Tom Hall

New Ward 2 City Council member Diana Giraldo seeks to plan Fort Myers' growth around parks, trails and art in order to enhance quality of life for citizens and visitors. The recently adopted Parks Master Plan and the funding provided by voter approved General Obligation Bonds will play an important role in realizing her vision.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe calls its holiday offering their Christmas card to the community. This year, WBTT returns “A Motown Christmas” to the Donelly Theatre stage.

Christmas is in the air at area theaters. With three holiday show openings and a few other shows closing, theatergoers have plenty of entertainment options.

Outgoing Executive Director Molly Rowan-Deckart thinks the Alliance for the Arts has a bright future that centers around the unrealized potential associated with its largely undeveloped 10-acre campus and ongoing role as arts advocate and catalyst for change.

The main gallery at the Arts Bonita Visual Art Center is hosting a solo show of 34 multi-dimensional mixed media works by local artist Hermann Bradford which evinces "Artistic Intelligence."

Thanks to approval of a $75 million bond referendum on last Tuesday’s ballot, Fort Myers is about to upgrade existing parks and recreational facilities and acquire vacant land for new parks and green spaces. However, there’s more involved than adding more parks and green space to the city’s current inventory. The city’s recently adopted master plan places importance on connecting newly acquired and existing parks and green space to one another.

Directed by Stuart Brown, FSW's production of “Twelfth Night” possesses a number of characteristics that audiences are sure to appreciate. At the top of the list is the rare opportunity to appreciate Shakespeare up close and personal. The audience in the FSW Black Box Theatre is a mere matter of feet from the edge of set, which is ground-level.

More than a dozen shows grace the stages of Southwest Florida's equity and community theaters during the week of November 11, 2024.

Arts Center Theatre on Marco Island opens its 2024-2025 season with Joe Simonelli's comedy "Where There's a Will." Simonelli was once called the next Neil Simon. Arts Center Theatre has previously produced two of Simonelli's other plays, "Men Are Dogs" and "Heaven Help Me."

The Center for the Arts on Marco Island opened its 2024-2025 exhibition season with a show that features 60 pieces created by members of the Florida chapter of the National Association of Women Artists. The exhibition has been organized around the theme of timelessness.