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More than 20 million people quit their jobs in the last half of 2021 leading to chronic supply chain problems and long wait times at local eateries. Whether you call it The Great Resignation or The Big Quit, it has economists and sociologists scratching their heads to understand why. There’s a fun-loving group of puppets and their human counterparts on Avenue Q at Lab Theater that just may have an explanation for your COVID blues.
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A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time opens at Players Circle Theatre on February 16. Smart and sophisticated, it’s the coming-of-age saga of a 15-year-old British lad who struggles with Asperger’s Syndrome.
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It’s often said that to really know someone, you first have to walk a mile in their shoes. But to get to know artist Ilya Stolyar, all you have to do is view his retrospective this month at DAAS Co-Op Gallery in the Fort Myers River District.
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If you're looking for a cure for your COVID doldrums, The Naples Players' production of The Savannah Sipping Society is the perfect prescription for the perfect date night or, even better, girls' night out.
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The forecast calls for rain at Broadway Palm Dinner Theater, where Prather Entertainment is performing Singin' in the Rain. As WGCU Arts Correspondent Tom Hall reports, the show comes complete with an actual on-stage rainstorm.
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More than a dozen theater shows open across Southwest Florida during the month of January. WGCU's Spotlight on the Arts reporter Tom Hall promises that you'll experience something unique at The Colored Museum at the Alliance for the Arts.
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Explore famous examples of women who traveled the globe as botanical researchers, illustrators, writers, and educators.
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We talk to artists Steve Kalb and Zan Lombardo about their work featured in a new joint exhibition titled “Forge & Scroll” at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers.
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Executive Director of the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, Lydia Black, is stepping down after 13 years at the helm of the nonprofit community arts center. Black led the organization through an era of impressive growth, change and expansion based on a vision that a community arts organization should serve the needs of the whole community. Black has also been a tireless advocate for the arts. She spearheaded the first economic impact study providing empirical evidence about the importance of the arts in Lee County. Black joins us to reflect back on her expansive and transformational impact on the Alliance for the Arts.
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The new year brings new leadership to Collier County’s longest-running arts organization. We’ll talk with the new Executive Director and Chief Curator for Naples Art, Frank Verpoorten. The nonprofit Naples Art at the von Liebig Art Center in downtown Naples is known for its exhibitions, arts education and festivals. We’ll talk with Verpoorten about his background and vision for Naples Art going forward.