: Surrealism at the Crossroads, 1929 thru April 9

THE DALI

1 Dali Boulevard

St. Petersburg

727-823-3767

thedali.org

Organized by the Centre Pompidou, P aris, and The Dalí Museum, ‘Midnight in Paris: Surrealism at the Crossroads, 1929,’ profiles the groundbreaking work, personal r elationships, intellectual passionsand fierce clashes of more than 20 avant-garde artists of the era, from the painters Salvador Dalí,René Magritte,Joan Miró and Max Ernst, to sculptors Hans Arp, Alexander Calder and Alberto Giacometti, to filmmakers Germaine Dulacand Luis Buñuel, to photographer Man Ray.Among the highlights of ‘Midnight in Paris’ are the groundbreaking films of surrealists, GermaineDulac, Luis Luis Buñuel, Man Ray and Gerhard Richter, as well as anew film imagining a conversationbetween Dalí’s wife, Gala, and André Breton, Surrealism’s founder, as they vie for controlof the movement.Theexhibition will also feature archival film and documents from the Surrealist movement, as well as severalrarely loaned Salvador Dalí works, including one of his earliest double-image paintings.

Transitional Nature: Hudson River School Paintings

January 25-May 17

Patricia & Phillip FROST ART MUSEUM

Florida International University

Modesto Maidique Campus

10975 SW 17th Street

Miami

305-348-2890

frost.fiu.edu

Cultural identity in the United States has been long intertwined with its magnificentlandscapes, from the dense forests of New England to the open terrain of the West. Theselandscapes relate to the first significant artmovement in the United States, known as the Hudson River School. The artists who painted these American landscapes worked during a time of increasing industrialization and growth oftechnology.Modern industry changed the culture and gave riseto concerns about the preservation of a natural environment. While much of ‘Transitional Nature’ focuses on American landscapes, depictions of Greenlandand Ecuador exemplify the international travel undertaken by 19th century artists infurther pursuit of untrammeled terrain. ‘Transitional Nature’ draws from the David & Laura Grey Collection andfeatures a selection of works by contemporary artists that will connectthe past of the Hudson River School to the present art world, includingmasterpieces by Albert Bierstadt, Robert S. Duncanson, Asher B. Durand, and George Inness.

Living Color: The Art of The Highwaymen

January 24-May 10

ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART

2416 North Mills Avenue • Orlando

407-896-4231

omart.org

The Highwaymen are a group of African American artists celebrated for their distinctivepaintings of Florida’s natural environment. Working in and around the Fort Pierce areabeginning in the 1950s, these self-taught artists depicted the state’s scenic coastline andwild backcountry — tropical sunsets,windblown palms, towering sunlit clouds, and blooming poinciana trees. Unrecognized by the art establishment, these artistswere forced to sell their paintings door-to-door along Florida’s thoroughfares —thus the name ‘Highwaymen’ was later coined. In the mid-1990s collectorsrediscovered these paintings. This exhibit brings together 100 paintings from the 1950s to the 1980s by a core groupof the Highwaymen including Al Black, Mary Ann Carroll, Willie Daniels, Johnny Daniels, JamesGibson, Sam Newton, Willie Reagan, and Livingston Roberts, with special attention given to Harold Newton and Alfred Hair.

Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Specters and Parables

thru March 1

The John & Mable RINGLING

MUSEUM OF ART

State Art Museum of Florida

Florida State University

5401 Bay Shore Road • Sarasota 941-359-5700

ringling.org

Born and raised in Mexico City, where he spent most of his career, Manuel Álvarez Bravowas one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin Americanphotography. Although he took art classes at the Academy of San Carlos, his photographywas mostly self-taught, but he was savvy to the emerging international artistic avant-garde.Considered to be one of the founders of modern photography, his work extends from the late1920’s to the 1990’s. He was a key figure from the period following the Mexican Revolution,often called the Mexican Renaissance, in which arts and literature flourished. This‘Renaissance’ owed to the happy, though not always tranquil, marriage between a desire formodernization and the search for an authentic national identity with Mexican roots, in whicharchaeology, history and ethnology played an important role.

Eugène Louis Charvot

February 11-December 13

CUMMER MUSEUM

829 Riverside Avenue

Jacksonville

904-356-6857

cummermuseum.org

The exhibition will highlight and celebrate the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens’ extensive holdings of Eugène Louis Charvot, the largest collectionof Charvot works in the world. The exhibition will be a reflection of the subject matter andmediums that fascinated this accomplished artist and prominent member of French society inhis more than 50-year career as a painter, etcher and watercolorist. Through an in-depth review of his career as an artist, the exhibition will focus onCharvot’s breadth of processes, productivity and inspiration in painting, etching and drawing.With a focus on family portraits, pastoral country scenes, nocturnes and North African street scenes, the exhibition’s intimate setting will feature family photographs, journalentries and excerpts from family letters to recreate the worldview that informed Charvot’soeuvre.

FloodZone

Photographic Series by Anastasia Samoylova

January 17-March 7

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM

3821 USF Holly Drive • Tampa

813-974-4133

ira.usf.edu/cam

‘FloodZone,’ the first solo museum exhibition of Moscow-born, Miami-based artist Anastasia Samoylova, presents a newly commissioned installation of an ongoing photographicseries, reflecting and responding to the immediate impacts of sea level rise in South Florida.Capturing the precarious psychological state of living in a paradise sinking towardscatastrophe, Samoylova’s work reveals the role photography plays in obscuring reality andcrafting perception.‘FloodZone’ highlights the friction between natural and constructed landscapes by investigatingthe relationship among environmentalism, consumerism, and the picturesque.Samoylova’s images explore the dissonance between the saturation of the real estate industry’s marketing images of atropical paradise offering water views, while properties and streets are regularly flooded withstorm and sewer water.

Wonderland

Photographs by Kirsty Mitchell

January 10-March 29

MUSEUM OF ART – DELAND

100 North Woodland Boulevard

DeLand

386-279-7534

moartdeland.org

Fe aturing a selection of largescale artworks accompanied by videos documenting theartist’s creative process, this exhibition is among the first to introduce KirstyMitchell’s fantastical photographs to American museum audiences.A trained fashion designer who has worked with international labels such as Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan, Mitchell created elaborate costumes and props andcollaborated with hair and make-up artist Elbie Van Eeden to compose and then photographbeautiful, fantastical scenes in the lush local landscape of her childhood home inrural England.‘Wonderland’ began in the summer of 2009, born of grief for her mother, whodied seven months earlier.What began as a small photography project grew into the idea of creating astorybook without words, dedicated to Mitchell’s mother, whowas an English teacher who inspired generations of children with her storiesfrom classic literature, folklore and plays.None of the pictures were arecreation of stories that already existed. Instead, they were a blur of colors and settingsinspired by the faded illustrations of Mitchell’s childhood books, mixed with memories, grief,and her newfound spiritual connection to nature.

Roger Ballen: In Retrospect thru March

FLORIDA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS

400 North Ashley Drive

Cube 200 • Tampa 813-221-2222

fmopa.org

One of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century,Roger Ballen’s photographs span over 40 years. His strange and extreme works confrontthe viewer and challenge them to come with him on a journey into their own minds as heexplores the deeper recesses of his own.Ballen was born in New York in 1950, but for over 30 years has lived andworked in South Africa. His work as a geologist took him out into the countryside and led himto take up his camera and explore the hidden world of small South African towns. At first heexplored the empty streets in the glare of the midday sun, but once he had made the step ofknocking on people’s doors, he discovered a world inside these houses which was to have aprofound effect on his work. These interiors with their distinctive collections of objects and theoccupants within these closed worlds took his unique vision on a path from social critique tothe creation of metaphors for the inner mind.

by Caylee Weintraub

WARM FLORIDIAN WINTER LIGHT FILTERS THROUGH THE DOUBLE glass doors leading into Naples Art. The amniotic calmness of the gallery is a respite from outside, where downtown Naples is unusually busy for a Sunday. In the Cambier Park behind the Naples Art building, just south of

5th Avenue, there is a Christmas Veteran’s concert, and the green grass is crowded with folding chairs, blankets, and kids climbing on top of the jungle gym that has a smiling sun painted on the side. The jungle gym is the size of a small town, with plastic wooden ships sailing through cedar mulch and a blue slide twisting through towers with green thatched roofs.

But inside Naples Art von Liebig Art Center, everything is quiet. Reflections from the cars parked outside cast small, pixellike flicks of light on the tile floor. Two curators walk back and forth between a gallery and a back room, arranging the paintings on the wall that are part of the 53rd Founders Exhibition. The receptionist at the front desk talks with another visitor about the current exhibitions, making quiet chit-chat in the otherwise empty gallery.

The downstairs floor of the gallery is filled with a wide range of compositions that are part of the Founders Exhibition, an exhibition which celebrates Naples Art’s founding in 1954. Sixty-six years ago, E. George Rogers, Elsie Upham, and Grace Lake placed an ad in a newspaper calling for artists. Their goal was to form a social group, a conglomerate of artists who could paint, sketch, and take photos together. The founders recruited 39 artists, who worked together and taught art classes in Collier County schools.

Sixty-six years ago, Naples Art was located in the Naples Depot, now a historic museum. Outside the back window of the gallery I can see the orange clay tiled roof of the Depot. The Depot had once functioned as a train station in the late 19th century.

The founders of Naples Art were the first to restore the Depot — it was their blank canvas, something to color in. Naples Art housed itself in the Depot until 1998, teach-

ing adult art classes and educational programs. Late in November of 1998, the current Naples Art building opened, and the artists left the station for a new 16,000 square foot facility with one of the largest resource libraries in the county.

at the harbor behind the windmill. I can feel the coldness in the photo, a feeling that is foreign in the warm Florida winter, where temperatures have not yet dipped below 60 degrees during the day. But still, there is something transportive about this photo, and every piece of artwork, that appears in the gallery.

I pass through the library on the second floor. A large skylight dome fills the art library with warmth. On the shelves, the books are arranged by technique: watercolor, tempera, oil murals, photography, printmaking. A child’s painting of a koi pond is beneath an art encyclopedia, the painting created in one of the Naples Art classes. I look into the pond, painted blue and purple, the color of a galaxy, with the orange and yellow fish swimming in the pond’s orbit.

Framing either side of the library on the second floor are art classrooms, empty on a Sunday. The classrooms, like the entire gallery, are filled with light from tall windows. Chairs are stacked in the corners of the rooms and tables are arranged in clusters. The plastic tables are stained with blues and pinks and blacks, vestiges of former paintings. A bulletin board outside has business cards advertising artists who paint pet portraits, an ad for furniture for sale, and another business card for a jewelry-maker.

As soon as I walk inside, I stop to look at one of the Founders Exhibition photos, which is called ‘Backstage at the Windmill.’ It is a black & white photograph, where a man in a heavy coat faces away from the camera, leaning against a door frame as he looks out

One of the classrooms, a claymaking classroom, has dried clay on some of the tables and in the corner are pottery wheels and aprons on clothes hooks. A paintbrush and palette has been left on top of one of the tables, as if a ghost is painting her vase in the cool darkness of the classroom.

Art classes and art education have been part of Naples Art’s mission since its creation.

“The creation of art is so beneficial for a variety of reasons. People sometimes think, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be an artist so I

Andrew Diggz’ ‘The Birth of Flowers’ is on view in the exhibition, ‘The Human Spirit in African and African American Art,’January 17-February 23.

“About four years ago we started hosting exhibitions that bring awareness to I am most proud of these exhibitions as they provide a platform

can’t take a class,’” Naples Art CEO, Aimee Schlehr says. “Creating art for art’s sake has physical and mental health benefits, develops soft skills we all value like creative thinking, building self-esteem, teaches us to work in a team and self- expression allows us to find ourselves or lose ourselves.”

During the week, the classrooms are filled with students learning from master teachers.

“Naples Art provides classes and masterlevel workshops for all ages and skill levels. Take a class that challenges you. Clay is always a great beginner class, especially for hand building. Read instructors bio’s to find an instructor that will compliment your learning style. And above all, have fun,” Schlehr says.

After I finish walking through the second floor, I take the elevator back down to the base. Naples Art has two exhibitions up for viewing until the end of the year: the 53rd Founders exhibit and the ‘Water Works’ exhibit, which I missed on my first sweep through the first floor. I step into the ‘Water Works’ gallery, where vivid blues and greens create an aquatic glow, like the gallery itself is underwater.

I stop at the first place prize winner of the Water Works exhibition, an assemblage piece by Jill Corbit. The assemblage has a diamond patterned background, a grey-brownish color, like drowned gold. There is a metal human face, the color of a corroded penny. The face has a rusted crown and nails pounded into its forehead. Instead of eyes, there are garden hose spigots. The mouth is a faucet which pours out blue cords into two corroded cupped hands. It is tempting to reach out and turn the spigot eyes to trigger the waterworks.

paintings and photographs also representing water through different mediums. The images feel familiar, Floridian. There is a painting of three women swimming in a pool, holding cups of water. Next to this painting is a canal with a coconut palm leaning over, bent by a hurricane. In the middle of the far wall, two swans swim in deep blue water.

“So many of the exhibitions we host serve professional development for artists to build their resumes. About four years ago we started hosting exhibitions that bring aware-

Celebrating Small Works.’ The exhibit will feature art 60 inches and smaller, honoring what often goes overlooked in this world. In 2020, Naples Art will also host a juried contest called ‘Third on Canvas: A Juried Fresh Paint Event,’ where artists paint pictures of buildings on Naples 3rd Street and put those paintings up for auction. In the spring, the exhibits move away from the tangible and into imaginings in an exhibit called ‘Daydreams: Fantastical Wanderings of the Brain.’

“We have a Dinner with Artists coming up in January — we have paired visual artist Denise Cummings with culinary genius Brian Roland for an extraordinary palette to palate experience,” Schlehr tells me. “We end the season with our annual fundraiser, ‘For the Love of Art‘ in March, an immersion in the culinary, visual, and performing arts in one location for one night.”

Naples Art will also offer month-long classes for adults and children in different mediums: clay, painting sea and land, human figures, glass jewelry, palette knife, and more, with dates and details on the naplesart.org website.

Naples Arts hosts award-winning juried outdoor art shows on 5th Avenue: Naples New Year’s Art Show on January 4 & 5, Naples National Outdoor Show on February 22 & 23, and Naples Downtown Art Show on March 21 & 22.

ness to issues in our community — human trafficking, bullying, water quality, immigration,” Schlehr says. “I am most proud of these exhibitions as they provide a platform for artists to use their voice to bring awareness and serve as change agents.”

The upcoming exhibits in Naples Art‘s galleries are as varied as the artwork that fills the gallery.

By the time I finish walking through the gallery, an hour has passed and royal palms cast long shadows outside the gallery.

Outside Naples Art, near the parking garage across Cambier Park, there is a large sculpture of tiled glass that filters the afternoon light and casts purple and pink shadows across the sidewalk. I sit down on a white metal bench, sitting inside these perfect squares of light, and I can’t help but feel like I’ve stepped inside a piece of art, and I don’t want to leave. •

Surrounding this piece are different

In the New Year, Naples Art will host an exhibit called ‘Little Things: An Exhibition

Naples Art is located at 585 Park Street in downtown Naples. For information, call 262-6517.

issues in our community. for artists to use their voice to bring awareness and serve as change agents.”

an INTERVIEWwith Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson

N TODAY’S MUSIC CIRCLES A SPAN OF HALF A century would see the average band form, disband, reunite, disband again and possibly reunite for a special 50th anniversary tour. Austin-based ensemble Asleep At The Wheel has yet to reunite as it has never broken up. It’s a claim few groups can make and a feat singer and founder Ray Benson is proud of.

“It seems like it’s been 100 years,” Benson says with a laugh. “When I started there was no internet, no mobile phones, no fax machines. It was definitely a different world. It’s like, ‘Wow! How did we get from there to here?’ It’s been mind-boggling, but that’s anybody in a 50-year time period.

“The world situation has changed, the perspective is wonderful to be able to sit here and have experienced the last 50 years from the vantage point of not only the stage but the traveling to every state and more. The first time we went to Europe was in 1977. To see the changes in Europe now are unbelievable compared to Europe in 1977.”

The group, who plays the Christensen Performing Arts Hall at BIGArts on Sanibel on February 7, released its latest album New Routes in 2018. While Benson says the album “was pretty organic” the toughest part was whittling down the plentiful material to the final track list.

He also says the songwriting process is still something he cannot quite put his finger on after all this time.

“Songwriting is just a mystery,” Benson says. “It really is. It’s a hit-and-miss thing. You just sit there and put down your ideas and see what turns out. Sometimes it’s just that one word, sometimes I’ll have songs that I’ve been working on for five or six years that either work or don’t work. I wish I had a button that I could push that would just go, ‘Songwriter, songwriter, songwriter.’ But it just doesn’t seem to work that way.”

Benson also says that creative discipline isn’t exactly suitable for the road as Asleep At The Wheel averages 150 dates a year.

“It’s just A: get ready for the show, B: rest the muscles in my voice to make sure I’m going to be fine, and C: get something to eat before the show,” he says. “So that’s the hardest part. There are always ideas going through your head. Sometimes you jot them down and hopefully you’ll get to them at a later date.”

What Benson and the band aren’t saving for a later date is an exceptional 2020. The singer says the plan is to “get some of the original band back” and record a new album. This includes Asleep At The Wheel cofounder Lucky Oceans, who left the band when he relocated to Australia in 1980 but forged a very credible musical and broadcasting career. Benson says both he and Oceans are still very close.

“I stay in touch with Lucky,” he says. “I’ve known him since I was three years old so we grew up together. I stay in touch with his family, his sisters, his brother, his mom. It’s a far place out there but Lucky is an incredibly talented and versatile guy. He’s made an incredible career down there in Australia.”

While Asleep At The Wheel has been busy entertaining fans at each stop with an eclectic mix of country swing and Americana, Benson had another highlight this year being included in the critically acclaimed PBS Ken Burns documentary, Country Music

“It was an incredible, incredible piece of work,” Benson says of the eight-part series that aired in September. “I think it really showed incredible insight into the origins of country music. You see people bitching and moaning about who they didn’t include. Well, he had 16 hours. Give him 100 hours and he’ll get everybody. I think it showed a real point of view of country music that broadened not only its appeal but broadened the view of what is country music.”

Benson, who particularly enjoyed the episode featuring the late Bob Wills, said having performed for over six decades gave him an insight into the evolution of the genre.

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“I was very honored that they thought I had something to say,” Benson says. “Evidently they liked what I said and I hope people understand that I spent not just the last 50 years, but I started performing when I was nine years old. Having this perspective gave me a little understanding of the music. You look back on what really is for me over 60 years of performing American roots music of all kinds.

“It’s a great perspective because I’ve watched the changes, I’ve experienced the changes,” he adds. “I’ve worked with the legends of country music. I’ve worked with everyone from Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, etc. to the obscure ones that maybe people don’t know. But I toured the country backing up country artists before we had record deals. I have an experience and understanding of what it’s all about.”

As for the upcoming tour, Benson is thrilled to get on the road again. He’s especially eager to get to Sanibel after spending some of his summers as a child on the island.

“In the ‘50s, two years we spent our summers on Sanibel Island,” he says. “I’m from Pennsylvania, but in the summers of ‘57 and ‘59 my dad would take us down to Florida. Before there was anything on Sanibel Island we would camp out. My mom liked to collect sea shells so we would swim over to Sanibel Island because there wasn’t a bridge. I remember every summer going down to Florida in the ‘50s we would pull up on the beach, pitch a tent and just live on the beach there. It was so cool, so cool. That goes back to my childhood.” he continues, “But playing music, absolutely! We certainly are so appreciated there and love playing there. I’ll be collecting sea shells in Sanibel!”

