MUSIC WALK BEFORE HALLOWEEN!  OCTOBER 22! LIVE MUSIC ALL OVER DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS THIS SATURDAY! The 3rd Saturday event features live music at over a dozen venues, including restaurants, galleries, and bars, plus street performers all over the beautiful downtown streets. Music Walk venues showcase a variety of music, from punk, rockabilly, indie, reggae, and folk, to piano, steel drums, and more. The event is the largest of its kind regionally. Music Walk is an all ages event that starts at 7 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m. or close at many venues. Free parking available. Music Walk partners and venues include: HOWL Gallery/Tattoo, Spirits of Bacchus, Space 39, Red Rock Saloon, United Cafe, French Connection Cafe, The Franklins Shops, Enjewel, Happenings Magazine, Hotel Indigo, Twisted Vine Bistro, Indigo Room, Harborside Event Center, Coloring The World, City Tavern, Downtown House of Pizza, World Famous Cigar Bar, Hideaway Sports Bar, Morgan House, The Veranda Restaurant, Market America Realty, Syzygy Gallery, Main Street Antiques, WinkNews6, Classic Rock 94.5, Cool Hand Luc’s, Lush Bakery, and AmeriDry. Each month brings more people to Music Walk, with an estimated 2,000 attendees to the 1 Year Anniversary event. Music Walk is organized by Andy Howl of HOWL Gallery/Tattoo, with help from Dee Hohimer, Suzy Lewis, and Jamie Kuser of Happenings Magazine.  Music Walk is a River District Alliance event.  Visit www.riverdistrictevents.com for more info. Tune into WINK News 6 this Friday morning from 8-9 a.m. for the monthly Music Walk Morning Show feature. Highlights of this Saturdays Music Walk include: HOWL Gallery/Tattoo – Featuring local original electro-rock band LOVE IN WAR, and original indie rock band MAN ON WIRE! Indigo Room – Featuring live music by rockabilly band Memphis56. Spirits of Bacchus – Featuring live music by the Diane Russell Band. French Connection – Featuring blues by Mike Imbasciani. Space39 – Featuring jazz and indie rock by Mixed Accompany. Mad Hatter Galleries @ Franklin Shops – Featuring R&B Jazz and Soul by After Hours upstairs in the Mad Hatter Gallery. Red Rock Saloon – Featuring Harold Antoine on steel drums outside, inside band TBA. Downtown House of Pizza – Featuring acousitc guiatr by Anthony Wayne. Morgan House – Featuring The Oyster Fantastic Band. The World Famous Cigar Bar – Featuring Adam McCardell 6-10pm, and Stink Eye 10-Close. City Tavern – Featuring The Drunk Monkeys. Starts at 9:30 p.m. Hideaway Sports Bar – Featuring  Kevin McKee. Savvy on First – Featuring Beverly Freeman Syzygy Gallery – Featuring music by Terry Lynn Twisted Vine – Live music by Patrick Jerome. The Veranda – Enjoy the musical stylings of Gary Goetz at our famous Piano Bar. … and much more! for event info info@fortmyersmusicwalk.com or 1-866-rda-events www.riverdistrictevents.com www.fortmyersmusicwalk.com PRINT THIS EMAIL FOR REFERENCE DURING THE EVENT. MUSIC WALK DATES 2011 October 22nd (4th Saturday) November 19th December 17th MUSIC WALK MOVES TO 3RD FRIDAYS IN 2012! MARK YOUR CALENDARS. DOWNTOWN COSTUME PARTY SATURDAY OCTOBER 29TH 8PM TO MIDNIGHT.  VISIT RIVERDISTRICTEVENTS.COM NEXT WEEK TO DOWNLOAD A SCORE CARD.  PRIZES FOR BEST COSTUME.  COSTUME JUDGING AT DOWNTOWN BARS AND SHOPS. SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS!

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Michael Cavanaugh & the Edison pops Orchestra

Michael is the pianist / singer who was hand-picked by Billy Joel to open his Broadway musical Movin’ Out. Returning to the Edison stage, Michael will perform his newest show: “The Songs of Elton John, Billy Joel and More!”

Saturday, October 22, 2011
Purchase Tickets Online Now!

Gates open at 5pm | Concert begins at 7pm
Reserved Table Seating: $40 per person or
$400 per table of 10
General Admission: $20 in advance; $25 at gate

A good friend of mine Jen, told me about the friendly forest walk that is going on from 2-5pm for the little ones.   Don’t show up after 7:30 with the little ones because this looks pretty scary.  In the past they have only had the Friendly forest walk this year they added the Carnival Frightmare for those that wish to jump and scream in the woods.  You choose which one for your family

Our Haunted Walk 2011 is entitled Carnival Frightmare!!! This brand new event features a series of fright stations, including the Blood Butcher Shop with brutal victims, the Unfriendly Clown section, our traditional cemetery scene, and a new features-the Sensory Deprivation Tunnel, complete with fog machines and strobe lights.                                                                                                                                             The Sensory Deprivation Tunnel, where we deprive you of your normal senses and prey on the others!

