Events Fort Myers

The Fort Myers High School Music Department will present their PRISM CONCERT 2011 on Wednesday, April 20^th and Thursday, April 21^st in the FMHS Joni Logan Auditorium.  Tickets are $5.00 and the doors open at 6:30.  The unique concert showcases ensemble and individual talents will begin in 7:00 PM.  Tickets are sold at the door.

The American Cancer Society Relay
for Life volunteers held Paint
Downtown Purple in the Fort
Myers River District from February 20
to 26. The event honors survivors, caregivers
and those fighting cancer.
Thanks in part to participating restaurants,
the event was a big success. Many
of the area businesses donated some of
their proceeds to Relay or allowed volunteers
to paint the windows of their businesses.
This year’s Downtown-River District
Relay for Life begins at 6 p.m. on Friday,
May 6 in Centennial Park.
For more information, call Don
Molloy, event chairman, at 980-1077 or
go to www.relayforlife.org/downtownriverdistrictfl

 

Join us for a family movie night! Bring your family and friends and plan to have a picnic as you watch “DISNEY’S EARTH,” under the stars on a giant screen.  The movie will start at 8:00pm  A suggested $5 family donation supports future family events at the Alliance. This event was made possible by a generous donation from Riverside Realty Group & Staging Matters.  A special thanks to all of our Family Movie Night sponsors: Winged Foot Title,  FineMark National Bank & Trust and Fireservice Disaster Kleenup.

BBQ, Bands & Brew features the best in local BBQ cuisine, live music all day long from local bands and FUN for the whole family with a kids’ area and corn-hole games.  Eight local restaurants vie for the naming rights of Best BBQ in town judged by local VIPs.  This year’s event is sure to please with an amateur barbecue competition and  local vendors to add to the mix.  Join us for a full day of FUN to benefit a great cause!

BBQ, Bands & Brew takes place at the Lee County Alliance for the Arts on the corner of McGregor Blvd. and Colonial Blvd. from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 3rd, 2011.

 

they are a fun loving society who enjoy, celebrate, and take pride in their rich Irish culture.

corned beef and cabbage, and drink specials all night long.   

     Fort Myers, FL; Thursday, March 17, 2011- Festivities begin at 7pm:

Chocolate Festival

This Saturday

At The Butterfly Estates

From 10:00am until 2:00pm

$10. Members      $12. Guests

Bring your sweetie

The Rotary of Fort Myers is helping ease this concern for $5.oo you can park in the Old Blvd Shopping Plaza across from First Watch.  I will be out there along with many of our Downtown Rotary Friends.

Start 2011 with Fort Myers Art Walk on Friday, Jan. 7 

The new year brings new art exhibits and the opening of another new gallery to the downtown Fort Myers River District in January.

The first Fort Myers Art Walk of 2011 will be Friday, Jan. 7. The monthly downtown event will showcase several new art exhibits and be followed by the expanded Saturday Art Fair on Jan. 8.

The monthly Art Walk runs from 6 to 10 p.m. on the first Fridays.

Art Walk includes more than a dozen art stops and will feature new art shows, live music, and the traditional after party. The January Art Walk welcomes another new gallery downtown. Paul Rodino is opening In One Instant on Jackson Street, just south of First Street. This new business marks the tenth art gallery space in the downtown.

Growing in participation, the seasonal Saturday Art Fair has outgrown the Patio de Leon and has expanded to nearby Dean Street (between First and Bay). The Art Fair has expanded its hours to 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and now features 25 local artist vendors.

Some highlights of the Friday, Jan. 7 Art Walk:

- Art of the Olympians: Opening reception for new show, Through the Eyes of a Child, an international children’s art exhibit. Also showing artwork of Olympic artist Pat McCormick and Olympic artist Jean-Blaise Evequoz.

- Art League of Fort Myers: Opening of paintings exhibit entitled Imagination Gone Wild.

- Arts for ACT Gallery: Opening reception for new exhibit, Show Your Self, featuring more than 40 artists. Also showing will be Stephen Gill & Rhonda C. Long.

- Coloring The World: Opening of Sculpture on Steroids featuring the art of Mac Worthington.

- daas Gallery: Opening reception for exhibit by Portuguese master artist Ric Moreira.

- Gallery Showcase and Information Center at IberiaBank (Bayview Court at First Street). Art Walk T-shirts are available at this location as well as buttons, maps and brochures.

- HOWL Gallery/Tattoo: The Captiva Skimboard Art Show comes to Fort Myers, showcasing South Florida artists. Plus, new work by HOWL artist Matt Lackey and others.

- In One Instant: Grand opening features the artwork of photographer Paul Rodino.

- The Oasis Condominiums: A new exhibit featuring festive décor by artist Jackie M. Schuette.

- Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center: Exhibit featuring the beauty and mystery of the female body by photographers Doug Heslep and Jonathan Kane.

- Space 39 Gallery:  Opening for Rockets, Robots, Donuts, featuring new visual works by R. Jackson.

- Syzygy Gallery: New exhibit featuring artwork of international artist Erich Schmidt-Unterseher.
Nearly 40 participants make Art Walk happen and they include the Alliance for the Arts, Art League of Fort Myers, Art of the Olympians, Arts for ACT Gallery and Boutique, Browtopia, Café Matisse, Cigar Bar, Coloring The World, daas Gallery, Delicious Things, Digital Data Destruction, Downtown House of Pizza, Enjewel, First United Methodist Church, Florida Repertory Theatre, Fort Myers Redevelopment Agency, French Connection, Hampton Inn & Suites, Happenings A&E Magazine, Hideaway Sports Bar, Hotel Indigo, HOWL Gallery/Tattoo, Ichiban Japanese & Chinese Restaurant, IberiaBank, In One Instant, Legacy Harbour Hotel & Suites, Market America Realty & Investments, Morgan House Restaurant, The Oasis Luxury Condos, Potomac Bead Company, Renaissance Creativity Center, River District Alliance, Red Rock Saloon, Renaissance Creativity Center, Rossy Fashion Accessories, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Select Transpo rtation, SKS PhotoShoot, Space 39 Gallery, Spirits of Bacchus, Starbucks Coffee, Syzygy Gallery, Twisted Vine Bistro, The Veranda Restaurant, What’s Up Dogs? and the Young Artists Awards Program.

Held the first Friday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m., Art Walk features local and national artwork in the downtown art galleries and several art stops in the Fort Myers River District. The evening culminates with an after party at 10 p.m. The January after party will be held at Spirits of Bacchus on Hendry Street.

Another highlight of the very popular evening is the weekly Friday Night Live free concert series which takes place in the Patio de Leon. Sista Sanjah (reggae) will perform from 6 to 9 p.m.

Always a collector’s item, new Art Walk buttons will be available at galleries that night. Art Walk has its own T-shirt (in red or black). Shirts are available for a $12 donation at the IberiaBank gallery showcase during Art Walk.

A free shuttle service courtesy of Select Transportation Inc., with stops planned near the art venues, and parking at the Harborside Event Center will be available for Art Walk patrons. Shuttle stops include The Oasis Condominiums, Art of the Olympians, and Enjewel on First Street.

A map of Art Walk, transportation, and parking will be distributed by participating galleries. Art Walk is a rain or shine event. Art Walk was started by a group of art galleries and art enthusiasts and debuted in October of 2008. Art Walk is a River District Alliance event. For more information on Art Walk, participating galleries and links to gallery websites, visit www.fortmyersartwalk.com.