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Bethlehem Walk draws a crowd

Dec 4, 2018 – Tom Vaught
November 20, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Lester Family Fun Day 2017

Old-fashioned family fun for the holidays

ANNA MARIA – A family tradition is returning to The Center of Anna Maria Island just in time for the holidays. The 17th Annual Lester Family Fun Day, sponsored each year by Holmes Beach residents…
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November 20, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Tree lighting Saturday

BRADENTON BEACH – The annual lighting of the Bridge Street Merchants’ Christmas tree is scheduled for approximately 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24. There had been discussion among the Bridge Stree…
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November 13, 2018
By Tom Vaught
artsHOP

ArtsHOP draws crowds

HOLMES BEACH – The final night of artsHOP was a huge success, as participating stores, art galleries and cash registers were busy. At Waterline Marina Resort and Beach Club, Joanne Coke was painti…
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November 13, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Symphony on the Sand

Beach alive with sounds of music

BRADENTON BEACH – Clear skies, minimal red tide and the sounds of music from the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra (AMICCO) made for a perfect evening last Saturday. The all-inclusive ti…
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November 13, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Island Players Baggage

‘Baggage’ is a madhouse

ANNA MARIA – Over the past 70 years, the Island Players have produced some unusual plays, and “Baggage” by Sam Bobrick is among the most unusual. Two bags switched at an airport, the “baggage,” we…
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November 13, 2018
By Joe Hendricks

Holiday events taking shape

BRADENTON BEACH – The Bridge Street Merchants are finalizing their plans for the annual Christmas on Bridge Street holiday celebration taking place this year on Saturday, Dec. 15. Bridge Street Me…
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November 10, 2018
By Cindy Lane

Festival provides hurricane, red tide assistance

CORTEZ – This year’s 7th Annual Cortez Stone Crab and Music Festival is about more than good food, good music and good times – this year, it’s also about good will. Blessing Bags is accepting toy…
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November 6, 2018
By Tom Vaught
symphony on the sand 2017

Symphony on the Sand nears

BRADENTON BEACH – On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra (AMICCO) will be seated under a giant tent to perform its sixth annual Symphony on the Sand, a musical and g…
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November 6, 2018
By Tom Vaught

Get your tickets for ‘Baggage’

ANNA MARIA – It’s a story about loves lost and one that seems impossible. The Island Players are selling tickets to “Baggage,” by Sam Bobrick, directed by James Thaggard and co-produced by Bortell…
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November 6, 2018
By Tom Vaught
artsHOP 2018 artist

Rain doesn’t stop artsHOP

BRADENTON BEACH – The artsHOP celebration got off to an inauspicious start when rain started to fall a few hours before it began on Bridge Street last Friday. Shop owners were ready for the art lo…
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Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting