Arts & Culture

Choices and fate combined on February 3, 1959, ending the lives of three talented singers. Our Song of the Day features "Peggy Sue," co-written by Buddy Holly, who along with "The Big Bopper" and Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash on this day in 1959.

Thirty-nine local artists associated with the Fort Myers Mural Society have painted 57 murals of people and scenes from Fort Myers' past - when the neophyte settlement was a port dominated by seven long piers that jutted into the Caloosahatchee River. The artists met recently to talk about the importance of the project and what they hope the public derives from their paintings.

A sampling of Clyde Butcher's work went on display at the Marco Island Historical Society Tuesday in an arresting exhibit of his 2002 journey to Cuba. Cuba: The Natural Beauty, will be at the Marco Island Historical Museum through April 29, 2023.

Gold Theatricals has no home, and that’s just as Jay Goldberg and Executive Director Lucy Sundby want it.

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll was born January 27, 1832. His book was the inspiration for a drug-induced Grace Slick to craft her own version of the story. "White Rabbit" is our Song of the Day from Sheldon Zoldan.

"I Walked With Heroes" tells the story of a local WWII vet. Filmmaker Andre Degas joins us to talk about it.

A little history, a little trivia, and a little music, the Song of the Day by Sheldon Zoldan presents today's song in honor of Meatloaf who died January 20, 2022.

Denoted by brilliant direction, emotional and enlightened acting and the imaginative use of lighting and projections to amp up the tension that crackles with each line of dialogue and turn of events, Theatre Conspiracy's production of the high-concept courtroom drama Faceless is a five-star show you don't want to miss.

This week's Gulf Coast Life Book Club guest describes the extremely thorough fact-checking procedure he employed.

Stella Levi was 92 when she began telling her story of breing a Holocaust survivor. Michael Frank captured it in One Hundred Saturdays.