Story Tools • • Date of Issue: October 13, 2005 Islander Calender Wednesday, Oct. 5 7 to 8 a.m. - Pier Regulars meeting at the Anna Maria City Pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria. Information: 778-7062. 7:45 a.m. - Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce new member "Sunrise Breakfast" at the Sun House Restaurant, Bridge Street, Bradenton Beach. Reservations: 779-9412. 8 a.m. - Anna Maria Elementary School "Walk to School" Day departing from Manatee public Beach, Mr. Roberts Resortwear in the S&S Plaza or Fat Cat Carpet and Upholstery Cleaners in the Island Shopping Center. Information: 778-0268. 1 p.m. - Woman's Club of Anna Maria "Welcome Back" meeting at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-5083. 5:30 p.m. - Teen program with Island illustrator Alexandra Lillis at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341. Thursday, Oct. 6 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Flu shots at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. 1 p.m. - Tai Chi for Arthritis class demonstration with Sherry Fideler at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - "Hob Nob Island Style" with the Longboat-Lido-St. Armand Key Chamber of Commerce at Mattison's Steakhouse, 525 Bay Isles Pkwy., Longboat Key. Information: 383-2466. 6 to 10 p.m. - All Island Denominations Dinner-Dance at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-4769. 8 p.m. - Opening night of "The Foreigner" at the Island Players, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria. Information: 778-5755. Fee applies. Friday, Oct. 7 9 a.m. - Mixed-movement class with Mo Dye at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. - Islandwide Blood Drive with blood mobiles at the BeachHoouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach; Publix, 3700 E. Bay Drive, Holmes Beach; and The Islander, 5404 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. 3 p.m.-11 p.m. - Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. Information: 708-3456. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Faculty exhibit opening reception at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach. Information: 778-2099. Saturday, Oct. 8 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Safe boating class at the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 5801 33rd Ave. W., Bradenton. Information: 795-6189. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Art and crafts festival at St. Armands Circle. Sarasota. Information: 388-1554. 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. - Children & Youth Program Forum at the Island Baptist Church, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-0719. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. - Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. Information: 708-3456. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Fashion Show for American Red Cross at the Sandbar restaurant, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 518-8189. Proceeds benefit hurricane victims. Sunday, Oct. 9 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Art and crafts festival at St. Armands Circle. Sarasota. Information: 388-1554. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. - Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road. Fee applies. Information: 708-3456. Monday, Oct. 10 11:30 a.m. - Democratic Women's Club of Manatee County lunch with guest Linda Young of the Clean Water Network at the Holiday Inn Riverside in downtown Bradenton. Information: 795-7608. Fee applies. Noon - Anna Maria Island Democratic Club presents "New Vision for Democrats" with guest Keith Fitzgerald at the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive N., Bradenton Beach. Information: 778-4176. Tuesday, Oct. 11 9 to 10:15 a.m. - Sketch class with Sue Lynn Cotton at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Blood drive at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Intermediate watercolor class with Sue Lynn Cotton at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies. 6 p.m. - "9 to 5" Working Women's Networking Group of the Democratic Women's Club meeting at Denise's Cafe, 75th Street and Manatee Avenue, Bradenton. Reservations: 778-3444. Fee applies. Wednesday, Oct. 12 7:45 to 9 a.m. - Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce new member breakfast at the Sun House Restaurant, 111 Bridge St., Bradenton Beach. Reservations: 779-9412. 11:30 a.m. - Off Stage Ladies Auxiliary meeting at the BeachHouse Restaurant, 200 Gulf Drive, Bradenton Beach. Information: 761-7957. 7 p.m. - Healing mass with Eileen Dropic of Our Lady Queen of Grace Healing Ministry at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 248 S. Harbor Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-4644. Ongoing: "The Foreigner" at the Island Players, 10005 Gulf Drive, Anna Maria, through Oct. 16. Information: 778-5755. Fee applies. Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society "Open Aqueous Show" at Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 6860 Longboat Drive, Longboat Key, through Oct. 21. Information: 352-796-4994. Faculty exhibit opening reception at the Anna Maria Island Art League, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, through Oct. 28. Information: 778-2099. Art by Dee Pastorius at the Island Gallery West, 5368 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, through Oct. 31. Information: 787-6648. "The Highwaymen" Florida's African-American landscape painters exhibit at the South Florida Museum, 201 10th Street W., Bradenton, through March 12. Information: 746-4131. Fee applies.  Oktoberfest Suncoast, Sarasota County Fairgrounds, 3000 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, second weekend Oct. 14-16. Fee applies. Information: 708-3456. Upcoming: Sarasota Shell Club presents "Shells of Tonga" at More Marine Laboratory Oct. 13. Sierra Club presents "Walk with the Animals: A Native American's View of Mother Earth" at Phillippi Creek Estate Mansion Oct. 13. "Bat Boy" opens at the Riverfront Theatre Oct. 13. Island Bayfest Oct. 15. "Do Ya Do Ya Do Ya Wanna Dance" at the Bradenton Woman's Club Oct. 15. "POPStoberfest" at Neel Performing Arts Center and later at Old Munich Restaurant Oct. 16. Pianist Lillette Jenkins-Wisner at the First United Methodist Church, Bradenton Oct. 16. Sierra Club conservation committee meeting at Synovus Bank, Bradenton Oct. 17. Flu shots at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Oct. 18. "Just For Grins" third-grade play at Anna Maria Elementary School Oct. 18. Longboat-Lido-St. Armand Key Chamber of Commerce networking lunch at the Sun House Restaurant Oct. 19. Save the Date: Tri-chamber business after hours event at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center Oct. 20. Bradenton Woman's Club Halloween Party Oct. 22. Goblin Gathering at G.T. Bray Park Oct. 28. Anna Maria Elementary School Fall Festival and Parade Oct. 29. "Food for Life" cooking class at the Anna Maria Island Community Center Oct. 29. Trail of Treats Oct. 31. Taste of Manatee downtown Bradenton Nov. 5. Jazz at the Ranch with Spyro Gyra Nov. 6. Florida West Coast Symphony Masterworks at Neel Performing Arts Hall Nov. 11. St. Bernard's Christmas Bazaar Nov. 19-20. Anna Maria Island Community Chorus and Orchestra Fall Fanfare at the Island Baptist Church Nov. 20. "Simon Day of Giving" at DeSoto Square Mall to benefit the Anna Maria Island Community Center Nov. 20. Holiday Prelude on Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach Nov. 25