Entertainment
February 28, 2023
Heritage Day honors Island’s past, present
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society is hosting its annual Heritage Day celebration on Tuesday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The free, family-friendly Heritage Day celeb…
February 20, 2023
AMI Historical Society seeks tourism funds
ANNA MARIA – The Anna Maria Island Historical Society (AMIHS), 402 Pine Ave., draws more than 10,000 visitors a year to its volunteer-managed museum and is making plans to inform and entertain future…
February 16, 2023
Art Walk showcases local talent
HOLMES BEACH – The Feb. 10 Art Walk brought locals and visitors to two art galleries to see the best of Island art.
Participating businesses around the Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island and Isla…
January 19, 2023
Island Players bring the laughs
ANNA MARIA – A New York apartment is the setting for a familiar, albeit slightly skewed view of some of Neil Simon’s most beloved characters to bring the laughs. In the late 1960s, Simon intr…
January 10, 2023
Center notes
Enhance your balance skills
Lara Malone is coming to The Center of Anna Maria Island for a balance workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The class takes place from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will focus on…
January 4, 2023
Plunging into a new year
BRADENTON BEACH – Hundreds of people, many in creative costumes, gathered on the sand for the 15th year of the Shamrock Shiver Charity Plunge. Although the weather was in the high 70s and the sun was…
December 20, 2022
Privateers, Christmas on Bridge Street deliver festive time
BRADENTON BEACH – Holiday merrymakers enjoyed shopping, dining, a movie and a party for a great cause as the Anna Maria Island Privateers and the city’s Christmas on Bridge Street events coin…
December 12, 2022
Santa Stops in Anna Maria
ANNA MARIA – Hundreds of people showed up to visit Santa Claus during the city’s Santa Stops Here event.
Public Works Manager Ryan Wieland delivered Santa Claus to the City Pier Park shade…
December 12, 2022
BeatleMania Now recreates The Beatles’ magic
ANNA MARIA – The Center’s 2022- 23 Bradenton Gulf Island Concert Series kicked off on Saturday with a musical blast from the past in the form of BeatleMania Now.
Created and produced by Sc…
December 6, 2022
‘Beatlemania Now’ invading Anna Maria
ANNA MARIA – Saturday night’s “Beatlemania Now” show will transport concertgoers through the 1960s, the decade during which The Beatles became the most famous and influential rock band in the world…











