Working together, the Venice-Nokomis Rotary Club and the City of Venice might set attendance records Saturday, opening day of the 27th annual Rotary Art Festival.
Tomorrow evening I will be making Challah with many others at a huge Challah baking party and concert at the Chabad of Venice and North Port Education Center on Jacaranda Boulevard.
There’s a lesson to be learned in “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the latest production of the Asolo Repertory Company.
The Tamiami Amateur Radio Club (TARC) will engage in a 24-hour communications contest from the North Jetty Park in Nokomis from 2 p.m. Jan. 26 to 2 p.m. Jan. 27.
If you’re a single senior and want to know where to go to meet new friends and share an activity or two, you might consider attending an event at the Venice Friendship Center at 2350 Scenic Drive in Venice.
The January program of the Women’s College Club of Venice, held Jan. 8, was about wildlife at Myakka State Park.
According to Sister Frances Lalor, Director of Faith Formation at Epiphany Cathedral, the first Catholic Masses said in the area were in a home in Englewood in 1935, then a movie theater across the street from the post office and finally a small downtown chapel. In 1955 the church hierarchy …
Ethel Molezzi is enjoying her retirement as a Venice resident and is living a life she never envisioned for herself.
According to Sister Frances Lalor, Director of Faith Formation at Epiphany Cathedral, the first Catholic Masses said in the area were in a home in Englewood in 1935, then a movie theater across the street from the post office and finally a small downtown chapel. In 1955 the church hierarchy …
Ethel Molezzi is enjoying her retirement as a Venice resident and is living a life she never envisioned for herself.
In “See Rock City,” in the Pinkerton at Venice Theatre, we are reunited with May (Cheyanne Alford) and Raleigh (Jim Griesmeyer) who met on a train in “Last train to Nibroc,” which is part one of a trilogy by playwright Arlene Hutton.
Longstanding studies show long-term, one-to-one, staff-supported volunteer mentoring works.
The Glenridge Performing Arts Center is a treasure trove of entertainment that fills a void between live theater and lectures. Located in Palmer Ranch, it also fills a void between Venice and downtown Sarasota.
A series of lectures and multi-media presentations on the subject of American Racism will be presented by the Venice Interfaith Community Association (VICA) this winter.
If you love Broadway musicals, “Married to Broadway,” Englewood Performing Arts Society’s first show of the season, will thrill you with show-stopping favorites sung by Ron Sharpe and Barbra Russell, on Nov. 13.
The Children’s Gardening Program, developed two years ago by Venice Area Beautification Inc. (VABI) and the Venice Public Library, is going to sprout some new roots at a new location.
Prime rib meets prime entertainment at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers.
The Silver Foxes Follies, a fun-filled variety show that plays to crowded houses each year, will be performing for the first time at SunCoast Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m.
The preliminary count is in for the Venice/Englewood Christmas Bird Count, conducted Dec. 16 by about 100 volunteers with Venice Audubon Society.
Writing a social column for The Venice Gondolier Sun^p could be listed as one of the best jobs in town. There is joy in getting to meet people. Reoccurring events often provide a chance to turn people into friends. It’s what happened with Bill Antholz.
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) highlighted Mike Le and Rob McKittrick, two SCF alumni and the college’s favorite screenwriters, in recognition of National Screenwriters Day Jan. 5.
Did you know who coined the phrase “Jump on the Bandwagon”? Dan Rice
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Emil Partak joined the Navy in 1956, immediately after graduating from dental college at Loyola University in Chicago.
Georgia has a legacy of being used for its filming locations for decades. Some of the biggest hits used the destinations of Douglas County in southwest Atlanta. The film commission began drawing in productions back in 1993, long before the city was nicknamed the “Hollywood of the South.”
In this New Year, millions will vow to eat healthier, get more exercise and save more money.
The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (BACVB), in partnership with The Studio at Gulf and Pine in Anna Maria, invites fans and art collectors to view a unique selection of works of art created by award-winning actress Jane Seymour, upon the opening of “Up Close and Personal: The …
I recently met Kelsey Simpson, new communications director for Venice Institute of Performing Arts (VIPA), which operates the Venice Performing Arts Center (VPAC) facility.