Finally, Benson is asked about the band’s preservation over literally half a century. The answer is simply put.

“Because I didn’t want to quit,” he says. “Asleep At The Wheel has been Ray Benson and who I can convince to get on the god dang bus with me!” •

“In the summers of ‘57 & ‘59 my dad would take us down to Florida.

Before there was anything on Sanibel Island we would camp out.

My mom liked to collect sea shells so we would swim over to Sanibel Island because there wasn’t a bridge.”

ARTS MUSIC Listen Up I

T’S USUALLY DIFFICULT to name the ‘best’ albums of the year because so much depends on personal taste and the near impossibility of comparing works that fall within different genres, or fit comfortably within any one genre at all. What is easier to do is to recommend releases that will assuredly entertain and likely impress you, and are certainly worthy of repeated listenings. These are ten albums that haven’t garnered as much attention as they deserve, but openminded music lovers of any ilk will enjoy.

Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

The Capitol Sessions (DECCA RECORDS)

I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (DECCA RECORDS)

Best known as an actor in blockbuster films (Jurassic Park and Independence Day), Goldblum, when not filming, hosts a regularl jazz variety show at a club in Los Angeles, frequently joined by special guest friends. The Capitol Sessions wonderfully recreates the comic atmosphere and swinging jazz of these shows in a studio setting, complete with pre-song banter with the likes of singers Haley Reinhart, Imelda May and Sarah Silverman. Any questions concerning Goldblum’s proficiency as a pianist is quickly dispelled on the opening track, an excellent rendition of Herbie Hancock’s bop classic, ‘Cantaloupe Island,’ backed by his tight 5-piece combo.

Although Reinhart is outstanding singing ‘My Baby Just Cares For Me’ and ‘Gee Baby (Ain’t IGood For You),’ as is May singing ‘Straighten Up and Fly Right,’ ‘This Bitter Earth’ and ‘Come On-a-My House,’ it may be tracks featuring trumpeter Till Bonner — on Marvin Gaye’s ‘Don’t Mess With Mister T,’ Rodgers & Hart’s ‘It Never Entered My Mind’ and Duke Ellington’s ‘Caravan’ — that showcase Goldblum and his band at their best, swinging hard and having fun doing it.

I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, Goldblum’s follow-up, sheds the comic interludes and feel of a live recording to focus on the music. Again, solidly backed by his long-time band, Goldblum’s choices of songs and swinging arrangements make for an album no less entertaining, if not a bit more adventurous than pure fun. Combining Lee Morgan’s hard bop classic, ‘Sidewinder’ with Sonny Bono’s ‘The Beat Goes On’ is not a natural fit, nor is mixing Wes Montgomery’s ‘Four on Six’ with Marianne Faithful’s ‘Broken English,’ but Goldblum and his band make it work, and work well.

Sharon Van Etten’s sultry version on Irving Berlin’s ‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’ is a standout, as is Fiona Apple singing Frank Sinatra’s hit,

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‘Don’t Worry About Me.’ And with his touching vocals on the lullaby, ‘Little Man You’ve Had a Busy Day,’ Goldblum proves that not only can he perform in the studio as well as in a live setting, but that he is as fine a jazzman as an actor.

Haley Reinhart Lo-Fi Soul

(REINHART RECORDS)

Reinhart, a 2011 American Idol finalist, has released several outstanding albums, last year’s Lo-Fi Soul is her strongest to date. Cloaked in a retro sound reminiscent of the 1950s, an era where R&B and pop music mingled on jukeboxes and in the hearts of listeners of all ages, the album showcases her versatility as a vocalist as well as her impeccable taste. From her heartbreakingly and thoroughly original version of Stevie Wonder’s “I Don’t Know How to Love You’ to the self-penned title track, Reinhart infuses each song with a sassy confidence peaking with the wonderfully offbeat ‘Honey, There’s The Door.’

Best at her bluesiest, other standouts are the gospel-tinged ‘Deep Water,’ the soulful lament ‘Oh Damn,’ and rocker ‘Shook.’ Fans of Imelda May and Clairy Brown will find Reinhart another powerful songstress worthy of their attention. Lo-Fi Soul is an album I’ve been returning to throughout the year and it seems to get better with each listening.

Jon Batiste

Anatomy of Angels

Live at the Village Vanguard (VERVE RECORDS)

Chronology of a Dream

Live at the Village Vanguard (VERVE RECORDS)

Jon Batiste, best known as the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, comes from a distinguished family of New Orleans musicians and has released several excellent albums on his own and with his band, Stay Human. These two albums were culled from performances during a six night engagement at the legendary New York City jazz club, The Village Vanguard. Both Anatomy of Angels and Chronology of a Dream capture the energy of these intimate shows, while each showcases a different side of Batiste’s musical genius.

An homage to his hero, Thelonious Monk, Anatomy of Angels is more succinct. Featuring a trio on three tracks, including a gorgeous version of ‘The Very Thought

Jeff Goldblum and his combo are equally comfortable performing Herbie Hancock as Sonny Bono.

Jon Batiste’s albums were recorded during a six night engagement at The Village Vanguard.

of You,’ featuring guest vocalist, Rachael Price, of the band Lake Street Drive. Batiste leads an octet on the two remaining tracks; a rousing arrangement of Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight’ and the title track.

Chronology of a Dream, on the other had, is more expansive. The music here is soulful, in the tradition of the likes of Horace Silver and Cannonball Adderley, with infectious melodies, jubilant horn arrangements and adventurous soloing. In fact, Batiste’s cover of his mentor, trumpeter Roy Hargrove’s ‘Soulful’ is the emotional highlight of the set. Hargrove passed away the day these recordings began. It is a beautiful tune, a testament to both Hargrove’s talents and Batiste’s love. Other highlights ‘PRINCE,’ and ‘BLACCK,’ with their funky horns exudes the irresistible, playful energy of the Crescent City.

These albums prove that Batiste is so much more than the good-humored sidekick and playful pianist on The Late Show. He is one of the premier jazz musicians and bandleaders of his day, carrying on the grand traditions of New Orleans’s best music, both mournful and celebratory.

Mose Allison If You’re Going to the City

A Tribute to Mose Allison (FAT POSSOM RECORDS)

One of the most unique voices in jazz, both his vocals and his writing, Mose Allison mixed bebop and blues with an uncanny satirical outlook, to make music unlike any other. He was a beatnik philosopher who helped define a nonconformist cool many would emulate but few could match. Although garnering critical acclaim, Allison never achieved great commercial success, although the greatest musicians, writers and artists of the time flocked to his performances and cherished his recordings. Allison recently passed away, leaving an unparalleled catalog of clever social commentary and swinging jazz music.

This compilation, featuring the likes of Jackson Browne, Louden Wainwright, Richard Thompson and Elvis Costello, celebrates the man and his music, with proceeds benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, aiding musicians struggling financially to deal with the illnesses and disabilities of advanced age.

The collection includes some of Allison’s best known songs (Taj Mahal singing ‘Your Mind Is on Vacation,’ Bonnie Raitt singing ‘Everybody’s Crying Mercy,’ Chrissie Hynde singing ‘Stop This World,’ Fiona Apple singing ‘Your Molecular Structure’ and Robbie Fulks singing ‘My Brain’) as well as lesser known gems (The Pixies’ Frank Black singing ‘Numbers on Paper’ and Iggy Pop singing the title track). It’s an eclectic mix of artists from a variety of musical genres paying tribute to a

true American treasure and one-of-a-kind jazz icon.

The CDcomes with a bonus DVD of the documentary film, Mose Allison: Ever Since I stole The Blues, featuring testimonials by fans Pete Townsend, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo, among others.

Rodney Crowell Texas (RC1 RECORDS)

Aside from Willie Nelson there are probably few songwriters more associated with the Lone Star State than Rodney Crowell. Crowell has been making some of the very best music of his career lately, reconnecting with Emmylou Harris for two outstanding albums (Crowell was leader of Harris’ original Hot Band) and revisiting some of his best songs on 2018’s Acoustic Classics

His newest album finds him writing about what he knows best —his beloved Texas. With the help of some friends (Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Lee Ann Womack, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Vince Gill, Steve Earle and Ringo Star) he lauds and lampoons, celebrates and laments the state and its people.

‘Flatland Hillbillies’ proudly claims “Living in the edge of nowhere/Isn’t for the feint of heart” while ‘You’re Only Happy When You’re Miserable’ protests “Your bold prediction is I’d bail on you/Your nightmare is my dream come true” and Guy Clark’s ‘Deep in the Heart of Uncertain Texas’ boasts “We get high on the lake then we float down the river/Get off on the backroads get lost in the woods.”

Although most of the album is a tribute to all Crowell loves about the state, two songs delve into the state’s darker side. ‘The Border,’ written by Crowell from the point of view of a morally conflicted and spiritually fatigued member of the border patrol, and ‘Brown & Root, Brown & Root,’ about the overworked and underpaid, abused and maligned workers at the biggest construction company in the world.

Texas may be Crowell’s strongest collection of songs ever.

Wynton Marsalis

Bolden

original motion picture soundtrack

(BLUE ENGINE RECORDS)

Motherless Brooklyn

original motion picture soundtrack

(WATERTOWER MUSIC)

One of the most overlooked films of 2019, Bolden tells the story of the New Orleans cornetist, Buddy

Bolden, who many credit with being one of the fathers of jazz. While the film is a wild and sad tale of genius unrecognized and the horrors of the turn-of-the-century segregated South, it is also an examination of the great cultural clashes of the times, when jazz was infiltrating the stuffy world of classical and ‘white’ popular musical circles.

Wynton Marsalis not only brings Bolden’s bawdy and fierce jazz to life, but offers an education in the earliest styles of the genre. Joined by members of his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra like Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Marcus Printup (trumpet), Victor Goines (saxophone) and Carlos Hernandez (bass), among others, Marsalis performs tunes associated with Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael and Irving Berlin, as well as his own compositions.

Unlike the film, which could be difficult to watch at times, the soundtrack is never less than entertaining.

Wynton Marsalis also scored and plays the music for Motherless Brooklyn, which was written, directed and produced by Edward Norton, who also stars in the film. One of the best films of the year, it is a modern film-noir with music an integral part of the storytelling, setting the moods for each scene and helping push the story along.

Much of the music has the feel of a late-night jazz club, which is an important setting in the film, and Marsalis has gathered an outstanding ensemble, including pianist Isaiah Thompson and Ted Nash on saxophones. Most of the tracks are hard-bop nuggets by the likes of Charlie Parker, Tadd Dameron, Charles Mingus, Clifford Brown and Thelonious Monk that attempt to convey the chaos in Norton’s character’s head, who suffers from Tourettes Syndrome. In addition, there are two very different versions of ‘Daily Battles,’ a song written for the film by Thom Yorke (of Radiohead) and Flea (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers). One version of the ballad is sparse and features Yorke’s haunting vocals accompanied by piano and little more, while a second finds Marsalis recreating the tune as a slow and cool blues. •

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Another Time

1414 Dean Street

Fort Myers

239-672-4607

islandvisions-timeless.com

SUN-THUR 11AM-6 PM

FRI & SAT 11AM-9PM

Art.Gift.Steampunk. Dubbed by many as “the coolest shop in Fort Myers,” Another Time is truly an experience in nautical, st eampunk and tropical décor. We have things you’ve never seen and can’t get anywhere else. Steampunk lighting and costuming and “jewelry for the home” by onsite artist Eliza, as well as unique gifts, local art, and much more all just steps away from our original shop Timeless.

Art League of Fort Myers

1451 Monroe Street Fort Myers 239-275-3970

artleagueoffortmyers.org

TUE-SAT 11AM-5PM

In it's 64th year, the Art League, located in downtown Fort Myers, is a non-profit member-financed organization and Art Council of Southwest Florida affiliate. The Art League's purpose is to offer local artists a resource to display their art in addition to offering the public interaction with our art community. They offer monthly shows, free open painting every Wed 9:30am-12pm, classes in acrylics, oils, watercolor, stained glass, perspective, light, gift shop and painting parties.

EXHIBITIONS

Arts for ACT Gallery

2265 First Street

Fort Myers

239-337-5050

artsforactgallery.com

DAILY 11AM-5PM

1ST & 3RD FRI 11AM-10PM

Located in the heart of the historic downtown river district, Arts for ACT Gallery is owned by ACT, the domestic violence shelter. This award winning, non-profit gallery is devoted to representing the distinctive and extraordinaire by offering premium quality works of art. The SoHo like space has over 75 co-op artists and two exhibition spaces that change monthly. Gallery rooms range from formal to funky and are as diverse as our artwork. New shows start first Friday of month.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN: Shah Hadjebi, Sara Morsey, Dedo, Pam Jones

FEB: Rick Plummer, Heron’s Glen Art Group

MAR:Art Quilters Unlimited, Anna Fischer, Logan Goodmason

APR: Art Poems & SWFL Craft Guild

MAY: Pam Trent Group, Shelby Elmore

JUN:'Bee'Cause group show

JUL: A'Door'able group show

AUG: Terry Lynn Spry, Jessi Dilich

SEP: Kristina Jackson

OCT: Shealee Dillinger, Sydney Roper

NOV: Patty Sole, Donna Chase

DEC: Joe LeMay, Art League of Fort Myers

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Bert's Pine Bay Gallery

4332 Pine Island Road Matlacha 239-283-1335

bertsgallery.com

SUN 12-5PM

MON 10AM-5PM

TUE-SAT 10AM-7PM

A unique giftshop in quaint Matlacha, Bert's Gallery at Pine Bay shares the waterfront with local shrimp boats and fishermen; we feature local art, local shirts, books, jewelry, and a great kids section. We have the largest selection of Crocs in SW Florida.

Cape Coral Art Center

4533 Coronado Parkway

Cape Coral 239-574-0802

Facebook.com/CapeCoralArtCenter

MON-SAT 9AM-4PM

The Cape Coral Art Center has been an artist community resource in Southwest Florida since 1977. Part of the City of Cape Coral Parks and Recreation, the Art Center features fine art and fine craft classes, galleries, fine art supply store, gift shop and five wellequipped studios. Receptions 5pm-7pm second Friday of each month

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 3-23:Leila Mesdaghi's Love Cannot Alter It

JAN 3-23: Vision 2020

FEB 2-27: Hands on ArtSouthwest Florida Fine Craft Guild

FEB 2-27: Tracy Skelton's Dream to Reality

MAR 6-26: Art Focus

MAR 6-26:Artists Among UsArt Center Staff

APR 3-23: Ring of FireSWFL Society of Goldsmiths

APR 3-23: Cold as Ice

MAY 1-28: May's Bouquets

JUN 5 -JUL 30:In Spite of the Swamp

AUG 7-27: Black & White

AUG 7-SEP 24: Marine Life Like Ours

SEP 4-24: Aquarium

NOV 28-DEC 18: Holly Daze Fine Art Sale

Cape Coral Art League

516 Cultural Park Boulevard

Cape Coral 239-772-5657

capecoralartleague.org

MON-FRI 11AM-4PM

The Cape Coral Art League, is a non-profit, that teaches art to adults and children. They have classes in painting acrylic, oil, pastels, p hotography and graphics. They hold Student Sunday Art Classes for Children ages 6-14. They offer gallery art shows the first Thursday of each month, free and open to the public.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN: All Abstract

FEB: Wild About Wildlife

MAR: Flora and/or Fauna, Class Act

APR: Mixed Media

MAY: Land, Sea, Air

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Centers for the Arts

Bonita Springs

Center for Visual Arts

26100 Old 41 Road

Bonita Springs

239-495-8989

artcenterbonita.org

MON-SAT 9AM-5PM

Two Centers, One Mission, Arts for All. The sky is the limit when it comes to their fine arts and fine crafts classes and workshops. The Center for Visual Arts provides OneNight Sessions, Mini Workshops, Master Wo rks hops, and ongoing Multi Week Courses. And art doesn’t just mean painting. You can create with clay, glass, jewelry or textiles. Also offering music, film, photography and acting classes!

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 3-23: Black & White (MAIN GALLERY)

JAN 3-23:Cheri Dunnigan (TRANOVICH GALLERY)

JAN 31-FEB 27: Annual Members’ Only show MAR 6-26:Living in Color (MAIN GALLERY)

MAR 6-26:Myra Roberts - Spokeswomen (TRANOVICH GALLERY)

APR 3-23: Depth of Field Exhibition (MAIN GALLERY)

Clip Joint

Barber Shop & Art Gallery

7431 College Parkway

Unit 120, Room 136 Fort Myers

239-281-8180

Facebook.com/ClipJointBarberArt

MON & WED-SAT 10AM-8PM

Barber shop & Art Gallery catering to men’s grooming & hair care, offering an eclectic variety of artwork for sale daily, plus henna tattoos. Gallery inventory is entirely the work of the shop owner and resident barber, Cindy-jo Dietz, and can be purchased on site. Commissioned pieces also available.

Coco Art Gallery

Coconut Point Mall

8074 Mediterranean Drive

Estero

239-949-3073

cocoartgallery.com

MON-SAT 11AM-5PM

SUN 12-5PM

Original art featuring sophisticated inspirations of timeless coastal beauty through joyous use of color, texture and design. The gallery presents the artwork of hundreds of imaginative artists with fresh views of our environment in a wide variety of unique art from paintings to sculpture.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 7-21: Art Quilters Unlimited

FEB 4-18: Fort Myers Beach Art Association

MAR 3-17: SWFL Watercolor Society

MAR 17-31:SWFL WAX

APR 7-21: Shell Point Artists Guild

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COLLIER COUNTY MUSEUMS

colliermuseums.com

Collier Museum at Government Center

3331 Tamiami Trail East • Naples 239-252-8476

MON-SAT 9AM-4PM

Offers exhibits and galleries that capture the full panorama of local history.

EXHIBITIONS

THRU JAN 11:We Never Left - Artists of Southeastern Indian Tribes

Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch

1215 Roberts Avenue West • Immokalee 239-252-2611

TUE-SAT 9AM-4PM

Features exhibits that tell the story of ranchers and families who tamed the wilderness on the edge of the Big Cypress Swamp.

EXHIBITIONS

THRU JAN 18: Cowboy Roots –Photography by Don Columbus

Marco Island

Historical Museum

180 South Heathwood Drive • Marco Island 239-252-1440

TUE-SAT 9AM-4PM

Exhibits trace the island from its early pioneer roots through its growth in the 1960s.

EXHIBITIONS

THRU JAN 30: MS Conceptions

MAR 5-JUL 4: Marc Harris

Conservation Photography

Museum of the Everglades

105 W. Broadway Ave. • Everglades City 239-252-5026

MON-SAT 9AM-4PM

Exhibits feature a look at area history.

EXHIBITIONS

THRU FEB 2: Everglades Americana –The Art of Dick Jay

Florida Gulf Coast University

Art Galleries

10501 FGCU Boulevard South Fort Myers 239-590-7199 fgcu.edu/artgalleries

MON-FRI 10AM-4PM

Florida Gulf Coast University Art Galleries’ mission is to broaden the learning and cultural experiences of FGCU students and the community through exhibitions and programming. Exhibitions focus on contemporary art from local, national and international artists as well as the faculty and students. Exhibitions are in ArtLab (west side of Library Building) and the Wasmer Art Gallery (Arts Complex). All opening receptions occur at 5pm on the first day of the exhibition and are free. All exhibitions are free and open to the public, except during university holidays.

