Islander Calender
Wednesday, Jan. 18
10:30 a.m. to noon - Latin
dance class at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Noon - Anna Maria
Garden Club presentation on table top designs with master floral gardener
Cindy Perez at the Roser Memorial Community Church, 512 Pine Ave., Anna
Maria. Information: 778-3665.
Thursday, Jan. 19
9 to 10:15 a.m. - Yoga
with Preston Whaley Jr. at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes
Blvd., Holmes Beach. Information: 778-2099.
2:30 to 4 p.m. - Basics
of Interior Design four-week class with Betina Sego at the Anna Maria
Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information:
778-1908. Fee applies.
4 p.m. - Poetry
reading at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive
S., Longboat Key. Information: 383-2345. Fee applies.
6:30 p.m. - Island
Garden Club presentation on hibiscus growing at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,
6608 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-5538.
Friday, Jan. 20
Noon - Arbor Day
tree planting with the City of Anna Maria and Keep Manatee Beautiful
at the Historical Park on Pine Avenue, Anna Maria. Information: 795-8272.
8 to 11 p.m. - The
Shaman Band performs at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia
Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
Saturday, Jan. 21
8 to noon - Pancake
breakfast and "Everything Goes, Let's Bargain" sale
at Roser Memorial Community Church and Thrift Shop, 512 Pine Ave., Anna
Maria. Information: 778-0414.
8:30 a.m. - Kiwanis
Club meeting with guest Sue La Mastro with an update on Medicare at Cafe
on the Beach, Manatee Public Beach, 4700 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach.
10:15 a.m. - Holmes
Beach Civic Association meeting with guest David Zaccagnino, Holmes Beach
city commissioner, at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes
Beach. Information: 778-1285.
6:30 p.m. - Anna
Maria Island Rotary Club Extravaganza and Casino Night at St. Bernard
Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 746-7517.
Fee applies.
Sunday, Jan. 22
2 to 4 p.m. - Bradenton
Opera Guild presents "Stars of Tommorow" at Neel Performing
Arts Center, 5860 26th St. W., Bradenton. Information: 756-9503. Fee
applies.
3 p.m. - Pipe organ
recital by Carl Parks at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 6608 Marina Drive,
Holmes Beach. Information: 778-1813.
Monday, Jan. 23
8:30 a.m. - Internet
class at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach.
Information: 778-6341.
Noon - Anna Maria
Island Democratic Club presents "Election 2006: What's Ahead?" with
Susan MacManus at the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton
Beach. Information: 778-9287.
1 to 3 p.m. - Stepping-stone
craft class at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave.,
Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
4 and 7 p.m. - "Bottlenose
Dolphins & Noisemaking Fish: An Arms Race between Predator and Prey" lecture
presentation by Dr. Damon Gannon at Mote Immersion Cinema, 1700 Ken Thompson
Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 388-4441. Fee applies.
Tuesday, Jan. 24
7:30 to 9 a.m. - Longboat-Lido-St.
Armand Keys Chamber of Commerce awards breakfast at the Colony Beach
and Tennis Resort, 1620 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key. Information:
383-8217. Fee applies.
10:30 a.m. - Friends
of the Island Branch Library present Earthbox creator Blake Whisenant
at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Inforamtion:
778-6341.
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. - Stepping-stone
craft class continues at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407
Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies.
2 p.m. - "Mystery
Writers with a Florida Connection" at the Mote Keating Education
Center, 1599 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 388-4441, ext.
333. Fee applies.
5:30 p.m. - Relay
for Life kickoff event at the MiraMar Room at the Bridge Walk Resort,
Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach. Information: 745-1214 ext. 21.
7:30 p.m. - "Mystery
Writers with a Florida Connection" at the Mote Keating Education
Center, 1599 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota. Information: 388-4441 ext.
333. Fee applies.
Ongoing:
- National Watercolor Society
member Jacquie Clark window exhibit at the Artists Guild of Anna Maria
Guild Gallery, 5413 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach, through Jan. 20. Information:
778-6694.
- James
Pay Memorial Exhibit at the Anna Maria Island Art
League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, through
Jan. 27. Information: 778-2099.
- Contemporary and traditional
art exhibit at Wallace Fine Art Gallery, 5350 Gulf
of Mexico Drive, No. 103, Longboat Key, through Jan. 30. Information:
387-0746.
- "The Highwaymen," Florida's
African-American landscape painters exhibit at the
South Florida Museum, 201 10th St. W., Bradenton, through March 12.
Information: 746-4131. Fee applies.
Upcoming:
- Longboat Key Historical
Society meeting with guest Dora Walters Jan. 26.
- Island Players "Murder
by Misadventure" Jan. 26.
- Winemakers' Dinner
for the Longboat Key Center for the Arts Jan. 26.
- Florida West Coast Symphony "Masterworks" at
Neel Performing Arts Center Jan. 27.
- Hazardous waste collection
Holmes Beach City Hall Jan. 28.
- Chicken barbecue at the
Anna Maria Island Power Squadron Jan. 28.
- "REEF: Engaging Citizen
Scientists in Marine Conservation" at Mote Marine Aquarium Jan.
30.
- "Kings and Queens
of Cards" party at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Longboat
Key Jan. 31.
Save the Date:
- Jazz Fest at the Anna Maria
Island Historical Museum Feb. 2.
- Sweet Adelines' "Sweethearts
of the Shimmering Shawls" at Neel Performing Arts Hall Feb. 4.
- Art Festival at Coquina
Beach Feb. 4-5.
- Sarasota POPS Orchestra "Myakka
Blues" at Bishop Planetarium Feb. 5.
- Kiwanis Club Sweetheart
Dance at the Anna Maria Island Community Center
Feb. 9.
- Bob Zimmerman Orchestra
at the Anna Maria Island Community Center Feb.
9.
- King Middle School Media
Center fundraising party/auction Feb. 11.
- "An Afternoon in Vienna" Anna
Maria Island Community Chorus and Orchestra concert
Feb. 12.
- Valentine Dessert Card party
at St. Bernard Catholic Church Feb. 13.
- Cortez Fishing Festival
Feb. 18-19.
- Dream Classics Concert/Dance
at the Anna Maria Island Community Center March
10.
- Anna Maria Island Tour of
Homes March 18
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