Although it doesn’t officially begin until Friday – this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season got a jump start with Alberto and this past holiday weekend Beryl – providing a preseason exercise for Emergency Officials. On today’s program we’ll talk to area emergency managers about how to prepare for a tropical storm or hurricane. We’ll also hear [...]
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“Mud” – the story of Mae, trying to escape rural poverty by attending school. This gritty and deeply tragic and beautiful play is a masterwork by one of the most important playwrights of our time. It will be at the Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center in Fort Myers. Then Jeanne Bochette celebrates her 62nd year teaching dance in Fort Myers. She [...]
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Dennis Church – Fish Market The In One Instant Gallery of Photography in downtown Fort Myers has unveiled a new artist cooperative format. We’ll meet two local photographers featured in the gallery’s current exhibition: Dennis Church and William Hofer. William Hofer – WWII 240 We’ll also talk with the principal pops conductor for the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, Jack Everly, as he [...]
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Southwest Florida musician and composer Marc Vee joins us in the studio to talk about his new album “My Journey”. Vee has dedicated the album to the memory of his late father who helped make that journey possible. And we’ll talk to rising opera star Michael Todd Simpson. The baritone will sing the title role [...]
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The latest data on Southwest Florida’s housing market show a decline in inventory as sale prices continue to increase. Buying a home is often the most significant financial investment one can make, but is this a good time to buy? What should people know before they buy? How should your budget influence your price range [...]
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The third annual Harvey Milk Festival honors the late Harvey Milk, an American equal rights activist and politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office. We feature three of the local bands performing in Five Points Park in Sarasota May 10 through 12. MeteorEYES is a Sarasota beat driven synth-rock band. [...]
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Drug testing has become a contentious issue around the nation and particularly in Florida. In the past six months, efforts to impose drug screening on both public employees and welfare applicants have been struck down by federal court judges as unconstitutional violations of an individual’s fourth amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. Supporters say [...]
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20-year-old Naples artist Hannah Kandel has been selected by the United Nations for the 2012 Autism Awareness Stamp. Her painting titled “Crazy Love” was one of eight selected as the result of a worldwide search for talented artists with autism. Plus, the all-woman African dance and drumming troupe Giwayan Mata from Atlanta performs in five Collier County schools [...]
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Last week, Bonita Springs City Council members approved a one year moratorium on permits for future homeless shelters in the city, but not before St. Matthew’s House staff submitted a development order to build a new shelter in the community. St. Matthews House says the additional shelter space is needed to serve the number of [...]
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Meet a blacksmith, a printmaker and a sculptor. Steve Kalb is a blacksmith who shapes and forges organic elements into his sculptures. Printmaker and painter Barbara Yeomans work is a dialogue of her thoughts and feelings. Katie Gardenia’s whimsical fantasy sculptures live in collector’s homes worldwide. They’re all on the Alliance for the Arts’ First [...]
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