EXHIBITIONS

Wasmer Gallery

JAN 31-FEB 27: Presence: Ran Adler

MAR 20-APR 2: 22nd Annual Student Juried Exhibition

APR 17-MAY 1: Senior Projects, Spring 2020 ArtLab

JAN 16-FEB 13: ExperimentsDigital Media Workshop

FEB 28-MAR 26: JuxtapositionHevelyn Villar

Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center

525 Kumquat Court Sarasota 941-894-6469 wslr.org

MON & TUE 5-7PM AND BY APPOINTMENT

The Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center is a non-profit community space. We present great live music in a listening room environment and host rotating art exhibits and special cultural events throughout the year. To submit artwork for consideration, please email fogartyvilleart@gmail.com.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 11-FEB 16: Brenda Robinson

FEB 23-MAR 29: World Cultures - Caribbean

APR 4-MAY 17: Earth Day Art Exhibit

MAY 23-JUL 5: China Art Exhibit

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Fort Myers Beach Art Association & Gallery

3030 Shell Mound Boulevard

Fort Myers Beach

239-463-3909

fortmyersbeachart.com

MON-SAT 10AM-3PM

SUMMER: WED & THURS 9AM-12PM

This is a working artist gallery with a continuously changing display of local art for show and sale with free admission. You may find artists painting during your visit or see a workshop in progress. See website for class and workshop information.

EXHIBITIONS

THRU JAN 9: Art Divine

JAN 13-FEB 6: Not the Status QuoFMBAA Winter Open Judged & Juried Show

FEB 8-20: Deux Amies des ArtsMichele Barron Buelow & Helma Gansen Show

FEB 10-MAR 5: Defying the Ordinary -

FMBAA Spring Member Juried Show

FEB 22-MAR 5:Studio 2 Walling Mexico Trip

MAR 7-19: JoAnn LaPadula

MAR 7-APR 2: Anything Goes Show

MAR 21-APR 2: Classes Show

APR 4-8: Student Scholarship Show

APR 11-OCT 15: Summer Show

Hirdie Girdie Art Gallery

2490 Library Way Sanibel 239 395-0027 hirdiegirdiegallery.com

NOV-APR: MON-SAT 10AM-5PM & SUN 11AM-4PM CLOSED MAY-OCT

A co-operative gallery of 15 Southwest Florida artists featuring paintings, photograph y, wood turning, wood carving, fused glass, pottery, tile art, jewelry, fabric art, beaded sculpture, and basketry. Celebrating 25 years of fine art on Sanibel.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN:Paul David Adamick

FEB: Myra Roberts

MAR: Muffy Clark Gill

Island Visions

4643 Pine Island Road NW Matlacha

239-282-0452

islandvisions-timeless.com

INSEASON: DAILY 10AM-6 PM

OFFSEASON: 10AM-5PM

Island Visions, located in the heart of Matlacha, FL, is a vibrant and eclectic gallery of over 70 local artists, island décor, jewelry, gifts and curiosities. Enjoy top rated ice cream from Great Licks Ice Cream Shop while you shop in our warm, tropical Old Florida atmosphere.

GALLERYGUIDE

Marc Harris Wildlife & Conservation Photography

239-789-7027

marcharriswildlife.com

Marc Harris, an internationally recognized nature and conservation photographer is known for his rare vision into the biodiversity of nature and cycles of our natural world as it exists today. The intensity of Marc's imagery results in empathy and education through visual awareness that leads to positive change for our global community. Through his photography Marc hopes in some cases to revive, and in others to change the way humans interact with nature.

EXHIBITIONS

DAILY 9AM-5PM: The Everglades Wonder Gardens, BONITA SPRINGS

DAILY: The Ritz-Carlton Resort at Tiburon, NAPLES

MAR 5-JUL 4: Marco Island Historical Museum, MARCO ISLAND

Marco Island Center for the Arts

1010 Winterberry Drive

Marco Island

239-394-4221 marcoislandart.org

MON-FRI 9AM-4PM

Founded in 1969. the non-profit Art Center has developed into a place to gather, to learn and to become inspired. Program offerings include classes and workshops for adults and children. The Art Center brings a wide variety of arts to the community including visual, music, literature, and special presentations — a showcase for local, national and international artists.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 13-FEB 4: Kinetics - Bodies in Motion, Nancy Norman

FEB 10-MAR 3: Glitter & Gold, Matthew Van Asselt

MAR 9-APR 7: Flash - 50 Years of Fashion, Kevin Boldenow

APR 13-22 & APR 27-MAY 1: Adult & High School Student Show, Marco Island Academy

MAY 6-JUN 2: 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Annie Bacon

JUN 8-JUL 7:Celebrating Past & Present, Sasha Singh

JUL 13-AUG 4: Dimension & Texture, Pam Shudes

AUG 10-SEP 1: Celebrating Elements, Larry Richardson

SEP 8-OCT 6: Celebrating Color, Cheryl Costley

Naples Art

585 Park Street

Naples

239-262-6517 naplesart.org

MON-WED, FRI & SAT 10AM-5PM

THU 10AM-9PM, SUN 12-4PM

For over 66 years Naples Art has been the center of arts and culture in downtown Naples, a town square for the arts and a laboratory for creativity, innovation and expression. They provide the community with inspiration and opportunity, through production space and the amplification and exhibition of these creative voices to cultivate a lifelong appreciation of art.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 14-FEB 16:Little ThingsCelebrating Small Works

JAN 17-FEB 23: The Human Spirit in African & African American Art

JAN 17-FEB 27: Art for Democracy

FEB 21-MAR 17: Emerging TalentsStudent Spotlight Exhibition

MAR 6-25: Dan Jensen - Realism in Action

MAR 6-APR 1:Lifelong LearnersArt & Artists of Naples Art

2020 SWFL ARTG

Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center

Art Gallery

300 Tower Road

Naples

239-530-5340

rookerybay.org

MON-SAT 9AM-4PM

Enjoy rotating, juried art exhibits that follow Rookery Bay's environmental mission, and share a central theme of flora and fauna in Ro okery Bay's Environmental Learning Center Art Gallery.

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 14-APR 2:Photography Annual

Sanibel Captiva Art League

Sanibel

239-322-8593

sancapart.com

Sanibel Captiva Art League is a non-profit organization formed to create opportunities to create art, share art, support art education and to enhance our community artistically. The Art League is a member of the SWFL Art Council and features monthly informative meetings, weekly Plein Aire outings, workshops, member’s shows and exhibits at the Sanibel Public Library, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, Community House, and Big ARTS. Meetings 3rd Thu of month at Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 1-3p

EXHIBITIONS

FEB 3-APR 2: Island - Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation & San Cap Art League (BAILEY HOUSE, BAILEYS HOMESTEAD PRESERVE, 1300 PERIWINKLE WAY, SANIBEL)

Mar 5-29: 2020 - Sanibel Captiva Art League and SWFL Art Council 43rd Annual Juried All Members Show (BIG ARTS 900 DUNLOP ST, SANIBEL)

Shipman

Studio/Gallery

5760 Shirley Street Suite 4 Naples

313-520-0577

susanshipman.com

A working studio and gallery filled with colorful, lyrical, soulful paintings. Abstracted realism, a bit impressionist. Brilliant, unique watercolors on hand-made papers, oils on canvas, collages, painted ostrich eggs, handmade cards and more.

OPENINGRECEPTIONS

JAN 8 & 18

FEB 5 & 15

MAR 4 & 21

APRIL 1 & 18

NOV 4 & 21

DEC 2

Susan Alexander

GALLERYGUIDE

Timeless

2218 First Street Fort Myers 239-332-8463

islandvisions-timeless.com

SUN-THU 11AM-8 PM

FRI & SAT 11AM-9PM

Timeless, Items of Interest & Illumination features incredible Steampunk lamps & jewelry created by owner/artist Steve Timcak in addition to work from local artists. A gem in the heart of Historic River District with the feel of a Victorian curiosity shop full of beauty and treasures for you to discover.

Tower Gallery

Artists Cooperative

751 Tarpon Bay Road

Sanibel 239-472-4557

towergallery.net

DEC-APR: DAILY 10AM-9PM

MAY-NOV: DAILY 10AM-6PM

Consistently voted the best gallery on the island, Tower Gallery is an artist-owned and operated gallery consisting of 25 of the area's finest professional artists in both 2D and 3D. Oils, acrylics, and watercolors mingle with ceramics, fiber art, and jewelry. You will always find at least one of the artists in the gallery!

EXHIBITIONS

JAN 9-31: Ikki Matsumoto Retrospective

FEB: Poetic Reflections

MAR: Katie Gardenia

APR 16: Scholarship Fundraiser & Art Auction for BIG Arts

Visual Arts Center

210 Maud Street • Punta Gorda 941-639-8810

visualartcenter.org

MON-FRI 9AM-4PM & SAT 10AM-2PM

A state-of-the-art facility offering three major galleries with national and regional exhibits, indoor and outdoor art markets, art classes and workshops taught by professional instructors and nationally recognized artists, a gift gallery with unique artwork by local artists, an art resource library and art supply store.

EXHIBITIONS

Main Gallery

JAN 7-30: Plein Air & Quickdraw

FEB 7-MAR 25: National Art Exhibition

MAR 31-APR 23: New Beginnings

APR 25-30: Charlotte County High Schools

MAY 2-9: Charlotte County Elementary Schools

MAY 12-28: VAC Student Show

JUN 1-25: Water, Water, Everywhere

JUN 29-SEP 2: Member Showcase

SEP 15-OCT 8:Color

OCT 12-NOV 5: Falling for Art

NOV 7-DEC 2: Fun Arts Festival

DEC 8-30: Off the Wall

Goff Gallery

JAN 7-30: Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society

FEB 7-MAR 25: National Art Exhibition

MAR 28-APR 23: Florida Suncoast

Watercolor Society

APR 25-30: Charlotte County Middle Schools

MAY 2-JUN 25: Krasny & Kapuchinski

MAY 30-JUN 25: The Nature of Blue

JUN 29-SEP 2: Member Showcase

SEP 15-OCT 8:Through the Looking Glass

OCT 10-29: Portrait Group

OCT 31-DEC 1: Common Threads

DEC 8-30: SWFL Fine Craft Guild

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

January 1

WEDNESDAY

•Claire Liparulo: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Ikebana Meeting & Workshop: Naples Botanical Garden, FGCU Research Center, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 9:30a. Free. 254-9999.

•Jamie Morgan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Megan Rose: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

2

THURSDAY

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 710:30p. 333-2225.

•Electric Mud: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 4712777.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Peter & Will Anderson Jazz Trio: Concert & discussion. Shell Point, Grand Cypress rm, TheWoodlands, 14441 Woodsong Ln, Ft Myers.7p. 454-2067.

•Sean Finnerty: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

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•Songwriters at Sunset Beach: Free acoustic concert w JRobert, Brent Moyer, & BBQ. Gazebo on beach, Lovers Key State Park, 8700 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach.

3:30-5p. Bring chairs. Free w park entry. 463-4588.

•Victor Wainwright & The Train: Blues band. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. 693-7111.

3 FRIDAY

•A Guy, a Girl, and a Piano: Cabaret. Laboratory Theater of Florida,1634 Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 8p. 218-0481.

•Art Reception: Art League of Fort Myers, 1451 Monroe St, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 275-3970.

•Art Reception: Arts for ACT Gallery, 2265 1st St, Ft Myers. 6-10p. Free. 337-5050.

•Art Reception: Center for the Visual Arts Bonita Springs, 26100 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs.6-8p. Free. 495-8989.

•Art Walk: Receptions, exhibits, demos, live music at severalgalleries & studios in downtown Ft Myers’ historic River District. 6-10p. Free. 337-5050.

•Betty Fox: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•DJ Memphis on Air: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Outdoor Art & Craft Show: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 10a-4p. Free. 394-4221.

•Sean Finnerty: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. Marlin’s Brewhouse, 5611 Six Mile Commercial Ct, #4, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 220-5918.

4 SATURDAY

•A Guy, a Girl, and a Piano: Cabaret. Laboratory Theater of Florida,1634 Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 8p. 218-0481.

•Americana Community Music Association: Roy Scheider & The Reckless Saints, Pearl Street band concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Art in the Park: Outdoor art & craft fair. ParkSt, downtown Naples. 10a-4p. Free.262-6517.

•BBQ, Brews & Bluegrass: Live music. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 5-8p. Free. 603-6535.

•Brandon Robertson Quintet: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Comedy Night: Stage 2 Improv. Sketch Comedy. Tobye Studio,Sugden Community Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 8p. 263-7990.

•Dueling Pianos: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27,

Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Estero Fine Art Show: Outdoor art fair. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. Free. 10a-5p. 941-755-3088.

•Gator Nate: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Mike Imbasciani: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:3011:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Naples New Year’s Art Show: Outdoor art fair 5th Ave S, Naples. 10a-5p. Free. 262-6517.

•Neopolopalooza 2020: Concert, art show w The Woodwork, Chelsea Lovitt, Mountain Holler, Liana Gabel. Norris Center, 755 8th Ave S, Naples. 711p.213-3058.

•Outdoor Art & Craft Show: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 10a-4p. Free. 394-4221.

•Sean Finnerty: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

5 SUNDAY

•A Guy, a Girl, and a Piano: Cabaret. Laboratory Theater of Florida,1634 Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 8p. 218-0481.

•Chamber Music Concert: From Beethoven to Vladigerov & more. Art Hall, Koreshan State Park, 3800 Corkscrew Rd, Estero. 3p. 596-8404.

•Ehnes Quartet: Chamber music concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Estero Fine Art Show: Outdoor art fair. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. Free. 10a-5p. 941-755-3088.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro,

Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 4p. 963-9050.

8 WEDNESDAY

•Art Alive Naples Art District Studio & Gallery Tours. Receptions,exhibits, demos, live music at dozens of galleries & studios. Pine Ridge Industrial Park, J & C Blvd, Shirley St & Trade Center Way,Naples. 5-8p. Free. 289-5070.

•Art Reception: Susan Alexander Shipman

Studio/Gallery: 5760 Shirley St, #4, Naples. 5-8p. Free. 313-520-0577.

•Chris McDonald’s Memories of Elvis Rockin’ Birthday Bash: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Jimmy Keys: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Musical Moments - EuroTour: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 3p. 495-8989.

•Naples New Year’s Art Show: Outdoor art fair 5th Ave S, Naples. 10a-5p. Free. 262-6517.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

6 MONDAY

•Independent Film Screening & Discussion: Hosted by Fort Myers Film Festival. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails

6:30p, film 7p. talk after film. 810-6323.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533.

7 TUESDAY

•Art in Focus: Presentation by John Loscuito, FGCU Gallery Director.Naples Art, 585 Park St S, Naples. 10a. 262-6517.

•Carpenters Remembered: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Florida Everblades vs Brampton Beast: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Meet the Author - Tim Dorsey: Author of ‘Naked Came the Florida Man - a Novel.’ Pine Island Library, 10701 Russell Rd, Bokeelia. 1:30p. Free. 479-4636.

•Toast to Opera: Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury preview discussion. Opera Naples. Wang Opera

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Paul Allodi: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Peter Kolter: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Sierra Club Calusa Group Meeting: Ft Myers Library, 1651 Lee St, meeting rm CD, Ft Myers. 6-8p. 533-4636.

9 THURSDAY

•Art Reception: Live music, wine, hors d’oevres.Coco Art Gallery, Coconut Mall, 8074 Mediterranean Dr, FtMyers. 5-7p. Free. 949-3073.

•Art Reception: Live music. Tower Gallery, 751 Tarpon Bay Rd. 5-8p. Free. 472-4557.

•Art Reception: Wine & cheese. Cape Coral Art League, 516 Cultural Blvd, Cape Coral.57p. Free. 772-5657.

•Artist’s Talk & Exhibition Reception: Marco Island Historical Museum,180 S Heathwood Dr, Marco Island. 3p. Free. 642-1440.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•Dat Phan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Evening on Fifth: Live music, dancing, art demos & exhibits, dining, shopping along 5th Ave S, Naples. 6:30-9:30p. Free.692-8436.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Jenny Ve: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Open House & Art Bazaar: Art League of Fort Myers, 1451 Monroe St, Ft Myers. 9a-2p. Free. 275-3970.

•Open House: Art reception & sale. Ft Myers Beach Art

Paul Thorn performs February 16 at the Centers for the Arts in Bonita Springs. Call 495-8989 for information.

Assoc, 3030 Shell Mound, Ft Myers Beach. 9a-12p. Free. 463-3909.

10

FRIDAY

•Absolute Queen: Queen tribute concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Art Reception: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 5-7p. Free. 939-2787.

•Dat Phan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Elonzo Wesley: Live music. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30-10:30p. Free. 603-6535.

•Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Gallery Walk & Talk: With artists Jeff Ripple & Muffy Clark Gill. Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 10a. Free. 939-2787.

•Jenny Ve: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Lunch & Learn Lecture: Sea Turtle Nesting. Rookery Bay Research Reserve, Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 12p. Register. 530-5940.

•Riverside: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Staged Readings: Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Tom Beckman: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6:30-9:30p. Free. 313-6576.

•Wroclaw Philharmoni Orchestra: BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 693-4849.

SATURDAY

•ACMA Concert: Musicins tba. South County Library, 21100 Three Oaks Pkwy, Estero. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Americana Community Music Association: Malcomb Holcombe, Roy Schneider concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Art on the Veranda: Sanibel

Captiva Art League show & sale. Bailey’s General Store, 2477 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 10a-3p. Free. 322-8593.

•Art Reception: Cape Coral Arts Studio, Rubicond Park, 4533 Coronado Pkwy, Cape Coral. 5-7p. Free.574-0802.

•Art Reception: Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota. 5-7. Free. 941-894-6469.

•Backyard Bluesfest: Damon Fowler, Tommy Lee Cook & The Heathens w Panache. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641

Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 2-11p. 693-7111.

•Bonita Springs National Art Festival: Outdoor fine art & fine craft fair. Riverside Park, 10450Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 10a-5p. 495-8989.

•Broken Waves: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival: Outdoor art fair, live entertainment, food. Cape Coral Pkwy btwn Del Prado Blvd& Vincennes Blvd, Cape Coral. 10a-9p. Free. 699-7942.

•Cape Coral Historical Museum: Monthly meeting w guest speaker (former Mayor). Cultural Park Theatre, 528 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 2:30p. Free. 772-7037.

•Chris Bepko: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto Quintet: The Music of Cole Porter jazz concert. Wang Opera Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Dat Phan: Laugh In Comedy Ca fe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Fine Arts & Crafts Show: Naples Artcrafters. Cambier Park, 755 8th Ave S, Naples. 10a-4p. Free. 304-5258.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. Riptide Brewing, 987-3rd Ave N, Naples. 3-6p. Free. 228-6533.

•Songwriters at the Estero Library: Free acoustic concert w Glen Sabatka, David Stanley, Christine Scholtus. South County Library, 21100 Three Oaks Pkwy, Estero. 2-3:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Soulixer: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•STEM Wars - The Force Awakens Family Fun Night: Dinner, science activities, games. IMAG History &

Science Center, 2000 Cranford St, Ft Myers. 5:30-9:30p. rsvp. 321-7420.

•SWFL Symphony: The Romantix. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers.

7:30p. 418-1500.

•Villalobos Brothers: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs.

7:30p. 495-8989.

12 SUNDAY

•Bob Zottola & Friends with Michelle Amato: Jazz concert. Wang Opera Center, 2408 Linwood Ave, Naples.

7:30p. 775-2800.

•Bonita Springs National Art Festival: Outdoor fine art & fine craft fair. Riverside Park, 10450Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 10a-5p. 495-8989.

•Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival: Outdoor art fair, live entertainment, food. Cape Coral Pkwy btwn Del Prado Blvd& Vincennes Blvd, Cape Coral. 10a-5p. Free. 699-7942.

•Dat Phan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7p. 479-5233.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Lee County Community Band: Cape Coral High School, 2300 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral. 3p. Free. 454-6430.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Poco: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Songwriter Sunday Brunch: Carleene Thissen, Emma Arnold. Remedies Parlor,

2541 Thompson St, Ft Myers 12-2p. Free. 682-0942.

•Tusk: Fleetwood Mac tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 8p. 941-488-1115.

13

MONDAY

•Author Lecture & Lunch: Alex Segura.Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. 12p. 333-1933.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533.

•Naples Big Band: Concert Riverside Park, 10451 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. Free. 272-5298.

•Punta Gorda Quickdraw: Competition 9a-1p in downtown Punta Gorda, luncheon w artists 12:302:30p. Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud St, Punta Gorda. Register. 941-639-8810.

•Robert Macomber: The Sailor Who Changed History presentation hosted by Estero Island Historical Society. St. Raphael’s Episcopal Chusrch, 5601 Williams Dr, Ft Myers Beach. 7p. Free. 463-0435.

•Tusk: Fleetwood Mac tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 2 & 8p. 941-488-1115.

14 TUESDAY

•Art Reception: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 5:30-7p. Free. 394-4221.

•Beyond the LightsDiscovering Sammy Davis Jr: One-man show. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 5 & 7:30p. 888-966-3352.

•Les Paul & Mary Ford Tribute: Tommy Doyle guitar concert. Northwest Library, 519 Chiquita Blvd N, Cape Coral. 6p. Free. 479-4636.

•Songwriters on the Plaza: Free acoustic concert w Robert Bidney, Annie Wenz. Downtown Ft Myers Library amphitheater, S Cornog Plaza, 1651 Lee St, Ft Myers. 6-7:30p. Free. 691-4069.

15 WEDNESDAY

•Art Reception: Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud St, Punta Gorda. 5-7p. Free. 941-639-8810.

•Bobby James: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Brian Markley Duo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Dinner with Artists: Gourmet dinner & art exhibition w chef Brian Roland & artist Denise Cummings Venue Naples, 13240 Tamiami Tr N, Naples. 5:30p. Rsvp. 262-6517.

•Jerry Waldon: Jazz concert with Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 6 & 8:30p. 597-1900.

•Lecture: Charles SobczakThe Great Florida Invasion,

From Peppers to Pythons. Bonita Springs Library, 10560 Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Les Paul & Mary Ford Tribute: Tommy Doyle guitar concert. Captiva Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva. 3p. Free. 479-4636.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic Night: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Open Mic Night: Poetry & spoken word. BIG ARTS Strauss Theater,2200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

•Red Carpet Opening Night: Making God Laugh pre-show party, music, cocktails, food. The Naples Players. Sugden Community Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 6:30-7:30p. 263-7990.

•Together, Whenever We GoGypsy Rose Lee: Legends & Legacies - Growing Up Broadway series. Presentation by her son, Eric Lee Preminger.Presented by TheatreZone. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 6p. 888-966-3352.

16 THURSDAY

•Art Reception: Naples Art, 585 Park St S, Naples. 5:30-7:30p. 262-6517.

•Art Reception & Artists’s Talk: FGCU ArtLab in FGCU Library, 10501 FGCU Blvd S., Ft Myers. 5-7p. Free. 590-7199.

•Audubon of SWFL Meeting: 10868 Metro Pkwy, Ft Myers. 6p. Free. 410-6971.

•Broadway & Happy Hour: Cabaretpresented by TheatreZone. Moorings Park’s auditorium, 120 Moorings Park Dr, Naples. Wine, beer, hors d’oevres 4p, show 4:30p. 888-966-3352.

•Chris Workman: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Kevin Lee: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Lecture: Florida Folk Art. Museum of the Everglades, 105 W Bwy, Everglades City. 2p. Free. 695-0008.

•Sail On - Beach Boys Tribute: Concert. Shell Point, Village Church, 15101 Shell Pt Blvd, Ft Myers. 7p. 454-2067.

•Sanibel Captiva Art League Meeting: Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 1-3p. Free. 322-8593.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. Coste

Lounge, 2000 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. 7:30-10:30p. Free. 892-2905.

17 FRIDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Kyshona, Shannon LaBrie concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers.

7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto

w Kenny Washington: Jazz concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Festival of Birds: Presentations, guided field trips, birding walks, buggy rides, boat tours. Rookery Bay National Research Reserve, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 9a-4p. Register. 530-5977.

•Jenny Ve: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6:30-9:30p. Free. 313-6576.

•John Mamell: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Kevin Lee: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Lecture & Book Signing: Author Julie Zickefoose.

‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Moonchild Duo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Music Walk: Live music & dancing at several cafes, clubs &galleries. Downtown Ft Myers’ historic River District. 6-10p. Free. 855-732-3836.

•MusicWorks! Recital: Gulf Coast Symphony MusicWorks! Students concert. The Heights Center, 15570 Hagie Dr, Ft Myers. 5p. 277-1700.

•Naples Community Orchestra: Pops concert w Jessica Grove & Jodie DeSalvo. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Dr, Naples. 7p. 676-0077.

•Naples Philharmonic: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Talkback: Discussion after performance of Wonderful Town at 7:30p.Presented by TheatreZone. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 8p. 888-966-3352.

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SATURDAY

•Art Fest Naples: Outdoor art show. Fleischmann Park, 1600 Fleischmann Blvd, Naples. 10a-5p. Free. 634-2337.

•Art Reception: Susan Alexander Shipman Studio/Gallery: 5760 Shirley St, #4, Naples. 5-8p. Free. 313-520-0577.

•Celebration in the Sky: Largest fireworks display in SWFL, light show, music.

TheatreZone presents ‘Beyond the Lights: Discovering Sammy Davis Jr.’, January 14 at the Naples Community School’s G&L Theater. For information, call 888-966-3352.

what Goes on

Seminole Casino Resort, 506 S 1st St, Immokalee. Bring lawn chairs & blankets. 9p. Free. 800-218-0007.

•Deep Creek Music Expo: Sugaray Rayford, Alastair Greene, Mark Telesca, Crystal Shawanda. Trinity Banquet Hall, 24411 Rampart Blvd, Port Charlotte, 7p. 941-677-0290.

•Exhibition Opening Reception: Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 6p. 334-7419.

•Festival of Birds: Presentations, guided field trips, birding walks, buggy rides, boat tours. Rookery Bay National Research Reserve, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 9a-4p. Register. 530-5977.

•Gulf Coast Writers Association Meeting: Guest speaker. Zion Lutheran Church, 7401 Winkler Rd, Ft Myers. 10a-12p. Free. 770-906-7885.

•Java Moon: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Kevin Lee: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Marty Stokes: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:3011:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Mini Maker Faire: Familyfriendly showcase of hobbies, experiments, projects. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 10a-6p. 495-8989.

•Naples Art District Studio & Gallery Tours Receptions, exhibits, demos, live music at dozens of galleries & studios. Pine Ridge Industrial Park, J & C Blvd, Shirley St & Trade Center Way, Naples. 11a-4p. Free. 289-5070.

•Naples Community Orchestra: Pops concert w Jessica Grove & Jodie DeSalvo. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Dr, Naples. 3:30p. 676-0077.

•Naples Philharmonic: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Passionate Puccini: Gulfshore Opera. Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 7p. 529-3925.

•Tommy Barr: Outdoor rock concert. South County Library, 21100 Three Oaks Pkwy, Estero. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Women’s March Fort Myers: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 10a-1p. Free. 571-881-4875.

•Yabo Brothers: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

SUNDAY

•Art Fest Naples: Outdoor art show. Fleischmann Park, 1600 Fleischmann Blvd, Naples. 10a-4p. Free. 634-2337.

•Art Reception & Gallery

Talk: Ft Myers Beach Art Assoc, 3030 Shell Mound, Ft Myers Beach. 1-3:30p. Free. 463-3909.

•Bluegrass Concert: Bands tba. Foulds Theatre, Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 2p. 939-2787

•Festival of Birds: Presentations, guided field trips, birding walks, buggy rides, boat tours. Rookery Bay National Research Reserve, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 9a-4p. Register. 530-5977.

•Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers: Music in Transition – chamber ensemble concert, Sanibel UCC Church, 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

3:30p. Free. 560-9512.

•Howie Mandel: Comic. Seminole Casino Resort, 506 S 1st St, Immokalee. 8p. 800-218-0007.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Let’s Hang On!: Frankie Valli tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Mary Wilson: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Naples Philharmonic Chamber Musicians: Kremer Plays Chopin & Franck. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 3p. 597-1900.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers.

3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral.

3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Raise the Roof: Fundraiser w Leoma Lovegrove. Cape Coral Art League, 516 Cultural Blvd, Cape Coral.

1-4p. rsvp. 772-5657.

•SWFL Concert Band: Unitarian Universalist Church, 3411 Shire Ln, Ft Myers. 2p. Free. 666-5970.

for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 5:30p. 394-4221.

•ETC Readers Theater: An Evening of New Plays. Naples Players. Tobye Studio,Sugden Community Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 7p. 263-7990.

•Lil & Louis: Play about Louis Armstrong & wife. First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St, Sarasota. 7p. 941-587-8290.

•Naples Philharmonic Chamber Musicians: Kremer Plays Chopin & Franck. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 3p. 597-1900.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: The Doo Wop Project.ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

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WEDNESDAY

•Bobby James: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Clare Liparulo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Jamie Morgan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Jane Rosenbloom: Classical guitar concert. Captiva Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva. 3p. Free. 479-4636.

•Jesse Cook: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Lil & Louis: Play about Louis Arsmtrong & wife. First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St, Sarasota. 1:30 & 7p. 941-587-8290.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: The Doo Wop Project.ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Justin Smith: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 4795233.

•Lara Hercovitch: Folk music concert. Northwest Library, 519 Chiquita Blvd N, Cape Coral. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Lecture & Film: Robert Macomber speaks - SWFLCuba Connection, filmCuba, a Journey to the Heart of the Caribbean. IMAG History & Science Center, 2000 Cranford St, Ft Myers. 6-8:30p. 321-7420.

•Lil & Louis: Play about Louis Arsmtrong & wife. First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St, Sarasota. 7p. 941587-8290.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: The Doo Wop Project. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 5971900.

•Neon Summer: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Passionate Puccini: Gulfshore Opera. ArtisNaples, 58333 Pelican Bay Blvd. Naples. Daniels Pavilion. 7p. 529-3925.

•Robert Cray: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. Cabanas, 2000 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. 4-7p. Free. 765-7654.

•Steven Scheschareg: Baritone recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 745-4268.

•Stradi-Various: SWFL Symphony concert. Shell Point, Village Church, 15101 Shell Pt Blvd, Ft Myers. 7p. 454-2067.

•SWFL Symphony: StradiVarious. Shell Point Village Church, 15101 Shell Pt Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 418-1500.

Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Jubilee Celebration: Celebrating Cape Coral’s 50th anniversary. Dinner, Waltzing Waters presentation, film. Cape Coral Yacht Club, 5819 Driftwood Pkwy, Cape Coral. 6-10p. rsvp. 772-7037.

•Justin Smith: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Lara Hercovitch: Folk music concert. Bonita Springs Library, 10560 Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Lecture & Book Signing: Photographer Clyde Butcher. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Lil & Louis: Play about Louis Armstrong & wife. First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St, Sarasota. 7p. 941-587-8290.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: The Doo Wop Project ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Neon Summer: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Scalia/Ginsburg and Trial by Jury: Two operas. Opera Naples. Wang Opera Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Sheena Brook: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:3011:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Trio Gaspard: Chamber music concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

25 SATURDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Lara Herscovitch, The Dunn Deal concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Appalachian Road Show: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Art Fair: Art show & sale. Art, crafts, photography, art demos, food, raffles, kids’ activities. Cape Coral Art League, 516 Cultural Blvd, Cape Coral.10a-4p. Free. 772-5657.

•Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival: Live music by Screaming Orphans, Albannach, Rathkeltair, House of Hamill, Marcille Wallis & Friends, Kellyn Irish Dancers. Food, beer, crafts.Centennial Park, W 1st St, Ft Myers riverfront. 11a-10p. 321-7530.

•Chalk Art: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 2-5p. Free. 394-4221.

•Florida Everblades vs Jacksonville Icemen: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7p. 948-7825.

•Gulfshore Opera Cabaret with Jazz Trio: Tribute to Louis Armstrong w Randy Sandke. Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 7p. 529-3925.

•Jammin’ in Cultural Park: Concert w Sheena Brook, Soulixer, Signal III. Cultural Park, behind Cape Coral Historical Museum, 544 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 12-5p. 772-7037.

•Justin Smith: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College

24 FRIDAY

MONDAY

•Windjammers: Circus music concert. Ulla Searing Big Top, Nathan Benderson Park, 140 University Town Center Dr, Sarasota. 1:30p. 941-355-9805. 20

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533.

•Let’s Hang On!: Frankie Valli tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 2 & 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Naples Concert Band: Free outdoor concert w guests. Cambier Park bandshell, Park St, downtown Naples.2p. Free. 270-1221

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TUESDAY

•Ben Rosenbloom: Jazz piano concert. Marco Island Center

•Poetry Open Mic: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 939-2787.

•SWFL Symphony: StradiVarious. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 418-1500.

•Tanya Tucker: Concert. Seminole Casino Resort, 506 S 1st St, Immokalee. 8p. 800-218-0007.

23 THURSDAY

•Art Reception: Rookery Bay National Research Reserve, Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 5:30-7p. Free. Register. 530-5977.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends:

•Albert Castiglia: Blues band. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. 693-7111.

•Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival Kick-Off Party: Live music by Screaming Orphans, Rathkeltair, Albannach, West of Galway, Blue Skye Pipes & Drum. Food, beer, crafts.Harborside Event Cennter, 1375 Monroe St, Ft Myers riverfront. 510p. 321-7530.

•Donnie Baker: Comedy. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 6:30 & 8:30p. 2459910.

•Exhibition

Reception: Museum of the Everglades,105 W Bwy, Everglades City. 6-8p. Free. 695-0008.

•Florida Everblades vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits:

The Gulfshore Opera Cabaret with Jazz Trio perform at the Sanibel Community House on January 25 and at Naples Art on January 31. Call 529-3925 for information.

Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Lil & Louis: Play about Louis Arsmtrong & wife. First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St, Sarasota. 2p. 941-587-8290.

•Mudbone: Blues concert. Wang Opera Center, 2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 775-2800.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: The Doo Wop Project Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 2 & 8p. 597-1900.

•Scalia/Ginsburg and Trial by Jury: Two operas. Opera Naples. Wang Opera Center, 2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Sean Chambers: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

SUNDAY

•Art Fair: Art show & sale. Art, crafts, photography, art demos, food, raffles, kids’ activities. Cape Coral Art League, 516 Cultural Blvd, Cape Coral.10a-4p. Free. 772-5657.

•Bonita Springs Concert Band: Riverside Park, Old US 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. Bring chair or blanket. 2-4p. Free. 405-3320.

•Cleveland Orchestra: ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 2p. 597-1900.

•Herman’s Hermits w Peter Noone: Concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Island Jazz: Concert. BIG ARTS Garden, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 3-5p. Free. Bring lawn chairs. 395-0900.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Marshall Tucker Band: Concert. Seminole Casino Resort, 506 S 1st St, Immokalee. 8p. 800-218-0007.

•Naples Big Band: Concert Cambier Park, 755 Park St S, Naples. 2p. Free. 272-5298.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Piano Men - Celebrations: Elton John & Billy Joel tribute concert. Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Lunch 11:30a, show 1p, Dinner 5:30p, show 7:30p. 278-4422.

27 MONDAY

•Herman’s Hermits w Peter Noone: Concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 2 & 8p. 941-488-1115.

•International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Holocaust

Museum & Cohen Education Center, 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd, #108, Naples. 12-4p. 263-9200.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533.

•Piano Men - Celebrations: Elton John & Billy Joel tribute concert. Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Dinner 5:30p, show 7:30p. 278-4422.

•Siberian State Symphony Orchestra: BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 693-4849.

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TUESDAY

•Itamar Zorman: Violinist. Opera Naples concert. Wang Opera Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Miami City Ballet: With Naples Philharmonic. ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

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WEDNESDAY

•Afro-Cuban Jazz: Galem Abdur-Razzaq lecture & concert. Ft Myers Library, 2450 1st St, Ft Myers. 6p. Free. 479-4636.

•Andy Atwood: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Bill Metts & David Hintz: ACMA Songwriters Showcase concert. Captiva Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva. 2p. Free. 479-4636.

•Florida Everblades vs Fort Wayne Komets: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero.

7:30p. 948-7825.

•Kyle Duggan: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Robert Earl Keen: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Songwriters at the Captiva Library: Free acoustic concert w Bill Metts, David Hintz. Captiva Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva. 2-3:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•The Elephant Storytelling Showcase: 10 storytellers. Foulds Theatre, Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9p. 939-2787.

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THURSDAY

•April Macie: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Art Reception & Artist’s Talk: FGCU Jazz Combo perform. Wasmer Gallery, FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S., Ft Myers.

5-7p. Free. 590-7199.

•Art Reception & Silent Auction: Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud St, Punta Gorda. 6-9p. 941-639-8810.

•Chris Workman: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•Meet & Greet artist Leoma Lovegrove: Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens, 4637 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. 11a-1p. Free. 283-6453.

•Stars of the Sixties with Herman’s Hermits & More: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers.

7:30p. 481-4849.

•Taste of Opera: Gulfshore Opera. Colony Golf & Country Club, 4101 Pelican Colony Blvd, Bonita Springs, 6p. 529-3925.

•That Golden Girls Show – A Puppet Parody: Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•The Turnstiles: Billy Joel tribute concert. Fish-Tale Marina, 7225 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach, 7p. 463-3600.

31 FRIDAY

•April Macie: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Art Reception & Open House: Center for the Visual Arts Bonita Springs, 26100 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. 6-8p. Free. 495-8989.

•Art Reception: Rookery Bay National Research Reserve, Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd,

Arena, 13351 FSW Pkwy. Ft Myers. 8p. 481-4849.

•SWFL Symphony: Music of Queen. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 418-1500.

•The Freecoasters: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•To Whitney with Love: Gulf Coast Symphony concert w LaKisha Jones. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7p.277-1700.

February 1 SATURDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Billy Kemp, Bill Berkert concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•April Macie: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

event. Celebrating choral music & Nat’l Dark Chocolate Day. Forest Country Club, 6100 Partridge Club Rd SW, Ft Myers. 6p. rsvp. 560-5695.

•The Great DuBois: Juggling, magic, circus arts. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

2 SUNDAY

•ArtFest Fort Myers: Outdoor art fair, entertainment, food, activities. Edwards Dr & Hendry St, Ft Myers riverfront.10a-5p. Free. 768-3602.

•Island Jazz: Concert. BIG ARTS Garden, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 3-5p. Free. Bring lawn chairs. 395-0900.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

Naples. 5:30-7p. Free. Register. 530-5977.

•ArtFest Fort Myers Opening Night: Party, live music, food, drinks. Edwards Dr & Hendry St, Fort Myers Riverfront. 6-9p. Free. 768-3602.

•Circus Arts Gala: Circus music concert. Ulla Searing Big Top, Nathan Benderson Park, 140 University Town Center Dr, Sarasota. 6p. rsvp. 941-355-9335.

