Story Tools • • Date of Issue: November 03, 2005 Islander Calender Wednesday, Nov. 2 7 to 8 a.m. - Pier Regulars meeting at Anna Maria City Pier, 100 S. Bay Blvd., Anna Maria. Information: 778-7062. 1 p.m. - Woman's Club of Anna Maria Island meets at the Anna Maria Island Community Center Nov. 2. Guest speaker is Nancy Ambrose on the Anna Maria Island Butterfly Garden. Information: 778-6083. 5:30 p.m. - Teen program featuring a sports logo designer at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341. 6 to 7:30 p.m. - Parent Support Group at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Babysitting registration and fee. Thursday, Nov. 3 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Flu shots at the Anna Maria Island Community Center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria. Information: 778-1908. Fee applies. Noon to 4 p.m. - AARP Driver safety program at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 776-1158. Friday, Nov. 4 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Anna Maria Island Art League Fall Open Exhibit artists' reception, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach. 6 p.m. - "9 to 5 Networking Group" of the Democratic Women's Club presents "Framing an Issue" with Sasha Taurke at Denise's Beachway Café, 7224 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. Information: 778-3444. Fee applies. Saturday, Nov. 5 6:55 a.m. - Audubon Society field trip to Bonner Park and Boca Ciega Millennium Park, departing from Bradenton's downtown Post Office at 824 Manatee Ave., Bradenton. Information: 894-0374. 7:30 a.m. - Nature walk at Felts Audubon Preserve, 4600 24th Ave. E., Palmetto. Information: 737-3169. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. - Safe boating class with the Manatee Sail and Power Squadron at Tropic Isle Yacht Club, 509 Marina Drive, Palmetto. Information: 751-4436. Fee applies. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Bradenton Woman's Club orchid, plant and garage sale at the club, 1705 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, Nov. 5. 8:30 a.m. - Kiwanis club presents "Prevention Works" with Bill Brown of the Sheriff's Youth Ranch at Cafe on the Beach, 4000 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach. 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. Fee applies. 10 a.m. - Audition of young singers for "Pinocchio" at the Players' theater, 102 Old Main St., Bradenton. Information: 748-0111. Noon to 4 p.m. - AARP Driver safety program at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 776-1158. 5 to 9 p.m. - Taste of Manatee in downtown Bradenton along Old Main Street and the riverfront. Information: 377-0717. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels. Sunday, Nov. 6 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Taste of Manatee in downtown Bradenton along Old Main Street and the riverfront. Information: 377-0717. Proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels. 2 p.m. - "Jazz at the Ranch" featuring Spyro Gyra at the Sarasota Polo Club, three miles east of I-75 on Lorraine Road, Sarasota. Information: 366-1552. Fee applies. Proceeds benefit the Sarasota Jazz Club. 4 p.m. - Sarasota Youth Opera performance at First United Methodist Church, 603 11th St. W., Bradenton. Information: 747-4406. 5:30 p.m. - The Sarasota POPS Orchestra "Harvest Moon" at the South Florida Museum, 301 10th St. W., Bradenton. Information: 746-4131 ext. 14. Fee applies. Monday, Nov. 7 8:30 a.m. - Internet class at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Registration: 778-6341. 10:15 a.m. - Gulf Coast Writers meet at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Speaker Joe Burt Jr., writer, poet and lyricist. Information: 761-9036. Tuesday, Nov. 8 10:30 a.m. - "From Kennedy to Bush: Do Presidents Lie?" with former Washington Correspondent James McCartney at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341. 7 p.m. - Sierra Club presents "Future by Design: One Man's Vision" with futurist and inventor Jacque Fresco at Phillippe Creek Estate Mansion, 5500 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Information: 925-9000. Wednesday, Nov. 9 10:30 a.m. - Friends of the Island Branch Library Book Club meeting at the Island Branch Library, 5701 Marina Drive, Holmes Beach. Information: 778-6341. Noon - Minnesota Club meeting at the Bradenton Elks Lodge, 2511 75th St. W., Bradenton. Information: 794-3573. Ongoing: "George M. Prout - An American Illustrator" art exhibit at Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W. at Manatee Community College Campus, Bradenton, through Nov. 17. Information: 752-5252. "Poe at the Crosley" at the Powel Crosley Museum, One Seagate Drive, 8374 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, through Nov. 17. Information: 722-3244. Fee applies. Anna Maria Island Art League Fall Open Exhibit, 5312 Holmes Blvd., Holmes Beach, through Nov. 25. "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. Upcoming: Food for Life cooking class at the Anna Maria Island Community Center Nov. 10. Shell Club meeting at Mote Marine Aquarium Nov. 10. "Harvey" at Manatee Players Nov. 10. Florida West Coast Symphony Masterworks at Neel Performing Arts Hall Nov. 11. "London Suite" theater production at Neel Performing Arts Hall Nov. 12. Family Origami at the Island Branch Library Nov. 12. Centering Prayer introductory workshop for all denominations at St. Bernard Catholic Church Nov. 12. Privateers mullet smoke at Publix Nov. 12. Sweet Adelines spaghetti dinner at Kirkwood Presbyterian Church Nov. 12. Privateers Thieves' Market Nov. 14. AME-PTO dinner and play at St. Bernard Catholic Church Nov. 15. Save the Date: Keep Manatee Beautiful Sandblast at the BeachHouse Restaurant Nov. 19. St. Bernard 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, Bradenton, to benefit the Anna Maria Island Community Center, Nov. 20. Holiday Prelude on Bridge Street in Bradenton Beach Nov. 25. Island Players production "Social Security" Dec. 1-11. American Craft Council show at Sarasota-Bradenton International Convention Center Dec. 2-4. Sarasota POPS Orchestra "Winter Skies" at the South Florida Museum Dec. 4. Holmes Beach Business District open house Dec. 9. Privateer Holiday Parade Dec. 10. Islander Lighted Boat Parade and fireworks Dec. 10. "Dickens at the Crosley" Dec. 12-22. Lester-Islander fun day at the Anna Maria Island Community Center Dec. 17. City of Anna Maria Holiday Festival Dec. 17