Florida Weekly - Charlotte County

12/31/2025

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) opened its 2025-26 Winter Cabaret Season with “Feeling Good,” an original r***e created by Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins, with musical arrangements by Jim Prosser.

Florida Studio Theatre (FST) opened its 2025-26 Winter Cabaret Season with “Feeling Good,” an original r***e created by Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins, with musical arrangements by Jim Prosser. Featuring hits from Michael Bublé to Bette Midler, this stylish show celebrates the modern croon...

12/31/2025

Proceeds benefit intellectual and developmental disability services at Golisano Children’s Hospital

Sponsorship and registration opportunities are now available for the 33rd Annual Boston Red Sox Celebrity Classic Event Series, returning February and March 2026 to benefit intellectual and developmental disability services at Golisano Children’s Hospital. One of Lee Health Foundation’s longest-...

12/31/2025

Broadway Palm brings the Tony Award-winning musical to Fort Myers for a limited January–February run

Matchmaker. Matchmaker. Match me up with front row tickets to Broadway Palm’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” The beloved musical is being staged at the professional theatre company in Fort Myers from Jan. 3 through Feb. 14, 2026. The much-loved show is a Tony Award winner and fan favorit...

12/31/2025

Live outdoor concert takes place on April 4, 2026

The Alliance for the Arts (AFTA) is thrilled to announce the return of “Arts on Tap,” its premier live music and craft beer event, headlined by Florida native JJ Grey & Mofro. The live outdoor concert will take place on Saturday, April 4, 2026, on the Alliance’s campus in Fort Myers and will f...

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

12/25/2025

Better Together celebrates 10 years of keeping life-challenged families intact

Every day in Florida, more than 20,000 children wake up in someone else’s home. Not because they lack love, but because life’s challenges — job loss, illness, or disability — arrive uninvited, shaking the foundation of families and forcing children into foster care. In times of crisis, paren...

12/24/2025

Well, Christmas has finally arrived, and a new year looms.

Well, Christmas has finally arrived, and a new year looms. Once we’re finished opening our presents and jamming the boxes and wrapping paper into the recycle bin, it will be time to begin our annual effort at self-improvement. Yes, it’s time to start planning to plan our New Year’s resolutions...

12/23/2025

You’d think Professor Edwin “Win” Everham was just a nice-guy science teacher, bespectacled and mild mannered, maybe the Clark Kent of academic ecologists.

You’d think Professor Edwin “Win” Everham was just a nice-guy science teacher, bespectacled and mild mannered, maybe the Clark Kent of academic ecologists. And he is. To start with. Everham’s been teaching at Florida Gulf Coast University for a quarter of a century, now in the Department of ...

12/23/2025

Billboard announces the Billboard Boxscore 2025 Full Year Rankings.

Billboard announces the Billboard Boxscore 2025 Full Year Rankings. In the category for venues with capacities of 2,500 or less, Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW finished #1 in Florida and #4 in the world. Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW is managed by Professional Facilities M...

12/22/2025

Maurice on Books

I’m always on the hunt for that special story, written with great depth and filled with pristine research and unforgettable characters. . A story that has sticking points and makes me think. And maybe even most of all, based on history. "Deeper Than the Ocean" by Marta Ojito is one of those books....

12/22/2025

This holiday season, HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital proudly continued its tradition of caring beyond hospital walls through its Angel Tree program, bringing joy to 146 children of hospital employees.

This holiday season, HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital proudly continued its tradition of caring beyond hospital walls through its Angel Tree program, bringing joy to 146 children of hospital employees. The Angel Tree featured holiday wishes from children of team members across the organization. Colleagu...

12/22/2025

A Journey into story and spirit

Some places capture the imagination long before you ever arrive. Ireland was one of those places for me, a country I had always pictured through folklore, sweeping coastlines and the softness of mist over endless green fields. I expected beauty and charm. What surprised me was how deeply the country...