Museum offers slice of Navy SEALs’ history
On May 2, a team of Navy SEALs descended upon Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, shot him, collected his body and brought to an end the longest and costliest manhunt in history. Full Story
Garden cultivates fun and learningg for ages 5-12
The Naples Botanical Garden has planted the seeds for a series of summer camps beginning June 20. Designed for children ages 5-12, sessions will meet from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Campers will become scientists, explorers, horticulturists and chefs as they explore all the Garden has to offer. Full Story
Visually impaired kids can ‘camp out’ at Naples Beach Hotel
Lighthouse of Collier is registering blind and visually impaired children for its second annual summer camp at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club. Sessions will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in July. Full Story
Quail West offers tennis, golf, swimming instruction
Quail West Golf and Country Club is holding a series of four-day camp sessions in June and July designed for ages 7-14 and ages 6-10. Sessions from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. are open to the public and will include tennis, golf, swimming and fitness instruction. Cost is $157 per session for children of Quail West members and $175 for others. Participation is limited to 12 campers for each session. Full Story
BROADENING THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTRY
Darius Rucker, Crystal Bowersox to play at Lakeside Country Bash
COUNTRY MUSIC USED TO MEAN cowboy hats or rhinestones, and definitely lots of twang.
But musical borders have grown fuzzy, and country encompasses much more than it used to. Full Story
Head to school this summer
From practical to brainy or simply entertaining, there’s a class for that
Staying around town for the summer? Don’t just sit around bemoaning the heat and humidity. Head to the airconditioned Naples Center of Florida Gulf Coast University and learn something new at the Renaissance Academy.
Have you always wanted to learn how to r? sell on eBay or surf the Internet? There are classes for that. Full Story
Florida Rep stage heats up with season finale
You can debate all you want about whether the blues is the devil’s music or not.
One thing is indisputable: When Miche Braden sings the blues, she raises the temperature more than just a couple of degrees. Full Story
ARTISTS AMONG US
Keith Raygor
>>Describe your art form
I enjoy merging the performance arts of magic, music and mentalism into theatrical presentations. I’ve used guitar and percussion to express others’ thoughts, but now I usually perform them on piano. >>What is mentalism? Full Story
LATEST FILMS
‘Thor’
“Thor” singlehandedly takes the inherent cheesiness of both mythology and comic books and transforms it into a vast, energetic movie that’s accessible and enjoyable for all. Full Story
CAPSULES
Something Borrowed Full Story
Moliere’s classic ‘Learned Ladies’ in staged reading at the Sugden
The Naples Players’ ETC… Readers Theatre present Moliere’s sophisticated family comedy, “The Learned Ladies,” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,unday, May 15, in the Tobye Studio tu- of Sugden Community -
Theatre. The performance completes ETC…’s ninth season. Full Story
Eighth annual contest seeks original scripts
The Naples Players ETC…Reader’s Theatre is soliciting one-act scripts (no musicals) for its eighth annual New Plays Contest. Full Story
‘Camera USA’ exhibition focuses on photographs
Fifty images captured by professional and amateur photographers from across the United States have been juried into the Naples Art Association’s first national photography exhibition. “Camera USA” opens with a reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, at The von Liebig Art Center. Admission is free for NAA members and $10 for others. Full Story
FLORIDA WRITERS
No surprise that new ‘Lincoln’ thriller surprises and satisfies
Hard times have hit the man known as “The Lincoln Lawyer.” Criminal cases have dried up for Mickey Haller, so to make ends meet he has plunged into the foreclosure defense business. There’s no shortage of foreclosure action in Los Angeles, and Michael Connelly’s exploration of this legal domain is timely, insightful and dramatic. Full Story
KOVELS: ANTIQUES
Drinks and their accoutrements evolve
Drinks before or after dinner have been part of the ritual of dining in America since the 1800s. By then, the wealthy lived in houses that had a dining room, living room and perhaps a parlor or library. Men and women enjoyed “4 o’clock tea” during Victorian times, but it was usually a ladies’ get-together. Full Story
Singers needed for 9-11 memorial
The Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers will join with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale to perform the Mozart Requiem and other patriotic music on Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Philharmonig center for the arts.
Auditions are open for all voice parts and can be scheduled by calling Jill Janda- Kanner at 395-0496 or the Mastersinger phone line at 288-2535. Full Story
Theatre Conspiracy sets summer stage
Theatre Conspiracy in Fort Myers will produce two comedies this summer: “See How They Run,” a British farce from 1944, and the world premiere of “Elsewhere.” Full Story
This week on WGCU TV
. THURSDAY, MAY 12 8 p.m. – Priceless Antiques Roadshow Revisit some of the most memorable moments from 31 years of the BBC’s “Antiques Roadshow.” . FRIDAY, MAY 13 10 p.m. – Great Romances: Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy Jackie Bouvier’s marriage to John F. Full Story
Baseball dreams come true for 10 Immokalee students
Ten seventh- and eighth-grade students from Take Stock in Children-Immokalee were recently treated to their first professional baseball game, thanks to the Minnesota Twins and proceeds from The Immokalee Foundation’s Charity Classic “Fund A Dream” auction that took place last November. Full Story
Donated car will help therapists reach kids for treatment
Mutual of Omaha Bank, a corporate partner of the David Lawrence Foundation, has donated a 2003 PT Cruiser in excellent condition to the David Lawrence Center for use in providing free mental health treatment to children and adolescents residing in Collier, Lee, Hendry and Glades counties through the state of Florida’s Title XXI Behavioral Health Network (BNet) Program. Full Story
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