•David Mayfield Parade: Bluegrass concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Gulfshore Opera Cabaret with Jazz Trio: Gulfshore Opera. Naples Art Association, 585 Park St, Naples. 7p. 529-3925.

•Hot Damn Duo: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Jeff Lyons: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Lecture & Book Signing: Honey sommelier C Marina Marchese. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Naples Philharmonic: Abbado Conducts Beethoven. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Rhythm on the River: Outdoor concert w Steve Farst & cocktails. Edison & Ford Winter Estates River Pavilion, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Bring lawn chairs. 334-7419.

•Styx: Concert. FSW Suncoast

•Art in the Park: Outdoor art & craft fair. ParkSt, downtown Naples. 10a-4p. Free.262-6517.

•ArtFest Fort Myers: Outdoor art fair, entertainment, food, activities. Edwards Dr & Hendry St, Ft Myers riverfront.10a-5p. Free. 768-3602.

•BBQ, Brews & Bluegrass: Live music. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 5-8p. Free. 603-6535.

•Edison Ford Antique Car Show: Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. 334-7419.

•El Dub: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Gator Nate: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Live from Laurel Canyon: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Naples Philharmonic: Abbado Conducts Beethoven. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Neon Summer: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Pineapple Day: Demos, tastings, kids activities. Marco Island Historical Museum,180 S Heathwood Dr, Marco Island. 11a-2p. Free. 642-1440.

•Screaming Orphans: Outdoor concert. The Rosada Project opens. Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 5:30p. lawn chairs & blankets suggested. 939-2787.

•Sweet Soiree: Symphonic Chorale of SWFL fundraising

•Musical Moments - The Great American Songbook: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Naples Philharmonic Chamber Musicians: Brahms Sextet. Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 3p. 597-1900.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Slavic Dances & Romances: Music & dance. Wang Opera Center, 2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 775-2800.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Golda’s Balcony - The Film. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 3p. 481-4449.

•Widline Duvert: French horn recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 3p. Free. 745-4268.

3 MONDAY

•Buddy Returns!: Buddy Holly tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Dwight Icenhower’s Tribute to the King: Dwight Icenhower concert. Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Lunch 11:30a, show 1p, Dinner 5:30p, show 7:30p. 278-4422.

•Independent Film Screening & Discussion: Hosted by Fort Myers Film Festival. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 6:30p, film 7p. talk after film. 810-6323.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 2286533.

•Robert Macomber: The Strange Story of the USS

Author Robert Macomber talks about the ‘SWFL-Cuba Connection’ at the IMAG History & Science Center in Fort Myers on January 23. For information, call 321-7420.

what Goes on

Annie presentation hosted by Museum of the Islands. Fishers of Men Lutheran Church, 10360 Stringfellow Rd, St James City. 7p. Free. 283-1525.

•Teatro Lirica D’Europa: La Traviata. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 693-4849.

4 TUESDAY

•Art in Focus: Presentation by Alan Brown, art collector. Naples Art, 585 Park St S, Naples. 10a. 262-6517.

•Art Reception: Naples Art, 585 Park St S, Naples. 5:307:30p. 262-6517.

•Buddy Reurns!: Buddy Holly tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 2 & 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Gulfshore Opera Cabaret: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Issachah Savage: Tenor w Ramon Tebar, piano. Opera Naples concert. Wang Opera Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Lucinda Williams: Concert. FSW Suncoast Arena, 13351 FSW Pkwy. Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: The Light of Hope. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 4814449.

5

WEDNESDAY

•Art Alive: Naples Art District Studio & Gallery Tours. Receptions,exhibits, demos, live music at dozens of galleries & studios. Pine Ridge Industrial Park, J & C Blvd, Shirley St & Trade Center Way,Naples. 5-8p. Free. 289-5070.

•Art Reception: Susan Alexander Shipman Studio/Gallery, 5760 Shirley St, #4, Naples. 5-8p. Free. 313-520-0577.

•Claire Liparulo: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Florida Everblades vs Orlando Solar Bears: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Ikebana Meeting & Workshop: Naples Botanical Garden, FGCU Research Center, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 9:30a. Free. 2549999.

•MarcCohn: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Melissa Sanchez: Piano recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641

Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Peter Kolter: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 4712777.

•RC Smith: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Red Carpet Opening Night: Silent Sky pre-show party, music, cocktails, food. The Naples Players. Sugden Community Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 6:30-7:30p. 263-7990.

•Songwriters at the Captiva Library: Free acoustic concert w Daniel Anderson, Joe Virga. Captiva Library, 11560 Chapin Ln, Captiva. 23:30p. Free. 691-4069.

6

THURSDAY

•Art Reception: Live music, wine, hors d’oevres.Coco Art Gallery, Coconut Mall, 8074 Mediterranean Dr, FtMyers. 5-7p. Free. 949-3073.

•Art Reception: Wine & cheese. Cape Coral Art League, 516 Cultural Blvd, Cape Coral.5-7p. Free. 7725657.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto

Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 710:30p. 333-2225.

•Electric Mud: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 4712777.

•Ensemble 4 1: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 7:30p. 3950900.

•FGCU Symphonic Band

Concert: Estero High School, 21900 River Ranch Rd, Estero. 7:30p. Free. 7454268.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Kansas: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Meet & Greet artist Leoma Lovegrove: Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens, 4637 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. 11a-1p. Free. 283-6453.

•Open Mic Bonita!: Songwriters, poets, performance artists, comedians. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 4958989.

•Songwriters at Sunset Beach: Free acoustic concert w Charlie McCoy, The Reckless Saints, & BBQ: Gazebo on beach, Lovers Key State Park, 8700 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. 4-5:30p. Bring chairs. Free w park entry. 463-4588.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Picture of His Life. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 4814449.

•Tammy Pescatelli: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 4795233.

7 FRIDAY

•Art Reception: Art League of Fort Myers, 1451 Monroe St, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 2753970.

•Art Reception: Arts for ACT Gallery, 2265 1st St, Ft Myers. 6-10p. Free. 3375050.

•Art Walk: Receptions, exhibits, demos, live music at severalgalleries & studios in downtown Ft Myers’ historic River District. 610p.Free. 337-5050.

•Asleep at the Wheel: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 8p. 395-0900.

•DJ Memphis on Air: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-10p. Free. 313-6576.

•Florida Everblades vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Lecture: Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Naples Community Orchestra: Brahms & Mozart concert w Bixby Kennedy. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Dr, Naples. 7p. 676-0077.

•Naples Ikebana Int’l Show: Art of flower arrangement exhibition.Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 8a-5p.643-7275.

•Sheena Brook: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:3011:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Tammy Pescatelli: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•The British Invasion: Tribute concert. Fish-Tale Marina, 7225 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach, 7p. 463-3600.

•The Kruger Brothers: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

8 SATURDAY

•America’s Sweethearts: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Americana Community Music Association: Lipbone Redding, Joe Virga concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 79:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Art on the Veranda: Sanibel Captiva Art League show & sale. Bailey’s General Store, 2477 Periwinkle Way,

Sanibel. 10a-3p. Free. 322-8593.

•Art Reception: Cape Coral Arts Studio, Rubicond Park, 4533 Coronado Pkwy, Cape Coral. 5-7p. Free.5740802.

•Bonita Springs National Art Festival: Outdoor fine art & fine craft fair. Riverside Park, 10450Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 10a-5p. 4958989.

•Chris Bepko: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Fine Arts & Crafts Show: Naples Artcrafters. Cambier Park, 755 8th Ave S, Naples. 10a-4p. Free. 304-5258.

•Florida Everblades vs Greenville Swamp Rabbits: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7p. 948-7825.

•Food Trucks & Craft Beer: Edison Festival of Light event. Food, beer, music Edwards & Hendry St, Historic Ft Myers. 12-6p. Free. 334-7419.

•Garden Festival: Family festival, entertainment, food, kids crafts, petting zoo. Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 9a-5p. Free. 334-7419.

•Mutt Strut: Edison Festival of Light event. Hendry St btwn Edwards & Bay, Ft Myers. 12-4p. Free. 334-2999.

•Naples Community Orchestra: Brahms & Mozart concert w Bixby Kennedy. Moorings Presbyterian Church, 791 Harbour Dr, Naples. 3:30p. 676-0077.

•Naples Ikebana Int’l Show: Art of flower arrangement exhibition.Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 8a-5p.643-7275.

•Parade of Mermaids: Costume parade, live music, refreshments, fundraiser. Bert’s Pine Bay Gallery, 4332 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. 48p. Free. 283-1335.

•Passionate Puccini: Gulfshore Opera. Sanibel Congregational Church, 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 7p. 529-3925.

•Puddles Pity Party: Jazz concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Riverside: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Songwriters at the Estero Library: Free acoustic concert w Elizabeth Lockhart, Ross Jordan. South County Library, 21100 Three Oaks Pkwy, Estero. 2-3:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•SWFL Symphony: A Night at the Opera Returns. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 418-1500.

•Tammy Pescatelli: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

9 SUNDAY

•Bluegrass Concert: Bands tba. Foulds Theatre, Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 2p. 939-2787.

•Bonita Springs National Art Festival: Outdoor fine art & fine craft fair. Riverside Park, 10450Reynolds St, Bonita Springs. 10a-5p. 4958989.

•Chamber Music Concert: Beethoven’s Romance for Violin No 2, sonata for violin & piano No 5, string quartet Op 18, No 4. Art Hall, Koreshan State Park, 3800 CorkscrewRd, Estero. 4p. 596-8404.

•FGCU Jazz Ensemble

Concert: U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 3p. Free. 745-4268.

•Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers: Edison Festival of Light concert. St Michael’s Lutheran Church, 3595 Bwy, Ft Myers. 7p. Free. 560-9512.

•Garden Festival: Family festival, entertainment, food, kids crafts, petting zoo. Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 9a-5p. Free. 334-7419.

•Gershwin Reimagined: Gulf Coast Symphony 25th Anniversary concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7p.2771700.

•Glenn Roth: Guitar concert. Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 5:30p. 3944221.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Jeffrey Chappell: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 3:30p. 395-0900.

•Junior Parade, Coronation & Awards: Edison Festival of Light event. Floats, marching bands, dancers, clowns, street performers, etc.Downtown Ft Myers Historic River District. Parade 2:30p; Coronation & Awards 4:30p, Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Free. 334-7419. •Lee County Community Band: Cape Coral High School, 2300 Santa Barbara Blvd, CapeCoral. 3p. Free. 454-6430.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 36p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Opera Goes to Church: Gulfshore Opera. North Naples Church, 6000 Goodlette-Frank Rd, Naples. 4p. 529-3925.

Lucinda Williams performs at the FSW Suncoast Arena in Fort Myers on February 4. Call 481-4849 for information.

•Phil Vassar: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910. 10

MONDAY

•Author Lecture & Lunch: Karna Small Bodman.Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. 12p. 333-1933.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 2286533.

•Naples Big Band: Concert Riverside Park, 10451 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. Free. 272-5298.

•Naples Concert Band: Free outdoor concert w guests. Cambier Park bandshell, Park St, downtown Naples. 2p. Free. 270-1221

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WEDNESDAY

•Black Violin: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Bobby James: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Go Wild for ‘Ding’ - Lovin’ Spoonbills: Annual fundraiser for ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge. Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. rsvp. 472-1100.

•Mick Foley: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Moonchild Duo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 8p. 395-0900.

•Evening on Fifth: Live music, dancing, art demos & exhibits, dining, shopping along 5th Ave S, Naples. 6:30-9:30p. Free.692-8436.

•Heather Engebretson: Soprano recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 745-4268.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Meet & Greet artist Leoma Lovegrove: Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens, 4637 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha.

11a-1p. Free. 283-6453.

Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Mike ‘Mad Dog’ Adams: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. The Standard, 1520 Bwy, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 219-6463.

•Talkback: Discussion after performance of Tanya & Nancy - The Rock Opera at 7:30p.Presented by TheatreZone. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 8p. 888-966-3352.

•The Importance of Being Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 590-7268.

•Dan Miller- Lew Del Gatto

Quintet: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade: Edison Festival of Light event. Night parade.Floats, marching bands, dancers, clowns, street performers, etc.Ft Myers High School to downtown Ft Myers Historic River District. 7-10p. Free. 334-7419.

•Faded Roots: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 313-6576.

16 SUNDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Muriel Anderson, Ricky Martin/RPM2 concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Art Reception & Gallery

Talk: Ft Myers Beach Art Assoc, 3030 Shell Mound, Ft Myers Beach. 1-3:30p. Free. 463-3909.

•Classic Car Show: Edison Festival of Light event. Historic downtown Ft Myers River District. 10a-3p. Free. 334-2999.

15 SATURDAY

TUESDAY

•Russian State Symphony Orchestra: BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 693-4849. 11

•Art Reception: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 5:30-7p. Free. 394-4221.

•Cape Coral Historical Museum: Monthly meeting w guest speaker (pilot). Cultural Park Theatre, 528 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 2:30p. Free. 772-7037.

•Dan Miller-Lew Del Gatto Quintet: Jazz concert. Wang Opera Center, 2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 775-2800.

•Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: With Naples Philharmonic. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Masters of Illusion: Magicians. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Naples Philharmonic Chamber Musicians: Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartet No.1. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 3p. 597-1900.

•Paula Liliana Alva Garcia: Vocal recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Songwriters on the Plaza: Free acoustic concert w Tim McGeary, Kip Lawrence, Ray Cerbone. Downtown Ft Myers Library amphitheater, S Cornog Plaza, 1651 Lee St, Ft Myers. 6-7:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: From Slavery to Freedom. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

•Thomas Edison’s 170th

Birthday: Presentation 10a, behind-the-scenes tours of The Mangoes, Ford’s winter home 11a, 12 & 1p. Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free, 334-7419.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic Night: Poetry & spoken word. BIG ARTS Strauss Theater,2200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

•Penning & Langford: Concert & discussion. Shell Point, Grand Cypress rm, The Woodlands, 14441 Woodsong Ln, Ft Myers.7p. 454-2067.

•Peter & Will Anderson Jazz Trio: Concert. Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 5:30p. 394-4221.

•Sierra Club Calusa Group Meeting: Ft Myers Library, 1651 Lee St, meeting rm CD, Ft Myers. 6-8p. 533-4636.

•Stefon Harris: Jazz concert with Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 6 & 8:30p. 597-1900.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Shorts Day. 4 films. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 2p. 481-4449.

13 THURSDAY

•Art Reception: Tower Gallery, 751 Tarpon Bay Rd. 5-8p. Free. 472-4557.

•Art Reception: Visual Arts Center, 210 Maud St, Punta Gorda. 5-7p. Free. 941-639-8810.

•Broadway & Happy Hour: Cabaretpresented by TheatreZone. Moorings Park’s auditorium, 120 Moorings Park Dr, Naples. Wine, beer, hors d’oevres 4p, show 4:30p. 888-966-3352.

•Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Chris Workman: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto

Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Love in Suspenders. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

14

FRIDAY

•Betty Fox: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Florida Everblades vs Atlanta Gladiators: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Jason Scheff: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•John Mamell: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Just for Laughs - A Comedy Variety Show: Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Lecture & Book Signing: Author Cynthia Barnett. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1

•Art Alive: Naples Art District Studio & Gallery Tours. Receptions,exhibits, demos, live music at dozens of galleries & studios. Pine Ridge Industrial Park, J & C Blvd, Shirley St & Trade Center Way,Naples. 11a-4p. Free. 289-5070.

•Art Reception: Susan Alexander Shipman Studio/Gallery: 5760 Shirley St, #4, Naples. 5-8p. Free. 313-520-0577.

•Chicago Symphony

Orchestra: Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Coconut Point Art Festival: Art fair, live music. Coconut Point Mall, 23106 Fashion Dr, Estero. 10a-5p. Free. 561-746-6615.

•Crafts on the River: Edison Festival of Light event. Centennial Park, downtown Ft Myers riverfront. 10a-5p. Free. 334-2999.

•Dan Heck Dream Quartet: Music of the Giants of Jazz Guitar concert. Wang Opera Center,2408 Linwood Ave, Naples. 7:30p. 963-9050.

•Florida Everblades vs Atlanta Gladiators: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7p. 948-7825.

•Gulf Coast Writers Association Meeting: Guest speaker. Zion Lutheran Church, 7401 Winkler Rd, Ft Myers. 10a-12p. Free. 770-906-7885.

•Junction Trio: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

•Lucas Smith & Michael Flores-Perez: Saxophone & bassoon recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 3p. Free. 745-4268.

•Madison Neill: Cello recital. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Outdoor Art & Craft Show: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 10a-4p. Free. 394-4221.

•SAP Trio: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•The Importance of Being Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 590-7268.

•Coconut Point Art Festival: Art fair, live music. Coconut Point Mall, 23106 FashionDr, Estero. 10a-5p. Free. 561-746-6615.

•Crafts on the River: Edison Festival of Light event. Centennial Park, downtown Ft Myers riverfront. 10a-5p. Free. 334-2999.

•FGCU Symphony Orchestra Concert: U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 3p. Free. 745-4268.

•Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers: Music in Transition – chamber emsemble concert, Thomas Edison Congregational Church, 1619 llewellyn Dr, Ft Myers. 3p. Free. 560-9512.

•Gulshore Opera Gala: Gulfshore Opera. Concert 3p - First Presbyterian Church, 9751 Bonita Beach Rd SE, Bonita Springs. Gala dinner 5:30p - The Club at The Strand, 5840 Strand Blvd, Naples. 529-3925.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Naples Philharmonic Chamber Musicians: Beethoven’s Razumovsky Quartet No.1. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 3p. 597-1900.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Outdoor Art & Craft Show: Marco Island Center for the Arts, 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. 10a-4p. Free. 394-4221.

•Paul Thorn: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7:30p. 495-8989.

•Rachel Barton Pine with Matthew Hagel: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 3:30p. 395-0900.

•SWFL Concert Band: Unitarian Universalist Church, 3411 Shire Ln, Ft Myers. 2p. Free. 666-5970.

•Symphony at Sunset: Concert at Taste of the Cape. Tarpon Point Marina, 6179 Black

The Baumer String Quartet perform at FGCU’s U Tobe Recital Hall on February 21. For information, call 745-4268.

what Goes on

Marlin Ln, Cape Coral. 4:30p. 549-6900.

•Taste of the Cape: Food & music festival, Gulf Coast Symphony at Sunset 4:30p. Tarpon Point Marina, 6179 Black Marlin Ln, Cape Coral. 11a-6p. 549-6900.

•The Importance of Being Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 2p. 590-7268. 17

MONDAY

Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•Jenny Ve: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Judy & Liza at the Palladium: Concert. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples.

4 & 7:30p. 888-966-3352.

•Jim Messina: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

21 FRIDAY

•American String Quartet with Andres Diaz: Chamber music concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Baumer String Quartet: Concert. U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers.

7:30p. 745-4268.

•Billy Ocean: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs.

Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Lunch & Learn Lecture: Exotic Pythons & the Value of Science-Based Management. Rookery Bay Research Reserve, Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd, Naples. 12p. Register. 530-5940.

•Marc ‘Skippy’ Price: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Marc ‘Skippy’ Price: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Mike Imbasciani: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Naples National Art Show: 5th Ave S & Cambier Park, 755 8th Ave S, Naples. 10a-5p. Free. 262-6517.

Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 9a-5p.643-7275.

•One of These NightsTribute to The Eagles: Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Dinner 5:30p, show 7:30p. 278-4422.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 3-6p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533. 18

•Marc ‘Skippy’ Price: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers.

7:30p. 479-5233.

•Meet & Greet artist Leoma

TUESDAY

•Sanibel Village Gala: It Takes a Village buffet dinner & dancing fundraier for Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 6p. rsvp. 472-4648.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Unorthodox. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

Lovegrove: Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens, 4637 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha.

11a-1p. Free. 283-6453.

•Naples Philharmonic: All Beethoven.Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Sanibel Captiva Art League Meeting: Barbara EisenbergPrintmaking. Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

1-3p. Free. 322-8593.

7p. 245-9910.

•Boston Red Sox vs Northeastern U Huskies: Spring Training baseball. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. 1p. 888733-7696.

•Catapult: Dance performance. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

•Florida Everblades vs Jacksonville Icemen: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero.

7:30p. 948-7825.

•Java Moon: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples.

•Minnesota Twins vs Minnesota Golden Gophers: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 6p. 800-338-9467.

•Music Walk: Live music & dancing at several cafes, clubs &galleries. Downtown Ft Myers’ historic River District. 6-10p. Free. 855-732-3836.

•MusicWorks! Recital: Gulf Coast Symphony MusicWorks! Students concert. The Heights Center, 15570 Hagie Dr, Ft Myers. 5p. 277-1700.

•Naples Orchid Society Show & Sale: Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. 9a-5p.643-7275.

•Naples Philharmonic: All Beethoven.Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 7p. 597-1900.

•Sing Out! Fusion - SWFL

Community Choral Festival

Concert: Symphonic Chorale of SWFL. Faith Presbyterian Church, 4544 Coronado Pkwy, Cape Coral. 7:30p. Free. 560-5695.

•Sing Out! Fusion - SWFL

Community Choral Festival

•Open Mic: Big Storm Brewery, 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 3-6p. Free. 257-1401.

•Rocket Man: Elton John tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 8p. 941-488-1115.

•Singing for Scholarships: Voices of Naples scholarship winners concert. Naples United Church of Christ, 5200 Crayton Rd, Naples. 3p. 455-2582.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: My Polish Honeymoon. Bat Yam Temple, 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 2p. 481-4449.

•The Mersey Beatles: Concert. G&L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 4 & 7:30p. 888-966-3352. 19

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: The Spy Behind Home Plate Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

WEDNESDAY

•Bobby James: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 313-6576.

•Brian Markley Duo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Florida Everblades vs Orlando Solar Bears: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•Jamie Morgan: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 4795233.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•The Subdudes: Concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

20

THURSDAY

•Audubon of SWFL Meeting: 10868 Metro Pkwy, Ft Myers. 6p. Free. 410-6971.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers.

7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•FGCU Composition Concert: U Tobe Recital Hall, Music Bldg, FGCU, 1051 FGCU BlvdS, Ft Myers. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends:

•Willie Nelson & Family: Concert. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero.

7:30p. 948-7825.

7-10p. 631-8522.

•Jenny Ve: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6:30-9:30p. Free. 313-6576.

•Lecture & Book Signing:

Author Jeff Klinkenberg. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr,

•Sing Out! Fusion - SWFL Community Choral Festival Workshops: Symphonic Chorale of SWFL. Faith Presbyterian Church, 4544 Coronado Pkwy, Cape Coral. 6p. Register. 560-5695.

•Soulixer: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•The Importance of Being Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 590-7268.

•Tuck Everlasting: Kids’ show Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 495-8989.

•Vampire Lesbians of Sodom: Comedy.Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 939-2787.

22 SATURDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Max Hatt & Edna Glass, Pete Bensen concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Art Reception: Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota. 7-10p. Free. 941-894-6469.

•Backyard Bluesfest: Chris O’Leary, Tommy Lee Cook & The Heathens w Panache. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 2-11p. 693-7111.

•Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays: Spring Training baseball. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. 1p. 888-733-7696.

•Florida Everblades vs Norfolk Admirals: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7p. 948-7825.

•Frankie T & the Keys: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing,

Workshops: Symphonic Chorale of SWFL. Faith Presbyterian Church, 4544 Coronado Pkwy, Cape Coral. 6p. Register. 560-5695.

•The Importance of Being

Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 2 & 7:30p. 590-7268.

•Tuck Everlasting: Kids’ show. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 2 & 7p. 495-8989.

•Vampire Lesbians of Sodom: Comedy.Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 939-2787.

23 SUNDAY

•Art Fair: Sanibel Captiva Art League. Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 9a-3p. Free. 322-8593.

•Bonita Springs Concert Band: Riverside Park, Old US 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. Bring chair or blanket. 2-4p. Free. 405-3320.

•FGCU Chamber & Women’s Chorus Concert: First Presbyterian Church, 250 6th St S, Naples. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Frisson Sexet: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 3:30p. 395-0900.

•Jazz Brunch: Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 10a-2p. Free. 333-2225.

•Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 1p. 800-338-9467.

•Naples National Art Show: 5th Ave S & Cambier Park, 755 8th Ave S, Naples. 10a5p. Free. 262-6517.

•Naples Orchid Society Show & Sale: Naples Botanical

•The Importance of Being Earnest: FGCU TheatreLab. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 2p. 590-7268.

•Tuck Everlasting: Kids’ show. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 2p. 495-8989.

24 MONDAY

•Irish Music Jam: Riptide Brewing, 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. 7-10p. Free. 228-6533.

•Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 1p. 800-338-9467.

•Naples Big Band: Concert Riverside Park, 10451 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. 2p. Free. 272-5298.

•One of These NightsTribute to The Eagles: Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Lunch 11:30a, show 1p, Dinner 5:30p, show 7:30p. 278-4422.

•Rocket Man: Elton John tribute concert. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 2 & 8p. 941-488-1115.

•The Knights with Gil Shaham: Concert. ArtisNaples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

25 TUESDAY

•Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles: Spring Training baseball. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. 1p. 888-733-7696.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: Tribute to Louis & Ella. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Stayin’ Alive: Bee Gees tribute concert. BB Mann

Storm Large performs with Pink Martini on February 27 at the Barbra B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. Call 481-4849 for information.

Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: Tel Aviv on Fire. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

26

WEDNESDAY

•Clare Liparulo: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Minnesota Twins vs Philadelphia Phillies: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 1p. 800-338-9467.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: Tribute to Louis & Ella. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Open Blues Jam: Live music hosted by Tommy Lee Cook. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. Musicians welcome. Free. 693-7111.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: The Other Story. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 2p. 481-4449.

•The Rocket Man Show: Elton John tribute concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•Tom Beckman: Live music. Ft Myers Brewing Co, 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, # 27, Ft Myers. 6:30-9:30p. Free. 313-6576.

27 THURSDAY

•Art Reception & Artist’s Talk: ArtLab, FGCU Library, 10501 FGCU Blvd S., Ft Myers. 5-7p. Free. 590-7199.

•Bonita Springs International Film Festival Opening Night: Live music. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 5-10p. 495-8989.

•Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies: Spring Training baseball. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr,

Ft Myers. 1p. 888-733-7696.

•Chris Workman: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 7-10p. Free. 471-2777.

•Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet: Jazz. The Barrel Room, Twisted Vine Bistro, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. 7-10:30p. 333-2225.

•Derina Harvey Band: Concert. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 8p. 495-8989.

•Embraceable You - Music of George Gerswin: Concert. Shell Point, Village Church, 15101 Shell Pt Blvd, Ft Myers. 7p. 454-2067.

•FGCU Wind Orchestra Concert: Estero High School, 21900 River Ranch Rd, Estero. 7:30p. Free. 745-4268.

•Hunter Dahlen & Friends: Live jazz. Point Ybel Brewing, 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Free. 603-6535.

•John Lodge: Classic Moody Blues concert. SWFL Event Center, 11515 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 7p. 245-9910.

•Meet & Greet artist Leoma Lovegrove: Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens,, 4637 Pine Island rd, Matlacha. 11a-1p. Free. 283-6453.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: Tribute to Louis & Ella. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Patrick Garrity: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 479-5233.

•Pink Martini with Storm

Large: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 481-4849.

•SWFL Jewish Film Festival: The Bird Catcher. Regal Bell Tower Stadium 20 Theaters, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, FtMyers. 7:15p. 481-4449.

•Taste of Opera: Gulfshore Opera. Hideaway Beach Club, 250 S Beach Dr, Marco Island. 6p. 529-3925.

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•Vampire Lesbians of Sodom: Comedy.Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 939-2787.

28 FRIDAY

•Bonita Springs International Film Festival: Screenings, workshops, demos. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 10a-6p. 495-8989.

•Celtic Woman: Concert. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 8p. 481-4849.

•Fire & Rain - James Taylor Experience: Tribute concert. Davis Art Center, 2301 1st St, Ft Myers. Cocktails 7p, concert 8p. 333-1933.

•Florida Everblades vs Newfoundland Growlers: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7:30p. 948-7825.

•JP Soars & The Red Hots: Blues band. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Rd, Ft Myers. 8-11p. 693-7111.

•Lecture & Book Signing: Author Craig Pittman. ‘Ding’ Darling Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 1Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. 10a & 1p. Free. 472-1100.

•Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 1p. 800-338-9467.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: Tribute to Louis & Ella. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 8p. 597-1900.

•Patrick Garrity: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Rhythm on the River: Outdoor concert w Jimmy Buffet tribute band & cocktails. Edison & Ford Winter Estates River Pavilion, 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 6-9p. Bring lawn chairs. 334-7419.

Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 7:30p. 395-0900.

•Shelea - Natural Woman, A Night of Soul: Concert. BIG ARTS Center, 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. 8p. 395-0900.

•The Freecoasters: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:30-11:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•Vampire Lesbians of Sodom: Comedy.Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 939-2787.

29 SATURDAY

•Americana Community Music Association: Claudia Schmidt, Smokey Daytona band concert. All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 7-9:30p. Free. 691-4069.

•Bonita Springs International Film Festival: Screenings, workshops, demos. Center for the Performing Arts Bonita Springs, 10150Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 10a-6p. 495-8989.

•Boston Red Sox vs NY Yankees: Spring Training baseball. JetBlue Park, 11500 Fenway South Dr, Ft Myers. 1p. 888-733-7696.

•Florida Everblades vs Jacksonville Icemen: Ice hockey. Hertz Arena, 11000 Everblades Pkwy, Estero. 7p. 948-7825.

•Hot Damn Duo: Live music. Bone Hook Brewing, 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples. 7-10p. 631-8522.

•Minnesota Twins vs Pittsburgh Pirates: Spring Training baseball. Hammond Stadium, CenturyLink Sports Complex, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Ft Myers. 6p. 800-338-9467.

•Naples Philharmonic Pops: Tribute to Louis & Ella. Artis-Naples, 5833Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 2 & 8p. 597-1900.

•Patrick Garrity: Laugh In Comedy Cafe, 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Sean Chambers: Live music. Big Blue Brewing, 4721 SE 10 Pl, Cape Coral. 8:3011:30p. Free. 471-2777.

•SWFL Symphony: Mashupalooza. BB Mann Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 7:30p. 418-1500.

ongoing theater

•A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder: Feb 11-Mar 4. Florida Repertory Theatre, Arcade Theatre, 2267 1st St, Ft Myers. 332-4488.

ArtStage Studio Theatre, 2267 1st St, Ft Myers. 332-4488.

•Always a Bridesmaid: Feb 27-Apr 19. Off Broadway Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422.

•Barefoot in the Park: Jan 7-29. Florida Repertory Theatre,Arcade Theatre, 2267 1st St, Ft Myers. 332-4488.

•Baskerville - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: Feb 13-23. Theatre Conspiracy. Foulds Theatre, Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 936-3239.

•Bus Stop: Jan 15-Feb 9. Lemon Bay Playhouse. 96 W Dearborn St, Englewood. 941-475-6756.

•Cat On a Hot Tin Roof: Feb

7-Mar 1.The Studio Players, Joan Jenks Auditorium, Golden Gate Community Center, 4701 Golden Gate Pkwy, Naples. 389-9192.

•Cats: Feb 18-23.Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 597-1900.

•Circus Sarasota: Feb 7-Mar: 1 Ulla Searing Big Top, Nathan Benderson Park. 140 University Town Center Dr, Sarasota. 941-355-9805.

•Death of a Streetcar Names Virginia Woolf: Jan 17-Feb 8. Laboratory Theater of Florida, 1634Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 218-0481.

•Every Brilliant Thing: Feb 25-Mar 29. Florida

Repertory Theatre,ArtStage Studio Theatre, 2267 1st St, Ft Myers. 332-4488.

•Grumpy Old Men - The Musical: Thru Feb 8. Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, 1380Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422.

•Gulf View Drive: Jan 10-26. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 941-488-1115.

•Guys & Dolls: Feb 2-Mar 22. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 941-488-1115.

•Hamilton: Jan 1-5 & 7-12. Artis-Naples,5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 597-1900.

•Hamilton: Jan 14-26.BB

Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 481-4849.

•Hello Dolly: Feb 4-9.ArtisNaples,5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. 597-1900.

•How to Transcend a Happy Marriage: Feb 21-Mar 14. Laboratory Theater of Florida,1634Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 218-0481.

•In the Dead of Noir: Thru Jan 23: Wed-Sun & Jan 26-Mar 8: Sun, Wed, Thu. Murder Mystery Dinner Train. Seminole Gulf Railway, 2805 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 275-8487.

Theatre, 1380Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422.

•Laughter on the 23rd Floor: Feb 11-Mar 8. Shell Factory, 16554 N Cleveland Ave, N Fort Myers. 800-3292.

•Making God Laugh: Jan 15-Feb 9. The Naples Players. Blackburn Hall, Sugden Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 263-7990.

•Menopause the Musical: Jan 10-Feb 2. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 941-488-1115.

•Murder on the Orient Express: Jan 10-Mar 8. Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mertz Theatre, Florida State Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota. 941-351-8000.

•Native Gardens: Jan 11-Feb 2. Gulfshore Playhouse, Norris Center, 755 5th Ave S, Naples. 866-811-4111.

•Nunsense: Jan 10-19. Cultural Park Theatre, 528 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 772-5862.

•Same Time Next Year: Feb 7-16. Cultural Park Theatre, 528 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 772-5862.

•Sender: Jan 10-Feb 16. Urbanite Theatre, 1487 2nd St, Sarasota. 941-321-1397.

•Silent Sky: Feb 5-Mar 1. The Naples Players. Tobye Studio, Sugden Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 263-7990.

•Sing Me a Murder:

Jan 24-Apr 18: Fri & Sat.Murder Mystery Dinner Train. Seminole Gulf Railway, 2805 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 275-8487.

•Tango at Two-Thirty: Feb 5-23. Marco Players. Marco Players Theater, Marco Town Center Mall, 1089 N. Collier Blvd, Marco Island. 642-7270.

•The Book of Mormon: Thru Jan 5.BB Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 481-4849.

•The Dining Room: Jan 7-Feb 2. Shell Factory, 16554 N Cleveland Ave, N Fort Myers. 800-3292.

•The Dixie Swim Club: Jan 2-19. Marco Players. Marco Players Theater, Marco Town Center Mall, 1089 N. Collier Blvd, Marco Island. 642-7270.

•The Full Monty: Feb 27-Mar 22. New Phoenix Theatre,13211 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 284-5214.

•The Importance of Being Earnest: Feb 14-23. FGCU TheatreLab.FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 590-7268.

•Sheena Brook: Concert. Marlin’s Brewhouse, 5611 Six Mile Commercial Ct, #4, Ft Myers. 7-10p. Free. 220-5918.

•A Guy, a Girl, and a PianoCabaret: Jan 3-5. Laboratory Theater of Florida, 1634 Woodford Ave, Ft Myers. 218-0481.

•Alabasterx: Thru Jan 26. Florida Repertory Theatre,

•Into The Breeches!: Feb 14-Mar 2.Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mertz Theatre, Florida State Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota. 941-351-8000.

•Jersey Boys: Feb 14-16.BB

Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Pkwy, Ft Myers. 481-4849.

•Kinky Boots: Feb 13-Apr 4. Broadway Palm Dinner

•The Lady Demands Satisfaction: Feb 15-Mar 15; . Gulfshore Playhouse, Norris Center, 755 5th Ave S, Naples. 866-811-4111.

•The Lifespan of a Fact: Jan 24-Mar 19.Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mertz Theatre, Florida State Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota. 941-351-8000.

•The Mountaintop: Jan 16-26. Theatre Conspiracy. Foulds

The Derina Harvey Band performs February 27 at the Centers for the Arts in Bonita Springs. For information, call 495-8989 for information.

what Goes on

Theatre, Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 936-3239.

•Time Stands Still:

Jan 16-Feb 2. New Phoenix Theatre,13211 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. 284-5214.

•Tonya & Nancy - The Rock

Opera: Feb 6-16. TheatreZone, G & L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 888-966-3352.

•Tuck Everlasting: Feb 21-23. Center for the Performing Arts, 10150 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. 495-8989.

•Urinetown - the Musical:

Feb 28-Mar 8. Cultural Park Theatre, 528 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. 772-5862.

•Weekend Comedy:

Jan 9-Feb 22. Off Broadway

Palm Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422.

•Wonderful Town: Jan 9-19. TheatreZone, G & L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 888-966-3352.

•Yard Sale - a Musical About

Junk: Feb 7-Mar 6. Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 941-488-1115.

THEATERS

•Asolo Repertory Theatre:

Jan 24-Mar 19: The Lifespan of a Fact; Feb 14-Mar 2: Into the Breeches. Asolo Repertory Theatre, Mertz Theatre, Florida State Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. 941-351-8000.

•Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre: Thru Feb 8: Grumpy Old Men - The Musical; Feb 13-Apr 4: Kinky Boots.1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers.278-4422.

•Circus Arts Conservatory: Circus Sarasota. Feb 7-Mar 1

(Ulla Searing Big Top, Nathan Benderson Park, 140 University Town Center Dr, Sarasota). 941-355-8905.

•FGCU TheatreLab: Feb 14-23: The Importance of Being Earnest. FGCU Arts Complex, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers. 590-7268.

• F l o r i d a R e p e r t o r y T h e a t r e : Thru Jan 26: Alabasterx; Jan 7-29: Barefoot in the Park; Feb 11-Mar 4: A

Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; Feb 25-Mar 29: Every Brilliant Thing. 2267 1st St, Ft Myers. 332-4488.

•Gulfshore Playhouse: Jan 11-Feb 2: Native Gardens; Feb 15-Mar 15: The Lady Demands Satisfaction. Norris Center, 755 5th Ave S, Naples. 866-811-4111.

•Murder Mystery Dinner

Train: Thru Jan 23 & Jan 26-Mar 8: In the Dead of Noir; Jan 24-Apr 16: Sing Me a Murder. Seminole Gulf Railway, 2805 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 275-8487.

•Off Broadway Palm Theatre: Jan 9-Feb 22: Weekend Comedy; Feb 27-Apr 19: Always a Bridesmaid. 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422.

•Players Circle Theatre: Jan 7-Feb 2: The Dining Room; Feb 11-Mar 8: Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Shell Factory, 16554 N Cleveland Ave, N Fort Myers. 800-3292.

•The Naples Players: Jan 15-Feb 9: Making God Laugh; Feb 5-Mar 1: Silent Sky. Sugden Theater, 701 5th Ave S, Naples. 263-7990.

•The Studio Players: Feb 7- Mar 1: Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. The Studio Players, Joan Jenks Auditorium, Golden Gate Community Center, 4701 Golden Gate Pkwy, Naples. 389-9192.

•TheatreZone: Jan 9-19: Wonderful Town; Feb 6-16: Tonya & Nancy - The Rock Opera.G & L Theatre, Community School of Naples, 13275 Livingston Rd, Naples. 888-966-3352.

•Urbanite Theatre:

Jan 10-Feb 16: Sender. 1487 2nd St, Sarasota. 941-1397.

