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Fourth of July holiday fun

Jul 3, 2018 – Tom Vaught
May 1, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Natalie Almeter

Island daughter a future diva

HOLMES BEACH – Natalie Almeter has always loved music. A few years ago, she sang in front of her mother’s store, Irene’s Resort Wear, during a holiday walk around with her boyfriend who played guitar…
April 25, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Las Vegas Doo Shots

Ted Stevens and the Doo-Shots play Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Ted Stevens and the Doo-Shots checked Viva Las Vegas off our band to-do list. On Saturday, April 21, we played a well-received 45-minute set at the Bailiwick Pub inside The Orleans Hot…
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April 17, 2018
By Joe Hendricks
Doo-Shots

Doo-Shots head to Vegas

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Ted Stevens and the Doo-Shots’ next gig will be in Las Vegas at the 21st annual Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekend. On Saturday, April 21, the well-known local band will play a…
April 17, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The Stanley Cup and poutine

Canada’s two greatest exports have a shared heritage. I am talking poutine and hockey. I was born in Canada and lived there a good chunk of my life. That means that I can say outrageous thin…
April 10, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

They are leaving… you can come out now

For years now the Beach Bistro runs an ad every May. It shows a flight of geese in V formation heading North. It is captioned, “They are gone… you can come out now.” And every year someone…
April 3, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Easter bunny

Clouds don’t stop this bunny

ANNA MARIA – Hundreds of kids and their parents showed up for an Island tradition, the Sandbar restaurant’s annual Easter Egg Hunt. This year, they started the hunt a few minutes late to accommoda…
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April 3, 2018
By Tom Vaught
NEST at Robinson Preserve

Nature activities for the family

NEST nature days begin The new Mosaic Center for Nature, Exploration, Science and Technology will open its doors for an afternoon of exploration on Friday, April 6, Tuesday, April 10, and Friday, Ap…
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March 20, 2018
By SUN contributor
Southeast High band

Going green for St. Patrick’s Day

Thanks to Sean Murphy, the 20th Annual Beach Bistro St. Patrick’s Day Parade was arguably the best one yet. The luck of the Irish descended on Holmes Beach March 18 in the form of a beautiful day…
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March 13, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The 20th St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The closer we get to St. Patrick’s Day, the more Irish everyone gets. After a couple of glasses the people at the Bistro bar are speaking Gaelic. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade started in…
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March 13, 2018
By Tom Vaught
Island Players, The Curious Savage

Kooky comedy at Island Players

ANNA MARIA – When the curtain rises on “The Curious Savage,” by John Patrick, you have to remind yourself it’s taking place in a sanitarium called The Cloisters. Very soon, a brightly colored red-…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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