This event is Adult-oriented, minimum customer age is 13 years old. 12 Scary Nights!

Dates: Thursday, Oct. 20 thru Halloween night, Oct. 31

Times: 7:30PM to 10:00PM

Location: Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium

                 3450 Ortiz Avenue

                 Fort Myers, FL

                239-275-3435

              www.calusanature.org

Admission charge: $10/customer

My good friends Stephanie Ink and Kimber Cook wanted me to let you know about this great event.

Fort Myers High School celebrates one hundred years of excellence at the inaugural Green and White Ball scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22.

The public event will take place at Harborside Event Center and celebrates all past alumni and supporters who have contributed to the academic and athletic success of one of the most established schools in the state. The evening includes a welcome reception at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and an awards tribute at 6 p.m.  

Fort Myers High School will also pay homage to past “Greenies” and award the Greenie of Distinction honor to an alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated excellence in his or her professional life, service to the community and to FMHS.

Guests will enjoy a silent auction, performances by the Fort Myers High School Band and Riptide dance team, and presentation of colors by ROTC.

Currently ranked as the 72nd best high school in America by Newsweek magazine and the 90th best high school in America by The Washington Post, Fort Myers High School past alumni include distinguished citizens such as Sam Galloway, Barbara B. Mann, Berne Davis and political leaders U.S. Congressman Connie Mack and Representative Nick Thompson.

Proceeds from the event benefit the athletic, band and ROTC booster clubs, and the founding of an alumni association.

Individual tickets for the Green and White Ball are only $55 each; tables of eight can be reserved for $550.  For more information, email greenandwhiteball@gmail.com.  

My good friend Lydia Black says there is lot to do for the whole family.  Eventsfortmyers.com will be there to cover the great day.

Come sample the many ways you can get involved and experience the arts in Southwest Florida! Watch area performing groups sing, dance, play instruments and act in mini-performances on the open air amphitheater stage. Witness creativity unfolding before your eyes as local visual artists demonstrate their talents in painting, drawing, sculpting and mixed media demonstrations.

Cultural Organizations

Art League of Fort Myers * Art Poems * ArtFest Fort Myers * Artful Missions * Arts For Act * Broadway Palm Dinner Theater * Calusa Carvers * Cape Coral Art Studio * Cultural Park Theater * Cute as a Button Creations * Florida Repertory Theatre * Gulf Coast Symphony * Gulf Coast Writers Association * Imaginarium Science Center * Laurel Fine Arts Foundation * LMHS Arts in Healthcare * Music Together * Nerveana Medical * Pan American Alliance * Pushing Daisies * Signature Chamber Concerts * Southwest Florida Symphony * Southwest Florida Craft Guild * Southwest Florida Historical Society * Southwest Florida Symphony * Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center * Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida * Tracy Theriault Designs * Weavers of Char-Lee * WGCU Public Media

Artists & Authors

Andrea Trank * Be the Breath * Bill North * Bruce Wm. Walsh * David Hammell * Dominick Bello * Doug MacGregor * Geoff Coe * Pamela Cupp * Terry Lynn Spry * The Tube Dude

Performers

Creative Theater Workshop * Dance Alliance * Dance Warehouse * Jeanne Bochette/Gulf Coast Dance * Flutist Kat Epple * Kellyn Celtic Arts Irish Dance Academy * Noah Waddell * North Fort Myers Academy for the ArtsSW Florida Fencing Academy * Young Artists Awards

Performance schedule:

10:25     Creative Theater Workshop – Preview of the musical comedy “Dear Edwina”

10:50     Kellyn Celtic Arts Irish Dance Academy – Irish and Highland dances

11:25     Dance Warehouse – Competitive dance — lyrical, hiphop, jazz, musical theater (ages 4-16)

11:50     Gulfcoast Dance

12:15     Young Artists Awards – Award-winning vocalist Sam Bostic

12:40     Oficina da Capoeira – Brazilian artform combining elements of martial arts/dance

1:05        N Fort Myers Academy – Perform jazz, pompon, lyrical dances with dramatic scenes

1:30        Noah Waddell – 10-year-old Noah will perform classic piano scores of major composers

1:55        Dance Alliance – Perform “Monster Mash” with interactive audience participation

2:20        S.W. Florida Fencing Academy – The art and science of modern fencing

Special appearences by: Chick-Fil-A * Florida Virtual School * Lee County Library System BookMobile * Fort Myers Fire Department * Shy Wolf Sanctuary

Kids can win a free week of summer camp by creating their own piece of “fall-themed art” by downloading this form and bringing it to the festival on October, 22nd.