•Venice Theatre: Jan 10-26: Gulf View Drive; Jan 10-Feb

2: Menopause the Musical; Feb 7-Mar 6: Yard Sale - a Musical About Junk; Feb 2-Mar 22: Guys & Dolls. 140 Tampa Ave W, Venice. 941-488-1115.

artgalleries

•Aldo Castillo Gallery: Miromar Design Center, 10800 Corkscrew Rd, Estero. Mon-Fri 9:30a-5:30p & Sat 10a-5p. Free. 312-375-8887.

•Alliance for the Arts: 10091 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. Jan 10-Feb 2: Reveries of a Tropical Heart - Jeff Ripple & Muffy Clark Gill, Robert Allen, Synergy - Student & Instructor exhibit; Feb 7-29: Ikki & Polly Matsumoto

Retrospective, Susan Anderson - Blue, Marile

Franco. Mon-Fri 9a-5p & Sat 9a-1p. Free. 939-2787.

•Another Time: 1414 Dean St, Ft Myers. Daily 11a-6p; Fri & Sat 11a-8p. Free. 672-4607.

•Arsenault Studio & Banyan

Arts Gallery: 1199 3rd St, Naples. Mon-Sat 10a-5p & Sun 1-5p. Free. 263-1214.

•Art Center Sarasota: 707 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota. Jan 30-Mar 7: Kim Anderson, Ryan Buyssens, ASALHBlack Muse 2020. Mon-Sat 10a-4p. 941-365-2032.

•Art League of Fort Myers: 1451 Monroe St, Ft Myers. Jan 3-31: tbd; Feb 7-28: tbd.

Free open painting Wed 9:30-12p. Tue-Sat 11a-3p & 6-9p 1st Fri of month. Free. 275-3970.

•Artis-Naples: Hayes Hall, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. Thru Apr 19: Florida Contemporary; May 2-Jul 28: Student show. 597-1900.

•Arts For ACT Gallery: 2265

First St, Ft Myers. Jan 3-Feb

3: Shah Hadjebi, Pam Jones’ Bad Clowns, Dedo, Sara Morsey; Feb 7-Mar 2: Rick Plummer, Heron’s Glen Group show. Mon-Sun 11a-4:30p, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Fri 11a-10p. Free. 337-5050.

•Baker Museum: Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. Thru Mar 22: ExpressionsMonet & Modern Art; thru Apr 5: Looking at Words - A Poetry of Shape; thru May 10: Color Field; thru Jul 25: Iconic Works. Tue-Sat 1-a-4p, Sun 12-4p. 597-1900.

•Bert’s Pine Bay Gallery: 4332 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. Sun & Mon 10a-5p, Tue-Sat 10a-7p. Free. 283-1335.

•BIG ARTS: 900 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. Jan 25-Mar 1: Time for Joy - Mally Khorasantchi. Mon-Sat 9a-4p & Sat 9a-1p (Jan-May). Free. 395-0900.

•Bob Rauschenberg Gallery: FSW State College, Humanities Hall, 8099 College Pkwy SW, Ft Myers. Mon-Fri 10a-4p & Sat 11a-3p. Free. 489-9313.

•Bonnie Hawley Studio/Gallery: 2371 Linwood Ave, #108, Naples. Daily 10a-5p. Free. 649-1389.

•Cape Coral Art Center: 4533 Coronado Pkwy in Rubicond Park, Cape Coral. Jan 3-23: Love Cannot Alter It - Leila Mesdaghi; Feb 2-27: Hands on Art – SWFL Fine Craft Guild, Dreams to RealityTracy Skelton. Mon-Sat 9a-4p.Free. 574-0802.

•Cape Coral Art League: 516 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. Jan 6-20: All Abstracts; Feb 3-Mar 2: Wild About Wildlife. Meetings 1st Mon 9am. Open painting Wed 1-4p. Sun 1-4p, Mon-Thu 10a-4p, Fri 1-9p, Sat 9a-1p. Free.

772-5657.

•Center for the Visual Arts Bonita Springs: 26100 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. Jan 3-23: Black & White, Cheryl Dunnigan; Jan 31-Feb 27:

Members Only. Mon-Fri 10a-4p & Sat 1-5p. Free. 495-8989.

•Clark Art Studio: 1035 Collier Center Way, Naples. Mon-Sat 11a-9p & Sun 1-9p. Free. 616-260-1533.

•Clip Joint Barber Shop & Art Gallery: 7431 College Pkwy, unit 120, rm 136, Ft Myers. Mon & Wed-Sat 10a-8p. Free. 281-8180.

•Clyde Butcher’s Big Cypress Gallery: 52388 Tamiami Tr, Ochopee. Daily 10a-5p. Free. 695-2428.

•Clyde Butcher’s St. Armands Gallery: 55 S Blvd of the Presidents, Sarasota. Mon-Sat 10a-8:30p & Sun 12-5p. Free. 941-702-8818.

•Clyde Butcher’s Venice Gallery & Studio: 237 Warfield Ave, Venice. Tue-Fri 10a-4:30p. Free. 486-0811.

•Coco Art Gallery: Art Council of SWFL Gallery. Coconut Point Mall, 8074 Mediterranean Dr, Estero. Jan 7-21: Art Quilters Unlimited; Feb 4-18: Ft Myers Beach Art Assoc. Tue-Sat 11a-5p & Sun 12-5p. Free. 949-3073.

•Collier County Museum at Government Center: 3331 Tamiami Tr E, Naples. Thru Jan 11: We Never LeftArtists of Southeastern Indian Tribes; thru Jan 8: Rediscovering WoodstockPreviously Unpublished Photos of Mark Goff. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 252-8476.

•Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary: 375 Sanctuary Rd, Naples Gallery Café exhibits: Thru Jan 30: RJ Wiley; Feb 1-Mar 30: Andy Owen. 7a-5:30p. 248-9151.

•DAAS Co-op Art Gallery: Inside Butterfly Estates,

‘Kinetic: Bodies in Motion’ is on view at the Marco Island Center for the Arts, January 13-February 4. Call 394-4221 for information.

1815 Fowler St, #3, Ft Myers.

Jan 3-25: Cheryl Fausel;

Feb: tba. Tue-Sat 10a-6p.

Free. 590-8645.

•’Ding’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge: 1 Wildlife Dr, Sanibel. Education Center.

Thru Feb 5: Clyde Butcher

Photography 75th Anniversary

Exhibition - ‘American Everglades’ collection. 9a-4p. Free. 472-1100.

•East West Fine Art: Mercato, 9115 Strada Pl, #5130, Naples. Thru Jan 10: Cloud

Tree; Jan 11-25: Colorful

Canada; Jan 26-Feb 9”

Frozen Moments; Feb 10-24: My Zina! My Muse! My Enigma!; Feb 25-Mar 10: United Nations of Beauty.

Mon-Sat 10a-7p & Sun 12-6p.

Free. 821-9459.

•Englewood Art Center: Ringling College of Art & Design, 350 S. McCall Rd, Englewood. Tue 9a-9p & Wed-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 941-474-5548.

•Estero Art League: Estero

Community Center, 9200

Corkscrew Palms Rd, Estero. 489-5216.

•Florida Gulf Coast University

Art Galleries: 10501 FGCU

Blvd S., Ft Myers. Wasmer

Gallery –Jan 30-Feb 27:

Presence - Ran Adler. ArtLab

– Jan 16-Feb 13: Experiments;

Feb 27-Mar 26: Juxtaposition.

Wasmer Gallery in Arts Complex, ArtLab in Library.

Mon-Fri, 10a-4p & Thu 10a-7p.

Free. 590-7199.

•Fogartyville Community

Media & Arts Center: 525

Kumquat Cr, Sarasota.

Jan 11-Feb 16: African

American & the VoteBrenda Robinson;

Feb 22-Mar 29: Caribbean

Island Time in the Caribbean.

Mon & Tue 5-7p & by appt.

Free. 941-894-6469.

•Fort Myers Beach Art

Association: 3030 Shell Mound, Ft Myers Beach.

Thru Jan 9: Art Divine;

Jan 13-Feb 6: Not the Status

Quo; Feb 8-20: Deuz Amies

des Arts - Michele Barron

Buelow & Helma Gansen;

Feb 10-Mar 5: Define the Ordinary; Feb 22-Mar 5:

Walling Mexico Trip Show.

Mon-Sat 10a-3p. Free.

463-3909.

•Gallery Vibe: 851 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples. Mon-Sat

10a-5p & Sun 12-5p. Free.

417-3450.

•Gardner Colby Gallery: 386 & 365 Broad Ave S, Naples.

Jan 22- : Urban Flora - Anna Kincaide; Feb 19- : Visual Poetry - Juan Carlos Collada & Donna Bruni. Mon-Sat

10a-5p & Sun 12-5p. Free.

403-7787.

•Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce: 2390 Tamiami

Tr N, #201, Naples. Thru Jun

8: Collier Close-Up - Photos of Nancy Springer. Mon-Fri 9a-5p. Free. 262-6376.

•Guess-Fisher Gallery: Crayton Cove, 810 12th Ave S, Naples. Mon-Thu 11a-5p, Fri & Sat 11a-9p. Free. 403-8393.

•Harbour View Gallery: 5789

Cape Harbour Dr, #104, Cape Coral. Jan: Norman Cannon, Tom Higgins; Feb: Patsy Daule, Shannon Vickers. Daily 11a-8p. Free. 540-5789.

•Harmon-Meek Gallery: 599 9th St N, #309, Naples. Mon-Fri 10a-5p. Free. 261-2637.

•Harmon-Meek Modern: 382

12th Ave S, Naples. Tue-Sat 12-5p. Free. 261-2637.

•Hirdie-Girdie Art Gallery: 2490 Library Way, Sanibel. Mon-Sat 10a-5p & Sun 11a-4p. Free. 395-0027.

•Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center: 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd, # 108, Naples. Jan 2-Mar 31: Art & Propaganda in Nazi Occupied Holland. Tue-Fri 12:30-5p, Sat 7 Sun 1-4p. Guided Tours. 263-9200.

•HW Gallery: 1305 Third St S, Naples. Mon-Sat 10a-5p. Free. 263-6640.

•Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch: 1215 Roberts Ave W, Immokalee. Thru Jan 18: Cowboy RootsDon Columbus Photographs. Tue-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 252-2611.

•Island Conclave: 5101 Pine Island Rd, Bokeelia. Tue-Sat 11a-5p. Free. 282-8488.

•Island Visions: 4643 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. Daily 10a-5p. Free. 282-0452.

•Lovegrove Gallery & Garden: 4637 Pine Island Rd NW, Matlacha.Thu 11a-1p Jan 30-Mar 26: Free meet & greet Leoma. Mon-Sat 10a-5p & Sun 11a-4p.Free. 283-6453.

•Marc Harris Wildlife Photography Gallery: inside Everglades Wonder Gardens, 27180 Old 41 Rd, Bonita Springs. Daily 9a-5p. 283-3354.

•Marco Island Center for the Arts: 1010 Winterberry Dr, Marco Island. Jan 13-Feb 4: Kinetics - Bodies in Motion, Nancy Norman; Feb 10-Mar 3: Glitter & Gold, Matthew Van Asselt. Tue-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 394-4221.

•Marco Island Historical Museum: 180 S Heathwood Dr, Marco Island. Thru Jan 30: Ms Conceptions. Tue-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 642-1440.

•Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: 900 S Palm Ave, Sarasota. Feb 9-Jun 30: Visions of Dali’s SpainClyde Butcher Photographs. 10a-5p daily. 941-366-5731.

•Method & Concept: 26 10th St S, Naples. Mon-Fri 10a-5p. 529-2633.

•Museum of the Everglades: 105 W Bwy,Everglades City. Thru Feb 2: Everglades Americana - Art of Dick Jay. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 695-0008.

•Naples Art: 585 Park St, Naples. Thru Jan 9: Founders Show; Jan 14-Feb 16: Little Things; Jan 17-Feb

23: Human Spirit in African & African American Art; Jan 17-Feb 27: Art for Democracy; Feb 21-Mar 17: Emerging Talents - Student Spotlight. Mon-Wed 10a-5p, Thu 10a-9p, Fri & Sat 10a-5p, Sun 12-4p. Free. 262-6517.

•Naples Botanical Garden: 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. Thru Jan 5: Inner BeautyPhotographic Celebration of Naples Botanical Garden. Daily 9a-5p & Tue8a-5p. 643-7275.

•North Collier Regional Park Exhibit Hall: 15000 Livingston Rd, Naples. Thru Jan 17: Presenting the Parks - Photo Contest; Jan 31-Mar 9: In the Great OutdoorsArtwork Depicting Collier County Parks. Mon-Fri 9a-5:30p. Free. 252-4060.

•Quidley & Company Fine Art Gallery: 375 Broad Ave S, Naples. Mon-Sat 10a-7p & Sun 11a-5p. 261-4300.

•Ringling College of Art + Design Galleries: Basch Gallery (Academic Center, 2363 Old Bradenton Rd, Sarasota); Cooley Photo Center (Student Center, 2700 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota; Crossley Gallery (2698 Bradenton Rd, Sarasota; Madeby Gallery (Student Center, 2700 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota; Selby Foundations Gallery (Atrium, 2700 N Tamiami Tr, Sarasota; Smith Gallery (Academic Center, 2363 Old Bradenton Rd, Sarasota; Stulberg Gallery (Basch Visual Arts Center, 1188 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Way, Sarasota); Thompson Gallery (Keating Center, 2700 N. Tamiami Tr, Sarasota).

Mon-Sat 10a-4p. Free. 941-359-7563.

•Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center: 300 Tower Rd, Naples. Jan 14-Apr 2: Annual Photo exhibit. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. 530-5940.

•Rosen Gallery & Studios: North Line Plaza, 2172 J&C Blvd, Naples. Thru Feb 4: Richard & Tracy Magen Rosen. By appt or chance. 821-1061.

•Sanibel Captiva Art League: Mon & Thu 9a-8p; Tue & Wed, Fri & Sat 9a-5p. Jan 1-31: Carol Rosenberg & Suzette Heeres exhibit at Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel; Feb 3-Apr 2: IslandSan Cap Conservation Foundation & San Cap Art League exhibit at Bailey House, Bailey’s Homestead Preserve, 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Meetings 3rd Thu at Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 1-3p Free. 322-8593.

•Sheldon Fine Art: 460 Fifth Ave S, Naples. 10a-10p. Free. 649-6255.

•Sidney & Berne Davis Arts Center: 2301 First St, Ft Myers. Grand Atrium —

Jan 3-31: Frank Henriquez’s Archangels; Feb 7-28: Ft Myers High School Art Students. Capital Gallery — Jan 3-31: Ehren Fritz Gerhard’s Heat Stroke. Mon-Fri 9a-5p & 6-9p & 1st Fri of month. Free. 337-1933.

•Space 39 Art Bar & Martini Lounge: 39 Patio de Leon, Ft Myers. Tue-Sat 5:30-close.

Free. 204-9949.

•Susan Alexander Shipman

Studio/Gallery: 5760 Shirley St, #4, Naples. Receptions

Jan 8 & Feb 5 5-8p; Jan 18

& Feb 15 11a-4p. Free. 313-520-0577.

•Sweet Art Gallery: 2100-A Trade Center Way, Naples. Mon-Fri 10a-5p, 1st Wed 5-8p, 3rd Fri 6-8p, Sat by appt. Free. 597-2110.

•The Ringling Museum of Art: 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota.

Thru Feb 2: Ai WeiweiZodiac LEGO; thru Feb 16: Sun Xun - Time Spy; thru Aug 1: Remaking the WorldAbstraction; thru Mar 1:Manuel Alvarez BravoSpecters & Parables; thru Apr 26: Syd Solomon - Concealed & Revealed; Skyway 2020.

Circus Museum — thru Jan 13: Tour du Monde. Bayfront Gardens. Gardens of Ringling

Guided Tour: Thu 10:30a. Daily 10a-5p, Thu 10a-8p. 941-359-5700.

•Timeless: 2218 First St, Ft Myers. Daily 11a-6p; Fri & Sat 11a-8p. 332-8463.

•Tower Gallery: 751 Tarpon Bay Rd, Sanibel. Jan 9-31: Ikki Matsumoto Retrospective; Feb 13- : Poetic Reflections. Daily 10a-9p. Free. 340-6467.

•Union Artists Studios: Alliance of the Arts, 10051 McGregor Blvd, #202, Edwards Bldg, Ft Myers. Free. 980-1394.

•Unit A - Marcus Jansen Studio & Residency: 2633 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd,

Sanibel-Captiva Rd, Sanibel. Ongoing: Journey to the Center of a Shell, Raymond Burr Memorial Exhibit, Deep-Sea Mollusks, Henry Domke - Nature Photographer. World recordsized Shells. Daily 10a-5p. 395-2233.

•Baker Museum: Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. Thru Mar 22: Monet to Matisse; thru Mar 22: Expressions - Monet & Modern Art; thru Apr 5: Looking at Words - A Poetry of Shape; thru May 10: Color Field; thru Jul 25: Iconic Works. Tue-Sat 10a-4p, Sun 12-4p. 597-1900.

•Berne Davis Botanical Garden: 2166 Virginia Ave, Ft Myers. Tue 10a-1p. Guided tours. 332-4942..

•Burroughs Home & Gardens: 2505 First St, Ft Myers. Living history tours daily 11a & 1p, 5-9p. 337-0706.

•Butterfly Estates: 1815 Fowler St, Ft Myers. Butterfly release daily 10:30a; tours daily 11a & 1p. Tue-Sun 10a-3p. 690-2359.

•Calusa Heritage Trail: 13810 Waterfront Dr, Pineland. Guided tours Wed, Fri & Sat 10a,& 1p. Mon-Sat 10a-4p. 283-2062.

•Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium: 3450 Ortiz Ave, Ft Myers. Museum, butterfly aviary, trails, live reptile shows daily. Solar observing thru telescope Fri 11a. 10a-5p & Sun, 11a-5p. 275-3435.

•Cape Coral Historical Museum: 544 Cultural Park Blvd, Cape Coral. Wed-Fri 11a-4p & Sat 10a-2p (closed Jul). 772-7037.

Ft Myers. Mon-Wed 11a-3p & by appt & special events. 240-1053.

•Visual Arts Center: 210 Maud St, Punta Gorda. Main Gallery — Jan 7-30: Plein Air & Quickdraw; Feb 7-Mar 25:National Art Exhibition. Goff Gallery — Jan 7-30: Punta Gorda Historic Mural Society; Feb 7-Mar 25: National Art Exhibition.Mon-Fri 9a-4p & Sat 10a-2p. Free. 951-639-8810.

•Watson MacRae Gallery: 2340 Periwinkle Way, #G1, Sanibel. Thru Jan 11: Art & Craft; Jan 14-Feb 8: Hollis & Friends; Feb 11-Mar 7: In Love with This Earth. Mon-Sat 10:30a-5p. Free. 472-3386.

attractions

•Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Tribe of Florida Museum: Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation, 30290 Josie Billie Hwy, Clewiston. Daily 9a-5p. 877-902-1113.

•Artis-Naples: Hayes Hall, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples. Thru Apr 19: Florida Contemporary; May 2-Jul 28: Student show. 597-1900.

•Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum: 3075

Dr, Sanibel. Education Center. Thru Feb 5: Clyde Butcher Photography 75th Anniversary Exhibition‘American Everglades’ collection, 9a-4p. Daily 7a-5:30p. 472-1100.

•ECHO Global Farm: 17391 Durrance Rd, N Ft Myers. Farm tours Tue-Sat 9:30a & 1:30p. Tech tours Tue, Fri, Sat 11:30a. 543-3246.

