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Audubon Florida wants poets from Southwest Florida and the rest of the state to write haikus celebrating both vulture species ahead of International Vulture Awareness Day on the first Saturday of September each year
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Farmland and woods are disappearing, but some rural-focused businesses are finding ways to survive, even as more housing and business developments move inland across Southwest Florida.
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WGCU Arts Reporter Tom Hall
For the third consecutive year, Cypress Lake High School students will take part in the Fort Myers Fringe Festival. The first of their two fringe productions is “Why Won’t Zee Quack?” a children’s show by local playwright Wayne Keller about a nonverbal duck. The other is "Elektra, A Modern Retelling."
- Fort Myers Film Festival announces winners in 12 categories
- Gulf Coast Symphony's 'Sounds of America' celebrates 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
- 'Queen of Bingo' headlines shows onstage this week at SWFL theaters
- 'Sweeney Todd' a triumph for Florida Rep Education cast and crew
- Organizer Bill Taylor curates lineup of internationally touring shows for this year's Fringe Festival
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