•Edison & Ford Winter Estates: 2350 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. Jan 18- : Ford’s Factory art show. Daily 9a-5:30p. 334-7419.

•Everglades Day Safari: Pickups throughout SWFL. Daily 7:30a-5p. 472-1559.

•Everglades Wonder Gardens: 27180 Old 41 Rd, BonitaSprings.Botanical gardens, animals, alligator feedings, Marc Harris Wildlife photography gallery. Daily 9a-5p. 992-2591.

•Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples: North Collier Park, 15080 Livingston Rd, Naples. Thru Jan 5: Race to Space. Mon-Sat 10a-5p & Sun 11a-4p. 514-0084.

•Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center: 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd, # 108, Naples. Jan 2-Mar 31:

Art & Propaganda in Nazi Occupied Holland. Tue-Fri

12:30-5p, Sat 7 Sun 1-4p. Guided Tours. 263-9200.

•IMAG History & Science Center: Exhibits, activities, live sea life touch-tank & feedings, films.2000

Cranford St, Ft Myers. Thru Jan 22: Be the Astronaut; Mon-Sat 10a-5p & Sun 12-5p. 321-7420.

•Naples Botanical Garden: 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples. Thru Jan 5: Night Lights 69p, Thru Jan 5: Inner Beauty - Photographic Celebration of Naples Botanical Garden. Feb 14-28: Orchid Fest. Daily 9a-5p & Tue8a-8p. 6437275.

•Naples Depot Museum: 1051 Fifth Ave S, Naples. Jan 24-May 2: Rising Above the Rails - The African American Railroad Experience. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 262-6525.

•Naples Museum of Military History: Naples Airport, 500 Terminal Dr, Naples. Mon-Sat 10a-4p & Sun 12-4p. Free. 450-0073.

•Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens: 1590 GoodletteFrank Rd, Naples. Daily 9a-5p. 262-5409.

•Ostego Bay Foundation Marine Science Center: 718 Fisherman’s Wharf, Ft Myers Beach. Mon-Sat 10a-4p. 765-8101.

•Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary: 41660 Horseshoe Rd, Punta Gorda. Mon-Fri 9a-12p, Sat & Sun 11a-4p, Sun 11a-4p. 543-1130.

•Palm Cottage Museum & Norris Gardens: Naples Historical Society, 137 12th Ave. S, Naples. Walking tours of Naples historic district: Wed 9:30a; Guided garden tours: 1st & 3rd Thu of month 10a. Tours: Tue-Fri 12-4p & Sat 1-4p. Free. 261-8164.

•Collier County Museum at Government Center: 3331 Tamiami Tr E, Naples. Thru Jan 11: We Never Left - Artists of Southeastern Indian Tribes; thru Jan 8: Rediscovering Woodstock – Previously Unpublished Photos of Mark Goff; Jan 27-Mar 14: No Limits - The Influence of Athletics on Collier County’s African American Community. MonSat 9a-4p. Free. 252-8476.

•Conservancy of SWFL: 1495 Smith Preserve Way, off Goodlette Frank Rd. Mon-Sat 10a-4:30p. Free. 262-0304.

•Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary: 375 Sanctuary Rd, Naples Gallery Café exhibits: Thru Jan 30: RJ Wiley; Feb 1-Mar 30: Andy Owen. Guided walks, swamp walks, night events. Free. 7a5:30p. 248-9151.

•CREW: Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed. Marsh Hiking Trails, 4600 Corkscrew Rd, Immokalee. Guided walks: Tue 9a. Trails open sunrise-sunset. Free. 657-2253.

•CROW: Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife. 3883 Sanibel-Captiva Rd, Sanibel. Visitor Education Center, wildlife presentations daily 11a; speakers. Mon-Fri 10a-4p. 472-3644.

•’Ding’ Darling National Wildlife Refuge: 1 Wildlife

•Immokalee Pioneer Museum at Roberts Ranch: 1215 Roberts Ave W, Immokalee. Thru Jan 18: Cowboy RootsDon Columbus Photographs. Tue-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 252-2611.

•Marco Island Historical Museum: 180 S Heathwood Dr, Marco Island. Thru Jan 30: Ms Conceptions. Tue-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 642-1440.

•Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: 900 S Palm Ave, Sarasota. Feb 9-Jun 30: Visions of Dali’s SpainClyde Butcher Photographs. 10a-5p daily. 941-366-5731.

•Mound House: 451

Connecticut St, Ft Myers Beach. Guided tours Tue, Wed & Sat 9a-3p; programs

Tue, Wed, Sat 10a; free guided beach walks Tue 9a, Newton Park, 4650 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach.

Tue-Sat 9a-4p. 765-0865.

•MOTE Marine Laboratory & Aquarium: 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota. Daily 10a-5p. 941-388-4441.

•Museum of the Everglades: 105 W Bwy,Everglades City.

Thru Feb 2: Everglades

Americana - Art of Dick Jay; Feb 3-29: Black History of Everglades City - Exploring Our Stories. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. Free. 695-0008.

•Museum of the Islands: 5728 Sesame, Pine Island Center. Free. 283-1525.

•Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center: 300 Tower Rd, Naples. Gallery Café exhibits: Feb 1-Mar 30: Andy Owen; Jan 14-Apr 2: Annual Photo exhibit. Jan 17-19: Festival of Birds. Daily programs: 11a & 2p. Guided boat & kayak tours Tue-Fri. Mon-Sat 9a-4p. 530-5940.

•Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Nature Center: 3333 Sanibel-Captiva Rd, Sanibel. Exhibits, programs, guided tours. Mon-Fri 8:30a-4p, Oct-Sep 8:30a-3p. 472-2329.

•Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Native Landscapes & Garden Center: 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Exhibits, demonstration gardens, workshops. Mon-Fri 8:30a-5p & Sat 10a-3p. 472-1932.

•Sanibel Historical Museum & Village: 950 Dunlop Rd, Sanibel. Tue-Sat 10a-4p. Tours 10:30a. 472-4648.

•Shell Factory & Nature Park: 2787 N Tamiami Trail, N, Ft Myers. Shell exhibits, Animal exhibits, petting farm, Christmas House, Natural History Exhibit, Money Museum, water games, video arcade, miniature golf, playgrounds, zip line. Wed: Live music & dancing 6-9p. Daily 10a-5p. 995-2141.

•SWFL Military Museum & Library: 4820 Leonard St, Cape Coral. Mon-Fri 9a-5p & Sat 9a-4p. Free. 541-8704.

•The Ringling Museum of

Circus Sarasota performs February 7-March 1 in the Ulla Searing Big Top in Sarasota. For information, call 941-355-8905.

Art: 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota. Thru Feb 2: Ai

Weiwei - Zodiac LEGO; thru Feb 16: Sun Xun - Time Spy; thru Aug 1: Remaking the World - Abstraction; thru Mar

1:Manuel Alvarez BravoSpecters & Parables; thru Apr

26: Syd Solomon - Concealed & Revealed; Skyway 2020.

Circus Museum — thru Jan 13: Tour du Monde. Bayfront Gardens. Gardens of Ringling

Guided Tour: Thu 10:30a. Daily 10a-5p, Thu 10a-8p. 941-359-5700.

•True Tours: River District History Tours Sat 10:30a; Haunted History Tours Wed & Sat 8p; Flavors of Matlacha Tour Sat 10a. Tours begin & end at 2200 1st St, Ft Myers. Reserve. 945-0405.

•Williams Academy Black History Museum: Clemente Park, 1936 Henderson Ave, Ft Myers. Mon-Fri 9a-5p & Sat 12-4p. Free. 332-8778.

live music & comedy

•Americana Community Music Association Listening Room: All Faiths Unitarian Congregation, 2756 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers. Select Fri, Sat, Sun 7p. 691-4069.

•Bert’s Bar & Grill: 4271 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha.Live music nightly. Tue 7:30p:

Matt Lee; Wed 6:30p: Scotty

Bryan; Thu 7p: Fri-Sun 12-6p: Calypso Magic. 282-3232.

•Big Blue Brewing: 4721 SE 10th Pl, Cape Coral. Live music Thu-Sat nites. 471-2777.

•Big Storm Brewery: 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. Open Mic Sun 3-6p, live music Fri & Sat nites 6-9p. 257-1401.

•Bone Hook Brewing: 1514 Immokalee Rd, #106, Naples.

Live music Thu-Sat nites. 631-8522.

•Buckingham Blues Bar: 5641 Buckingham Rd., Ft Myers. Live music select nites. Free open blues jam Wed 8-11p & Sun 3-6p. 693-7111.

•Buddha Bar & Grill: 12701 McGregor Blvd, Ft Myers.

Live music Wed-Sun. 482-8565.

•City Tavern: 2206 Bay St, Ft Myers. Live music Thu-Sat. 226-1133.

•Cottage Bar: 1270 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. Live music nightly. 765-5440.

•Downtown Social House: 1406 Hendry St, Ft Myers. Live music Mon-Thu 4-10p. Fri 4p-2a, Sat 12p-2a, Sun 12-10p. 337-7646.

•Fathoms Restaurant & Bar: 5785 Cape Harbour Dr, #106, Cape Coral. Live music Tue & Fri-Sun nites. 542-0123.

•Fort Myers Brewing Company: 12811 Commerce Lake Dr, #27, Ft Myers. Live music Wed, Fri & Sat nites. 313-6576.

•Laugh-In Comedy Café: 8595 College Pkwy, Ft Myers. Thu-Sat: comics 7:30 & 9:30p. 479-5233.

•Matanzas on the Bay: 414 Crescent St, Ft Myers Beach. Live music Mon-Sat 5-9p & Sun 12-5p. 463-3838.

•Momentum Brewhouse: 9786 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. Live music Fri & Sat nites. 949-9945.

•Naples Beach Brewery: 4120 Enterprise Ave, #116, Naples. Live music select nites. 304-8795.

•Point Ybel Brewing Company: 16120 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. Live jazz Thu 6-10p: Hunter Dahlen & Friends; select Fri & Sat nites. Free. 603-6535.

•Red Rock Saloon: 2278 First St, Ft Myers. Live music Fri & Sat nites. 689-8667.

•Reserve Cigar & Wine Bar: 10950 S. Cleveland Ave, Ft Myers. Live music Fri & Sat nites. 210-0300.

•Riptide Brewing: 987 3rd Ave N, Naples. Mon: Irish

music select Tue-Sat 6:30-9:30p. 466-8326.

•Whiskey Park: 3300 Mercantile Ave, Naples. Open Mic Wed nites; live music Fri & Sat nites. 263-6777.

parks

•Bonita Beach Park: 27954 Hickory Blvd., Bonita Springs. 533-7444.

•Bowditch Point Regional Park: 50 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. Guided walks: Tue & Sat 9:30a. 463-3764.

•Bunche Beach: 18201 John Morris Rd, Ft Myers. Guided walks: 1st & 3rd Tue 5p 707-6794.

•Caloosahatchee Regional Park: 18500 North River Rd, Alva. Guided walk: 1st Sat & 3rd Tue of month 9a 693-2690.

Eats & Drinks

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BERT'S BAR & SEAFOOD GRILL : 4271 Pine Island Rd, Matlacha. 282-3232. Dockside dining with a million dollar view and quality food at reasonable prices. Waterfront restaurant offering delicious and fresh local seafood, certified angus burgers, refreshing brews, and live entertainment Tue-Sun. 'All-You-Can-Eat' Fish Fry Tue & Fri 4-9pm. ‘All-Yiou-Can-Eat’ Shrimp’ Wed 4-9pm. Open 7 days a week from 11am.

BIGSTORMBREWERY : 839 Miramar St, Cape Coral. 257-1401. Innovative craft beers, brewed in Cape Coral, received critical acclaim for past 5 years, winning 2016’s Best Florida Beer Championship with their Oktoberfest Marzen Lager. Uses local ingredients like citrus and wild flower honey, brewing more than 20 different beers. Free pizza Thursday nights. Mon-Thu 2-10pm, Fri & Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 11am-9pm.

music jam 7-10p; Thu: open mic 7-10p, live music select Fri & Sat nites 7-10p. 228-6533.

•RJ’s Bar & Grill: 1475 N. Tamiami Tr, N. Ft Myers. Live music nightly. 997-9600.

•Roadhouse Café: 15660 San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers. Live jazz Tue-Sun. Wed: Danny Sinoff Trio 7-10p; Thu: The Jazz-Matics w Lynn Richardson 7-10p; Fri: Tony Boffa & Friends 7-10p; Sat: Danny Sinoff Quartet 7:3010:30p, Sun: Ricky Howard 7-10p; Tue: Dan Miller Quartet 7-10p. 415-4375.

•Smokin’ Oyster Brewery: 340 Old San Carlos Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. Live music nitely 6-10p. Mon & Sat: Will Kaiser; Tue & Fri: Anthony Wayne; Wed: Frank Thomson; Thu: Shawn Russell; Sun: Lee Hagen. Free. 463-3474.

•Sneaky Pete’s: 3465 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs.

Live music Wed & Thu, Sat & Sun. 498-8887.

•Society: Bell Tower Shops, 13499 Bell Tower Dr, Ft Myers. Live music nitely. 334-0900.

•Space 39 Art Bar & Martini Lounge: 39 Patio de Leon, Ft Myers. Live music Wed-Sat nites. 204-9949.

•Table & Tap: Babcock Ranch, 42860 Crescent Loop, Punta Gorda. Live music Fri 6-9p, Sat 1-4p & 6-9p. Sun 12-3p. 941-235-6906.

•The Barrel Room: Twisted Vine, 2214 Bay St, Ft Myers. Live jazz/blues. Thu 7-10p: Dan Miller & Lew Del Gatto Quartet; Fri & Sat 9p-12a: blues bands; Sun 10a-2p: Jazz Brunch w Don Mopsick & Roy Gerson. 333-225.

•The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon: 2158 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. Live music select Fri & Sat nites. 985-9839.

•The Rhythm House: 16440 S Tamiami Tr, Ft Myers. Live

•Collier-Seminole State Park: US 41 (Tamiami Trail), S Naples. Guided walks: Sat 10a. Hiking trail, self-guided boardwalk nature trail, exhibits, camping, fishing, boating canoeing. 394-3397.

•Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park: 11135 Gulfshore Dr, Naples. Beach, fishing, picnic areas. 597-6196.

•Estero Park: 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd, Estero. 248-1609.

•Everglades National Park: Gulf Coast Visitor Center, 815 Oyster Bar Ln. Everglades City. 9a-4:30p. 695-3311.

•Four Freedoms Park: 4818 Tarpon Ct, Cape Coral. 7a-7p. 574-0804.

•Hickeys Creek Mitigation Park: 17980 Palm Beach Blvd, Alva. Guided walks: 1st Tue 9a 693-2690.

•Koreshan State Historic Site State Park: US Hwy 41 & Corkscrew Rd, Estero. 992-0311.

•Lakes Regional Park: 7330 Gladiolus Dr, Ft Myers. Guided walks: 1st Sat 8:30a, Garden tour: 2nd Sat. 533-7575.

•Lovers Key State Park: South of Ft Myers Beach. Songwriters at Sunset Beach Jan 1, Feb 6, Mar 5, Apr 2 45:30p. Yoga on the Beach Mon 9a Jan-Apr. 463-4588.

•Lynn Hall Park: 950 Estero Blvd, Ft Myers Beach. Laughter Yoga: Fri 8a. 229-7356.

•Manatee Park: 10901 Palm Beach Blvd, Ft Myers. 8a-dusk. 690-5030.

•Matanzas Pass Preserve: 119 Bay Rd, Ft Myers Beach. Guided walks: Thu 9:30a 707-3015.

•Myakka River State Park: 13207 SR 72, Sarasota. Canoeing, camping, wildlife tours by air-boat & tram, scenic drive, guided walks. 361-6511.

•Naples Preserve: Eco-center. 1690 Tamiami Tr N, Naples. Jan 10-Apr 25: Nature talks Tue 10a. Free. Dawn-dusk. 261-4290.

•North Collier Regional Park:

BROADWAY PALM DINNER THEATRE: 1380 Colonial Blvd, Ft Myers. 278-4422. Southwest Florida’s premier dinner theatre features the best of Broadway, favorite shows of the past and the most recent musical hits. with nationally selected performers and a live orchestra. Featuring a delicious buffet. Tue-Sun: dinner 5:30pm, Matinees: lunch 11:45am.

CAPT’N FISHBONE’SSEAFOOD GRILL &DOLPHIN

ROOM: The Shell Factory, 2787 N Tamiami Tr, N Ft Myers. 995-3999. Full service restaurant serving lunch & dinner. Soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, seafood, steaks, ribs, pasta. All-you-can-eat Fish Fry Tue & Fri, Live music daily. Mon-Thu & Sat 11am8pm, Fri 11am-9pm, Sun 11am-7pm.

FORT MYERS BREWING COMPANY: 12811 Commerce Lakes Dr, unit 28, Ft Myers. 239-313-6576. 25 beers on tap, many award-winning. Atmosphere is very laid back and has a cool local vibe to it. Familyand pet-friendly. Always has at least one food truck on site. Open Mon 3-9pm, Tue & Wed 3-10pm, Thu & Fri 3-11pm, Sat 12-11pm, Sun 12-8pm.

LAUGH IN COMEDY CAFE: 8595 College Pkwy, # 270, Ft Myers. 479-5233. Laugh In's menu has everything from clams, mussels, crab cakes, and cod to house favorite chicken parmesan & Shrimp Orleans to strip steak. Late night menu features 4-cheese fried rigatoni, pulled pork nachos, hot wings, hot apple pie. Shows:Thu7:30pm,Fri&Sat7:30&9:30pm.

MOMENTUM BREWHOUSE: 28120 Hunters Ridge Blvd, units 1-3, Bonita Springs. 949-9949. Award winning local craft beers and comfortable tasting room. Food trucks on site every day. Choices include pizza, tacos, gourmet burgers, seafood, Jewish/Cuban and Argentinean to name a few. Also, order or carry in from local restaurants. Snacks available at the bar. Open 7 days a week.pointybelbrew.com

POINT YBEL BREWING COMPANY: 16120 San Carlos Blvd, unit 4, Fort Myers. 603-6535. Point Ybel's award-winning beer is as much art as it is science. Point Ybel has been known for brewing East Coast Style IPAs, traditional beers brewed to style, and also introducing Sour Ales to Southwest Florida. Mon & Tue 2-7pm, Wed & Thu 2-10pm, Fri 2-11pm, Sat 1211pm, Sun 12-7pm.

15000 Livingston Rd, Naples. Exhibit Hall: thru Jan 17: Presenting the ParkPhoto Contest; Jan 31-Mar 9:

Beauty of Collier CountyArtwork Depicting Collier County Parks; Mar 16-May

15: Naples Art Collection. Mon-Fri 8a-5p. Free. 252-4060.

•North Ft Myers Park: 2021 N Tamiami Tr, N Ft Myers.

Yoga: Wed 6p. 652-4512.

•Six Mile Cypress Slough

Preserve: 7791 Penzance Blvd, Ft Myers. Guided walks: daily 9a Free. 533-7550.

•Veterans Park: 55 Homestead Rd, Lehigh Acres. 369-1521.

•Wa-Ke-Hatchee Park: 16730 Bass Rd, Ft Myers. Flow Yoga & Mat Pilates: Mon-Thu 9a; Yoga & Meditation: Tue 4:30p; Tai chi: Wed 1p; Laughter Yoga: Wed 6:30p. Classes free. 432-2154.

‘Reveries of a Tropical Heart’ is on view January 10-February 2 at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. Call 938-2787 for information.